Franklin Taggart's Unconventional Life Blog

I recently had a wonderful conversation with Jürgen Strauss of InnovaBiz that wandered through a winding path of some of my favorite topics. Jürgen is a delightful interviewer who does his research thoroughly and brings some of his guests' best ideas and insights to light. I was honored to be on this show! You can hear the whole episode on the InnovaBiz website:  https://innovabiz.com.au/podcast/franklin-taggart-innovabuzz-507/ , or you can listen on your favorite podcast platform. This slideshow features some highlights:

This morning was a low-energy morning as many of my mornings are. I used to be thwarted by these kinds of emotions. Depression and anxiety are a kind of baseline for me. Over the past few years, I've learned some valuable things about the way our psychology and physiology work that have given me some useful tools and techniques to get myself out of the morning lows and into some useful highs. The first time I read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, the part of the book that was most important for my life at the time was the section about the pain body and how to bring attention to the painful places in our being. I've worked with that ever since then and it's my first tool of choice. I believe that our attention is one of our primary superpowers.  Another helpful resource I found was the understanding of psychology called the Three Principles, articulated by Sydney Banks. In a spiritual awakening experience, he saw the relationship between three constant principles of our p