This podcast episode features an interview with Daniel Mate, co-author of New York Times Bestseller -- The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture.  Daniel is a composer, lyricist, and accomplished playwright known f...

Check out this thought-provoking podcast discussing personality assessments and self-perception.  Join Mordecai, JD Stettin, and Joey Hirsh as they share their experiences with various personality assessments, like Kolbe and Enneagram,...

In this podcast, Mordecai Rosenberg, Simon Brief, and JD Stettin discuss the transformative power of grief and pain, the importance of staying present in the moment, and the concept of gratitude. Brief shares his experience with meditation, and...

In this podcast episode, JD and Mordecai are joined by guest, Emily Shaughnessy. Emily was raised in an evangelical Presbyterian family.  Her education was individualized as she was homeschooled until high school. Her parents instilled in ...

JD's younger brother Jesse is a guest on the show and shares about  his experience from a 10-day Vipassana meditation retreat, where the focus was on building sensory awareness of physical sensations in the body.  The retreat can be p...

SUMMARY:On this episode, JD and Mordecai welcome special guest, Dr. Joseph Hirsch as they discuss his experience in the Orthodox community. The conversation touches on themes of self-acceptance, identity, and the relationship between religi...

SUMMARY:Morty and JD explore lessons 16 & 17.  It's understandable to want to constantly seek out new experiences and learning opportunities, but it's important to also make time for rest and reflection. TIME STAMPS:

SUMMARY:In this episode, JD and Mordecai continue their discussion on things we think we see and we really don't.  They discuss how we are improving every day and how our brain processes stories based on our past.TIMESTAMPS:&nb...

SUMMARY:Mordecai and JD explore week #2 of A Course in Miracles and discuss the reasons why we often think we are upset.TIMESTAMPS:0:04 - You can’t lose what you never had3:19 - Why do we do anything? Why do we feel good?

SUMMARY:On this episode, Mordecai and JD begin their journey through A Course in Miracles and discuss why you should not believe everything you see.TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - How would you describe A Course In Miracles?8:06 ...

SUMMARY:In this episode, guest Traverse Fournier joins JD and Mordecai as they discuss goals, loss and grief, and moving forward in life with a positive impact.TIMESTAMPS: 2:09 - When did you first start thinking that there...

JD and Mordecai discuss being vulnerable, connecting and sharing with others.Timestamps:0:00 - How much do you feel like this is a period of clarity?5:01 - We are meant to spend a lot of our time in connection with oth...

Mordecai and JD discuss the depths of relationships, the give and take, and effect of our emotions on those we are in relationship with.Timestamps: 0:51 - Positive Inward Feelings and How It Affects Others8:19 ...

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Throughout all of their discussions regarding their own emotions, JD and Mordecai turn the tables a bit and examine their emotions toward others.Timestamps:0:08-02:10  Emotions/Feelings Toward Others02:10-5:15 ...

In this shorter yet jam-packed episode, Mordecai and JD speculate on the mind and the body and how that contributes with letting go.Books/Writers Referenced:Bill Bryson - The Body: A Guide for OccupantsMichael...

JD and Mordecai have reached the top of the mountain, they are committing to peace, analyzing their emotions, simply breathing, and enjoying the chaos of the human experience.Timestamps1:15    -  What is Peace?...

In this perplexing episode, Mordecai and JD examine their journey from the perplexed to really noticing what they find perplexing, how to let go, and how to love themselves.Timestamps:0:01 - 06:36    Perplexed ...

Mordecai and JD speak with the fascinating Sara Yoheved Rigler. We learn about her spiritual journey from conservative Judaism to living in an ashram and being introduced to the life of the soul. She explains how the Hindu goddess of death brou...

JD and Mordecai run through how we accept and maybe struggle to accept the many emotions we struggle with.Timestamps:0:02-07:32      Acceptance 07:32- 12:55   Acceptance & Courage ...

Mordecai and JD discuss the many facets of courage, procrastination, and delegation.Timestamps:0:00 - 4:01  Courage is I Can4:02 - 8:08  The Inverse of Courage8:09 - 14:13 Resumes, Eulogies, and Rescui...

JD and Mordecai continue their discussion on pride, focusing on the ego, identity, and unique ability.Timestamps:0:21 - Pride, It's Everywhere2:45 - Unique Ability11:54 - Being Attached to Opinions16:3...

There are many aspects to pride, how it develops, how it affects and impacts our behaviors and beliefs. JD and Mordecai examine the effects of pride on their own lives and perspectives.Timestamps:0:45-2:19     ...

What's more relatable than being angry? JD and Mordecai discuss the causes, the issues, the motives behind anger and their own experiences in processing and learning through that anger.Timestamps:1:02 - Growing up Angry