Hugging the World Back Together with Tim Harris

What if the most powerful thing you could offer the world wasn't your résumé or achievements, but simply your presence and a hug?

Tim Harris is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, Special Olympics athlete, author of The Book of Hugs, host of the Big Heart Talks with Tim podcast, and founder of Tim's Big Heart Foundation. Raised in Albuquerque, Tim built a life around one belief: love, kindness, and connection can change everything. He ran Tim's Place: Breakfast, Lunch & Hugs, greeting every guest at the front door — all while living with Down syndrome, not in spite of who he is, but because of it.

In this conversation, Tim shares about his seven steps to an awesome life, what he told a worried father whose baby would be born with Down syndrome, and why hugs are the best medicine in the world. Miles and Tim talk about their love of country music and feature a special performance of a country classic. These new best friends cover it all before Tim’s 5 o’clock flight home.

In this conversation, you'll learn:

How to be the light instead of complaining about the darkness
How to use your superpower to lift someone in their hardest moment
How to dream something and then do the work to make it real
How friendship becomes the foundation for everything worth building
How to lead with love in every room you walk into
How kindness attracts more kindness back into your life
How to grieve loss while still showing up for the world
How asking first makes connection stronger
How to recognize the gift in people that the world underestimates
How to love someone for a thousand years, starting today

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What We Discuss:

00:00:00 – Meet Tim Harris

00:03:02 – Country music fan since 13: Garth Brooks, Josh Turner & the deep cuts

00:05:20 – Nashville coffee taste test

00:10:39 – Tim's Big Heart Foundation

00:13:42 – "Oh, yeah": the trademark and how his dad gave him the hype

00:14:25 – Tim’s 7 steps to an awesome life

00:16:05 – Tim's Place: Breakfast, Lunch & Hugs

00:21:36 – Special Olympics USA Games Athlete: representing New Mexico

00:26:55 – The Book of Hugs: monkeys, bananas, and the world's biggest softie

00:30:21 – "Hugs are the best medicine to heal the world"

00:39:25 – Grief and the friend who gave his book away before he passed

00:43:14 – Speed dating, proposals, and dreaming about love

00:44:57 – A special performance from Tim & Miles

00:51:09 – Meeting Reba McEntire on the job

01:02:28 – World Down Syndrome Day and Tim Tebow's Night to Shine

01:13:41 – Emcee at the World Games & Hugging the Obamas

01:18:21 – "We should love each other for a thousand years"

01:19:03 - Tim makes Miles his new best friend — officially

01:21:33 - Tim McGraw reached out about "Humble and Kind"

01:23:01 - Nashville boots, cowboy hat, and a human school gift

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