017 - Staying Aligned with Our Values Through Life's Adversity with David Denys

In this episode, I share a conversation with my friend, David, a mental health professional, musician, and one of the most genuinely caring and insightful people I know. 

Follow David on IG @colouring.daydreams!
Check out David's debut album here!

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Let's connect!

For more from Unapologetically Human with Dan Boivin, follow us on Instagram:

@unapologeticli
@drcsboivin

Please reach out with feedback/comments, or questions, and to let me know what you'd like to hear or learn more about!

And please give the podcast a review on Apple Podcasts as it helps others find the show and helps us find more supporters!

To support the show and our ability to bring more valuable conversations and insights, please consider becoming a supporter on Patreon or by Buying Me a Coffee!

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Topics covered/touched upon in this episode: 

• David's Christian upbringing and later conversion to Islam, including some of his favourite stories from the Koran

• Examining your life's trajectory, including some of the most important questions in doing so, and standing up for what you believe in against the violent mob

• Living in a post-secular world and how people are adopting new religious-like ideologies and pseudo-religious belief systems

• Being a slave to part of yourself it seems like you can't control, the differences between the prefrontal cortex and the brain stem, and how important it is to learn to have conversations between them 

• Saying you believe in God, but not having a relationship with God

• That we are spiritual beings but that we try to feed our spiritual needs through physical means and how it fails us

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Other things mentioned/to check out: 

• Series: Foundations of Islam by Hamza Yusuf

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UH's theme music was composed by Akira The Don. He's amazing...check out his MEANINGWAVE UNIVERSE!

Lyrics and co-production by, yours truly, Max Draxby.

In this episode, I share a conversation with my friend, David, a mental health professional, musician, and one of the most genuinely caring and insightful people I know. 

Follow David on IG @colouring.daydreams! Check out David's debut album here!

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Let's connect!

For more from Unapologetically Human with Dan Boivin, follow us on Instagram:

@unapologeticli @drcsboivin

Please reach out with feedback/comments, or questions, and to let me know what you'd like to hear or learn more about!

And please give the podcast a review on Apple Podcasts as it helps others find the show and helps us find more supporters!

To support the show and our ability to bring more valuable conversations and insights, please consider becoming a supporter on Patreon or by Buying Me a Coffee!

———————————————————————————————————

Topics covered/touched upon in this episode: 

• David's Christian upbringing and later conversion to Islam, including some of his favourite stories from the Koran

• Examining your life's trajectory, including some of the most important questions in doing so, and standing up for what you believe in against the violent mob

• Living in a post-secular world and how people are adopting new religious-like ideologies and pseudo-religious belief systems

• Being a slave to part of yourself it seems like you can't control, the differences between the prefrontal cortex and the brain stem, and how important it is to learn to have conversations between them 

• Saying you believe in God, but not having a relationship with God

• That we are spiritual beings but that we try to feed our spiritual needs through physical means and how it fails us

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Other things mentioned/to check out: 

• Series: Foundations of Islam by Hamza Yusuf

———————————————————————————————————

UH's theme music was composed by Akira The Don. He's amazing...check out his MEANINGWAVE UNIVERSE!

Lyrics and co-production by, yours truly, Max Draxby.