JOYFull: A Raw Journal of the Mindful Revolution

Why Marketing Your Own Brand Will Not Work. Also Dysfunctional Relationships. Cats, Ukraine.

In this interview we visit a personal blog of three things to think about when you interview yourself. 1. What’s going on with you? 2. What new hobby, discipline, or routine is helping you in some way? 3. At this time in the world, what is going on that’s the first thing that comes to mind?
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JOYFull Podcast Intro

Welcome to the new version of the old podcast. Thank you for listening.
For blogs from the same person occasionally please visit www.NotJustNinjas.com

Ep. 24. Greater than a visionary; a Hero: Martin Luther King

Get ready to think of today's leaders as nothing but successful businessmen.  Leader Martin Luther King organized a movement of advancement that can hardly be comprehended.  But...let's try.
See selected photos of Martin and Ethan interviewing a stuffed Koala at www.instagram.com/ethansharrettofficial from January 2018

Ep 52 On and Off People, Many Journeys, Virgos, Purpose, Black Belts

Stream of consciousness raw journal, inspiration from your past self, the stories of struggle sometimes lack the gritty specifics, in & out relationships, ‘easy’ fitness challenge. Virgos.

Ep 51. Anxiety Pills, Feelings, Funny Jesus

We've all taken them! How do you come out on anxiety meds? Are feelings really useful in this day and age? I've tried everything else.
Don't you think Jesus, literally the most unusual and followed person ever was probably entertaining?

Ep 50. Trespassing, Bad Bitches, Prayers and Kayaking

Stream episode. We discuss a meditative practice of noticing, also Lord's Prayer from the bible, Dollar Stores (for some reason), Meg Thee Stallion, Shakespeare, kids' amazingness, and a little about a kayaking trip. They were saying 'Heaven' is supposed to exist within. Do you have it? Sometimes?

Ep 48. Why are we Upbeat SOMETIMES. Gen X. The ADHD test. 2 Sides of us in one day.

What happens after those perfect mornings when we're full of fire? Do you need a nap? Stream of consciousness. ADHD tests and Adderall. Also, follow future, improved content by subscribing, and leaving a comment demanding change and more structure.

Ep 47 Confederate Statues, The Mindful Revolution and Symbolic Change in Richmond

Little update! What's taking place in the mindful revolution here in this southern town which I've called home since Los Angeles kicked me out?
Over the past year, Richmond has removed at least a dozen monuments of confederate leaders - which have stood since the 1800s - including the towering statue of army general Robert Lee on a horse at a major intersection. 
The images - of thousands of locals criss-cross applesauce, engrossing the feature for days until the mayor inventively eighty-sixed it to zero spectacle -  are messy and moving. 
Several more statues remain.  It is staggering, but optimistically so - because the method, pacing, and rote approach to getting them gone has not thus far been a riot, but a knowing cooperation, with hormone-fueled youth zeal as a minor, obligatory detail, but nowhere near the sincere quickening - steady, and certain - of this current.   They've stood for a century, so the abrupt unanimous understanding of their absurdity can be an engine to assist, rather than to compel, as the mayor and local bodies study up and do their thang.
AND the Virginia Supreme Court may soon have a chance at a resounding decision in response to two lawsuits against the city, which have been filed to restore statues and prevent further mindful redecorating. 
Note:  Read the article and find out that it is not a large movement flailing to bring back those statues...it is literally one family.  PRIOR to the mindful revolution, we may have been incensed and terrified that two behemouth ideological waves are in a battle about such things.  But once meditated upon, once living from ourselves, we can see that is ok.  A lot is headed the right way, though we may not understand why the by-rote law must lag behind our ideals. Even "Woke" people will soon actually wake.  They're headed in the right direction.
https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lawyers-in-richmond-monuments-case-disagree-about-significance-of-ruling-in-charlottesville-case/article_50a9ada6-8595-568c-af26-540645579d26.html