
21 episodes

The School of Atypical Insights Tyler James Wall
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5.0 • 8 Ratings
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Tyler Wall, a Mind Advisor, explores the insights and stories of some of the top creatives, entrepreneurs, leaders, artists and athletes, while uncovering the tactics and practices they've used to achieve mastery in their respective fields. Tyler takes a fun and inquisitive approach to understanding how you can use the lessons from other's journeys to better your own life. In doing so, you will unlock more of who you are and break down the barriers of what's possible. If you're ready to take a deep dive into expanding your perspective on what's possible, tune into The School of Atypical Insights. Follow Tyler on Instagram @tylerjameswall https://www.instagram.com/tylerameswall/
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Episode 21 - Creating a Future of Possibility with Treya Klassen
Treya is the CEO of Design House Collective, Designer and business engineer. She has 30 years of experience building industry-leading brands, coaching CEOs, and delivering breakthrough sales programs. She combines business acumen, design knowledge, and expertise in leadership and communication to create high-performing brands. Klassen has worked with clients such as Polartec, Eddie Bauer, Arcteryx, and Lululemon.
Klassen is also a Communication Course leader for Landmark Worldwide, with 22 years of experience leading seminars and guest-speaking engagements. Her notable accomplishments include developing the Nike Air Sole, launching an award-winning retail chain, coaching 120 financial services entrepreneurs weekly, being nominated for the most influential businesswoman in Canada, and directing the second-largest textile brand in the world from chapter eleven bankruptcy to $289 million in sales in less than three years.
As the founder and current CEO of Design House Collective, Klassen leads a team of creative strategists, designers, artists, writers, developers, philosophers, and filmmakers who transform markets and reconfigure industries. Her team has received dozens of awards for excellence in product innovation, brand storytelling, and design.
Treya and I dive into:
- Language as a technology
- Creating futures is underrated (and what to do)
- How we perpetrate our own mess with our own language
- How to be at CAUSE in your future
- The source of suffering is rooted in your meaning of it
- There are no truths
- Transmuting the energy from pain and sadness to love
Connect with Treya:
- Website: Design House Collective
- Instagram: @DesignHouseCollective
Connect with me:
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Episode 20 - Breakthroughs over Breakdowns with Nick Motycka
Nick grew up in Canada with a father who was a member of the Royal Canadian Mountain Police. This along with his wounded inner child had a major influence on his law enforcement career choice. Nick went on to spend his entire adult life, 23 years, in various enforcement related positions including 17 years as a police officer before his breakthrough, formally known as a breakdown, on September 16th, 2020.
Nick was diagnosed with PTSD and set off on a journey to finally process the traumas collected during his career in law enforcement. A year and half in, countless psychologist and occupational therapist appointments later, he was able to finally get the help that he needed; one psilocybin assisted therapy session. In an afternoon Nick went from severe PTSD to no longer meeting the criteria for any diagnosis.
With a new sense of clarity and the amazing support of his family, Nick resigned from the only profession that he had ever known. Nick now spends his time sharing his story of healing and post traumatic growth while going all in on his dream to bring consciously made, natural fiber clothing to the world through his apparel brand; Flow State Designs!
Nick and I dive into:
- His WILD journey as a police officer
- The moment he knew something had to change
- An uncommon path to recovery
- His discovery of freedom and what was next for him
Connect with Nick:
- Website: Flow State Designs
- Facebook: Flow State Designs
- Instagram: @Flow.State.Designs
Connect with me:
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Episode 19 - Building Resilience by Going Within with Sarah Lane
As a Somatic Awakening Mentor & Breathwork Guide, Sarah Lane helps humans heal trauma and strengthen their spiritual connection through breath, movement, energy work, and inner child healing.
Sarah’s extensive training in Breathwork, Reiki, Yoga, and Somatic Coaching provide a grounded, holistic approach that equally values spirituality and humanity. She provides a safe, non-judgmental container for emotions to be felt and alchemized. Her mission is to lead empaths, mystics, and healers into sovereignty and empowerment as we collectively steward a new paradigm of heart-centered consciousness anchoring heaven on earth.
Sarah facilitates healing retreats, transformational breathwork journeys at music festivals, 1:1 mentorship, group leadership programs, as well as dance + movement experiences that bring us closer to Truth.
Sarah and I dive into:
- How nature reminds us of whats important
- Giving yourself permission to grieve
- Co-regulating the nervous system
- The power behind being “sappy”
- Claiming yourself by claiming your sovereignty
Connect with Sarah:
- Website | www.Sarahlane.coach
- Instagram | @iam.sarahlane
Connect with me:
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Episode 18 - The Pricelessness of Having Peace of Mind with Garnett Strother
Garnett Strother was homeless, single teen dad who overcame poverty, prison and addiction to become a mentor and a martial arts champion. He's a NYC based personal trainer who specializes in life performance and Author of the upcoming book "Kagami: The Art of Listening and The 5 Pillars of Communication." His obstacles have become the way, and are what allowed him to transcend the path that was laid out for him and onto one of his own creation.
Garnett and I dive into:
- How the flexibility of your mind can transform your experience of life
- Why every great person has a mentor
- Comic books as a catalyst to expanding his potential
- Ending generational trauma with a decision
- The value of the process over the fight
- Recalibrating ourselves into the current moment
- Why developing hard skills flourishes creative growth
- His upcoming book & the methods to become a better communicator
Connect with Garnett:
- Website | www.Strotherpt.com
- Instagram | @strother_pt
Connect with me:
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Episode 17 - Attending to the Depths of our Experiences with Mackenzie Amara
By trade Mackenzie is a writer, researcher, consultant, & 5Rhythms® teacher. By vocation she is a Jungian analyst-in-training & Clinical Psychology doctoral student. By design she is a collection of fractal, holographic cells dancing around some strange attractor for the sake of who knows what to live an insignificant, mythic life reflective of the mysterious vital spark within her. She identifies as a series of memories & unverifiable subjective experiences of self-hood to which she is rather fondly attached. She has a penchant for scholarship, the occult, pedantic erudition, morbid humor, grandiosity, nihilism, & semi-responsible hedonism. Born in the shadow of New Age culture into a fractured family system & the subjective experiencer of (arguably) extreme early childhood trauma, her life’s work is to heal psychic wounds—her’s & other’s—that she & others become strong enough to contend with the unconscious quicksands & transpersonal abysses which lap at the periphery of developing consciousness. She is an emergent property of Being playing at becoming sovereign. She really, really loves butter.
Mackenzie and I dive into:
- The spiritual pursuit of life
- The limits of logic and infinity of emotions
- Transcending your limited consciousness
- Why emotions supersede our insights in real transformation
- The wisdom in being devastated
Connect with Mackenzie:
- Website | www.mackenzieamara.com
- Instagram | @theinkedshrink
- Dance | 5Rhythms
Recommended Words
- Lightning Society poem
- What is Mysticism? (Medium)
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Episode 16 - Unlocking Your Life Through Storytelling with Viki Csanicz
Viki "Alexandra" Csanicz is a storyteller, entrepreneur, and sauna enthusiast. Residing in beautiful Victoria Island, BC, Canada, Viki helps businesses and brands better understand their true essence, the challenges they face and their grander vision...and then share it with the world in a powerful way. Through a variety of mediums including photography, video and written word, her production company utilizes a unique method that dives deep with their clients to refine and express their individual stories with the world.
Viki and I dive into:
Why ALL beliefs are limiting by their natureEstablishing a long term vision and working backwardsHow people and businesses lose their "why" when chasing performance..and what to doVulnerability as an access point to true expansionConnect with Viki:
- Instagram | @Vik.in.vic
- Website | Coast Break Collective
Book Recommendation:
- Humankind: A Hopeful History
Connect with me:
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Highly recommend!
Love this show! Super interesting guests, valuable content and so many takeaways. Each one leaves you with a new perspective and something to think about long after the show ends.
Essential listening
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