MUD\WTR: Trends with Benefits

After serving 14 years in prison, 90 days of which were in solitary confinement, Chris Buroughs is now the director of Garden 31, a group that works to localize food production in San Diego's low income neighborhoods by training new farmers with a focus on formerly incarcerated men and women as well as those suffering from substance abuse issues.

MUD\FILMS’ new ‘Rituals’ series explores the enduring daily habits of people we admire. 

In ‘The Importance of Ritual: From Prison to Leading a Fulfilling Life,’ the formerly incarcerated urban gardener Chris Burroughs uses routine and nature to expand his world … instead of making it smaller. Chris is up and at ’em before the sun comes up, bringing his body, his mind and his dog into total alignment. 

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Thanks to our jobs, the way we monetize our hobbies, the endless multi-tasking and the constant notifications from our devices, we don’t ever stop working. We don’t rest.  We’re in a culture of chronic stress and it’s affecting our mental health. I’m not here to give you more stretches you can do at your desk to help you work longer. I’m here to teach you how to leave burnout on read. 

Sara

:microdose host

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After serving 14 years in prison, 90 days of which were in solitary confinement, Chris Buroughs is now the director of Garden 31, a group that works to localize food production in San Diego's low income neighborhoods by training new farmers with a focus on formerly incarcerated men and women as well as those suffering from substance abuse issues.

MUD\FILMS’ new ‘Rituals’ series explores the enduring daily habits of people we admire. 

In ‘The Importance of Ritual: From Prison to Leading a Fulfilling Life,’ the formerly incarcerated urban gardener Chris Burroughs uses routine and nature to expand his world … instead of making it smaller. Chris is up and at ’em before the sun comes up, bringing his body, his mind and his dog into total alignment. 

Watch the film on YouTube.

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Tired of people throwing their emotional garbage in your driveway, leaving you to clean up the mess? If you’re done letting other people trash your energy, listen to today’s episode for a practice that will help you clear out what’s not yours, fill back up with the good stuff and protect you from the racoons of other people’s problems.

Sara

:microdose host

Exercise:

1. Know what’s yours, and what’s theirs. If it’s theirs, clear it out.
   
   
2. Fill yourself back up with you—your thoughts, emotions and dreams.
   
   
3. Practice re-centering: Turn the static down, get outside in the open air and do whatever you need to create more space in your body.

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Joey Odom is the co-founder of Aro, a company that’s working to address cell phone addiction. In the first half of this podcast, Joey interviews me. Then, we flip it around and I interview Joey (crazy I know), before diving into the dangers of digital addiction. Joey was introduced to me by the great Chris Keener of MUD\FILMS. Thanks Chris, Joey didn't disappoint.

Kyle

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Is someone living rent-free inside your head? If your mind feels like a big family dinner where everybody gives their opinion on how you should be living your life, and then you get stuck cleaning up their dishes, it’s time for a quiet mind retreat. In this episode, I’ll show you how to stop extra thoughts weighing you down, so your mind feels less like it’s going home for the holidays … and more like it’s napping by a clear mountain lake.

Sara

:micro host

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Mark Divine (@realmarkdivine) is a Navy SEAL Commander and Zen meditation practitioner. After a successful 20 year career as a Navy SEAL, Mark was hired to create a nationwide coaching and leadership program for the U.S. Navy’s primary operations force. The program aims to give the SEALs the best leadership and mental management tools in the world, and to help them forge unbeatable teams that achieve mission success in the most stressful, challenging environments on earth.

Recently, Divine and his Courage Foundation team set a world record by completing over 22 million burpees to raise awareness, support and funding for our Veteran heroes.

Kyle

:macro host

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Sex and drugs are two of the most powerful tools we can use to alter our consciousness. Separately, they hold the power of transformation and healing. Because of this, they’re hotly-debated, steeped in stigmas and assumptions, and heavily regulated. So if sex and psychedelics can shake up the status quo on their own, what happens when we combine them? How can we do so with intention?

Exercise:

What’s your ideal set and setting? 

If you’re exploring sex and psychedelics with a partner, do you and the other person have compatible intentions? 

Have you explicitly communicated what your intentions are?

Need help? Try the “Wheel of Consent” exercise by Betty Martin:

https://bettymartin.org/videos/

https://brittaloved.com

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Scott Norton (@swhnorton) is a venture capitalist and MUD\WTR board member. He previously co-founded Sir Kensington's—the brand that’s best known for making condiments with character. At Sir Kensington’s, he raised over $20 million from investors, guiding the company to a successful acquisition by Unilever in 2017.

Scott has been named one of Fast Company's “Most Creative People in Business” and listed on Forbes' “30 Under 30.” 

About a year ago, I gave Scott one of his first surfing lessons at Venice Beach. On the wave he maintained a low, crouched position and kept his eyes straight ahead … just like I told him. Nice job, Scott!

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There’s something about putting pen to paper that helps us separate the wheat from the chaff. Journaling helps us track what is working in our lives and what needs to change, bringing both our fears and dreams into the light of awareness. Know all this, but you’re still not doing it? Here are some tips to get you started with a consistent journaling habit. 

Try this journaling exercise:

1. Designate a specific time each day to sit down and write.
2. Set a timer for, say, three minutes. When the timer goes off, stop writing!
3. Make sure to have your writing prompts ready.
   

The trick is to “James Clear” it: Make the journaling task obvious, attractive, easy and satisfying.

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Zac Cirivello is the Operations Manager of Fly Ranch, a 3,800-acre ranch 12 miles north of Burning Man’s Black Rock City home base in Northern Nevada. Abiding by Burning Man's 10 core principles, Fly Ranch is an alternative community which hosts campouts, work days and more than 700 public nature walks. Projects are organized by hundreds of volunteers and tend to focus on reconnection, healing, human creativity and the land. —Kyle

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Imagine if you were able to get exactly what you wanted sexually because you knew how to communicate it clearly.  Imagine giving someone mind blowing pleasure because you could hear and respond like a sexual black belt. Would you like to know more? (See how I just checked for consent?) Listen in and learn how.

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William Padilla-Brown (@mycosymbite) is a citizen mycologist and author of the Cordyceps Cultivation Handbook. He's also one of the most verbally fluid, big thinking, paradigm-rocking mother truckers I've ever met in all of my nine lives! Will swung by MUD\WTR to teach a mushroom cultivating workshop and we featured his new film, The Fungal Fortunes of William Padilla-Brown.

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Shane Heath (@somanypossibilities) is MUD\WTR's founder & CEO. He's also my boss. So, I'd like to take a moment to talk about his biceps. They're like pythons, or wet rope. And lately he's been looking extra youthful, like a baby. A super-jacked baby with vision. I think it's because of his new hyperbaric chamber, which we discuss in this episode. It almost killed him because he didn't read the directions before climbing inside. We talk about that too. Please tell Shane how much you loved this episode so I can keep my job.—Kyle

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Turns out peer pressure isn’t just for school kids—even adults get labeled as untrustworthy buzzkills for opting out of that last shot.  But why do our friends take it so personally when we make choices about our own bodies? This episode explores why the pack takes it so personally when we defy convention by choosing to stay sober.

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Chris Keener is one of my favorite creative collaborators in the whole wild world. He’s the head of MUD\FILMS, and I get to write scripts with him by day, then philosophize with him by night: To be, or not to be? Are we alone in the universe? Vanilla or chocolate milkshake at In-n-Out? He's a breathwork coach and every Wednesday leads our team through a lil' guided breathwork session. A master storyteller, Chris has worked with National Geographic, Discovery Channel, ESPN and the Travel Channel. He produced the five-part docuseries We Speak Dance for Netflix. But now MUD\WTR gets all of his attention, which we are all very happy about.

:mushroom boost by MUD\WTR is here to support immunity, vitality and mental sharpness. The powder is a blend of eight mushrooms: lion’s mane, cordyceps, chaga, reishi, turkey tail, king trumpet, maitake and shiitake mushrooms and mycelium.

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Jealousy can really harsh our mellow, spiraling us into fear and humiliation and pain and paranoia. But it’s time to make friends with the green-eyed monster by getting clear on how it shows up, why and what we can do to soothe its worried little heart. In this episode, we’ll explore the following questions:

What makes you feel jealous?

Where is jealousy located in your body?

Does it have movement, pressure or temperature?

What emotions are you experiencing underneath the label of jealousy?

What are your underlying unmet needs?

:mushroom boost by MUD\WTR is here to support immunity, vitality and mental sharpness. The powder is a blend of eight mushrooms: lion’s mane, cordyceps, chaga, reishi, turkey tail, king trumpet, maitake and shiitake mushrooms and mycelium.

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Collagen is touted as a bone builder, muscle enhancer, hormone balancer and beauty aid. Is it worth the hype or more of a hoax? Sara’s on a collagen quest to pull a Geralt of Rivia and go full Witcher in her biohacking.

Mushroom boost by MUD\WTR is here to support immunity, vitality and mental sharpness. The powder is a blend of eight mushrooms: lion’s mane, cordyceps, chaga, reishi, turkey tail, king trumpet, maitake and shiitake mushrooms and mycelium.

Use the code BOOST25 for 25% off your first order of mushroom boost.

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Dr. Jim Fadiman is considered America's wisest and most respected authority on psychedelics and their use. In 1974 he co-founded the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, and has since continued to explore potential medical and creative uses of psychedelic drugs. In his book, The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic and Sacred Journeys, he provides insight into safe and correct uses of psychedelic drugs. The book was inspired by his unique knowledge of psychedelic experiences and his desire to explain beneficial uses of those substances. His most recent book, Your Symphony of Selves, he explores why you are a different you at different times and how that’s both normal and healthy. He received his B.A. from Harvard University in Social Relations in 1960, and his M.A. and Ph.D from Stanford University in Psychology in 1962 and 1965, respectively.

Mushroom boost by MUD\WTR is here to support immunity, vitality and mental sharpness. The powder is a blend of eight mushrooms: lion’s mane, cordyceps, chaga, reishi, turkey tail, king trumpet, maitake and shiitake mushrooms and mycelium.

Use the code BOOST25 for 25% off your first order of mushroom boost.

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Are you willing to face your own death? What about the death of loved ones? Have you made a plan for how to handle death? If you’d like to know how to make friends with the Big Unknown, it’s time to turn toward the hard questions we prefer to avoid.

Who are you in this body?

When this body dies, who is left?

What do you believe about death?

How do you accept the next stage—for you and for others?

Mushroom boost by MUD\WTR is here to support immunity, vitality and mental sharpness. The powder is a blend of eight mushrooms: lion’s mane, cordyceps, chaga, reishi, turkey tail, king trumpet, maitake and shiitake mushrooms and mycelium.

Use the code BOOST25 for 25% off your first order of mushroom boost. 

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