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In this episode, John Philip Newell returns to the School for Good Living Podcast to discuss his latest book, The Great Search: Turning to Earth and Soul in the Search for Healing and Home. John Philip, a leading Celtic teacher and spiritual guide, offers deep insights into the spiritual longings of the modern world, especially in light of the growing sense of religious exile experienced by many today.John Philip speaks on the urgent need for healing in our relationship with the Earth and one another, as well as the quest for a deeper sense of home—not just in a physical sense, but in a profound spiritual connection with both the Earth and the human soul. His reflections on spiritual exile, the deep yearning for divine experience, and the wisdom of past teachers are woven throughout this thoughtful conversation.In this interview, John Philip and Brilliant discuss:The Great Search and its focus on spiritual yearnings during times of transitionThe concept of “religious exile” and how many people are spiritually disaffected, either by leaving or by staying in religious traditions that no longer resonateThe role of psychedelics in modern spiritual exploration and how they fit into the broader quest for a direct experience of the divineHealing and Home as the central themes of John Philip's book and how they address humanity’s brokenness and longing for rootednessThe teachers who shaped John Philip's journey and how they continue to transmit wisdom for today's spiritual seekersJohn Philip also shares personal reflections on his own spiritual journey, including his decision to "give back" his ordination as a Christian minister, and how this decision relates to the spiritual reawakening he sees happening worldwide.Resources Mentioned:John Philip Newell’s The Great Search: Turning to Earth and Soul in the Search for Healing and HomeConnect with the Guest:earthandsoul.org Social media handles or other ways to follow John Philip:John Philip Newell on FacebookJohn Philip Newell on InstagramSacred Earth Sacred Soul on FacebookSacred Earth Sacred Soul on InstagramThank you for listening to this week's episode of the School for Good Living Podcast!If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and sign up for our email list at [goodliving.com] for exclusive content and special updates. Explore our website to learn more about the transformative programs we offer, including our Transformation Coaching Program, Coach Training Program, and our collection of inspirational quotes to help you live a good life!

Neal Allen is a spiritual coach and a speaker whose chief concern is removing obstacles of the ego. Neal has written a book called Better Days: Tame Your Inner Critic, the subject of most of our conversation here today. This is Neal’s second time on the School for Good Living podcast after our first conversation about his book called Shapes of Truth: Discover God Inside You.In this interview on the School for Good Living Podcast, Neal joins me to talk about our inner critic. Sometimes Neal refers to it as a parasite. You might call it your conscience or your superego. But Neal distinguishes that it is not you. It's a part of you. He talks about how it forms, what its purpose is, and how we can live healthier, happier lives when we learn to manage our inner critic and make space for our authentic self. We also talk about how we can live with less anxiety, have more fulfilling relationships, and be more content more often. In this conversation, Neal also shares what he learned from a six-month experiment he conducted in his own life where he said yes to every opportunity, invitation, and request that was made to him and what he learned from it.“It’s not necessary to seek for love, only to find and remove the obstacles we’ve built against it.”– Neal AllenThis week on the School for Good Living Podcast:·       Neal’s belief and practice that people are naturally respectful·       Saying yes to everything for 6 months and its lasting impact on Neal·       Defining and overcoming “the parasite”, “the gremlin”, and the superego·       Turning Win, Lose, or Draw into Yes, No, or MaybeResources Mentioned:·       Shapesoftruth.com·       goodliving.comConnect With The Guest:·       Neal AllenSubscribe and sign up for more!Thank you for listening to this week’s episode of the School For Good Living Podcast, I hope you found it as insightful as I did! If you enjoyed this episode, then be sure to head over to goodliving.com and sign up for our email list to receive special reminders and exclusive content sent right to your inbox. Explore our website to learn more about the many services I offer, like my Transformation Coaching Program, Coach Training Program, and my catalog of quotations to help you live a good life!

Colin Campbell is an author who knows a lot about grief. When Colin and his family were hit by a drunk and high driver that killed his two children, his life was sent into a whirlwind of grief, pain, and isolation. This grief led him to write “Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss with Hope and Purpose” to help us understand what it takes to accompany people in their grieving process. His personal experiences has helped him to navigate the human tendencies that we all face when we experience loss or in our efforts to accompany others through their pain and grief. In this Interview on the School for Good Living Podcast, Colin joins me to talk about confronting pain to help us have good living. In this interview, we discuss the profound losses that we face in life and some techniques we can use more quickly and fully get to places of peace, joy, and love. We also discuss some of the hardest parts of helping others who are grieving and finding the words to help them through it. Colin believes that we can all find common ground in the ways that we grieve despite the individual ways that we all find to avoid it. Ultimately, this conversation with Colin can help us to navigate being with others who are grieving and how to open ourselves to others when we are the ones in that position. “A lot of the trouble in the world comes from avoiding pain.” – Colin Campbell This week on the School for Good Living Podcast: Understanding profound loss Colin’s motivation to write Finding the Words and the crash that killed his children Accompanying people in their grief Deciding to say yes when our pain guides us to say no How to be a friend to someone in grief Taking action on pain and grief Resources Mentioned: Colincampbellauthor.com goodliving.com Connect With The Guest: colincampbellauthor.com/contact/ Subscribe and sign up for more! Thank you for listening to this week’s episode of the School For Good Living Podcast, I hope you found it as insightful as I did! If you enjoyed this episode, then be sure to head over to goodliving.com and sign up for our email list to receive special reminders and exclusive content sent right to your inbox. Explore our website to learn more about the many services I offer, like my Transformation Coaching Program, Coach Training Program, and my catalog of quotations to help you live a good life!The post 197. Colin Campbell – Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss with Hope and Purpose first appeared on School for Good Living Podcasts.

Doug Evans has been a prominent figure in the natural food industry for over three decades, dedicating his life to promoting healthy eating habits and sustainable agriculture practices. As a devoted advocate of sprouting, he has inspired countless individuals to embrace a plant-based diet and lead a healthier lifestyle. Evans’ latest book, The Sprout Book: Tap into the Power of the Planet’s Most Nutritious Food, is a culmination of his lifelong passion for sprouts, and provides readers with a comprehensive guide to growing and consuming these tiny but mighty superfoods. In this book, he shares his knowledge and experience on the benefits of sprouts and how they can help us lead healthier, happier lives. In this special episode on the School for Good Living Podcast, Doug joins me in the studio in person today. In this interview, we talk about all kinds of things related to sprouting. Why to do it, how to do it, and even some insight into his favorite recipes. We also dive into what Doug’s health journey has been like and why he has made the health decisions he’s made. If you’re looking to improve the quality of your life, if you’re looking to feel better, if you’re looking to have more energy, or if you’re looking to have the capacity to give more of the gifts that are perhaps latent within you, join us in this conversation to find some help ways that sprouts can help you find good living. “Not everyone can be a farmer, not everyone could be a gardener, not everyone has a green thumb, But everyone can be a sprouter.” This week on the School for Good Living Podcast: The health risks involved in the 21-century American diet How Doug found veganism and how it has helped him find good living The well-being that can come through veganism What on earth is “sprouting?” The benefits of sprouting as a lifestyle or simply an addition to your diet Resources Mentioned: The Sprout Book Sproutman Connect With The Guest: Doug Evans on Instagram Goodliving.com Subscribe and sign up for more! Thank you for listening to this week’s episode of the School For Good Living Podcast, I hope you found it as insightful as I did! If you enjoyed this episode, then be sure to head over to goodliving.com and sign up for our email list to receive special reminders and exclusive content sent right to your inbox. Explore our website to learn more about the many services I offer, like my Transformation Coaching Program, Coach Training Program, and my catalog of quotations to help you live a good life!The post 196. The Sprout Book: Tap into the Power of the Planet’s Most Nutritious Food first appeared on School for Good Living Podcasts.

What is life about? What is something about which you have changed your mind in recent years? What have you started or stopped doing to live or age well? These are some of the questions that I have asked many of my guests this year and their responses have been both insightful and entertaining. Join me for this final episode of 2022 as we look back at many of the guests I have interviewed and their take on many things including getting creative work done and living a good life. This year on the School for Good Living Podcast: 168. Suzanne McConnell – Pity the Reader: On Writing With Style 169. David Henkin – The Week: A History of the Unnatural Rhythms That Made Us Who We Are 170. Ron Lieber – The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded and Smart About Money 171. Phil M Jones – Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact 172. John Philip Newell – Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul: Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening 173. Kim Scott – Just Work: How to Root Out Bias, Prejudice, and Bullying 174.  David J Helfand – A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age: Scientific Habits of Mind 175. Raymond Moody – Life After Life: The Original Investigation Revealing Near Death Experiences 176. Coaches Commonplace Book #1 177. Bernd Heinrich – Racing the Clock: Running Across a Lifetime 178. Britt Frank – The Science of Stuck: Breaking Through Inertia to Find Your Path Forward 179. Coaches Commonplace Book #2 180.  David McRaney – How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion 181. Steven Kotler – The Devil’s Dictionary 182. Coaches Commonplace Book #3 183. Gary Ferguson – The Eight Master Lessons of Nature: What Nature Teaches Us About Living Well 184. Leah Weiss – How We Work: Live Your Purpose, Reclaim Your Sanity, and Embrace the Daily Grind 185. Tamar Haspel – To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner in Your Own Backyard 186. Coaches Commonplace Book #4 187. Ralph De La Rosa – Don’t Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage 188. AJ Jacobs – The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever 189. Sam Carpenter – Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less 190. Coaches Commonplace Book #5 191. David Kadavy – Mind Management, Not Time Management: Productivity When Creativity Matters 192. David Bradford – Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, & Colleagues 193. Diane Dreher – The Tao of Inner Peace 194. Ryland Engelhart – Kiss the Ground Resources Mentioned: http://goodliving.com Subscribe and sign up for more! Thank you for listening to this week’s episode of the School For Good Living Podcast, I hope you found it as insightful as I did! If you enjoyed this episode, then be sure to head over to goodliving.com and sign up for our email list to receive special reminders and exclusive content sent right to your inbox. Explore our website to learn more about the many services I offer, like my Transformation Coaching Program, Coach Training Program, and my catalog of quotations to help you live a good life! The post 195. 2022 School for Good Living Podcast Highlights first appeared on School for Good Living Podcasts.

Ryland Engelhart is a philanthropist. He’s a lover of people and of life. Ryland co-founded Kiss the Ground in his living room with a friend ten years ago. It’s a nonprofit organization that he leads today as executive director. Ryland is also the producer of The Kiss the Ground documentary and the co-creator of the documentary film “May I Be Frank?” He’s also co-owner and formerly served as Mission Fulfillment Officer of the nationally recognized plant-based restaurants Café Gratitude and Gracias Madre, located in Southern California. In this interview, Ryland joins me to discuss sacred commerce, using business as a force for good, the possibility of restoration and regeneration, and gaining a sense of optimism toward the future of the Earth and humanity. We also discuss one of Ryland’s strategies to deal with challenging moments and to avoid closing down or shrinking from difficulties. We talk about finding our thing, whatever it may be, and creating ways to express what we value. We also talk about building and solidifying habits related to creativity and writing, and a lot about Ryland’s sustainability efforts. “Regeneration is playing a role in reversing or balancing the climate.” This week on the School for Good Living Podcast: Gaining a sense of optimism towards the future of the Earth and of humanity Finding our thing and creating ways to express what we value Striking inspiration and turning it into something that can grow Ryland’s sustainability efforts through “Regenerate America” Building and solidifying writing habits Resources Mentioned: Kisstheground.com CafeGratitude.com Regenerateamerica.com goodliving.com Connect With The Guest: Ryland Engelhart Subscribe and sign up for more! Thank you for listening to this week’s episode of the School For Good Living Podcast, I hope you found it as insightful as I did! If you enjoyed this episode, then be sure to head over to goodliving.com and sign up for our email list to receive special reminders and exclusive content sent right to your inbox. Explore our website to learn more about the many services I offer, like my Transformation Coaching Program, Coach Training Program, and my catalog of quotations to help you live a good life!The post 194. Ryland Engelhart – Kiss the Ground first appeared on School for Good Living Podcasts.

Diane Dreher is the writer of The Tao of Inner Peace as well as other nonfiction books, and her work has been translated into ten languages. She is an award-winning positive psychology researcher and her work blends wisdom from the past with contemporary psychology and neuroscience. Her work combines knowledge of the western world with traditions of the eastern world including many insights from the Tao Te Ching. Her work helps teach people to live with the pains of life without also suffering. In this interview, Diane joins me to discuss how to better understand and cultivate your unique strengths, how to understand and cultivate a relationship to your intuition, and the power of stillness. We also discuss the four stages of discovering your purpose or calling, recognizing, and resolving false dilemmas, and finding paths through “either / or” situations that seem unwinnable. Another interesting thing we talk about is the wisdom of bamboo, what we can learn from it about strength, flexibility, and resilience; How we can use our differences to help us work together to find solutions. “There are times when to be strong is to be flexible.” This week on the School for Good Living Podcast: Being aware of and using our strengthsCombining eastern and western philosophyThe false dilemma and Seeing through “either / or” situationsThe wisdom of bamboo, learning to be flexibleAllowing our differences to help us work together to find solutionsResources Mentioned: Dianedreher.comViacharacter.orgConnect With The Guest: DianeDreher.com/contactSubscribe and sign up for more! Thank you for listening to this week’s episode of the School For Good Living Podcast, I hope you found it as insightful as I did! If you enjoyed this episode, then be sure to head over to goodliving.com and sign up for our email list to receive special reminders and exclusive content sent right to your inbox. Explore our website to learn more about the many services I offer, like my Transformation Coaching Program, Coach Training Program, and my catalog of quotations to help you live a good life!The post 193. Diane Dreher – The Tao of Inner Peace first appeared on School for Good Living Podcasts.

David Bradford is the author of Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues. He has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business for over 50 years and helped to cultivate a course affectionately known as “touchy-feely” where he has coached and consulted with hundreds of people to help them cultivate excellent relationships. Join us in this interview on the School for Good Living Podcast as David and I discuss how we can better deal with conflict, the three realities in any situation and how to leverage them to strengthen relationships, and how to differentiate between thoughts and feelings. We also discuss how we can give better feedback and productively address pain points in relationships. “Emotions are important because they give meaning to facts.” This week on the School for Good Living Podcast: The “Touchy-feely” course David helped develop at the Stanford Graduate School of BusinessThe keys to exceptional relationshipsThe tennis court model and the three realities in any interactionFeedback as information rather than a requirement for changeBreaking away from feedback sandwiches to create more actionable feedbackHow to correctly identify feelings and cognitionsBreaking through fear by understanding their limitationsFeeling pinched rather than hurtResources Mentioned: ConnectAndRelate.comgoodliving.comConnect With The Guest: David BradfordSubscribe and sign up for more! Thank you for listening to this week’s episode of the School For Good Living Podcast, I hope you found it as insightful as I did! If you enjoyed this episode, then be sure to head over to goodliving.com and sign up for our email list to receive special reminders and exclusive content sent right to your inbox. Explore our website to learn more about the many services I offer, like my Transformation Coaching Program, Coach Training Program, and my catalog of quotations to help you live a good life!The post 192. David Bradford  – Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues first appeared on School for Good Living Podcasts.

David Kadavy is the author of multiple books, including Mind Management, Not Time Management: Productivity when Creativity Matters and The Heart to Start: Stop Procrastinating and Start Creating, and a book called Design for Hackers. David has spoken at South by Southwest, TEDx and his writings have been featured in The Observer, The Huffington Post, Ink Magazine, Quartz, McSweeney’s, Upworthy, Lifehacker, and many other places. In addition to his writing and publications, he is also the creator and host of the Love Your Work podcast. In this episode on the School for Good Living Podcast, David joins me to discuss creativity, productivity, and living a meaningful life. We discuss creating something David calls a curiosity management system and how he uses “crumb time” to learn and to create more than you otherwise might. We explore how David escaped being born in the wrong place, a suburban area in Nebraska, surrounded by people who didn’t understand him and with whom he didn’t really connect, and how he managed to create a fulfilling life of creativity and contribution and create a life in Columbia where he lives now. We also discussed the struggle that many artists and creators have of figuring out what their unique message is, exactly what their voice is, who their audience is, and how David has approached these things. Join us to explore these ideas of writing as a process of teaching ourselves and learning what we need to know and the fact that writing is often not a linear process and how to use that fact to your advantage. “That’s kind of the secret of anything, being okay at being bad at it.” This week on the School for Good Living Podcast: Looking past money, knowledge, and experiences to find meaningUsing “crumb time” as a curiosity management systemDavid’s “beige period” and how he found his way out of itHow to finally just get startedWhat happens if the human race goes extinct – and is it really a bad thing?Resources Mentioned: kadavy.netMind Management, Not Time Management: Productivity When Creativity Matters100wordhabit.comConnect With The Guest: David KadavySubscribe and sign up for more! Thank you for listening to this week’s episode of the School For Good Living Podcast, I hope you found it as insightful as I did! If you enjoyed this episode, then be sure to head over to goodliving.com and sign up for our email list to receive special reminders and exclusive content sent right to your inbox. Explore our website to learn more about the many services I offer, like my Transformation Coaching Program, Coach Training Program, and my catalog of quotations to help you live a good life!The post 191. David Kadavy – Mind Management, Not Time Management: Productivity When Creativity Matters first appeared on School for Good Living Podcasts.

The Coaches Commonplace Book is a candid extention to the School for Good Living Podcast. My co-host and fellow member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches group, Dean Miles, joins me to dive deeper into what it means to be a coach, find fulfillment, and ultimately to live good lives. This series includes several fun thinking activities where we explore quotations and news articles.  Join me this week as Dean and I discuss our recent information diet and what it takes to be a coach. In this discussion, we talk a lot about where we find out motivation, our purpose, and ultimately how we seek for good living. “On the other side of any emotion felt fully is peace.” – John Wineland This week on the School for Good Living Podcast: Brilliant and Dean’s information dietTraining versus fight training; what it takes to really be greatMasculine and feminine energyThe wisdom of the pagesDean’s article: Six Signs You’re Lying to Yourself: How to Recognize When Your Confidence is Covering up Your Self-Deception – Dr. Evan ParksBuilding a Personal Brand – Success MagazineFinding and following your purposeResources Mentioned: From the Core: A New Masculine Paradigm for Leading with Love, Living Your Truth, and Healing the WorldPickmybrain.worldConnect With The Guests: Bridgepointcsg.comGoodliving.comSubscribe and sign up for more! Thank you for listening to this week’s episode of the School For Good Living Podcast, I hope you found it as insightful as I did! If you enjoyed this episode, then be sure to head over to goodliving.com and sign up for our email list to receive special reminders and exclusive content sent right to your inbox. Explore our website to learn more about the many services I offer, like my Transformation Coaching Program, Coach Training Program, and my catalog of quotations to help you live a good life!The post 190. Coaches Commonplace Book – #5 first appeared on School for Good Living Podcasts.