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Lily Forester continues recounting her intense and tragic story of drug accusations in the United States, meeting an old woman mystic who heralds the hero’s journey ahead, fleeing to Mexico, attempting

When something bad happens, you have the choice of what to focus on, how to frame it, and how quickly you forget it. In this episode, Kurt tells the story of how he was detained by police in Asunción for

Walking downtown in your city, you might see someone on the footpath playing a guitar and singing a Bob Marley song. You walk past a piece of graffiti, the culmination of years of learning to use spray

One day a student asked the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi what would be the most important quality for a human being to develop. The Maharishi answered, to the student’s surprise, the most important quality is

If you're a city dweller and you walk into the forest, you might enjoy the fresh air, the serenity, the beauty of the plants. Even so, you might be somewhat detached from them. Being from a modern

Lily Forester lives in an undisclosed location in Mexico, peacefully tending a garden, crafting and taking care of her dog. How she got there is a wild story some people say deserves to have a movie. Even

A lot of writers and artists are familiar with “blank page syndrome”. You’d like to start a new project, poem or painting, and at the same time, you are hesitant to even put the pen to the paper. It seems

Sometimes when we get stuck in a bad mood, it can stay with us for days, months, or even years. There is always a way out, but certain assumptions we have can make it difficult to see. As Napoleon Hill

“One kind word can warm three winter months” says the Japanese proverb. Almost every day of our lives we have the opportunity to say words like “please” and “thank you”, “take care”, “stay safe”, “I hope

“Aum Namah Shivaya” is one of the oldest recorded mantras, written in the Yajurveda and sometimes known as “the five syllable mantra”. Breaking down the mantra, it begins with “Aum”, the primordial sound,

Super Ego is an MC and hip hop producer out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but this interview is less about his role as a musician and more about his role as a person. Super Ego has been doing personal development

Going back through your life, you might find you have many regrets. Perhaps your biggest regrets were about not spending time with your friends and family. Perhaps they were about not being kind enough.

In the fun movie “School of Rock”, Jack Black tells his students that there are more important things than hitting every note. Rock ‘n’ roll ain’t about being perfect. Sometimes the important thing is

There are so many things to worry about, if you choose to worry about them. You can worry about a lack of money, or that you don't know how to protect the money that you have. Worry that you are sick,

In the movie "Leon: The Professional", Mathilda comes to Leon saying that all her life she'd had a knot in her stomach, and now after knowing Leon for some months, she no longer has that knot.

Imagine waking up one day to find that the entire left side of your body is numb. You don’t know what is wrong, and maybe your family and doctors don’t take you seriously. Even your phone’s touchscreen

Emperor Norton I was the Emperor of the United States and protector of Mexico - his title only recognised within the bounds of San Francisco. Restaurants would welcome him, not charging him, but instead

Sometimes when we have negative experiences, it’s actually a reflection of what is happening in our own souls. By taking the time to heal ourselves, we can learn to expect and have new experiences. In

In Eddie Murphy’s “Raw”, he tells the story about wanting to get hamburgers from McDonalds, but instead getting his mother’s homemade burgers - a big ball of greasy fried meat with peppers poking out at

If you’re in a home where you’re not welcome, that can be exquisitely uncomfortable. You can sit in a lounge room, not really knowing if you should leave or stay, if people are wanting you there or if