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WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Goodbye WHYLDers! Enjoy Our Best-of After 50 Epi(c)sodes.Send us a text"Go explore, meet strangers, listen, and ask questions. Tell them what the world looks like through your eyes. And, most importantly, make them feel safe and appreciated when sharing their own perspective. "Episode Teaser:Why it is time to say goodbyeKey messages curated from 9 former guest episodesBig THANK you to all listeners & supportersAfter an incredible journey spanning 50 episodes and almost 5 years, we are signing off WHYLD Podcast. Time to celebrate and share the t...
2024-11-1525 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD50 - Around the World Without Any Motors: Part 2 - Markus PukonenSend us a textCould you do it? “My biggest fear of the journey wasn't dying. It was getting forced to use a motor." Episode teaser - what do we talk about? What did Markus experience on his journey home from India? What are the challenges of long-term solo sailing? #What is the reason Markus got – accidentally - moved by a motor for a few seconds? What was it like returning to a motorized world after 8 years? And… what’s next? In more words:Hop on the sailboat with Ma...
2024-10-1549 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD49 - Around the World Without Any Motors: Part 1 - Markus PukonenSend us a textHow far could you travel without using any motor? “I asked myself, what would I do if I found out that I was gonna die in two weeks? What could I be doing, where I would have no regrets? […] That's where the Routes of Change project came from.” Episode teaser - what do we talk about?Ways to prepare… for a no-motors circumnavigation of the globe Ways to propel… yourself when motors aren’t an option Ways to protect… the planet are available to everyone In more ...
2024-09-1553 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD48 - Swim, Bike, Ouch: A Triathlete’s Painful Journey to Hysterectomy - April YohoSend us a textLift heavy sh**! “It was tough playing sports, having a period and from a young age of 15, I was having a lot of problems, like endometriosis. For those of you that don't know, you get all sorts of symptoms - heavy, bleeding, painful cramps.” Episode summary:Tech, travel, triathlon – why a full-time job is no excuse not to go IRONMAN!“Women aren’t small men” - how can you work with rather than against your cycle?Trust your body – what if it does not agree with yo...
2024-06-151h 03
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD47 - Peaceful Parkland? The Day My Daughter Did Not Return From School - Lori AlhadeffSend us a textHow could she have survived?“I didn't have a playbook at all. Nobody told me on February 15th to go on CNN and yell at the president to do something and to take action. I just did it.”Summary of what we talk about in the episode:Who was Alyssa Alhadeff?What happened in Parkland on February 14th 2018?How does a stay-at-home mom change the law?What could help prevent school shootings (or help stop them earlier)? In more words:It should have been a peaceful day. Valentine’s Da...
2024-05-1548 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD46 - (Latino) Men Don't Cry? From People-Pleasing to Purpose - Dr. Paul RiveraSend us a textDo you know who you are? “You're not white enough for the white people. You're not brown enough for the brown people, and it's our own people judging us.”Summary of what we talk about in the episode:Cultural belonging, financial pressures & mental health - what is it like being a Latino in the US?Vulnerability is strength? From “machismo” to authenticity.What crucial conversations shouldn’t you avoid in a relationship?International development work (and beyond) – how can LIS...
2024-04-151h 37
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD45 - Am I Really Being Myself? Let This Exercise Guide You Towards a More Authentic LifeSend us a textHow authentic do you allow yourself to be, truly? “Given the big role working plays in our lives, it would be a big loss if we couldn’t be ourselves at work, wouldn’t it?”In short, we talk about this in the episode:How does your body let you know when you are in alignment – and when you are straying from your truth?In which situations or environments do you suppress your authenticity?How could you change that?If you made that change, how would your life be different? This e...
2024-03-1539 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD44 - Women, Would You Pay for Sex? Pillow Talk With a Male Escort - Ben NordmannSend us a textCan you imagine paying for a sexual service? “My goal is that a client is not booking me again.” In short, we talk about this in the episode:Why do women pay for sex? And is it a bad thing?How does one become a callboy… and why?Why does a sex worker say, “my aim is that no woman calls twice”?Is this even legal? Germany’s Prostitution Protection Act and what introducing the “Nordic Model” would mean for consumers.Why might it feel safer for someone to book an escort than to...
2024-02-151h 14
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD43 - Words Divide, Words Unite? The Magical World of LobsterbirdSend us a textWhat is a Lobsterbird? “As the saying goes: A fish and a bird could fall in love. But where would they live?” In short, we talk about this in the episode: White-Asian, male-female, arts-science - what is it like to be a builder of bridges between polarities? 88 temples in 24 days – why Lobsterbird completed Japan’s Shikoku pilgrimage in record time and what a rice field can teach you. Wormholes, wisdom, wonders – how Tina was challenged by Lobsterbird’s language b...
2024-01-151h 40
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD42 - How Deep Can I Go? The Peace & Peril of Freediving - Lily CrespySend us a textHow long can you hold your breath? “90% of the blackouts happen near the surface at the very end of the dive.” In short, we talk about this in the episode: How dangerous is freediving really? Step by step, what happens during a vertical freedive? What surprising reflexes help humans survive longer underwater? Who was Stephen Keenan to Lily and what happened on July 22nd, 2017? In more words: Imagine walking 120 meters (131 yards) on one brea...
2023-12-151h 32
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD41 - Is It Selfish Not to Have Children? - Veronica (The Childfree Connection)Send us a textDo I have to have kids? “Moms reach out to me all the time and share their stories and say that they just weren't aware that they had the choice.” In short, we talk about this in the episode:How can you find out if you (don’t) want to have kids? Is being childfree different for men vs. women? Should “kids, yes or no” be a topic on your first date? Why is this such a sensitive topic? In more words:Veronica grew up in a very traditional Hispanic home wher...
2023-11-151h 20
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD40 - Is It a F*** YES? A Nomad’s Journey Home - Alexandra “Allie” ElleSend us a textIs “should” still part of your vocabulary? If it’s not a F*** YES, it’s a F*** NO! In short, we talk about this in the episode:How the way you are eating might reflect your connection with yourself.How a “head person” might find access to their heart’s voice.What you might want to know about the local culture before moving to the Azores…In more words:Alexandra “Allie” Elle has not always been this connected with the callings of her inner voice. The passionate writer lived ...
2023-10-151h 16
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD39 - Just a Phase? Busting Bisexuality Stereotypes - Mark CusackSend us a textIs it just a phase? “For that whole time, I was not being authentic. I was low-level terrified on a daily basis. And it doesn't take an expert to think about the effect that has on someone's nervous system. That repression is deadly.” In short, we talk about this in the episode: What are the stereotypes around bisexuality?Can gender-fluid people find partners?How are authenticity & mental health connected?In more words: “Promiscuous, unreliable, secretly gay or str...
2023-09-151h 15
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD38 - Without Borders: What Is It Like Being a Humanitarian Physician? - Reza EshaghianSend us a textDo poverty, war, and health crises really lie outside of your responsibility? "I grew up with this sense of how inappropriate and unfair the world is. And how I shouldn't be passive in this injustice and that I shouldn't just take care of myself." In short, we talk about this in the episode: How to become THAT person who saves lives worldwide on a Doctors Without Borders mission. What day-to-day humanitarian aid work is really like, beyond what you learn on the n...
2023-07-151h 13
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD37 - Do You Know How to Cuddle Right? Honour Your Boundaries - Jean FranzblauSend us a textDo you know how to ask for what you desire, embrace a “no” response, and respect your own boundaries?“I'm learning that to be a whole person and a happier person, I need to have conversations that are challenging all the time. Almost daily.”In short, in this episode, we talk about:What professional cuddling is and why it is valuable work.How cuddling events can teach you about boundary setting and navigating difficult situations.Why having an intimacy coordinator professional on...
2023-06-151h 12
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD36 - Camino Portugués - On Foot From Porto to Santiago. Will I Arrive?Send us a textHave you ever been on a pilgrimage? “The Camino de Santiago […], known in English as the Way of St James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain.” (Wikipedia) On May 17th 2023, Tina is starting off on a big adventure and physical challenge: Walking the Camino Portugués, a 250+ (depending on the variation) kilometre path from Porto, Portuga...
2023-05-1511 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD35 – What Can Dead Bodies Teach Us About Living? – Kari NortheySend us a textWhat story will we tell when we are dead? “There's all sorts of scenarios of death that can be embarrassing. […] It's just very private and very intimate and they're forced into almost having to expose themselves to someone.” In short, we talk about this in the episode: What made Kari decide to become a mortician and what is it like to be in this job? How is caring for the living often more challenging than working with the dead? What...
2023-04-151h 16
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD34 - Who Am I? How Appreciation of Others and My Reality Led Me Through Difficult TimesSend us a textWhat if what you thought you wanted does not hold true anymore? “The issue with phases of transitions is that they are exactly that: phases. They might start overnight and surprise the hell out of you. But then they will patiently accompany you until you figure out how to solidify the person soup that you have become.” It feels good to be consistent, to stay true to past statements and beliefs, to be the reliable, steady type of person. But what if things that were valid i...
2023-03-1529 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD33 - Why Fight the Winter? A Long COVID Journey - Nanda JanssonSend us a textWill life ever be the same again?“I felt sick for about 10 days. On the 10th day, I went to bed and I woke up in the middle of the night, feeling literally like there was an elephant on my chest.”Nanda Jansson is one of the unlucky ones who made the acquaintance of COVID-19 in March 2020, while the other billions of us followed cases like hers on the media, safely locked into our homes, not sure what we should believe about this strange new disease that was quickly taking over t...
2023-02-151h 05
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD32 - Happiness Without Challenging Emotions Is Not Sustainable, Here Is Why – Leonard Gabriel HeygsterSend us a text👩🍳 Like sweet and sour: Contrast makes a wholesome recipe – even a recipe for happiness? 😍Contentment, joy, satisfaction, happiness, well-being… we use various words 💬 to describe a phenomenon that all of us seek to maximize in our lives.Do the aforementioned terms really refer to the same thing? In what ways are they related? And what do we need to do to attain happiness and its linguistic siblings? 🤔👱 Leonard Gabriel Heygster wanted answers. And he had a hypothesis: “What you...
2023-01-1559 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD31 - Is Connecting With People a Skill That You Can Learn? - Sara NessSend us a text🤗 Do you feel safe relating your authentic truth? 🗫 “When I was in college, I got really interested in studying intentional living communities, co-ops, cohousing communes. 🏡 […] A lot of what the co-ops would run into were these continuous communication problems. […]🤫There were conflicts, they just wouldn't get dealt with because no one knew how to do it.” Often, we find ourselves in challenging situations of socializing and communicating: 🍸 the awkward small talk at our fr...
2022-12-151h 04
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD30 – Dad’s Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life - Cody Daigle-OriansSend us a text🤔 Is it okay to not want sex? ❤️🔥 💬 “I just thought I was a broken gay guy for 20 years.” 💬 When Cody Daigle-Orians first posted a video 📹 on TikTok, outing 📣 himself as asexual, he immediately received hundreds of comments from young ace (asexual) people saying “Wow, I didn't know ace adults existed!” 🙏🏽 He was 42 back then. In our culture, love and sex are dominant themes everywhere you look – in movies, books, advertisements, conversations with friends,...
2022-11-1557 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD29 - Skin Tales: Body Painting As Healing Art? - Kristen Zamora (Adams)Send us a text🖌️ What if the most vulnerable parts of your story were painted on your skin? 🎨 This can be a scary thought. We all navigate the sweet tension between wanting to be SEEN for who we are and wanting to hide 🙈 certain aspects we feel uncomfortable showing.While the latter might apply to arguably “minor” things like bad moods, particular quirks we are embarrassed about, or our perceived weaknesses, it especially applies to more delicate parts of our story: 😨 😥 Traumatic experie...
2022-10-1557 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD28 - From Patient to (Role) Model? Defying the Odds with VACTERL Birth Defects - Anja ChristoffersenSend us a text😳 Is disability a tragedy? 🤔 “We shouldn’t think of disability as a tragedy but it was that I could have died - which was the tragedy.” 💬 At 28 weeks of her pregnancy, Anja Christoffersen’s mom was told that her baby 👶 had no stomach and would not be able to survive. 17 years later, her beautiful daughter was walking the runway of Amsterdam Fashion Week. 💃 Between those two moments lie years of 🏥 👩⚕️ hospital admittances, surgeries, the fight for self-determination in Australia...
2022-09-151h 00
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD27 – A Family Sailing the Oceans for a Living – Brian TrautmanSend us a text🏝️ A life happening on land, a vacation on a boat - we have heard of that option before. But who says it can’t be the other way round? ⛵ Former electrical engineer Brian Trautman figured an 18-month sabbatical at sea would get him over a “freakout about life” 👻 when he left shore in Seattle back in 2009. He went all in, sold his house 🏡, his cars 🚗, his career 🕴️ – all in exchange for a 53-foot, 2-mast beauty called Delos and the promises of a vague future.12 years la...
2022-08-151h 03
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD26 - Sexing Out Loud. Own Your Pleasure - Alexa BowditchSend us a textDo you get the sex you want? 🔥 Oops, what a bucket-of-cold-water type of question. 🥵😅 Especially for those of you who don’t usually find yourself in conversations about sex. Why should one even podcast about it? Well… I dare say, sex, love, and relationships are a vital part of everyone’s life. 🌱 ❤️ 🧑🤝🧑 This applies in some ways even to people who do not “practice” one or the other for any reason. There is no wholesome, authentic living without integrating 🔗 the body you have ...
2022-07-151h 13
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD25 - Coming Home. A Gay Woman’s Guide to Overcoming Rejection - Meagan O`NanSend us a text🏃♀️Running away from where it hurt? We all have done that. But walking back towards it? 🚶♀️Being rejected for who you are takes a toll on a soul. Especially so if the ones rejecting you are the very people you love most - your family, your community. 💔This happened to Meagan after being outed as a gay woman 👭. One day she is a valued member of the local athletic and Christian community ✝️, on the next her “choices” are condemned as sinful and appalling. She left Mississippi. 🧭...
2022-06-1556 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD24 - Travelling Through Life in a Mobile Record Studio - Ady ParzentnySend us a text🛑 When will you stop treating your passion as a hobby? 🛑 To Ady Parzentny, music is everything. Has been for decades. When the working day was over, he used to hit the rehearsal room and play the night away. 🎸 👨🎤 But making music for a living? 💰 Unthinkable. After all, is it really appropriate for a punk rocker to make money with his music? Just when he got a taste of financial success through his music, the gravity of "ULP" (upper limit problem) would bring hi...
2022-05-151h 08
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD23 - How to Reclaim Life Through Authentic Choices – Sam SheppardSend us a textWhat if you chose YOU today? “By making that choice I became significantly happier. And from then on, every time I made a choice that literally felt authentic, I would gain freedom, I would gain happiness.” 🤗Those are the words of Sam Sheppard. A kind woman with a big heart and a beautiful warm laugh. A teacher👩🏫 all her life, a facilitator with engaging energy. An eloquent speaker who can lift you up by the craft of words.Also, a woman scarred by childhood bullying, having str...
2022-04-151h 07
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD22 - Candidly Speaking - Adolpha ColeSend us a text„Why do white people hate black people?” This is an honest question ⁉️ which people visiting Candidly Speaking events might seek answers to. In other contexts, (white) people might read this as an accusation and begin to push back – but not in the intimate space ❤️ Adolpha Cole & her team create for their participants. Candidly Speaking is a concept for 💬 authentic conversations 💬 between people from all walks of life 🌈 - on topics that have the potential to...
2022-03-151h 06
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)WHYLD21 - Exploring the World Awake - with Erik LorenzSend us a textHave you ever, during your travels, had a conversation that was so beautiful, so rare, so impactful that you wished others could have witnessed it? A fleeting moment in time, sharing your universe with a person whom you will likely never meet again. The stranger at the café in Marrakesh, the trucker in New Zealand, the villager in Tonga. Sharing these precious opportunities of diving into another person’s world, learning about other ways of looking at and spending life is basica...
2022-02-151h 21
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 20 - Season 1 Finale With Former Guests Romeo, Francesco, Tom, Bek & SarahSend us a textHow can you tell a season is ending? That’s a question I have asked myself for 19 episodes of WHYLD Podcast 😅 When I first started this podcast, I guess it felt calming to have a built-in drop out option, a natural end in case this creative endeavour was going nowhere. The opportunity to say anytime: “Hey, this is the last episode of Season 1… and you happen to have to wait for some 2 years for the next season to go live”. However, my mentality as a podcaster has ...
2021-12-1543 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 19 - Adopt, Don't Shop (Romanian Dog Rescue) - Delia BoteaSend us a textWho needs to do something about it? For Delia Botea, the answer was “Me.” In Romania, a country where there are 600 000 stray dogs roaming the streets, waiting to be captured and very likely killed, Delia made a choice: If no one helps these poor, often malnourished, injured, sick, abandoned souls… she must do it. Once scared of dogs herself, she started rescuing one dog at a time and had all of her family members host one. Soon she was running out of safe haven...
2021-11-151h 03
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 18 - The Blue Collared Woman - Teagan DowlerSend us a textCan you be the same person at work that you are at home? Before brushing off this question, pause and reflect. Why should you even ask yourself this? Why shouldn’t you be able to be yourself at work? Why should this be important, after all? Workplaces are spaces in which we spend a whole lot of our time. It’s where we show up, challenge ourselves and others, learn, experience setbacks, laugh, fight, inspire, join forces, burn or bore out. It is an important space...
2021-10-1544 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 17 - Unicorn in Uniform (Germany's First Transgender Commander) - Anastasia BiefangSend us a textDo you show your true self at work and in all your relationships? You do not need to struggle with your gender identity to experience difficulties in answering YES to that question. Being ourselves first and foremost – and not what we think is expected of us in our many social roles – can be a courageous act. For Anastasia Biefang, the first transgender commander of the German Armed Forces, it took decades to stop pushing her inner truth back down. After many ye...
2021-09-151h 20
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 16 - Are You an Imposter?Send us a textDo you doubt you live up to people's expectations of you?Do you tend to belittle your own successes?Welcome to the club of many.Sometimes we call it modesty, sometimes we speak in the name of realism, sometimes we claim to acknowledge the support of others.But frankly: oftentimes we simply cannot accept our own greatness.In this episode, we unpack the so-called IMPOSTER SYNDROME – a psychological phenomenon that has people feeling like they are a fraud. It disproportionate...
2021-08-1529 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 15 - Luck or Fate? No Success Comes By Chance - Romeo SalazarSend us a textAre you holding open the door for fate to enter or do you push it close? Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. Sometimes we hit obstacles, sometimes miracles lift us across them. In this episode, musical theatre performer Romeo Salazar shares his experience of losing the stage to perform on during the Covid pandemic. In this juicy, textured conversation we contrast seemingly mere luck and helping fate find you through your active being and doing. Filipino-born an...
2021-07-181h 16
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 14 - Fear of Not Being Perfect Is CostlySend us a textHow much are you willing to sacrifice in order to hide your „imperfections“? We all do it at times. We throw our energy, time, and an impressively creative charade of excuses onto the things we feel insecure about, ashamed of, or „not ready yet“ for. We willingly trade our dreams, opportunities, and belief in ourselves for a chance to hide our imperfections from the people around us. And for the peace in knowing that we cannot fail… because we decided not to try in the fir...
2021-06-2025 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 13 - How to Find Humility and Dignity on the Journey to Fertility - Sandra WinterbachSend us a textDid you know that up to 1 in 4 recognized pregnancies end in miscarriage?This is something few know about. In school during sex education, we learn how to avoid pregnancies. However, the other side of the medal is rarely spoken about: How to deal with not being able to get pregnant or the child never making it through to being a new, miraculous life on this planet.What does it really mean to experience a miscarriage? What do hormonal contraceptives you took in the past have to d...
2021-05-161h 33
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 12 - Loving 2-4-1 - Chris, Sven and AndySend us a textCan you imagine sharing life with more than one partner? Find the love of your life, get married, buy a house, have kids. This default notion of a desirable, successful path in life is a common theme in society. In this picture, a monogamous “escalator” type relationship plays a central role. However, vowing sexual exclusivity to, loving and living with one partner only is not the sole option. It is estimated that about 4-5 % of people living in the U.S. are practising...
2021-04-1845 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 11 - Challenge Is a Given, Attitude a Choice - Kara ScottSend us a textHave you ever questioned feeling pity for someone with a disability? This conversation might make you do just that. Kara Scott had been confronted for years with strange neurological symptoms and vague diagnoses that would make a spelling champion break a sweat. Her life changed for good when, on the flight home after a family vacation, paralysis hit from her chest down. She has got every reason to resent her fate, or so one might think. But she won’t buy that. Th...
2021-03-141h 19
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 10 - Higher Quality Questions, Higher Quality ResultsSend us a textDoes your way of asking questions get you ahead or does it set you back?We pose questions all the time, out of a desire to understand, to connect, to get clearer on a course of action, to challenge others, and a million more reasons. Questions are such a basic component of our linguistic toolkit, rarely do we pay attention to their power. Yet, questions are far from being innocent or incidental. A question has the power to alter the course of a life, conjure up harm and hurt, tr...
2021-02-1423 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 9 - Sometimes 80 Percent Is Good Enough - Sarah AppeltSend us a textAre you attuned to your inner voice?Can you relate to the feeling of not being able to be your true self in the circumstances you are in? To experiencing pressure, stress, and the resulting effects on your body and mind as you try to meet the expectations of yourself and others? Depending on how deep you are stuck in the rabbit hole, you might think that there is no way out, that you are just not enough to meet the demands, that you’ll have to continue to fight. But be mindful o...
2021-01-1744 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 8 - Challenge as a Meditation - Jason StephensonSend us a textHow well are you connected to who you truly are being at the core? What might sound like an awkward question to some is a game changer once we actually open up to it. We are more than our name, our profession, our history. Jason Stephenson, the creator of guided mediation and affirmation recordings, reflects on how mindfulness helps to strip away those superficial layers of identity and to get closer to your authentic being and your calling in life. In the true spirit of 20...
2020-12-191h 00
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 7 - Embracing Uncertainty - Francesco LeoneSend us a textHave you ever wondered why phone booths in Italy might be wider than elsewhere?Well, it's most likely an untrue myth, to be fair. Plus, this is definitely not the topic of the episode - but you'll hear an answer anyway if you keep listening to the very end.In this episode, you'll get to meet Francesco Leone. A serial entrepreneur who does not consider himself to be one. All his life, being a passionate dreamer and a multi-faceted character, Francesco has created an authentic pat...
2020-11-1345 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 6 - Money off my Mind - Rebecca Bek HuynhSend us a textAre you putting others first and leaving yourself behind in the process?There is no right answer to the question of how much sacrifice is adequate and what degree of egoism is healthy. Luckily, life is not about either/or. Our span of life provides plenty of room for taking care of others as well for exploration, self-expression, and goal pursuit.When Bek Huynh was only a teenager, she made a decision to get her parents out of debt. She disobeyed her parents’ wish for her to pur...
2020-10-1647 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 5 - Reset through FastingSend us a textPleasure, indulgence and abundance is a popular theme of society Especially in safe and economically prosperous parts of the world. Abstaining from something that we enjoy and think we need can therefore be experienced as anything between pointless, sad, and even downright scary. This could apply to all kinds of things, like cars, kitchen gadgets, sex, traveling or posting selfies on social media. But none of these examples pose an actual existential threat when we decide ...
2020-09-1821 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 4 - Finding Resilience in 21 Hour Swim - Ashleigh SeymourSend us a textWhat proof do you need to believe in your own resilience? A lot of people tend to attribute their successes in life to external factors. Well, I was just lucky… I had help I couldn’t have done it without. This does not really foster one’s self-esteem. But what if you swam across the sea for 21 hours without stopping, without touching anything solid, through glearing day and pitch black night? Even the humblest soul must then acknowledge the fact that she is nothing sh...
2020-08-141h 05
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 3 - The Hidden SuperpowerSend us a textDo you take others for granted? You would realize that, at the latest, if you complained about something someone did “not right”. All of us are making hundreds of choices daily when interacting with ourselves or other people. We could choose to be rude, to be unreliable, to be ignorant. Yet instead, most of us most of the time decide to be respectful, to do our best, to be trustworthy. We learn and grow and we become damn good at things others rely on us to do. So ho...
2020-07-1723 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 2 - 4270 Kilometres on Foot - Thomas ClemensSend us a textWould you have it in you to cross the US all the way from the southern to the northern end… on foot? Well, in episode 2 you get to meet someone who did just that. Thomas Clemens walked the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), a long-distance hiking trail that stretches for 4270 kilometers, in 5 months and 13 days. Doing nothing but putting one foot after another, day after day, across snow-covered mountains and through the searing heat of the desert, Thomas proved how far willpower and a ...
2020-06-1544 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Episode 1 - Welcome to the Podcast & Speaking Out LoudSend us a textWelcome to the WHYLD Podcast.Inspire people. Support others' growth. Create a meaningful life. If this mission resonates with your own values, this podcast is for you. My name is Tina Hewelt and I create WHYLD because I love people and am deeply curious about why they do what they do. Especially if – to me – they seem to have weird hobbies, quirky personalities, out-of-the-box thinking, I love exploring what gets them excited and drives their actions. I have had the chance to me...
2020-06-1411 min
WHYLD - Podcast for Bold Authentic People (And Those Who Wish They Were)Trailer - WHYLD Podcast for Bold Authentic PeopleSend us a textInspire people. Support others' growth. Create a meaningful life. Does this mission reflect your values? Welcome to the community! What is WHYLD about? Bringing together friends and strangers for conversations on topics that might expand their horizons. Fostering the exchange of thoughts between people of diverse walks of life. Giving extraordinary people „from next door“ a voice to share their stories. Celebrating people’s authentic life choices. How can you be part of WH...
2020-06-1305 min