Sobriety and Spirituality with Holly Whitaker and Ben Decker
03/16/23 • 58 min
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/
Purchase Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
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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.
https://bendeckermeditation.com/retreats
Deepen Your Meditation Practice with Books by Ben Decker:https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-W-Decker/e/B07C9WKP8J
Work with Ben Decker:
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Host/Executive Producer:
Ben Decker
Twitter.com/BenDecker
Instagram.com/Benjaminwdecker
Producer:
Ansley Weller
[email protected]
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/
Purchase Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
Follow Holly on Instagram:
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.
https://bendeckermeditation.com/retreats
Deepen Your Meditation Practice with Books by Ben Decker:https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-W-Decker/e/B07C9WKP8J
Work with Ben Decker:
Follow Modern Spirituality Show on Instagram:
Watch the episode on YouTube:
Contact The Modern Spirituality Show:
Host/Executive Producer:
Ben Decker
Twitter.com/BenDecker
Instagram.com/Benjaminwdecker
Producer:
Ansley Weller
[email protected]
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Your host Ben Decker welcomes shamanic healer, founder of energy cleansing products company, DV Elementals, and musical artist Desi Valentine onto the show where they discuss:
✨ Desi's path with magic and spirituality beginning at age 10.
✨ Practicing Self Care as Ceremony
✨ Desi's hit song 'Fate Don't Know You', on the TV show 'Suits' starring Meghan Markle
✨ The importance of precise, proper breath work
Desi studied Pranic healing under Tony Robbins’s personal healer, Master Stephen Co & studied with some of the finest spiritual teachers from around the world in plant medicine facilitation. Desi is the creator of elemental healing technique that blends energy & sound manipulation using his voice & harnessing the power from the elements.
As a recording artist Desi has graced stages all over the world with such legendary artist’s as Blondie, Gloria Estefan & Sir Elton John named him a true artist in his own right. Valentine shot to success when his song ‘Fate don’t know you’ topped the viral charts across the globe and has 30 million plays across multiple platforms.
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Desi's Websites:
www.dvetransformation.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.
https://bendeckermeditation.com/retreats
Deepen Your Meditation Practice with Books by Ben Decker:https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-W-Decker/e/B07C9WKP8J
Work with Ben Decker:
Follow Modern Spirituality Show on Instagram:
Watch the episode on YouTube:
Contact The Modern Spirituality Show:
Host/Executive Producer:
Ben Decker
Twitter.com/BenDecker
Instagram.com/Benjaminwdecker
Producer:
Ansley Weller
[email protected]
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Aniwa Gathering of Indigenous Elders with Aniwa Co-Founder Vivien Vilela and Host & Theosophist Benjamin W. Decker
"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
Work with Ben Decker:
Follow Modern Spirituality Show on Instagram:
Watch the episode on YouTube:
Contact The Modern Spirituality Show:
Host/Executive Producer:
Ben Decker
Twitter.com/BenDecker
Instagram.com/Benjaminwdecker
Producer:
Ansley Weller
[email protected]
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