Derek Beres is a multi-faceted author, media expert, and fitness instructor based in Los Angeles. He is the co-host of Conspirituality and co-founder of EarthRise SoundSystem. His latest book is Hero’s Dose: The Case for Psychedelics in Ritual and Therapy.
In this episode we talk about:
- how his life projection changed quickly in his first months of college when being introduced to marijuana and the Bhagavita
- starting to study religion and spirituality in college
- his path in journalism
- how he was introduced to yoga and the life happenings that lined up to start his career as a yoga instructor as well as a journalist
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How being critical about things you love is important
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Why his podcast Consprituality is resonating as many people have felt things but everyone around them has fallen into the opposite camp
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How we question intuition. And follow people and befriend people and go against our feelings bec wveehoke else loves them.
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How his music journalism, DJing and yoga teaching collided to build a way to pay his bills and so all the things he loved.
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Asian cultures and how they deal with traffic and also how they use masks when they get sick to not get others sick
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How anger and fear are often connected and getting curious about fears
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How admitting you are wrong is gratifying. And changing your mind is not a bad thing.
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How memory works and once you have an experience it becomes part of your identity.
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What inspired his book on psychedelics and their healing power
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What motivated him starting the Consprituality podcast and what drives their episodes
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What QAnon actually is and how they are working to be available for support for people that come out of realizing what they have been believing
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How while the are critical on the podcast they are reading direct words of the people they are exposing AND reaching out to them to have open conversations with them
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the vaccine industry and my mistrust and hesitation and his very researched and intelligent information about vaccines and the industry
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how vaccines are rooted in traditional Chinese medicine
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our experiences with the medical industry that have created some mistrust
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the reality of the placebo effect
- Which keychain he chose from my line and why
You can find Derek and his new book at https://www.derekberes.com and @derekberes
And check out the Conspirituality Podcast https://conspirituality.net and @conspiripod
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