Podcast Episodes on Mental Health & Social Science

July 11, 2022

#103. How a Pastor Views Church Hurt, Do We Have Free Will, and Is Go…

This week’s guest is James Lee. James is a Christian philosopher, a college pastor at Youngnak LA, and a lecturer at Biola University. James has a graduate degree in pastoral care and counseling and a doctorate of ministry in integrative theology and philosophy. You know that the reality is that…

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July 4, 2022

#102. Treating Homelessness One Patient At a Time through Street Medi…

This week’s guest is Brett Feldman. Brett is the Director and Co-Founder of the Street Medicine Division at Keck School of Medicine of USC. So material poverty is much easier to solve. It's that long loneliness of homelessness that you never know when it's going to end. And that takes a lot more…

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June 27, 2022

#101. Horrific Vietnamese Refugee Boat Experience, Why We Are Not Our…

This week’s guest is Dr. Trang Hoang, Ph.D., LCSW. Dr. Hoang is a professor at the USC School of Social Work, former division director at SSG Alliance, and received her graduate and doctorate degrees at UCLA. For folks who are trying to get on that boat or that plane, being alive is the mission.…

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June 20, 2022

#100. How 25 Year Old Started a Top 200 Business Podcast, Best Succes…

Arsh Kharbanda hosts TheFlexCoach Podcast, a top 1% business podcast in the world, and works in supply chain management for HelloFresh.   For some reason, we feel like we're important enough for people to care about us. We don't call or text or catch up with random people that we used to know. …

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June 13, 2022

#99. Expert Home Gardener Shares The Best Tips to Grow Plants and Foo…

This week's guest is Ross Raddi. Ross Raddi is an expert arborist Youtuber, home gardener, blogger, and tax accountant. Ross is also known as the Fig Boss in the figs community. To make yourself a good gardener or grower, it's all about observation. If you don't have the observation skills, you …

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June 6, 2022

#98. Mystic Poet and Astrologist on Tarot Reading, Spirituality, Soci…

This week’s guest is Kitty Knorr. Kitty is a mystic poet, astrologist, tarot reader, and former founder and editorial director of Okay Cool Magazine. If you were to put any individual's brain under MRI scan, their brain activity actually changes and morphs based on the level of affirmations you …

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May 30, 2022

#97. A Life Coach's Approach to Living Full Life & Modern Dating — Ol…

This week's guest is Oliver Fehlandt. Oliver is a popular mind-body-spirit healer, life coach, and fellow student of life—who specializes in Parts & Memory Therapy modality and emotional regulation—to provide trauma-informed coaching to his clients and beyond. My father passed away when I was 16…

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May 23, 2022

#96. Technology, Neural Network & the Need for Systems Thinking in Mo…

The guest of honor this week is Alan Booker. Alan is the founder of the Institute of Integrated Regenerative Design, a cloud computing expert, herbal medicine, and integrated health practitioner.  Technology is an intentional patterning of information, material, and energy to allow an organism t…

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May 16, 2022

#95. Success Leaves Clues, Being Comfortable with the Unknown, and Bu…

The guest of honor this week is Benjamin Carter. Ben is a Caribbean-American singer-songwriter, artist, father, and fellow student of life. As a kid, I didn't even know I was chubby. Kids are incredible. Steve Jobs is one of the greatest innovators of ever. He took 20 years of research to wr…

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March 21, 2022

#94. Guiding Life through Questions, Embracing Education as Awakening…

This week’s guest is Julie Knutson. Julie is an author and educator with a wide-ranging background in history, humanities, and the social sciences. She also serves as editorial director at ThinkCERCA. The most fascinating thing about storytelling is how much it depends on interpersonal dynamics.…

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Feb. 21, 2022

#93. Thinking Big About Culinary Indigenization, Identity Work, and E…

This week, we continue our conversation with Rachel Lucero. She is the creator and the host of The Sago Show, a Filipino food show that explores history, culture, and identity through Filipino food recipes. We learn about the concept of indigenization and the importance of taking action. Aidan: …

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Feb. 14, 2022

#92. The Unknown History of Filipino Food, Hidden Cost of Cultural As…

This week’s guest is Rachel Lucero. She is the host and creator of The Sago Show—a Filipino food show that seeks to examine the intricate intersectionality of culture, history, and education through creative & authentic Filipino food recipes. Last year, I was invited to speak to the association …

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Jan. 31, 2022

#91. Failing Forward (the Podcast) and How to Stay Grounded & Be Prou…

This week’s guest is Montay Fowler. Montay was born & raised in Philadelphia and is a graduate of Temple University and UPenn’s Masters of Social Work program. Lane: Sometimes you got to be your biggest fan, your biggest critic. You don't have to fit the profile or check all the boxes on the sur…

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Jan. 10, 2022

#90. The Reflective Episode—The Freedom of Choicelessness, Joy of Lea…

Discover More aims to accelerate the learning process together through intentional dialogues. Only by taking that first step into purpose are we able to actually move forward. We hope you enjoy and continue to Discover More. The idea of detachment really comes up for me throughout that story. Th…

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Dec. 13, 2021

#89. Tapping into Life, the Healing Power of Music & Interconnectedne…

This week, we continue our conversation with Yoshua Greenfield. Yoshua is a talented musician, author, home cook, nature-lover, and bare-foot advocate. That's why I created the Everybody Band. The reason I teach music and teach vocal opening is because I've had experiences with people who have n…

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Dec. 6, 2021

#88. Awakening through Detachment, Transcending Self-Doubt, and Livin…

This week’s guest, Yoshua Greenfield, is one of the most fascinating people we’ve ever met. A talented musician, author, home cook, nature-lover, and bare-foot advocate, Yoshua comes with a wide range of important stories and lessons. How relationship is, how we relate to anything is something t…

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Nov. 22, 2021

#87. Discovering Forgiveness & Life’s Lessons through The Healing Pow…

This week, we continue our conversation with Dr. Bob Choat. Dr. Choat is one of the most impressive & widely-experienced people we’ve ever met. A former Marine Veteran, Bob has worked extensively in physical fitness and martial arts— earning him a 5th-degree black belt in Kenpo and senior instructo…

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Nov. 15, 2021

#86. How to Learn Effectively, Live a Life of Curiosity, and Pivot wi…

This week’s guest is Dr. Bob Choat. As a former recon special force marine, Bob recognized the importance of psychology and physiology early on and leaned into his innate curiosity to pursue 2 post-doctorates - one in clinical psychology and one in neuropsychology. I like to use that part as my …

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Oct. 18, 2021

#85. Running Two Solo Marathons and Redefining Your Impossible throug…

This week, we continue our conversation with Cory Camp. Cory is a personal performance coach, podcast host, and the founder of the Forever Athlete brand & community. How do you show up for yourself? That's where your identity is. It's not who you are for your mom or brother or employer. Once you…

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Oct. 11, 2021

#84. The Forever Athlete Mindset and How to Achieve Peak Performance …

This week's guest is Cory Camp. Corey is a personal performance coach, podcast host, and the founder of the Forever Athlete brand and community. Setting intentions first for the day. With those intentions then I'm able to show up and do the things way better than someone who's just running from …

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Sept. 27, 2021

#83. Canada’s Mosaic Culture, How to Navigate Productivity vs. Creati…

This week, we continue with part two of our conversation with Casey Palmer. Casey is a blogger, father, project manager, podcaster, and owner of the brand Casey Palmer, Canadian Dad. If you're not creating and doing things from a place of core central beliefs, it won't have an impact on you. I w…

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Sept. 20, 2021

#82. Black Fatherhood, Canadian Culture, and Impactful Lessons from 2…

This week’s guest is Casey Palmer. He’s a Canadian content creator, IT project manager, podcast host, and a Black father to two amazing kids in Toronto. We often tell ourselves we aren't enough. You need to envision who you want to be and start making small steps towards that. I celebrate the sm…

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Sept. 6, 2021

#81. 2 Year Celebration of the Discover More Podcast

“I think this leads into an idea that represents the podcast as a whole. As we’ve talked about it a lot before, but it’s just ‘better questions lead to better answers.’ I believe that more and more each day that our lives are...

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Aug. 30, 2021

#80. Why We Discover More: Year 2 Interview Highlights

Welcome back to a special episode of Discover More. Join us in celebrating the 2 year anniversary of the Discover More podcast with a special highlight episode. Here are some of our favorite moments from our most recent inter...

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