{"id":18084,"date":"2016-04-15T04:09:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T09:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=18084"},"modified":"2016-04-19T13:55:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T18:55:26","slug":"eps-58-feed-good-wolf-special-guest-eric-zimmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/eps-58-feed-good-wolf-special-guest-eric-zimmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Eps 58: Feed Your Good Wolf: Special Guest, Eric Zimmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18088\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/EricZimmer-1.jpeg\" alt=\"EricZimmer\" width=\"250\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/EricZimmer-1.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/EricZimmer-1-129x150.jpeg 129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, I have a special guest. Eric Zimmer has one of the top podcasts as rated by iTunes. It&#8217;s called &#8220;The One You Feed&#8221; and I have personally gained a lot from listening to it.<\/p>\n<p>(This episode was marked &#8220;explicit&#8221; because the word other word &#8220;rump exit&#8221;\u00a0is used a few times. You\u00a0can probably handle that, but I can only mark the thing &#8220;clean&#8221; or &#8220;explicit&#8221; &#8211;ugh!)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18087 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/TOYF_Light_3-optimized-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"TOYF_Light_3-optimized\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/TOYF_Light_3-optimized-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/TOYF_Light_3-optimized-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/TOYF_Light_3-optimized-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/TOYF_Light_3-optimized-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/TOYF_Light_3-optimized-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/TOYF_Light_3-optimized-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/TOYF_Light_3-optimized-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/TOYF_Light_3-optimized.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Thank you to everyone who has helped with encouragement and gifts to keep the Spark My Muse show going.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">If you have never contributed\u00a0before, but you&#8217;ve enjoyed\u00a0listening, now is a good time to chip in.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Consider a gift of a few dollars.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em>I thank you very much.<\/em><\/span><strong><a style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=KVNWHBFV8MHF6\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nClick to give a gift, now.<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FESP58Zimmer.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-58-feed-good-wolf-special-guest-eric-zimmer%2F\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/ESP58Zimmer.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=18084-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/ESP58Zimmer.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ESP58Zimmer.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:03:04 &#8212; 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and imbibing is a\u00a0search for\u00a0transcendence. A &#8220;turning on&#8221; of life somehow.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 20:30 Eric answers: What replaces the drugs and alcohol?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ask why the pain?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MIN 22:30 On getting better and getting healthier.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 26:30 <a href=\"http:\/\/gretchenrubin.com\" target=\"_blank\">Gretchen Rubin &#8211; Happier\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Moderators or Abstainers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MIN 28:00 On changing behavior<\/p>\n<p>MIN 34:00 Having partial mentors<\/p>\n<p>MIN 36:30 On his Meditation and noticing practices<\/p>\n<p>MIN 42:00 Being where you are<\/p>\n<p>MIN 42:30 The waterfall and the rock metaphor &#8211; distance from the chattering thinker.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 44:00 Sound meditation and training to focus<\/p>\n<p>MIN 48:47 Dan Harris<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=thbloflicode-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=0062265431&amp;asins=0062265431&amp;linkId=aa48f8906991a99eb3a5a8ac25e5e091&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>MIN 50:00 Question thoughts and have a recognition of the distortions. We are not objective. We symbolize. Interrupt and generalize and seeing things as all or nothing.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 52:00 <a href=\"https:\/\/contextualscience.org\/cognitive_defusion_deliteralization\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Hayes<\/a> &#8211; Cognitive Fusion<\/p>\n<p>MIN 54:00 On assuming others people&#8217;s motivations.<br \/>\n<strong>The fundamental attribution error: Errors are attributed as c<em>haracter-based problems for OTHERS but\u00a0only as circumstantial errors for ourselves.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MIN 58:00 Learn people&#8217;s stories.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 59:00 Assuming that we don&#8217;t know a person&#8217;s backstory or reason they have done what they have.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 60:00<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We are telling ourselves stories over and over about what things mean. Our brains are meaning making machines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oneyoufeed.net\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Eric (his co-host Chris) and The One You Feed website<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Follow Eric and the podcast on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/oneyoufeed\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FESP58Zimmer.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-58-feed-good-wolf-special-guest-eric-zimmer%2F\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-3\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/ESP58Zimmer.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=18084-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/ESP58Zimmer.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ESP58Zimmer.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:03:04 &#8212; 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