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Trying to Adult015 Can You Be Healthy and Still Party? with Ex-Ibiza DJ with 10 Year Addiction /Sean WillersCan you really live a healthy life and still drink and take drugs?In this raw and eye-opening chat, former British soldier and ex-Ibiza DJ turned health and fitness coach Sean Willers shares how he went from a decade of chaos - fuelled by booze and recreational drugs-to finding clarity and purpose through fitness.We unpack how drink and drug culture is deeply ingrained in British nightlife, why “going sober” gets such a bad rep, and why so many people assume there’s something wrong with you if you don’t drink. Sean opens up...2025-04-2047 minTrying to Adult10 steps to Master your Money in Your 20s with Anna BradingWhy does managing money in your 20s and 30s feel impossible?You get paid… blink twice… and it’s already gone. Rent, bills, impulse buys - meanwhile your mate’s just bought a house and people online are living in Bali.In this episode, you'll hear from Anna Brading, author of Money Mentor: 10 Essential Steps to Do Your Future Self a Favour, to unpack why we feel so lost when it comes to money - and what to actually do about it.We talk about the emotional weight of money, why we were never ta...2025-04-0649 minTrying to AdultHow to Actually Buy Your First Home (and What Mistakes to Avoid) with Dan KnottTrying to buy your first home but feel totally lost? In this episode, you’ll hear from Mortgage Advisor Dan Knott, who breaks down everything you need to know about saving for a house and getting a mortgage.From using Lifetime ISAs and improving your credit report to tricky convos with your partner - this has you covered. Whether you’re just starting to save or already house hunting, this episode will give you the clarity and confidence you need to get your first home.Follow Dan Knott:Instagram: http...2025-03-2341 minTrying to Adult012 Adam Cox on Why You’re Stuck (And How to Rewire Your Mind)Are we truly facing a mental health crisis, or have we started labelling normal struggles as disorders? In this episode, I sit down with hypnotherapist Adam Cox - who works with celebrities, CEOs, and even royalty - to break down the rise of self-diagnosis, the power of belief systems, and whether we’re medicating symptoms instead of tackling root causes.We get into:How your brain creates beliefs (and how to change them).The dangers of self-diagnosing mental health disorders.Are we treating the cause or just masking th...2025-03-0956 min
Trying to Adult001 David McIntosh on Origin Stories, Grief and AQ IntelligenceIn this debut episode, Adam welcomes David McIntosh, host of the Development by David podcast, where he’s interviewed high-profile names like Jimmy Carr, Example, and the CEO of Reebok. Beyond his podcast, David is a management consultant, the founder and co-chair of the Social Mobility ERG at KPMG, and has been recognised in Business Insider’s 35 Under 35 list.David shares his personal journey, starting with his working-class roots and the pivotal moments that led him to discover the power of origin stories. Together, they dive deep into how sharing our stories, no matter the size or i...2024-10-0659 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityBest of Humanitou: Victoria Stracke, publisher of 'The Last Hundred Miles: The Diary of Larry Waite'Victoria Stracke is the curator and publisher of "The Last Hundred Miles: The Diary of Larry Waite." And she has remained anonymous in that role. Until now. Larry was a gay man who grew up in the Midwest during the 1950s and 60s. He prolifically documented his life for more than 30 years, with intimate and sometimes brutal, raw honesty.
Those diaries ended up in Victoria's hands. In this conversation, we find out how she came to be the keeper of Larry’s story, how she ultimately decided to move forward with publishing the diaries on his behalf, and...2024-05-021h 13
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityBest of Humanitou: Lisa Congdon, illustrator & author, on failure, impostor syndrome, LGBTQ rights, meditation, breast cancer and being a change-agentLisa Congdon is an illustrator, and the author of eight books, most recently (as of original episode release on Aug. 2, 2020): “Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic.” Her client list runs deep, including the Obama Campaign, the United Nations, Lululemon, Crate & Barrel, MoMA, REI, AirBnB, Martha Stewart Living and many more.
In this conversation, we talk about failure, impostor syndrome, and the stories and experiences that shape us. We get into spirituality and authenticity, conformity and fear. Lisa speaks on white privilege and anti-racism, and her activism for LGBTQ rights. We talk about...2024-03-241h 20
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityBest of Humanitou: Steven Pressfield, best-selling author of The War of Art, on creative Resistance, fear & love, & tuning into the cosmic radio stationSteven Pressfield is the best-selling author of The War of Art, The Artist's Journey, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire and, his newest novel, which was published earlier this month, A Man at Arms. In this conversation, we talk about Resistance with a capital-R, that diabolical enemy within each of us that tries to keep us from connecting with our highest Self (and each other). We talk fear and love, self-sabotage and leadership, Hero's Journey and Artist's Journey, dreams and discovering ourselves, and tribalism and society, among other things. More at humanitou.com.
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LaughBoxEp118 -REPOST- Live a Beautiful Life Podcast with Joy First Foundation and Adam WilliamsOur New Year Episode is a repost of Adam Williams of the Live a Beautiful Life Podcast interviewing Katy BEE about Joy First Foundation.
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Adam is a musician and vocalist who created this podcast to study emotions in an in depth way with high empathy and understanding. His podcast covered subjects...2023-12-3149 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityThoughts On: Hourly vs. Value-Based Pay for CreatorsIn this solo episode (ep 154), Adam Williams makes the case for artists/creators being valued for their work as mystic builders of worlds rather than widget-makers on the clock. Read, listen to more and view the full artwork, "All My Sins," used in the episode thumbnail at humanitou.com.2023-08-0804 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityThe Intuitive Process of Creating (& General Baron Jacques)In this solo episode (ep 153), Adam Williams talks about the building blocks of the creative process, using the intuitive flow of his "scrawl abstracts" artwork, like his digital painting “Don’t be fucking ridiculous … I just wear stars! (General Baron Jacques),” as an example. Read, listen to more and view the full artwork, "(General Baron Jacques)," at humanitou.com.2023-08-0105 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityThe Last Game of CatchIn this solo episode (ep 152), Adam Williams connects the dots of two creative works he made years apart. And he shares "Catch," his poem of nostalgia and wondering about his last game of catch with "good 'ol Dad." Read, listen to more, and view the artwork, "Baseball," talked about in this episode at humanitou.com.2023-07-2505 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity‘I Could Do That’In this solo episode (ep 151), Adam Williams speaks to the misconception non-artists have who walk into galleries and dismiss artists' work with a flippant, "I could do that," with the help of musician Jack White. He talks about the difference between "I could do that" and "I did that!" Read, listen to more, and view the full artwork, "So Pretty the Flower," used in the episode thumbnail at humanitou.com.2023-07-1804 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityA Reflection of Who We Are in This MomentOverview: In this solo episode (ep 150), Adam Williams takes a look around and reflects on who he is in this moment, with the aid of legendary music producer Rick Rubin. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-07-1104 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityThe Price We Pay for Our Unsung SongsIn this solo episode (ep 149), Adam Williams cites psychotherapist Barry Michels' line, "It is a tragedy to die with our song unsung." He then lays out the simple and meaningful questions we all owe it to ourselves to ask to keep that tragedy from happening. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-07-0402 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityTwo Poems from San AgustinilloIn this solo episode (ep 148), Adam Williams talks about his not-quite-forgotten chapbook of poetry and photography, San Agustinillo. He shares two very short poems -- "The Palm" and "The Moon" -- from that project several years still in the making. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-06-2703 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityIn This Second Half of LifeIn this solo episode (ep 147), Adam Williams refers to Richard Rohr's (and Carl Jung's) spiritual philosophy of the two halves of life. Adam talks about his internal struggles as a creator and human with the external validations and gatekeepers we're socialized to obey. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-06-2014 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityDear Dead GodIn this solo episode (ep 146), Adam Williams gives into the intruding thoughts that came to him during meditation. Thoughts on God, being "good/bad" at meditation, vulnerability and connecting with each other through sharing what we've got to share. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-05-1712 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityChatGPT FailIn this short solo episode (ep 145), Adam Williams shares his failed attempt at collaboration with ChatGPT, and his fear that getting a Nintendo would be the death of his family. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-05-1106 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityThinking TimeIn this short solo episode (ep 144), Adam Williams relates the shared DNA of he and his son's habits of thinking time. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-05-0404 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityRevisiting 'Chop Wood, Carry Water'Based on a listener's timely and meaningful email, this episode revisits a focus of building a path of purpose one step at a time by applying the Zen philosophy of chopping wood and carrying water.
Humanitou creator Adam Williams digs into some thoughts, resources and ideas about recognizing life purpose and cultivating success through the Zen Buddhist koan, "chop wood, carry water." Along the way, he dips into the wisdom of sages like Jedi master Yoda and Michael Jordan, Baba Ram Dass and Pablo Picasso, an 8th century Buddhist poet and the lightbulb inventor Thomas Edison. Adam...2023-04-0624 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityWe Reap What We PracticeIn this short solo episode (ep 142), Adam Williams considers the phrase "life practice" and why it's not more widely used in society. He considers how honoring the process of practicing at life creates space for learning, compassion and evolution. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-03-1507 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityThinking on a Quote by Poet Jorie GrahamIn this short solo episode (ep 141), Adam Williams reflects on a line poet Jorie Graham gave in a recent interview in The New Yorker and digs into his own mission of self-expression. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-02-2803 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityA Poet Was There: Brian TurnerIn this short solo episode (ep 140), Adam Williams adds to his occasional series, "A Poet Was There," and features poet Brian Turner and work from his first collection, "Here, Bullet" (2005). He also reads three of Turner's poems from that book, including the title poem. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-02-2405 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityWhy Sharing Our Stories Is VitalIn this short solo episode (ep 139), Adam Williams talks about the essential value in stepping up to our stories and vulnerably sharing them, with some inspiration from Fat Joe, Dax Shepard and Shaun White. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-02-2204 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityThe Artist vs. The FundamentalistIn this short solo episode (ep 138), Adam Williams pulls out a helpful piece of the best-selling author Steven Pressfield's book, "The War of Art," noting key distinctions between worldviews of the artist and the fundamentalist. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-02-2003 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityTriggered By Another’s Words? Ask Yourself This Liberating Question …In this short episode (ep 137), Adam Williams shares forward a life-changing question. It's the key to breaking down our reactive, defensive postures when someone says something that triggers us. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-02-1804 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityThe FightIn this episode (ep 136), Adam Williams weaves stories of his two young sons throwing head locks and left hooks, and finding confidence amid their tears and rage, with his own challenges as a boy raised to never fight. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-02-1115 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityNo One Else Has the Answers EitherIn this episode (ep 135), Adam Williams shares his approach to self-expression, including as a podcaster. It's about self-study and facing fears, putting life questions and the things he thinks he thinks, for now, into the sunlight to see what's what. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-02-0708 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity5-3-1 & Being Grateful with David ChoeIn this episode (ep 134), Adam Williams takes a positive life practice from David Choe and his Choe Show podcast. 5-3-1 ... That's five gratitudes, three things to work on today, and one positive thing about yourself. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-02-0505 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityTruth in the Ultimate Age of MindfuckeryIn this short solo episode (ep 133), Adam Williams steps further into self-honesty. He deviates from his usual Humanitou focus on creative expression, spirituality and so on with a semi-rant, airing some truths he feels in this era of fantastic social and political mindfuckery. He's also been making some simple artworks as a practice in facing blatant contradictions rather than glossing over the lies.
Check out the artworks Adam refers to in the episode, and read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-02-0410 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityThe Courage to Do & Then Do Better In this short solo episode (ep 132), Adam Williams shares the pure gold of what we've been looking for and a way to get there, amid his reflections on Maya Angelou's line, "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-02-0207 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityThe Log Book of DoingsIn this short solo episode (ep 131), Adam Williams shares a creative life practice he calls his Log Book of Doings (and other thoughts and practices). It's a practice of presence, accomplishment and motivation. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-01-3109 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityThe Intrinsic Value & Vulnerability in Sharing Who We AreIn this short solo episode (ep 130), Adam Williams digs into why he shares what he creates as a writer, artist, podcaster and so on, even when no one is asking him to. He explores the value of being vulnerable over and over, and facing down the fear. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.2023-01-2906 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityThe Significance in Our InsignificanceIn this short solo episode, Adam Williams explores the mind-bogglingness of the Universe and our human arrogance to think it gives a fuck about what we give a foolish fuck about. He wades into our relatively insignificant places as humans in the vast universe and considers what our true significance actually can be.
Bonus: Do you know the distance of a light-year? How many light-years across the universe reaches? How many galaxies are in it? Adam dug up those fun facts for this episode ... Not that he can fathom what any of them mean. Mind. Blowing.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityA Poem From Somewhere: 'Spark Cloaked But Burning'In this ultra-short solo episode, Adam Williams shares "a poem from somewhere, for whomever needs it." For anyone who knows feelings of loneliness, anxiety and depression, this short poem, "Spark Cloaked But Burning," is one of compassion and solidarity. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityThinking About How We Impact OthersIn this short solo episode, Adam Williams thinks about a worthy question: What is the impact we have on others, and is it the impact we intend to have? Essentially, "Do I give them energy or drain their energy?" He explores this question and practice as one of self-awareness and compassion. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityAt the Intersection of Creative Intention and Oops, Something Artful HappensIn this short solo episode, Adam Williams stands at the intersection of creative intentions and oopses, where truth lies in the inexactitude of life. He explores the practice of listening to the intuitive and recognizing "when something artful this way comes." Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityA Way of Being & Seeing on a Trail HikeIn this short solo episode, Adam Williams shares a couple poetic examples of his awareness practices while on a trail hike. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityInsecurities, Courage & ConfidenceIn this short solo episode, Adam Williams sorts out some truths of being creative, like facing insecurities with courage and cultivating confidence. He cites Dutch artist, curator and designer Erik Kessels' book "Failed It!" and reflects on Kessels' belief that insecurity is essential to confidence.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityBeing 'The Man In The Arena' with Brené Brown & Teddy RooseveltIn this short solo episode, Adam Williams shares about his experience with the conflicting voices in his head, including Brené Brown's, Teddy Roosevelt's and his imagined critics', every time he creates as a writer, poet, artist, podcaster ... whatever the creative medium.
Read and listen to more at humanitou.com, where you also can see two artworks Adam made to go with this episode's show notes and related blog post on the website. You also can read the addendum, "Roosevelt's Bullet."
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityHumanitou Is Dead, Long Live HumanitouHumanitou is dead, long live Humanitou. After an 18-month hiatus, Adam Williams is back with the Humanitou podcast. In this short solo episode, he tells what was going on during that time and about the lifeline that drew him back to the light.
Transcript and show notes are at humanitou.com.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityBack from Hiatus! The New Humanitou TrailerThe Humanitou podcast dives into what it means to be human, creative and authentic. In this podcast, the writer, poet, artist and photographer Adam Williams explores creative and big life questions, the things he thinks he knows, and where those ideas fall apart, too. The podcast features short solo episodes by Adam and longer conversations he has with fellow creatives and thinkers.
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AJ on the LineJapanese GP 2022: Double champ | A close call | Cost cap controversyMax Verstappen is a double world champion and the FIA need to sort themselves out. Learn why and join Adam and Joe for a chat about a dramatic Japanese Grand Prix on and off the track. Donate - Adam Williams is fundraising for RNIB - Royal National Institute of Blind People My Awards:Biggest Winner - Max Verstappen Biggest Loser - The FIAMoment - Hamilton vs OconHonourable Mention - Seb VettelAJontheLine Line of the Week...2022-10-1631 minAJ on the LineSingapore GP 2022: His summer break is overCheco Perez rose to victory around the streets of Singapore as the rain fell. Off track, costs cap gate showed signs of commencing. Listen about it all here. Donate - Adam Williams is fundraising for RNIB - Royal National Institute of Blind People My Awards:Biggest Winner - McLaren Biggest Loser - The FIAMoment - Toto Wolff and Christian Horner interviews Honourable Mention - Lance Stroll AJontheLine Line of the Week - Toto Wolff: “It’s heavyweight”2022-10-0549 minAJ on the LineItalian GP 2022: The Dutchman does the doubleMonza had all the controversy, speed and excitement you’d expect from the Italian Grand Prix. Catch up on all the drama in depth, plus Thomas Tuchel talk, with Joe and I here.Donate - Adam Williams is fundraising for RNIB - Royal National Institute of Blind People My Awards:Biggest Winner - Ferrari Biggest Loser - Lando NorrisMoment - Though goes Hamilton part two Honourable Mention - Nick De Vries AJontheLine Line of the Week - Gary Li...2022-09-1454 minAJ on the LineF1 2022 Season PredictionsF1 2022 Season Predictions I talk to Jimmy and Joe about F1 testing, Drive to Survive and what we think will happen in Formula One this year. Listen to our thoughts and tell us your predictions.We debate and discuss the following results and just to show you how accurate (or not) I have been, my predictions are there too.Team championship orderAdam - MercedesFerrariMcLarenRed BullAl...2022-03-1447 min
AJ on the LineAdam’s 2021 Review of SportAdam’s 2021 Review of SportI talk about my highlights of the 2021 sporting year. Including:Most memorable event - The Euros finalMost feel-good moment - the US Open Final - Emma vs Leyla - the teenager finalBest comeback - Lewis Hamilton in BrazilMost exciting moment - Max’s Saudi lapBiggest surprise - Messi leaving Barcelona Biggest heartbreak - Lando Norris in RussiaThings people might forget that we shouldn’t - LH starting on his...2021-12-3108 minAJ on the LineF1 Explained: Frank WilliamsF1 Explained: Frank WilliamsAt the weekend, we lost a legend of Formula 1 in Frank Williams. There may genuinely never again be anyone like him. Here is just the tip of the iceberg on his impact in a sport that we love. #F1 #Williams #SaudiGP #sport 10/10 Series: Humility - Frank Williams — AJ on the Linehttps://www.ajontheline.com/blog/1010-series-humility-frank-williams-1 2021-12-0102 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity121: Lucas Cullen, founder of Struggle Creates Strength, on dark times, pushing outside one's comfort zone ad figuring out one's purposeLucas Cullen is the founder of Struggle Creates Strength, a mental health advocacy organization based in British Columbia, Canada. He’s also a podcaster, a traveler and a former semi-pro hockey player. In this conversation, Lucas and I talk about the power of story, of sharing our stories vulnerably and courageously and even publicly, so that they can help others. He shares his own story of mental health struggles as a teen and young adult coming up in the hyper-masculine culture of competitive ice hockey. We talk about the rocky and sometimes dark road that ultimately led Lucas to launc...2021-07-161h 10
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity120: James McCrae, poet, meme artist and author of Sh#t Your Ego Says, on ayahuasca, karma and the art of our timesJames McCrae is a poet, a meme artist, and the author of the book, Sh#t Your Ego Says. Naturally, this conversation dives into James' thoughts on the ego. We also talk about karma, existential crisis and ayahuasca, poetry and meme artistry, which James is convinced is the most potent and powerful art form of our times. In fact, he has a new book coming out through Thought Catalog later this year that just might be the first in the world to combine poetry and meme art in the way that he does.
We talk about that a...2021-07-011h 15
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity119: Yassine Diboun, Ultramarathon Trail Runner, on addiction & sobriety, DEI & racism, the power of community & forest bathing Yassine Diboun is a professional ultramarathon trail runner, coach and entrepreneur (Wy'east Wolfpack) in Portland, Ore. He's also nearly 17 years sober. In this conversation, we talk about Yassine's story of addiction, which started at a really early age. And we talk about sobriety. Serious topics no doubt. But we have some good laughs along the way too. We also talk about Yassine's transformation from, as he tells it, spiritual bankruptcy to spiritual awakening, and his becoming a pro athlete and a community leader, on the trail and off. Among other things, like diversity in the outdoors and the Japanese...2021-06-161h 21
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity118: A Poet Was There ... Nguyễn Chí Thiện, Vietnamese DissidentIn this solo episode, Adam Williams kicks off an occasional series called “A Poet Was There.” Adam reads his poem, "I Want Poets," which is his kernel of inspiration for the series, praising poets as essential truth tellers, the ones who are most equipped to help us understand the human experience -- our own and others’ -- more fully. In this episode, Adam tells the what, why and how of "A Poet Was There." He also highlights the story and work of the first poet in the series: Nguyễn Chí Thiện, a Vietnamese dissident who spent 27 years in and out of...2021-06-0914 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity117: Victoria Stracke, publisher of 'The Last Hundred Miles: The Diary of Larry Waite'Victoria Stracke is the curator and publisher of "The Last Hundred Miles: The Diary of Larry Waite." And she has remained anonymous in that role. Until now. Larry was a gay man who grew up in the Midwest during the 1950s and 60s. He prolifically documented his life for more than 30 years, with intimate and sometimes brutal, raw honesty. Those diaries ended up in Victoria's hands. In this conversation, we find out how she came to be the keeper of Larry’s story, how she ultimately decided to move forward with publishing the diaries on his behalf, and the spec...2021-05-261h 13
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity116: Isabelle Gelot, illustrator & designer, on thirsting for life, putting down roots in Maine, launching dreams and what it means to belongIsabelle Gelot, a French illustrator and designer, and the heart of Isatopia, has shifted, at least for the time being, from a world traveling, semi-nomadic flow of life to one of home renovation and growing a vegetable garden, from light-filled cultural capitals to small-town life in Maine. We talk about this new kind of adventure and the phases of life, the gift -- and sometimes burden -- of curiosity, and what it means to belong. It turns out there's no word for "belonging" in French. But that doesn't stop us from trying to figure it out anyway. We also t...2021-05-191h 13
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity115: Imi Lo, therapist & author, on emotional intensity and overexcitabilities, being 'gifted' and loving one's fateImi Lo is a psychotherapist, art therapist, and consultant for emotionally intense and highly sensitive people. She is the founder of Eggshell Transformations and author of the book Emotional Sensitivity and Intensity. In this conversation, we talk about Imi's turbulent childhood in Hong Kong and the false safety of conformity. We talk about grieving who we're not, and learning about and embracing who we really are. We talk about how highly sensitive people, while often misjudged as weak, actually have extraordinary strengths of perception, vision, leadership and creativity. Among other things. More at humanitou.com.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity114: Adam Williams, on breaking conformity & the profound power of mismatching your socksAdam Williams, creator of Humanitou, goes it alone in this episode and shares one of his simplest, most private practices for breaking away from conformity: mismatching his socks. He's been doing it for years, and has been influencing his two sons in doing it, too. Frivolous and weird? Maybe. Shockingly empowering and profound? Could be. Listen to Adam lay out his reasoning and, well, advocate for everyone to mismatch their socks in this solo episode of the Humanitou Podcast. More at humanitou.com.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity113: Rukmini Poddar, artist & illustrator, on 'Obscure Emotions,' the relationship of spirituality and creativity, and essence seekingRukmini Poddar is an artist and illustrator who describes herself as an essence seeker. She believes in the value of imperfect work, prizes quantity as a means of getting to quality, and sees art making as an act of revolutionary love. We talk about her growing up in a community of Hare Krishnas, expressing her dharma through art, the relationship of spirituality and creativity, her enthusiasm for #the100dayproject, her Obscure Emotions project and book, and what she’s doing with the Enneagram of Personality. Among other things. More at humanitou.com.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity112: Savannalore, artist and "beautiful trash" advocate, on conformity and perfectionism, impostor syndrome and playing with imaginary friendsSavannalore is an artist, writer, "creative hype-woman," and "bad art" advocate in Austin, Texas. In this conversation, we talk about why she makes art that she calls "beautiful trash," and how it’s been a process for overcoming a life of conformity and perfectionism. We talk about blowing up on TikTok and how she handles haters. We dig into impostor syndrome and how comparison is the killer of joy. And what, during the isolation of the pandemic, Savannalore learned from some imaginary friends at an imaginary place she calls Lava Lamp Coffee. More at humanitou.com.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity111: Big Samir, of The Reminders, on empowerment, providing 'the soundtrack to protests,' and Snoop DoggBig Samir, the bilingual lyricist and emcee of The Reminders, grew up in Belgium and the Congo, and in a single-mother home with the images of MLK, Jr., Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X on the wall. We talk about his rising above the challenges of his youth, and the empowering and loving messages of The Reminders. We talk about The Reminders sharing stages with some of Samir's influences, like Snoop Dogg, Rakim, Lauryn Hill, Redman, Method Man and so many more. Even though the music he and his musical partner and wife, Aja Black, make is conscious and activist-energized...2021-04-141h 19
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity110: Ruben Rojas, muralist and co-founder of Beautify Earth, on living through love, losing it all and what really mattersRuben Rojas is a muralist, poet and activist who was on a path to becoming an orthopedic surgeon, then left it behind for big money in the real estate game -- and then lost everything. In this conversation, we talk about that hero's journey, the ups and downs, building up again from bankruptcy and, ultimately, becoming known throughout L.A. and far beyond as an artist who inspires others to live through love. We talk about love in the context of masculinity, strength and weakness. We talk about vulnerability and ego and what really matters. And we get into...2021-04-0758 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity109: Steven Pressfield, best-selling author of The War of Art, on creative Resistance, fear/love & tuning into the cosmic radio stationSteven Pressfield is the best-selling author of The War of Art, The Artist's Journey, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire and, his newest novel, which was published earlier this month, A Man at Arms. In this conversation, we talk about Resistance with a capital-R, that diabolical enemy within each of us that tries to keep us from connecting with our highest Self (and each other). We talk fear and love, self-sabotage and leadership, Hero's Journey and Artist's Journey, dreams and discovering ourselves, and tribalism and society, among other things. More at humanitou.com.
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Purposeful Pursuit Podcast021 Adam Strong on clarifying your purpose and valuesThis episode delves into the life of Adam Strong, the former elite athlete and training partner of Sir Mo Farah. Adam is now regarded as an Ultra-High Personal Productivity Authority, Business Strategist, Author, Public Speaker and the Founder of the Game Changers Experience. Which is a deep dive into the minds some of the world’s leading business disruptors, Olympic athletes, celebrities, entrepreneurs, influencers and movers and shakers around the world.
Listen in as we uncover Adam's story, how he entered the world of entrepreneurship aged 11 and why Adam made the decision to not be ordinary. We...2021-03-2456 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityNew Trailer: Humanitou PodcastThe Humanitou Podcast is about humanness and creativity. It's created and hosted by artist and writer Adam Williams, a super-curious introvert who might not be a superstar at small talk but loves thoughtful, energizing, one-on-one conversations. Humanitou shines light on failure and triumph, fear and love and all the messy and real parts of being human. There are conversations with fellow artists, thinkers, leaders and spiritual practitioners. And sometimes Adam goes solo to tackle the tough topics of being creative, not to mention just plain human. Topics like impostor syndrome, self-sabotage, and fear of success. Guests have included illustrator...2021-03-1803 minPurposeful Pursuit Podcast014 Adam Cox on Mindsets, Beliefs and ValuesThis episode delves into the life of Adam Cox - A self-made millionaire at the age of 23 who's now coined as the highest paid and most in demand hypnotherapist in the UK who works with CEO's, Royalty and Celebrities. He’s also host to the Modern Mindset and the Hypnotist Podcasts, when he's not presenting on national UK Radio stations.
Listen in as we uncover what it means to live with purpose, listening to your intuition and developing personal responsibility. We also reveal common principles that determine success and Adam's experience with mindfulness.2021-02-0358 min
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity108: Adam Williams, on the season wrap-up, Humanitou updates and Lewis Hyde's 'The Gift'Adam Williams, creator and host of the Humanitou Podcast, wraps up Season One of the podcast, and talks about the newest goings on around Humanitou and his plans for the season break before he jumpstarts Season Two early in 2021. Along the way, he talks about Lewis Hyde's classic book, "The Gift," and how it's influencing his perspective on art creation (and even selling) as a means of gift giving, and how we all can play a role in keeping the energy of generosity flowing in the world. These things and more in this season-ending episode of the Humanitou Podcast...2020-11-2314 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity107: Chip Thomas, doctor, public artist & activist, on documentary photography, 'soul wounds' of the Navajo Nation, Quaker values, and surviving a widow-makerDr. Chip Thomas, a.k.a. "Jetsonorama," as a boy, avoided the violence of school desegregation by spending a fateful few years in a Quaker community. He later carried those Quaker values with him into a four-year commitment to serve as a young doctor on the Navajo Nation. That was in the Eighties. He's still there, more than 30 years later, and has become an integral part of the community, not only as a doctor, but as a public artist and activist. In this conversation, we talk about Chip's recent selection by the United Nations as one of nine artists...2020-11-121h 20
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity106: Ber-Henda Williams, founder of The Power of Girlhood, on leadership and poetry, curiosity, FOMO and Sheila E.Ber-Henda Williams is an empathic coach and facilitator, a bilingual poet and storyteller, and founder of The Power of Girlhood, a leadership institute for teen girls in Detroit. In this conversation, we talk about Detroit, and about going against the tide and leading from where we are. We talk about the need for curiosity, love poetry as a tool against the political power structure, and going toe-to-toe with the boys in class, laying down beats and rhymes. We've got special shoutouts to DJ Kool Herc and Sheila E. ("she's not just some Prince protegé"), among many other influences, including Ev...2020-11-021h 16
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity105: Amanda E.K., writer and filmmaker, on purity culture and rapture anxiety, religious trauma syndrome and coming into her own as an atheist queer polyamorous nonbinary womanAmanda E.K. is a writer and filmmaker, the editor-in-chief and publisher of Suspect Press, a memoirist about purity culture and an exvangelical. In this conversation, Amanda talks about her fundamentalist evangelical upbringing, purity culture, rapture anxiety and religious trauma syndrome. We also talk about when she started to question the faith, and about eventually coming into her own truths as an atheist and a self-described "queer polyamorous nonbinary womxn" in a loving heterosexual marriage. Among other things, like Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" and Amanda's forthcoming memoir. More at humanitou.com.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity104: Adam Williams, on his fear of 'love', the nuances of karma, and healing our dis-ease and disconnectionsAdam Williams, creator of Humanitou, gets into a topic that he's really not comfortable talking about: love. In this solo episode, he starts with an odd little story that finally got him to speak on this issue he's got with love. He explores why he's not comfortable having this talk with you today, why that’s got to change and how he's changing it. He also briefly digresses into the nuances of karma, what it really is and what it really isn’t. And he shares some other things that he thinks you’ll find useful in your own relationsh...2020-10-1224 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity103: Lucas LaRochelle, designer and founder of Queering the Map, on the magic of archiving queer experience, and anonymity, love and truth, data privacy and A.I.Lucas LaRochelle is a designer and artist, and the founder of Queering the Map, a collaborative digital archive of queer experience across the world. With Lucas, we dive into the storytelling and the magic of Queering the Map. We talk about the importance and the transcendental powers of anonymity, and we talk about one of the most powerful aspects of love. We also dig into truth and fiction, and what it means to acknowledge another’s story versus invalidating it and dismissing it as untrue or even unworthy. And we get into data privacy and artificial intelligence. Among other thing...2020-10-021h 05
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity102: Lewis Lee, community facilitator and mentor, on using technology and creativity to make change in the 53206, staying out of prison and cultivating a legacy of goodLewis Lee struggled to stay out of prison when he was a young man, and then to find life purpose once he did. Now, he's a community leader, facilitator and mentor, a voice for social justice, and the Milwaukee-based curator of the Shared Studios Portal in the neighborhood where he came up. The 53206, where Lewis still lives, is the zip code with the highest incarceration rate of black men in America. Lewis is working to change that. He shares his story of using technology to negotiate gang peace and creative collaboration to maintain it, of working with the city's l...2020-09-2359 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity101: Adam Williams, on building a path of purpose one step at a time, applying the Zen philosophy of chopping wood and carrying waterHumanitou creator Adam Williams digs into some thoughts, resources and ideas about recognizing life purpose and cultivating success through the Zen Buddhist koan, "chop wood, carry water." Along the way, he dips into the wisdom of sages like Jedi master Yoda and Michael Jordan, Baba Ram Dass and Pablo Picasso, an 8th century Buddhist poet and the lightbulb inventor Thomas Edison. Adam also shares the simplest of three-step action plans to create lasting success in your life. More at humanitou.com.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity100: Ber-Henda Williams, empathic coach and bilingual poet, on empathy, systemic racism, cultural behaviors, collective grief, curiosity and reaffirming connections of humanityBer-Henda Williams is an empathic coach and facilitator, a bilingual poet and storyteller, and founder of The Power of Girlhood, a leadership institute for teen girls in Detroit. In this conversation, in the days following the police shooting of Jacob Black seven times in the back in Kenosha, Wisconsin, we talk about empathy and getting curious about ourselves, systemic biases and anti-racism. We talk about spiritual practices and having courageous conversations, and how to chip away at the callousness and lack of humanity that pervades society right now, and about the need for collective mobilization for something better. More...2020-09-091h 00
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity99: Virgil Ortiz, artist, on the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and the reason he lives, on having a drink with Boy George and talking taboo topicsVirgil Ortiz, an artist internationally renowned for his work in pottery, fashion and film, carries on a legacy of pueblo potters. He bridges the past with the future, conceptually and technologically, through his blend of indigenous and sci-fi-influenced work. His art is featured in museums and galleries across the U.S., including the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, and in Europe. It's been his focus since the clay spoke to him through his ancestors at 15 years of age. He uses that power and history to speak out on taboo subjects like politics and culture, mental health and...2020-09-021h 12
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity98: Brother Luck, celebrity chef, on Top Chef and James Beard, mental health, #nolucksgiven and making bold decisions when the chips are downChef Brother Luck is the owner of two restaurants in Colorado Springs: Four by Brother Luck and Lucky Dumpling. And he's got a new project underway, even in the heat of the economic and health crises of 2020, The Lucky Lounge. Brother has also been a crowd favorite in the celebrity chef universe of the Food Network, where he was a finalist on Chopped, and where he beat Chef Bobby Flay on the Network’s show, Beat Bobby Flay. He also competed in seasons 15 and 16 of Bravo’s Top Chef. We get into some traumatic and life-altering stuff from Brother’s early y...2020-08-2254 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity97: Adam Williams, on humanness and creativity, and what Humanitou really is aboutIn this solo episode, Adam Williams, creator and host of Humanitou, digs into his own "humanness and creativity," going into those corners he so often asks his guests to vulnerably explore on the podcast. He talks about how his immense curiosity led him into the U.S. Army, and now guides Humanitou. He talks about leadership and empathy, communication and connection as humans who experience different yet relatable stories. He talks about why Humanitou exists and what its place is in his world. More at humanitou.com.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity96: Lisa Congdon, illustrator & author, on failure, impostor syndrome, LGBTQ rights, meditation, breast cancer and being a change-agentLisa Congdon is an illustrator, and the author of eight books, most recently: “Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic.” Her client list runs deep, including the Obama Campaign, the United Nations, Lululemon, Crate & Barrel, MoMA, REI, AirBnB, Martha Stewart Living … In this conversation, we talk about failure, impostor syndrome, and the stories and experiences that shape us. We get into spirituality and authenticity, conformity and fear. Lisa speaks on white privilege and anti-racism, and her activism for LGBTQ rights. We talk about a crucial, "magical" chapter in her story while living in San Francisc...2020-08-021h 20
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity95: Elliana Grace, circus performer, on being a human cannonball, life aboard the Ringling Bros. train, growing up in a circus family, and having a famous (non-circus) grandfatherElliana Grace grew up in a circus family and in the circus life. From infancy. Like, from being a baby being breastfed while sitting atop an elephant kind of infancy. She and her two younger brothers, who also are globe-traveling professional circus performers, spent more time at their fantastically strange and sometimes dangerous home-away-from-home in St. Louis, the City Museum, than they did their home-home. Elliana shares some laugh-out-loud stories of mischief and sibling rivalry. And by the way, Elliana spent a year riding the rails with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as, hands down, the most si...2020-07-2255 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity94: Adam Williams, Creator of Humanitou, on Creative Resistance & Impostor SyndromeIn this episode, Adam Williams, creator and host of Humanitou, which typically features guests in "conversations of humanness and creativity," is riding solo and launching something new. Starting with this episode, Adam is committing to a series of five solo episodes mixed in with the coming months' conversations. In these, he explores his own humanness and creativity through topics that are relevant to listeners' own senses of humanity. He also draws upon other resources, like some of the amazing creators who join him for the Humanitou Podcast, and from others whose work and names you'll likely recognize. Authors, artists, spi...2020-07-1236 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity93: Sara Meghdari, interdisciplinary artist, on life in Iran and the U.S., politics, racism, stereotypes, and the importance of curiosity and self-educationSara Meghdari, an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY., is Iranian and American. She comes from a family that honors two religions, two languages and two cultures. We talked as protests grew across the United States after police officers in Minneapolis killed George Floyd. This, on top of months of dealing with extraordinary upheaval and isolation due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We talk about the real, experienced impact on a human when being treated as “other,” differences between life in Iran and the U.S., and how they don’t play out the way many Americans assume. We talk politic...2020-07-021h 07
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity92: Lucas Krump, Evryman CEO & co-founder, on community, wellness and serving othersLucas Krump is CEO and co-founder of Evryman, a social enterprise that is cultivating a global men’s community, and is helping men to connect and to hone their emotional skills together. We get into Lucas’ personal journey. From growing up in Kansas and learning largely to support himself at a very young age in a house of turmoil. To a decade of pursuits around the world in his 20s, years spent running from his own emotional pain. Until what Lucas describes as an emotional volcanic eruption within that landed him momentarily at the precipice of suicide and, ultimately, in a...2020-06-2259 min
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity91: Inaiah Lujan, prolific creator, dispels the myth of being a 'Jack of all trades, master of none'Inaiah Lujan is a multifaceted and prolific creator. Music is at the heart of his work. In fact, he might be most widely known for his time with a folk band he co-founded, The Haunted Windchimes. Inaiah recently wrapped his first seasons of a web series called “Hanging Out with Inaiah Lujan” and his new podcast, Cast the Line, an interview series about creative process and wellness. We talk about his growing up on the Navajo Nation in Arizona as part of a non-Navajo family. We talk about impostor syndrome, authenticity, rebellion and Inaiah’s experiences with sweat lodge ceremonie...2020-06-121h 34
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity90: Laura Elizabeth Pohl, humanitarian storyteller, on starting over and advocating through photography and filmLaura Elizabeth Pohl is a humanitarian photographer and documentary filmmaker living in Cape Town, South Africa. Laura has traveled the world extensively, and spent many years living and working in developing countries, advocating for the dignity and humanity of the people she features in her visual storytelling. She has documented stories of HIV, ebola, migration, malnutrition and other deeply human subjects. In this conversation, I learn how Laura's journalism career started with interviewing celebrities -- e.g. Britney Spears, Winton Marsalis, Mary J. Blige -- and that she and I lived only an hour away from each other in Sou...2020-06-021h 23
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity89: Kate Perdoni, musician and journalist, on self-validation, following one's calling, exploring curiosity and a definition of GodKate is an Emmy®-nominated producer and director, a writer and filmmaker, a television host with Rocky Mountain PBS, and a rock musician -- currently in the band, Spirettes -- who has performed, recorded and toured near and far with her music. Kate shares her story of growing up in poverty on a 40-acre vegetable farm in remote Minnesota. She tells of leaving home for college at 16 and the importance of the winding road she took to finish college several years and a few schools later at 23. Kate has adventurously flowed back and forth across the country over the yea...2020-05-221h 12
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity88: Dáreece Walker, visual artist, on fear and vulnerability in making art, and his series "Police Cross Lines" and "Black Fathers Matter"Dáreece Walker talks with Humanitou about his artwork, which combines race, identity and religion into socio-political responses. We talk about his work that speaks against police brutality, and his series that celebrates black fathers and addresses the lack of positive imagery of black men in society. We navigate creative process, and facing fear, vulnerability and one's inner critic. Among other things. More at humanitou.com.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity87: Jessica Patterson, writer and teacher, on the spiritual practice of yoga, identity, language, and hope in a time of despairIn this episode of the Humanitou Podcast, Jessica Patterson shares some intensely shaping experiences in her life and where her feral spirit comes from. We talk about yoga as a homonym, how the word, while it looks and sounds the same in its uses, conjures different meanings for different people and leads to common misperceptions. We talk about how we construct identities and realities through language, and the essential value of taking a reverent pause. And we explore how to hold a perspective of hope and not to get swallowed up in this challenging season of despair. More at hu...2020-05-021h 10
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity86: Joe Johnson, singer-songwriter and storyteller, on truth in fiction, death, loss and isolation, and playing the famed Ryman AuditoriumIn this episode of the Humanitou Podcast series, I talk with singer-songwriter and musician Joe Johnson, a storyteller that learned at the sides of homegrown orators on the porches of Southern Mississippi. The most common themes of his music -- death, loss and isolation -- have been with him his entire life. He’ll share why. We find plenty of laughter in our conversation, too. We explore truth in fiction. There’s plenty of music, drugs and friction with the law, and then a rainbow that led to a new foothold far, far away. And … just a lot more really g...2020-04-221h 08
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity85: Ayya Dhammadhira, Buddhist nun, on loss and impermanence, letting go and a quest for deeper knowingSister Ayya Dhammadhira is a Bhikkhuni, a fully ordained Buddhist nun, who has lived, worked and practiced in Buddhist monasteries around the world -- and now does so independently -- these past 20 or so years. We talk about Ayya’s upbringing in a Catholic family and the family tragedy that sent her inward with her spiritual questions at 12 years old. We talk about what carried Ayya from her young adult life as a married school teacher across the transom from layperson to ordained Buddhist monastic. We talk about her family’s reaction to this radical shift, too. Among other things...2020-04-121h 03
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity84: Jamal Parker, writer + international slam poetry champ, on identity and race, mental health and faithJamal Parker is a two-time International Slam Poetry Champion. He grew up in Japan, where he first explored his poetry, and in Florida, where as a teenager he first came to recognize the politics of race with the murder of Trayvon Martin nearby. In this conversation, we cover a range of topics, many of which you can find laid bare by Jamal in his poetry and performances, including: identity and blackness in America, mental health and faith. We also talk about how Jamal's love of comic books and superheroes connected him with his poetry. Show notes at humanitou.com.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity83: Cody Oldham, professional artist, on his precocious start in art, living with mountain lions, and his preference for wingtips and ties even while paintingCody Oldham is a professional wildlife and landscape painter who lives with his family -- and mountain lions that Cody’s dad rehabilitates for return to the wild -- on 20 acres in the mountains of Colorado. Cody also is a rather precocious and self-motivated 15-year-old who has a penchant for stylish men's wear, preferring to wear a tie and pocket watch even while he paints in his studio. More at humanitou.com.
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Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity82: Gregg Deal, multidisciplinary artist, on identity and stereotypes, resilience, impermanence and fatherhoodHe’s appeared in National Geographic magazine, the Washington Post, Huffington Post and on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, among other places in the media. Not to mention his work in visual and performance arts, public speaking and in other creative disciplines. In galleries, museums, at universities and other venues -- and on the street. We talk about his work and how it addresses identity and stereotypes, pain and healing. We talk about struggles and resilience, impermanence and criticism. And, as two dads in their 40s, we get into matters of fatherhood and masculinity as we saw it as...2020-03-121h 10
Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity81: Becca Williams, on marriage, miscarriage and kids, yoga and tech consulting In this inaugural Humanitou Podcast episode, I talk with my amazing wife, Becca Williams. I reveal a secret I’ve been holding throughout our 17-year relationship, something I’d been playing it cool with since our beginning and just decided now’s the time to ’fess up. We get into some intimate experiences we’ve shared along the way but haven’t talked about for many years: the decision to have kids and the miscarriages that occurred in the process. Becca tells why she went into the Peace Corps in her 20s — and subsequently dropped out. She also shares how she applies h...2020-03-0255 minHumanitou: Exploring Humanness + CreativityIntroducing Humanitou in Podcast FormHumanitou is about humanness and creativity. These podcast conversations are a continuation of three years of Humanitou conversations with 80 artists, spiritual practitioners, leaders and thinkers, in which the conversations were published as text Q&As at humanitou.com. Now, as a podcast, Humanitou continues to be about cultivating a space for vulnerable, courageous dialogue and sharing. And in the process, I’m challenging all of us to truly listen, with openness and empathy, to others’ stories and to hear ourselves in them. Together, we will challenge the truths we hold about ourselves and each other. More at humanitou.com.
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