Being Human

#190 Performance Conversations - with Christopher D. Lee

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is Christopher D. Lee, PhD, author and the HR Director at one of the USA's oldest and most prestigious colleges, William & Mary.Christopher has a passion for human performance. There are three things we know about traditional performance appraisals: they are widely used, universally despised, and probably ineffective.  What should leaders do instead? Adopt a coaching mindset and commit to regular, structured performance conversations. Christopher offers a wealth of insight and practical ideas about how to elevate these conversations for deep impact. We talk:The mentor that changed Christopher's lifeWhy relationships matterYour job is not to evaluateFocus on intentHave people feel goodLinks:Performance Conversations - The BookThe Performance Conversations website

#189 The Power of Surrender - with Judith Orloff

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is psychiatrist, empath and author Judith Orloff.Judith is the bestselling author of "The Power of Surrender", where she advocates for the art of letting go as the secret key to manifesting power and success in all areas of life, including work, relationships, sexuality, radiant aging, and health and healing.We talk:Surrendering to her intuition as a medical professionalLet's talk deathTuning in to the quiet voiceIntegrating ego and intuitionEmbracing your multitudesLinks:The Power of Surrender - The Book

#188 Eco-Leadership - with Satish Kumar

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is peace-pilgrim, life-long activist and former monk, Satish Kumar.As a teenager, Satish trekked from India to America via Russia to deliver ‘peace tea’ to the leaders of, what were then, the four major nuclear powers. He walked 8,000 miles without any money totally depending on the generosity of strangers.Now in his 80s, he has devoted his life to campaigning for ecological regeneration, social justice and spiritual fulfilment.We talk:Becoming a monk at 9 years oldCultivating trustStaying committedIntroducing The Cosmic Relationships DepartmentEmbracing 'enough'Links:Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine 

#187 The Five Lost Superpowers - with Corena Chase

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is facilitator and author Corena Chase.Corena is co-author of The Five Lost Superpowers: Why We Lose Them and How to Get Them Back.Corena believes that everyone has superpowers when they are a child. While we tend to lose track of them as we grow up, they’re always there, right below the surface, ready for us to reactivate them and fully manifest our human potential.We talk:How her niece taught her the glory of curiosityPresence and resilienceWhy a jack of all trades might be a master after allDaring to playSmashing corporate taboos Links:The Five Lost Superpowers - The BookCorena's Website

#186 A Place To Heal - with Fiona Arrigo

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is intuitive healer, mentor and life teacher Fiona Arrigo.What I found so compelling about Fiona is her profound belief that we can heal ourselves. With so many of us right now - including me sometimes - seeking external sources for our wellbeing, she's part of a growing movement of people rediscovering their innate healing potential.On this basis, she has developed her healing method The Arrigo Programme, where she offers a multi-layered approach to anything from anxiety and depression to relationship issues, chronic pain, or simply a feeling of losing our way.We talk:What it means to be humanWorking on the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levelsHow surviving a severe car crash became a spiritual awakeningHow there is no blueprintOwning "I don't know"Links:The Arrigo ProgrammeFiona's Instagram

#185 Post Growth - with Tim Jackson

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is ecological economist and writer Tim Jackson.Tim's view is that we need to give up our obsession with GDP and focus instead on human progress. He envisions a return to a focus on virtue and a re-prised role for institutions to integrate the desires of individuals with their social obligations. His book Post Growth is both a manifesto for system change and an invitation to rekindle our connection with what it means to be human.We talk:Progress not economic growthLabour vs workMugumo trees in KenyaThe perils of unconstrained novelty-seekingFinding flow for sustainabilityLinks:Tim's WebsiteCentre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity

#184 Feel Alive Again - with Marina Efaimoglou

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is Marina Efaimoglou. She has an interesting life story, to say the least.Whilst still in her twenties she was running her own investment firm having survived a cancer with 25% survival odds. The scare caused her re-evaluate her life. She later received a second diagnosis. This time, she was able to heal purely through natural methods.Her health quest led her to create the Euphoria Retreat in the Taygetus Mountains near Sparta in Greece. But it’s not all salads and massages, at its core is a spiritual inquiry into why we’re here.We talk:Surviving cancer twiceThe family crisis that set her freeUsing the Chinese 5 Elements to understanding healingStaring her own investment firmLeaving banking for her new lifeLinks:Marina's Retreat - Euphoria

#183 Trauma-Sensitive Yoga - with Jenn Turner

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/This week's guest on Being Human is educator, mental health counsellor, yoga teacher and co-founder of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment (CFTE), Jenn Turner.Trauma is a pervasive aspect of all human experience. Understandably, it's one that no one wants to talk about, and yogis are no exception.Jenn's work is piercing this taboo in the yoga world. She's learning lessons about dealing with the impacts of buried pain that we can all apply in our lives, no matter our walk of life.We talk:The double-think of mainstream yogaShifting from didact to 'holder of space'Embracing the chaosWhy survivors must always be the authors of their healingThe essence of trauma-sensitive leadership Links:Jenn's WebsiteCenter for Trauma and Embodiment (CFTE)Embodied Healing - The Book

#182 Slaying Zombie Economies - with Steve Keen

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This week's guest on Being Human is Professor of Economics Steve Keen.Professor Keen has been on a mission to expose the failings of mainstream economic theory and policy.An economics dissident and author of 2001’s Debunking Economics, he warned about the 2008 economic crisis long before it happened.
We talk:
Why Neoclassical economic models are fantasies
How nations manage to keep their ‘zombie economies’ going
How economists are not prepared for the looming climate crisis 
How those wary of "watermelon" communistic greens have reason to be fearful
A realistic model of the economy
A new politics to de-zombify our economies
Links:Professor Keen's BooksProfessor Keen's PatreoneCONomics - The Comic

#181 Angrynomics - with Mark Blyth

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Why are measures of stress and anxiety on the rise when materially we seem to have it so good? This is a question that my guest this week, Mark Blyth has set out to discover.In his book Angrynomics, Mark explores the rising tide of anger and proposes radical new solutions for an increasingly polarized world.
Mark is as entertaining as he is passionate, we talk:
Why we're so angry
The failure of 'trickle-up' neo-liberalism
The golden opportunity that rich governments are not taking
Why inflation isn't the problem
Towards a Capitalism 4.0
Links:AngrynomicsAngrynomics - The Book