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Category: Friday with Friends

  • 489. A Compassionate Approach to Veganism & Animal Activism with Gene Baur

    Gene Baur is an inspiration for the vegan community. He has a big dream of the whole world being vegan and ending animal suffering once and for all. And yet he’s also gracious, understanding, and compassionate towards humans and meeting them where they are to bridge the gap in beliefs.

    We talk about the environmental impacts of animal farming, the cognitive biases that make it hard for us to connect and empathize with animals, making incremental changes, and how to find hope through everything.

     

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  • 486. Putting Poetry in Motion with Baldeep “Deep” Pooni


    Baldeep “Deep” Pooni is a first-generation American from Punjabi. Combining his Punjabi heritage with his American upbringing, Deep brings a unique perspective to the world and shares it through his poetry. Deep is also an ACE Certified personal trainer and yoga enthusiast, connecting his practice of movement with his love of language to express himself in profound ways.

    We talk about how his Indian upbringing informed his understanding of yogic philosophy, how he opened up to the expression of poetry, and the magic of creating for yourself.

     

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  • 483. EMFs: What They Are & How to Defend Against Them with Justin Frandson

    Justin Frandson has been an entrepreneur in the health and fitness industry for several decades. He’s the founder of Athleticism.com and several other fitness-based ventures. 

    The term “EMF” kept popping up in his life as being a stressor on the human body, which drew him to transition a majority of his work to that field. He gives us the basics on EMFs, what they do to the body, what you can do to counteract their harmful effects, and how this work became such a passion for him.

    Justin also sings the praises of the healing power of nature. We’ve all felt what a welcome cool breeze can do to our minds and bodies. It’s undeniable. The natural world has such a huge impact on our wellbeing, whether we can define it or not.

     

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  • 480. How to Embody Your Emotions Through Movement with Kibby McMahon

    Katherine “Kibby” McMahon is a postdoctoral associate at Duke University. She recently completed her PhD there and her predoctoral clinical psychology internship at Weill Cornell/NY Presbyterian Hospital. She’s interested in the science and practice of treating emotional and relational difficulties. In her clinical work, she treats adults with individual psychotherapy and leads group workshops on mindfulness and social-emotional skills. 

    Her goal is to marry contemplative mindfulness practices and clinical psychology. After dealing with anxiety, depression, and addiction in her own life, she took yoga in college as a form of exercise and found it to be a great practice for challenging the body and mind and learning to sit with your emotions.

    We discuss learning to embody your emotions and get out of your head, how adults can learn to emotionally regulate, and changing behaviors for the better.

     

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  • 477. Exploring the Inner Work with The Yoga Couple

    I welcome Mat and Ash, The Yoga Couple, to the show for a discussion of the amazing work that they do, from helping people overcome porn addiction, to training the next generation of yoga teachers. We hear their amazing origin story, their individual backgrounds, how they met, and what led them to collaborate in order to help people self-heal. 

    such a beautiful way as they work to bridge the gap between Western Psychology and Eastern Philosophy. It’s easy to see why they have such an engaged, and growing, community.

     

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  • 474. Finding Zen & Balance as a Mother with Jessica Gershman

    474. Finding Zen & Balance as a Mother with Jessica Gershman

    Jessica Gershman is the host and creator of The Zen Mommy, a yoga teacher, clean eating guru, and mom of four on a mission. She’s also a blogger, podcaster, and author – a multi-talented, multi-faceted entrepreneur we’re happy to have with us for this Friday with Friends episode.

    We talk about balancing being a parent and an entrepreneur, how she came to the place of being a Zen Mommy, her past struggles with bulimia, and how she shares her own path with her clients to help accelerate their growth.

     

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  • 471. The Brain Science Behind Ted’s Pain Cream with Ted Price

    471. The Brain Science Behind Ted’s Pain Cream with Ted Price

    You might say that Ted Price is a big fan of resveratrol, the antioxidant found in grape skins that’s thought to be the trick to wine’s so-called anti-aging effects. With his own lab research of it, he developed Ted’s Pain Cream to alleviate his chronic pain conditions.

    Ted teaches us that, in order to understand exactly what it is that resveratrol does and why it’s so special, we first need to understand the nature of pain itself, as it manifests in the brain. He also takes us through a few other products on the pain relievers shelf, pulling back the curtain on their key differentiators and how they work.

     

  • 468. Friday with Feline Friends with Abdul (of Abdul & Fosters)

    468. Friday with Feline Friends with Abdul (of Abdul & Fosters)

    Abdul never had any pets growing up, but when he met his wife – a cat foster parent – he was introduced to the world of cat rescue. Pretty soon, they started to wonder what they should do with the hundreds of photos she had taken of him playing with the adorable, little animals and that’s when the @abdulscats Instagram page was born. 

    The best thing about it is that this story doesn’t end with cute pictures. Abdul is showcasing each cat to help get them fostered. You can see the cats in action in his photos and videos, and then finding out if you can help by giving one of them a home is as simple as sliding into Abdul’s DMs. If you want a big, daily hit of joy, go follow him now on Instagram or TikTok.

    To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com/blog/category/podcasts/