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🗓️ 8 December 2020
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Dr. Pedram Shojai (IG: @official_urbanmonk) is former Taoist monk who is a physician of Chinese medicine and has lectured on wellness around the world.
His no-nonsense approach teaches esoteric concepts to Western readers in an easy to understand way.
Pedram is a New York Times bestselling author and producer of multiple films and series.
Today we're discussing his latest book Focus: Bringing Time, Energy, and Money into Flow.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Dr. Pedram Shojai - Focus (book)
Dr. Pedram Shojai's website (The Urban Monk)
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Watch Dr. Pedram Shojai's films on Whole.TV
Listen to Pedram Shojai previously on TUHP (episode #182)
Deng Ming-Dao - The Wandering Taoist (book)
Deng Ming-Dao - Chronicles of Tao (book)
The Social Dilemma (documentary)
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0:54.3 | Each week I'll bring you in-depth conversations with health and wellness leaders from |
0:57.5 | around the world. |
0:58.8 | And this week Pedro Shojai is back on the show. |
1:01.4 | He's a former Taoist monk who is a physician of Chinese medicine |
1:04.8 | and has lectured on wellness around the world. His no-nonsense approach teaches esoteric concepts |
1:10.3 | to Western readers in an easy to understand way. |
1:13.0 | Phedram is a New York Times best-selling author and producer of multiple films and series. |
1:19.0 | And I really appreciate Phedram's no-B-B-S approach to discussing the deeper things in life. You're going to get a lot from this conversation. |
1:26.0 | Highlights include the story of Pedram becoming a Taoist monk, the hardest part about being a monk, |
1:32.0 | what Pedram learned after fasting for five days in Hawaii, the ultimate |
1:36.4 | drug is meditation and creating empty space in your life. |
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