031 - Falling Upwards: A Healing Journey

We’re talking today with Tucker Walsh, an Emmy Award-winning documentary director and photojournalist who has collaborated with many of the world’s leading thinkers and doers and most iconic brands. As Tucker reached the highest levels of career and personal success, he felt what he describes as an underlying sense of "there's something wrong with me." The happiness and satisfaction he expected with fulfilling his life’s ambitions were missing. Tucker then embarked on a journey of discovery, still ongoing, that led him to the profound realization that even in the darkest of times, he is, and always has been, exactly where he needs to be in a life-long journey of growth and expanding awareness. Tucker describes the practices and beliefs that give him the faith and trust to face any risks and fears with a deep sense of inner guidance and wellbeing in his still unfolding life of transformation. Join Aviv Shahar with Tucker Walsh for Falling Upwards. KEY TAKEAWAYS 02:36 – Aviv welcomes award-winning documentary director and photojournalist, Tucker Walsh, who joins the show to share his insights on ‘Falling Upwards’07:53 – Time is fleeting, an illusion, and a beautiful thing11:15 – The sentiment and inquiry that is alive in Tucker currently21:17 – Tucker’s healing journey29:23 – Tucker provides his thoughts on the concept of ‘Falling Upwards’35:00 – The most painful and beautiful point of Tucker’s journey38:34 – Advice Tucker would give to others going through what he went through49:29 – A seeker of love, spirit and God Where Tucker is in this journey of integration and giving birth to these sentiments and inquiries57:58 – The practice of showing up fully1:02:05 – Balancing the appreciation and stigma of privilege1:05:03 – Tucker expounds on what he calls ‘the apprenticeship portion’ of his journey1:18:18 – The power of community1:22:49 – Closing thoughts and insights from Aviv and Tucker TWEETABLE QUOTES “There’s a constant grieving process that’s happening with me and a constant joy and ecstasy that’s happening at the same time. And I think holding both of those simultaneously and trying to navigate my way through those strong emotions and strong cosmic forces, so to speak, is one of the ways I stay present.” (10:49) (Tucker)“Perfection doesn’t mean that it’s lacking anything bad. ‘Perfection’ with a capital ‘P,’ includes the bad and the horrible and the evil because that creates good.” (18:35) (Tucker)“The pain of recognizing that I don’t actually love myself and that I don’t actually know how to love myself created so much compassion that, in that moment, I finally learned the first baby step as to how to love myself. And so, it took the most painful thing to create the most beautiful thing.” (35:41) (Tucker)“I realized that’s not helping anybody. Me being in a place of privilege and then not even appreciating and enjoying the privilege is actually worse than having the privilege of realizing how lucky I am.” (1:03:20) (Tucker)“If we can create a world where diversity is not just about your race, or your skin color, or what you practice, but diversity is about celebrating the fact that spirit and love is showing up in everything at all times, to me that’s what’s maybe a little utopian and radical.” (1:10:36) (Tucker)“I’m not any wiser than I was a couple of years ago. Who I was a couple of years ago was exactly as wise as I needed to be for that moment in time. I was home at my dad’s house recently for a couple of days and I pulled out an old journal from three years ago. I read the entire journal and I was just weeping tears because everything that I had longed for and was feeling into and wishing for in that journal has all come true. It’s all manifested, it’s all happened. And, that wisdom that I had at that time was exactly what I needed to get me to where I am right now. And the wisdom I have right now is exactly what I need to get me to where I’m going.” (1:23:35) (Tucker) RESOURCES MENTIONED Portals of Perception WebsiteAviv’s LinkedIn Aviv’s TwitterAviv’s WebsiteTucker’s WebsiteNature and the Human Soul