Hello H.tties! We are re-releasing an episode with Adam Vellturo that we recorded way back in December 2019.

That episode was one of our most popular -  it was the first one to hit triple digit downloads. In it, Adam helps us  explore and understand nature therapy, deep ecology, the nature of the soul, and whether or not we're going to survive and thrive in the 21st century.

You know, fluffy stuff like that.

That’s how we roll on the HTP… inspiring, hopeful conversations with smart guests who can tackle the big topics.

Our pod-a-versery is coming up in a less than a month. We’re finishing our second full year of podcasting! And in recognition of that achievement AND all the support you h.tties have given us, we’re re-releasing this early episode. It’s a meaningful one to us and holds powerful, lovely memories.
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In this episode, listen for Adam's prescription for easy soul work and a recitation of a Walt Whitman poem that are both perfect for the cooler, clearer nights ahead.

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Music Credits: 
“Colorado-Slinkies” by trout recording
“Everyone-Everywhere” by_Jayme_Stone

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SHOW NOTES
Do a Science:

•  Go Look at the Stars: Every night for a week, go outside and look at the night sky. 

More About Adam: 
Adam Vellturo is a licensed clinical social worker in Arizona. Since 1989, he has been trained to help people of various backgrounds cope with a wide range of problems from everday stress to chronic mental health issues. Adam Vellturo has over 30-years of experience providing psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families. His practice focuses on adults and teens.

• Adam J. Vellturo Counseling Services​

Other relevant Episodes: 

• Episode 9 - Diving into the Heart of the Dragon with Molly McGinn 
• Episode 19 - Healing Others so We Can Heal with activist and educator Rowdy Duncan.

Dive Deeper on the Topic: 

• Books & Authors Mentioned
  • Ishmael - Daniel Quinn
  • Bill Plotkin - Important books on soul and ecopsychology
  • Joanna Macy - Environmental activist, author, and deep ecology.
  • Richard Louv - No Child Left in the Woods
• Programs that offer deep eco-therapy
  • Animas Valley Institute
  • School of Lost Borders

Dealing with depression and anxiety?  Who is winning, you or them?  What if you had a playbook full of healing, coping, and life-giving strategies at the ready?  Would you feel more supported, more hopeful?  

Guest Bio:
Zack S. Rutledge is an ACE Certified Personal Trainer, an ACE Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist, and a Certified Brain Health Trainer through the Functional Aging Institute. He has a black belt in karate, has practiced yoga for almost a decade, and has played in punk bands for years. He holds an MA from American University in Washington, D.C. and is currently pursuing a Clinical Psychology degree.

Zack is the author of The Official Depression Relief Playbook: Real-Life Strategies From a Guy Who Has Lived It.
He shares with us how depression and anxiety, triggered by grief, sent him spiraling downward as a young adult and how he created a playbook full of winning strategies to take on his mental health challenges from every angle. 

Stay tuned to find out how you can defeat your demons with Zack’s D-Day approach. Enjoy this uplifting, laughter-filled conversation and pick up a new perspective that might just change everything for the better.  

We do talk a little about the tough stuff of depression, - nothing graphic, but take care of yourself.  If you feel things come up for you, reach out and get help, whether that’s a friend, a professional counsellor, or a help line, like National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 
800-273-8255.

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Music Credits: 
​A Hawaiian in Paris feat.-Pierre-Grill

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SHOW NOTES:
Key Takeaways: 

• How to adapt to Covid and other life changes by listening to your gut
• How to tell the difference between grief and depression
• How to use the D-day approach to conquer depression

Do a Science:

•  Practice Box Breathing

 ​Zack’s Content 

• The Official Depression Relief Playbook​

Other relevant Episodes: 

• Episode 85 How to be a Victor, not a Victim with Fatima Oliver. 
• Episode 76 How to be 88% Happy with Dr. Marissa Pei 

Take a Deeper ​Dive on the Topic: 

•  Myers Briggs Test
  • About the Assessment
  • Take the official version (paid)
  • Take a free version - 16 Personalities
• Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

Wouldn’t it be ideal if we could take our full, relaxed, connected and authentic selves everywhere, including to work? Wouldn’t it be better if leaders of all kinds could lead from a place of mindfulness, self-awareness, and peaceful power? If Consciousness and Corporateness coexisted wouldn’t they create something new and revolutionary? 

Guest Bio:
Our guest today is Neil Seligman.  He was a trial lawyer - or Barrister -  in England for 8 years, but his interest in Consciousness and meditation pre-dated his law career. It wasn’t until he ditched the day job and spent several years exploring his inner and outer worlds that he saw how to connect mindfulness practice with corporate life and productivity.
  
Now Neil trains and coaches professionals in a wide variety of “conscious skills,” and speaks at prestigious corporate events and seminars around the world, from Europe to America, Asia, and Australia. Having immersed himself in  mindfulness since his teens, Neil combines his authentic passion for the practice with unrivalled professional expertise in his pioneering business, Conscious Corporate Consultancies. His insight and compelling enthusiasm leave his audiences inspired, energized and armed with practical ways to reach their highest potential.

We are so pleased to bring you our conversation with the calm, grounded, and utterly delightful Neil Seligman.  If you don’t relate to the corporate angle, don’t worry - there is a ton in our talk that relates to personal growth and using mindfulness to make pretty much everything more joyful and functional.  

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SHOW NOTES
Key Takeaways: 

•  We can open and close
• Mindfullness can lead to increased stress resilience/decreased stress reactivity

Do a Science:

•  Daily FHB Meditation
  • Feet on the Floor
  • Hands on the Heart
  • Body on Breathing​​

More About Neil:

• Public Website
• The Conscious Professional Website
• Zen in Ten program
• Neil’s Books
  • 100 Mindfulness Meditations: The Ultimate Collection of Inspiring Daily Practices
  • Conscious Leadership. Reveal your potential. Inspire excellence
• Neil’s Art
  • Soul Portrait Photography

Neil’s Social Media Resources

• Group 
• Facebook The Conscious Professional
• Twitter Neil Seliman
• LinkedIn Neil Seligman
• YouTube ConsciousProTV​ ​

Other relevant Episodes: 

• Episode 55, How Not to Know with Pete Pierson - using a mindfulness practice to inform social action and advocacy
• Episode 78 How to Build Soulful Power - Breathing, laughing and learning with Christian de la Huerta

Dive Deeper on the Topic: 

• Dance and Movement
  • Gabrielle Roth’s Five Rhythms Movement Practice 
  • Biography of Anna Helprin 
• Other Topics
  • Matthew Fox
    
  • Byron Katie Loving What Is Video

Combining Drive, Acceptance, and Compassion

Imagine you won the lottery - either literally, or by somehow managing to hit a grand slam in your professional life.  You bought the cars, the homes, took the vacations, paid off the debts of some people you love, lived the fantasies.  Then what?  Where do you go from there?  How do you stay interested and engaged?  Where do you find real satisfaction and meaning?  Being too rich isn’t a problem most of us are likely to have, but it’s an important lesson to understand that money doesn’t solve the problem of being a human navigating Life.  Today’s guest has done quite well for himself, but his true legacy is not just helping people create successful careers, which he has certainly done, it's his work helping people create joyful lives at any level by getting clear on their purpose.

Guest Bio:
Our guest this episode, Rick Heyland, spent a career as a top executive with RLG, a global consulting & coaching organization. Now in his “retirement” he’s speaking, writing, podcasting, and still coaching through his business Continuous Improvement 4 Life. Rick works with small businesses and individuals to improve their skills around goal setting, accountability, engagement, and detailed planning so they can enhance their performance. Rick’s secret sauce, though, is his passionate focus on crafting a coherent and inspiring purpose and on following simple, continuous steps to live and work as close to that purpose as possible. 

Rick’s enthusiasm for this work drove him to write a book, Live Your Purpose: A Step by Step Guide on How to Live Your Best Life. Adrian Gostick, New York Times bestselling author of "Leading with Gratitude," had this to say about Live Your Purpose: "As Rick Heyland reminds us, purpose is the reason you were created, it is your ultimate why. This terrific book not only addresses the need to develop purpose statements, but takes us on a practical journey to live our best lives. Full of real-world takeaways and wisdom from a highly rated management consultant and senior business leader, this gem of a book will quickly become the go-to standard for anyone looking to live a more purposeful life."

Rick is also using his skills and passion to help nonprofits like People Who Care and Operation Underground Railroad. In fact, he is donating all the proceeds from his book to these two charities.

Stay tuned to learn what the power of purpose can do to help you live a more effective and fulfilling life, with our guest Rick Heyland! You’ll want to listen all the way until the end to learn about this week’s prize giveaway. 

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Music Credits: 
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SHOW NOTES: 
​Key Takeaways: 

• Take small steps toward fulfilling your purpose - This prevents overwhelm and keeps the limbic system calm so you can move forward with ease.
• Combining mindfulness, presence, and compassion with the pursuit of excellence is not just possible, but necessary for a fulfilled life. 
• Three defining characteristics of the happiest individuals: 
  • Daily exercise
  • Daily planning
  • Being in Service to Others

Do Rick’s Science:
OPTION 1

• Day 1-5 Journal everyday for a week on these questions:
  • What do I want them to say about me at my funeral?
  • What is my best self? 
  • What are my strengths that I want to build on?
• Day 6 Journal on: What are the common themes I’m seeing?
• Day 7 Using the themes and values you surface write a 6 to 50 word purpose statement

​OPTION 2

• Take 10 full, cleansing, conscious breaths before going to bed each night. 
  

Episode References:

• Rick’s Coaching Website: Continuous Improvement 4 Life
• Rick’s Book: Live Your Purpose: A Step by Step Guide on How to Live Your Best Life
• 100 Who Care Alliance 
• Operation Underground Railroad

Other relevant Episodes: 

• Episode 65 How to Get a Heart in Business with Mike Spangenberg
• Episode 64, How to Be Purposeful and Fulfilled with the Bucket List Guy, Travis Bell
• Prescott Woman Podcast

Dive Deeper on the Topic: 

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey
• One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way - Dr. Robert Mauer
• Published: The Proven Path from Blank Page to Published Author - Chandler Bolt
• HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen)
• Talent Is Overrated - Colvin, Geoff

So what happened is… we were cruising along, interviewing Jeff Morrill, the entrepreneur who created a very successful Subaru dealership by infusing it with his values of fairness, inclusion, compassion and sustainability. It’s such a different way of selling cars that they call it an “un-dealership.” 

During a break in the interview, Charles stepped away from the mic to refill his tea… when he came back, Jeff was quizzing Kelly about her life stage and current purpose and how she felt about it. 
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Charles thought about trying to regain control of the interview and to get back to asking our questions, but Jeff’s questions were much more interesting and inspiring than the ones we had mapped out on our whiteboard. And really, where Jeff was taking the conversation was straight to one of our favorite places; his questions are about the skills and attitudes that build healthy relationships. 

Guest Bio: 
Jeff Morrill started Planet Subaru in Boston years ago and brought with him a culture of service, inclusion, mentorship, kindness, and sustainability that extends to employees and customers alike. To show he was for-real about those values, Jeff hired sales people from diverse backgrounds who other dealerships wouldn’t hire.  He made sure to power the whole facility with solar panels. And he created an apprenticeship program to train women to succeed in higher-paying service jobs. That’s working on cars - oh yeah.

Jeff is now in a new season of life, out of the direct scrum of running the business. Now he seeks to mentor others in leadership and promote the ethical business practices that he says made his bottom line all the better. He wrote a book about his experience and recommendations called Profit Wise - How to Make More Money by Doing the Right Thing, which we highly recommend.

Part of this new season for Jeff seems to include some deep self reflection and a powerful curiosity about what makes relationships work. 

Listen as we drop into a very candid conversation about the big questions in life… what are you doing? What brings you meaning? How do we relate to others? How can we uncover the flaws in our relationships and address them. 

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Music Credits: A Hawaiian in Paris feat.-Pierre-Grill​​

SHOW NOTES: 
THIS WEEK’S SCIENCE
An opportunity for some self-reflection. What season of life are you in? We’d like to know.

• Spring - learning, new role, apprentice, unknown, unskilled, curious
• Summer - creating, accomplishing, working, confident
• Fall - Mastering, mentoring, teaching others, giving back, supporting
• Winter - resting, reflecting, writing, letting be, breathing

​​Links to Jeff's Work

• Jeff’s Website
• Jeff’s Book

​Other Relevant HTP Episodes

• Episode 44 How to Be Authentic and Whole with Kate & Colby Martin
• Episode 60 How to Get Coached with Ken Kilday and Tom Check

Jeff’s Podcast Recommendations

• Making Sense Podcast with Sam Harris
• 4 Day Work Week Entrepreneur

Dive Deeper on the Topic 

• Nonviolent Communication - Marshall Rosenberg
• Choice Theory - William Glasser​

How do you think of successful businessmen?  Selfish and greedy or generous and thoughtful?  I’m guessing there have always been both kinds, but overall, I’ve tended to think about people with a LOT of money in less than charitable terms. Pun intended.   

What if I told you about someone who has generated $100Million in annual business revenues, and not only gives generously, but wants others to be able to do what he’s done?  We were privileged to talk with a man who made his fortune and realized that money and achievement alone didn’t bring him satisfaction.  Come with us to find out what does. 

Guest Bio:
Jeff Morrill started Planet Subaru in Boston years ago with his brother and brought with him into his business life, the ideas of win-win, superior service, and a culture of inclusion, mentorship, kindness, and sustainability that extends to employees and customers alike. At Planet Subaru, Jeff knows that those values must come with concrete steps… they must be implemented to be real and to mean anything. So Jeff’s team decided to power the whole facility with solar panels. They hired sales people from diverse backgrounds, who other dealerships wouldn’t hire. And they created an apprenticeship program to train women for higher-paying service jobs. 

This approach, along with hard work and savvy, made Jeff’s “un-dealership” a success. 

Now in a new season of life, Jeff seeks to mentor others in leadership and promote the ethical business practices that he says made his bottom line all the better.  Jeff wrote the book Profit Wise - How to Make More Money by Doing the Right Thing to share what he learned. The book teaches 10 principles for running a successful business that is also ethical and sustainable. See the list of principles in the Show Notes on this page. 

Instead of the shady, ruthless, or corrupt approaches to business that we’ve seen unfold all too often, stay tuned to hear how businesses… maybe even the one you run… really can, as Jeff says, “take the high road to raise your bottom line.”

Explanation: Just so you know, dear H.tties, this episode is actually part one of a two-episode arc with Jeff. This week we are releasing the parts of the conversation that focus on business, community, and how Jeff’s values of inclusion and abundance infuse his projects. Although this episode focuses on Jeff’s business, we believe that everyone will find inspiration in his life story, his powerful ethics, and his genuine human warmth. 

​Toward the end of the original recording, Jeff turned the tables and started asking US questions about interpersonal communication and about our relationship. It became an “un-podcast.” It’s such a special and unique conversation, that we’re releasing it as its own episode next week. 

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SHOW NOTES: 
Key Takeaways: Being ethical, kind, and sustainable is good for business and good for us.

Do Jeff's Science:
Jeff Morrill  recommended we

1. Sent an intention and then
   
2. Make sure to take a concrete step toward that intention every day.
   

(This is a good science to pair with a Bucket List item from Travis Bell!)

Episode References:

• Jeff’s Website
• Jeff’s Book​​​

About Planet Subaru

• Human + Canine Employee Bios
• Diversity: People from backgrounds traditionally excluded from retail automotive careers constitute the majority of our team, including:
• 28 women in every department, including 5 female mechanical technicians-
• 15 team members representing diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds;
• 7 LGBQT team members;
• 4 current and former active-duty military service members

Other Relevant Episodes: 

• Episode 65 How to Have a Heart in Business with Mike Spangenberg  
• Episode 50 How to Be a Local Hero with Thomas Barr 
• Episode 42 How to Turn Setback Into Success with Melanie Banayat

Dive Deeper on the Topic: 

• John McPhee 
• Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist 

Bonus Audio: Podcat Conflict Consult with Deb

SHOW DESCRIPTION
Have you ever felt out of place?  Have you been surrounded by people you don’t get and who don’t get you?  Do you like spending time in nature or with animals, more than with other humans?  Or, do you love humans and the natural world, but feel concerned about how that relationship is going?
We understand and we are so pleased to bring you this conversation with a person who has dedicated her life to helping bridge the gaps between humans, animals, and the larger natural world.  She helps remind us that while sometimes we feel separate, we are always a meaningful part of this remarkable life on planet Earth.
Our guest this episode is Deb Matlock. Deb is an environmental educator and naturalist, a shamanic practitioner, and an animal communicator.  She helps people and animals through spiritual coaching and shamanic-style journey work.  Deb is also dedicated to exploring her own spiritual connection to life and the more-than-human world.
Deb’s has a Master’s degree in environmental education and is working on her Ph.D.  She is a certified Life Coach and a Wilderness First Responder.
Deb’s personal mission is to help others explore the wildness within themselves as well as their love and connection to the amazing world around us.  She is dedicated to working in service to the wild spirit that lives within all.
This is just the short version of Deb’s Bio.  Find the link to her website in the show notes for all the details on Deb’s varied and impressive career.
Listen to the whole episode to find out how we can feel more at home in our own skins and in this more-than-human world.

SHOW NOTES
Key Takeaways: 

• Be open to connection and to mystery
• Don’t take for granted what it takes to be alive
• Give back in whatever way you can
• The scale of the give-back doesn’t matter

Do a Deb's Science:

• Open your door every morning and ask yourself, “Who is here right now?”

Episode References:

• Deb Matlock's Website - Wild Rhythms
• Deb’s full bio
• Social Media Links
  • ​Instagram @wildrhythms
  • Twitter @WildRhythms
  • Facebook @WildRhythms

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Other relevant Episodes: 

• Episode 55 How to Not Know - Balancing Contemplation and Action with Pete Pierson 
• Episode 11 Facilitator Of The Inevitable - With Ecotherapist Adam Vellturo

​Dive Deeper on the Topic: 

• Books with animist themes or just deep reverence for the wild/human relationship:
  • David Abrams The Spell of the Sensuous 
  • Barbara Kingsolver Prodigal Summer
  • Bill Plotkin Wild Mind - A Field Guide to the Human Psyche
  • Craig Childs The Animal Dialogs - Uncommon Encounters in the Wild

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Music Credits: A Hawaiian in Paris feat.-Pierre-Grill