The LYHL Podcast
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The LYHL Podcast
John C. Pollard
In this episode, Elle Bottrell is joined by none of than - John C. Pollard - musician and sometimes marketer. John's presence in the world as a creative, contemplative learner and achiever comes through right away in the discussion with myriad references to useful thinker, researchers, and philosopher's words, insights, findings and more.
Their shared history in Evangelical Christianity makes numerous appearances in their conversation as they share about their expanding views of the world, life, and spirituality.
The arching discussion reaches such places as:
- the importance of knowing yourself
- mental, physical, and spiritual components to health
- Karl Paulnack's address to freshman parents at Boston Conservatory https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/centers/boisi/pdf/s091/Welcome_address_to_freshman_at_Boston_Conservatory.pdf
- how injuries and traumas relate to curiosity
- neuro personal training and teaching your mind and body to feel safe again
- how eye movements can decrease back pain
- how vital feeling safe it
- moving from a religion teaching human depravity and brokenness towards a God of love and humans being made in God's image
- the intersection between using words like "God" and "universe"
- centering prayer
- Internal Family Systems - IFS - by Richard Schwartz
- embodiment
- presence
- being is better than achieving
- bone rhythm
- slow exhalations - https://zhealtheducation.com/
- “The Awakened Brain” by Lisa Miller
- MindValley's 3 Most Important Questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVtBhVYZwY&t=13s&ab_channel=Mindvalley
- "Finding the Mothering Tree" by Suzanne Simard
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John created:
"Days to a Deeper Connection to God" which is an app sharing 31 five-minute guided prayer sessions that include narrated poetry, abstract art, prayer prompts, and space for silence before God while gentle music plays underneath.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/31-days-to-a-deeper-connection/id1582461275
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You can interact with John and here his musical creations at:
Instagram, Threads, YouTube and TikTok - @johncpollard
Facebook - @johncpollardmusic.
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