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Thanks for listening to season one of the Life is Good Ping Podcast! Stay tuned for more info coming soon on Season Two set to launch in 2020. In the mean time, comment, rate and subscribe to let us know how we are doing. About the Podcast: A podcast all about the power of optimism. Life is Good co-founders Bert and John Jacobs sit down with musicians, athletes, business leaders, and inspiring folks of all kinds to help shift the cultural conversation away from the negative and focus togethe ...
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Here we explore together how to live a life where you feel good, happy and grateful pretty much all the time. What you think and how you feel determines what you attract into your life, so come along and change your life to truly live a joyous and purposeful life, since LIFE IS A GIFT-LIFE IT New episodes will be published every Monday and Thursday.
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What is a Good Life?

Mark McCartney

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Over the last three years I've interviewed over 250 people around the question of "what is a good life?". I am not trying to find or prescribe universal answers to this question, instead to prompt your own inquiry into what constitutes a good life for you. While I am also trying to share more genuine expressions of the human experience, beyond the masks that we wear.
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On the 102nd episode of What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Nadjeschda (Nadja) Taranczewski. Nadja has a Master of Psychology, is a Master Certified Coach and works as a coach, author, and keynote speaker. She supports leaders who want to reinvent their organisation as Conscious Tribe, i.e. as a thriving community w…
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Send us a text There is a saying stating: Change happens when the pain of staying the same is higher than the pain of change. We need a great crisis to change. It doesn't have to be like that. We can embrace change and make is our deepest desire to listen to the soul and follow it. Wake up every day ready for change. New and better is coming your w…
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Send us a text In our world of phones and private entertainment and working from home, we might loose sight that relationships are the most important parts in our lives. Treasure, build stronger and consciously focus on how you can contribute to others. It will give you even more! Life is a Gift Help me bring light to this world by turning your att…
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On the 101st episode of What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Patrick Boland. Patrick is a leadership consultant, executive coach, psychotherapist, writer, and trainer across several industries and sectors around the world. Patrick's 2024 book, 'The Contemplative Leader', features interviews with world-class leaders o…
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Send us a text Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving late November, Let that be an inspiration to take a day focused on gratitude. On not filling your space with music and podcasts, movies and news but to take off those headphones and be present to life around you and express thanks for it all being there. Life is a Gift Help me bring light to thi…
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Send us a text This is an action episode. It describes how you can evaluate various parts of your life and realize what works against you and by reviewing and re-writing how you see, for example WORK you can remove old beliefs and install new ones so you can flow in a new way and not operate from contradictory beliefs that just suck energy from you…
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On the 100th episode of What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Cormac Russell. Cormac is a social explorer, an author and a much sought-after speaker. He is the Founding Director of Nurture Development and a member of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute, at DePaul University, Chicago. Over the last 2…
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Send us a text Sometimes a challenge can overwhelm you and you feel the joy being sucked out of you. Well that is not true of course, it is just that you do not manage to see that it is temporary and has (unless you give it) no power over you. Let it go. Let the challenge convert to good, like it did with my suitcase that took 118 days to arrive. L…
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Send us a text If we really stare at how we are acting around a certain issue we can find that we often have opposing forces at work. That means that a the same time as you are looking for a person to share your life with, you do believe in the importance of your independence and sole decision making in your live. In your conscious mind you are loo…
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On the 99th episode of What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Darcia Narvaez. Darcia is Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, and Fellow of the American Psychological Association, American Educational Research Association, Association for Psychological Science, and the American Association fo…
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Send us a text Have you heard about famous people get to share their talent with a big audience and the fame and the money really crush them? To receive great things, we need to build strong vessels to both receive the good and move it on to others. So if you are now struggling with something in your life, be grateful for the struggle. It will buil…
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Send us a text When we start something new we are stepping in to the unknown. In that space we will get into challenges we had not expected. See it as a gift. Celebrate it. It will bring you to the right place. Life is a Gift Help me bring light to this world by turning your attention to the good and opening yourself up for the good in others and h…
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Nora Bateson, is an award-winning filmmaker, research designer, writer, educator, international lecturer, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute based in Sweden. She is the creator of the Warm Data theory and practices. Nora’s work brings the fields of biology, cognition, art, anthropology, psychology, and information technolog…
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Send us a text We are so on and to able to explore new interesting things that it adds to our stress levels. Take a brake sometimes from the phone. Put it away. Look only once an hour or once a day for potential important messages and then do nothing more. Read books, meet people Be present. Realize that the world works well without you know what i…
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Send us a text A friend working with terminally ill cancer patients told me how their patients treat every moment with respect. They know each moment is a gift. We should learn from them and start to live our lives the same way, respecting each moment we have been given. Life is a Gift Help me bring light to this world by turning your attention to …
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On the 97th episode of What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Diarmuid Lyng. Diarmuid is co-owner of Wild Irish Retreats and Nature of Man. He is a former Wexford hurling captain and a host on Newstalk's flagship sports programme 'Off the Ball'. With Wild Irish Retreats he is part of a team that is focused on the rejuv…
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Send us a text Being rational is not the thing. Life is not. We are not in charge of snow storms or traffic accidents that might throw us off our planned schedule. Flow with life and life will flow with you. Resisting it makes just as little sense as fighting the snow storm. If you find yourself in it know that you are at the right place at the rig…
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Send us a text Here I read a quote from Jordan Peterson regarding gratitude being a light through dark times. I love that visual. It really is. Even when it seems impossible, if we find one thing to be grateful for, it is as if a light is sparking on the floor, showing where the next step should be. We can take that step, and then stop and show gra…
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Send us a text TW: abuse, s*xual assault Lusu grew up in a Christian household, going to church but didn’t understand her “borrowed faith.” She had a tough relationship with her parents due to verbal and physical abuse growing up. For university, Lusu moved to a different country for school and was sexually assaulted. She was in a very rough mental…
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On the 96th episode of What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, John Oliver. John is an artist and sense-making facilitator, exploring multidisciplinary practices based on complexity principles and narrative frameworks. Since 2020, he has developed an artistic practice that integrates the arts with complexity principles,…
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Send us a text Here we talk about a method to attract what you really want. Stay focused on it. Defined an area, lets say HEALTH. Write the first letter of it on a peace of paper H and define what that means intellectually to you, lets say: 1. Moving freely 2. Sleeping well 3. Tons of healthy energy Visualize the H pulsating, sending out the signal…
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Send us a text The mind is important. But the body holds a lot of old patterns or is causing you pain and discomfort now. As we are opening up ourselves to good energy we want to include the body in it. Life is a Gift Help me bring light to this world by turning your attention to the good and opening yourself up for the good in others and how amazi…
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On the 95th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Madelaine Ley. Madelaine is a philosopher, spiritual ecologist, and contemplative artist. Her varied work includes lecturing at Delft University of Technology and Lassonde Engineering School in Canada on digital citizenship, responsible AI, intersectiona…
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Send us a text Many people talk about the importance of things being fair. Children often brings that up, especially if you are giving out treats for example. Is life fair? Should it be? Life is a Gift Help me bring light to this world by turning your attention to the good and opening yourself up for the good in others and how amazingly connected w…
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Send us a text We often talk about if we are a person who sees the cup half full or half empty. But we seldom stand still at the half part. The fact that it is half full shows we have room to grow. Sun Tzu, in his famous book, the Art of War, written thousands of years ago says, “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” Here…
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Send us a text Curiosity is such a positive and powerful driver and if used in the right way in every situation can be what truly makes you find your mission and drive it. If you miss a bus, you stay curious as to what it means and what possibilities it opens up for. Your mission is also to be curious. If you work with someone challenging or who al…
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On the 94th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Jennifer Murphy. Jennifer is an Irish mythologist, anthropologist, creativity mentor, and the founder of The Celtic Creatives. A Dubliner born and bred, from the time she could talk, Jennifer's grandmother, Frances O'Sullivan, filled her ears with tales …
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Send us a text Sometimes we feel attacked by several things at the same time. It seems like all core parts of your life is crumbling simultaneously. How do I deserve this? Well, that is not a relevant question, life is not fair. You might try to run for outside soothing strategies, but it will not help. Your help is on the inside. The strength is i…
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Send us a text Being in the presence of someone with good energy is so nice. Everyone around that person benefits and so does the person with good energy. You want that person in your team, on your side. Sometimes, even when you manage to be that person, you get challenged. I call it going down to go up. It is as if we are on a ladder upwards and i…
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On the 93rd episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Kemo Camara. Kemo is the visionary behind Omek, a community-centric platform whose mission is to amplify the talent, voices, and energy of biculturals of African descent. A social entrepreneur, community influencer, economist, and captivating speaker, Ke…
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Send us a text We are doing our best now to make any mistakes. When we do we feel guilty, bad, useless and more in that negative category. A mistake can however be the beginning of something great, a new direction, a closer relationship, new insight to ourselves. Embrace life. Mistakes and all and you will find the blessings in them. Life is a Gift…
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Send us a text As much as we would want life to be easy, the truth is, struggling is necessary. Embrace it when it come. It will bring growth and strength with it, just as a butterfly must struggle to get out of a cocoon for the wings to work. Life is a Gift Help me bring light to this world by turning your attention to the good and opening yoursel…
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On the 92nd episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Rachel Donald. Rachel is the creator of Planet: Critical, the podcast and newsletter for a world in crisis with 15,000+ subscribers from 160 countries. Planet: Critical connects the dots of science, art, language, politics, media, philosophy and power to…
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Send us a text Humans are so amazing and so complex. When we experience a trauma, like someone being killed before your eyes, that event, a few seconds of your life really, can become a moment that is relived over and over again and eventually you are defined by it. There are ways to be free. You want the feelings to go. The memory can stay. Here I…
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Send us a text Times of uncertainty are very challenging. Don't fear them. Look for the place in your body where you feel the uncertainty. Hold over it. Talk to it as if to a child: You are good. I see you. You can also hold on to your leg and kind of ground yourself. These are all very valuable things. For you to know where to go in uncertain time…
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Send us a text Hey friends! Thanks for listening! This is part 2 of Drew & Rachel answering your questions. Today’s episode covers Christian community, Bible passages and worship songs that have helped us in our faith journey, and how to practically maintain purity & keep Christ at the center of dating relationships. Let’s dive in together! Christi…
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On the 91st episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to welcome our guest, Andrea Hiott. Andrea is a philosopher and the founder of Making Ways, a private educational consultancy that works with individuals, businesses, and organisations such as EMI to explore the guiding philosophies at the core of our lives and actions. She is …
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Send us a text Social media is seemingly connecting us but also making us feel very small and insignificant. There are so many people to compare yourself with. The real gold will always be to connect with real people in real life. Your soul needs it and you need it. These connections are for you to contribute to. Your still small voice inside will …
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Send us a text Sometimes we fall into a deep emotional hole. The figurative "NOT good energy (fear, hate, depression, grief, resentment, worry etc) train" is going very fast in the wrong direction. Now is not the time to think that gratitude will help. It will not. It is time to start working with the body. Where do you store the feelings in your b…
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Send us a text Hey friends! Long time, no see! In this episode, my husband Drew & I talk about how God has been taking care of us through the massive transitions of moving back to the U.S. from Japan and being pregnant! We also answer the first couple of questions that you guys submitted, this time addressing how we saw God moving in Japan and memo…
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On the 90th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Seb Randle. Seb is the founder of The Helpful Space, a space dedicated to exploring pragmatic and practical solutions that help individuals to where they want to be. His approach is grounded in warmth, kindness, genuine curiosity, and a deep understandin…
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Send us a text Are you used to complain? Are you used to talk about the challenges rather than what is good? If so, this is the training class for you to turn around your thinking. Life is a Gift Help me bring light to this world by turning your attention to the good and opening yourself up for the good in others and how amazingly connected we are …
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On the 89th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Manda Scott. Manda trained as a veterinary surgeon but is now an award-winning novelist and host of the Accidental Gods podcast. Best known for the internationally best-selling Boudica: Dreaming series, which The New York Times labelled “a masterpiece in…
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Send us a text The first thoughts in the morning matter. Direct them to be good. That starts your "thought train" to roll in the right direction. Anything negative coming up will come to slow down your train and make it go the other direction. Don't do that to yourself. You will have one train engine pulling your train to good and another to the op…
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Send us a text When we hear about a catastrophe somewhere. A hurricane is devastating an island for example and you feel strongly with the people there in their suffering, you can start suffering as well. The incesent thoughts about them can negatively affect your sleep and your overall help. You start feeling anxious and sad.....yet it is clear th…
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Send us a text Today, I wanted to make a summary of what I have been teaching so far. What are the main building blocks of a human being? We clearly have a body that walks around and then we have a non-physical aspect. Here I devide it into two main parts. The first part is called the ego, the natural soul or animal soul. It is what is most close t…
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On the 88th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Derek Sivers. Derek is an author of philosophy and entrepreneurship, known for his surprising, quotable insights and pithy, succinct writing style. Formerly a musician, programmer, TED speaker, and circus clown, he sold his first company for $22 million …
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Send us a text Change is very hard for the brain to accept. It can't do its job properly for you, since it doesn't know how to predict the future with it is changed. The same for the body. It is used to feel concerned every morning around 8. If it isn't it feels like something is wrong. Realize that your body and brain are trying to do their job, b…
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Send us a text It is so important to stop and reflect. When we do that we often find that we have people in our lives that trigger us in various ways. Is it really his or her fault that you get triggered? No. You can control only two things fully in your life: Your thoughts and your feelings. So you can control how you feel when this person speaks …
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On the 87th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to welcome our guest, Dr. Niobe Way. Niobe is Professor of Developmental Psychology at NYU, founder of the Project for the Advancement of Our Common Humanity (PACH; pach.org), and the Principal Investigator of the Listening Project, which fosters curiosity and connection in sch…
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