Alive and Free
byBob Gardner
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It's time to rip the cover off what really works to finally ditch stress, anxiety, anger, addiction, depression, past trauma, chronic pain, and all other kinds of human suffering. No, not just relief, recovery, comfort, healing, or sobriety. We're talking the F word here — freedom — Happiness and well-being on autopilot. My team and I will share straight from the trenches what we've learned from using a non-therapy, body-based approach to leave our own struggles behind while also coaching thousands of others to do the same. And since these are often such heavy topics, we're gonna get a bit irreverent and have...
Episodes(40 episodes)
E276 - A New Look at Fasting
Published: Nov 10, 2025Duration: 36:16
E275 - On The Purpose Of Life
Published: Sep 13, 2025Duration: 27:49
E274 - Experts & Heretics
Published: Sep 13, 2025Duration: 47:31
E273 - Learning to Fall
Published: Sep 13, 2025Duration: 31:01
E271 - A Hebrew Proverb to Simplify It All
Published: Sep 13, 2025Duration: 27:54
E270 - Data vs Dogma
Published: Sep 13, 2025Duration: 27:27
E269 - God, Humanity, and Yoga
Published: Sep 13, 2025Duration: 51:02
E268 - Learning To Pray
Published: Sep 13, 2025Duration: 47:53
E267 - Should You Have an Origin Story?
Published: Sep 13, 2025Duration: 32:12
E266 - The Power of Stupid
Published: Sep 13, 2025Duration: 27:00
E265 - Beware Of The Marinade
In today world, a lot of dangerous booby traps and societal "norms" lie around waiting for us to fall into. But beware and don't fall for these marinades. Today we'll talk about it some more. Have a listen. Highlights: A lot of what you call your personality and a lot of what I call my personality, is a learned response to life. (3:15) A person lives in a marinade where people believe that men are toxic by nature, in turn they believe this too. (17:05) What is the marinade that becomes your serenade? (34:55) Need help unlocking mental...
Published: Apr 3, 2025Duration: 46:55
E264 - Should You Trust Your Brain?
The brain is a very useful tool when we're dealing with what's around us. But when it comes down to real life, it's our bodies that are experiencing it. Today we'll talk about relying on the brain's understanding. Have a listen. Highlights: I would punch them and they would feel so good and energized because they realized it feels good to be in their body. (10:20) I didn't know that I could question these things that were all in my head. (17:00) The phrase "my truth" is a decision to not let anybody question you when you should...
Published: Mar 6, 2025Duration: 37:32
E263 - It's Not What You Do, But How You Do It
We've had our fair share of questions and comments from people who have "already done all these things". Today we'll explain more what we're really doing and why it just might not be the same as what you think. Have a listen. Highlights: Somebody might have trained with people that I did but that doesn't mean they know what I do and what I am trying to do with these techniques. (5:20) I'm not saying, "this is the only way," this is just the best way that I've seen. (13:30) In order to see the change you have t...
Published: Feb 27, 2025Duration: 29:45
E258 - You Don't Have to Have Issues
When something happens, there doesn't always have to be an issue with it. You can let go of the response and control it. We'll talk about it more today. Have a listen. Highlights: I was leading myself to my own grave because of some teachings that I had likely misinterpreted. (12:15) A lot of people would rather be right and miserable and perpetuate the misery, than dissipate the reactions. (19:35) I want to teach people the skills of having a choice in how they feel. (20:00) I thought I was going to break everything in what I knew, or...
Published: Aug 1, 2024Duration: 37:51
E257 - I Am... Except When I'm Not
We have often had people who have a single belief of who and what they are. It's not that they're wrong for that, it that they had never tried to challenge it before. People who were "superior" to them had given diagnosis and those were taken to heart. Today we'll talk about it more. Have a listen. Highlights: A lot of people we encounter had their mom, their teacher, their mentor tell them something and that's never been challenged. (13:10) Internally, I don't want to put the keys in the lock that are almost a fit, but...
Published: Jul 25, 2024Duration: 39:52
E256 - Divine in the Details
Today, we're going to take a pretty deep dive into some religious things. Growing up in the mormon church, I had some things indoctrinated in me that were causing me disease. We'll talk about it more in todays episode. Have a listen. Highlights: Your body is what qualifies you to be alive and when you understand what a magnificent gift it is, t can lead you out of all the things that you're struggling with. (29:45) I wanted to know what did all these, terms really mean in the context that they were given. (44:25) I started getting...
Published: Jun 27, 2024Duration: 1:17:17
E255 - Win the War Within
The main goal is to win the war within you. Not just to beat the symptoms, but the full battle that is causing tensions and stresses in your body. Today, we're going to talk about it more. Have a listen. Highlights: The body has some way of remembering how it's reacted in a situation before. (10:10) You are the hardest person you will ever coach. Because you have the same blind spots as the person that you're coaching. (17:00) We are striving for permanence in an impermanent universe. (20:30) It's not psychology, but physiology with a psychological impact. (32:45) ...
Published: Jun 20, 2024Duration: 35:35
E254 - Description vs Prescription
Description; "I feel happy". Prescription; "I'm doing all of these things so I should be feeling happiness". Don't let the prescriptions and "shoulds" in life, run over the descriptions, and the present moment. Today, we'll talk about this more. Have a listen. Highlights: In a list, you'll be given prescriptions, not what will become good, natural byproducts of your living experience. (14:30) "Where am I at, where am I headed, and what do I need to shift in order to move in that direction?" (17:00) Take a step back and think, what if everything will just naturally happen...
Published: Jun 13, 2024Duration: 28:27
E253 - F1 Love
After the 2024 Miami GP, Lando Norris gains his first win and declares his love to everybody. Now, after a grueling two hour race, he probably felt relieved and wasn't actually feeling "love". Today, we're going to talk about this more. Have a listen. Highlights: In that moment, was he really feeling love? (10:15) Feelings of love and kindness are a direct result of the state that the body is in, in any given moment. (14:20) Like I've been saying for a long time, your thoughts and emotions are a byproduct of the body. (20:00) There is a big difference...
Published: Jun 6, 2024Duration: 30:42
E252 - To the Wives... "It's not you, it's me."
This one's for the women. A man's "addiction" to pornography doesn't mean that there is something wrong with you or that you need to change. It is just the way that his body has found to cope with his discomfort. We're going to talk about this more today. Have a listen. Highlights: Because the "addiction" is no longer sexual, we look at; what are they coping with? (15:50) Depression, shame, and guilt are all mechanisms that are engaged in order to solve an ongoing problem. (17:25) It's a chasing of a sensation all because, the person is unconscious...
Published: May 30, 2024Duration: 38:22