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I recently came into contact with the most beautiful, sacred soul while in Antarctica. I’m filming there for 3 months. She told me she had read one of the books I return to often: The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida. Firstly, what struck me, was the fact that she was open and curious about this book seemingly directed at “men.” Second, was the coming to terms with society clearly living in this age where the gender polarities are being flipped upside down on their heads. The feminine is taking on the masculine role in society and we are left with men who are more disembodied than ever. Divine woman are divine mirrors. They are either going to magnify your divine masculine essence or they are going to mirror your lack of direction. In the case of the latter, this is where extreme cases of codependency and sometimes even obsessive or violent behaviours show up. I do not think we necessarily need more awareness around “gender based”violence in the typical way we see it. I just don’t think changing your Instagram profile picture a certain colour will do much to alter the oppressors behaviour (in this case, a man); what we need is grass-root, spiritual level of change in society. To me this looks and feels like a returning home. To the stars. To our primordial, ancient, purpose-driven selves. If we to are really make change within the men of today we need more men who are purpose-driven, star-aligned and integrated. Which brings me to the essence of the book in one sentence: as a man, your mission & purpose is the most important thing in your life. I was raised on the false predication from society that as a man what I needed most was validation — especially in the form of sex. This took on the shape that it did for most men my age: pornography. Porn taught us as males there is only one goal when it comes to relating to the feminine: sex. The word that springs to mind is domination. Porn is mostly built on lack of love — it is an act of the male dominating the woman in order to climax. So, we are in a time where most men are conditioned towards this end goal of climax instead of connection and love. This is why ancient text write about waiting for marriage before sex — there has to be strong connection first before entering the femine. You are not just entering your woman superficially: you are entering the spirit of each other, and if that spirit is not pure you are going to take on all that residue of impurity, and overtime, that is going to manifest as disease and eventually hatred.f My feelings are, if we truly want change, we need integration. We need integration of masculine and feminine into each soul. We need to be reading books that take us outside our usual SOP’s and inside the celestial everylasting understanding of our true starseeded origins which goes beyond gender — it’s pure love seeing itself through the incarnated causal body. Your Mission is Your Priority I’ve always told myself this lie: that when I get the perfect woman, I will be happy. My biggest shadow was subconsciously believing this lie. It showed up in my last relationship: it was the deepest connection to another human I had ever felt — it was so deep it crushed me. It came as a Karmic Relationship to teach me a vital lesson which this profound book on truth teaches: your purpose, as a man, must come before your woman. “Your mission is your priority. Unless you know your mission and have aligned your life to it, your core will feel empty. Your presence in the world will be weakened, as will your presence with your intimate partner. Have you ever seen that video of the late Steve Irwin speaking to a reporter about money? It’s one of my favourite videos in the world. The way his wife Terri looks at him is the essence of this book: she is looking at him with pure love not because he is obsessed with her, but because he is obsessed with his mission. The paradox here is having a clear mission in life actually deepens your love for the feminine in all forms — to your woman, Gaia, chaos, uncertainty, the ocean….the list goes on. You begin to spend more time going back to where you came from: the Motherly Source. “There is no essential difference between entering your woman’s feminine heart and entering fully into the world. Both forms of intercourse, sexual and worldly, require sensitivity, spontaneity, and a strong connection to deep truth in order to penetrate chaos and closure in a way that love prevails.” You may think or your woman may think she wants to be the centre of your world, but she does not. In truth, she desires your truth: which is your mission. There is nothing more attractive than a man living his Truth (Steve Urwin video for context). You Are That Which You Seek I’ve been working with a mentor for the past few months. The work has changed me on the cellular level. I do not recognize the person I was 3 months ago. Working in combination with the sacred San Pedro plant, Gene Keys + Human Design and various somatic techniques, I’ve rewired old, ancient ancestral beliefs I’ve carried into this lifetime. The biggest one being codependency. “You are that which you seek, but you have left your own deepness and are looking elsewhere. The stress of not finding it creates its own need to be released. And so the cycle continues. You are chasing your own tail, and much of the time that tail looks suspiciously like a woman. But you need not stop chasing. Instead, chase. Allow yourself to feel how badly you want her. Feel how deep is the itch you want scratched. Feel the need that drives you, for most of your adult life, to yearn for a woman, in flesh or in fantasy. And discover what it is you really want…your need is far deeper than any woman can provide. So what is it? Your ultimate desire is for the union of consciousness with its own luminosity, wherein all appearance is recognized as your deep, blissful nature, and there is only One. Your desire for union with a woman is a stepped-down version of this ultimate spiritual need.” There is a lot to unpack here but the big two lessons are: 1) if you don’t realise your true, divine self you will project neediness and codependency onto your partner and even close family members and 2) there is noting wrong with craving the feminine — in fact, it’s he most masculine thing you can feel. But we are conditioned as men to turn that craving into a form of release which often looks like ejaculation. What the ancients write about in various forms is that your sexual energy is powerful. So how you show up when you feel that desire for another is how you transform that energy. I can attest myself, since giving up porn a few years ago, things, at least I feel, un-coincidentally changed. What About the Next “Vision”? We’ve spoken about this need for mission, purpose and vision as men. But what if you don’t have one? Deida explains…. “There is no way to rush this process. You may need to get an intermediary job to hold you over until the next layer of purpose makes itself clear. Or, perhaps you have enough money to simply wait. But in any case, it is important to open yourself to a vision of what is next. You stay open to a vision of your deeper purpose by not filling your time with distractions. Don’t watch TV or play computer games. Don’t go out drinking beer with your friends every night or start dating a bunch of women. Simply wait. You may wish to go on a retreat in a remote area and be by yourself. Whatever it is you decide to do, consciously keep yourself open and available to receiving a vision of what is next. It will come.” And again, we have to appreciate the humor of the Gods. Because when a vision comes, at least I’ve felt, it often comes but it isn’t necessarily detailed. This is the place I live in currently, my vision is strong, but its open and mysterious: “When it comes, it usually won’t be a detailed vision. You will probably have a sense of what direction to move in, but the practical steps might not make themselves clear. When the impulse begins to arise, act on it. Don’t wait for the details. Learn by trial and error what it is you are to do.” Going Back to Source In Human Design, I am what you call a Hermit-Opportunist. I could never quite figure out why my entire life I craved this paradoxically juxtaposed way of life: on the one hand if you are close to me you will see me as very socially driven, quite extroverty to say the least…but on the other hand, if you also know me well, you will know I need space alone to recharge. My alone time is where I am most creative and is where I connect to Source. Until Human Design put language to this I always thought I kind of had a bit of a problem — as if I didn’t quite know who I am. “Whatever the specifics of a man’s purpose, he must always refresh the transcendental element of his life through regular meditation and retreat. A man should never get lost in the details of his life and forget that, ultimately and in truth, life amounts to nothing other than what is the deepest truth of this present moment. Tasks don’t get a man anywhere more conscious or free than he is capable of being in this present moment.” It’s really important for me to refresh my connection with Source through regular mediation, reading, retreats even diet. When I eat low vibrational foods I feel disconnected. When I eat higher vibrational foods from these sacred southern African lands that have been cared for by the custodians I feel so connected and grounded. ultimately, this is not a book directed at men: it’s directed at humanity. If we all took time to integrate our masculine and feminine parts we will have more love and understanding for the parts of ourselves and humanity that is facing the biggest struggle now: which is the feminine. The mother, the sacred divine Earth, is the source of life — and yet we treat her conditionally. “Like the ocean, the native state of the feminine is to flow with great power and no single direction…the feminine energy itself is undirected but immense, like the wind and deep currents of the ocean, ever changing, beautiful, destructive, and the source of life.” So it’s simple: spending more time in Nature is akin to spending more time with the feminine. Your connection to this native feminine state of both chaos and creation will determine your connection to the feminine in flesh. Get full access to Josh Snyman at joshsnyman.substack.com/subscribe

Transcript Summary 👇 In about two weeks, I’m embarking on something I’ve wanted to do for a very long time: hunt my own wild animal. I reached out to a gent I’ve gotten to know over the last few months—Dylan Love from PH Journals. He runs the number one hunting podcast in Africa. Hunting has always been a fascinating subject for me because, like many others, I feel disconnected from it. I don’t know the intricacies of the industry or how important hunting actually is for conservation. I even called up my good friend, Farmer Angus, for advice. He offered to take me out on his range for some practice shooting—which I’ll definitely share more about soon. If you want to see some behind-the-scenes footage, you can follow me on Instagram @josh_snyman Reverence in Hunting The word that keeps coming through for me is reverence. I believe hunting is a sacred act. There’s a deep level of respect required when you take the life of a wild animal. To me, there’s even a feminine energy in that act—a nurturing, cyclical energy that connects life, death, and rebirth. Of course, there are people who exploit the system, but that’s true everywhere. The light always shines through when people approach things with respect. And Dylan, I feel, is bringing a lot of light into the hunting space. Facing Death This journey feels wild and strange. Life has stripped me bare. I know I’m not unique in this—many people experience it—but it’s a necessary process. It entails death. The death of the old self. The painful kind of death that forces transformation. And that’s really what hunting is: developing a relationship with the inevitable. With death. We live in a culture that avoids death at all costs. We change ourselves, shape our appearances, chase endless distractions—all in an attempt to escape the one true inevitability. But what if death isn’t something to fear? The ancients—Maya, Toltec, and others—saw death as a sacred act, a celebration. A transformation into another epoch, another life. So what if death isn’t death at all? What if death is just rebirth? That’s how I want to approach hunting. With reverence. With curiosity. With humility. Africa, Mama Africa There’s a lot happening in the world right now. But I can’t help but feel that here, in South Africa, we need to stop looking outside for the solutions. We need to begin right here, on this land. Recently, I released a video on the destructive mining practices happening on South Africa’s West Coast. The response was overwhelming. Hundreds of comments, so many people voicing their care. It reminded me that people do give a shit. But the truth is, it starts small. It starts local. I was walking on Signal Hill not long ago and, from a distance, it looked like paradise. Sunset. Silhouettes. People enjoying themselves. But up close? Rubbish everywhere. Plastic tossed all over the sacred hillside. That’s the paradox of our time. From far away—beauty. Up close—disconnection. We keep focusing on outside problems, but the real work is right here. On Mama Africa’s soil. She is birthing a new consciousness. And we need to respect her, love her, and realize she loves us unconditionally. When we honor her, the vibration of this land changes. The food changes. The animals. The communities. Everything. Reconnection Nature doesn’t care how we feel about death. She will keep cycling through life, death, and rebirth regardless. The real respect comes when we stop buying lifeless, plastic-wrapped meat from chain stores and instead build relationships with butchers, farmers, and rural communities. That’s where reconnection begins. Our food system is broken because we’ve disconnected from the custodians of the land. Farmers receive almost nothing for their hard work, while corporations and executives reap the profits. No wonder our food has fewer minerals, fewer nutrients. The topsoil is being stripped of life. This is why it all begins with the farmer. With the hunter. With the custodians of the land. If we respect them, if we honor their work, that respect ripples outward to the people. Imagine if even politicians re-wilded themselves. If they walked barefoot on the land, spoke to the people, understood the problems at a granular level instead of from spreadsheets. What decisions might they make then? This is why I’m approaching hunting not just as an act of taking life, but as an act of reverence, of reconnection. A chance to remember that death is not the end. It’s the beginning.It’s rebirth. Get full access to Josh Snyman at joshsnyman.substack.com/subscribe

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In this episode, I dive into three books that have radically shifted my work-life balance as a self-employed creative in the modern digitally-driven world. Thank you Cal! Your books have changed me :) 👉 Get Deep Work: 👉 Get Slow Productivity 👉 Get Digital Minimalism 📕 Sign up for Readwise and get 2 months free: https://readwise.io/joshsnyman/ 📕Sign up for Reader (something I'm really excited for!): https://readwise.io/josh-snyman/ ❣️ Support my channel: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/joshsnyman Timestamps :) 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:49 What I love About Cal Newports Books 00:01:29 Book1: Deep Work 00:07:58 Readwise! 00:08:57 Book 2: Slow Productivity 00:13:36 Book 3: Digital Minimalism 00:19:17 Outro ------------------------- Gear I use to make my videos :) - Sony A7IV: https://amzn.to/3x1Tm5D - Sony A1: https://amzn.to/3Tsm9I8 - Sony 24mm GM 1.4: https://amzn.to/3IJ7H9x - Sony 24-70 GM II: https://amzn.to/3IKxJcw - Shure MV7 Podcast Mic: https://amzn.to/3VkMVVn -------------------------- #calnewport #slowproductivity #deepwork #digitalminimalism #booktuber This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshsnyman.substack.com

In this pertinent episode, I dive into Pema Chödrön's masterpiece on surrender and letting go in When Things Fall Apart. 📕 Get the book: https://amzn.to/4lzDJqb 📕 Sign up for Readwise and get 2 months free: https://readwise.io/joshsnyman/ 📕Sign up for Reader (something I'm really excited for!): https://readwise.io/josh-snyman/ ❣️ Support my channel: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/joshsnyman TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:11 Men's Health Month 00:04:27 When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön 00:05:42 Summary of Main Takeaways 00:06:05 Readwise 00:07:17 Falling Apart is a Gift 00:12:35 Stop being a "Good" Meditator 00:16:51 Hope Isn't Helpful 00:19:29 Embrace Loneliness 00:22:06 Have Radical (self) Kindness 00:25:15 Outro 🥩🏋️‍♂️🍄🌞 GEAR I USE: - Sony A7IV: https://amzn.to/3x1Tm5D - Sony A1: https://amzn.to/3Tsm9I8 - Sony 24mm GM 1.4: https://amzn.to/3IJ7H9x - Sony 24-70 GM II: https://amzn.to/3IKxJcw - Shure MV7 Podcast Mic: https://amzn.to/3VkMVVn 🥩🏋️‍♂️🍄🌞 #menshealthmonth #meditation #mindfulness #regenerativeagriculture This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshsnyman.substack.com

This episode is special. Join me on this quest as I dive into a favourite recent book of mine: The Four Agreements 🗿 📕 Get the book: https://amzn.to/4mC4NWK 📕 Sign up for Readwise and get 2 months free: https://readwise.io/joshsnyman/ 📕Sign up for Reader (something I'm really excited for!): https://readwise.io/josh-snyman/ ❣️ Support my channel: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/joshsnyman TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:03 Quick Summary of The Four Agreements 00:01:43 The Toltec Civilization 00:03:43 "Mitote" and Mindfulness 00:06:31 Agreement #1 00:10:31 Readwise 00:11:43 Agreement #2 00:13:33 Agreement #3 00:16:29 Agreement #4 00:17:50 Love or Fear? 00:20:27 Outro ---------------------------------- GEAR I USE: - Sony A7IV: https://amzn.to/3x1Tm5D - Sony A1: https://amzn.to/3Tsm9I8 - Sony 24mm GM 1.4: https://amzn.to/3IJ7H9x - Sony 24-70 GM II: https://amzn.to/3IKxJcw - Podcast Mic I use: https://amzn.to/43G8cvh --------------------------------- #fearnothing #thefouragreements #toltec #ancientapocalypse #spirituality This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshsnyman.substack.com

In this episode, Dev and myself delve into the profound significance of ceremonies, particularly focusing on plant medicine ceremonies. SHOP PURELY WILD: https://purelywild.co.za/ (use code WildJosh15 at checkout for a discount) TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction to the Importance of Ceremony 00:19 Choosing the Right Ceremony and Guide 00:31 Setting Intentions and Pre-Ceremony Preparation 00:43 Intra-Ceremony Experiences 00:53 Post-Ceremony Integration 01:31 Personal Journeys into Plant Medicine 02:34 Exploring Different Ceremony Formats 06:31 The Role of Guides and Self-Guided Experiences 09:42 Navigating Larger Ceremonies and Solo Expeditions 21:27 The Importance of Preparation and Purity 26:11 Balancing Ceremony with Modern Life 32:19 Understanding the 'Why' Behind Ceremonies 35:12 Reluctance and the Call to Ceremony 36:03 The Adventurer's Perspective 37:33 Trust and Guidance in Ceremony 41:09 The Role of Music and Environment 43:06 Physical and Mental Reset 48:29 Age and Willingness in Ceremony 54:29 Authenticity in Ceremony 57:02 Navigating the Ceremony Experience 01:04:40 Integration and Reflection 01:08:23 The Ongoing Journey This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshsnyman.substack.com

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In this debut episode of our experimental podcast, Dev and I dive into reality's nature, touching on themes of physical, astral, and causal planes. We share insights from the Bhagavad Gita, personal life experiences, spiritual bypassing and learnings, discussing how beliefs, intentions, and habits shape our perception of reality and more. Super stoked to be doing this. Subscribe for more thought-provoking discussions and consider supporting the channel through donations. Support this channel ❤️ https://buymeacoffee.com/joshsnyman TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:01 The Three Planes of Existence 00:05:56 Nutrition, Carnivore Diet, Spirituality 00:12:47 The Energetic Exchange of Everything 00:15:06 Integration, Spiritual Bypassing, and Reality in the Corporate Environment 00:22:26 The Concept of "Change" 00:25:42 Setting Intentions 00:32:25 Awakening your Inner Guide (Meat, Movement & Mindfulness) 00:42:44 How Belief Shapes Our Reality 00:48:09 Bruce Lipton 00:50:20 Thought is Energy (Joe Dispenza) 00:54:32 Be Here Now (Ram Dass) 00:58:27 Dreams Impact on our Reality 01:04:01 Outro This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshsnyman.substack.com

Patrick Belem is a journalist, filmmaker, musician and spiritual seeker. He has recently spent the last 6 years co-filming and editing a feature doc on the cultural renaissance of the Huni Kuin, an Amazonian culture and community, called Eskawata Kayawai Film. Follow and Support the film here: https://www.instagram.com/eskawatafilm/ Follow Patric on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ptrckbelem/ Support Patrick's Crowdfunding for His Music: https://gofund.me/10a8f4ba TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 01:07 Meaning of Haux Haux 03:23 How Patrick describes himself to the world 08:23 The Film Patrick is Co-Releasing: Eskawata Kayawai 19:08 The Dangers of Self-Proclaimed Shamanism in Ayahuasca Circles 26:58 The Importance of Ceremony and Respecting Plant Medicine 33:42 Integration After an Ayahuasca (or plant medicine) Ceremony 36:06 Why Patrick Showed the Pajé's Hunting Deer 41:46 How Ayahuasca Has Served Patrick 46:08 Patrick's Musical Journey 53:00 "Give this Moment the Right To Die" #ayahuascaceremony #ayahuascahealing #hunikuin #eskawatakayawai This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshsnyman.substack.com

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For the last decade, Raine has been on a mission to help people find expansion in their lives through holistic wellbeing: physical, mental and spiritual. This journey of course started within, with my own healing, and then expanded outwards in my career teaching movement, meditation and healthy eating, as well as practising energy healing. Through this journey of self-discovery I have come to learn that my core purpose is to use my voice, both spoken and written, to facilitate healing for others. e: raine@rainedunn.com ig: @raine.dunn w: rainedunn.com #breastimplantremoval #plantmedicine #eatingdisorder #meatmovemind #meatbasedketo #mindfulness #KetoCarnivore #KetoDiet #KetoCarnivore #Ketovore #Fasting #IntermittentFasting #foodaddiction #meatbaseddiet #animalbased #animalbaseddiet #banting #bantingdiet Get full access to Weekly Brew at joshsnyman.substack.com/subscribe

Quote I’m Contemplating Life can only grow outward in proportion to how stable it is inward You may believe that living life to the fullest is seeing every country in the world and quitting your job on a whim and falling recklessly in love, but really it’s just knowing how to be where your feet are. It’s learning how to take care of yourself, how to make home within your own skin. It’s learning how to build a simple life you are proud of. A life most fully lived is not always composed of the things that rock you awake, but those that slowly assure you that it’s ok to slow down. That you don’t always have to prove yourself. That you don’t need to fight forever or constantly want more. That it’s ok for things to be just as they are. And when those big moments come, which they will, you’ll feel them in a way you couldn’t before. You’ll experience them in a way you didn’t before. You’ll appreciate them because you’ll be able to fully be in them. Little by little you will begin to see that life can only grow outward in proportion to how stable it is inward - that if the joy is not in the little things first, the big things don’t fully find us. — Brianna Wiest Conversation I’ve Enjoyed RAINE DUNN on Breast Implant Removal, Plant Medicine (& Best Practices), Eating Disorders and More Tweet I’m Retweeting You Have the Power to Change Your Health Without good health, it's impossible to enjoy life fully. It's become the norm for people to spend life feeling sick, exhausted, in pain, popping pills, & just surviving. Why wouldn't you do everything in your power to change this? Sadly, most don't believe they have the power. — @ElieJarrougeMD Get full access to Weekly Brew at joshsnyman.substack.com/subscribe

Tweet I’m Tweeting I’d Rather Have Bread Than Potato Fries Testimonial I’ve Enjoyed Reading From Anxiety-Ridden to Thriving Hey Josh I found your account via —’s Instagram. I had to subscribe straight away your approach to living, healing and thriving really resonated with me. I have been on a long journey myself, finding depth and growth in physical exercise (mostly yoga and long hikes), meditation, and proper nutrition (mostly animal-based) which has led me from being an anxiety-ridden wreck ruled by an eating disorder, barely able to function in the world, to now working as a doctor and trying to help other people on their paths as best I can. I thought I would reach out to you because so many things you mention, the books and the words of wisdom you share, have also found a place in my soul (Gabor Maté! Nietzsche!) I hope you have a wonderful Sunday. Looking forward to reading your newsletter. I will check out the youtube channel later. All the best, — [the names mentioned in this email I received were kept confidential for reasons not need mentioning] Instagram Reel I’m Remixing Why "Food Freedom" Is a Fallacy Freedom is counterintuitively found in giving MORE FUCKS. Being vulnerable. Putting yourself out there. Allowing people to see your healing journey as an extension of you - not a pulling away. The fact is that the modern world, with its proliferation of hyper-palatable foods designed by scientists and billion-dollar marketing firms, demands you to be disciplined. It requires you to become a modern stoic. You are either going to fall for the false pleasures and quick fixes or drop into the pain of healing and long-term health. This will make more sense if you listen to the audio version of this newsletter and follow me on Instagram where I posted this Instagram Reel. Get full access to Weekly Brew at joshsnyman.substack.com/subscribe

Quote I’m Contemplating The Power of Stopping Stopping helps strengthen the muscle of patience that will permit you to return to the project again and again, and thus to sustain your productivity over an entire career. — Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks Content from my YouTube Channel Returning to the Nature Cure Tweet I’m Retweeting Passivity (not activity) is the Root of Life Get full access to Weekly Brew at joshsnyman.substack.com/subscribe

Quote I’m Contemplating How to Touch Non-Fear We have a great, habitual fear inside ourselves. We’re afraid of many things - of our own death, of losing our loved ones, of change, of being alone. The practice of mindfulness helps us touch non-fear. It’s only here and now that we can experience total relief, total happiness. Sorrow, fear, and depression are like a kind of garbage. But these bits of garbage are a part of real life, and we must look deeply into their nature. We can practice so as to turn these bits of garbage into flowers. We should not throw anything out. All we have to do is learn the art of composting, of transforming our garbage into flowers" — Thich Nhat Hanh Tweet I’m Retweeting Say No to Oat Milk Podcast I’ve Enjoyed The Root Cause of Disease Nobody Talks About This has been one of the best podcasts I’ve listened to. Zach Bush weaves together so many threads in this that it’s actually a little overwhelming at times. But give it the time it deserves. Bottom line: now more than ever, we need to get back into nature to heal ourselves and the planet (and by ‘back into nature’ I don’t mean going vegan and supporting big food agenda — what I do mean is taking your shoes off and feeling the Earth’s vibrations; allowing the soil and rich air to coinhabit your vulnerable animal flesh). Get full access to Weekly Brew at joshsnyman.substack.com/subscribe

Quote I’m Contemplating Memento Mori “Still, being fragile creatures, humans always try to hide from themselves the certainty that they will die. They do not see that it is death itself that motivates them to do the best things in their lives. They are afraid to step into the dark, afraid of the unknown, and their only way of conquering that fear is to ignore the fact that their days are numbered. They do not see that with an awareness of death, they would be able to be even more daring, to go much further in their daily conquests, because then they would have nothing to lose—for death is inevitable.” — The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho Tweet I’m Retweeting Big (vegan) Food Doesn’t Care About You (or the environment) Projects I’m Proud Of Two Dream Weddings: From Tuscany, Italy — to Wellington, Cape Town. Besides creating content for my tribe — the awesome collective individuals such as yourself that are awakening your inner wisdom through meat-movement-mindfulness — on most days, I am a freelance photographer/filmmaker that creates content for global brands, as well as more bespoke visual storytelling endeavours like weddings, personal branding shoots and portraits. Recently, I had the luxury of filming two dream weddings: one in Tuscany, Italy and the other in Wellington, Cape Town. Although these two destinations are vastly different in every way imaginable, the story that came out of them was the same — that of love. Please give these two films a watch and let me know your thoughts. Get full access to Weekly Brew at joshsnyman.substack.com/subscribe

Please enjoy this beautiful (and vulnerable) conversation with Mr Daniel Maté who recently co-authored The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture DANIEL MATÉ is a composer, lyricist, and playwright for musical theatre based in BC and New York. He has been active since 2007, when he graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with an M.F.A. in Musical Theatre Writing. He also holds a B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy from McGill. Daniel received the prestigious Edward Kleban Prize for Most Promising Lyricist in American Musical Theatre, a Jonathan Larson Foundation Grant, and the ASCAP Foundation’s Cole Porter Award for Excellence in Music and Lyrics (for his song cycle The Longing and the Short of It.) He has presented his work at the historic Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and New York’s Lincoln Center, and was an invited participant in the inaugural Johnny Mercer Writers Colony. Daniel's website: https://www.danielmate.com/bio Get full access to Weekly Brew at joshsnyman.substack.com/subscribe

Quote I’m Contemplating "In the most health-obsessed society ever, all is not well." — Gabor Maté and Daniel Maté, The Myth of Normal Book I’ve Started Reading The Courage to Let Go “Behind all of the “I can’ts” are merely “I won’ts.” The “I won’ts” mean “I am afraid to” or “I am ashamed to” or “I have too much pride to try, for fear I might fail.” Behind that is anger at ourselves and circumstances engendered by pride. Acknowledging and letting go of these feelings brings us up to courage and, with that, finally acceptance and an inner peacefulness, at least as it regards the area which has been surmounted.” ― David R. Hawkins, Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender Conversation I’ve Enjoyed Daniel Maté on co-authoring THE MYTH OF NORMAL with his father: Dr Gabor Maté Please enjoy this beautiful (and vulnerable) conversation with Mr Daniel Maté who recently co-authored The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture. DANIEL MATÉ is a composer, lyricist, and playwright for musical theatre based in BC and New York. He has been active since 2007, when he graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with an M.F.A. in Musical Theatre Writing. He also holds a B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy from McGill. Get full access to Weekly Brew at joshsnyman.substack.com/subscribe

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