179. Coaches Commonplace Book #2

Dean Miles is a fellow member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 coaches group. Dean joins me in this special series where we dive into some of our philosophies about coaching and good living.

Join us in this unique podcast episode with my co-host, Dean Miles, and I explore a new thought activity where we read the headline of a magazine cover and share what things we would include if we were to write the articles ourselves.

“Our behavior always follows who we know ourselves to be.”

This week on the School for Good Living Podcast:

  • What is a commonplace book and why this series is named after it
  • Brilliant’s magazine headline – 18 Ways to Overhaul Your Life Starting Today
    • Brilliant’s ideas for overhauling your life
    • Dean’s ideas on overhauling your life
    • Stories of people who have overhauled their lives
  • Dean’s magazine headline – The science of inspirational quotes
    • Some of Dean’s favorite aphorisms and proverbs – as well as some of his own
  • The uplifting way of making amends
  • Attitudes that help in overcoming challenges
  • How quotes can help you have good living

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178. Britt Frank – The Science of Stuck: Breaking Through Inertia to Find Your Path Forward

Britt Frank is the writer of “The Science of Stuck: Breaking Through Inertia to Find Your Path Forward.” Britt’s upbringing exposed her to a lot of the things she now studies and the things that she helps others to understand about themselves. Her approach to therapy focuses on the physical reality of mental health by targeting the physiological processes that drive our sometimes illogical or unwanted decisions. She uses this knowledge to help others understand their different parts and how to effectively interact with them as an effective method of self-care.

In this Interview on the School for Good Living Podcast, Britt joins me to talk about some important things that I believe really have the potential to help you live the life you want to live, be the person you want to be, and make the contribution you want to make. We talked about why mental health is a physical process, all the different aspects of ourselves, and why self-care maybe ought to be called parts care. We talked about why your browser history and transactional history might actually be the greatest entry points into shadow work. We also talk about things related to making your intimate relationships work, making them last, making them a rich and fulfilling why and making amends is so much more satisfying than apologizing.

“Mental health is not a mental process—mental health is a physical process.”

This week on the School for Good Living Podcast:

  • How Britt became aware of mental health and what she has done to embrace it
  • Understanding the physical realities of mental health
  • How “parts-care” can help us understand self-care
  • Understanding that our thoughts aren’t crazy
  • Turning your inner monologue into an inner dialogue
  • Empowering people to figure things out for themselves
  • Creating a conflicting contract
  • Understanding boundaries
  • The uplifting way of making amends

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177. Bernd Heinrich – Racing the Clock: Running Across a Lifetime

Bernd Heinrich is the author of more than 12 books and 100 scientific papers. His most recent book is “Racing the Clock, Running Across a Lifetime.” Bernd holds many records as a runner. He ran a sub two-minute half mile, at one point he set the American national records for any age in ultramarathon distances of 100 kilometers, 200 kilometers, 100 miles, and the longest distance ran in 24 hours, totaling 156.8 miles. For many years Bernd’s work focused on the comparative physiological of insects, where he studied bumblebee behavior. He studied moths. He studied caterpillars very closely and their ecology and their pollination. He later shifted to studying ravens and other birds. For many years, Bernd has lived in a cabin in the woods of Maine, one that he built himself by hand. He lives without running water, phone service, or refrigerator, and he eats solely with wood and relies on a solar panel to power his laptop and his wifi router. He’s just about to turn 82 years old and he’s still running about four miles a day.

In this interview on the School for Good Living Podcast, Bernd joins Brilliant to discuss many things, including having a plan versus enjoying life, love and its role in our lives, and balancing it with accomplishment. Bernd talks about finding our own path and figuring out who we are. Bernd shares about running, aging, and about writing. A theme that kept coming back was this one of just beginning. In running, as they say, the hardest and most important step is always the first one out the door. Everyone can do it and it counts.

“The hardest and most important step is always the first one out the door.”

This week on the School for Good Living Podcast:

  • Bernd’s unorthodox upbringing
  • How Bernd became a runner and what impact running had on his life
  • Love and its role in our lives
  • Bernd’s scientific breakthroughs
  • How Bernd responded to his work being stolen
  • Overcoming injury and adversary
  • How roadkill can help enhance our life view

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