HeyJaredFrom the Ashes
Hosted by Valerie Hwang Beck, From the Ashes podcast is a space for bold conversations that empower healing, self-trust, and authentic, vibrant living.Each episode centers on intentional, evolutionary dialogue with creatives, healers, leaders, and change-makers who are…
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The Way of Tea: On Purpose, Presence, and What's Actually Worth Dedicating Your Life To with Ian Chun (opens the original)
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I'm joined this week by my new friend and fellow JET program alum Ian Chun, founder of Yunomi.life, a global tea e-commerce business based in Tokyo that offers the world's largest selection of Japanese tea and bridges the cultural and linguistic barriers separating Japanese tea farmers from enthusiasts around the world. We meet up at Ian's matcha shop in Tokyo and get into the messiness that is the journey of life and entrepreneurship. Without holding anything back, Ian shares the good, the bad,
Why Pushing Harder Keeps Backfiring: The Five Elements and How You Actually Reach Your Goals (opens the original)
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Why Pushing Harder Keeps Backfiring: The Five Elements and How You Actually Reach Your Goals I'm solo this week with a framework from Ayurveda that quietly changed how I think about reaching my goals. We usually use the five elements — space, air, water, earth, and fire — to understand health and disease. But in this episode, I use them differently: to look at how we align our actions with what we actually want. I share how I realized I'd been over-relying on fire my whole life, pushing through
The Weekend I Put the Phone Down and Stopped Rushing Toward Death (opens the original)
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I'm solo this week with a story that starts on a warm Saturday evening, walking along the river near my house in Tokyo with no phone, no clock, and nowhere to be. What began as an experiment — turning off every screen for a full weekend — turned into something that quietly rearranged how I think about time, urgency, and the life I say I want to live. I get into what surprised me, what I noticed when the devices went dark, and the uncomfortable questions that came up about how much of my own hurr
When Healing Becomes the Problem: Peak Experiences, Psychedelics, and What Actually Builds Resilience with Joseph Dowd (opens the original)
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I'm joined this week by Joseph Dowd — philosopher, professor, and one of my own Vibrant Visionary Collective members — for a conversation about what healing actually requires. Joseph has tried it all: pharmaceuticals, psychedelic-assisted therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, ayahuasca retreats in Peru, IFS sessions, and years of daily meditation. And yet for a long time, nothing stuck. We get into why — the seductive trap of peak experiences, the philosophy of the hedonic treadmill, what Ayurv
Unbecoming Acceptable: Embracing Your Unconventional Life to Be Truly Happy (opens the original)
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About This Episode I'm back solo this week with something I've been reflecting on for a while — that the human desire for belonging is a double-edged sword. While fitting in can bring you acceptance into the tribe, it can also drive a type of self-silencing. This episode is built around a simple but challenging idea: that the parts of you that feel too different, too much, or not enough are not the problem. They're the key to your authentic voice and true sense of joy. I reflect on my millennial
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