What It Means To Be Alive
Imagine being able to experience the world through a different lens. One where you are not just observing life but taking part in it and experiencing its magic. What It Means To Be Alive explores curious and taboo topics integral to understanding what humans do, why we do it, and what it means for us as a human race. Together we'll explore topics ranging from psychology, new-age spiritualism, religion, decolonization, alternative realities, privilege, aliens, sex, psychedelics and plain everyday (somethings boring) life.
Episodes
54 episodes since 2020
Letting Go Of Other People's Opinions: How To Find True Inner Peace
At some point in our lives, we all face the challenge of letting go of other people's opinions. Whether it's a parent, a friend, or even society, there comes a time when we have to decide what matters most to us. On the one hand...
August 15, 2022
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10:12
What Its Like to Take Magic Mushrooms on Good Friday
Have you ever tried psychedelics? For many people, the experience is life-changing. It can be a way to access new levels of awareness and understanding that are difficult to reach in everyday consciousness.If you're a self-development...
August 08, 2022
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19:49
Psychedelics Should Come with a Warning Label
Psychedelics are becoming increasingly popular as people look for different ways to expand their consciousness and improve their mental health. It's no secret that psychedelics can have profound effects on our psyche. Used intentionally, they c...
August 01, 2022
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10:55
The Evolution of Self with Amy Demone
In this episode, host Amy D, shares her gratitude to listeners for supporting the show, and the Empathy Front. She shares how she has evolved over the past few years through the death of her father, a cancer diagnosis of her mother, assuming le...
April 27, 2021
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Episode 50
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10:21
What It's Like to Be Diagnosed with Bipolar in Your 50s with Bob Krulish
Diagnosis of mental health may be seemingly ordinary these days, but before 2010, mental illness was a taboo subject that no one dared to talk about. Living undiagnosed and experiencing a different way of processing than those around him, Bob b...
April 20, 2021
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Episode 49
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28:16
You Are Not Alone in the Struggle with Mental Illness with Tommy Dahlborg
We repeat you are not alone! Mental illness can sometimes feel like a lonely place, but an army of individuals who have endured the struggle of managing their mental health who are here to lend a shoulder to learn on Tommy Dahlborg is one of th...
April 13, 2021
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Episode 48
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34:00
Surrendering to Love and Death with Larry Indiviglia
Fear is a funny thing. It keeps up from surrendering to love and death. It prevents us from experiencing the rich vastness of the human experience. It prevents us from feeling both the good and the bad, and avoiding it helps us think in more co...
April 06, 2021
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Episode 47
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27:51
Why Toxic Spirituality and Mental Illness Don't Mix with Alysa Wolfe
Toxic spirituality is a lot more harmful than we realize. Focusing only on the positive prevents the people in pain from being seen, feeling understood, and being advocated for. It allows individuals who have always sat in the privilege to cont...
March 30, 2021
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Episode 46
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38:44
Why People Cheat: Stress, Overwhelm and Low Self Esteem with Zach Mathers
Have you ever wondered the real reason why people cheat? On today’s episode, Zach Mathers shares his honest, open, and raw experience of cheating on his partner and how the two of them successfully navigated the betrayal together.&...
March 23, 2021
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Episode 45
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33:06
3 Simple At Home Exercises to Tap Into Your Energy for Stress Release with Brian Berneman
Adjusting to working from home takes much longer than a month or two. The sedentary you become, and the more you sit in non-ergonomic chairs, the more your body starts to ache. Sound familiar? This episode is excellent for everyon...
March 16, 2021
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Episode 44
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24:32
The Benefits of Including Intentional Play Into Your Schedule with Jeffrey Harry
As a child, all I wanted to be was grown up. As a child, I experienced a lot of anxiety. It controlled my life and led me to feel hopeless and like a completely different type of kid than those around me. Unfortunately, during most of my childh...
March 09, 2021
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Episode 43
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28:06
One Woman's Journey to Overcoming Long Term Disordered Eating with Robin Clare
Many individuals have lived experience or know someone who has lived experience with disordered eating at some point in their life. Disordered eating comes in many forms, such as addiction to the gym, purging, eating too few calories, and binge...
March 02, 2021
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Episode 42
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28:46
My Deep Dark Secret, I'm a Binge Eater with Amy
Binge eating is a topic that more and more individuals - and influencers - are talking about. Personally, I have struggled with being a binge eater for quite some time - a stress relief tactic taught to me by my father. Unknowingly - of c...
February 26, 2021
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Episode 41
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33:42
You Are Your Biggest Experiment: Developing Your Intuition with Lee Chambers
Developing your intuition is the first step to self-actualization. In this episode, Lee Chambers sits down with us and explains how our entire life is one big science experiment on ourselves. Infused with Lee's expertise in environmental ps...
February 23, 2021
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Episode 40
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37:01
On Death and Dying with Nicholas Goodman
Nicholas Goodman talks about his experience working in a hospice and how he has learnt to sit with death and dying. Death and dying are subjects that are very taboo in the western world, keeping death and the process hidden from view, as per th...
February 16, 2021
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Episode 39
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52:12
An Easy Exercise to Help Build Self-Awareness with Amy D
Looking for an easy exercise to help build self-awareness and encouragement?Letter writing or having a fake conversation with yourself sounds silly to most. Still, this transformational exercise allows you to see/hear all the fantast...
February 12, 2021
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Episode 38
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8:07
An Interview with Former Chief of Police about Trauma and Mental Health with Dr. Scott Silverii
TW: Trauma and Mental Health// Murder//Mental Illness//Abuse//Law Enforcement// Minority Abuse (There are some very shocking stories in this episode - please beware)In this episode of What We're Not Talking About, I sit down with Scott ...
February 09, 2021
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Episode 37
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1:00:27
Why to Find Your Purpose with Amy D
"Purpose is such a weird word. It's been overused and oversold, but there is magic when you find your purpose (and not in the career-focused only sense). Purpose is so much more about what job you hold, it's about your intention and how it can ...
February 05, 2021
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Episode 36
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11:05
Teaching in Today's Confusing World: Teacher Trauma, the Pandemic and Becoming Resilient with Lindsey Acton
Nobody likes to talk about how little teachers are paid, or how hard it is to work with different types of students and learners. We don't want to talk about how education keeps experiencing budget cut after budget cut, reversing policy to incl...
February 02, 2021
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Episode 35
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44:53
The Voices Inside My Head with Amy D
Have you ever asked yourself, "what are these voices inside my head all about"? I sure have. In this episode, I combine what I've learned in my counselling degree, Freudian thinking, spirituality, neuroscience, and so much more. I've synthesize...
January 29, 2021
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Episode 34
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10:29
Psychedelics for Mental Illness - Is This the Future of Treatment? with Devon Phillips
With the micro-dosing burst in silicon valley in 2017, micro-dosing psilocybin and LSD have become quite a hot topic for productivity. Recently, these drugs are being studied to see if they can help in the long term effects of mental illness. D...
January 26, 2021
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Episode 33
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1:04:33
Remember, You Are the Ocean, and It's Just a Storm with Amy D
On this episode of the What We're NOT talking about podcast, I'm going to do something different. I'll share with you a beautiful metaphor of my favorite artist of all time, Ben Howard, that talks about you as the ocean. Are you ready to ...
January 22, 2021
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Episode 32
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4:19
The Benefits of Hypnosis: An Option for Coping with Anxiety other Mental Health Struggles with Doug Sands
In this episode, I talk with Doug Sands about the benefits of hypnosis. Doug is a hypnotist, Buddhist meditator, and mental health warrior who helps people worldwide manage their symptoms using hypnosis and meditation.We talk about the b...
January 19, 2021
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Episode 31
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42:11
3 Decades, 3 Lessons with Amy D
On this episode of the What We're NOT talking about podcast I'm going to share 3 lessons I've learned in the 3 decades of my life. For those of you who might be wondering why I share this episode now, I've got some news for you. My birthday is ...
January 15, 2021
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Episode 30
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9:01
What it's Like to Escape a Cult with Jessie Shedden
Welcome to another episode of the What We're NOT Talking about podcast. Today I have with me Jessie Shedden, a British- Australian chicken-loving, cult-escaping badass woman, who has become an inspirational author, and consultant. She has...
January 12, 2021
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Episode 29
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45:03