Barry Mangione
The One You Feed
Eric Zimmer
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2016
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Barry Mangione is an author, musician, podcaster, life coach, and pediatric physical therapist.
Barry was once a struggling alcoholic suffering from depression, failed relationships, and bankruptcy. He even came close to suicide, but he now enjoys a life filled with creativity, service to others, and abundant possibilities.
In his Self-Help Rockstar Show podcast, he features music, interviews, and his own brand of self-help advice in order to raise self-awareness and to inspire people to go out and live their best lives every day.
In his self-help book No Easy Answers: A Book of Life-Changing Questions, Barry shares his personal success story with readers so that they, too, can achieve personal transformation.
Barry is also currently in the studio recording an album of rock songs to carry his message of hope and healing to music lovers everywhere.
Barry lives in New York with his wife and their family, who are all firm believers in the paleo diet and lifestyle, for both physical and mental health.
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In This Interview, Barry Mangione and I Discuss:
The One You Feed parable
Simple practices to feed your good wolf
Journaling as a practice
Guilt doesn't help but accepting responsibility
Learning to see our role in things
Asking ourselves "Maybe it's me"
The questions to ask ourselves when making a decision:
How do I feel about myself now?
How will I feel about myself after I've done this?
How will I feel about myself if I don't do this?
How will I feel in 10 days/10 months/10 Years
Trying to avoid black and white thinking when making decisions
How perspective is intellectual while gratitude is emotional
The 2nd Arrow
Responsibility without creativity is lifeless and boring
Creativity without responsibility is dangerous and misleading
Finding creativity again after getting sober
Learning to do things sober as a challenge
How would I talk to my best friend if he was in my shoes?
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| 0:00.0 | You know, the old saying, if nothing changes, nothing changes. Well, you're the one responsible for making changes. |
| 0:13.0 | Welcome to the one you feed. |
| 0:15.0 | Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, |
| 0:19.0 | quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true. |
| 0:25.0 | And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. |
| 0:29.0 | We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. |
| 0:34.0 | We see what we don't have instead of what we do. |
| 0:37.0 | We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. |
| 0:40.0 | But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter. |
| 0:44.0 | It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. |
| 0:48.0 | This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction. |
| 0:53.0 | How they feed their good wolf. |
| 1:08.0 | In the 70s, the warehouse took over Chicago Nightlife. |
| 1:11.0 | And the club's DJ would go on to make history. |
| 1:14.0 | Frankie made sure that you felt it in your soul. |
| 1:18.0 | Learn more about the rise of house music on the history of the world's greatest nightclubs. |
| 1:23.0 | A 12-part podcast about the iconic venues and people that revolutionized how we party. |
| 1:29.0 | Listen to the history of the world's greatest nightclubs on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, |
| 1:34.0 | or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:38.0 | Thanks for joining us. |
| 1:39.0 | Our guest on this episode is Barry Manjone, an author, musician, podcaster, |
| 1:44.0 | life coach, and pediatric physical therapist. |
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