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The dilemma of the modern, conscious human: what behaviors should we adopt from our ancestors, and what behaviors should we transcend and improve upon? This podcast pairs ancestral wisdom with modern thought and science. Topics: diet, functional health, depth psychology, morality, consciousness, technology, philosophy, and freedom. Formerly called the Ashley Rothstein Podcast and Stories with Ashley Rothstein. Video version available on YouTube.

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The dilemma of the modern, conscious human: what behaviors should we adopt from our ancestors, and what behaviors should we transcend and improve upon? This podcast pairs ancestral wisdom with modern thought and science. Topics: diet, functional health, depth psychology, morality, consciousness, technology, philosophy, and freedom. Formerly called the Ashley Rothstein Podcast and Stories with Ashley Rothstein. Video version available on YouTube.

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Episodes

Episode #030: Choosing to not look away

12/27/2019
The earth & it’s inhabitants are hurting. What can I/we do? I am guilty of choosing to look away when it comes to many serious issues the world is facing. The roots and structure of these complicated problems are confusing to process. Brainstorming solutions seems even harder. I don’t usually know what to do or how to help. When I try to visualize potential solutions, my mind starts buzzing and bouncing around all over the place in a seemingly never-ending loop of ‘problem > potential...

Duration:00:21:33

Episode #029: Visualization technique to help slow down

12/22/2019
I was moving too fast, so I imagined balloons tied to me and I snipped them off one by one...like my own (dark & twisted) version of Disney Pixar's 'Up.' Sometimes I feel like a broken record with how much I talk about my attempts to slow down after I realize I'm moving too fast. But if it keeps coming up, there is something for me to learn here. This 'lightening speed' pace I seem to default to is something I'm struggling to resolve, so I try different things in attempt to level it...

Duration:00:24:36

Episode #028: Vulnerability reflection

12/18/2019
I will fight to the death to prove that I am right. And there's a part of me that loves doing it. I've been this way since I can consciously remember. I file every email I receive and save it into a labeled folder that I can pull from in case I need to show proof of something I or someone else said or did. I prefer to communicate in writing for this very reason. If questioned in a conversation, I enjoy pulling up statistics or articles to prove what I am saying has scientific backing. I...

Duration:00:24:52

Episode #027: A quick descent into the underworld of chaos

12/15/2019
The phrase 'underworld of chaos' makes me feel a certain way. It feels dark, peculiar, and filled with terror. It also feels mystical, ancient, and freeing. I am often drawn to dark, magical, ancestral, primitive things. I love myths, themes, and stories, and how they make their way across history and become embedded in our conscious/unconscious minds. Do you ever feel like you're in one state of mind, and then BOOM...something pops your 'bubble' and suddenly you're in another state of...

Duration:00:22:12

Episode #026: One negative experience can blind you from future opportunity

12/11/2019
When I mention my past obsession with working out, I'm shocked by how many people have experienced something similar. Many people seem to have a similar story: attempting to control themselves and their minds through manipulation of their physical body, whether it be through food, hydration, supplements, substances, working out, or lack thereof. Back in 2012/2013, I spent nearly all day at the gym almost every day. I would rest only when my body and mind would force me to/shut down,...

Duration:00:15:39

Episode #025: "I don't know"

12/8/2019
"I don't know." I'll leave you with that as a hint for what this episode is about. Part of me thinks this is creative messaging/marketing for the episode. A bigger part of me is too mentally exhausted to come up with anything else. So, here we are.... Connect with me: ashrothpodcast@gmail.com www.ashleyrothstein.com IG/Twitter: @ashrothstein I love hearing from you people! Send me an email with your thoughts, personal experiences, insights, or hell…what you had for lunch.

Duration:00:18:53

Episode #024: Giving unsolicited advice

12/4/2019
This one is for you people who love fixing others and vomiting out unsolicited advice. In case you were wondering, I am a fellow people-fixer and unsolicited advice vomiter-outer. I wish I could come up with something better than 'vomiter-outer' because it doesn't make much sense, but I couldn't. So that will have to do. I'm sure you get the idea. This is what happens when an over-thinker attempts to be funny or witty. Changing gears...does the following scenario sound...

Duration:00:12:41

Episode #023: Binge Eating - Part 2 [Follow-up episode]

12/1/2019
Last week, the episode on grief was oddly perfectly timed with Thanksgiving. Ironically, the new one I just posted is also perfectly timed. It's an episode on binge eating....the day after Thanksgiving weekend. I swear I didn't plan it. I love serendipitous things like this. Makes me feel a certain way. It feels good. Like things are rolling as they should. The new episode is a follow-up to Episode #018: Binge eating - the cycle of restricting, binging & shame. After the realization I...

Duration:00:38:45

Episode #022: Transforming 'simulated grief' into love

11/26/2019
I didn't plan for this episode to be released right before Thanksgiving. It just happened. Based on the order of episodes I recorded and how the days fell, today was the day it ended up being released. This is interesting, because it feels like the perfect episode to post right before Thanksgiving. I never strive to play God, and I don't know what you need. But this is a message that I think many people would find useful, especially as we gear up to see our families for the holidays....

Duration:00:24:23

Episode #021: Getting greedy with your flow state

11/24/2019
I get warm and fuzzy feelings in my tummy when I think about flow states. When I say 'flow state,' you are probably envisioning the same feeling that I am. How you and I each achieve our individual flow states is probably not the same. Maybe you get into yours via rock climbing, playing an instrument, speaking on stage, doing comedy, reading, painting, drawing, or another activity. I get into mine via dancing and yoga. But once you've touched your individual flow state, you know what it...

Duration:00:12:41

Episode #020: Slow your mind & body down

11/20/2019
Raise your hand if you've ever been in that "I have a million things to do and there is not enough time to finish them but I must get them done so I must rush but rushing won't get me anywhere because it only brings me stress so I should probably slow down and take a break but I can't because I have a million things to do that must get done" trance. And then you keep going until your body or mind forces you to stop. That was a mouthful. Or a 'keyboard full' rather, since I typed it and...

Duration:00:23:07

Episode #019: Doing something you're terrified of

11/17/2019
I did something I was really scared of at work. By pushing past a powerful manifestation of fear, I was rewarded with growth and insight. Listen in for the full story. Maybe you will feel encouraged to push past your fear barriers. It's hard to do something that you resist. It feels unnatural, horrible and it really, really sucks. But maybe that 'something,' while not comfortable or pleasant, is what the highest and best part of you is calling you to do. And you just have to get past the...

Duration:00:31:51

Episode #018: Binge eating - the cycle of restricting, binging & shame

11/12/2019
Binge eating is my vice, and has been for quite some time. I've been through countless iterations of trial and error with diet, feeling great with some ways of eating, and not so great with others. I eat good, wholesome food, but my psychology around food needs some serious work. With all of the years of flip flopping with different diets and integrating the rapidly changing/new information about diet/health that I've learned over the years, I've conditioned myself deep into the 'dieting...

Duration:00:35:08

Episode #017: Social media break

11/6/2019
Connect with me: IG/Twitter: @ashrothstein www.ashleyrothstein.com Think you would be a good fit for the podcast? Send me an email with your story. ashrothpodcast@gmail.com Or send me an email with anything..your thoughts, your experiences, what you had for lunch. I love hearing from you people!

Duration:00:11:05

Episode #016: Danna Pycher on hypnotherapy, spirituality, soul inner-workings & a deep dive into the mind

5/20/2019
World-renowned hypnotherapist Danna Pycher is trailblazing a new form of healing that bridges science and spirituality. Her goal is to bring hypnosis mainstream as a way for everyone to have the ability to access it because we all seem to be in overload lately. We touched upon some fascinating concepts: "show" hypnotists (are they real?), how hypnotism works on a neurological and practical level, chronic disease and if it's really just a disease of the mind, resisting spirituality even...

Duration:01:36:41

Episode #015: How I lifted my own brain fog in a matter of minutes

5/14/2019
In this episode, I talk about an amazing personal experience: completely lifting my own brain fog (that would typically spiral out of control and have me out of commission for the entire day, if not longer) in a matter of minutes. Listen to episode #014 first to gain some context around the brain retraining steps I reference. Connect with me: IG/Twitter: @ashrothstein www.ashleyrothstein.com Think you would be a good fit for the podcast? Send me an email with your...

Duration:00:40:13

Episode #014: The power of brain retraining & rewiring the limbic system

5/14/2019
In this episode, I talk about the profound developments I've been experiencing in my own life with brain retraining and rewiring my limbic system, and how I'm restructuring old brain patterns away from anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, panic attacks, and more, while creating new ones to support gratitude and mindfulness. Connect with me: IG/Twitter: @ashrothstein www.ashleyrothstein.com Think you would be a good fit for the podcast? Send me an email with your...

Duration:00:34:39

Episode #013: Roxan McDonald on addiction, recovery & a profound near-death experience

5/7/2019
Roxan McDonald is a writer, teacher, workshop facilitator, coach, public speaker, and creator of @spiritual_af. She currently leads writing and personal development retreats and co-teaches with poet Ellen Bass, author of The Courage to Heal, at 1440 Multiversity and Esalen Institute. Roxan is the author of the inspirational decks Spiritual AF and Grateful AF published by Knock Knock Inc, where she brings her own wit and unique style to gratitude and self-help. Her short stories, memoir...

Duration:01:57:27

Episode #012: Travis Warner on geology, slack lining & tower climbing

5/1/2019
Travis Warner has a Bachelor’s Degree in Forensic and Investigative Science (emphasis in Crime Scene Investigation) and a Master’s Degree in Geology (emphasis in petroleum Geology), both from West Virginia University. He was a research/development reservoir geologist for an oil and gas company for 7 years (microscopy, organic geochemistry, spectroscopy), was laid off after a corporate acquisition, climbed cell phone towers for 7 months while he job-hunted, and as of mid-March 2019, he is now...

Duration:02:05:31

Episode #011: Melissa Unfred, "The Modern Mortician" on all things death

4/18/2019
Death is one of these taboo things – we don’t really want to think about it or hear about it, but then we’re like wait…I want to hear, or I want to see. We pull away from it and are drawn to it simultaneously. Death and curiosity go together, at least for me. I find myself existential often, thinking about how life is finite and how it will end for all of us. Death is the great equalizer, as I always say. Not one of us gets out of this life alive. So, who better than a mortician, a person...

Duration:01:44:27

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