Podcasts by FAR OUT: Adventures in Returning Home
FAR OUT chronicles the shared human experience of returning home to ourselves.
What does it mean to heal and follow life’s guidance?
Further podcasts by Julie-Roxane Krikorian, Alasdair Plambeck
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How did we get here? (part 2) from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.453369
In episode 3, Alasdair and Julie-Roxane continue their conversation exploring how they ended up where they are: living in a caravan in the forest in France. They talk about their experience working...
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What we love and hate about living in a caravan in the woods from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.450572
Julie-Roxane and Alasdair discuss some of the things they love and strongly dislike about living in the woods in a caravan.
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We're engaged!? from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.449717
Julie-Roxane and Alasdair share how their engagement was meaningful without being expensive and explore how a wedding might be too.
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The uncertainty of 2019 from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.445887
Julie-Roxane and Alasdair shares their fears, desires and plans in 2019.
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The life-changing magic of buying other people's junk from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.441498
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane share their LOVE for buying second-hand and 6 reasons why not to buy new.
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The story of how we met (part 2) from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.437836
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane share the second part of their “how we met” story. They explore their vision of love and how they think about their relationship.
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Renovating the caravan: the things we wish we knew (pt. II) from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.392825
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane continue their story about renovating the caravan and share some of the benefits they've seen in designing their own home.
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A day in our lives from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.391943
This week Julie-Roxane and Alasdair try something different. They invite you to step into the caravan and spend the day with them.
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Our wedding story + what it cost $$$ from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.384103
Today Julie-Roxane and Alasdair record their first episode as a married couple! YAAAY! They share the story of their wedding, what they wanted and didn’t want, how it went and what they would've do...
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The introvert's dilemma from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.380544
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane explore the pain and the power of being an introvert in an extraverted world.
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Returning from the Hero's Journey from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.376041
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane continue to explore the power of story through the Hero's Journey including what happens when we answer the call and face the unknown.
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Trekking the Himalayas - Chapter 2: Generous humans and wild beasts from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.372129
Alasdair & Julie-Roxane continue on their Himalayan adventure. In this episode they are invited to a Nepali wedding, spend an entire day walking through one very interesting village and end up in a...
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The art of creative waiting from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.368319
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane explore the Brother's Grimm fairy tale of Little Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) and what it can teach us about personal transformation.
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Going to a nudist camp with my mother-in-law?! from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.363909
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane recount their recent experience going to a nudist camp in southeast France with Martine, Julie-Roxane's mom.
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Where the podcast is going from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.360535
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane have moved out of the caravan and are preparing for Guatemala. Being in between dreams, they felt it was a good time to sit down and talk about where this adventure is tak...
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How we prevent life from getting too good from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.356886
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane explore the concept of upper limiting and how after moving to Guatemala they've recently struggled to accept some of the good things coming their way.
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5 Money Mantras for building real wealth from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.353164
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane sit down to talk about money and share five money mantras that will help you cultivate a healthier relationship with money this year.
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5 Money Mantras for building real wealth (Part 2) from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.352442
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane continue their conversation on money and explore the power of systems and habits to take control of your financial situation.
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FAR OUT #63: The shadow work of marriage from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.349010
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane explore what's changed since their wedding last May. They discuss the power and terror of being bonded and binded, submitting to something greater than ourselves, the tens...
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FAR OUT #67 - Stepping sideways: a trail guide to finding your path with Ryan Benz from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.345786
What happens when you realize you're on the wrong path? Ryan Benz joins us on this episode to explore how mindfulness and walking 2,189.8 miles on the Appalachian Trail helped steer him back home.
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FAR OUT #71 ~ What's the deal with French people and food?! from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.342413
Hon hon hon! Do the French really talk about food all the time? Julie-Roxane shares some of her favorite French idioms and you guessed it: they all have to do with food. Can you guess what they mea...
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FAR OUT #72 ~ Don't ask 'why me?' ask 'for what?' with Mayan entrepreneur Anita Cortez Chac from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.341638
Anita is a force to be reckoned with. She began her business career at eight after she sold her first banana to a gringo on the streets of San Pedro and she's never looked back. In her early twenti...
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FAR OUT #76 ~ Exploring Ayahuasca: Working with the Medicine (Episode 2) from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.338313
What's it like to work with ayahuasca on retreat? We share our recent experience working with ayahuasca over the course of a week-long retreat in Guatemala.
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FAR OUT #80 ~ How to make money online doing fulfilling work from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.294760
There's an old marketing joke that goes something like this:
Two men are in a bar. The first turns to the second and says "Hey, give me a dollar and I'll show you how to make money."
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FAR OUT #84 ~ Death Celebrant Blanche Colson on Reclaiming Death and Grief from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.290744
Death might be the most important and costly conversation we're not having.
Blanche Colson thinks so. She joins us on today's show to share her journey with grief and dying that's led her...
FAR OUT #85 ~ Exploring Ayahuasca: Shaman Jess Poitra on Kambo, the Warrior Frog Medicine (Episode 4) from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.289775
What exactly is Kambo and why would you want frog venom in your system?
After finishing up three days of medicine work with the frog we invited our shaman, Jess Poitra to join us on the sh...
FAR OUT #89 ~ How to Reach the Moon from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.285938
We think of a moonshot as trying to go somewhere you've never been before and don't know how to reach.
There are four important stages to shooting for the moon, all with their specific tas...
FAR OUT #93 ~ Embracing a Life of Movement and Stillness from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.281900
For a lot of our lives we've experienced movement and stillness as ways of being that are mutually exclusive.
Travel has helped us see these two postures toward life as complimentary, com...
FAR OUT #94 ~ Rolf Potts on Vagabonding: Going through Life as a Pilgrim, not a Consumer from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.280967
Perhaps no other travel book has had such an influence on our generation as Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts. Indeed, it was the book which opened A...
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FAR OUT #98 ~ You Don't Change, You're Changed from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.276878
Fall is a season of letting go and in the spirit of that we explore purging.
As a culture we tend to see purging as something to avoid at all costs, a sign of illness and definitely not so...
FAR OUT #102 ~ Unhustle Your Life with Milena Regos from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.272904
We're no strangers to burn out. As entrepreneurs, creatives, freelancers and self-employed, we step off the beaten path in order to realize greater freedom and get away from the 9-5 hustle. Yet a c...
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FAR OUT #106 ~ The Healer's Journey: A Follow Up Conversation with Shawna Ristic from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.268755
We enjoyed last week's conversation with Shawna so much that we asked her if she'd do it again! In round two we explore Shawna's path as a healer, which for Shawna included many leaps and heavy dos...
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FAR OUT 107 ~ Creative Dry Spells, Continuing to Show Up & Building an Intellectual Home from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.267796
On the threshold of change, we sit down and check in with each other and share what's been going on lately in our relationship as well as in our professional lives and of course, our current hopes ...
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FAR OUT #111 ~ Early Days on the Road: Adjusting to a New Life from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.263759
After a few weeks on the road in Dorothy, our truck camper and new home, we check in for an update on how things are going. We share some of the ups and downs of this new life, the surprises, the s...
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FAR OUT #119 ~ Are We Having Kids? from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.198448
Julie-Roxane finally convinces Alasdair to sit down and talk about kids on the podcast.
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FAR OUT #124 ~ 5 Stages We've Gone Through While Working for Ourselves from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.182468
We reflect on our journey with work over the last five years and discuss some of the different stages we've gone through as self-employed small business owners.
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FAR OUT #128 ~ How We Manage Our Money as a Married Couple from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.178610
Two years ago, in one of our early episodes, we explored how we managed our finances as a couple. We've been meaning to get back to the topic and share what's changed in our approach since getting ...
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FAR OUT #132 ~ Integration Practices: A Path Toward Lasting Change from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.175217
Inspired by our recent conversation with Françoise, we sit down to talk about the different ways we've gone about integrating our experiences into ordinary life over the years---from traveling to p...
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FAR OUT #133 ~ Ups and Downs from the Road in the Northwest [Life Update] from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.174062
We share how the last month on the road has been and talk about some of the recent ups and downs of our journey. Along the way we discuss topics like initiation and elders (and the lack of them in ...
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FAR OUT #137 ~ We're Selling the Camper [Life Update] from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.169972
We share out recent (heartbreaking) decision to sell the camper and why. In the second half of the episode we process some patterns in our relationship that have been coming up in recent weeks.
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[Repost] FAR OUT #46 ~ Going to a nudist camp with my mother in law?! from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.166508
[Repost] Alasdair and Julie-Roxane recount their recent experience going to a nudist camp in southeast France with Martine, Julie-Roxane's mom.
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[Repost] FAR OUT #71 ~ What's the deal with French people and food?! from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.162764
[Repost] Hon hon hon! Do the French really talk about food all the time? Julie-Roxane shares some of her favorite French idioms and you guessed it: they all have to do with food. Can you guess what...
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FAR OUT #140 ~ Yosemite 2021 Recap: Consciousness Expanding Journeys into Wilderness Medicine from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.161899
On our first episode back, we sit down with our good friend and Alasdair's business partner at Wild Within, Kelly Margerum. Together we recap our recent experience guiding two, 10-day wilderness re...
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FAR OUT #144 ~ The Problem with Surrounding Yourself with Like-Minded People from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.158285
When you hear a phrase repeated constantly, it often warrants some healthy suspicion. "Surround yourself with like-minded people" is one of those phrases. We discuss why this is not a great idea an...
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FAR OUT #148 ~ Going Our Separate Ways from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.154742
We reflect on the different stages of our relationship and the stage we find ourselves being called to embrace.
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FAR OUT #152 - Learning From Our Plant Relatives from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.151393
We discuss what shamanism has taught us about relating to plants and why we believe this is one of the most interesting and rewarding relationships available for us to explore and cultivate.
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FAR OUT #153 ~ Making Mistakes: It's Not "If," It's "When" from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.150229
In shamanism and in business it's not "if" you are going to make a mistake, it's "when" you make a mistake. The important thing is what you do next. Julie-Roxane shares a recent mistake she made wh...
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FAR OUT #161 ~ We Got Covid... from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.142922
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. In this spirit, we sit down to explore our recent experiences with the corona virus.
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FAR OUT #162 ~ What Are You In Service To? from 2022-02-22T12:31:46.142036
We reflect on a powerful question we've been asking ourselves in recent years and what has happened as a result.
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FAR OUT #163 ~ Let's Talk About Money, Baby from 2022-02-16T13:00
We sat down to review our finances and it was...well, not what we expected. This led us into a candid conversation about why we make a practice of financial check-ins, our fears, our values, and th...
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FAR OUT #160 ~ It's Hard to Make Friends as Adults from 2022-01-26T16:08:12
While Alasdair is resting in bed, Julie-Roxane sits down with Kelly, our friend and co-founder of Wild Within, to talk about the challenges (and joys) of making friends as adults.
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FAR OUT #159 ~ Leading Retreats in Guatemala in the Times of Omicron: A Recap from 2022-01-19T13:00
We sit down with Kelly, our friend and co-founder of Wild Within, to discuss the recent craziness and lessons learned after leading two powerful retreats on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala during a COVID...
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FAR OUT #158 ~ Ceremony Is How We Remember to Remember from 2022-01-12T13:00
The art of ceremony is a potent, life-affirming technology. It reminds us that life is sacred and within the sacred space of a ceremony incredible changes often occur. Alasdair and Julie-Roxane dis...
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FAR OUT #157 ~ What About Rest? from 2022-01-10T02:05:23
After a brief conversation on the merits and flaws of the Matrix trilogy, Julie-Roxane introduces today's topic: rest. Alasdair tries to make it about work.
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FAR OUT #156 ~ Dancing with the Mystery: 2021 in Review from 2021-12-29T13:00
Telling your story is powerful. Alasdair and Julie-Roxane discuss why they still do a yearly review, how they go about doing it and reflect on the main themes and takeaways from 2021.
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FAR OUT #155 ~ The Seat of the Soul is Where the Inner World and the Outer World Meet from 2021-12-22T13:00
After an update on how things are going over at Wild Within we get into the body of this episode and talk about embodiment (see what we did there?) Embodiment has been at the core of our medicine p...
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FAR OUT #154 ~ Being with Family: Challenges, Rewards & Reflections from 2021-12-15T13:00
Julie-Roxane returns from France and Alasdair completes a 4-day solo fast. They discuss the nature of time, spending time with family and developing new gifts and powers on the medicine path.
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FAR OUT #151 ~ Health: Curing Symptoms vs. Restoring Wholeness from 2021-11-24T13:00
After returning from a demanding retreat, we sit down to reflect on what health means to us, our bumpy journey with healing, why we continue to prioritize health in all areas of our lives and why o...
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FAR OUT #150 ~ Leveling Up: The Nonlinear Path of Progress from 2021-11-17T13:00
After talking about Kambo for a little while we explore Julie-Roxane's recent decision to "take a break" from the medicine and how doing so has led to a surprising growth spurt and significant prog...
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FAR OUT #149 ~ Narwhals, Wilderness & 10 Years of Burning Man with Ian Q. Rowan from 2021-11-10T13:00
We sit down with Ian, the steward of Trout Creek Wilderness Lodge, to discuss his Narwhal documentary, his work over the last 7 years conserving a primordial forest in Oregon and how his experience...
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FAR OUT #147 ~ Work is Love Made Visible from 2021-10-27T12:00
We return back to the forest in Oregon and reflect on living in a very small space when it's cold and damp. After that we move into the subject of this episode which is work and the turning point w...
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FAR OUT #146 ~ Soul, Initiation & Changing the Name of the Podcast from 2021-10-20T12:00
We've been thinking about changing the name of the podcast for almost a year now. We discuss why and where we are in that process which leads us to explore the emerging picture of our life's work.
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FAR OUT #145 ~ The Path of Least Resistance from 2021-10-13T12:00
Julie-Roxane gets her green card. Julie-Roxane's morning I-Ching reading sends us down a rabbit hole and inspires us to explore Truth and Resistance and how we might work with them.
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FAR OUT #143 ~ We're Not Selling the Camper After All [Life Update] from 2021-09-29T12:00
A lot has happened in the past couple months. Alasdair and Julie-Roxane explore the importance of dreaming and the necessity and challenge of letting that dream go once you begin acting on it. They...
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FAR OUT #142 ~ Exploring Ayahuasca: Zach & Jess Poitra on Pura Medicina, Brujeria & Becoming the Hollow Bone (Episode 10) from 2021-09-22T22:03:23
We sit down with our teachers to explore the slow and long path of service, the short and slippery path to sorcery, what it means to be the hollow bone and how Zach and Jess are bringing eastern id...
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FAR OUT #141 ~ Living Your Life Like a Weed Dealer from 2021-09-15T12:00
Do weed dealers get some things right? We explore the philosophy and spirituality behind aligning your income with your interests.
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[Repost] FAR OUT #95 ~ Birth is Not a Medical Event, It's a Sacred Portal: Changing our Narrative About Birth with Emilee Saldaya from 2021-08-25T12:00
[Repost] What if women chose to stay home to give birth?
That's the radical question that's sparked a global movement. As the leader of the Free Birth Society, Emilee Saldaya is working t...
[Repost] FAR OUT #9 ~ Welcome to L-Town from 2021-08-18T12:00
[Repost] This week's episode is a special one. Alasdair and Julie-Roxane share their most disturbing travel story. Crime. Drugs. Sabotage. Charles Manson. It's a small town with a dark past and a m...
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[Repost] FAR OUT #10 ~ Making Space for Depression from 2021-08-11T12:00
[Repost] Julie-Roxane and Alasdair sit down to talk about 2019 and end up having an impromptu conversation about depression and how they make space for it in their lives and in their relationship.
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[Repost] FAR OUT #33 ~ Going through life's thresholds with Danny van Leeuwen from 2021-07-28T12:00
[Repost] JR and Alasdair sit down with their first ever guest, Danny van Leeuwen, a dear friend, an author, a speaker and a patient/caregiver activist amongts many other things.
Together, they...
FAR OUT #139 ~ What Does it Mean to Live a Life of Service? from 2021-07-21T12:00
We explore a tough question we are grappling with in our lives.
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FAR OUT #138 ~ Wilderness & the Four Facets of Nature from 2021-07-14T12:00
Why wilderness is such an integral part of our wholeness and how cultivating a relationship with the four facets of nature.
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FAR OUT #136 ~ 3 Nutrients for a Fulfilling Life: Beyond, Becoming & Belonging from 2021-06-30T12:00
They go by many names. Harvard Divinity School calls them the three elements of faith. In his book Recapture the Rapture, Jamie Wheal describes them as necessary ingredients for "meaning 3.0". We r...
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FAR OUT #135 ~ What is Your Restorative Niche? from 2021-06-23T12:00
Restorative niches (a term we borrowed from Susan Cain) can help us all be more effective, improve the quality of our day-to-day lives and allow us to regularly go beyond the normal limits of our p...
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FAR OUT #134 ~ Faith, Vision and Business: Building Wild Within from 2021-06-16T12:00
Julie-Roxane interviews Alasdair on his journey of building Wild Within over the last three years. They discuss partnerships, holding the tension between idealism and realism, business as a spiritu...
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FAR OUT #131 ~ Being a Foreigner in a Foreign Land: The Journey of Immigrating from 2021-05-26T12:00
Julie-Roxane shares her experience living between two cultures and what it's been like to leave her mother country and formally start the process of immigrating to a foreign land.
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FAR OUT #130 ~ Françoise Bourzat on the Healing Power of Expanded States of Consciousness from 2021-05-19T12:00
Françoise has dedicated her life to guiding others through expanded states of consciousness, particularly with the help of the sacred mushroom. She is the author of the extraordinary book Conscious...
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FAR OUT #129 ~ 7 Things You Need to Know Before Going Into a Business Partnership from 2021-05-12T12:00
Recently Alasdair was asked for advice about starting a business partnership with a friend. After over a decade of business, these are some of the most important lessons he's learned.
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FAR OUT #127 ~ Being That Kind of Person from 2021-04-28T12:00
We explore how the simple practice of leaving a place better than we found it by picking up one piece of trash a day can transform our relationship to our self, our environment and our society.
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FAR OUT #126 ~ Exploring Ayahuasca: Shamanic Dietas - When Soul is Present, Nature is Alive (Episode 9) from 2021-04-21T12:00
After just ending our own shamanic dieta with cacao, we discuss what dieta is, why it's such a foundational practice for working with ayahuasca and the impact dietas have had on our lives over the ...
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FAR OUT #125 ~ What We Do Instead of Health Insurance from 2021-04-14T12:00
Since coming back to the US, we're often asked what we do for health insurance. The short answer is we don't. We explore some of the common issues with health insurance that arise for those who are...
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FAR OUT #123 ~ 4 Months on the Road: A Peek Into Work & Life in a Truck Camper from 2021-03-31T12:00
We reflect on our first, 4-month "southwestern tour" in Dorothy, our truck camper, keeping a spiritual practice while on the move, the changing landscape of work, flow states, outgrowing problems y...
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FAR OUT #122 ~ I & We: The Challenge of Individuation in Relationship from 2021-03-24T12:00
How do we grow as individuals in a committed relationship? We discuss some of the challenges coming up for us around this question two years into our marriage.
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FAR OUT #121 ~ What's the Strangest Place You've Ever Been? (And Other FAR OUT Banter) from 2021-03-17T12:00
After a lot of traveling this week we keep it light and talk favorite places, books, movies and super powers....among other things. As usual, the conversation quickly goes off track.
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FAR OUT #120 ~ What is Your Medicine? from 2021-03-10T13:00
What does it mean to carry medicine? How can we cultivate our own medicine? What is our medicine? We unpack and explore a potent question recently posed to us by a friend.
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FAR OUT #118 ~ Integrating Spiritual Experiences from 2021-02-24T13:00
We discuss the challenge of returning from powerful spiritual experiences and why integration is such a critical part of "the work."
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FAR OUT #117 ~ This is Not the FAR OUT Couple from 2021-02-17T13:00
Our friends and long time listeners Kelly and Lou take over the podcast this week and interview us. It was a lot of fun (and a little strange) to be on the other side of the mic for a change!
FAR OUT #116 ~ Baptism by Fire: Kambo, Sexual Trauma and Healing the Feminine from 2021-02-10T13:00
After 3 days of Kambo, we sit down with Courtney Warden and Rachel Blair to talk about their first experience with the medicine.
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FAR OUT #114 ~ Letting Yourself Dissolve from 2021-01-27T13:00
Alasdair shares how he's been feeling about his work lately which leads us into a conversation about how we deal with the scary and uncomfortable experience of letting an outdated aspect of ourselv...
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FAR OUT #113 ~ Meeting Your Edge: Anti-Fragility and the Hero Archetype from 2021-01-20T13:00
How do we not only endure but thrive in unpredictable times?
While doing our year-end reviews and reflecting on 2020 we were surprised to realize all the ways our lives have significantly ...
FAR OUT #112 ~ Knowledge Without Experience is Disembodied, Experience Without Knowledge is Blind from 2021-01-13T13:00
After plugging a discount for our favorite cacao and sharing some of the latest "adjustments" to life on the road we get into today's topic: different paths to learning. We explore two particular p...
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FAR OUT #110 ~ Letting Go of the Seeker: A Journey from War to Spiritual Awakening with Nikola Anandamali Ristic from 2020-12-30T13:00
Nikola Anandamali Ristic is a philosopher, spiritual teacher and author. With a Ph.D in philosophy and vast cultural, educational and spiritual experiences, Nikola has devoted his life to creating ...
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FAR OUT #109 ~ An Encounter With Darkness: Signs You're Dealing With a Chaos Agent from 2020-12-23T13:00
While installing solar on our truck camper we get entangled with "The Captain," an old mechanic and electrician who consistently sabotages our plans and sows chaos and discord in our lives.
FAR OUT #108 ~ How We Decided to Live in a Truck Camper from 2020-12-16T13:00
When we tell people we lived in Guatemala for 8 months, the first question we usually get is how did you choose Guatemala? On the eve of moving into our truck camper, we sit down to explore how we ...
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FAR OUT #105 ~ Life After a Near Death Experience: Following the Brightest Path with Shawna Ristic from 2020-11-25T13:00
In Kansas in 1993, at the age of 19, Shawna Ristic was on her way to shadowy places when she had a violent car accident. She was found on the opposite side of the freeway, forty feet from the wreck...
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FAR OUT #104 ~ Pyschedelic Journeying as a Couple: A Conversation Between the Masculine and the Feminine from 2020-11-18T13:00
Well we're at it again. We're talking about psychedelics.
This time we explore several psychedelic journeys we've taken just the two of us and what the rewards of intentionally working wi...
FAR OUT #103 ~ Survival of the Fittest, Building an Anti-Library and Other Approaches to Reading from 2020-11-11T13:00
The right book at the right time has the potential to change the trajectory of your life. That's why we don't set a budget for books. It's also why we love talking about reading.
We live ...
FAR OUT #101 ~ Kambito Kambocito: Surrender to the Frog from 2020-10-28T12:00
On this episode we explore our ongoing experiences with Kambo and attempt to explain our recent decision to leave the tropical paradise we planned to live in for years to travel around the US in a ...
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FAR OUT #100 ~ Then and Now: Our FAR OUT Journey from 2020-10-21T12:00
Did we really make it to 100 episodes of the FAR OUT podcast?!?!?
On this very special episode we reintroduce ourselves for those who are new around here, reflect on our journey to 100 and...
FAR OUT#99 ~ Diet Update: You *Can* Feel Better Than This from 2020-10-14T12:00
Alasdair explains why men should pee sitting down.
After that we get into the meat of this episode: food. It's been over a year since we've talked about what we eat on the podcast and a lo...
FAR OUT #97 ~ Your Body is not the Obstacle, It's the Way: Will Johnson on the Posture of Meditation from 2020-09-30T12:00:24
Sitting is the core activity of most meditation practices, yet very little time is spent talking about exactly how we should sit.
Today, we bring Will Johnson, author of The Posture of Med...
FAR OUT #96 ~ [Life Update] Taking Yet Another Leap Into the Unknown from 2020-09-23T12:00:14
There's been a lot of big changes for us in the last few months.
We've been pretty quiet on the podcast about we've been up to lately, mainly because it's all been happening so fast. This ...
FAR OUT #95 ~ Birth is Not a Medical Event, It's a Sacred Portal: Changing our Narrative About Birth with Emilee Saldaya from 2020-09-16T12:00:01
What if women chose to stay home to give birth?
That's the radical question that's sparked a global movement. As the leader of the Free Birth Society, Emilee Saldaya is working to change ...
FAR OUT #92 ~ Exploring Ayahuasca: Student Michael Peterson on Tobacco as a Healing Plant & Walking the Medicine Path (Episode 8) from 2020-08-26T12:00:07
What's it like to be a student on the medicine path?
We're glad you asked! On this week's episode we sit down with our friend Michael Peterson who has been "working with the medicine" inte...
FAR OUT #91 ~ Let's Talk About Failure from 2020-08-19T12:00:13
Collectively our failures are often much more interesting and useful to explore than our successes, yet we rarely talk about them.
On this episode, we dive into some of the devastating fa...
FAR OUT #90 ~ Exploring Ayahuasca: Shamans Zach and Jess Poitra on Ayahuasca, Sex, and Relationships (Episode 7) from 2020-08-12T12:00:22
Ayahuasca and sex --- do we need to say more?
Well, we probably should because it's not what you are thinking! We have our friends Jess and Zach back on the podcast to explore how ayahuas...
FAR OUT #88 ~ Exploring Ayahuasca: Shaman Zach Poitra on the Path of Pura Medicina (Episode 6) from 2020-07-29T12:00:14
What's it take to be a shaman?
Zach Poitra comes back on the show to take us deeper into the medicine. You can think of this conversation as ayahuasca 200 :)
Zach shares with us t...
FAR OUT #87 ~ Exploring Ayahuasca: 1500+ Ceremonies Later, Shaman Zach Poitra's Journey (Episode 5) from 2020-07-22T12:00:07
We continue our deep dive into ayahuasca and plant medicine this week by inviting our friend and shaman, Zach Poitra on the show.
What Zach does is hard to put into words...that's just th...
FAR OUT #86 ~ Rest as a Revolutionary Act from 2020-07-15T12:00:07
What's rest got to do with it? Quite a lot actually.
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane explore the power of rest through the framework of the four seasons. Julie-Roxane shares her experience lear...
FAR OUT #83 ~ 3 Reasons to Look at your Triggers from 2020-06-24T12:00:24
Want to be more effective in your life and work, improve your relationships and cultivate compassion?
Work with your triggers. Yep, that's right.
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane explor...
FAR OUT #82 ~ Wading through the Chaos: Update from our Lives from 2020-06-17T12:00:12
While the individual circumstances of our lives differ, Change is challenging for all of us.
Collectively, we're going through a lot of change right now. The world has seemingly turned ups...
FAR OUT #81 ~ Derek Sivers on Identity, Freedom & Singing the Counter Melody from 2020-06-10T12:00:10
Is there such a thing as too much freedom?
If anybody were to know, Derek might be the guy. Derek quit his last job in 1992 and in 2008 he sold his business, CD Baby, to the tune of $22 m...
FAR OUT #79 ~ Via negativa: the road to the good life from 2020-05-27T12:00:03
On this episode we talk about the ancient art of the negative way, and how removing things has been a major part of the life we live today. We explore why this approach which has been commonly used...
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FAR OUT #78 ~ Exploring Ayahuasca: A month later (Episode 3) from 2020-05-20T12:00:17
What's shifted for Alasdair and Julie-Roxane since their week-long ayahuasca retreat last month? Turns out quite a bit.
In the 3rd episode of our Exploring Ayahuasca series we explore a qu...
FAR OUT #77 ~ Off the map and lost in a conflict zone [Travel Story] from 2020-05-13T12:00:03
Alasdair shares what happened when he found himself lost in the woods during a thunderstorm at nightfall while trekking through a conflict zone somewhere on the Eurasian continent.
One of...
FAR OUT #75 ~ Tips for surviving quarantine with your spouse from 2020-04-29T12:00:22
How do we live and work together all day without killing each other? It's not easy. But it's possible. We share some tips and lessons learned from our experience living and working together in (ext...
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FAR OUT #74 ~ Exploring Ayahuasca: Drinking it for the first time (Episode 1) from 2020-04-22T12:00:04
On the eve of returning to mother ayahuasca, Alasdair shares his experience drinking ayahuasca for the first time in the Andes of Peru. Why did he do it? What was it like? And how did it change him?
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FAR OUT #73 ~ The introvert/extrovert divide from 2020-04-15T12:00:12
The current self-isolation is challenging for everyone, but we get the feeling it's been a bit harder on extraverts. We explore the major differences between extroverts and introverts, why it's use...
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FAR OUT #70 ~ Coronavirus: chaos and transformation from 2020-03-25T12:00:05
It seems hard to talk about anything else right now. We discuss how the Coronavirus has impacted us here in Guatemala, how we're dealing with the chaos and some ideas about change that help us gain...
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FAR OUT #69 ~ Chocolate Shaman Keith Wilson on Cacao: the food for the shift from 2020-03-18T12:00:08
This is a very special episode! We sit down on the porch in San Marcos, Guatemala with Keith Wilson, the Chocolate Shaman. Keith is known in spiritual circles as the grandfather of the cacao ceremo...
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FAR OUT #68 ~ You are NOT the average of the five people you spend the most time with from 2020-03-11T12:00:03
A little truth is a dangerous thing. On this episode we explore how the popular idea that we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with can actually blind us from realizing our ...
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FAR OUT #66: Communication breakdown: talking about loaded topics from 2020-02-26T13:00:08
What exactly happens when communication breaks down? We explore an unconscious and predictable pattern we've recognized that prevents us from communicating on sensitive topics and drains us of our ...
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FAR OUT #65: Creativity, courage and the imposter syndrome with Lou Redmond from 2020-02-19T13:00:16
This week our friend, author and mindfulness teacher Lou Redmond joins us on the show to explore the challenges and rewards of learning how to give.
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FAR OUT #64: The power of gathering w/ Kelly Margerum from 2020-02-12T13:00:18
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane sit down (in person) with their good friend and business partner Kelly Margerum to discuss the magic that happens when we gather with intention.
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FAROUT #62: Culture shock from 2020-01-29T13:00:03
Alasdair & Julie-Roxane share travel stories and explore what it means to be culture-shocked.
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What does work mean to us? from 2020-01-22T13:00:13
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane sit down to discuss what work means to them along with other messy and confusing words like purpose and balance.
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The spirituality of podcasting from 2020-01-15T13:00:11
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane sit down to talk about one of their favorite topics: podcasting. They explore podcasting as a creative and spiritual pursuit and discuss the reasons why podcasting today i...
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2019 Highlight Reel from 2019-12-25T13:00:01
A shortie this week! Alasdair and Julie-Roxane share their gratitude for everyone who has tuned into the podcast this year, a few final words on 2019, and some of their favorite FAR OUT moments ove...
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The uncertainty of a self-directed life from 2019-12-18T13:00:21
Alasdair & Julie-Roxane share the challenges that come with living the way they do, some of the allies we all can call upon when blazing our own path, and of course, a few war stories.
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What it means to be highly sensitive from 2019-12-11T13:00:16
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane explore Dr. Elaine Aaron's groundbreaking work on the highly sensitive trait which effects 20% of the population. They discuss their experience being highly sensitive, wha...
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Moving to Guatemala: Travel 2.0 from 2019-11-27T13:00:11
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane fire up the mic from Panajachel, Guatemala to discuss their newest adventure and reflect on the travel lifestyle and how it's changed.
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Exploring intuition w/ Karina Antonopoulos from 2019-11-20T13:00:13
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane sit down with their good friend, Karina Antonopoulos, for a deep dive conversation into what it means exactly to follow our intuition. Karina is a relationship and leaders...
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How we tend to our Internal Landscape from 2019-11-13T13:00:06
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane explore how the environments we inhabit shape the world we live in and what we can do about it.
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Saying goodbye to the caravan from 2019-10-30T12:00:11
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane record their last episode in the caravan.
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Vacation vision & graduation goggles from 2019-10-23T12:00:28
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane explore two different phenomena they've experienced as they say goodbye to their caravan and prepare to move to Guatemala.
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If France and the U.S. could talk... from 2019-10-16T12:00:36
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane explore some of the core beliefs, myths and hidden assumptions of French and American culture.
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Why we're failing to retire early from 2019-09-25T12:00:21
Alasdair & Julie-Roxane discuss financial independence and retiring early (FIRE) and some of the potential risks and pitfalls of this strategy that they rarely hear being discussed.
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Grappling with social media from 2019-09-18T12:00:16
Alasdair & Julie-Roxane discuss their complex relationship with social media. They share some of their challenges with social media, the way they use (or don't use) it and some of the deeper questi...
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Navigating change: staying with hard conversations from 2019-09-11T12:00:12
Alasdair & Julie-Roxane sit down for an impromptu conversation on some big changes in their life and some of the ways in which they make space for change in their relationship.
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Trekking the Himalayas - Chapter 1: A one-man tent & a shitty map from 2019-08-28T12:00:20
Alasdair & Julie-Roxane tell the story of the time they walked through a remote region of the Himalayas in Nepal with a really small tent and a faulty map.
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Living in Californian suburbia VS. living in a caravan in rural France from 2019-08-21T12:00:10
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane return to the caravan and explore the absurdity of their life along with the differences between suburban living and life in the caravan.
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Understanding each other: how we use personality tests to better communicate from 2019-08-14T12:00:03
Alasdair & Julie-Roxane discuss the value of personality tests and the three different typology theories that have improved their relationship and enriched their lives.
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Embarking on the Hero's Journey from 2019-07-31T12:00:05
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane explore the Hero's Journey: what it is, the common stages of the Hero's Journey and it's significance as a tool for navigating life's challenges.
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Wrapping up Yosemite: Walking into the Wilderness from 2019-07-24T12:00:06
Alasdair and JR wrap up their Yosemite retreat experience and share how it felt to create a retreat from nothing, the challenges and the highlights.
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Reclaiming my body: Going off birth control from 2019-07-17T12:00:35
JR and Alasdair discuss birth control. JR shares her story going off birth control, why she did it and how the process went and Alasdair and her share what they use now to prevent pregnancy, as wel...
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Going through life's thresholds (with Danny van Leeuwen) from 2019-07-10T12:00:17
JR and Alasdair sit down with their first ever guest, Danny van Leeuwen, a dear friend, an author, a speaker and a patient/caregiver activist amongts many other things.
Together, they explore ...
Getting conned and giving gifts from 2019-06-26T19:36:11
A moral dilemma at a truck stop in France and a wedding in a remote village in the Himalayas leads Alasdair and Julie-Roxane to explore how gift-giving can change the way we relate with people and ...
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What you eat is not who you are (JR's food story) from 2019-06-19T12:00:02
Julie-Roxane shares her food story. After, Alasdair and Julie-Roxane explore some of the traps they've fallen into along their shared food journey and where they are now.
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Garbage in, garbage out (Alasdair's food story) from 2019-06-12T12:00:05
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane sit down for a two-part conversation in which they explore the question of how they feed themselves. In this episode, Alasdair shares his awakening to the food question an...
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Are we afraid of being dragged back into the system? from 2019-05-29T01:00:03
Julie-Roxane and Alasdair explore a question that was recently posed to Julie-Roxane while being interviewed on a friend's podcast. And as many good questions do, this one leads to a whole bunch mo...
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What not to do on a hike from 2019-05-22T01:00:02
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane sit down to discuss their recent experience walking over the Pyrenees mountains on the Camino de Santiago, during which they’ve made a few (okay, a lot) of rookie mistakes...
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Bonus episode: bloopers from 2019-05-15T01:00:13
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane are off this week but they have a good excuse. Listen in to hear their big news and stick around for an entertaining compilation of some of the (many) outtakes from record...
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Renovating the caravan: the things we wish we knew (pt. I) from 2019-04-24T01:00:08
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane sit down to discuss the renovation of the caravan they now live in (and podcast from). They share some of the things they didn't know and the considerable challenges they ...
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20 episodes later: what’s changed since we started a podcast from 2019-04-10T11:58:52
Description: Alasdair and Julie-Roxane share their podcasting journey so far. How it started, what changed since starting the podcast and how it’s impacted their relationship and work-life. They al...
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How we manage our finances as a couple from 2019-03-27T04:00:35
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane explore the pitfalls of poor money management in relationships and share a simple system they use that’s saved them time, energy and countless headaches.
Selling blackberries from 2019-03-20T04:00:05
Julie-Roxane and Alasdair talk about their first business venture together and explore some themes that are common in most businesses starting out.
The story of how we met from 2019-03-13T04:00:14
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane reminisce about their travels and how their journeys intertwined when Alasdair asked Julie-Roxane if she was Costa Rican in a chai shop in India.
From $0 to $1,000+: How JR built a location independent business in 3 weeks from 2019-02-27T13:00
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane celebrate Julie-Roxane’s 27th birthday by sharing the story of how she recently created a location independent business with recurring income in less than 3 weeks.
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The "self-indulgence" myth from 2019-02-20T13:00
In this episode, Alasdair and Julie-Roxane discuss the label "self-indulgent." which has been applied to Alasdair many times. They explore the pain of being an introvert in an extroverted world, th...
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Yosemite 2019 (or how we founded a travel company) from 2019-02-13T13:00
In this episode, Alasdair and JR share how they founded a travel retreat company. They discuss the value of retreats, the healing power of walking as well as their excitement around their upcoming ...
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Making space for depression from 2019-01-30T13:00
Julie-Roxane and Alasdair sit down to talk about 2019 and end up having an impromptu conversation about depression and how they make space for it in their lives and in their relationship.
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Welcome to L-Town from 2019-01-23T13:00
This week's episode is a special one. Alasdair and Julie-Roxane share their most disturbing travel story. Crime. Drugs. Sabotage. Charles Manson. It's a small town with a dark past and a malevolent...
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Doing a yearly review from 2019-01-16T13:00
Julie-Roxane and Alasdair talk about 2018 and share their annual review process.
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Taking a psychedelic retreat from 2018-12-19T13:00
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane talk about the value of taking retreats in general and psychedelic retreats in particular. They discuss their recent psychedelic experience, how they approached it and the...
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The Art of Work from 2018-12-12T13:00
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane discuss Jeff Goins' book, The Art of Work, and how they think about work these days.
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How did we get here? (part 1) from 2018-11-28T17:00
Julie-Roxane and Alasdair live in a caravan they've renovated in the forest in France. But how did they get there ?
They reflect on some painful realizations and connect the dots on their ...
When Are You Leaving? from 2018-11-26T13:00
On their first-ever episode, Alasdair and Julie-Roxane discuss something big that happened 36 hours ago: being asked to leave where they live. They explore their emotions in the face of this sud...
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When Are You Leaving? from 2018-11-26T13:00
On their first-ever episode, Alasdair and Julie-Roxane discuss something big that happened 36 hours ago: being asked to leave where they live. They explore their emotions in the face of this sud...
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When Are You Leaving? from 2018-11-26T13:00
On their first-ever episode, Alasdair and Julie-Roxane discuss something big that happened 36 hours ago: being asked to leave where they live. They explore their emotions in the face of this sudden...
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