Hi friends, welcome to the Wabi Sabby podcast.

I'll be recording podcast number 185 everywhere from British Columbia to Bainbridge Island, Washington in the woods,

where there is no technology and no connection to city life at all, no pavement.

You may hear some birds, some trees rustling.

I'm sitting in a chair with a bunch of sap on it right now,

which I got all over my hands,

scraped my leg up, kicking, you know,

swimming in the water against a bunch of barnacles and then basically

have dirt all over my feet and my hands a lot of the time. I would love to encourage you to take

a trip this summer to get out of the city and to get into technology and to reconnect or connect with people deeply and creatures

deeply and the forest and the trees and the soil deeply. Today I am celebrating the life

of Glengondo, a wonderful mentor and friend to the Japanese-American

community. I sent his family and friends prayers and love. And also, there are two other

close family members that I'm sending a lot of prayers and love to one has since passed and

one may pass soon uh it has been a time to reflect on life and what is really important to you

so prepare yourself in today's episode to do some self-work as we take a deeper look at life

and why we all might be feeling a little bit depressed, down, stuck, or anxious.

Ever since we began utilizing Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. I can see that our lives have changed. I've noticed

there is a difference between those who live in the real world, meet new people, go into

nature, aren't stuck on their phones all day or computers, And then there's some that really get sucked into

being on technology all day every day, which I think is very frustrating sometimes because

we all have family members that are addicted to technology. And that can become tough. And I'm

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