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Are there any emotions that you don't allow to rise to the surface because of an internal fear of what will happen? In this episode of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: stealing quotes on the internet and how to do it in an ethical way, my method of diverting the blame when being accused of something, the difference between not wanting to experience negative emotions and being unwilling to experience them, my recent verbal assault and people who are like cartoon characters.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Something a bit different(0:50) - Mere Mortal Moments(4:35) - Deny, acknowledge and then blame(8:55) - The feelings you are unwilling to feel(13:25) - The verbal assault after a recent conversation(16:16) - Someone too ridiculous to be real(20:40) - Mere Mortals ClubhouseConnect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Glen is an experienced language teacher and fascinated with the world around him. He speaks three languages, is working on a fourth and is the Director of Teaching at Australians Teach English. He is a relaxed and fun loving teacher who enables students to relax and enjoy the learning process. Glen also has a background in science as a specialist science teacher, with a Masters of Science and multiple publications in education and science.He has lived in multiple cities and towns in Australia and now resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In this conversation me and Glen got deep into how depression took hold of his life but also made space for a new path, the love of language, how confidence is vital when learning a language and what success really looks like for him today.Timeline:(0:00) - Intro(1:10) - Starting off with languages{3:05) - When the life trajectory changed(7:00) - Finding enjoyment(10:00) - Dealing with stresses(14:10) - Language to shift how you think(18:35) - Finding confidence(23:00) - Shifting away from being afraid(28:00) - Practical example of language learning(31:50) - Building a network(36:15) - Thoughts at the end of a lesson(41:00) - Measure of success(41:30) - Where can you find GlenConnect with Glen:Website: https://australiansteachenglish.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/australiansteachenglish/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/australiansteachenglish/Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

What are some tell-tale signs that you need to introspect and find out if your thinking is incorrect? In this episode of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: a bit about Buddhism, Dharma and testing the theories for oneself, using the podcast to figure out when I hold contradictory beliefs, directing introspection to find incorrect patterns of thought, using negative emotions as a guide to realise when something is wrong and accepting right action in the meta sense.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro(1:20) - What is Dharma?(5:33) - Realising your own contradictory beliefs(12:04) - How to go about introspecting on when you are wrong?(19:17) - Awareness of negative emotions(21:06) - Letting things go even if you are technically right(24:50) - Mere Mortal MomentsConnect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Will the rise of cryptocurrencies change how the banking system operates? In this episode of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: some new changes coming to the podcast, why my shoe is tastier than vegan cheese, losing your key and getting locked out, Juan's recent experiment paying with his phone, where Juan thinks online monetary transactions will take us, buying shit online, why tall socks are making a comeback, the different sounds of yelling in Spongebob and the scenery around the Brisbane river.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Thicc tables and thicc bread(0:51) - Kyrin's MMM: Vegan cheese is the devil's food(3:52) - Juan's MMM: Small things that make you sweat(6:23) - Paying with your phone(12:20) - The future of banking(16:49) - Snow Leopard socks(18:15) - Squidward screaming in different languages(21:46) - Views of the lovely Brisbane RiverConnect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

What is the proper mental state and risk management strategy when you are confronting your fears? In this themed episode on 'Unknown' Juan and I discuss: the multiple definitions of the unknown, how Juan had to face his fear of not having a phone, lessons from explorers of the past on how to venture into unknown territory, fears that creep into the mind and how to properly judge risk, being flexible enough to change your mind and the greatest unknown things that exist to this day.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Scary stuff(0:48) - Definition(1:46) - Juan's week without a phone(7:34) - Mental state for confronting the unknown(11:23) - Facing the unknown on your own(14:57) - Fears that we had to face(19:21) - The ability to change your mind(23:06) - We are always living in the unknown(26:43) - What is the greatest unknown?(32:49) - Mere Mortal Moments(33:35) - We have solved your greatest unknown question!!!!Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Brendan is back again and this time we are talking all things Zen. We start off with a discussion on the general overview of the religion/philosophy and some of its core aspects of Zazen, the Koans & Satori. One of the things that Brendan (and I) enjoy about the Zen way of thinking is that there is relatively little dogma and that one can come into it from a Western perspective without needing to buy into a whole lot of other beliefs. The second half of the convo is a bit looser as we chat about breakdancing, a ridiculously stupid book about left-handed people and people who are so outrageous it is hard to believe that they are real.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro & Emulsified Monks(1:22) What is Zen?(8:23) Posture & meditation(13:05) The point of the Koans(21:00) Martial arts and movement of the body(26:17) Breakdancers are the peak of movement(31:01) Mantras in Zen?(35:35) Left-handed people are the devil!(39:27) People so outrageous they don't seem real(42:39) Mexico attracts strange people(45:22) Learn how to handstandConnect with Brendan:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendanjayobalances/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendanjayo/Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Why is it so heart-breaking to see bullying parents in real life? In this episode of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: what is the best amount of physical exercise per week to improve, how day trading promotes short term thinking in general, purposefully stopping to smell the roses, my story of seeing a Dad being an asshole to his kids, a podcast about a Brisbane woman in a terrible situation, empathy and connecting with people who are like yourself and whether Clubhouse will become a super popular social media application.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Angela Anaconda(1:06) - The optimal workout spacing(10:25) - Short term vs Long term thinking(16:34) - Taking time to appreciate the small things(20:02) - Parkour yeah(21:50) - A sad story of bad parenting(26:53) - Rachel Hustler and her cancer story(30:18) - Seeing yourself in other people(35:14) - Will real long form audio become more popular?(39:44) - Check out our fancy new YouTube URLConnect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

With the coming wave of AI and self-driving cars, will it ever be illegal for humans to manually take the wheel? In this episode of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: Juan's plans to become a rapper, why driving and traffic suck balls, the ethics surrounding the use of self-driving cars and whether anyone actually enjoys driving, the slow grind of life and repeating the same things over and over again, how much effort day trading actually involves and if the returns actually outperform the general market.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - The hottest album of 2021(0:45) - Mere Mortal Moments(2:40) - Juan's traffic nightmare(6:35) - Will driving ever be banned?(15:30) - The slow grind(22:46) - The effort required for day trading(31:27) - Share the Mere Mortal loveConnect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

What actions does one need to take to get guns as big as Juan? In this episode on 'Testosterone' Juan and I discuss: what testosterone is and how it differs in men/women and with age, how it contributes to the sex drive of males and females, Kyrin's research on natural methods to raise your testosterone levels, the nutrition that is optimal to create the largest amount of free testosterone levels, what happens when using exogenous chemicals to boost your test and the characteristics of people with low levels of test/high levels of oestrogen.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - ARRRRGGGHGHHGHGHG(1:17) - Definition(3:28) - Age and testosterone(6:56) - Picking up girls with hairy arms(9:13) - How to raise your testosterone naturally(14:07) - Eat foods with high amounts of saturated fats(20:11) - Free testosterone for muscle building(26:17) - Would the Mere Mortals ever take HGH?(28:53) - Testosterone characteristics in the face(33:53) - Soy Boys(35:15) - Mere Mortal Moments(37:33) - Increase your test by watching the Mere MortalsConnect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Michael is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fable Food Co, a company that develops and produces delicious meat alternatives based on mushrooms. He is also a mentor and investor in Startmate. Prior to Fable, Michael co-founded online retail businesses Shoes of Prey and Sneaking Duck and was a founding board member of the National Online Retail Association in Australia. He has also worked for Google and originally graduated with a degree in Law.In this conversation, Juan had the pleasure to take a journey through Michael's highs and lows in business as well as all the learnings that have landed him to where he is today. We also delved into the way's Michael manages his day, the importance of prioritisation and pursuing what you are passionate about.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Introduction(1:40) - Where does Michael's passion come from(5:00) - Why the use of mushrooms?(8:45) - From Law to Google to Entrepreneurship(11:25) - How that transition took place(13:20) - Learnings from founding businesses(21:20) - Developing the product(27:00) - The mission(30:00) - What's the internal relations between plant based companies(33:45) - Daily Swims by the beach(34:00) - Prioritising(41:30) - The future of FableConnect with Michael & Fable:https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfox1/https://twitter.com/mmmichaelfoxhttps://www.instagram.com/fablefoodco/Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

What happened to the guy who went without sleep for 11 days? In this episode on 'Sleeping' Juan and I discuss: the anatomy of the brain and why sleep is crucial for neural plasticity, the actual reasons that animals sleep, the detrimental effects of too much and too little sleep, the amount of sleep that science recommends, the Uberman sleep schedule of only taking 20 minute naps during the day, stories of consultants and their insane work hours, some fun hypotheticals and our optimal night of sleep.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Wake up Mere Mortals!(1:12) - Definition(3:15) - The science of the brain(8:54) - Why do we sleep?(15:15) - What happens if we don't sleep?(22:12) - How much sleep do we actually need?(28:41) - The Uberman Sleep Schedule and napping(35:41) - Working hard in investment banking(42:29) - Hypotheticals(47:13) - Mere Mortal Moment(49:16) - The optimal sleep preparationAbout Mere Mortals:Deep conversations with a light-hearted touch. Daily uploads @ 5pm AEST. 4M's, Book Reviews, Musings, Bonus, Themed Podcast, Conversations & Meanderings.Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Can meditation actually be great training for increasing your fortitude? In this episode of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: not becoming discouraged and being able to start over again, vibrational science and how yelling at jars can make mould grow (apparently), using language correctly and judging people based on how they speak, signs that someone's ideas aren't worth listening to, Jiddu Krishnamurti and the Theosophical Society, figures from history that the Mere Mortals venerate and our gradual climb up the google rankings.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Mere Mortal Folk: Molks(0:29) - Three Steps To Awakening(1:15) - Do not get discouraged; begin again(10:05) - Bullshit psuedo-science(15:52) - Vibrations that aren't bullshit(18:18) - Vague words producing vague outcomes(21:14) - Sorting out conflicting viewpoints(27:20) - The yacht club party boat(31:06) - Jiddu Krishnamurti(34:42) - People who we venerate(42:50) - We're rising up the Google RankingsAbout Mere Mortals:Deep conversations with a light-hearted touch. Daily uploads @ 5pm AEST. 4M's, Book Reviews, Musings, Bonus, Themed Podcast, Conversations & Meanderings.Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Can the individual win against the big banks in the battle of Gamestop stonks in the new meme economy? In this episode of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: how one should behave when called out for getting something wrong, the hilarious situation of a reddit group fighting against the financial system, why the banks will probably end up winning the fight, understanding a book by only hearing its reviews, what heavy squatting actually feels like and a fun hypothetical of taking psychedelics with Sam Harris and smoking weed with Mike Tyson.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Horseshit not bullshit(0:26) - Mere Mortal Moments(1:14) - Sesame Street debacle(3:14) - Getting things wrong(10:12) - Gamestop & Wall St(20:00) - The banks always win; they set the rules(23:13) - Greed is the wanting of fast money(24:46) - Can you understand a book without reading it(27:12) - What a 200 kg squat feels like(28:59) - Taking drugs with a famous person(32:21) - Losing your head with Mere MortalsAbout Mere Mortals:Deep conversations with a light-hearted touch. Daily uploads @ 5pm AEST. 4M's, Book Reviews, Musings, Bonus, Themed Podcast, Conversations & Meanderings.Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Ian is a signal fire for the next generations of entrepreneurs and modern business development. After kick-starting his career in assets management, Ian merged his financial prowess and cultivated his creative ambition, founding multiple successful ventures. He launched his first technology company in 2017, which handled corporate compliance and risk management around background screening for ASX listed companies.Disrupting the disruptors is Ian's approach - inspiring him to co-found FIN-PAY in 2019, a tech-based solution that strives to provide simple, frictionless, and effortless payment methods with an agile global payment infrastructure. In late 2019 leveraging of his experience in verification, Ian joined forces with Sam Smith to build NXT a real-time verification and application management system to assist property managers to automate their workflow.In the conversation with the Mere Mortal team, Ian was able to share both his business acumen alongside his personal traits that have led him to the success of today. From his origin story through to running multiple businesses, Ian takes us through a rich journey and we top it off with his daily practices, go to learning tools and a final pragmatic takeaway for everyone out there.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Introduction(1:28) - Jordan Belfort Entrepreneur Course.(3:30) - Beginning a business, failing gracefully(7:40) - Diversified Assets(10:50) - The moment that forced a change(19:20) - The incoming payment changes(24:40) - Learning how to hire(30:50) - Think about 5 years from now(35:10) - A founding CEO and when to step away(39:30) - Lifestyle and fitting in learnings(45:55) - How to Contact IanConnect with Ian:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianparke/About Mere Mortals:Deep conversations with a light-hearted touch. Daily uploads @ 5pm AEST. 4M's, Book Reviews, Musings, Bonus, Themed Podcast, Conversations & Meanderings.Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

How do you push through the boredom and pain to be able to just keep on running? In this themed episode Juan and I discuss the topic of 'Running'. Running can be considered to be moving the legs at many paces, but there are some things it is not. It is not powerwalking, racewalking, skipping or hopping. The ridiculous thing is that there are world records for doing marathons for these other methods that will easily best our finest marathon time (once we actually do it).In the rest of the episode we talk about: why Juan's comparing of times to other people isn't detrimental to his mental state, some of the science behind the energy release in the body, ways in which it is similar to doing meditation and the mindset and thoughts that go on within our heads. We end the podcast on a lighter note, discussing some of the most outrageous outfits that people have worn whilst completing a marathon and how good was their time.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Overview(1:13) - Definition: to move swiftly(2:34) - What running isn't: powerwalking, racewalking, skipping & hopping(4:34) - Comparing yourself to other runners(10:11) - The science of running(13:52) - You run the race ..... and that's it(16:12) - Running even if you hate it(19:36) - Meditation vs Running(22:54) - What goes through your head whilst on a run(29:36) - Long time/distance without stopping(31:07) - World record marathon times(33:01) - Mere Mortal Moments(34:22) - Running out of podcast content? We got you covered!About Mere Mortals:Deep conversations with a light-hearted touch. Daily uploads @ 5pm AEST. 4M's, Book Reviews, Musings, Bonus, Themed Podcast, Conversations & Meanderings.Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first Thursday of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcomings; what we didn't achieve in the previous month's goals and how we will fix that for the month that comes. We hope you get some value from this series, showcasing our own methodology. What do you do differently and why? Let us know in the comments, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00)​ - Introduction(0:38)​ - Juan's January recap(2:04)​ - Kyrin's January recap(5:55)​ - February goals(25:04)​ - 2021 Fitness challenge(28:17) - Search on YT, it's a better search engineAbout Mere Mortals:Deep conversations with a light-hearted touch. Daily uploads @ 5pm AEST. 4M's, Book Reviews, Musings, Bonus, Themed Podcast, Conversations & Meanderings.Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Are podcasts bad because they produce too much misinformation? In this episode of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: why Juan enjoyed the latest JRE podcast with Lex Fridman, how I am starting to receive lots of benefits by taking a day off from tech with screens, will David Goggins be healthy in the long run, would Juan be able to resist technology for 24 hours, whether podcasts are unhelpful due to getting too many things wrong, why misinformation is neutral and that lying is the real problem, being in a foreign country without speaking the language and why you should watch Mere Mortals on repeat for a whole day!As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:0:00 - Introduction0:24 - Joe Rogan & Lex Fridman3:45 - Benefits of a day without screens6:51 - David Goggins and long-term health9:04 - Enhanced forced creativity15:41 - Could Juan go a day without technology18:56 - Misinformation25:03 - Intentional misinformation and lying26:38 - Mere Mortal Moments27:57 - On your own in a country where you don't speak the language30:00 - Stuff a day of no tech, how about a day of just Mere MortalsAbout Mere Mortals:Deep conversations with a light-hearted touch. Daily uploads @ 5pm AEST. 4M's, Book Reviews, Musings, Bonus, Themed Podcast, Conversations & Meanderings.Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

How often do we find ourselves shying away from the prickly things in life, in being uncomfortable. Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable can be a real super power.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!About Mere Mortals:Striving for excellence through life's lessons. Daily uploads @ 5pm AEST. 4M's, Book Reviews, Musings, Bonus, Themed Podcast, Conversations & Meanderings.Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

What is the essence of having a profound conversation but simultaneously not taking yourself too seriously? In this episode of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: our slight re-branding for the Mere Mortals brand, starting a new project for a bad reason and then transitioning out of it, how you could use your body issues as a catalyst for change, kids nowadays who have their entire childhood recorded, why extreme ownership might not be for everyone and how stressful it is to be anti-conformity on every issue.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:0:00 - Deep conversations with a light-hearted touch2:11 - Mere Mortal Moments2:32 - Starting something for the wrong reasons6:12 - Using fat-shaming for a good purpose10:19 - Kyrin's oldest memory11:23 - Would there be any value in recording everything14:33 - Extreme ownership, extreme responsibility17:20 - The benefits of conformity19:25 - Kyrin makes a mistakeAbout Mere Mortals:Deep conversations with a light-hearted touch. Daily uploads @ 5pm AEST. 4M's, Book Reviews, Musings, Bonus, Themed Podcast, Conversations & Meanderings.Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Tanya Hall is officially a repeat guest on the Mere Mortals Conversations. Tanya is an ultramarathoner, combined with being a foodie and lives rurally on a farm in the Brisbane outskirts. In this convo we discussed: how barefoot running sounds great but is hard to implement in reality, the difference between running on trails vs roads, the method of burning fat doing zone 2 training, some mental benefits she has seen from moving out to a farm and the fun that can be had from climbing tree and digging holes.As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:0:00 - Eating, drinking & running1:46 - 'Born to Run' book and barefoot running6:20 - Road running vs trail running13:14 - Zone 2 training16:18 - Fasting and free time19:51 - Run-walking21:38 - Powerwalking (also known as racewalking)24:43 - Eating during an ultramarathon27:00 - Living rural on a farm32:26 - Psychological benefits of living rural35:16 - Screen time for kids39:30 - Climbing trees and digging holesConnect with Tanya:https://www.australianfoodie.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/australianfoodie/About Mere Mortals:Deep conversations with a light-hearted touch. Daily uploads @ 5pm AEST. 4M's, Book Reviews, Musings, Bonus, Themed Podcast, Conversations & Meanderings.Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/