In this episode Bart and Anthony are joined by yoga practitioner and mechanical engineer in the field of green technologies Shane Martin to talk about the multiple definitions and applications of 'Openness'. Shane's broad life experience, combined with his tendency towards rigorous and analytical self-questioning, led him to this topic as a linchpin to many others. We discuss Openness as it applies to self, to ego, to relationships with other people, its role in giving life meaning and finally to our relationship with Nature herself.

We touch on:

• how to connect with others, and how to protect yourself while doing so
• how to set strong boundaries
• how to work with repeated patterns you might be seeing in your relationships
• the fundamental disconnect underlying the current ecological crisis and what we can do to begin addressing it

Shane's Links

How Wolves Change Rivers (also Anthony's favourite video on the internet) - https://youtu.be/ysa5OBhXz-Q?si=FUY8z6L6u7pTv3iS

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Intro / Outro music composed, recorded and performed by Bart and Anthony. If we are using a version with a particularly bitching guitar solo on it, that is being played by John Tracey and that version was also recorded and mixed by him.

Thanks a million!

Anthony and Bart

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