Being All of Us

Welcome and thanks for stopping by the Being All of Us podcast! I'm really excited to share your stories of self discovery, self growth and a bit of inspiration.

In today’s episode of Being All of Us, Jean Young Choi and I chat about the story of her name, growing up in the US as a Korean American and moving to Spain, family relationships, asking for help, the complexity of the “US experiment”, rekindling a childhood passion and much more.

I hope you enjoy Jean's story, and discover something more about yourself along the way. The journey to being all of us begins with you... Come join us!

Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

Connect with Jean:

LinkedIn

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Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

Welcome and thanks for stopping by the Being All of Us podcast! I'm really excited to share your stories of self discovery, self growth and a bit of inspiration.

In today’s episode of Being All of Us, I chat with Annabelle “Bee” Baumann about her amazing journey. She tells us about her many paths, the search for opportunity, discovering her creative side and her voice, vulnerability, being a mid-life beginner, her book “Gurrl, You Ain’t Crazy”, learning about who we are, her HIVE Communication framework, and much more.

I hope you enjoy Bee's story, and discover something more about yourself along the way. The journey to being all of us begins with you... Come join us!

Connect with Bee:

LinkedIn 

Facebook 

Instagram

Linktree

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Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

Welcome to Being All of Us! I am excited to share your stories about self discovery, self growth and inspiration! 

This episode features Vicky Au Yong. Vicky has led a brave journey, one that has involved recognizing her own patterns, facing darker times, and learning how to be kind to herself so that she can unwrap her gift: becoming the greatest expression of who she is in this world.

Are you ready to discover and unleash the agent of change in your own life? The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us!

We Talk About:

• 1:30 minute mark – Vicky’s background and growing up with a strict upbringing
• 7:00 – Finding spirituality through religion
• 15:30 – Losing a sense of love and finding it again
• 19:30 – Understanding your patterns
• 23:30 – A self-realization in her 30s
• 29:30 – Handling the darker moments – classic methods
• 34:30 – Aging healthily and managing the mirror
• 41:00 – Being ready for new lessons when the time comes, and avoiding comparisons
• 44:00 – Manifesting gratitude and kindness

Challenge of the Week:

At night when you go to bed, write or think of 5 things you are grateful for from the day. While doing this, be aware of how you are treating yourself and be kind.

Your support matters, thanks for helping out!

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Connect with Vicky:

• LinkedIn: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/vickyauyong

Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

Welcome and thanks for stopping by the Being All of Us podcast! I am excited to share more of your stories of self discovery, self growth and a bit of inspiration! 

In this episode I chat with teacher and author Anita Haas about her first children’s book, “Chato the Puppy-Cat,” her experience living with achromatopsia, her family’s migration story to Canada and her own life journey migrating to Madrid, Spain. We talk about the challenges that come with trying to fit in, and the importance of learning to speak up for ourselves and communicate our needs.  

I hope you enjoy Anita’s story and discover something new about yourself along the way. The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us!

Connect with Anita:

• Chato the Puppy-Cat presentation in Madrid (5 October 2022): https://thesecretkingdoms.com/events/anita-haas-the-puppy-cat/
• Anthologies including Anita’s short stories: https://www.amazon.es/Artificial-Divide-Robert-Kingett/dp/199008608X https://caitgordon.com/nothing-without-us-too/  

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-haas-b619976/

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Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

Welcome back to Being All of Us! I am excited to share more of your stories about self discovery, self growth and inspiration! 

In this episode I chat with David Gandelman about his journey from being a goofy teen in New Jersey, to studying eastern spiritual traditions in the Himalayas, to directing an intuitive development school in Hawaii, to teaching meditation and now authoring his first book "The 7 Energies of the Soul". And still being goofy, even though he's not a teen anymore. 

Are you ready to discover something new about yourself? The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us!

Your support matters, thanks for helping out!

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BrianDGeorge

Connect with David:

• Website: https://www.meditationschool.us/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/david_gandelman/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GroundedMind
• Meditation School Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Meditation-School-106485151200134
• Author Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/David-Gandelman-111398640991842

Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

We've made it through the first season of Being All of Us! I'm so happy and grateful that you've been here with us to hear these stories of amazing people like you, folks on a journey of self-discovery, acceptance, and inclusion.

To wrap up the first season of Being All of Us, we wanted to reflect on the podcast journey so far. Not to worry, it's not just me rambling! ;-) I invited our team project manager, Olga Gonzalez, and our podcast producer, Daniel Shvartsman, to talk with me about our guests, our discussions, and where we see Being All of Us going from here.

The first place we're going is on a little break for the month of August. I will be posting some short episodes of my own until season 2 starts, so stay tuned. And we'll see you back with more amazing guests and full episodes in September!

The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us!

We Talk About:

• International vs. staying home
• inspiring moments and lessons learned
• Building the Being All of Us community
• What does it mean to be an agent of change
• Putting the challenges into practice
• Future of Being All of Us
• Final Thoughts on season 1

Your support makes a difference, thanks for helping out:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BrianDGeorge

Connect With Being All of Us

https://www.instagram.com/baoupodcast/

Connect with Olga / Olga.Niza.Me:

https://olga.niza.me/

Connect with Daniel / Shortman Studios:

https://shortmanstudios.com/ 

Challenge of the Week:

Listen to any Season 1 episodes you missed, and see you in September!

No matter how far you go in life, you’ll never be able to get away from one person: you! Instead, moving through life and through the world is one of the ways we find ourselves, as many of the guests on Being All of Us’s first season have done. And part of the journey is finding how we can belong in the world and leave it better than we found it.

This week’s guest is Almendra Staffa-Healey, who was born into movement and bravery. The child of an artist, she talks about growing up in Spain and in the United States. That in-between feeling led her to find belonging and understand loneliness and how she (and we) need to open our heart to connect with one another. She also shares the power of anger and the natural presence of sexual energy, and how important it is for us to embrace differences in ourselves and the world. And as different as you may be, I believe you will find a part of yourself to embrace in our conversation.

The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us!

We Talk About:

• 2:00 minute mark – A child of bravery and movement
• 6:30 – Third culture kids…
• 10:30 – And finding belonging
• 15:00 – Growing through loneliness and sharing a collective story
• 21:45 – Addressing Privilege
• 30:00 – Using guilt for good
• 34:30 – Embracing emotions
• 41:30 – Where do we want to grow – full recognition and embracing differences
• 50:00 – How and when sexual energy manifests
• 55:30 – Seeking out the divine in us all

Challenge of the Week:

Look for the divine spark in everyone you see and meet, try to see that part of you that connects you to everyone else.

Your support matters, thanks for helping out if you can:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BrianDGeorge

Connect with Almendra:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/almendra-staffa-healey/
• Intercultural Understanding: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercultural-understanding-s-l-/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/interculturalunderstanding.eu/
• Website: https://interculturalunderstanding.eu/
• Email: [email protected]

Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

Happiness is something that just comes to us when it comes, right? Or maybe we find it and then try to keep it. Or perhaps it is a destination, an end to our journey?

My guest this week is Thibaut Ottomer, a happiness coach. We talk about happiness, vulnerability and a lot more. He sees happiness as something we can seek out and work towards, and also something that requires working on even when we find it. And a lot of finding happiness is finding the power inside of us and tapping into what makes us who we are. I hope our conversation inspires you to tap into more of what makes you unique and empowers you to increase your own happiness.

The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us!

We Talk About:

• 2:00 minute mark – Thibaut’s inner journey to find himself and happiness
• 7:15 – The pandemic pause and opportunity
• 9:15 – A “normal life” and being oneself
• 15:15 – The power of patience and living in the flow
• 19:15 – Techniques to cultivate inner peace and the importance of getting help
• 25:45 – Putting vulnerability into practice and the power that comes from that practice
• 32:15 – Tapping into our unique potential and shedding ‘normality’
• 35:15 – Sources of inspiration and inspiring others
• 40:00 – Accepting and overcoming challenges
• 46:15 – The list of happiness

Challenge of the Week:

Make a list of 25 things that make you happy, and when you need some inspiration, go to your list and do something on it.

Connect with Thibaut:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liberty_coaching/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/libertycoaching.online

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thibautottomer/

Website: https://www.libertycoaching.eu/ 

email: [email protected] 

 

Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

 

One thing that has become blatantly clear in the 2020s is the way we are all connected to one another. Equally so is the importance of self care and self reflection; we need to understand and take care of ourselves so we can understand and take care of each other.

Shiva Roofeh joins us this week on Being All Of Us to share her story. She talks about the many moves she made as a child and then an adult, and the challenges she faced in feeling at home and understanding her full identity. We discuss how who we are goes beyond the usual categories, the blessing and curse of greater self awareness, and how to better serve others, or to put it in Shiva's words, "how to be less of an a**hole." She is both spicy and sweet, and brings out the best in others. I think she'll bring out the best in you too!

The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us!

We Talk About:

• 1:30 minute mark – Finding and then losing a welcome in the U.S.
• 6:45 – Feeling at home and answering the where are you from question
• 11:00 – The challenges and joys and hangovers of a life abroad
• 19:30 – Straddling being Muslim and Jewish
• 25:30 – Expressing a multifaceted identity
• 29:30 – Less heralded forms of identity
• 36:00 – Living in and out of whiteness and privilege
• 44:00 – How to address inequalities, and calling things out vs. people in
• 50:00 – Recognizing how we affect one another, and our part in effecting a better world
• 54:30 – Personal and societal change

Challenge of the Week:

Ask yourself what’s the biggest thing keeping you from becoming a better person and think of one way, it can be small or big, you can use your power to improve the world’s unjust systems.

Connect with Shiva:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivaroofeh/
• https://www.instagram.com/shivaroofeh/

Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."

Wherever you go, there you are. We've all heard it, we know the theory, and it's still something life invites us to learn time and again.

Daniel Dos Santos is this week's guest on Being All of Us, and he talks about how his story of living in different countries - from his native Brazil to the United States to Portugal to Spain - and the people he met along the way, have helped him appreciate living with fewer things and more connections, immerse himself fully in life, find community wherever he goes and discover more about himself. I hope you discover a bit of yourself in his story!

The journey to being all of us begins with you. Come join us!

We Talk About:

• 2:00 minute mark – Daniel’s story
• 6:00 – Starting a path of immersion
• 10:00 – Finding a foothold abroad – the U.S. and then Portugal
• 19:00 – Discovering minimalism
• 24:00 – Meeting someone and learning about oneself
• 29:30 – How other cultures opened up new discoveries
• 35:30 – New ways of connecting, and leaving fake happiness behind
• 39:00 – Encounters with spirituality growing up in Brazil
• 43:00 – Finding community through CrossFit
• 52:00 – Catching your breath and experimenting with less

Challenge of the Week:

If you want to connect with yourself or are experiencing stress, take a moment to just stop what you’re doing and breathe; be with yourself.

BONUS minimalist challenge – Take an object that you love and put it in a box for: 1 hour, 1 week, 6 months, etc., whatever time you establish. How does it feel when you take it out of the box?

Connect with Daniel:

• https://www.instagram.com/dankriok/?hl=en
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldosantos/

Music credits: Bombadil for the intro song, "Avery", and Scott Gratton from the Free Music Archive for the outro song, "Mo Town is Yo Town."