Being Human

#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

#180 What Is Water? - with Kayvan Kian

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/How many of us during our school years learned the teachings of Epictetus or Seneca? Perhaps you were lucky.With the world as it is right now, there's a great need for the perennial wisdom of the ancients.My guest this week, Kayvan Kian, has been leading a series of philosophical dialogues within the Young Leaders Forum he founded.He condensed the essence of these conversations into his book What is Water? In it, Kayvan shifts the focus away from overwhelm and toward virtues and strategies that will help you grow stronger through it all.In this episode, we talk:The Bricks, Pillars and Schools metaphorMagical celebrationsLearning to talk lessThe power of dialogueCultivating virtueLinks:What Is Water? - The Book

#179 Swagger - with Leslie Ehm

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/Why are some people magnetic, confident, comfortable in their skin, and in charge of their destinies? What’s their secret?This week's author Leslie Ehm, believes she has the answer in one word: Swagger.Leslie talks about how her philosophy shatters the myths around “fake it ’til you make it”, and we why need to dig deep to uncover and express our real selves.What I love about Leslie is that she’s not shy about tackling what’s blocking many of us from finding our swagger and that’s addressing our underlying pain.In this episode, we talk:The true definition of swaggerWhat's blocking your real selfHow far we can heal painEmbracing our weirdnessProfessionalism vs. authenticityLinks:Swagger - The BookLeslie's WebsiteLeslie's Instagram

#178 Sparking the Virtue Revolution - with Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/What does it mean to be a good organisation in a world of unbounded individualism and ferocious social Darwinism? A rebellious professor and a business insurgent believe they have an answer.Professor at the University of St. Gallen Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt, ex-COO of ING, join us this week to talk about the new project they've co-founded called Good Organisations.They believe the “anything goes” narrative of our postmodern world cannot be upheld. Antionette and Otti join the show to tell us that we need to re-learn how to put virtues first and craft “good organisations” that enable human flourishing.In this episode, we talk:Healthy feminine and healthy masculineThe role of healing and dialogical learningThe curse of unbounded individualismHow Agile = 'Lipstick on a Pig'The need for revolutionLinks:Good Organisations