The Modern Spirituality Show

Your host Ben Decker welcomes New York Times bestselling author, Holly Whitaker onto the show to discuss:
✨ Holly's journey from an accountant, to getting sober in 2013, to publishing a bestselling book, to becoming a CEO and raising capital, to selling the company, and now working on her next book and her Substack
✨ The impact Holly's book on quitting drinking had on culture being part of a major plot line on the popular show 'Sex and the City.'
✨ The relationship between addiction, recovery and capitalism.
✨The impact of TV show, 'The Last of Us', has had on both Ben and Holly
✨ Ben explains the difference between Mahayana, Vajrayana and Hinayana Buddhism.
Learn more about our guest here:
Holly Whitaker is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol. Her work has been featured in Vogue, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and many others. Holly's work focuses on understanding the intersections of systems, culture, and individual experience and identity through the lens of addiction and recovery. She lives in upstate New York.

Substack:

https://hollywhitaker.substack.com/

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Learn More about Upcoming Events with Ben Decker at Omega Institute and The Theosophical Society
https://bendeckermeditation.com/eventsBook a trip to Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica on March 26th -April 2nd 2023, a special retreat hosted by Ben Decker.Experience Ayahuasca Plant Medicine at the First Ever Medically-Licensed Resort to offer this sacred shamanic experience. Enjoy a week of deep transformation with four plant medicine ceremonies led by shamans trained in the Columbian tradition and plant medicine preparation and integration workshops.
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Ansley Weller
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"The sacred medicines, they have a tradition, they have a root. They have a design and a story. Cultural appropriation is just taking things that have an entire tradition behind them, and then changing them to suit a different narrative. That's why at Aniwa, we're passionate about that about teaching people to learn from the elders directly, and simply to take that message and embody transmission."
- Vivien Vilela on The Modern Spirituality Show
Vivien Vilela is the Co-Founder & CEO of Aniwa, an organization amplifying the message of indigenous leaders through a digital platform and in person gatherings. In addition she co-founded The Boa Foundation, a non profit organization working in alliance with indigenous leaders to preserve land and culture.

Born and raised in Brazil, Vivien has dedicated over a decade to her spiritual studies and the preservation of indigenous culture and wisdom. Vivien has been initiated in the ancient traditions by some of the most respected indigenous elders from South, Central, and North America. She is currently a student of world-renowned Ashaninka leader Benki Piyãko.

Attend Aniwa Gathering
Aniwa Gathering is a non-profit event produced by The Boa Foundation bringing together 40 of the world's most respected indigenous leaders and elders to share their wisdom over 4 days of cultural exchange and sacred ceremonies.

https://www.aniwagathering.com
Use PROMO CODE benxaniwa for 10% off the registration price.

Book a trip to Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica on June 18 - June 25, 2023, a special retreat hosted by Benjamin W. Decker.Experience Ayahuasca Plant Medicine at the First Ever Medically-Licensed Resort to offer this sacred shamanic experience. Enjoy a week of deep transformation with four plant medicine ceremonies led by shamans trained in the Columbian tradition and plant medicine preparation and integration workshops.
https://bendeckermeditation.com/retreats
Deepen Your Meditation Practice with Books by Ben Decker:https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-W-Decker/e/B07C9WKP8J
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"When you're going through a change, a transition, facing a big challenge, or whether you're triggered, angry, in grief, heartbroken, or you're moving across town, when we take those moments, and we walk that path out through the guidance of a meditation, we actually then have the alchemy of all that energy. The key in those meditations, is that you're guided into realizing that you have all that energy, and by changing your relationship to it, now it becomes currency."- Benjamin W. Decker on The Modern Spirituality Show
Your host Ben Decker welcomes Suze Yalof Schwartz, the Founder and CEO of the Unplug Meditation App, and the world's first drop-in secular meditation studio. Suze is also the author of Unplug: A Simple Guide To Meditation for Busy Skeptics and Modern Soul Seekers. Suze is a leading figure in the world of meditation and her work has touched the lives of countless people seeking inner peace and mindfulness.

Ben and Suze discuss Ben’s 25 plus guided meditations available on the app, and an array of other cool tips, tricks and fascinating facts about the world of meditation, through the lens of a number of different people who either teach at Unplug or have learned about meditation through the Unplug app.
Whether you’re new to meditation or a seasoned practitioner, this episode will provide you with valuable insights and practical tools to deepen your practice and enhance your overall well being.

More about our guest:

In 2012, Suze learned a three-minute meditation that changed her life forever. Prior to this, she was a fashion editor and "makeover guru" working at Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and Glamour Magazine with regular appearances on GMA, The Today Show, CBS Early Show, and more.
Suze's mission is to make meditation simple, accessible, powerful and interesting enough so that everyone will want to practice it and experience the benefits for themselves.

Follow Suze Yalof Schwartz on Instagram:Follow Unplug Meditation on Instagramhttps://www.unplug.com/
Learn More about Upcoming Events with Ben Decker
https://bendeckermeditation.com/eventsBook a trip to Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica, a special retreat hosted by Ben Decker.Experience Ayahuasca Plant Medicine at the First Ever Medically-Licensed Resort to offer this sacred shamanic experience. Enjoy a week of deep transformation with four plant medicine ceremonies led by shamans trained in the Columbian tradition.
https://bendeckermeditation.com/retreats
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Producer:
Ansley Weller
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How did you love, before you knew heartbreak? How did you inhabit your body, before you knew shame? Who were you before the world taught you who to be?
Join Theosophist Benjamin W. Decker and Somatics Coach/Somatics Healing Institute Founder Angelika Drake to uncover why asking these questions is so important in creating and fostering healthy, honest relationships with your body, yourself and with others.
Tune into this episode to hear about the language the body speaks, the power of letting go of shame, Game Theory as it relates to relationships, along with the Unconcious Need Fulfillment Cycle and how to break free from these unhealthy patterns by looking at our unconscious mind.

Learn more about our guest here:
Angelika Drake is your guide to relational and erotic intelligence. She is the Founder and CEO of The Somatic Healing Institute. She's been featured in Vanity Fair, Well+Good & Modern Luxury. She trains coaches and facilitators in her transformational body-based healing method.

Website:
https://angeldrake.com
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https://instagram.com/angelikaalana
Book a trip to Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica in October 2023, a special retreat hosted by Benjamin W. Decker.Experience Ayahuasca Plant Medicine at the First Ever Medically-Licensed Resort to offer this sacred shamanic experience. Enjoy a week of deep transformation with plant medicine ceremonies led by shamans trained in the Columbian tradition and plant medicine preparation and integration workshops.
https://bendeckermeditation.com/retreatsDeepen Your Meditation Practice with Books by Ben Decker:https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-W-Decker/e/B07C9WKP8J
Work with Ben Decker:http://bendeckermeditation.com/privates

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This week your host Ben Decker welcomes musician, author and mindfulness teacher, Justin Michael Williams onto the show. Justin just traveled across America to the frontlines of the mental health crisis afflicting young activists today. Collaborating with his friends, and award-winning musicians the Brothers Koren, they go on a songwriting journey to turn their pain into inspirational anthems for change while learning more about what it truly means to change on the inside.
"What Generation Z is dealing with are things like "Imposter Syndrome," being 21 and everyone thinking you're going to save the world. We did shadow work and internal work to help them break through and we actually had them turn that pain into art, we wrote a song with them and then I went to the recording studio and we actually made an album of all their songs." - Justin Michael Williams
Big thanks to our sponsor Open for bringing you this episode. Open is a mindfulness app built to transform your life. Experience the power of combining breathwork, meditation, sound, and movement to strengthen your mind-body connection. Practice with the best teachers in the world – anywhere, anytime. You can experience Open for 30 days free with Ben Decker’s promo code DECKERVIP, or claim here: http://withopen.com/deckervip
Learn More About Our Guest:
From growing up with gunshot holes outside of his bedroom window to sharing the stage with Marianne Williamson and Deepak Chopra, Justin Michael Williams knows well the power of healing to overcome. This dynamic millennial who grew up marginalized in almost every way teaches meditation as a means of self-empowerment to those who need it most. But he’s not your grandma’s guru. In breaking the meditation mold, he shows others how to break free from the past and take action to create a new future. He is an author, transformational speaker, and top 20 recording artist who has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, Grammy.com, Yoga Journal, Billboard.com, The Root, and South by Southwest®. With his groundbreaking new book Stay Woke and over a decade of teaching experience, Justin has become a pioneering voice for diversity and inclusion in wellness.
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Watch Justin Michael’s new show - Inside Change

https://join.soundstrue.com/watch-now-inside-change-with-justin-michael-williams/

Listen to Justin Michael’s New Meditation Album - Meditation for The People:

https://platoon.lnk.to/meditations-for-the-people

Order Justin Michael’s new book - Stay Woke

https://www.justinmichaelwilliams.com/stay-woke-give-back

Deepen Your Meditation Practice with Books by Ben Decker:https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-W.-Decker/e/B07C9WKP8J?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000
Contact The Modern Spirituality Show:

Host/Executive Producer:
Ben Decker
Twitter.com/BenDecker
Instagram.com/BenjaminWDecker
[email protected]

Producer:
Ansley Weller
[email protected]