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He Traveled to 160+ Countries—And It Changed How He Sees Humanity | Craig D. Forrest (opens the original)
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What happens to your worldview when you stop experiencing the world through headlines and start experiencing it firsthand? Craig D. Forrest has spent decades traveling the world as an award-winning TV director and documentary filmmaker, working across more than 160 countries and encountering cultures, conflict, faith, poverty, resilience, and everyday human life. In this conversation, Craig shares how travel transformed his understanding of people and cultures, why firsthand experience can revea
How Much of Your Life Is Actually Yours? | Samantha Kane (opens the original)
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How much of the life you are living is actually yours—and how much was shaped by family, culture, relationships, expectations, and the identities you adopted along the way? In this episode of Thought Atlas, Samantha Kane, founder of Roots Wings Wellness and a certified holistic life coach, joins us for a conversation about authenticity, self-mastery, conscious living, and the process of reconnecting with what she describes as our “Higher Self.” Samantha shares how her varied professional experie
They Were Told They Were Lazy. The Real Problem Was Their Brain. | Judith Richardson-Mahre (opens the original)
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What if the behavior you’ve been judging is actually a brain difference you’ve never understood? In this episode of Thought Atlas, I’m joined by Judy R-M, a licensed marriage and family therapist, ADHD coach, parent coach, and speaker who has spent more than 14 years working with neurodiverse individuals, couples, parents, and families. Judy’s understanding of ADHD is both professional and deeply personal. She is the parent of four neurodiverse children and the partner of a neurodiverse husband.
What If Your Geography Is Limiting Your Potential? | Yoli Chisholm (opens the original)
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What if the place where you were born doesn’t have to determine the limits of your future? In this episode of Thought Atlas, Yoli Chisholm explores the idea of the “borderless self” and what happens when we begin to see mobility not simply as relocation, but as a way of pursuing opportunity, career growth, freedom, and a better life. Yoli shares her own story of growing up across borders. Born in Lusaka, Zambia, to South African parents who had been banned from South Africa during apartheid, she
You’re More Creative Than You Think | Rick Sorenson (opens the original)
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What if creativity isn’t a special talent reserved for artists, but something already present in every human being? In this episode of Thought Atlas, Rick Sorenson—artist, educator, author, and lifelong student of creativity—explores what creativity means, where it comes from, and why so many adults eventually convince themselves that they aren’t creative. Rick shares the story of discovering drawing in seventh grade, when an art teacher taught his class to study light by repeatedly drawing a si
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