The Great Unlearn
Cal Callahan
We grew up in a world we didn’t create. And one idea after the next—whether it was culture or society—we were told how to look, how to feel, and who to be. We were told that if we checked off the “right” boxes (think: career, car, money), we’d feel good, we’d be whole, and—naturally—we’d be set. But, turns out, there’s more to the story. On The Great Unlearn, Cal dives into unlearning and questioning what the world taught us, and—in the process—how to be the truest version of yourself, minus the bullshit. Whether it’s figuring out how to navigate a relationship, dealing with your emotions, diving into spirituality, or just feeling comfortable in your own skin, Cal and friends navigate the choppy waters of what it really takes to unlearn all the ideas we took for granted, and how to be the best version of what, sometimes, can be so hard to be: yourself.
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05/05/20 • 178 min
We Discuss: 3:50 - The human element of the drum 9:59 - From fanboy to family 14:10 - James’ ability to be unapologetically himself 18:50 - Detached caring isn’t not caring 21:07- The highest order form of caring in a relationship creates autonomy 32:10 - James recognizes that he is nothing more than a number 36:20 - Morality vs Reality 40:00 - The beginning of CrossFit 47:10 - Becoming the world’s fittest man and the destruction of the beauty of the journey 58:10 - CrossFit as a tool for sport. Not a tool for health. 1:11:26 - How to build a business around your practice 1:13:48 - A “Coach” is not valued correctly today 1:40:10 - How to show up for your kids 1:52:20 - International Functional Fitness Federation 1:54:30 - Robots vs Humans 2:07:53 - You got what you got. Deal with it. Resources: CrossFit Game World’s Fittest Man - (https://emergefitness.com/blogs/fit/crossfit-games-champions) James Fitzgerald Helen Video - (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4YQTdCU_Do) Food Hygiene Practices - (https://opexfit.com/blog/category/nourishment/) IF3 - (https://functionalfitness.sport/) You are what your Grandparents ate - (https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-What-Your-Grandparents/dp/0778806332) Mixed Modal Exercise - (https://opexfit.com/mixed-modal/) Peter Crone Broken Brain Podcast - (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/55-how-to-redesign-subconscious-mind-from-limitation/id1381257272?i=1000438240092) True Coach - (https://truecoach.co/) Connect with James Fitzgerald: Twitter | https://twitter.com/JFitzOPEX (https://twitter.com/JFitzOPEX?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Instagram | James FitzGerald (@jfitzopex) (https://www.instagram.com/jfitzopex/) Big Dawgs Podcast | The Big Dawgs Podcast on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-big-dawgs-podcast/id1441338244?mt=2) James’ Business | OPEX Fitness: Fitness Coaching Education, Courses, and Certifications (https://opexfit.com/) Email | [email protected] Connect with Cal: Newsletter | https://www.thegreatunlearn.com/newsletter (https://www.thegreatunlearn.com/newsletter) Website | https://www.thegreatunlearn.com (https://www.thegreatunlearn.com) Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/bunkercal/ (https://www.instagram.com/bunkercal/) Twitter | https://twitter.com/BunkerCal (https://twitter.com/BunkerCal) Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/BunkerCal (https://www.facebook.com/BunkerCal) YouTube | The Great Unlearn (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCneI0an6qiL7t-7sne9TjhQ) Subscribe to the Great Unlearn Podcast: Apple Podcasts | https://apple.co/3a4ATpc (https://apple.co/3a4ATpc) Spotify | https://spoti.fi/2Rb7emv (https://spoti.fi/2Rb7emv) Google Play | http://bit.ly/2sehHUE (http://bit.ly/2sehHUE) Stitcher | http://bit.ly/2t8wHE6 (http://bit.ly/2t8wHE6) If you are called to support the podcast, please share the show with a friend!!! This is the best way to spread the message ❤️🙏🏼: (http://bit.ly/TGUpodcast)
Welcome to The Great Unlearn
The Great Unlearn
01/28/20 • 72 min
My intention with this episode is to introduce myself — formally Jon Callahan, but known to most as Cal — and share the capital-W Why behind starting The Great Unlearn. I originally wrote a script for this, but as I was reading it, I just wasn’t sure if that was the right way to introduce the real me. So I asked some friends for their advice — shout out to Carrie Doll and Dave Regula for the assist — and they came through big time. And that’s really a big part of what I want people to get out of this show: we’ve been taught that high achievers should buckle down, muscle through, and try to do everything alone, but that’s BS advice. The people who really accomplish a lot, the people who really change lives, know when to ask for help — and I want my show to be a source for advice and stories that will help us all on this journey to becoming the best versions of ourselves. More than that, the people who really live fulfilling lives don’t do what they were told they should do. They dive deep, interrogate themselves, and figure that shit out themselves. I’m still early in this journey, but I hope you’ll walk it alongside me. There will be tears (there might already be a few in this episode) but I know that we’ll be able to walk farther together. We Discuss: 00:05:30 - The catalyst for my awakening: the mass shooting on October 1st, 2017 00:10:50 - Asking yourself, for the first time, “Why the fuck am I here?” 00:11:45 - Unlearning the lies and unspoken agreements that were drilled into us as kids, from our parents and society as a whole 00:18:00 - The Great Unlearn isn’t about throwing away everything we learned — it’s about questioning them, maybe for the first time, and deciding whether or not those agreements serve us 00:20:00 - The idea of “Working In” (as opposed to Working Out) 00:22:00 - Why I chose The Great Unlearn as the title for this show 00:25:30 - Maximization Vs. Optimization 00:34:40 - My favorite quote: “Comparison is the thief of joy.” 00:48:50 - A text from a friend that rocks me to my core (in a good way) every time I read it 00:54:30 - Only speaking from direct experience 00:59:05 - “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” Resources: Listen to my interview on The Inner Circle with Carrie Doll (https://www.carriedoll.co/post/cal-callahan) Chekinstitute.com (https://chekinstitute.com/) Drjoedispenza.com (https://drjoedispenza.com/) Burningman.org (https://burningman.org/) Connect with Cal: Website | https://www.thegreatunlearn.com (https://www.thegreatunlearn.com) Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/bunkercal/ (https://www.instagram.com/bunkercal/) Twitter | https://twitter.com/BunkerCal (https://twitter.com/BunkerCal) Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/BunkerCal (https://www.facebook.com/BunkerCal) YouTube | The Great Unlearn (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCneI0an6qiL7t-7sne9TjhQ) Subscribe to the Great Unlearn Podcast: Apple Podcasts | https://apple.co/3a4ATpc (https://apple.co/3a4ATpc) Spotify | https://spoti.fi/2Rb7emv (https://spoti.fi/2Rb7emv) Google Play | http://bit.ly/2sehHUE (http://bit.ly/2sehHUE) Stitcher | http://bit.ly/2t8wHE6 (http://bit.ly/2t8wHE6) If you are called to support the podcast, please share the show with a friend!!! This is the best way to spread the message ❤️🙏🏼: (https://pod.link/1492460338) The Great Unlearn is a production of (http://crate.media)
139. Brandon Joe Williams | Unlocking Prosperity and Autonomy Through Unveiling Legal Principles
The Great Unlearn
05/30/24 • 141 min
If any conversation is going to test our willingness to unlearn deeply ingrained beliefs, it’s this one. Brandon Joe Williams, an insightful legal mind and advocate for freedom, joins us to embark on a digestible and nuanced exploration of attaining genuine financial autonomy by questioning and dismantling the constraints imposed by conventional legal systems.
Throughout this episode, expect to uncover eye-opening truths about legal principles, gain fresh perspectives on wealth, and discover new strategies for navigating taxes, among many other insights.
CONNECT WITH BRANDON
Website: https://onestupidfuck.com
Step-By-Step Guide: https://onestupidfuck.com/step-by-step-guide-start-here
CONNECT WITH CAL
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cal.callahan/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegreatunlearn
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thegreatunlearn/
Website: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com
Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com/newsletter
10/20/22 • 84 min
You may be familiar with today's guest like I was, from Sons of Anarchy or his latest film, Emily The Criminal, but I had the pleasure of sitting down and getting to actually know the human being within these characters played.
Theo Rossi joins us on TGU to share his unique journey of life and personal experience in the entertainment industry. The grass is not always greener and, although grateful, he has been met with immense challenges living life in a media world that thrives and 'succeeds' on inauthenticity; let alone a world that applies so much pressure on being successful, with little guidance on what post-success looks and feels like.
Theo and I dive into...
→ Why greatness is not created through perfection
→ The problems that money doesn't solve
→ How Theo moves through life's ‘new levels, new devils’
→ Achieving happiness through smaller, everyday moments
→ How we've both navigated the discomfort of post-success
→ His fatherhood journey after growing up without the presence of his own biological father
Connect with Theo:
Connect with Cal:
• YouTube
• Website
• Subscribe to the newsletter
Resources:
This show is produced by Soulfire Productions
140. Hal Elrod | Heal Your Life with The Miracle Morning
The Great Unlearn
06/03/24 • 101 min
Hal Elrod has faced numerous crises throughout his life. Despite being pronounced dead after a car accident, he miraculously emerged from a coma six days later. He battled deep depression during a financial crisis and healed from a rare form of leukemia.
In the midst of these challenges, Hal developed a transformative set of rituals that became the foundation of his bestselling book, "The Miracle Morning." These rituals, which he continues to practice, played a crucial role in his journey towards healing from cancer. This conversation is deeply emotional and offers insight into the power of vulnerability and belief.
Hal and I dive into...
➝ The Miracle Morning’s life-changing way of living
➝ What his near-death experiences taught him about life
➝ Healing his cancer with Western medicine and holistic medicine
➝ 3 steps for creating affirmations rooted in truth and result-oriented
➝ The power of our belief
REFERENCED
Miracle Morning Documentary: https://miraclemorning.com/movie/
The Miracle Morning book: https://miraclemorning.com/books/
The Miracle Morning app: https://miraclemorning.app
Kreatures of Habit, use code KOHTGU20: https://kreaturesofhabit.com
CONNECT WITH HAL
Website: https://halelrod.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hal_elrod/
Achieve Your Goals podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/achieve-your-goals-with-hal-elrod/id820889267
The Miracle Morning: https://miraclemorning.com/books/
CONNECT WITH CAL
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cal.callahan/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegreatunlearn
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thegreatunlearn/
Website: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com
Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com/newsletter
05/06/24 • 74 min
Boyd Varty — Lion Tracker, Storyteller, and Life Guide — shares his wisdom on embracing our wild selves. We recently celebrated his 40th birthday on the South African coastline — hiking across the landscape, leaping from cliffs, and engaging in meaningful and revealing fireside conversations. Along this journey there was one primary aspect that we all felt truly touched by: the awakening of our unique wild self.
Boyd and I dive into...
➝ The ceremony of entering a new decade
➝ The journey to the wild self
➝ Becoming someone who cultivates and fosters life
➝ The intelligence of moving grief
➝ Uprooting what numbs us – identities, roles, unfelt emotions, stimulants
➝ And more!
REFERENCED
CONNECT WITH BOYD
Website: https://boydvarty.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boyd_varty/
Books: https://boydvarty.com/book/
CONNECT WITH CAL
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cal.callahan/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegreatunlearn
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thegreatunlearn/
Website: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com
Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com/newsletter
Poranguí | Rediscover the Healing Art of Music
The Great Unlearn
03/10/20 • 81 min
Poranguí is one of those guys who has been instrumental in the changes that I’ve felt in my life. He’s a man in true alignment, and when you spend enough time with someone like that, you understand when you’re out of alignment and what a true path looks like for you. When I met him, I did whatever I could to spend time with him — I went to his retreats, I participated in his sound healings, I went to his live performances — and then I was invited on these tribal men’s retreats in Sedona that changed my life. Being surrounded by men that show up masculine but are deeply in touch with their feminine is what this podcast is all about. Poranguí was raised among three distinct cultures — Brazil, Mexico, and the United States. Both of his parents were musicians and artists who passed much of that along to him. He thought he was going to be a doctor, but when he got there, he saw that the traditional model of healing and medicine is so broken. It was then that he pivoted to studying neurology and discovering the research behind what he had already identified: That music and art and movement are healing. We Discuss: 10:40 - Poranguí’s background & upbringing 14:46 - Understanding how art, music, and sound create healing 22:41 - Being called to serve 28:49 - Creating your own future 31:24 - Making music and coming together with all generations as a community 38:24 - Breaking down channeling and how to quiet your monkey mind 48:04 - Clearing stagnation through movement 54:33 - Living in a world of gradients 59:59 - How to become more embodied 01:07:16 - Unpacking sweat lodges 01:11:45 - Tapping into the beginner’s mindset Resources: Music Is Medicine: http://www.musicismedicine.me (http://www.musicismedicine.me) Sun Dance ceremony: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Dance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Dance) Connect with Poranguí: Website | http://www.porangui.com (http://www.porangui.com) Instagram | http://www.instagram.com/porangui (http://www.instagram.com/porangui) Facebook | http://www.facebook.com/porangui (http://www.facebook.com/porangui) YouTube | http://www.youtube.com/porangui (http://www.youtube.com/porangui) Spotify | bit.ly/poranguispotify (http://bit.ly/poranguispotify) Soundcloud | http://www.soundcloud.com/porangui (http://www.soundcloud.com/porangui) Connect with Cal: Website | https://www.thegreatunlearn.com (https://www.thegreatunlearn.com) Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/bunkercal/ (https://www.instagram.com/bunkercal/) Twitter | https://twitter.com/BunkerCal (https://twitter.com/BunkerCal) Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/BunkerCal (https://www.facebook.com/BunkerCal) YouTube | The Great Unlearn (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCneI0an6qiL7t-7sne9TjhQ) Subscribe to the Great Unlearn Podcast: Apple Podcasts | https://apple.co/3a4ATpc (https://apple.co/3a4ATpc) Spotify | https://spoti.fi/2Rb7emv (https://spoti.fi/2Rb7emv) Google Play | http://bit.ly/2sehHUE (http://bit.ly/2sehHUE) Stitcher | http://bit.ly/2t8wHE6 (http://bit.ly/2t8wHE6) If you are called to support the podcast, please share the show with a friend!!! This is the best way to spread the message ❤️🙏🏼: (http://bit.ly/TGUpodcast)
94. Jared Pickard and Eben Britton | The Relationship Between Earth Care and Self Care
The Great Unlearn
09/07/22 • 177 min
Have you ever experienced a calamity that seemingly optimized your life?
From Wall Street to biodynamic farming, Jared Pickard and his wife tended to one of our country's only biodynamic farm; until earlier this year when fires seized control. No doubt this was an incredibly traumatic experience witnessing their home and business be stripped from them, however, some place inside of him felt that maybe this was all part of something larger. Shortly after, when depression sank in, he found himself returning to one thing he knew could use some tending to – self care. And wildly enough, one of the few things that survived the fires was a surprise trunk full of their skincare serum that they had produced via the resources from their farm.
Jared, Eben and I dive into...
→ Why organic farming isn't always healthy
→ The intimate relationship between earth care and self care
→ Interacting with food as a positive feedback loop
→ The importance of having dreams and desires through turbulent waters
→ Practicing the skill of shifting from narrow focus to open focus
→ And more!
Resources:
• UNLEARN for 10% Discount Sun Potion
Connect with Jared and Be Here Farm + Nature:
• Website
Connect with Eben:
• TikTok
Connect with Cal:
• YouTube
• Website
• Subscribe to the newsletter
This show is produced by Soulfire Productions
56. JW Ross | A Journey to Feeling Free
The Great Unlearn
05/03/21 • 106 min
So honored to have Jerry "JW" Ross on with us today. Yes, I said US – Josh Trent up in The Great Unlearn studio for a fun Co-Hosting episode! Josh introduced me to JW’s Botanic Tonics last year and I’ve been HOOKED ever since (more about this tonic in the episode + discount code below).
JW comes from a unique and highly successful financial background; beginning in the energy business, then to financial technology, and now onto utilizing ancient healing plants to provide tonics that support our wellbeing. He has an incredibly inspiring and relatable story – specific to living the financial dream that many crave but realizing that if you’re not well within then not much else really matters. A must-listen, TGU fam!
JW, Josh, and I dive into...
→ The illusion of “success”.
→ How JW returned to Self after years of addiction.
→ Deciphering the truth from the stories within our thoughts.
→ Learning to honor and accept our shadows is the healing.
→ Feeling resistance around moving onward from previous chapters in our lives.
→ How and why Botanic Tonics was developed; hint, to Feel Free ;)
Resources:
• UNLEARN20 For 20% off Feel Free
• Healthy Gut, Healthy You book
• The Hour Between Dog and Wolf book
Connect with JW:
• Website
Connect with Josh:
• Instagram @wellnessforce
• Instagram @trent_sd
• YouTube
• Wellness Force Website
Connect with Cal:
• YouTube
• Website
This show is produced by Soulfire Productions
138. Michael Chernow | Living a Sober Life, Creating Habits That Heal, Loving Yourself First
The Great Unlearn
05/13/24 • 149 min
Michael Chernow is a father, husband, serial entrepreneur, podcast host, coach and athlete. He’s spent the last two decades devoted to recovery from an addiction that had nearly taken his life. His story of making the shift to a sober life is one of miracles, as I imagine is the case for many who walk this path. His sense of fulfillment has been built on life-enhancing habits he's maintained since deciding to live substance-free. He is the creator of Kreatures of Habit, an overnight oatmeal with vegan protein—a habit-stacking staple for me.
Michael shares his return back to himself and how he continues to cultivate a life of deeper meaning.
Michael and I dive into...
➝ How simple, healthful habits saved his life
➝ How he learned to move from his head to his heart
➝ The changes that occurred when embracing love and acceptance into his life
➝ The surprising key to making life-long changes
➝ The priority of YOU
➝ An intimate view into his experiences with childhood abuse
REFERENCED
Pso-Rite: https://pso-rite.com/
Theragun: https://www.therabody.com/
Michael on The Forward: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/michael-chernow-reflects-on-his-journey-of/id1125521492?i=1000647968807
CONNECT WITH MICHAEL
KOHTGU20 for 20% off Kreatures of Habit: https://kreaturesofhabit.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelchernow/
Podcast: https://podcasts....
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The Great Unlearn currently has 160 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Podcasts, Self-Improvement and Education.
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The first episode of The Great Unlearn was released on Dec 19, 2019.
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