Meaningful Conversations With Delicious Beverages
On this week's Highlight interview, AJ is joined by Copper and Cotton Chef Tamara Stanger. She shares her journey, talks about the importance of local and sustainable food, and most importantly, not letting your circumstances decide your life.
Discipline as Freedom The way we talk about freedom in general focusses almost exclusively on the freedom from, without ever asking what that freedom is for. What is it, exactly that our freedom is for?
We're talking some serious trash today (I'm not apologize for that pun). For our topic we discuss how California has mandated organics recycling.
This conversation is less about the Pope himself and more about religious authority and whether or not a position like the Pope's is good or not. We talk about how his authority works, what our relationship with that authority is, and get some real life examples using some of the current scandals we've been faced with.
Brandon recently heard 3 celebrities discuss how they grew up in the Catholic Church but do not credit the church for their sense of morality. Our culture has progressed down a patch of minimalism that results in a Church giving people check boxes rather than truth. We have to dig past the surface and get to what is good and meaningful.
Mental health is slowing making its way on to people's radar and that's good. We would like to see this be something that we all take much more seriously. Mental health is important and not always something you can just shake off with a beer or Netflix binge. It requires courage, vulnerability, strong relationships, and sometimes the help of a professional.
Discover what you need at your core and hold onto that. Remind yourself of the power you do have. Others will not remind you of this. It is anchored inside yourself and you must tell yourself this early and often.