meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Bela Koe-Krompecher on Life, Recovery, and Music

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Self-improvement, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Buddhism

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Bela Koe-Krompecher is a writer, social worker, professor, lecturer, and owner of long-time established record label, Anyway Records. He was Eric’s sponsor in AA at one point and he, Eric, and Chris have been friends for a very long time.  In this episode, Eric and Bela discuss his book, Love, Death, and Photosynthesis. But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, Bela Koe-Krompecher and I Discuss Life, Recovery, Music and … His book, Love, Death, and Photosynthesis How he is able to care about people but not carry their burdens His two now-deceased best friends who struggled with mental illness and substance abuse His history with substance abuse, mental illness, and the path of recovery The types of support people need in their lives in order to change How childhood trauma can impact the way people build trust The term “recovery-capitol” Having faith in your choices The way he prioritizes living a life of non-judgement of others When you want to pull away, lean in The role of music in his life Bela Koe-Krompecher Links: Bela’s Website Twitter Instagram Talkspace is the online therapy company that lets you connect with a licensed therapist from anywhere at any time at a fraction of the cost of traditional therapy. It’s therapy on demand. Visit www.talkspace.com or download the app and enter Promo Code: WOLF to get $100 off your first month. If you enjoyed this conversation with Bela Koe-Krompecher, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Writing for Healing with Maggie Smith Improvising in Life with Stephen Nachmanovitch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Memory and emotions aren't linear. So we hear something where we see something where we're with somebody

0:06.4

It may bring back a Russia memory

0:17.0

Welcome to the one you feed

0:19.0

Throughout time great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have quotes like garbage in garbage out or

0:26.3

You are what you think ring true and yet for many of us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us

0:33.2

We tend toward negativity self-pity jealousy or fear

0:37.9

We see what we don't have instead of what we do we think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit

0:44.3

But it's not just about thinking our actions matter

0:47.6

It takes conscious consistent and creative effort to make a life worth living

0:52.3

This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction how they feed their good wolf

1:12.5

My father was a flock star it was like Biddlemania, but not here in America

1:17.2

Dean re criticized the American government from behind the iron curtain

1:20.8

He had lots of enemies

1:23.9

He wanted to come back home and then then think about

1:28.7

Come with me Ramona Reed to learn more about the extraordinary life and mysterious death of revolutionary

1:35.4

Listen to Red Elvis a curiosity audio network podcast on the iHeart Radio app Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcasts

1:43.3

Daniel Miller is a millennial con artist. I'm a social media influencer

1:47.8

Busted while recovering from Brazilian but live surgery

1:51.1

She was yelling at the police for like getting her butt tissue out of joy when they were and nothing her

1:56.1

She's got hundreds of victims to me. That's not a con artist that just is a straight-up predator

2:01.3

And she just keeps getting away with it. This person is a danger

2:05.3

Listen to Queen of the Khan season three on the iHeart Radio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.