13 episodes

Meaning Quotient, hosted by Deepak, celebrates stories, talks, and conversations on topics of individual & collective transformation through finding meaning.
Music: Handpan by Edoardo Striani (Episode 10+), Lotus Rain, by Osho (Episodes 1-9)

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Meaning Quotient, hosted by Deepak, celebrates stories, talks, and conversations on topics of individual & collective transformation through finding meaning.
Music: Handpan by Edoardo Striani (Episode 10+), Lotus Rain, by Osho (Episodes 1-9)

    #13 Non-Violent Resistance with Corinna Veit

    #13 Non-Violent Resistance with Corinna Veit

    An inspiring story of a German radio-journalist who non-violently fought for Native Americans rights and found her own meaning on the way.

    Through the eyes of Corinna, we intimately navigate her life journey from post-war Germany to the United States and back. A short stay with the Native American tribe as a young adult changed her life forever, and as a white woman from Germany, she found a cause in a different culture that gave new meaning to her life.

    Corinna is a founder of online congress www.weltenwanderer.family She has worked as a journalist, tour guide, and graphic designer. As part of her extensive travels, she has spent many years with a wide variety of Native American tribes, and for almost 30 years, she has offered trips to the Indian reservations of North America with depth.

    • 41 min
    #12 Self Transformation with Kaivalya Kashyap

    #12 Self Transformation with Kaivalya Kashyap

    What if a crisis of meaninglessness hits you when you are busy with your successful ventures?

    In this candid conversation with Kaivalya Kashyap, we savor a story of finding personal freedom after passing through a valley of crisis in late 40s. A fascinating story that takes us through the landscapes of Uganda, corporates in Switzerland, mountains in Tokyo, and an ashram in India, is also a reminder that internal freedom is as important as external experiences. A story where a transformed business has started by transforming oneself.

    Kaivalya Kashyap, is a serial entrepreneur and founder of the International Academy of Transformative Leadership (iatl.co). Kaivalya was inspired by his mentor, the social reformer Dadashreeji in 2013, and has been passing on his experiences through lectures since then.

    • 47 min
    #11 Flourishing as a Bridge with Dr. Dominic Longo

    #11 Flourishing as a Bridge with Dr. Dominic Longo

    What if when society teaches you about the enemy, you love them? What if when society gives you boxes to define yourself, you create a new patch?

    An Italian American from Nebraska went to Cairo for a couple of years in his early 20s, intending to understand more about the Arab-Muslim world. Little did he know that these formidable years are going to provide a new meaning to his life. Listen to this incredible journey of Dr. Dominic Longo, as we navigate Cairo's quarters from a Christian-American perspective, intertwined with his experiences of inner coming out.

    Dominic Longo has a Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic Studies (Harvard University) and an M.A. in theology (Boston College). A former Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, Dominic also directed the Muslim-Christian Dialogue Center at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. He is currently a founder and managing director of "Flourishing Gays," a leadership development company from an LGBTQ+ perspective.

    • 40 min
    #10 Music of the Stars with Dr. Edoardo Striani

    #10 Music of the Stars with Dr. Edoardo Striani

    "You scientists have this stupendous story of the universe...You fail to hear its music. Tell the story, but tell it with a feel of the music." - Thomas Berry.

    Edoardo Striani, Ph.D. has taken a journey to tell us a story of the universe through the feel of the music. A Bruno Rossi Prize winning astrophysicist turned handpan musician; Edoardo is synthesizing the worlds of rationality and irrationality to help us experientially connect with the universe.

    In this candid conversation with Edoardo, we revisited his journey of change. From a moment in a lab in Italy when he and his team discovered the Crab Nebula in flaring stage leading to Bruno Rossi Prize, the time when he found his passion for handpan, to the struggles and pleasures of changing the career all to discover something new in himself.

    The story of Edoardo is an inspirational journey of following one's passions and finding a new meaning of life.

    • 29 min
    #09 Connecting with a Tree with Dr. Laura Pustarfi

    #09 Connecting with a Tree with Dr. Laura Pustarfi

    In Davos 2020, the world leaders pledge to plant 1 trillion trees to save forests and climate. However, when we looked around Davos around 1/3rd of the trees were dying.

    William Blake said, "The trees that move some to the tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way." It is not enough to plant the trees but also to develop a new relationship with them so that we can develop a new relationship with ourselves.

    In this candid conversation with Dr. Laura Pustarfi, we will learn why connecting with a tree is important, and how we can foster this connection. Interwoven with her own personal story, this interesting conversation opens a portal to see how trees can provide the meaning of life.

    Laura Pustarfi, Ph.D., is a writer, creative, and integral ecologist. Her work is at the intersection of philosophy, ecology, and religion. She earned her doctorate at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and her dissertation is titled Arboreality: Revisioning Trees in the Western Paradigm. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her website is laurapustarfi.com.

    • 30 min
    #08 Yoga Psychology with Dr. Chris Miller

    #08 Yoga Psychology with Dr. Chris Miller

    What if a profound moment while surfing made you aware of the interconnectedness of all of creation? What if that moment inspired you to find new meaning in life, perhaps a move from Finance to Yoga Studies?

    Listen to this inspiring story of Dr. Christopher Miller and understand the emerging field of Yoga Studies. Chris, a professor of Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, takes us from the surfing beaches of California to the ancient Indian traditions of Yoga, unfolding the role of Yoga traditions (beyond the exercise regime) in the quest of searching for alternative and more ecologically sensitive models for understanding the human psyche.

    Find out more about Chris here: http://lmu.academia.edu/ChristopherMiller

    • 40 min

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Thoughtful and honest interview show with fascinating, non-celebrity guests. If you like the Good Life Project, and the deep, heart-centered interview style of Jonathan Fields, you’ll love The Meaning Quotient. Deepak connects with his guests in a meaningful way and thoughtfully asks the questions that shows us the essence of a person. Love it, can’t wait to hear more!

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