How Are You Doing, Really?

Sam Sebastian

I am here to have honest conversations with people around the world. I want to know, how are you doing, really? These are conversations built to encourage speakers to share what truly wants to unfold as a result of their current life experiences. My hope is that listeners will be able to empathize with my guests in order to gain new perspectives of compassion.

  1. 01/01/2021

    Episode 27 - A Mother's Approach To Healing Through Touch - Feat. Maya Barak

    Today, Sam speaks with his friend Maya Barak.   Maya is a mom, Biometric Hand Analysis professional, attachment parenting advocate, and certified massage therapist focused on somato-emotional healing, implementing attachment bodywork.    Homeschooling her two kids during COVID | Putting her business plans on hold to take care of her family | Surrendering to “what is” | Receiving a Hand Analysis session changed her life | Finding out that our genetic “gifts” can be seen in the hands | "It is a proven tool for self-improvement as it uncovers early experiences and learned behaviors that make life a frustrating struggle." | "The Biometric Hand Analysis helped me realize why I was acting, reacting, avoiding, and doing things a certain way. It helped me understand the "why" behind the "what." | Turning to Attachment Bodywork after hand analysis to deepen her healing and understanding | "Where it hurts most is where we need to work" | Discovering what she wanted through self-intimacy, | Finding her calling to help others in the process of her own journey| Making space for the entirety of our emotions | Showing children that we have a rainbow of emotions | Giving ourselves and others permission to feel hurt, angry, and be overwhelmed at times | Breaking the chain of avoiding "negative" emotions | Teaching children to ask questions | "I want my kids to know that everyone is equal and to see them through their heart" | "Be curious, to ask, and to question, dig deep, surround ourselves by people who love you and support us."    Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and experience, Maya!    Maya's Websites: www.HandsAnalysis.com www.MayaBarakBodyWork.com www.KoalaMoms.com

    1h 13m
  2. 11/13/2020

    Episode 24 - Paradox & Healing - Feat. Tyger

    Today, Sam speaks with his friend Ty. Join us as we talk to Ty about his life experience, growing up as a black man in a country that oppressed him and ancestors, and his work in himself and with others to heal.   Experiencing emotional complexity this year | After hearing the presidential election results saying to himself, "I can take a breath" | Feeling a glimmer of hope for the next administration in the White House | Living in a world where irrational prejudice is in the "ether" constantly | Asking himself, "How can people not find a way to kindness?" | Paradox of feeling compassionate towards others while simultaneously reporting an experience of "terror." | "There is nothing in him that is not in you, you cannot move from othering, you can only move by healing the part of them that lives in me" | "We are here to heal Western civilization." (Malidoma Somé) | Working in prison with inmates about healing and experiencing their wounding through their stories | "The healing is hearing where other people are coming from." | Experiencing the enthusiasm from which the younger generation is stepping into being their authentic selves. | "A better argument doesn't mean others are wrong; it means you've been able to bully them into believing your perspective is strong." | Feeling the importance of multigenerational gatherings at this time | His great grandmother Cora Lena Odom said, "No one is better than you, and you are better than no one!" | I have so much love and appreciation for you, Ty!  Email: Ty@Creativetyes.com

    1h 8m
  3. 10/02/2020

    Episode 22 - Empowering Children To Be The Expert In Their Experience - Jasmine Star Horan

    Today, Sam speaks with his friend Jasmine Horan. Join us as we talk to Jasmine about her new book, starting a publishing company, and raising awareness for social & environmental justice: Author of Gazebo Learning Project: A Legacy of Experiential and Experimental Early Childhood Education at Esalen | Growing up in the counterculture of Big Sur | Gazebo school as an experimental/experiential learning project in the mid-'70s | Breaking the mold of the public schooling system | How Esalen culture contributed to a new educational philosophy for children | Empowering children to be the expert in their experience | Being a Gazebo student, a Gazebo teacher, and a parent of a Gazebo child | "The Power of Play: Brain-body = mind-body" | Dance & movement as intelligence | Mind-body practices create new neurological pathways | Acknowledging her privileged upbringing | Empowering children to be more authentic | "Coming to each moment as my authentic self is a practice" | Raising a bi-racial daughter of African decent | Appreciating the embodied/somatic aspect of looking at racial justice | Empowering her daughter and helping her along this journey of self-love |   Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom, Jasmine!  Go to www.silverpeakpress.com to buy your copy of The Gazebo Learning Project: A Legacy of Experiential & Experimental Early Childhood Education at Esalen    Email: jasmine@silverpeakpress.com

    1h 12m
4.4
out of 5
14 Ratings

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I am here to have honest conversations with people around the world. I want to know, how are you doing, really? These are conversations built to encourage speakers to share what truly wants to unfold as a result of their current life experiences. My hope is that listeners will be able to empathize with my guests in order to gain new perspectives of compassion.