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

Eric & Chris on Friendship

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

🗓️ 7 September 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

In this very special episode hosted by our very own Ginny, we dive deep into the longtime friendship of Eric and Chris. They share how their friendship began many years ago, how they began the podcast together, and answer some great questions submitted by our wonderful Patreon supporters. 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! Ginny Interviews Eric & Chris Where They Discuss Friendship and … How their friendship began Their shared love of music Eric and Chris describe each other’s best qualities Their shared sense of humor and how they laugh at themselves How Eric hired and fired Chris, twice Their favorite memories of attending Waterboys concert and going backstage How they shelter their friendship when working together  The life-changing gift that Chris gave to Eric Their ease in sharing important things in life with each other How their dark moments can be their funniest moments What makes them best friends Their friendship through the ups and downs of each other’s recovery The importance of understanding and not judging in the darkest moments The pros and cons to working with people you love Eric and Chris Links: Friendship Playlist on Spotify Instagram Facebook Twitter Skillshare is an online learning community that helps you get better on your creative journey. They have thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people. Sign up via www.skillshare.com/feed and you’ll get a FREE one-month trial of Skillshare premium membership. Calm App: The app designed to help you ease stress and get the best sleep of your life through meditations and sleep stories. Join the 85 million people around the world who use Calm to get better sleep. Get 40% off a Calm Premium Subscription (a limited time offer!) by going to www.calm.com/wolf If you enjoyed this conversation with Eric and Chris, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Mike Scott of The Waterboys Eric and Chris Get Interviewed for the 100th Episode 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

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0:00.0

I know that regular listeners of the show were expecting to hit play and immediately hear

0:05.8

some awesome quote from the upcoming episode.

0:09.0

But instead, what you have is me, your friend Chris, telling you that this is a special episode

0:14.2

celebrating Friendship Day 2001, which was actually on August 1st.

0:19.0

So we've made this entire episode, which is our own Ginny interviewing me and Eric about

0:24.8

our friendship, its origins, our experience creating the podcast and all the years in between.

0:38.7

Welcome to the One You Feed.

0:40.7

Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, quotes

0:45.4

like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.

0:50.8

And yet for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.

0:55.1

We tend toward negativity, self pity, jealousy, or fear.

0:59.8

We see what we don't have instead of what we do.

1:02.7

We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.

1:06.2

But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter.

1:09.6

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

1:14.5

This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how

1:18.9

they feed their good wolf.

1:34.9

Daniel Miller is a millennial con artist.

1:37.2

I'm a social media influencer.

1:39.2

Busted while recovering from Brazilian buttocks surgery.

1:42.2

She was yelling at the police for like getting her butt tissue out of joy when they were

1:46.7

hand-guffing her.

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