Growth Guide
Growth Guide
Bryan D'Alessandro
If you strive to live your best life you're in the right place. Your host, Bryan D'Alessandro questions everything in the name of growth. In an endless pursuit to connect with teachers and teachings from all walks of life, none more important than another. In this way, we honor them and put these learnings into practice. Get ready for deep conversations with astronauts, designers, entrepreneurs, yogis, healers, doctors, futurists, artists and so much more. The goal is to pull back the curtain and feel more deeply connected with your true self, others, and this incredible world. Unbuckle your mind and open your heart. It's grow time.
Marine Sélénée - Family Constellations Therapy
My guest today is Marine Selenee, the author of the book, “Connected Fates, Separate Destinies: Using Family Constellations Therapy to Recover from Inherited Stories and Trauma”.  For anyone who isn’t familiar with Family Constellations therapy, this  modality is mind-blowing. Before I intro Marine, Here’s some backstory, there was a German Psychotherapist named Bert Hellinger who sought to heal family and cultural traumas after being born into war torn Nazi Germany. From the 1950’s Hellinger spent 16yrs living amongst the Zulu nation in South Africa. He observed their deep connection and healing modalities centered around traditional healers, ancestors, the natural world, spiritual forces, and the concept of Ubuntu defined as a universal life and natural healing force. Marine uses the transformative power of Family Constellations to help people heal from family wounds and find individual blocks rooted in the family system. Her clients are able to get to the root of their pain, in order to not only heal themselves, but the generations before and after them.  Marine offers one-on-one virtual sessions and an online course. She also facilitates retreats and workshops. Marine believes that by gaining the ability to end repeating patterns from your family system, you’ll become free to write your own story.
Jun 16, 2023
1 hr
Lizz Bierman - Embodiment Architect | Aligning to Your Truth
Lizz Bierman, a gifted activator, a dear friend, and as I see it, a modern-day witch. Lizz does ancestral work which she fittingly refers to as remembrance. This work activates deep purpose in her clients. The alignment she restores allows for witnessing life from a more grounded, secure and centered space. Lizz is a lifetime learner devoted to curiously exploring any areas she is guided to. Her work offers Energy Activations and Reiki Attunements, chord dissolving, Akashic Journeys and DNA Activation. Lizz has a big bag of tools to pull from and today we discuss a number of them. We cover topics like our Spiritual missions, finding alignment in unsteady times, Stepping into our power, and the gift of free will in the human experience. We touch on dissolving energetic chords that often impact our lives behind the scenes, We get into our bloodlines and linenage work, like shifting our stories and shedding ancestral narratives and even traditions that no longer serve. You'll learn about getting onto our divine path so life serendipitously unfolds in magical ways This episode is for the Ones who are Ready to be Empowered… to heal, to grow and to reclaim what is theirs. For those who are ready to step into their Truth and Remember who you came here to be. Unbuckle your mind, and open your heart, it's grow time! • Join the Growth Guide Mailing List: https://www.growthguide.love • Follow on Instagram @growthguide.love
May 12, 2023
1 hr 6 min
Griff Green | The Hack Heard Round The World
Join us for an insightful and thought-provoking conversation with Griff Green, the Founder of Giveth and a leading expert in the world of digital currency. In this episode of the Growth Guide podcast, Griff shares his journey and vision for building a world where people who produce value for society are rewarded fairly for the value they create. We dive into his experience crowdfunding $150m, and the hack heard round the world - where Griff ended up holding 10% of all Ether in existence. We also cover censorship and the Twitter files, and the tragedy of the commons. Griff is full of insights on corporate responsibility, non-USD backed currencies, and CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies). Don't miss this fascinating discussion on the future of giving and the potential and peril of digital currencies to create more equitable and sustainable economic systems. Unbuckle your mind, and open your heart, it's grow time! • Join the Growth Guide Mailing List: https://www.growthguide.love • Follow on Instagram @growthguide.love
Apr 7, 2023
1 hr 6 min
Dr. Paul Canali | You've Got To Feel It, To Heal It
My guest today is Dr. Paul Canali. Dr. Canali has been involved in trauma and stress research for over 30 years. During that time, he has researched, developed, and practiced some of the most reproducible and effective forms of trauma therapy. When it comes to trauma- we often think it only refers to huge tragic events like experiencing physical violence, a major accident, or a disaster. While these are forms of "big T" trauma, there are "little t" traumas that we all experience. These can be things like a breakup, the death of a pet, losing a job, or getting bullied. The reality is that we have all experienced traumatic experiences and ended up holding on to them until we were no longer even aware that they were affecting our lives. For anyone who seeks to live a live of freedom, connection, and love, this work is for you. While trauma has recently become a key focus in psychology, neurology, and overall health and wellness, Dr Paul has been studying the field for decades, in fact, since before there even was a field. Dr Paul talks us through his approach, somatic healing, how psychedelics can be complimentary to the work, and he pays tribute to other pioneers in the field, like Bessel van der Kolk, Gabor Maté, and Dan Siegal to name a few. This one goes deep so settle in. Unbuckle your mind, and open your heart, it's grow time! • Join the Growth Guide Mailing List: https://www.growthguide.love/ • Follow on Instagram @growthguide.love
Mar 24, 2023
1 hr 19 min
Dietmar Kasper | Waldorf & The Neverending Story
In this episode, we discuss mental health in the classroom. Our students are experiencing an epidemic, suffering from anxiety, panic attacks, depression, body image disorders, and ADHD. We are losing our kids, and they are losing their imagination, creativity, and connection to their individuality, their peers, and the natural world. We are more obsessed with telling kids what to think than teaching them how to think for themselves. My wife introduced me to fantastic pedagogies at different stages of development, from RIE (Resources for Infant Educating) to Peaceful Parenting to Waldorf Education. Today's conversation will focus on Waldorf Education in particular. The Waldorf pedagogy emphasizes the development of the whole child - including the intellectual, emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of their being. Dietmar Kasper is my guest expert on the topic. We cover how Waldorf works, its founder Rudolph Steiner, how kids transition to and from, as well as some common misconceptions. A Waldorf teacher in Neuwied, Germany, Dietmar’s been teaching over 20 years in mathematics, physics, and offering courses in anthroposophy and Waldorf education. He also travels the world spreading the teachings of Waldorf Education and supporting Waldorf communities through his "Teach and Travel" program..
Mar 17, 2023
54 min
Steve Faktor  | The McFuture
Join me with the bitingly funny Steve Faktor. Steve brings a sharp and witty perspective to the field of innovation. Steve does things. He’s a sought-after key-note speaker given the stage by the likes of CFO Magazine, NYU, and Harvard. He’s the author of Econovation, and as Managing Director of IdeaFaktory, he consultants w/ companies like American Express and Citi. Steve also hosts the McFuture Podcast which delivers insights on innovation that make you laugh - so you don’t have to cry.  We bicker like an old married couple on topics like finding purpose, avoiding death by administration,  suburban despair, cashing in on his Ukrainian heritage and much more. Unbuckle your mind, and open your heart, it's grow time!   • Join the Growth Guide Mailing List:  https://www.growthguide.love   • Follow on Instagram @_bryandalessandro
Mar 10, 2023
1 hr 2 min
George H. Lewis | The Modern Mystic
Today’s guest is George H. Lewis whose life has unfolded in a very enchanted way, as if off the pages of an old novel. George is a true polymath- a professional artist, speaker, astrologer, healer, that seems to herald from a different era. He’s a romantic and a modern-day mystic. We discuss how Italy awoke his wanderlust and took him as an artist to the Middle East painting for Sheikh's and commoners alike. George has lived with Bedouin tribes in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Yemen which connected him to the stars through the tribes' highly intuitive teachings. He then serendipitously became the court painter to the sultan of Oman and was eventually appointed the spiritual diplomat for Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness initiative after painting the royal family. Ground yourself, as we cross over timelines in the quantum realm and take a look at the exciting astrological year ahead. This episode is action-packed and trigger alert- covers some controversial topics, along with the very nature of conspiracies. This is an opportunity for exploring some unchartered territories. So take a deep breath, let go, and drop in.  Unbuckle your mind, and open your heart, it's grow time! • Join the Growth Guide Mailing List: https://www.growthguide.love • Follow on Instagram @_bryandalessandro
Mar 3, 2023
55 min
Justin "JB" Bolognino  | The Synchronicity Architect
In this episode, I sit with creative powerhouse Justin Bolognino. JB’s ground-breaking work is threaded by technology, real-time design, and evolutionary immersive experiences focused on revealing hidden human connections. Sometimes known as the “Synchronicity Architect" JB is the founder and CEO of META, an immersive experience studio that specializes in “The Art of Being There.” With brand clients like Spotify, Twitter, HP, Samsung, Google, Vimeo, and artistic collaborations with St. Vincent, Dubfire, Skrillex, Phish, to name a few, META creates live, multi-sensory experiences that use technology, design and storytelling to ignite the human spirit. Perhaps my biased favorite of this work is the music JB created for the Growth Guide Podcast. Yes, that awesome ear-tickling sound comes from his talented mind. We cover some big topics today, touching on Ken Wilber’s - integral systems, Justin’s map of 6 primary realities- sonic, In Real Life, conscious, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Online. This all leads us naturally to the ever-present creative tension between digital and analog and getting our hands in the dirt as a grounding from all of the digital living we do. Unbuckle your mind, and open your heart, it's grow time! • Join the Growth Guide Mailing List: https://www.growthguide.love/sign-up • Follow on Instagram @growthguide.love
Feb 3, 2023
1 hr 21 min
Bradley Olson, Ph.D.  | The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Part 2)
On this episode, I return with Bradley Olson, a Depth Psychologist with a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies with an emphasis in Jungian Analytical Psychology. Bradley is the host of the Joseph Campbell foundation's flagship podcast, Pathways With Joseph Campbell. Bradley is also the editor of the MythBlast Series and a leading expert on Joseph Campbell’s work. Our conversation covers so many rich topics that I’ve split it up into two episodes. For those who don’t know Joseph Campbell’s work, he was an American writer. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human experience. Campbell's best-known work is his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), in which he discusses his theory of the journey of the archetypal hero shared by world mythologies, termed the monomyth. Since the publication of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell's theories have been applied by a wide variety of modern writers and artists. His philosophy has been summarized by his own often repeated phrase: "Follow your bliss." He gained recognition in Hollywood when George Lucas credited Campbell's work as influencing his Star Wars saga. Bradley is an incredible gatekeeper of this wisdom which applies today as much as ever. We cover topics like the hero's journey, power struggles, the currency of fear, and the art of tenderness and kindness. Let’s get to it. Unbuckle your mind, and open your heart, it's grow time! • Join the Growth Guide Mailing List: https://www.growthguide.love/sign-up • Follow on Instagram @growthguide.love Bradley Olson, Ph.D. • @josephcampbellfoundation • sked.link/josephcampbellfoundation • Pathways With Joseph Campbell (https://pathways-with-joseph-campbell.simplecast.com/)"
May 27, 2022
44 min
Bradley Olson, Ph.D.  | The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Part 1)
On this episode, I speak with Bradley Olson, a Depth Psychologist with a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies with an emphasis in Jungian Analytical Psychology. Bradley is the host of the Joseph Campbell foundation's flagship podcast, Pathways With Joseph Campbell. Bradley is also the editor of the MythBlast Series and a leading expert on Joseph Campbell’s work. Our conversation covers so many rich topics that I’ve split it up into two episodes. For those who don’t know Joseph Campbell’s work, he was an American writer. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human experience. Campbell's best-known work is his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), in which he discusses his theory of the journey of the archetypal hero shared by world mythologies, termed the monomyth. Since the publication of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell's theories have been applied by a wide variety of modern writers and artists. His philosophy has been summarized by his own often repeated phrase: "Follow your bliss." He gained recognition in Hollywood when George Lucas credited Campbell's work as influencing his Star Wars saga. Bradley is an incredible gatekeeper of this wisdom which applies today as much as ever. We cover topics like the hero's journey, power struggles, the currency of fear, and the art of tenderness and kindness. Let’s get to it. Unbuckle your mind, and open your heart, it's grow time! • Join the Growth Guide Mailing List: https://www.growthguide.love/sign-up • Follow on Instagram @growthguide.love Bradley Olson, Ph.D. • @josephcampbellfoundation • sked.link/josephcampbellfoundation • Pathways With Joseph Campbell (https://pathways-with-joseph-campbell.simplecast.com/)"
Apr 30, 2022
51 min
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