721 Book Reflection – Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence – The Ground-breaking Meditation Practice by Dr Daniel Siegel

Aware: by Dr Daniel Siegel

Written by Leigh Martinuzzi

Dr Siegel is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA. After completing his medical degree from Harvard University Daniel spent time studying family interactions with an emphasis on how attachment experiences influence emotions, behaviour, autobiographical memory and narrative. (more…)

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720 The Hidden Why Podcast Presents David Neagle – Mindset

Mindset

Today’s featured guest is David Neagle.

The topic is “Mindset.”

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719 The Common Grounds of Victimhood & Hate – by Leigh Martinuzzi

The Common Grounds of Victimhood & Hate

Written and narrated by Leigh Martinuzzi 

Belongingness – a deep and fundamental human emotion.

  • Why? Survival and reproduction.

Humans are animals and as with many animal groups belonging to social groups provide protection. Although this is not as relevant nowadays because we can survive pretty well without being a part of a tribe, we still do desire to belong to a group or groups. The social bonds and relationships we form in our networks have been proven to have profound benefits to our overall wellbeing. (more…)

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718 Steve Glaveski – Employee to Entrepreneur

Employee to Entrepreneur

Steve Glaveski is the author of Employee to Entrepreneur. After leaving the corporate world Steve has successfully started his own business whose mission is to unlock the latent potential of organisations and their people so that they can create more impact for humanity and ultimately to lead more fulfilling lives.

In this episode, kind of a double interview, Steve and I chat about the ideas, thoughts, and challenges of becoming an Entrepreneur. Aligned with his book our conversation is about how we can earn greater freedom by doing work that truly matters. (more…)

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717 Book Reflection – Let’s Talk about Death (over Dinner): An Invitation and Guide to Life’s Most Important Conversation by Michael Hebb

Let’s Talk about Death by Michael Hebb

Written and narrated by Leigh Martinuzzi

Let’s Talk about Death (over Dinner): An Invitation and Guide to Life’s Most Important Conversation

For many of us, the conversation about death is one we’d prefer to avoid not to mention one that we’d be delighted to have while enjoying a meal around the dinner table. In this book, the author, Michael Hebb not only encourages us to talk about death but inspires it. Without a doubt a difficult and uncomfortable topic of conversation yet one that has significant importance. (more…)

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716 The Hidden Why Podcast Presents Ron Frey – Relationships

Relationships

Today’s featured guest is Ronald Frey.

The topic is “Relationships.”

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715 The Art of Receiving – by Leigh Martinuzzi

The Art of Receiving

Written and narrated by Leigh Martinuzzi – Originally Published 7.11.2014

I got myself in more debt. I got myself more upset when more bills came rolling in. I got myself in a panic when I got myself fired and was not sure where the next paycheck would come from. How would I support my wife and kids? What would I do next? What would happen next?

What I asked for in life I received. It was how I reacted, not responded, that has taught me a heck of a lot in life. We all continue to learn as we experience life. It is what we do with these life lessons that count.

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714 Catherine A. Sanderson – The Positive Shift: Happiness, Health and Longevity

The Positive Shift

“Comparison is the thief of joy.” Theodore Roosevelt

In The Positive Shift: Mastering Mindset to Improve Happiness, Health, and Longevity, a book by Dr Catherine Sanderson. In my interview with Catherine, we discuss the science behind thought and how our mindset (or thought patterns) exerts a substantial influence on our psychological and physical health.

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713 Book Reflection – Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan

Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan

Written by Leigh Martinuzzi

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space was written by the late Carl Sagan, an American guy with many titles to his name, Astronomer, Cosmologist, Astrophysicist, Astrobiologist and Science publisher. Most known for popularising science and taking many on a journey into space and time. A futurist and explorer excited by the opportunities that exist for humankind beyond the pale blue dot that is Earth. (more…)

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712 The Hidden Why Podcast Presents Paul Jarvis – Enough

Enough

Today’s featured guest is Paul Jarvis.

The topic is “Enough.”

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