Being Human

#266 Breathwork - with Fini Cooper

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I've got a great one for you this week. I speak with the fantastic Fini Cooper, a Breathwork Therapist based in London.I first met Fini hosting the Wellness In The Wild festival, and her speech was brilliant. Despite being a part-time yogi for two decades, I hadn't realised the extent of the benefits of breathwork: the impact that taking conscious control of our breathing can have on our health and well-being. We talk:
Foundational breathing
The difference between talk therapy and deep work
Why CO2 is good for us
Playing with inhale vs exhale
Taping your mouth at night
Links:Fini's Website

#265 Caring Is Winning - with Jason Lippert

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This week we speak with Jason Lippert, President & Chief Executive Officer of LCI Industries (LCII), a New York Stock Exchange-listed company with 15,000 team members, over $5.2bn in yearly sales, and one of the world leaders in producing RV components.Jason has taken to heart Bob Chapman's teachings on leadership and hopes to inspire other people through his work, even founding the Lippert Academy of Leadership.We talk:
How’s Jason faith helped him to re-evaluate his approach to business
Changing his ways as a leader 
The importance of emotional control as a leader 
Taking culture out of HR
Great leadership requires training 
Links:The Lippert Academy of Leadership

#264 The Redox Revolution - with Andrew Genovese

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This week I swing out with Andrew Genovese, a Dimensional Breathwork teacher/facilitator, sacred space holder, plant medicine guide, visionary, and New Earth Ambassador.
On his journey to heal his traumas, Andrew found breathwork and now uses it to tap into the central nervous system to calm the mind and purify the body. This work allows us to let go of our physical body and permits the subconscious and unconscious mind to bring to the surface whatever is ready for us to process and release fully.
He has now become an ambassador for a technology he claims to be as powerful as breathwork: reduction/oxidation or redox. Redox signaling molecules are produced within every cell in your body and act as cellular messengers or activators. These molecules are critical in keeping oxidation in check and preventing cellular damage. The company he represents claims to have created a bottled form of these molecules.We talk:
How Andrew cured a chronic, painful condition through breathwork alone
Why the lack of ‘chi’ is at the root of ill health
The Redox breakthrough 
The ending of the dark age of the Kali Yuga
Links:Andrew's Website

#263 Lessons In Productivity From The Startup World - with Stoyan Yankov

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This week I speak with Stoyan Yankov, productivity and performance coach and author of PERFORM: The Unsexy Truth About (Startup) Success.Stoyan has a fantastic life story to share. Starting in his native Bulgaria and pursuing a finance degree in Denmark, he discovered a passion for filmmaking that saw him eventually work as a producer for more than 500 films. Then the epiphany happened. When delivering a speech, he realised a person's life could truly be changed with a one-hour speech. After that, he quit filmmaking and pursued a career as a motivational speaker and workshop host. We talk:
Washing dishes and giving speeches
Keeping purpose present
The Art of Prioritisation
Are you eating frogs or honey?
Can 'self-work' be an avoidance strategy?
Links:Stoyan's WebistePERFORM: The Unsexy Truth about (Startup) Success - The Book

#262 True Self - with Garret Kramer

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This week I speak with Garret Kramer, an author, coach and consultant with over 28 years of experience helping athletes, actors, and business leaders.What started as an inkling in the back of his mind that life was more than it was cracked up to be, Garret's work has led him on a path of self-exploration, discovering non-duality on the way and its relevance to performance, happiness, and psychology.Garret shares:
When he realised that conventional, 'fix-the-self' coaching wasn't his path
Mainstream coaching and therapy vs the path of non-duality 
How wonder is schooled out of us
Our societal obsession with individual identity
Tricking the seeking mind
Links:Garret's Website

#261 Inside Out Health & Wellness - with Dr. Vincent Esposito

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This week's Being Human episode guest is Dr. Vincent Esposito, a holistic doctor trained in chiropractic, nutrition, and herbal medicine.
Dr. Esposito has a fantastic health journey that started during his time as a college athlete. Noticing an increase in body weight and the onset of gut issues, he started to dive deeper into anatomy and psychology, understanding the biochemistry that allows our bodies to run properly. After developing a regimen of healthy eating and living rules, he's resolved his gut issues and has developed a plant-based system that allows people to live healthy lives inside and out.
We talk:
Using the five flavours for great vegetarian meals
Is it about plant-based, or it is about whole foods?
The peril of not going organic
How you eat, not what you eat
Links:Dr. Esposito's WebsiteDr. Esposito's YouTube Channel

#260 Being Your True Self - with Gillian McMichael

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This week we speak with Gillian McMichael, teacher, healer, coach and author of the book Coming Home: A Guide to Being Your True Self.Coming from a working-class background, Gillian's path from being an administrator and holiday rep to coaching at the highest levels in business is remarkable. A pioneer in the field, Gillian set up the very first professional coaching body in Scotland and has gone on to master multiple disciplines in the healing and coaching arts. Gillian shares:
Recovery from sexual trauma
Finding meditation
The power of answering big questions
Resiliency and Reiki
Stacking habits
Links:Gillian's WebsiteComing Home: A Guide to Being Your True Self - The Book

#259 Potentiate Your DNA - with Sol Luckman

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This week’s Being Human guest is Sol Luckman, a confessed beachaholic and obsessive cultural creative.
Preferring hard play over a so-called honest day’s work, these days in the New Abnormal, Sol spends his time on a new small island mostly bodysurfing, painting, and writing—not necessarily in that order and usually not all at once.
How while on a permanent vacation, he became a multi-award-winning and international bestselling author and prolific professional artist is anyone’s guess. 
We talk:
From athlete and star student to suffering a vaccine injury
Eras I, II and III of Western Medicine
Discovering the codes to achieve a bioenergetic reset
Turning frogs into salamanders
Are we living in a sound hologram?
Links:Sol's Website

#258 Leading Beyond Change - with Michael and Audree Tara Sahota

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This week’s Being Human episode sees the return of Michael Sahota, this time joined by with his wife Audree Tara Sahota.Michael and Audree are the co-creators of the SHIFT314 Evolutionary Leadership Framework™ (SELF), which provides a practical step-by-step guide for the inner and outer shifts needed to unlock Business Agility, Teal and other new ways of working. 
We talk:
How consciousness is awareness
Awareness starts with noticing the consequences of your behaviours
The triangle of trauma impact
Healing fast and slow
What is driving your desire?
Links:Leading Beyond Change - The BookEmotionalScience.com

#257 Self-Organisation Now! Sparking The Revolution - with Niels Pflaeging

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This week I speak with Niels Pflaeging, researcher and author on organisational leadership and transformation.Niels is a tour de force on a mission to create a world of 'Beta' organisations. He borrows the 'beta' concept from software development, where 'beta' systems are constantly being iterated. Beta organisations are decentralised and comprise small, self-sustaining autonomous teams in the mould of Handelsbanken or Buurtzorg. Niels claims his beta model is the best a company can adopt to thrive in complexity and to enable human flourishing. Niels pulls no punches in describing our present management paradigm, nor his views on applying complexity science in business.Niels shares:
Why command and control 'Alpha' organisations stink
The difference between Blue (complicated) and Red (complex) systems
Why complexity frameworks are BS
The issue with consent-based decisions making
How to transform to a decentralised 'Beta' organisation in 90 days
Links:Organize for Complexity - The BookNiels' Websitegomenius