FAR OUT: Adventures in Returning Home
232 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsFAR OUT chronicles the shared human experience of returning home to ourselves.
What does it mean to heal and follow life’s guidance?
How do we cultivate faith and connection?
What meaning do we find and give in the experiences of being human?
Always in a casual, humorous and real way, you’ll hear about Alasdair and Julie-Roxane’s ongoing journey, others’ stories as they navigate healing, meaning and connection in our current world & impactful conversations with guides and thought leaders that have dedicated their lives to the important work of restoring wholeness for ourselves and the world around us.
We’ll explore our human stories through the lens of ancient spiritual traditions, shamanism and archetypal work.
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FAR OUT #172 ~ Life Update: When Health Falls Apart
April 20, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBSummary: The last 5 months have been pretty intense for us. Alasdair shares about his ongoing health crisis and the challenges and uncertainties that's evoked. Julie-Roxane shares about the growth spurt she's been experiencing and how it's been supporting Alasdair at the same time. Mentioned on this episode: Heal Your Tribe Bill Plotkin Upcoming Offerings: May 5-9: Wild Within Oregon: Awaken May 9-13: Kambo Retreat in Oregon July 5-12: Wild Within Yosemite: Initiation July 19-26: Wi...
FAR OUT #171 ~ Cacao 101: How to Hold a Cacao Ceremony
April 13, 2022 12:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBSummary: If you've listened to this podcast for a while, you know we're crazy about cacao. We discuss our preconceptions of cacao ceremonies thanks mainly to instagram, our own journey with cacao, the surprising results we've seen hosting cacao ceremonies, and a basic blueprint for how to go about facilitating your own cacao circles. Mentioned on this episode: FAR OUT #69 ~ Chocolate Shaman Keith Wilson on Cacao: The Food for the Shift Discount link to purchase Keith's Cacao The Wild Wi...
FAR OUT #170 ~ When You Numb Expression You Numb Connection: Erica's Path of Reconnecting to Her Intuition
April 06, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBSummary: Today we talk with our friend Erica who joined us in our Guatemalan New Year's Eve retreat and followed up with a Kambo initiation. Together we unpack her journey of reconnecting with intuition, the difference between boundaries and discernment and the deep reclaiming of softness. Mentioned on this episode: Erica's instagram: @eleckel The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron Upcoming Events & Offerings: April 15-17: Kambo Facilitator Training (...
FAR OUT #169 ~ Coming Back to the Camper, Healing & Enjoying Life As It Is
March 30, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBSummary: We discuss what it's been like to return to camper life in the Pacific Northwest after Guatemala. We discuss the benefits of routine, active patience as opposed to passive patience, the relief and gratitude that emerges from being with reality as it is and some of the personal healing work we've been doing recently. Mentioned on this episode: Farnam Street blog FAR OUT #45 ~ The Art of Creative Waiting Iron John: A Book About Men by Robert Bly Wild Man: Exclusive 8 Week Progra...
FAR OUT #168 ~ You Are Far More Than What You Allow Yourself to Be: Jason's Journey Healing from Childhood Abuse
March 23, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 99.5 MBSummary: We met Jason on our recent Guatemala retreats. Today, Jason shares his story of remembering traumatic events in his childhood when he was 30, stepping out of a disempowering marriage and how he found healing and medicine in asking for help and embracing his masculinity. Mentioned on this episode: Connect with Jason Blackowiak Wild Within's Oregon: Awaken (May 5 - 9) Sacred Sons Jason's coach Iron John: A Book About Men by Robert Bly Brené Brown Kahlil Gibran Upcoming Events...
FAR OUT #167 ~ Kambo 101: Introduction to the Warrior Frog Medicine
March 16, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 75.7 MBSummary: We provide a basic introduction into Kambo. We discuss what Kambo is, how it's applied, who it's for (and who it isn't for), our training and experience and how we work with Kambo in ceremony. Mentioned on this episode: FAR OUT #101 ~ Kambito Kambocito: Surrender to the Frog Heal Your Tribe Heal Your Tribe Trainer Profile: Alasdair & Julie-Roxane Upcoming Offerings: March 29 - 31: Kambo inoculation (Molalla, OR) April 15-17: Kambo Facilitator Training (Greater Portland, OR ...
FAR OUT #166 ~ Adventures in Returning Home
March 09, 2022 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBSummary: We discuss the new name and other changes we're making to the podcast, why these changes have been a long time coming for us and allow ourselves to wax nostalgic about our podcasting journey that is now in its fourth year. Mentioned on this episode: Seth Godin's Podcasting Workshop How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clay Christensen, James Allworth & Karen Dillon Neal Brennan: 3 Mics (Netflix special) FAR OUT #1 ~ When Are You leaving? Rebecca Solnit Upcoming Offerings: Mar...
FAR OUT #165 ~ You're Special (& So is Everyone Else)
March 02, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBSummary: We discuss why we're changing the name of the podcast to not include "unconventional", explore why people have an aversion to owning their specialness and why it's an important and courageous step on the journey of self-realization. Mentioned on this episode: Wild Within's Oregon: Awaken (May 5 - 9) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Seth Godin Jordan B. Peterson Bill Plotkin The Tropical MBA Podcast Upcoming Events & Offerings: March 5: Virtual Book Club: The Archetype of I...
FAR OUT #164 ~ What The Actual %!*^$ Are We Doing?
February 23, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBSummary: Explaining our work to others is hard. We grapple with the perennial and often existential question anyone striking out on their own will be all too familiar with: "So, what exactly is it that you do?" Mentioned on this episode: Wild Within's Oregon: Awaken (May 5 - 9) FAR OUT #45 ~ The Art of Creative Waiting Seth Godin Joe Rogan Podcast The Tropical MBA Podcast Upcoming Events & Offerings: March 5: Virtual Book Club: The Archetype of Initiation (free to join) March 29 - 3...
FAR OUT #163 ~ Let's Talk About Money, Baby
February 16, 2022 13:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBSummary: We sat down to review our finances and it was...well, not what we expected. This led us into a candid conversation about why we make a practice of financial check-ins, our fears, our values, and the (sometimes) nitty gritty reality of being self-employed. Mentioned on this episode: Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel Jeepers Creepers Upcoming Events & Offerings: March 5: Virtual Book Club: The Archetype of Initiation (free to join) March...
FAR OUT #162 ~ What Are You In Service To?
February 09, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBSummary: Listen and explore: What do we mean by God? The value of personality theory in sharing our gifts and empowering others to do the same Is there anything more rewarding than service to something greater than ourselves? The importance of values in organizing people and business ventures What can happen when our life is aligned with what we aim to serve The ego's role in service Mentioned on this episode: Disco Elysium Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harar...
FAR OUT #161 ~ We Got Covid...
February 02, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBSummary: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. In this spirit, we sit down to explore our recent experiences with the corona virus. Listen and explore: Alasdair's and Julie-Roxane's experience having covid Finally meeting Rona - what was she like? Covid as a teacher - is our response doing more harm than the virus? Choosing to trust the intelligence of the body How our shamanic training has helped us heal from illness Fever as an altered state of consciousness Antifragility and...
FAR OUT #160 ~ It's Hard to Make Friends as Adults
January 26, 2022 16:08 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBSummary: While Alasdair is resting in bed, Julie-Roxane sits down with Kelly, our friend and co-founder of Wild Within, to talk about the challenges (and joys) of making friends as adults. Listen and explore: Alasdair is purifying his karma, aka he's under the weather The different types of adult frienships The lack of roadmap on how to nurture adult friendships How we create trust between two human beings Our culture's obsession with the nuclear family How to find like-minded people...
FAR OUT #159 ~ Leading Retreats in Guatemala in the Times of Omicron: A Recap
January 19, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBSummary: We sit down with Kelly, our friend and co-founder of Wild Within, to discuss the recent craziness and lessons learned after leading two powerful retreats on Lake Atitlan, in Guatemala during a COVID surge. Listen and explore: What it was like leading a 20-person, week long New Year's retreat and a 13-person Kambo retreat in Guatemala The challenges leading up to and on retreat Alasdair throws three vertebrae out of alignment on the second day of the retreat The experience on r...
FAR OUT #158 ~ Ceremony Is How We Remember to Remember
January 12, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBListen and explore: Ceremony as a technology Opening up sacred space Self-led ceremonies vs. inherited ceremonies: the important role lineage and tradition can play in the effectiveness of a ceremony The primal human need met by ceremony The art of ritual What we've witnessed and experienced in our own plant medicine ceremonies Reclaiming the religious Connect with us: Website: www.thefarout.life Email us at [email protected] Wild Within @ www.thewildwithin.org Support this pod...
FAR OUT #157 ~ What About Rest?
January 10, 2022 02:05 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBListen and explore: The masculine and feminine as it relates to rest and work The cultural differences in how we rest between Europeans and Americans Rest as a mindset Different ways we rest The ways we struggle to rest Julie-Roxane has an "Aha!" moment about her life on the podcast Managing interpersonal relationships with rest in mind "I'm so busy" - the introvert's defense mechanism The way you rest will depend on your personality and your lifestyle Mentioned on this episode: ...
FAR OUT #156 ~ Dancing with the Mystery: 2021 in Review
December 29, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBFeatured image from a street mural near Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Listen and explore: Two important things we do for a successful annual review The difference between goals and intentions and when each is appropriate When "manifesting" becomes an ego trap and edges on sorcery Key themes and lessons from Alasdair's and Julie-Roxane's journey in 2021 The one goal Alasdair set at the beginning of 2021 and whether or not he hit it Julie-Roxane's color for 2021 and 2022 Mentioned on this e...
FAR OUT #155 ~ The Seat of the Soul is Where the Inner World and the Outer World Meet
December 22, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBJoin us in the New Year for Feed the Fire Within, a series of 6 facilitated online gatherings in January in which we will connect with our bodies, our intentions, and each other through cacao, embodiment meditation and meaningful conversation. Learn more and sign up here. Listen and explore: How our last dieta went and what's been going on lately over at Wild Within The agricultural revolution, Decartes and a brief history of disembodiment Some spiritual teachers who have influenced our ...
FAR OUT #154 ~ Being with Family: Challenges, Rewards & Reflections
December 15, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBListen and explore: Julie-Roxane visits her family in France after 2 years away Kairos, chronos and the different qualities of time The virtues of demanding work and why we love intensity Julie-Roxane serves Kambo to her mom Alasdair's time with family over Thanksgiving Developing powers and sensitivities on the medicine path The challenge of not trying to change our family Different forms of knowing and working with intuitive perceptions Mentioned on this episode: The Gap Year Pod...
FAR OUT #153 ~ Making Mistakes: It's Not "If," It's "When"
December 08, 2021 13:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBListen and explore: "Correct it" - Julie-Roxane's recent mistake The fears we have of "coming clean" with our mistakes and why the truth is often exactly the opposite Mistakes are how we learn how to think for ourselves "Ask for forgiveness, not permission" Responding to mistakes: the blame game vs. curious inquiry Transmuting lead into gold: Alasdair's $5,000 mistake Why you don't want to work with someone who isn't making mistakes Life is easier when we surround ourselves with peo...
FAR OUT #152 - Learning From Our Plant Relatives
December 01, 2021 13:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBListen and explore: What does it mean to be in right relationship with plants? The plants we are relating to these days The dose makes the poison Who is in control ---the plants or us? Did plants terraform our planet? Have they evolved mechanisms to access other dimensions of reality? Learning from our plant relatives When we don't remember our plant friends they disappear The irreplaceable value of being around embodied teachers Mentioned on this episode: Neverwhere: A Novel by Ne...
FAR OUT #151 ~ Health: Curing Symptoms vs. Restoring Wholeness
November 24, 2021 13:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBListen and explore: How Alasdair is feeling today How we prioritize health in our financial decisions Trusting in the wisdom of the body Hiring and firing your health team The different dimensions of health The hard part about opening our hearts that no one talks about: it's painful Why numbing often has to be dealt with before we can heal The difference between curing and healing Symptoms are the body's way of talking to us Mentioned on this episode: https://www.arielledemartinez...
FAR OUT #150 ~ Leveling Up: The Nonlinear Path of Progress
November 17, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBListen and explore: Our recent Kambo inoculation and how our work with Kambo has been unfolding What happened after Julie-Roxane decided to "take a break from the medicine" The joy, energy and liberation we experience in serving "higher gods" "The real housewives of ayahuasca" - traps and challenges on the medicine path "Being planted": working with depression Jumping into a new reality: the nonlinear aspects of leveling up The illusions of success and clinging to higher principles M...
FAR OUT #149 ~ Narwhals, Wilderness & 10 Years of Burning Man with Ian Q. Rowan
November 10, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBListen and explore: Why Ian hasn't cut his beard for 10 years The origin of the unicorn Fascinating facts about Narwhals you will want to know Why Inuits rely on Narwhals for survival and how the oil industry threatens both Ian's journey working to conserve a region of old growth forest along the Molalla river in Oregon "I just kept burning" - what Burning Man has taught Ian about life Mentioned on this episode: Trailer for Ian's documentary on Narwhals Trout Creek Wilderness Lodge ...
FAR OUT #148 ~ Going Our Separate Ways
November 03, 2021 12:00 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBListen and explore: Updates: Experiments with a keto diet and our first dedicated medicine space! Marriage is like a base camp from which we can climb our own peaks How relationships can cramp our ability to grow and ways we've noticed that occurring in our own relationship Crutching, spider traps and other dangerous energy patterns to be aware of in relationship Some of the forces moving us to spend more time apart Julie-Roxane's experience spending more time apart Alasdair's expe...
FAR OUT #147 ~ Work is Love Made Visible
October 27, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBPhoto is of Trout Creek running through the forest we are currently living in. Listen and explore: Our upcoming international trips and events The turning point Alasdair and Julie-Roxane have recently experienced in their work Building momentum in business: getting the fly wheel going The trap of perfectionism and how it's shown up in the past for Julie-Roxane The economy of gift-giving and work as a practice in giving our gifts The infinite game: business as a "going concern" The 1...
FAR OUT #146 ~ Soul, Initiation & Changing the Name of the Podcast
October 20, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBListen and explore: How the podcast got its name and why we feel we've outgrown it What it means to be FAR OUT The long term benefit of blogging or podcasting consistently The role wilderness plays in communing with soul and spirit Our modern problem: we live in a society of adolescents The powerful technology of initiation and returning to soul Where we see our work taking us Mentioned on this episode: Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche by Bill Plotkin...
FAR OUT #145 ~ The Path of Least Resistance
October 13, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBListen and explore: Julie-Roxane is finally a green card holder! Aligning with Truth and the path of least resistance The error in mistaking the path of least resistance as passivity The error in mistaking all resistance as a force to break through Inner resistance and outer resistance and what we can learn from each What happens when we align with the ego's plans and what happens when we align with life's plans Surrendering to greater forces than the ego Is resistance a sign we are ...
FAR OUT #144 ~ The Problem with Surrounding Yourself with Like-Minded People
October 06, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBListen and explore: The problems with surrounding yourself with like-minded people What happened when Alasdair surrounded himself with like-minded people Echo chambers, bubbles and why social media magnifies the problem The center will not hold: how can we hold nuanced positions in the current climate? Why shared values foster healthy disagreement and a more broad and diverse perspective The slavery of ideologies and the freedom in values Why building communities and businesses around...
FAR OUT #143 ~ We're Not Selling the Camper After All [Life Update]
September 29, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 64 MBFeatured image is of us enjoying the view from Cloud's Rest during our Wild Within Yosemite retreat. Listen and explore: Why we chose not to sell the camper right when someone wanted to buy it The unexpected place we're now calling home What is mythic time and how can we experience it more? Dreams as catalysts and hindrances Dispelling illusions: the art of identifying and letting go of expectations The uncommon skill of working your options ("tilling the soil") What made the move ba...
FAR OUT #142 ~ Exploring Ayahuasca: Zach & Jess Poitra on Pura Medicina, Brujeria & Becoming the Hollow Bone (Episode 10)
September 22, 2021 22:03 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBListen and explore: Dedicating your life to service What is Pura Medicina? Heal Your Tribe's Kambo facilitator training A working definition of Brujeria Zach's checklist for finding a qualified ayahuasca facilitator and spotting brujos Fighting sorcerers on the astral plain during ayahuasca ceremony Loving-kindness and the importance of building the bodhicitta body for holding space What does it mean in shamanism to be the hollow bone? What the biggest challenge for Zach and Jess ha...
FAR OUT #141 ~ Living Your Life Like a Weed Dealer
September 15, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBListen and explore: Why Alasdair is a Slytherin Interests and curiosity as bridges to new realms Relating with our interests as deities, spirits or entities Living your life as an unpredictable adventure Why the opportunity to solve bigger problems is a privilege Soul, spirit and finding our unique niche in the world One of Alasdair's biggest lessons working in a start up Living creatively: how to be a chef with your life The multiplier effect: don't become the best, become the only...
FAR OUT #140 ~ Yosemite 2021 Recap: Consciousness Expanding Journeys into Wilderness Medicine
September 08, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBListen and explore: What it feels like to be back at work after a two-year hiatus Wilderness medicine: the universal healing quality of nature The necessity of faith as a facilitator in group work Being in a business partnership: the second most intimate relationship in our lives Why Kelly and Alasdair lead these trips despite the long hours, low pay, risks and challenges "Oh my God, this is my job!" Wilderness medicine as one, long psychedelic journey What people experienced on thes...
[Repost] FAR OUT #71 ~ What's the deal with French people and food?!
September 01, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBListen and explore: How to drink less wine and not know it What it means to have "your ass surrounded in noodles" The crazy shit the French do with cheese in the Alps called Raclette What it means to be "buttered" French insults -- why are they so crass? The difference between French and American habits toward food Mentioned on this episode: Join us and RippleOut Retreats for a sacred pilgrimage across France and Spain in September (18 - 27) Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler ...
[Repost] FAR OUT #95 ~ Birth is Not a Medical Event, It's a Sacred Portal: Changing our Narrative About Birth with Emilee Saldaya
August 25, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBListen and explore: Birth as a rite of passage and a vehicle for transformation How birth makes or breaks us Why a woman-centered birth affects everything The unexamined risks of birthing in captivity What happens at a hospital birth The problem with licensed midwifery Why a natural birth is not possible outside of your home The ways we teach woman not to trust their instincts from an early age What kind of elder do you want to be? Mentioned on this episode: The Free Birth Society...
[Repost] FAR OUT #9 ~ Welcome to L-Town
August 18, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 97.5 MBRoad tripping and camping down the coast On our way to Nevada City Welcome to L-Town An orgy in the woods? Where the road takes a 90 degree turn The darkness begins We're stuck here The tow truck driver Meet Chuck That's f*cked uuup! The mechanic Charles Manson?! The devil's in the tarot cards Should we have guns? The apple story Mentioned in this episode: Gary Snyder Brene Brown's interview on On Being Support this podcast: Discount link to purchase organic,...
[Repost] FAR OUT #10 ~ Making Space for Depression
August 11, 2021 12:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBJulie-Roxane and Alasdair sit down to talk about 2019 and end up having an impromptu conversation about depression and how they make space for it in their lives and in their relationship. Listen to this episode and explore: How 2019 began for Alasdair (6:38) How pain helps us change (8:00) Giving space in a relationship when we're in different places (10:44) The value of depression (11:48) How depression is similar to an acid trip (12:40) The problem with numbing (13:14) Loving by le...
[Repost] FAR OUT #46 ~ Going to a nudist camp with my mother in law?!
August 04, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBListen and explore: Julie-Roxane asks a very strange question---at least it was to her American husband. What's weird about going to a nudist camp for the first time in France with your mother-in-law? How it went + the highlights A few reflections on how we live our lives sparked from our time in the nude Listen to the end for a special surprise! :) Mentioned on this episode: Wild Within Yosemite - where Alasdair & Julie-Roxane met Jess. Connect with us: Website: www.thefarout.life...
[Repost] FAR OUT #33 ~ Going through life's thresholds with Danny van Leeuwen
July 28, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBListen and explore: The importance of holding space and being there when others cross thresholds. The way Danny and his family chose a back to the land life "You've come a long way buddy": Danny's Men's Lib group What life on land looked like: the financial situation, growing food and slaughtering chickens, the toilet situation What homeschooling looked like for them and how his kids are doing these days Why they left the land? Danny's career moving from individual health to organizat...
FAR OUT #139 ~ What Does it Mean to Live a Life of Service?
July 21, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBListen and explore: We're taking a short break for summer: new episodes of the podcast will air on Wednesday, September 8th, 2021. Peeling the layers of the ego back Aligning our ego with something greater In service to what? The wanderer and the apprentice: stages of development When Alasdair first heard the call to service When Julie-Roxane first heard the call to service Becoming a student again The challenges we are experiencing in striving to live a life of service Mentioned ...
FAR OUT #138 ~ Wilderness & the Four Facets of Nature
July 14, 2021 12:00 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBListen and explore: Does Julie-Roxane need to cry? Why we need wild places Wilderness as medicine What does it mean to serve Wilderness? How we've lost touch with our wild nature The four facets of nature: wild world, body, emotions, imagination Using the the four facets to design our retreats at Wild Within Mentioned on this episode: Bill Plotkin and the Animas institute FAR OUT #120 ~ What is Your Medicine? Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization in the Body by Reginald Ray ...
FAR OUT #137 ~ We're Selling the Camper [Life Update]
July 07, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 61 MBListen and explore: Why we're selling the truck camper just when things got good Where we're going (we think) Listening to ego vs. our higher selves/intuition and how each feels Transitioning from wanderer to apprentice We bought a car! Masculine and feminine energies in our relationship Nonviolent communication, the Observer and shadow in relationship dynamics Mentioned on this episode: The Path to Interesting: 6 Steps for Following Your Intuition (Alasdair's blog) Bo Burnham (All...
FAR OUT #136 ~ 3 Nutrients for a Fulfilling Life: Beyond, Becoming & Belonging
June 30, 2021 12:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBMentioned on this episode: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (movie) The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth by Scott Peck Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex and Death in a World That's Lost It Mind by Jamie Wheal Wild Within Connect with us: Website: www.thefarout.life Email us at [email protected] Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com Support this podcast: Discount link to purchase organic, raw ceremonial-grade cacao locally...
FAR OUT #135 ~ What is Your Restorative Niche?
June 23, 2021 12:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBPhoto taken by Alasdair in the Caucasus mountains in Georgia (the country). Listen and explore: A brief summary of extraversion and introversion You are not an ambivert The extravert bias in our Western culture and what this means for introverts Hiding in the restroom as an introvert during a business conference Self-awareness and approaching situations based on your personality preferences What is a restorative niche? Why can we all benefit from them? Alasdair's and Julie-Roxane's...
FAR OUT #134 ~ Faith, Vision and Business: Building Wild Within
June 16, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBListen and explore: Spiritual growth & the business path How the pandemic affected Alasdair's business, or, is it doomed? Wild Within's revenue for 2020 and projected revenue for 2021 Growing pains, "good problems to have" and transcending your current limitations Straddling the line between what's actual and what's possible "Chewing glass and looking into the void" Trust in business partnerships Is this foolishness or is this faith? The grand adventure: living your one, wild life ...
FAR OUT #133 ~ Ups and Downs from the Road in the Northwest [Life Update]
June 09, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBListen and explore: Our favorite board games of all time The lack of elders and initiation rites in contemporary society Where we've been and what we've been doing over the last month Dieting the Juniper tree in the Oregon high desert Kambo and announcing new Kambo dates in Oregon in August Some of the questions we're currently facing with our journey and lifestyle What god do you serve? Trusting our own intuition and learning to trust each other's Surfing the wave: staying in the ...
FAR OUT #132 ~ Integration Practices: A Path Toward Lasting Change
June 02, 2021 12:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBListen and explore: Integration is the practice of bringing separate parts together as a whole When is integration useful? Different forms integration may take Cultivating the art of listening to ourselves and acting on the messages we receive Building faith in our natural intelligence and process Ideas for integration practices and some of the ones we've explored Mentioned on this episode: FAR OUT #130 ~ Françoise Bourzat on the Healing Power of Expanded States of Consciousness Co...
FAR OUT #131 ~ Being a Foreigner in a Foreign Land: The Journey of Immigrating
May 26, 2021 12:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBListen and explore: Julie-Roxane's early relationship with U.S. culture The sense of destiny Julie-Roxane has experienced with the U.S. and the English language The challenges Julie-Roxane has faced immigrating to the U.S. What it's been like to have one life in France and another in the U.S. The questions of identity that have come up while immigrating The fear of forgetting one's roots and being forgotten Mentioned on this episode: FAR OUT#97 ~ Your Body is not the Obstacle, It's t...
FAR OUT #130 ~ Françoise Bourzat on the Healing Power of Expanded States of Consciousness
May 19, 2021 12:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBListen and explore: The importance of having an experienced guide when entering expanded states of consciousness Respecting tradition and lineage and blending it with our own individual creativity and life journey Different ways to journey into expanded states of consciousness Why psychedelics are such a powerful modality to work with for healing and transformation Françoise's journey to becoming a healer and guide Surrender and faith as foundational elements for working with entheogen...
FAR OUT #129 ~ 7 Things You Need to Know Before Going Into a Business Partnership
May 12, 2021 12:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBListen and explore: #1: A business partnership is like a marriage without the sex #2: Plan for failure #3: Everything is on the table #4: If you aren't having hard conversations you aren't doing it right #5: Don't work with a jerk #6: Take baby steps and feel it out slowly #7: Do it for love Mentioned on this episode: FAR OUT#97 ~ Your Body is not the Obstacle, It's the Way: Will Johnson on the Posture of Meditation Join our free book club over at Wild Within Discover Your Wild Gi...