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Parenting can feel like captaining a crew, and sometimes the crew mutinies.  In this episode Sara talks about how to not go down with the ship, never abandon a crew mate, and sail through the eye of the storm. Spoiler: it’s about not adding more trauma by punishing yourself and those you love for how long it takes to heal.

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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Shelby Hartman is the co-founder and CEO of DoubleBlind, a media company covering all things pertaining to the psychedelic movement. Her work has appeared in VICE, Playboy, Quartz, LA Weekly, the Huffington Post, Thrillist and Rolling Stone.

DoubleBlind Magazine

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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Which kinds of secrets are OK and which are dealbreakers? When does a desire for privacy turn into a secret turn into a lie? Today we get curious about the good intentions behind the not-so-great behavior of withholding information. Plus, we’ll make a plan for how to recover, whether you’re the one giving or receiving less than the truth.

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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Humans are ultra-social animals, which means when we lose our place around the fire the consequences can be devastating. Whether you need a crew or feel lonely in a crowd, it’s critical to prioritize creating both quantity and quality in your social relationships. Here are the first steps to take.

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.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

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Ben Horton (@benhortonphoto) has based his career on being able to go places that other people either cannot—or don’t want to—go. From thousands of feet underwater to the most remote regions in the arctic, Ben’s passion is to use photography as a means to inspire people to take stewardship of the planet. Ben started his career with National Geographic by telling the story of the sharks of Cocos Island. He traced the illegal fishing industry from Costa Rica to China, and as a result of his work helped to increase the park boundaries and protection of two of Costa Rica’s national parks. He was awarded the National Geographic Society’s first-ever Young Explorer Grant for his work, and he has since moved on to receive a number of other National Geographic grants and assignments, and recently starred in a documentary for National Geographic featuring his work in Thailand. Ben is based in Southern California, where he works primarily on adventure campaigns.

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.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

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Robin Wall Kimmerer tells us in Braiding Sweetgrass, “In some Native languages the term for plants translates to ‘those who take care of us.’” What would it mean for humanity if we acknowledge not just the ways plants nourish us, but teach us, as well?  In today’s episode, we go out on a limb (because that's where the fruit is) to explore the consciousness of plants.

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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In a since-deleted “fact sheet,” D.A.R.E claimed marijuana had no medical value, weakened the immune system and caused insanity. But as Shakespeare said, “at the length the truth will out” and we now know the War on Drugs was more about criminalizing certain groups of people than keeping the public safe. Whether you need help recovering from addiction, want access to healing or just don’t want to be shamed for having a good time at a festival, it’s time to reimagine the future of substances.

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.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

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Melatonin is the OG sleep support. But does it benefit you?  Maybe it’s time to transition your relationship in order to explore something more compatible. Something that understands your moods and knows exactly what your body 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.

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

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

For weekly stories visit Trends w/ Benefits and sign up for our newsletter.

Get 20% off your first MUD\WTR by using the code TWB20 at checkout.

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Dan Siegel suggests “investing in a relational trust fund” by knowing how to make someone feel safe, seen, and soothed.  But what if we could create secure attachment beyond our one-to-one relationships to create security in our homes, our communities, and the wider world?  We have to dream it before we can build it.

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.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

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Get 20% off your first MUD\WTR by using the code TWB20 at checkout.

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Who do you depend on?  Who depends on you?  If those questions make you squirm, you might want to get to know Anxious and Avoidant’s golden older sibling, Secure Attachment. What would make you feel safe enough to let down your walls and invite connection in?

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.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

For weekly stories visit Trends w/ Benefits and sign up for our newsletter.

Get 20% off your first MUD\WTR by using the code TWB20 at checkout.

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James Clear laid it out nicely for all of us: we’re motivated to be lazy and we might as well embrace it.  You don’t get brownie points for struggling, the real reward is having enough energy left over to enjoy all the progress you’re making.

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. 

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

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Get 20% off your first MUD\WTR by using the code TWB20 at checkout.

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Sara Russell & Kyle Thiermann are the co-hosts of Trends w/ Benefits. In this pod they chat about all things pleasure activism, cold plunging, and books they’ve loved.

Sara is a relationship coach, dancer and taoist. Kyle is a professional big wave surfer, hunter and MUD\WTR’s copywriter. How they’re friends, we still have no idea.

“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. 

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

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Cacao and mushrooms are in the kind of committed relationship we all long for. They support and bring out the best in each other while still kicking ass on their own. There’s a good reason why they’ve worked together so long and you probably want to get in on the action.

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Mantak Chia’s “five elements healing sounds” is a Taoist practice that uses sounds to purge stagnant energy and colors to tonify energy. 

Today we’ll focus on the heart, using the sound “haaa” to purge impatience and hastiness and the color red to cultivate compassion and joy.

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Would you pass the Marshmallow Test? You know, the one where you can gobble up your reward immediately or wait and double your pleasure. Whether it’s easy for you to delay gratification or impossible to not fixate may depend in part on whether you have OCD, OCPD, or just a highly ritualized routine.

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Dede Flemming is the co-founder of The Do LaB and Lightning in A Bottle. Dede's passion for facilitating creativity and bringing the artistic visions of his partners to life has played an integral role both in the success of The Do LaB, and the art festival he also co-founded, Lightning in a Bottle. After his global travels affirmed the importance of integrating art into communities far and wide, Dede decided to act upon this revelation and, through DO ART, is committed to using his skills to encourage community creativity and introduce more art into the public realm.

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“The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.” 

And yet, we attempt to have a conversation about that most nameless of mysteries, Taoism. In this episode, we take a break from duality and step into doing-without-doing, as we explore the ancient Chinese philosophy.

Krishnamurti once wrote, “It’s no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Trends w/ Benefits is an exploration into what it means to be “mentally healthy” in a world that is anything but. 

The Trends w/ Benefits Podcast has two formats—:microdose and :macrodose episodes.

:microdose episodes are short-form monologues with Sara Russell. Sara blends ancient wisdom, modern science and actionable advice on subjects like sleep, psychedelics and ritual. She also hosts short meditations designed to help you start and end your day. We call them :rise and :rest meditations.

:macrodose episodes are long-form interviews with Tw/B’s Head of Editorial, Kyle Thiermann. Comprising deep conversations with athletes, intellectuals and everyone in between, each episode is anchored around mental health.

For weekly stories visit Trends w/ Benefits and sign up for our newsletter.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

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Even Albert Einstein thought of himself as an “involuntary swindler.” No wonder the rest of us feel like we’re faking it but never going to make it. Here are five ways you can stop trying so hard to convince everyone that you’re worth it, and instead start actually believing it for yourself.

Krishnamurti once wrote, “It’s no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Trends w/ Benefits is an exploration into what it means to be “mentally healthy” in a world that is anything but. 

The Trends w/ Benefits Podcast has two formats—:microdose and :macrodose episodes.

:microdose episodes are short-form monologues with Sara Russell. Sara blends ancient wisdom, modern science and actionable advice on subjects like sleep, psychedelics and ritual. She also hosts short meditations designed to help you start and end your day. We call them :rise and :rest meditations.

:macrodose episodes are long-form interviews with Tw/B’s Head of Editorial, Kyle Thiermann. Comprising deep conversations with athletes, intellectuals and everyone in between, each episode is anchored around mental health.

For weekly stories visit Trends w/ Benefits and sign up for our newsletter.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

Get 20% off your first MUD\WTR by using the code TWB20 at checkout.

Reach out and send voice memos to podcast@mudwtr.com

In this episode, we continue to explore Mantak Chia’s Five Elements Healing Sounds. It’s a taoist practice that uses sounds to purge stagnant energy from the body, and colors to tonify. 

Today we’ll focus on the liver using the “shh” sound to purge anger and frustration, and the color green to cultivate kindness and creativity.

Krishnamurti once wrote, “It’s no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Trends w/ Benefits is an exploration into what it means to be “mentally healthy” in a world that is anything but. 

The Trends w/ Benefits Podcast has two formats—:microdose and :macrodose episodes.

:microdose episodes are short-form monologues with Sara Russell. Sara blends ancient wisdom, modern science and actionable advice on subjects like sleep, psychedelics and ritual. She also hosts short meditations designed to help you start and end your day. We call them :rise and :rest meditations.

:macrodose episodes are long-form interviews with Tw/B’s Head of Editorial, Kyle Thiermann. Comprising deep conversations with athletes, intellectuals and everyone in between, each episode is anchored around mental health.

For weekly stories visit Trends w/ Benefits and sign up for our newsletter.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

Get 20% off your first MUD\WTR by using the code TWB20 at checkout.

Reach out and send voice memos to podcast@mudwtr.com