When I was a kid I thought my world would be full of people like you 😵💫…now I’m just grateful that you crossed my path at all. Go within and you’ll never go without🌿🌿🌿
You’re a light in this world, Rich. I genuinely needed to hear this and am so grateful to have. I know a lot of listeners in your community suffer from mental health and addiction; as do I. 11 months ago I decided to step away from social media. Only consuming podcasts via RU-vid. Mostly yours and a couple others. Social media has really done a number on people. Myself included. Your message here inspired to convey my social media experience into a poem. I hope you see this and from the bottom of my heart I truly appreciate and am grateful for all the love you put into this world. It’s truly and sincerely helped me and continues to do so. Thank you, Rich. 🌎 ❤🙏🏼 I am creation I am destruction I am light I am dark I am addition I am subtraction But most of all I am division I am your hope in the light I am your demon in the dark I am your fix waiting in the wings I am division One goal Proprietary gain with capitalistic pain Why can you see that you already have everything? Because I blind you with wonder, excitement and possibility. Little do you know this little plan was by design. Never put in place to align But to divide and prosper But prosper for who? Not you And not I I stop and wonder why Then I realize This plan was by design Never put in place to align
It is a gift for me to listen to you and your guests. I appreciate what you share and how you inspired me. Most of all when I transmit some of that to the children I work with.
As a follower of your channel for over 5 years now, everything you said ‘feels’ like divine timing, a message from my own future self almost. A welcomed message that will allow me ponder and centre myself during this quieter Easter weekend. I’m at a crossroads, my new career in wellness and health depends on social media, but my consciousness is feeling enormous resistance from it’s nature to isolate myself and others in getting my message out to a wider audience. So it’s my will to find a more wholesome way to merge the two without become the very paradigm you express in our digital behaviours, stealing our attention and real sense of self and expression. I’ve just turned 50 last week, picked up two books (the energy codes and outlive by Peter Attia ) together they are bringing my awareness back to inside, my inner knowing, my wholeness, and self expression without fear or pain. Thank you for stepping out your comfort zone to do this, by example I wish to do more of the same now my eyes are awakening to my own creative expression of who I’ve been hiding, staying small. Your courage is a way finder for so many in this foggy world. I’ll be watching this again and again until I can embody all of it like a prayer to myself. Love you Rich 🙏🏼 and thank you x
Thanks Rich. I literally deleted all my social media just 3&1/2 weeks ago for all these same reasons. Luv the validation. I’ve kept youtube only going to my podcasts, as suggested in Social Dilemma & not scrolling & rabbit holing into anything else. So so appreciate your kind insights, as always 🙏🏼
heck yes to meditation! I have been at it daily since early 91 and it is the cornerstone of my long term sobriety. We have 4 in person meditations a week and then recovery dharma any day of the week.Great channel, thank you so much.
This was beautiful Rich. Thank you for your vulnerability, depth and reaching out of your comfort zone! Your wisdom and presence is a true gift to the world. ✌️ 🌿🙏
I think having Rick Rubin on inspired these new creative exploration. He sure inspired me in all things creative. Thanks, Rich, for turning us on the some of the coolest folks out there today. Including YOU!!✌️🌱
I’ve been listening to you for years. I love this format and I’m grateful for the advice given here. I love that you suggest sobriety directly. I am on that train the last two months. Now I’ll look at the social media use…hugs!!!
This is what I need to hear Rich. I am the same age as you, 57. I have not found my way yet but I know that it is always a journey to get there. I’m sure you know Warren Miller . A life is not a destination . It is a journey .
There must be something in the air. I have seen so many people make massive changes this year. I decided to go into a whole new career path (being a travel agent after 10 years of making jewellery) and I have also seen a dozen of my favourite RU-vidrs go in entirely new directions. Crazy. But we are all going in new directions together❤
so true - growth requires going out of one’s comfort zone 🫶 The courage to try, maybe fail, still try, willingness to learn and grow throughout 🌟 Your words inspire, and the community here help me know it’s ok to keep trying - thank you 💖
I'm thrilled you are sharing your wisdom this way. You have changed so many lifes in so many ways throught the years. I'm looking forward to liatening to monologues on various different topics.
I personally love this format! Sometimes your talk with guests comes across to me as ease dropping on two friends chatting. I usually don’t gain much useful information (I’m not vegan nor do I run endless distances). I found myself deeply hearing this content & your words resonated. Thank you.
I love this, Rich! Always great to hear your opinion & I like this shorter format for a monologue. As always, your voice is soothing and I can count on learning 5-15 new words each episode lol
Perfect timing as usual an a much needed reminder…thank you for going outside your comfort zone. You are expressing thoughts that we all can relate to and I appreciate this format very much.
Rich I'm a huge fan of your podcast and the one on A.I was as good if not better than some of your other podcast.Keep trying new stuffs and getting out of your comfort zone, you are doing the right thing and will always be supported no matter what.
I really liked this format. The time was just right, and the message was a great reminder. Sometimes, hour-long podcasts (or longer) are too overwhelming for me.
Hi John. I am 48. I used to weigh 534. It has taken me 9 years to lose 399 naturally. Going raw vegan, fasting, OMAD, and walking/hiking has given me my life back. No regrets! I am so proud of you! You got this!
My personality type can't help but compare and spiral. I've left social media many times, but because of my job and some of my side projects... marketing "requires" my presence. I've been struggling with this since 2008, when I first created a Twitter account on my first iPhone. Very much appreciate this monologue, thanks!
Love seeing this channel grow. My life is certainly better with this channel because it’s informative, inspiring, entertaining and more. Thank you for the time that you put into these episodes.
This was excellent and heartfelt, Rich. I'm happy you are expanding your creative repertoire. Keep growing, always! With regard to social media, it is similar to other potent forces in the world that are engineered to lure us to eat unhealthy foods, to engage in harmful behaviors like alcohol consumption, etc... because someone is making a lot of money from our addictive choices, and unfortunately they don't care that their income is derived from harming others. We must learn to walk past the "junk food aisle" of life in general, on all these levels. That's growth. Thanks for offering these tools on how to make wiser choices. Looking forward to the next episode!
Thank you Rich and Team, this was a highly impactful sharing. I encourage you to keep pushing through your discomfort zone to continue a deeper dive into your new experiment with monologue format. You have not just been passively interviewing inspiring humans all these years, you have been actively cultivating and accumulating an incredible amount of beneficial wisdom worth crystalizing and sharing. One small improvement to consider would be to make available a one pager of your suggested actionable practices. Bravo!
Thank you. Love your content and how you are creating new ways to deliver information we need to hear. You went out of your comfort zone and smashed it Rich.
I loved this and also that you challenge yourself and that you have a certain amount of Teflon coating to do so. Yes! Keep up the good work and although I’m all for going with the flow, these days “going against the flow” seems better 😂❤
I hadt to say it, but we find comfort and a stable staring ground with rules. What we need are opportunities and situations that don't create a free for all, no consequences environment. That is where our freefall into chasing a false sense of hope and freedom begins. Social media can absolutley be part of that alluring and false call to self validation.
I was a bit worried that this was going to be your way of telling everyone that you're done podcasting! However, 6 enjoyed this format and the valuable message. Looking forward to more of this as well as more of the long form conversations you bring us. Thank you!
I quit social media (except RU-vid that I need for my blog's videos) over a year ago and it was a VERY good decision. I recently had to reactivate my LinkedIn bio as I'm looking for a new job, but don't post on it or hang out on it. Social media has been a huge contributor to the world going increasingly to hell. I am lonely at times, but I also don't need a bunch of fake friends online.
I know you're not religious, but watching this made me think of all the parallels to Christianity. What you're saying makes so much sense. People need something to live for. Social media and the internet have taken our focus off what matters- Family, Jesus, ext. You're right, we all do know this, but it's the same as people trying to lose weight. We know what we need to do, but we don't do it, leaning into the easier choice. Looking inward will point to flaws and uncomfortableness which scares people, so they scroll mindlessly instead because it feels better. Much like Jesus pointing out flaws and having to repent. Love you, Rich, I have looked up to you for many many years and love your new direction!
Fantastic insightful and nurturing observations, to recognize the collective and insidious distortions social media unleashes globally, as a path to regain control, and especially poignant while reading "The Chaos Machine" from the Zack Braff episode!
I found this very refreshing & honest at first but then very confusing. It's not an experiment, it's life & ironically this podcast ended like every other influencer's starts. How about don't listen to me anymore & then not I'll see you in a couple of days back here BUT in a couple of years if not ever. Wouldn't that be a more sincere & old school camp fire conversation?
Just wanted to share that my fiance and I support you and yours very much just purchased your book thank you for signing it in advance but most importantly I'd really like to personally be able to contact you on behalf of your struggles with heroin and the strength and struggles of your beautiful wife allowing you to work it through to achieve where you are exactly now. I feel very much I'm in the exact same travel however have a lot more to share that isn't very common in fact I believe it might be something people would like to hear especially these days. Thank you for challenging yourself doing your podcast alone makes me hold strength to complete an album I'm about to hopefully soon complete when I do I plan to share this with you and yours so keep your mind close I'm working I assure you just struggling in some very heavy and dark patterns of my own others and and the past which has been fucking me up in such a way I feel that's my only way is to decipher and challenging paths that will in hopes deliver sanctions to not only me but others in desperate need as I feel now Peace and love We support you Infinitely nothing and everything Trisha and Christopher CRx
Rich & Team-Apology for letting fear spark a critical comment towards the AI episode. Long form conversation is like a symphony piece having it's own beauty, pure joy to spectate between you and Adam, all guests. The new-do has so much more visual production, my senses overloaded 1/3 in. From your audience peanut gallery, I need to say the obvious, your content is life changing, life affirming, transforming. Glad there was much artistic joy breaking from stasis for you & Adam. Wanting nothing but full evolution and life joy ahead for you both and giving genuine gratitude for every episode and painstaking monologue in love for others' journeys. Thank you for taking time to explain and encourage the unplug. It's our time in history to recon with how to live among puppeteer analogues. Btw~Hoping you have interest conversing with Jeremy Jones (Protect Our Winters), Clare Gallagher, Yvon Chouinard, Quinn Brett, Blue Zones leaders. Love to you, Rich. And Adam. And Team. 🌱🌱🌱🥰
With respect, you're so and absolutely wrong about the psycdelic trip,it saved My life so please let's not speak about somthing we don't know enough about yet I was so miserable until I've started my psychedelic therapy in Australia and I'm a very free and truly happy person now And I would definitely recommend mushrooms for who are so lost in life but i would also say taking it with someone who can guide in the right way,that was My healing process
