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The Glo PodcastYoga as a Safe and Sacred Space, with Kia Miller and Annie CarpenterIn this extended conversation for The Glo Podcast, Glo teachers Annie Carpenter and Kia Miller discuss their journeys through the energy of the asana poses to the subtle energetic shifts the poses bring about.Kia and Annie emphasize why a safe and sacred space is important to create in yoga classes, where students can pursue an investigation into and questioning of the self. Both Annie and Kia talk about how their yoga practices have evolved over time. During Kia’s thoughtful line of questions, Annie discusses being present, finding balance, and witnessing life as a form of sp...2024-07-1458 min
The Glo PodcastThe Celestial Wisdom of Astrologer Natalia Benson, with Guest Host Rachel AutumnGuest host Rachel Autumn welcomes her mentor and friend Natalia Benson on The Glo Podcast to discuss astrology and business coaching, and to celebrate Natalia’s podcast, which has surpassed a million downloads. They explore Natalia’s astrology origin story, starting with a pivotal moment that led to Natalia discovering her passion for astrology and commitment to learn more about it. Natalia emphasizes the impact that astrology has had on her understanding of her personality and business, and how astrology has shaped her mission to help women create independent revenue streams through spiritual and conscious entrepreneurship.Rachel and Nata...2024-03-241h 16
The Glo PodcastThe Intersection of Zen, Motherhood, and Self-Discovery with Elena BrowerDerik Mills interviews longtime friend and colleague Elena Brower about writing poetry, teaching yoga, friendship, and podcasting. They discuss Elena’s debut collection of poetry, Softening Time: Collected Poems.Elena shares an inspiring encounter she had a Glo student who had taken classes with her online. Derik and Elena also turn the conversation inward, discussing the therapeutic journey from poetry to prose as Elena shares about her book of poems and her upcoming book.In a previous episode of The Glo Podcast, Elena took over the microphone to guest host. Her guest was Jeff Rosenthal, co...2024-03-101h 00
The Glo PodcastLife Lessons from the Football Pitch and Yoga Mat: Breath, Body, and Gratitude with Marc LawsMarc Laws discusses his inspiring journey from professional soccer player to sports therapy practitioner to yoga teacher with a popular following on Glo.com. In this deep-dive conversation with host Derik Mills, Marc shares about the life-changing power of yoga, discusses how he discovered a yoga teacher who changed his view of life, and shares insights that he discovered when he was an ultra-competitive professional soccer player who later became a sports medicine therapist and then yoga teacher.Marc also mentions how thankful he is for the Glo team’s work in making yoga more accessible worldwide. He be...2023-11-2059 min
The Glo Podcast30 Minutes with Gustavo Padron: The Power of VulnerabilityGustavo Padron had had to cope with imposter syndrome and his own inner critic, but to support his personal growth, he’s learned how to bring out his inner advocate. As Gustavo, a Glo teacher, says in this interview with host Derik Mills,”You are enough just as you are. There’s nothing to fix, there’s nothing to prove.” Gustavo talks about bringing love and acceptance to his classes for Glo and his experiences working with the Glo team. Gustavo has guest-hosted The Glo Podcast, exploring breathwork with his guest Jay Bradley, a breathwork teacher and healer. You...2023-05-0743 min
The Glo PodcastDiscover Yoga’s Resources to Counteract Stress and Burnout, feat. Professor Douglas BrooksStress is a presence that we cannot deny in our lives. We will find some evidence of it every day. Professor Douglas Brooks says that it’s up to us to rise to the challenge of stress and in so doing, head it off before it turns into burnout. Stress, says Professor Brooks, is a natural and important feature of our human constitution. He recommends resources and practices that can help counteract it. Foremost among them is to simply breathe, and to make a commitment to our yoga practice. That engagement with ourselves and with yoga gives us...2023-03-262h 05
The Glo PodcastBringing Healing Practices to their Fullest Potential with WalkGood LA and Ivorie JenkinsEtienne Maurice, Founder & CEO of WalkGood LA, wants the organization to be a bridge for people to heal, be more mindful, and become more self-aware, through the practice of yoga and self-care. In an interview conducted by Glo teacher Ivorie Jenkins, Etienne, along with Namaste Marley Rae, Director of Health & Wellness WalkGood LA, and Ivy Coco Maurice, Stylist, Creative Community Entrepreneur, and Vice-President of WalkGood LA, discuss WalkGood LA’s mission. During the podcast episode, Etienne says, “We are who we are because of our grandparents, and we are their dreams manifested. We are their wildest dreams come true. WalkGo...2023-03-141h 11
The Glo PodcastBonus Episode: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with Dr. Christopher Chapple Part 10Dr. Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding Director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He’s published over 20 books about Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Yoga, and religion and ecology. He’s also a featured teacher on Glo.In ten bonus episodes of The Glo Podcast, Professor Chapple will chant the Sanskrit for the Sutras, explore their themes, and talk about how they apply in life. He’ll give you the Sutras’ philosophical context and relate them to movement practices in yoga. Links:http...2023-03-022h 08
The Glo PodcastBonus Episode: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with Dr. Christopher Chapple Part 9Dr. Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding Director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He’s published over 20 books about Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Yoga, and religion and ecology. He’s also a featured teacher on Glo.In ten bonus episodes of The Glo Podcast, Professor Chapple will chant the Sanskrit for the Sutras, explore their themes, and talk about how they apply in life. He’ll give you the Sutras’ philosophical context and relate them to movement practices in yoga. Links:http...2023-02-232h 02
The Glo PodcastBonus Episode: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with Dr. Christopher Chapple Part 8Dr. Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding Director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He’s published over 20 books about Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Yoga, and religion and ecology. He’s also a featured teacher on Glo.In ten bonus episodes of The Glo Podcast, Professor Chapple will chant the Sanskrit for the Sutras, explore their themes, and talk about how they apply in life. He’ll give you the Sutras’ philosophical context and relate them to movement practices in yoga. Links:http...2023-02-152h 02
The Glo PodcastThirty Minutes with Glo Teacher Khetanya HendersonIn this interview with Glo teacher Khetanya Henderson, Khetanya shares about the power of connection, whether it is online in her Glo classes or teaching in person, and she discusses the daily routine she uses to keep herself centered. Khetanya has a retreat coming up July 22-27 with Natalie Valle that will feature Pilates, Reiki, and sound healing. There’s a link for it below. Khetanya has guest hosted two episodes of The Glo Podcast, The History of Home Birth and Midwifery in America, featuring Sarahn Henderson, and Building an Inward-Facing Practice with Ivorie Jenkins.Lin...2023-02-1230 min
The Glo PodcastBonus Episode: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with Dr. Christopher Chapple Part 7Dr. Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding Director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He’s published over 20 books about Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Yoga, and religion and ecology. He’s also a featured teacher on Glo.In ten bonus episodes of The Glo Podcast, Professor Chapple will chant the Sanskrit for the Sutras, explore their themes, and talk about how they apply in life. He’ll give you the Sutras’ philosophical context and relate them to movement practices in yoga. Links:http...2023-02-082h 02
The Glo PodcastThirty Minutes with Glo Teacher Mark OsmundsenIn this premiere episode of a new series focusing on Glo teachers, Derik Mills hosts Mark Osmundsen, who talks about how his dance and burlesque experience informs his teaching, what it’s like hold space for students in an online environment, and the importance of vulnerability. Mark also shared what hobbies and pursuits engage him the most. Mark has guest-hosted multiple episodes of the Glo Podcast: The Power of Dance and Kindness with Emmy-winning Choreographer Al Blackstone, Activism and Healing with Drag Performer Marti Gould Cummings, Learning Self-Love and Body Positivity, featuring Storm Marrero, and Embracing Sexual Pow...2023-01-2233 min
The Glo PodcastBonus Episode: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with Dr. Christopher Chapple Part 6Dr. Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding Director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He’s published over 20 books about Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Yoga, and religion and ecology. He’s also a featured teacher on Glo.In ten bonus episodes of The Glo Podcast, Professor Chapple will chant the Sanskrit for the Sutras, explore their themes, and talk about how they apply in life. He’ll give you the Sutras’ philosophical context and relate them to movement practices in yoga. Links:http...2023-01-192h 03
The Glo PodcastBonus Episode: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with Dr. Christopher Chapple Part 5Dr. Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding Director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He’s published over 20 books about Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Yoga, and religion and ecology. He’s also a featured teacher on Glo.In ten bonus episodes of The Glo Podcast, Professor Chapple will chant the Sanskrit for the Sutras, explore their themes, and talk about how they apply in life. He’ll give you the Sutras’ philosophical context and relate them to movement practices in yoga. Links:http...2022-12-082h 01
The Glo PodcastBonus Episode: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with Dr. Christopher Chapple Part 4Dr. Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding Director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He’s published over 20 books about Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Yoga, and religion and ecology. He’s also a featured teacher on Glo.In ten bonus episodes of The Glo Podcast, Professor Chapple will chant the Sanskrit for the Sutras, explore their themes, and talk about how they apply in life. He’ll give you the Sutras’ philosophical context and relate them to movement practices in yoga. Links:http...2022-12-012h 02
The Glo PodcastBonus Episode: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with Dr. Christopher Chapple Part 3Dr. Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding Director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He’s published over 20 books about Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Yoga, and religion and ecology. He’s also a featured teacher on Glo.In ten bonus episodes of The Glo Podcast, Professor Chapple will chant the Sanskrit for the Sutras, explore their themes, and talk about how they apply in life. He’ll give you the Sutras’ philosophical context and relate them to movement practices in yoga. Links:http...2022-11-242h 01
The Glo PodcastBonus Episode: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with Dr. Christopher Chapple Part 2Dr. Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding Director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He’s published over 20 books about Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Yoga, and religion and ecology. He’s also a featured teacher on Glo.In ten bonus episodes of The Glo Podcast, Professor Chapple will chant the Sanskrit for the Sutras, explore their themes, and talk about how they apply in life. He’ll give you the Sutras’ philosophical context and relate them to movement practices in yoga. Links:http...2022-11-162h 03
The Glo PodcastBonus Episode: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with Dr. Christopher Chapple, Part 1Dr. Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding Director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He’s published over 20 books about Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Yoga, and religion and ecology. He’s also a featured teacher on Glo.In ten bonus episodes of The Glo Podcast, Professor Chapple will chant the Sanskrit for the Sutras, explore their themes, and talk about how they apply in life. He’ll give you the Sutras’ philosophical context and relate them to movement practices in yoga. Links:http...2022-11-091h 50
The Glo PodcastBonus Episode: The History of Yoga, with Dr. Christopher Chapple, Part 1Dr. Christopher Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding Director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He’s published over 20 books about Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Yoga, and religion and ecology. He’s also a featured instructor on Glo.In five bonus episodes of The Glo Podcast, Dr. Chapple will give you a taste of the history of yoga. Telling the story of yoga’s history is challenging for many reasons. It’s a history that spans thousands of years and many cultures and can vary by i...2022-09-282h 00
The Glo PodcastHow Understanding Neuroscience Can Expand Your Yoga Practice, with Celest PereiraCelest Pereira, a physiotherapy expert, joins guest host Marc Laws II, a Glo instructor, in a conversation about neuroscience and biomechanics. In previous episodes of The Glo Podcast, we’ve talked about how the brain perceives and creates the world we experience. Celest brings a new chapter to those conversations. She and Marc discuss nociceptors, the sensory neurons that respond to potentially damaging stimuli by sending “possible threat” signals to the spinal cord and brain. The brain creates the sensation of pain to call attention to the part of the body that might be at risk. Celest...2022-09-111h 00
The Glo PodcastA Journey into Mindfulness with Professor Christopher Chapple, Part 1Learning about mindfulness doesn’t only happen on a yoga mat or on a cushion. In this episode of The Glo Podcast with Dr. Christopher Chapple, Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding Director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Derik and Dr. Chapple revisit the Buddha’s journey into mindfulness by recalling ancient texts and stories. Dr. Chapple has published over 20 books about Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Yoga, and religion and ecology. He’s also a featured instructor on Glo.Links:Dr. Christopher Chapple Living...2022-08-1459 min
The Glo PodcastCommunity is a Powerful Human Technology, featuring Elena Brower and Jeff RosenthalElena Brower, Glo instructor, bestselling author, teacher, artist and activist, hosts this episode of the podcast. Her guest is Jeff Rosenthal, co-author of Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Chasing Dreams, and Building Community. Jeff is the Co-Founder of Summit, best known for hosting global ideas festivals and events, and is the co-owner, principal designer, and developer of Summit Powder Mountain and Powder Mountain ski resort in Eden, Utah. Make No Small Plans was published in April, 2022. Along with his partners in the Summit event series and community, Jeff has written the story of how c...2022-05-2948 min
The Glo PodcastEmbracing Sexual Power, featuring guest host Mark Osmundsen and Gigi EngleMark Osmundsen has been a teacher on Glo for nearly four years. On this episode of the podcast, Mark Osmundsen hosts Gigi Engle. Gigi as an award-winning, certified sex educator and psychotherapist in training. Her writing regularly appears in publications like Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, L Magazine, Teen Vogue, Glamor, and Women’s Health. Gigi is the author of All the F*cking Mistakes: A Guide to Sex, Love, and Life.Gigi Engle, ACS, CSE, CSC, is an award-winning feminist author, certified sex educator, and psychotherapist in training. As a sex expert with 3Fun, she promotes and teaches ab...2022-05-1558 min
The Glo PodcastLiving with Kindness Every Day, featuring Orly WahbaOrly Wahba, educator, entrepreneur, and author of Kindness Boomerang: How to Save the World (and Yourself) Through 365 Daily Acts, believes that kindness is not something you practice once in a while, but instead kindness is a way of seeing the world. She’s a TED speaker whose projects include Dance for Kindness, Project Hope Exchange, and Life Vest Inside. In this episode of The Glo Podcast, Orly shares the story of how, when she was a girl in middle school, a fire in her family home left her family rootless and her father without a business. The les...2022-05-011h 11
The Glo PodcastEase eco-anxiety: Your sustainability superpower can protect our planetThe climate emergency can feel overwhelming, and eco-anxiety can bring on emotional paralysis. But you can feel better-—and do a lot of good—-by taking positive action.Welcome to a special Earth Day edition of The Glo Podcast. Eco-activist Heather White returns to the show to talk about her new book, One Green Thing: Discover Your Hidden Power to Help Save the Planet.Heather shares about the many forms eco-action can take, and she’ll also share how when you make active choices to address climate change, this can help make space for your emotio...2022-04-2539 min
The Glo PodcastYoga Helps Reveal Who You Are, with Dice Iida-Klein and Alex ArtymiakIn this episode of The Glo Podcast hosted by Dice Iida-Klein, Alex Artymiak talks about yoga as a process of coming to terms with yourself, a process as demanding in many ways for the teacher as well as for the student. When you teach yoga, both Dice and Alex agree, you teach what you are.Trigger warning. In this episode, Alex briefly shares about how he lost a close family member to suicide. Links:https://diceyoga.com/abouthttp://www.alexartymiak.com/GLO classes:https://www.glo.c...2022-04-171h 10
The Glo PodcastBecoming Yoga Teachers with Jason Crandell and Dice Iida-KleinIn this special edition of The Glo Podcast, Derik Mills hands over the mic to two beloved Glo teachers, Jason Crandell and Dice Iida-Klein. You’ll learn about their development as yoga students and teachers, their favorite and most challenging poses, and their shared connections. Some of those connections are surprising: They both played hockey as kids. Others will help you track into a more profound understanding of the community of yoga teachers and how they develop just as their students do.Links:Dice lida-KleinJason Crandell GLO classes:...2022-03-061h 03
The Glo PodcastPsychotherapist Terri Cole helps you define your boundaries and navigate codependency in your relationshipsThere are many myths about what it means to have boundaries and why we may be afraid or unwilling to set them. Many women, says psychotherapist Terri Cole, are often raised to “be a good girl.” This is the highest virtue many women are raised to offer: Being liked. But when we prioritize other people over ourselves, it leads to a place of anger and bitterness. Terri Cole calls it “the disease to please.” Her book Boundary Boss-The Essential Guide to Talk True, Be Seen and (Finally) Live Free will show you have to express your preferences, needs, an...2022-02-201h 22
The Glo PodcastAddiction stories from Beth Macy, author of the book Dopesick, the basis of a series on Hulu.Journalist Beth Macy was moved by the stories she reported about addiction. As she says in her interview with Derik Mills, “I’ve learned to pay attention to things that make the hair stand up on the back of my neck.” In her book Dopesick, she takes the reader into the epicenter of the nation’s opioid crisis. On the podcast, Beth shares her work process and some astounding statistics about the depth of the crisis. For example, in America, there is an 88% treatment gap, meaning that only 12% of people addicted to opioids have gotten treatment. Beth and Derik...2022-02-0657 min
The Glo PodcastHow breathwork is changing law enforcement training and first responders with retired police officer Erik MilosevichContinuing our series of interviews with first responders, Derik Mills chats with Erik Milosevich, a military veteran and retired police officer turned breathwork instructor. We met Erik through photographer, and fellow Glo podcast guest, Robert Sturman (episode #14), who photographed Erik and other military veterans who use yoga as a healing practice for PTSD and mental, emotional, and physical health. Erik was a US Army 82nd Airborne Division Recon/Sniper and an international competitor on the All Army Taekwondo Team. As a police officer with the Santa Monica Police Department, Erik served on a variety of assignments, including c...2022-01-0959 min
The Glo PodcastUnlock your authentic leadership with Boundless Leadership co-author Elazar AslanElazar Aslan is the Founder and CEO of Caterfly Solutions, a coaching firm that specializes in helping leaders operate from their peak potential to have a positive and sustainable impact on their businesses and communities. He recently co-authored “Boundless Leadership” with Dr. Joe Loizzo, who appeared on episode 32 of The Glo Podcast. Today’s episode dives deeper into the kind of self-work authentic leadership requires. Elazar shares from his personal experience of endeavoring inward to discover his own leadership potential as well as his proven leadership principles and meditation practices he has used to guide leaders in corpora...2021-12-121h 28
The Glo PodcastByron Katie on how to transform suffering and access the wisdom within youBest-selling author and founder, Byron Katie, wrote Loving What Is and A Mind at Home with Itself: Finding Freedom in a World of Suffering with co-author Stephen Mitchell. She is the founder of Byron Katie International, an organization that includes the School for the Work and Turnaround House in Ojai, California, and she is the host of “At Home With Byron Katie,” a podcast and weekly Zoom session. Byron Katie teaches a method of self-examination called “The Work” which grew out of her own spiritual journey and experience with depression. In this introspective conversation with Lisa Brooks Mills, By...2021-11-211h 20
The Glo PodcastEnvironmentalist Heather White on eco-anxiety & the connection between protecting our planet & self-care. We have a planet to save & it’s going to take all of us.For over two decades Heather White, the founder and author of One Green Thing: Discover Your Hidden Power to Help Save the Planet, has led organizations to transform environmental overwhelm into consistent, personalized, and positive action. She is an environmental lawyer, writer, consultant, motivational speaker, nonprofit executive, and former Senate staffer. Heather chats with Lisa Brooks Mills on The Glo Podcast about the current state of the crisis, its impact on mental health, and how you can create real, meaningful change using her Superpower Assessment.Links:One Green ThingHeather’s cons...2021-11-141h 09
The Glo PodcastKoya Webb on prioritizing wellness, forgiveness and affirmation rituals, and the process of writing her book Let Your Fears Make You Fierce: How to Turn Common Obstacles into Seeds for Growth.Koya Webb is a Glo teacher, Wellness Visionary, Educator, & Founder of Get Loved Up. She has over 15 years of experience in holistic health studies and dedicates herself to supporting those who suffer from chronic disease through building sustainable, daily self-care, plant-based nutrition, and eco-friendly practices. In this episode, Koya chats with Derik about how she discovered yoga in college as an Olympic Track & Field hopeful after sustaining a debilitating injury. She spent a year in recovery practicing yoga and breathwork and went on to win her conference title and was ranked 13th in the nation.Today, Koya...2021-10-171h 23
The Glo PodcastU.S. Army Veteran Charley Jordan shares his journey toward yoga and life-saving self-careWe met U.S. Army veteran Charley Jordan through photographer, and fellow Glo podcast guest, Robert Sturman (episode #14). Sturman photographed Charley and other military veterans who use yoga as a healing practice for PTSD as well as mental, emotional, and physical effects due to their careers. Charley is now a college adjunct professor, flower farmer, and owner of Jordan Farms in Tennessee. Charley and Derik discuss his 28 years of service and how he discovered yoga and horticulture as a way of safely dealing with and healing from the intense emotion and trauma of a demanding career. He s...2021-10-101h 12
The Glo PodcastJo Tastula, Glo’s first yoga teacher, shares how to create a yoga practice for healing on and off the matDerik discusses the founding years of Glo with the first teacher he approached, Jo Tastula. Located in Western Australia, Jo chats with Derik about her unique upbringing, how it changed her teaching style, and the ups and downs of her journey to becoming a yoga teacher. She shares how her practice has helped to create a sacred space for healing in some of her most difficult moments—losing both of her parents, pregnancy, and parenthood. Jo shares profound anecdotes about her own journey to becoming a yoga teacher from mysticism and plant medicine, to the enigma of defining yoga, “Just...2021-09-1253 min
The Glo PodcastDamona Hoffman on The Glo Podcast: Why our personal wellness is key for dating and long-term partnershipsIn this episode, Lisa chats with Damona Hoffman, an online dating coach, host of the podcast Dates & Mates: Modern Love Made Simple, and relationship expert on The Drew Barrymore Show. They talk about the impact of our wellness practice on our ability to find meaningful partnerships, common dating mistakes, and how to optimize your dating app profile. Damona also shares her personal experiences as well as the common frustrations and questions she gets from clients, like how to avoid “dating fatigue,” ways to decipher anxiety from intuition, and what healthy boundaries in a relationship look like. Learn more about Damo...2021-09-051h 27
The Glo PodcastMember Love: Glo member shares how her daily practice changed her life on and off the matAt Glo, we have an internal slack channel called “Member Love” where we post feedback from our members around the world. This is the second episode in a series on The Glo Podcast where we’ll be sharing a conversation with one of our Glo members. Today, Derik speaks with Kelly Alexander, a Glo member, certified yoga teacher, holistic health coach, and founder of "Raw By Nature," a website that offers nourishing recipes and plant-based lifestyle tips. Kelly shares how she maintains her own self-care routines that help her turn off and tune in despite the pressure of always being...2021-08-2221 min
The Glo PodcastMember Love: Glo member on how she uses Glo to ease her chronic pain and daily stressAt Glo, we have an internal slack channel called “Member Love” where we post feedback from our members around the world. This is the first of a special feature on The Glo Podcast where we’ll be sharing a conversation with a Glo member. Today, Derik speaks with Emer Deane, founder of Clear Path Coaching and Polyvagal informed Leadership and Career Coach who empowers women to befriend their nervous system and cultivate a compassionate inner narrative to unlock their potential and achieve their life and career goals. Emer shares her experience being diagnosed with fibromyalgia before joining Glo in 2016 and ho...2021-07-2517 min
The Glo PodcastAlmost 30’s Krista and Lindsey share how their spiritual practice led them to creating a supportive global community for womenAlmost 30 began as a podcast between two friends sharing candid conversations about spirituality, holistic health and wellness, personal development, rejection, fear, relationships, and finding purpose. They have since recorded nearly 500 podcast episodes and counting, and expanded their platform to a global network for women. Lisa Brooks Mills, Glo’s co-founder and Chief Impact Officer, chats with Lindsey and Krista about the importance of friendship, exploring and trusting their intuition, navigating judgement and shame, and their practices for living their most authentic lives. They also share about Camp Almost 30, a free digital day camp featuring entrepreneurs, healers, and leaders in spi...2021-07-1856 min
The Glo PodcastHow dedication to our practice can enhance our life and fuel creativity with Robert Sturman, internationally celebrated photographerThis episode of The Glo Podcast, Derik speaks with celebrated photographer and yogi, Robert Sturman, whose work has taken him around the world, into prisons, and behind the scenes on military bases. He’s also been the official artist of iconic events such as Grammy Awards, FIFA World Cup, and U.S. Olympics. Sturman discusses his parallel journey as a yogi and developing his skills as a photographer, and how the two practices have supported him in living a life of connection, compassion, and challenge. He describes yoga as “the most beautiful, figurative poetry ever seen in the history of a...2021-07-111h 36
The Glo PodcastMeditation Practices Based on Science Can Change Your Physical Health with Dr. Dan SiegelThis special episode of The Glo Podcast features a talk given by Dr. Dan Siegel, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center, at Glo HQ in Santa Monica just before the COVID-19 lockdown. Dr. Siegel gives an in-depth discussion on how to use The Wheel of Awareness, a useful meditation tool he developed with over two decades of clinical research studies. It’s a visual metaphor for how the mind works and a way to “expand the container of consciousness.”Dr. Siegel has dedi...2021-05-301h 26
The Glo PodcastHow yoga can enhance your creativity, connections, and life’s purpose with Professor Douglas Brooks (Part 2)Part two of Derik’s conversation with Professor of Religion Dr. Douglas Brooks expands on the origins of yoga, its rich history of borrowing from other cultures and time periods, and its connection to our understanding of true freedom today. They also discuss yoga as a form of self-care—in body and mind—and how we can ultimately live a more healthy, fulfilled life of connection and purpose. If you missed part one (episode #10) of this conversation, you can listen to it on Glo.com, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred podcast app. For more teachings by Douglas...2021-05-231h 32
The Glo PodcastDr. Ramani Durvasula on The Glo Podcast: Narcissism & Toxic RelationshipsDerik in conversation with Dr. Ramani Durvasula , clinical psychologist, narcissism expert, and author of “Don’t You Know Who I Am?”: How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility. They discuss some of the reasons that narcissists behave as they do, and how narcissism shows up in the workplace and on social media. Dr. Ramani dives into how to recognize narcissistic personality traits in others, and ourselves, and that uncovering them can actually help us face our own “shadow self.”This episode offers tools for compassionately, and safely, engaging or disengaging with these kinds of r...2021-05-091h 13
The Glo PodcastJason Crandell on The Glo Podcast: Yoga as a Grounding ForceDerik speaks with Jason Crandell, renowned yoga teacher and author. Jason has traveled the world educating teachers and practitioners of yoga and has become known by many as a “teacher’s teacher.” This episode discusses Jason’s education and philosophy on the vast and various definitions of yoga, including one of his favorites, Mary Paffard’s “pirate yoga.” Jason also shares how yoga is a sensory experience of the musculoskeletal system rooted in consciousness and psyche and how his practice serves as a grounding force for the various components of the mind, or, as Jason calls it, a “titration of...2021-05-021h 02
The Glo PodcastDr. Yasmene Mumby on The Glo Podcast: The Heart of ActivismDerik Mills in a powerful conversation with Dr. Yasmene Mumby, discussing her journey as a writer, activist, artist, wellbeing guide, middle school teacher, community organizer, and law student. She is the creator of a multi-part audio-memoir series called Ahimsa, and author of “Amplify Black Voices: Yoga, You Can Do Better,” an influential article she wrote for Elephant Journal about her experience as a Black woman in the “predominantly white-centered yoga community.” Dr. Mumby shares how a series of extreme health scares, including two benign tumor surgeries and an eye stroke, caused her to go temporarily blind. The...2021-04-251h 03
The Glo PodcastMorgan Harper Nichols on The Glo Podcast: EmpathyMorgan Harper Nichols is known as an artist whose poetry, storytelling, and songwriting doesn’t just make you think, but actually makes you feel. This episode is a lesson in empathy in real-time. Morgan recites poems from her upcoming book, How Far You Have Come, and sings an a capella version of her song, Tell the Story. This powerful episode reveals how empathy expressed—in all forms—can help release us from our past and strengthen our connections in the present. They also discuss how her upcoming book of poems and personal reflection helped her reclaim painful experiences and re-env...2021-04-181h 18
The Glo PodcastSeane Corn on The Glo Podcast: Spiritual GrowthThe work of uncovering your authentic self can be challenging because it means relinquishing control and feeling the difficult emotions we suppress. However, it’s in the process of developing this kind of empathy for others that we begin to lead our most fulfilling life. Seane shares these and other lessons she’s learned along her spiritual journey. She and Derik talk about her experience uncovering her own biases and the importance of accepting ourselves as humans who are both good and flawed as a way to start reckoning with systems of oppression and white supremacy. They also discuss Sean...2021-04-111h 26
Make Things That Matter#40 Eric Steege: Treat your culture like a productEric Steege is an energetic product leader intent on spreading great product cultures and practices. This conversation explores how to use product thinking to build your culture.-----Links & resources mentionedEric Steege - TwitterRelated episodes#18 Josh Seiden: How to create clarity with outcomes thinking#35 Dianne Frommelt: Building products to help people become their best selves#14 Derik Mills: Cultivating a faculty of wonder in business and lifeBooksThe Infinite GameFinite and Infinite GamesOutcomes Over OutputThe Hard Thing About Hard ThingsThe Lean StartupWho Moved My Cheese?Other resources mentionedNUMMI (2015) - This American LifeGall's LawAmazon bar raiser...2021-04-0659 min
The Glo PodcastDr. Aviva Romm on The Glo Podcast: Hormone IntelligenceLisa Brooks Mills, co-founder and Glo’s Chief Impact Officer, leads a conversation with Dr. Aviva Romm, holistic medical doctor, about hormone imbalance, discovering root causes behind symptoms, and healing. As someone affected by Hashimotos, an autoimmune condition, Lisa discusses Dr. Romm’s new book, Hormone Intelligence, and the culture of burnout and its impact on gaslighting women out of listening to their bodies. Dr. Romm shares how women can take charge of their health, including an emphasis on connecting to nature, honoring intuitive boundaries, and offers helpful tools for recovery that are practical and affordable. Links:...2021-04-041h 07
The Glo PodcastDr. Amelia Nagoski on The Glo Podcast: BurnoutDerik Mills speaks with Dr. Amelia Nagoski, the co-author of Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, Dr. Nagoski explains how stress not only affects our emotional and physical wellbeing, but can remain trapped in our bodies. She discusses the ways patriarchy jeopardizes everyone’s health, but especially women and people of color. She also shares the importance of connectedness, the belief in something larger than ourselves, and the ways that radical care for others could be a way to overcome stress and address burnout.Links:Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle...2021-03-281h 12
The Glo PodcastProfessor Rhonda Magee on The Glo Podcast: Racism Inside UsDerik Mills and Professor Rhonda Magee discuss systems of white supremacy and white privilege, and how being “colorblind” denies how race plays an active role in our everyday existence. They explore Professor Magee’s “color-insight” approach and the work of other groundbreaking thought leaders in social justice both past and present, including those of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., James Baldwin, and Professor Eddie Glaude. This episode weaves together activism, how to be an anti-racist, and mindfulness practices.LINKSRhonda Magee is the author of The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Commun...2021-03-211h 21
The Glo PodcastTina Lifford on The Glo Podcast: MindfulnessDerik Mills speaks with Tina Lifford, CEO of The Inner Fitness Project, a wellbeing initiative that teaches practices for navigating life with mindfulness and resilience. They discuss Tina’s thriving acting career (currently playing Aunt Vi on Queen Sugar), her work as an Inner Fitness Coach, and her book, The Little Book of Big Lies - A Journey Into Inner Fitness, which has received multiple awards—a Nautilus Book and Book Authority award winner and Forbes’ 21 Books That Will Make 2021 Your Best Year Yet. In their discussion, Tina shares how to overcome fear and start leading a more authentic life...2021-03-141h 11
The Glo PodcastIntroducing the Glo PodcastOn The Glo Podcast, we spark conversations about expanding the meaning of self-care. Every episode offers inspiration for you to expand your self-knowledge and take action in the world. We deepen our understanding of the connections we make in inner experiences that emerge from our biology, within our psychology, and through physical movement, and bring them into our outer experiences of relationships, workplace culture, and leadership. Self-care extends into our work life, our family life, and our innermost experiences of self. Self-care is not merely a concept we use to explore ourselves. It is a complexity of pr...2021-03-0804 min
Make Things That Matter#16 Holly Hester-Reilly: Building a customer-centric team and product cultureFollow Holly Hester-ReillyTwitter @h2rproductsciExplore these ResourcesIn this episode, we mentioned the following resources:Holly's (@h2rproductsci) company — H2R Product ScienceHolly's podcast — Product ScienceProduct discovery in uncertain timesK Anders Ericsson - Peak (book)Deliberate PracticeMarty Cagan — book, blog, trainingsThe Alternative to RoadmapsThe Four Big RisksContinuous product discovery / dual-track discovery and deliveryChristina Wodtke episodeBarry O'Reilly episode"Feature factories"MediaMathOutcomes-based roadmap[Scrum...2020-05-051h 22