Ben Feder - Busy Exec Takes Bali Sabbatical with Family

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Health & Fitness

4.2 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Ben Feder is author of the book, "Take Off Your Shoes: One Man's Journey from the Boardroom to Bali and Back", a memoir that chronicles the story of how his NYC Family jumped off the treadmill to take a sabbatical to Bali. It’s Ben’s "Eat, Pray, Love" story of how he personally found his sense of purpose and ‘center’ and how his family was transformed by the experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:25.7	Just ask her to enable Meditation studio. Today's guest is Ben
1:31.0	Fetter, author of the new book, Take Off Your Shoes, One Man's Journey from the Boardroom to Bali
1:37.5	and Back. Ben was and still is a successful, pretty hard-charging New York City executive.
1:44.9	Hoping to reconnect with his family and with his own sense of purpose, he jumped off the
1:50.5	treadmill a few years ago to take a sabbatical in Bali with the whole family.
1:56.3	In the book and in this interview, he shares what he learned from the journey, how he found his own
2:01.9	center through meditation, art, and the overall pace and culture of Bali, and how his
2:08.4	entire family was transformed by this unique, fun, and courageous experience. Now, here's
2:16.3	Ben. Ben, it is such an honor to have you on Untangle today.
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