The Ridiculously Human Podcast

Superhumanship, is a bonus podcast series which we run, helping you navigate day to day life and preparing you to be another ridiculously awesome human. Each week, we discuss and disseminate the top few pearls of wisdom shared by our previous weeks guest. This week we spoke about… Homeschooling, micro-schooling, independent and community learning Why education is an absolute necessity for all The negative consequences of no access to education Education being a luxury The convergence of skills and experiences later on in our lives The difficulty of not knowing what to do with your life Kierkegaard and the dizziness of freedom Re-inventing yourself at 50 years old The idea around artful ageing Dealing with your limiting beliefs and rejection Music By The Bambuseae Rhythm Section - Check them out here Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? We know this is always a big one to ask and you hear it a million times but anything you can do to help us get our podcast out there into the ether will be massively appreciated! Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | Google Play | TuneIn | iHeartRADIO | Follow us on: Website | YouTube | Medium | Instagram | FaceBook | Twitter | LinkedIn |

Writer. Speaker. Dance Performer. Empowered Phoenix. Entrepreneur. Independent and Community Learning Advocate. Artful Ager. Silver Fox. Host of Super Power U Podcast. It's not until you leave school that you actually realise how freakin' awesome it is. It's also not something to be taken for granted. There are children in the world who never get to experience the luxury of education, and would do absolutely anything to be able to afford a school uniform so that they are allowed to attend school. Our Podcast guest this week, Lisa Betts-LaCroix, is a huge advocate for empowered living and independent and community-based learning. Lisa was born in Canada, and grew up into a highly community-orientated and performance-oriented family. She identifies as mixed race, having a rather eclectic heritage of Japanese and French Canadian ancestors. Lisa was a theatrical girl, and remembers going to the theatre school with her dad and a deposit cheque in her hand ready to join. Her fear and limiting beliefs forced her to tear up the cheque and drive off....The irony is that she left traditional university two years later to go back to become an actor! Acting is a very challenging world which she took on as a martial arts act, dealing with the challenge of how to stay your centred self with all the blows. She moved to the US in 1995 for pilot season in Los Angeles and was expecting to hate it, but fell in love with California. Lisa enjoyed a successful acting career, appearing in many well-known shows. After having her first child, quitting acting, and joining her husband's tech business, they were destined for San Francisco...which she really didn't want to do. However, she did convince him to sell everything, move into a big RV, and head off on the road. After a few twists and turns in her own career she eventually focused her energy on building communities that support parents and families with high ability, divergent thinking kids, who didn't fit into the brick and mortar school model. Her newfound passion evolved over the years and she ended up co-founding a large network of 400+ families, educating kids in the SF Bay area. In 2014, she experienced a serendipitous moment while walking past a ballroom dance studio, and peeking in to see a bunch of Latin teenagers who were dancing away. Eight months later, she plucked up the courage to attend her first class. A year later, at 50 years old, she decided to compete and earned herself a title of World Champion Pro-Am American Rhythm Ballroom dancer! This is a lady embracing everything life has to throw at her, and she is not afraid to stand up and face it head-on, by constantly re-inventing herself and her career. She has dealt with the hiccups confidently and gracefully, including growing out her naturally stunning grey locks and wearing them with pride and a beautiful smile. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did. Let's find out what it means for Lisa Betts-LaCroix, to be Ridiculously Human. Your fellow beings, Craig and Gareth SHOW NOTES Background, Context & Reference Connect with Lisa Betts-LaCroix: Website | Instagram | FaceBook | YouTube | Twitter | LinkedIn | Pinterest | Super Power U Podcast: Other relevant points discussed and mentioned: Podcast Movement 1988 Japanese Canadian Redress Redress of African-Americans for Slavery Acting Pilot Season People Discussed The Mamas and the Papas Seth Godin Music By The Bambuseae Rhythm Section - Check them out here The Simon Van Gend Band - Check them out here Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? We know this is always a big one to ask and you hear it a million times but anything you can do to help us get our podcast out there into the ether will be massively appreciated! Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | Google Play | TuneIn | iHeartRADIO | Follow us on: Website | YouTube | Medium | Instagram | FaceBook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Pinterest | Related Podcasts You Might Enjoy RHP #016: Melissa Monte, Hostess of the Mind Love Podcast RHP #023: Erin Bailey, Founder of E-Bailey Fitness and Consulting. Viral Blogger RHP #040: Pamela Gay, PhD Astronomer and Astronomy Cast Host RHP #048: Fei Wu, Podcast Host, People Connector, Entrepreneur, Freelance Digital Marketer. Founder of Feisworld

Superhumanship, is a bonus podcast series which we run, helping you navigate day to day life and preparing you to be another ridiculously awesome human. Each week, we discuss and disseminate the top few pearls of wisdom shared by our previous weeks guest. We believe that in this day and age, we are all leaders and people of influence, on varying scales. Therefore, we need to adapt and realise that we have this amazing opportunity to take responsibility, by contributing positively to society, and in-turn making ourselves better humans, both individually and collectively!!! This week we spoke about… The unknown and subconscious benefits of being in nature Sacred Geometry - Mandala's and Fibonacci numbers Fractals in Nature - naturally occurring shapes in nature Nature's natural stress reduction The strange subtleties in the way we see things The way our brains process things on a quantum level Negative ions released in the environment The healing and awakening properties of plants (CBD, Ayahuasca, Mushrooms, etc) The power and energy transfer of touch Key roles and benefits that touch has in day to day interactions Conveyance of information through touch Lessons from intense training Training your body and mind to the limit Music By The Bambuseae Rhythm Section - Check them out here Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? We know this is always a big one to ask and you hear it a million times but anything you can do to help us get our podcast out there into the ether will be massively appreciated! Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | Google Play | TuneIn | iHeartRADIO | Follow us on: Website | YouTube | Medium | Instagram | FaceBook | Twitter | LinkedIn |

Martial Artist. Movement Expert. UFC Fighter. Hemp Specialist. Sacred Geometry Artist. Father. Life Long Learner. Teacher. Founder of Raised Spirit. Being out in nature is one of the most energetic and soothing experiences a human can have. However, many of us are so blasé about our surroundings and never get to truly feel the many health benefits it provides. So in this modern day and age, most of us have lost our deeply rooted connection to nature. Our guest this week, Nick Osipczak, has a huge amount of knowledge about the benefits of nature which stemmed from his curiosity with art and ultimately sacred geometry. Nick was born and raised in South London. A place he does not associate much with these days. At school he tried to get away with doing as little as possible, which is why he took art as one of his subjects. He found that he actually enjoyed it, especially when he used to draw faces. He would draw them almost mathematically, without being aware of it. His mathematical mind served him well in school, when he became interested and obsessed with gambling. Spending six hours a day gambling with his mates played into his ability with numbers, statistics, and analysing situations. In University, he turned his attention to martial arts. Nick's progression through the ranks was rather quick. Each week he'd take his progress, extrapolate it, align it with his vision and the results kept coming. Nick went on to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) between the ages of 24-26. Being a professional fighter taught him many valuable lessons in life, which have now weaved their way into how he operates as a kind and caring human, a teacher, as well as a businessman and father. Upon leaving the UFC, he embarked on a journey to learn and master the internal arts, or more specifically, Tai-Chi Ch'uan. This spiritual martial art focuses heavily on mind, body and soul, and is one of the most demanding arts in the world which requires pure dedication from it's students. In November 2017, Nick began selling his own range of organic CBD, and has gradually increased the amount of hemp-based health products on offer. He believes that hemp will play a critical role moving forward, and in improving the way we interact with our planet. His gift is being able to see the best in people, and helping them fulfil their potential. He believes this must begin with a healthy and balanced lifestyle, in order for us to have the necessary energy required to live the lives we deserve. We are much more powerful when our primary motivations are to serve others. He emphasises the co-dependent relationship between the mind, body and spirit, by combining ancient oriental wisdom with modern science and research. His philosophy is… The Body must be open, strong, balanced, coordinated, flexible, and connected The Mind must be able to concentrate, focus, relax, project, connect and open The Spirit will expand as you begin to know yourself on a deeper level of consciousness The Breath must be cultivated diligently, as this is what links the body, mind and Spirit together We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did. Let's find out what it means for Nick Osipczak, to be Ridiculously Human. Your fellow beings, Craig and Gareth SHOW NOTES Background, Context & Reference Connect with Nick Osipczak: Website | Instagram | FaceBook | YouTube | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube | Raised Spirit Products: Other relevant points discussed and mentioned: What 3 Words - App Kids found using the What 3 Words App Heads up Poker Texas Hold'em Poker Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Ultimate Fighter TV series Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Tai Chi Qigong Ayahuasca Sacred Geometry Fractals Mandala Flower of Life Ley Lines Sitar Daoism CBD Yijing or the Book Of Changes Spinal Wave Movements People Discussed Zach Bush Rich Roll Music By The Bambuseae Rhythm Section - Check them out here The Simon Van Gend Band - Check them out here Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? We know this is always a big one to ask and you hear it a million times but anything you can do to help us get our podcast out there into the ether will be massively appreciated! Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | Google Play | TuneIn | iHeartRADIO | Follow us on: Website | YouTube | Medium | Instagram | FaceBook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Pinterest | Related Podcasts You Might Enjoy RHP #028: Darryl Edwards, Founder of Primal Play. Movement and Play Specialist RHP #034: Chris Kilham, Founder of Medicine Hunter and Plant Medicine Expert RHP #050: Darin Olien, The Superfood Hunter, Author, Vegan, Hydration Expert. Founder of Superlife and Barukas RHP #067: Jody Calitz, Women's Health Expert, Ex-Pro Bikini Bodybuilder, Nutritionist, Vegan Athlete, Elite Personal Trainer

Superhumanship, is a bonus podcast series which we run, helping you navigate day to day life and preparing you to be another ridiculously awesome human. Each week, we discuss and disseminate the top few pearls of wisdom shared by our previous weeks guest. We believe that in this day and age, we are all leaders and people of influence, on varying scales. Therefore, we need to adapt and realise that we have this amazing opportunity to take responsibility, by contributing positively to society, and in-turn making ourselves better humans, both individually and collectively!!! This week we spoke about… The difference between an overachiever and a high achiever The idea of Enoughness and coming to a state of inner peace Not being obsessed with the outcome of a goal and rather making the most of the journey Deconstructing yourself and becoming an observer Transitioning from corporate to entrepreneurship is a journey Understanding yourself is a journey The importance of experimentation in everything you do What are you identifying yourself as? What is your emotional scaffolding? Music By The Bambuseae Rhythm Section - Check them out here Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? We know this is always a big one to ask and you hear it a million times but anything you can do to help us get our podcast out there into the ether will be massively appreciated! Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | Google Play | TuneIn | iHeartRADIO | Follow us on: Website | YouTube | Medium | Instagram | FaceBook | Twitter | LinkedIn |

Business and Executive Coach. Writer. Speaker. ex-Investment Banker. PhD Historian. Podcast Host. Gentle Soul. Mother. Recovering Overachiever. Life is pretty much one big experiment if you really think about it. Somehow, miraculously we are all plonked into this world when we are born and have to figure things out from day one. Sure, you are provided with parents and meet other people along the way who are going to influence and mentor you. However, for the most part, we are on this magical experimental journey taking each moment as it comes. Our guest this week, Mandy Lehto, has at times in her life felt like a bit of a misfit and as though she was not living the life she intended, or was at least, meant to live. Mandy grew up as a farm girl in rural northern Ontario, Canada. She enjoyed a truly enriching and a self-sustaining lifestyle, with many great lessons for a young girl to learn. However, it's fair to say that not everything was hunky-dory. She had a father who pushed her way too much. She learned from a young age that being a super-achiever was the way to get love and validation. The 3 P's were a huge part of her life growing up: Be pleasing, passive and perfect. Everybody in her family, besides her, was musical. They could all sing or play musical instruments and she was just the smart one. It was like a clubhouse that she didn't have the key to. She did end up being the first woman in her family to ever to go to university. Her super achieving attitude earned a PhD from Cambridge University. She always had a massive passion for creative writing and in her twenties, she was obsessed with writing for a particular big-deal glossy magazine in the UK. She pitched ideas and wrote to the Editor again and again. When she finally heard back, commending her on her tenacity, she was encouraged to submit a piece. Mandy ended up chickening out and deleted the email. It was while working as a maternity nurse that an unexpected opportunity came knocking on her door. It led to Mandy getting a job in an investment bank. She learned the ropes and climbed the ranks extremely quickly. She looked incredibly successful to the outside world. However, her overachieving habits ended up with some heavy consequences, because inside she was dying. Her relationships were falling apart, she crashed through two marriages, and her health started falling to pieces as she suffered from severe adrenal fatigue. Yet she clung onto her 'winning life strategy'. Her journey to heal herself involved acupuncture, seeing a shaman, joining a top coaching mastermind, a spirit animal retrieval meditation, and a dialogue with her vagina. In 2009, she resigned from investment banking and started her own coaching and corporate training business. For the past few years, she's been having a love affair with herself, resting, nourishing, meditating, and slowing down. Letting go of old stories and ways of being that no longer serve her. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did. Let's find out what it means for Mandy Lehto, to be Ridiculously Human. Your fellow beings, Craig and Gareth SHOW NOTES Background, Context & Reference Connect with Mandy Lehto: Website | Instagram | FaceBook | Pinterest | Twitter | LinkedIn | Other relevant points discussed and mentioned: Timber Wolf Zither Instrument National Youth Jazz Orchestra, UK Herbie Hancock's Watermelon Man Adrenal Fatigue Five Rhythms Dancing - Gabrielle Roth Primal (Scream) Therapy Psychologies Magazine Benny Hill Music People Discussed Dr. Heather McKee Zach Bush John Wineland Brene Brown Music By The Bambuseae Rhythm Section - Check them out here The Simon Van Gend Band - Check them out here Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? We know this is always a big one to ask and you hear it a million times but anything you can do to help us get our podcast out there into the ether will be massively appreciated! Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | Google Play | TuneIn | iHeartRADIO | Follow us on: Website | YouTube | Medium | Instagram | FaceBook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Pinterest | Related Podcasts You Might Enjoy RHP #027: Rosie Millen, Founder of Miss Nutritionist and Adrenal Fatigue Specialist RHP #059: Dr Heather McKee, Behaviour Change Specialist, Habit Coach, Bit Sized Habits Podcast Host, Research Geek, PhD in Weightloss Psychology RHP #076: Michael Bungay Stanier, Author, Coach, Speaker, Rhodes Scholar, Founder and CEO of Box Of Crayons RHP #095: Michael O'Brien, Author, TEDx Speaker, Executive and Leadership Coach, CEO of Peloton Coaching and Consulting

Let's finish off 2019 in style peeps! It's been an incredibly gratifying process for us to pull together this Best of 2019 Podcast Series. What an absolute privilege it has been to speak to such amazing people this year. We have certainly grown as people ourselves and hope that you have taken home a gem or two, of wisdom too! We hope you enjoy this final compilation, as much as we did putting it together. This is week 3 of week 3, for the "Best of 2019 Series" Wishing you all a fantastic 2020! Click here to find out what it means for Kelsey Abbott, Karen Millsap, Michael O'Brien, Jacinta McDonell, Ard Matthews, Wayne Kaminsky, Lani Cooper, Dylan Herholdt, Grace Lee, Gareth Cliff, Jared Easley, Sara Quiriconi, and Frank Solomon, to be Ridiculously Human. Your fellow beings, Craig and Gareth SHOW NOTES Names and links to each guest's individual episode Kelsey Abbott Karen Millsap Michael O'Brien Jacinta McDonell Ard Matthews Wayne Kaminsky Lani Cooper Dylan Herholdt Grace Lee Gareth Cliff Jared Easley Sara Quiriconi Frank Solomon Music By The Bambuseae Rhythm Section - Check them out here The Simon Van Gend Band - Check them out here Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? We know this is always a big one to ask and you hear it a million times but anything you can do to help us get our podcast out there into the ether will be massively appreciated! Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | Google Play | TuneIn | iHeartRADIO | Follow us on: Website | YouTube | Medium | Instagram | FaceBook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Pinterest |

Is the 24th of December a strange day to launch a Podcast….eeerrrmmm?! YES, we thought so too :) However, 114 weeks in a row of releasing one or two Podcasts a week, we thought we'd just keep the consistency going! We have put together a "Best of 2019" compilation, to remember and say thanks to our guests for all their time and for sharing their incredible stories with us. The lessons and reminders cover a diverse spectrum of what it means to be human. We hope these various clips will make you laugh, make you excited, make you cry, but most of all make you remember what a privilege it is to be alive and that we need to make the most of our time on this beautiful planet together. Wishing you a fulfilling and fun time over this festive period and that you get to enjoy the special time with your families and loved ones. We hope you enjoy this compilation as much as we did putting it together. This is week 2 of week 3, for the "Best of 2019 Series" Click here to find out what it means for Safwan Shah, Craig Haywood, Gareth Martin, Bruce Lipton, Bud Jeffries, John Demartini, Erik Bergman, Claude Silver, Carl Amery, Bernhard Baatjies, Kate Swoboda, Alexis (Lonnee) Ray, Bryan Falchuk and John Sanei, to be Ridiculously Human. Your fellow beings, Craig and Gareth SHOW NOTES Names and links to each guests individual episode Safwan Shah Craig Haywood Gareth Martin Bruce Lipton Bud Jeffries John Demartini Erik Bergman Claude Silver Carl Amery Bernhard Baatjies Kate Swoboda Alexis (Lonnee) Ray Bryan Falchuk John Sanei Music By The Bambuseae Rhythm Section - Check them out here The Simon Van Gend Band - Check them out here Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? We know this is always a big one to ask and you hear it a million times but anything you can do to help us get our podcast out there into the ether will be massively appreciated! Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | Google Play | TuneIn | iHeartRADIO | Follow us on: Website | YouTube | Medium | Instagram | FaceBook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Pinterest |

Hosting and running a Podcast, really is a life changing experience. Each guest that we spoke to in 2019 had something unique and special to share with us. Each one of them has also taught us something and left us with ideas to ponder and reflect on. For that, it is our duty to honour them and look back on certain highlights throughout those conversations. We have put together a "Best of 2019" compilation, to remember and say thanks to our guests for all their time and for sharing their incredible stories with us. The lessons and reminders cover a diverse spectrum of what it means to be human. We hope these various clips will make you laugh, make you excited, make you cry, but most of all make you remember what a privilege it is to be alive and that we need to make the most of our time on this beautiful planet together. Wishing you a fulfilling and fun time over this festive period. Enjoy the office parties, enjoy the get togethers, enjoy laughing and celebrating with those who have helped shape and influence your 2019. We hope you enjoy this compilation as much as we did putting it together. This is week 1 of week 3, for the "Best of 2019 Series" Click here to find out what it means for Simon McCartney, Keegan Smith, Jody Calitz, Lilia Tarawa, Richard Mulholland, Ryan Hawell, Arno Carstens, Margo Aaron, Gavin Aung Than, Damara Ryder, Donovan Marsh, Michael Bungay Stanier, Camille Knowles, and Alex Moore, to be Ridiculously Human. Your fellow beings, Craig and Gareth SHOW NOTES Names and links to each guests individual episode Simon McCartney Keegan Smith Jody Calitz Lilia Tarawa Richard Mulholland Ryan Hawell Arno Carstens Margo Aaron Gavin Aung Than Damara Ryder Donovan Marsh Michael Bungay Stanier Camille Knowles Alex Moore Music By The Bambuseae Rhythm Section - Check them out here The Simon Van Gend Band - Check them out here Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? We know this is always a big one to ask and you hear it a million times but anything you can do to help us get our podcast out there into the ether will be massively appreciated! Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | Google Play | TuneIn | iHeartRADIO | Follow us on: Website | YouTube | Medium | Instagram | FaceBook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Pinterest |

Superhumanship, is a bonus podcast series which we run, that is all geared towards authentic leadership. Each week we try to disseminate the wisdom shared by our guests and provide our two cents too. We believe that in this day and age, we are all leaders and all people of influence. New age leadership, is upon us. So therefore, we need to adapt and all realise we have this amazing opportunity to contribute to this shift in micro-leadership and micro-influence. This week we spoke about… Habits - How and why we both gave up coffee for 6 weeks and one month respectively…and then started again :) How travelling and adventure provides some of the best education we will ever receive Why giving back to those less privileged is important and that it can also provide you with a greater sense of purpose Bravery is something we all have within ourselves. We've all garnered it on some sort of level in our lives That society sometimes gives the impression that you should do something a particular way. However, doing the opposite is what might work best for you! Music By The Bambuseae Rhythm Section - Check them out here Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? We know this is always a big one to ask and you hear it a million times but anything you can do to help us get our podcast out there into the ether will be massively appreciated! Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | Google Play | TuneIn | iHeartRADIO | Follow us on: Website | YouTube | Medium | Instagram | FaceBook | Twitter | LinkedIn |