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Paul Gilmartin, host of the Mental Illness Happy Hour.Paul is a funny guy who hosts one of the most best podcasts on the market today. We have a great chat with Paul and we play a game at the end; borrowed from his show where he, Chris and I take turns exchanging things we are afraid of and things we love. It is certainly the most we have ever gotten from Chris on the air.The Mental Illness Happy Hour is an interview show known for it's candor, depth and intensity. In addition to the interviews Paul reads surveys about their lives filled out by his listeners that are in turn enlightening, horrifying and heartrending. However, the show is ultimately very hopeful. The combination of Paul's' humor, and the hope that is generated when people know they are not alone, gives the show an optimism that transcends the difficult subject matter.From 1995 to 2011 Paul Gilmartin co-hosted TBS’ Dinner and a Movie, and has been a stand-up comedian since 1987. His credits include Comedy Central Presents: Paul Gilmartin, numerous Bob and Tom albums, comedy festivals and the Late Show with Craig Ferguson. He is also a frequent guest on the Adam Carolla podcast, performing political satire as right-wing Congressman Richard Martin.  In This Interview Paul and I Discuss...The One You Feed parable.Forgiving ourselves for past misdeeds.The healing power of humor when used correctly.Not using humor to avoid feelings or intimacy.How we all have the lightest light and the darkest dark within.The cinematography of The Godfather.His battles with depression both present and past.Not being an expert.That there are no easy answers.That there are no fast fixes.When does positive thinking become denial.Accepting ourselves as we are, and working to change ourselves at the same time.Letting the mistakes of the past inform our decisions for the future.Apologizing without expecting something in return.How we think the way we feel now is the way we will feel forever.How evolution has made us fear based.Avoiding useless rumination.An unshakeable peace....sometimes.Treating depression like the emotional flu.We take Paul's show staple of Love Off and Fear Off and all three of us do it.Paul Gilmartin LinksMental Illness Happy Hour homepagePaul Gilmartin homepagePaul Gilmartin on Twitter  Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:Kino MacGregorStrand of OaksMike Scott of the WaterboysTodd Henry- author of Die EmptyRandy Scott HydeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

29 Juli 201452min

This week on The One You Feed we have Krista Tippett from On Being.  In This Interview Krista and I Discuss...The One You Feed parable.How modern news feeds our bad wolf.How science and religion ask different questions.How modern society looks for the most polarizing and strident views.Listening as a spiritual virtue.Being open to be surprised and amazed.Not needing to have the answers.Loving the questions themselves.Paradox and ambiguity.A reverence for mystery.Arriving at some of the best places in our lives through mistakes.Depression as a black pandoras box.The things that go wrong for us become part of our gifts to the world.We become great not in spite of the hardships but because of them.The path to spiritual genius is through being fully human.Krista's definition of spirituality- the inner work that accompanies our outer lives.Humor as a virtue.How she has never met a wise person who does not laugh often.Krista Tippett LinksOn Being homepageOn Being on TwitterRead Krista's books Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:Kino MacGregorStrand of OaksMike Scott of the WaterboysTodd Henry- author of Die EmptyRandy Scott HydeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

20 Juli 201442min

This week on The One You Feed we have Timothy Showalter from Strand of Oaks.Strand of Oaks aka Timothy Showalter just released one of the years best records. Heal has been celebrated by NPR, Pitchfork, Mojo and Uncut among many others. It's one of our favorite records of the year. The story behind Heal:"From the first bars of HEAL, the exhilarating melodic stomp of 'Goshen '97' puts you right into Tim Showalter's fervent teenage mindset. We find him in his family's basement den in Goshen, IN, feeling alienated but even at 15 years old, believing in the alchemy and power of music to heal your troubles. "The record is called HEAL, but it's not a soft, gentle healing, it's like scream therapy, a command, because I ripped out my subconscious, looked through it, and saw the worst parts. And that's how I got better." HEAL embodies that feeling of catharsis and rebirth, desperation and euphoria, confusion and clarity. It is deeply personal and unwittingly anthemic.Showalter was on tour, walking home on a mild autumn night in Malmo, Sweden, when he first felt the weight of the personal crisis that would ignite him to write HEAL. "It was a culmination of pressure," Showalter recalls. "My marriage was suffering, I'd released a record I was disappointed in, I didn't like how I looked or acted...so I'd gone on tour, I was gone about two years! I didn't take time to think about failure, but I knew I was going deeper and deeper...I was thinking, I have this life, but it's not my life, I haven't done it right..."When Showalter returned, he wrote 30 songs in three weeks, a process that proved difficult, but cathartic and at times invigorating. Previous Strand Of Oaks records were more skeletal, raw examples of folk-rooted Americana with occasional rock and electronic currents, that have now come to the fore. HEAL is a bold new beginning, with a thrilling full-tilt sound that draws on Showalter's love of '70s, '80s and '90s rock and pop, with the singer and guitarist playing the intense valedictory confessor.In This Interview Tim and I Discuss...The One You Feed parable.The great success of his new record.The saddest line on his new record.The importance of feeling all of our emotions, not just the good ones.How hard it is to write uplifting music that isn't cheesy.Disliking ironic music.The redemptive power of rock and roll.How we care less about what people think as we age.The power of being our authentic selves.Becoming who we are.Avoiding the victim/villain mindset.Jason Molina of Songs:Ohia.Fighting the dark times.Strand of Oaks LinksStrand of Oaks homepageBuy Heal on AmazonStrand of Oaks on TwitterStrand of Oaks on FacebookStrand of Oaks playlist on YouTube Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:Kino MacGregorMike Scott of the WaterboysTodd Henry- author of Die EmptyRandy Scott HydeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

16 Juli 201432min

This week on The One You Feed we have Kino MacGregor.We interviewed Kino after one of her weekend yoga retreats that she held in Columbus. We talked upstairs in a loft above the meeting space. She was warm, engaging and wise.She is an international yoga teacher, author of two books, producer of six Ashtanga Yoga DVDs, writer, vlogger, world traveler, co-founder of Miami Life Center (www.miamilifecenter.com) and founder of Miami Yoga Magazine (www.miamiyogamagazine.com). Her YouTube channel reached more than 2 million views within the last year(www.youtube.com/kinoyoga). She is one of a select group of people to receive the Certification to teach Ashtanga Yoga by its founder Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India and practices through the Fourth Series of Ashtanga Yoga.Without any background in movement training Kino tried her first yoga class when she was nineteen. Three years later, she joined Govinda Kai’s Mysore-style classes in New York City and became a dedicated Ashtanga yoga practitioner. After seven months of traditional Ashtanga practice Kino traveled to Mysore, India to meet her true teacher, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (“Guruji”). Upon her return she began real self-practice by practicing alone and devoting herself entirely to the study and teaching of Ashtanga yoga. After seven years of consistent trips to Mysore, at the age of 29, she received from Guruji the Certification to teach Ashtanga yoga and has since worked to pass on the inspiration to practice to countless others.In This Interview Kino and I Discuss...The One You Feed parable.Keeping your peace of mind regardless of the circumstances.How hard yoga can be.How yoga intentionally challenges your nervous system.Save Time, Save Money and Support the Show!! Go to Harry's and Use Promo Code: oneyoufeed to get $5 off your first order.Retraining the habit pattern of your nervous system.Walking the middle path.Not craving pleasure and pushing away pain.Taking what you learn during yoga out into the world.The value of surrendering to a method.Finding a genuine teacher.Yoga as a spiritual practice.Yoga and meditation in a secular setting.Using physical limits as a mirror for the inner journey.Her story of becoming a yoga teacher.Her depression, searching and questioning.Learning to not force everything.Meeting her teacher.The definition of truth as "what works".How what works one day may not work the next day.The multiple versions of the truth.The paradox of ambition versus acceptance.Balancing efforts between striving and not attachment to results.How depression can be the ultimate quitting.That love doesn’t make the pain go away but love is still bigger.Kino MacGregor LinksKino MacGregor homepageYoga for Beginners with KinoAshtanga Yoga:Primary Series with Kino MacGregorAshtanga Yoga: Intermediate Series with Kino MacGregorThe Power of Ashtanga Yoga: Developing a Practice That Will Bring You Strength, Flexibility, and Inner PeaceSacred Fire: My Journey Into Ashtanga YogaKino MacGregor You Tube channelKino MacGregor on Twitter Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:Mike Scott of the WaterboysRich RollTodd Henry- author of Die EmptyRandy Scott HydeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

9 Juli 201432min

This week on The One You Feed we have Dan Harris.Dan is best known for his work on ABC News, Nightline and Good Morning America, but we invited him on the show because of his latest book: 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story.I was fascinated by this book. Dan was driven to meditation and self help out of a self imposed crisis after he had a panic attack on national TV. His journey through that landscape mirrored my own to some degree. He had a degree of skepticism from the beginning that he retains today. He also was perplexed by the paradox that most fascinates me: What is the degree that serenity can erode our ambition?Going from the esoteric teachings of Eckhart Tolle to the down to earth practical modern buddhism of Mark Epstein (author of the classics Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart and Thoughts without a Thinker) he was able to find an approach that worked for him. The book is insightful, hilarious and very instructive.In This Interview Dan and I Discuss...The One You Feed parable.That the mind can be trained for compassion and happiness.Exercising the brain just like the body.The science of meditation.The message for people who are skeptical of meditation.The voice in my head is an asshole.10% happier not unicorns and rainbows.What meditation isn't.Reading Eckhart Tolle.Our tendency to focus on the bad things and ignore the good.The difference between constructive anguish and useless rumination.The difference between pain and suffering."the craving to be elsewhere, to be otherwise, permeated my life"The tendency to project into the future."The background static of perpetual discontent".How we are like colicky babies who are never quite satisfied.His conflicted view on the tendency to never be satisfied.How dissatisfaction can drive us forward.When it is useful to keep pushing and when is it better to back down?The happiness set point theory.Raising our emotional set point.Ambition versus satisfaction.Motivation coming from happiness versus pain.Not being attached to the results.Romanticizing melancholy.How a certain amount of stress is necessary.Being happy does not work at cross purposes to being successful.Dealing with failure.How when our minds wander we are less happy.Meditation in less than 140 characters.Remembering to feed the good wolf.How one of the meanings of mindfulness is remembering.Training to be less of an asshole.Dan Harris LinksDan Harris page on ABC NewsPurchase 10% HappierDan Harris on Twitter Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:Mike Scott of the WaterboysRich RollTodd Henry- author of Die EmptyRandy Scott HydeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

1 Juli 201434min

This week on The One You Feed we have Lewis Howes.I first talked with Lewis when he reached out to us shortly after our launch of the show to introduce himself. He noticed we were from Columbus, Ohio where he used to live. It was a truly kind gesture and it was awesome for us to talk with someone so successful in the podcasting world. He invited us to join his excellent podcasting network, The Integrity Network.We were lucky enough to make this another in person interview. We visited Lewis in his West Hollywood apartment. Lewis is one of those people who seem to have it all together and have the perfect life. But it wasn't always that way for him. He grew up feeling alone and like he didn't belong. He suffered awful childhood sexual abuse. He had a great deal of trouble learning to read, he thought he was stupid.  An injury ended his athletic career at.Like all people, he has faced adversity. In our conversation he discusses how he has overcome that adversity. He also names the ability to overcome adversity as the trait that most stands out from all the amazing people he has talked with on his podcast, School of Greatness.We had a lot of great discussion before and after the podcast. Lewis pressed me on some decisions I make in my life and gave me a lot to think about. He was generous, kind and extremely helpful and suppotive.In This Interview Lewis and I Discuss...The One You Feed parable.The importance of the environments we place ourselves in.Feeding the bad wolf.Learning to come from a place of kindness versus defensiveness.Growth mindset vs the fixed mindset.The importance of perspective.Avoiding the victim mindset.Using inner and outer feedback.How to be a better communicator.Not taking things personally.His definition of greatness.The poison of comparison.Growing more resilient and courageous.Turning things into a game.The goal of life.Falling in love with pain.Using pain to get stronger.Not resisting.His adventure with the US National Handball team.His upcoming book.His dream of being an Olympian.The key to success=consistency.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

25 Juni 201432min

[powerpress] This week on The One You Feed we have Lama Kathy Wesley.Wow...episode #30. Thanks to all of you listening out there.Chris setting up at KTCThis interview was the 2nd interview we ever conducted and our longest episode we have ever aired. We conducted the interview at Lama Kathy's meditation center. It is a beautiful facility and a great room to record in.Early on we thought it would be a good idea to talk as long as we could and then edit it down to our usual ~30 minute time frame. We learned the hard way that editing that much material is very time consuming and painful. It's painful because there are so many great insights that it hurts to limit it. I think we talked with Lama Kathy for over 90 minutes. We were simply unable to get much below an hour for the total because it was such a great interview.We conducted it at the Columbus meditation center where Lama Kathy is the resident teacher. It is called Karma Thegsum Choling (KTC) and is a Tibetan meditation center. It is part of the Kagyu lineage which stretches back in an unbroken line of teachers to the 10th century.Lama Kathy is the resident teacher at KTC and is in frequent demand, teaching at centers throughout the US. She has been a student of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche since 1977. She participated in the first three-year retreat led by Khenpo Rinpoche at Karme Ling Retreat Center in upstate New York, and thus earned the title of “retreat lama.” She is a graduate of Ohio State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and lives in Newark, Ohio with her husband, Michael.In This Interview Lama Kathy and I Discuss...Her spiritual path.How she became a Buddhist lama.The one teaching that is most important.How her life no longer belongs to her, but to everyone.The reason to pursue spiritual teachings.How spirituality is evolutionary.That people come to spiritual path out of pain or confusion.The importance of a spiritual method or technique.How our stories in our mind change as we quiet the mind.How some relief from our own pain and suffering makes it easier to help others.Approaching the spiritual path.The value of a good teacher.The different approaches to meditation.The one you feed parable.How happiness and suffering arrive from the inside.The universality of truth.The importance of picking a path and sticking to it.How egotism can co-opt anything.Spiritual materialism.The obstacles we face on the path of spirituality.Doubt.The beer commercial approach to spirituality.The danger of expectations.The difference between effort and struggle.How love and compassion are always the answer.Relative vs universal compassion.Lama Kathy LinksLama Kathy HomepageColumbus Karma Thegsum CholingThe Karma Kagyu LineageDharma Paths book recommended by KathyLama Kathy on TwitterThe 17th Karmapa on TwitterSome of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:Mike Scott of the WaterboysRich RollTodd Henry- author of Die EmptyRandy Scott HydeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

17 Juni 201455min

This week on The One You Feed we have Jon Wurster.Jon Wurster is an American musician and humorist best known as the drummer for indie rockers Superchunk, The Mountain Goats and Bob Mould as well for his comedic work with radio host Tom Scharpling on the The Best Show on WFMU.Wurster has recorded and/or performed live with artists such as Bob Mould, Jay Farrar, Ben Gibbard, Robert Pollard, Katy Perry, The New Pornographers, Rocket from the Crypt, Ryan Adams, R.E.M., Guided by Voices, Marah, Alejandro Escovedo,A.C. Newman, Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple, Inspiral Carpets, The Minus 5, and Charlie Daniels.Wurster is one half of the radio comedy team Scharpling and Wurster. Tom Scharpling is the longtime host of The Best Show on WFMU radio program. The duo have been releasing CDs on their Stereolaffs label since 1999. Their most recent album is 2007's The Art of The Slap. Scharpling and Wurster have collaborated in music videos written and directed by Tom Scharpling and starring Wurster. The videos were created for The New Pornographers, Aimee Mann, and The Postal Service.Wurster has written for television shows such as Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell, Monk, Squidbillies, Tim and Eric Awesome Show and Tom Goes to the Mayor.In This Interview Jon and I Discuss...The One You Feed parable.The importance of acknowledging the bad wolf.Some of his favorite personal development books.Learning to take what you like from books and leaving the rest.His early depression.WordHate™His dislike of the ukulele music trend.Not trusting people from different social circles.His comedy with Tom Scharpling on The Best Show on WFMU.His favorite character from The Best Show.His touring schedule.His decision to stop drinking.The negative downward cycle of drinking.The enjoyment of playing sober.The music he turns to for inspiration.Getting started in music.Playing rock music with Stephen Dubner.Remembering that we are all "works in progress".The importance of self-awareness.Learning to guide our behavior by how it makes us feel. Jon Wurster LinksJon Wurster on TwitterSterolaffs-The home of Wurster and SchaprlingThe Best Show on WFMU ArchivesBest Show Gems- Almost exclusively Jon's phone calls.Superchunk HomepageThe Mountain Goats homepageBob Mould homepage Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:Mike Scott of the WaterboysRich RollTodd Henry- author of Die EmptyRandy Scott HydeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

10 Juni 201433min