If Trust was easy, we wouldn't be talking about it.  Why is trusting so difficult?  Burt Gershater is an inspiring, nationally recognized life coach, speaker, and trainer who sparks powerful changes in people’s lives. ...

In the US, we think "freedom" is about choices.  And, it partly is.  But true freedom is about so much more.  It's about being free from our engrained patterns of responses to the external world.  From our sense of identity....

"The art of creative living is not the execution of some intentional program for life, but a natural, evolving expression."It's no secret humans have not been the best stewards of nature in the last 150 years or so.  What are the c...

What does it mean to be an "Artist of Life"?  Not just a painter or musician kind of artist, but someone who shows up with the qualities, mindset and behaviours of an artist in every aspect of your life?  What the hell does th...

What do women find attractive, and/or what do they seek when evaluating men as potential partners?  How might a changing world have shifted this over the last many decades?  If at all? I put up a poll on my social medi...

"There are a thousand right choices, and all of them are wrong.""Everything is a risk... once you realize that it's all a risk, then you minimize your risk."I must say, there are some wonderful and memorable moments in this talk...

How do Masculine & Feminine values shape our culture around work and life in general?  How do you define Masculine & Feminine?  Do you get down with Carl Jung and his badass self?  This episode attempts to d...

If you could take a pill to instantly learn anything you wanted, would you take that pill:A) Every time you had to learn something?B) Some of the times you had to learn something?C) Never?Why or why not?  What thing...

Why is leisure important?  How might we see evidence of the lack of genuine leisure impacting us in our education systems and beyond?  This is part 1 of 2 of my conversation with Professor Eugene Matusov - he wrote a book call...

It's easy to be a critic.  It's easy to tear things down.  It's much harder to be a creator - to have a vision of what can be and build things up.  What makes the difference between a cultural critic and a cultural creato...

This episode was a treat for me, as I got schooled in flurry of fascinating information about the hidden wonders and the power of breathing.  I speak with Andy Sabatier - Doctor of Physical Therapy and founder of Academy West, whic...

This first episode back of the year is a solo episode beginning to explore the question of "What does it mean to make a life worth living?" based on the incredible book called Zen and the Art of Making a Living.This introduction explore...

Divorce, Eviction, a Father’s Death - sometimes it feel like it’s more than the kitchen sink that life is throwing your way.  In Part 2 of my conversation with Erikk G., we talk about how these events contributed to him isolating fr...

These next two episodes feature Erikk G. - Professor of Philosophy, podcast host of "The Relentless Picnic", and my best friend since 7th grade.  This first part is an introduction to Erikk, and is a small glimpse into the nature o...

I welcome back Zach Herbert of St. Terrible for a deeper dive into conversation of a more personal nature.  We talk about the death of a friend of his from years ago... how that death has influenced his art, his life, his growth an...

Death, Discovery & MagicAlexandra Becker-Black is a watercolor artist based in Portland, Oregon.  That may sound boring, but this ain't your Grandmother's tea-time kinda watercolor... Alex has made a name for herself wi...

Tara Mangini is one half of the supremely talented and sought out home design duo known as Jersey Ice Cream Co.  For years, she and her partner, Percy Bright would move into old homes and hotels for months at a time, remaking and remodelin...

There is a poem by Rumi called "The Guest House" that has always touched me deeply.  It has offered me comfort and perspective throughout my adult life, and I found myself coming back to it recently when I was feeling deep in sorro...

SORNE is an enigma. A true polymath in the highest sense of the word. A multi-disciplinary, award-winning, prolific visual artist, musician, actor and filmmaker, boasting an unparalleled vocal range with perfect pitch. He brings listeners to te...

"That's what made it worth it... and that's why it's one of the most successful projects I've had, because it's continuing on - not about the photography, not about the art, but about creating a space to talk about it." -Amanda Stelling...

I believe that if we are to really understand how vulnerability can benefit our own personal growth, then we need to do more than just talk about it academically, we need to actually experience it, emotionally.  I realize ...

I know I said the audio quality wasn't the best on this episode, but the original upload was actually unreasonably terrible - worse than I knew due to an uploading technical glitch.  However, it's fixed now!  Good learning for me for ...

Zach Herbert is a musician and performance artist based out of Boise, Idaho. He is the creator of St. Terrible and the Gospel of Nothingness.  Ranging from the beautiful to the bizarre, his work is eclectic and ever changing in its sound, ...

This is the first episode of This Naked Voice - an introduction to your host, Joey (that's me), and a gentle scraping of the surface of what I intend this podcast to be about.I'm a Personal Coach, a photographer, and a life long musicia...