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Grubitude

by Jovan Gruban

Do you live or exist?

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  1. #34 - Taylor Higgins - Rap, Creative Environment & Wisdom

    "I am feeling that the dreams are trying to figure out exactly what this all means – and these dreams are trying to build up my own self-esteem. And then, the confidence is telling me that maybe the common sense is not exactly what we need. I really feel like my eyes are closed but I’m finally...

  2. #33 - Lawrence Huff - Life of a 73 Years Old Prison-Yoga-Teacher

    I met Lawrence in Tegucigalpa, Honduras - a 73 years old human rights activist who is teaching yoga and mindfulness in prisons and juvenile jails around Central America. Some inmates are innocent, some are not, but the thing is that Lawrence is doing remarkable work by means of helping them to…

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  3. #31 - Daniel Scobie - Richness, Disconnect To Reconnect & Oddness

    A few hours before recording that episode a guy tried to rob us, but fortunately we had Philadelphia Phil in our squad who wrestled down the thief and also got help from Daniel who tied him with a rope. Being a little bit overtaken by that random situation, Daniel and me still wanted to enjoy the...

  4. #30 - Philipp Pan - Looking For Jack, Dreams & Rejecting Your Diploma

    Concerning my question about the reason for his stay in Guatemala, Philipp said that he came to San Marcos to look for Jack Dawson, the lead character from the renowned movie Titanic - Jack symbolizes a way of natural, authentic living or let's say a simpe life, something that is often found in...

  5. #29 - Aleksander Zielinski - Life of a Spiritual Healer

    This is probably one of the weirdest and most entertaining episodes I've ever recorded - back in the days I've been spending three weeks in a hippie village, San Marcos, Guatemala, where I had the opportunity to meet the epitome of "unusual, nonstandard people" and man, what should I say? That…

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  6. #28 - Stefan Soler - Football, Bolton Wanderers, Giving It A Try & Passion

    At the age 16 Stefan experienced something that sounds like THE DREAM of every young football enthusiast: playing probably the best game ever for your local team (in Australia), being spotted by a scout of a renowned English football club and, together with his best friend who also played the…

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  7. #27 - Dusty Grey - Energy, Entitlement, Drugs & Consciousness

    No word, no sentence, no book, no picture, no video, not even a typical jovan-like praise and glorification, nothing, for real - nothing, nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing can describe what an incredible impact Dusty had on me and how much he means to me! Infinite gratitude for this unique...

  8. #26 - Lola Jin - Life of a well-traveled teacher

    Hi. That's Lola, a teacher, but not just a casual teacher - Lola is a fucking amazing, well-traveled teacher who simply knows what she's doing and I'm glad that she shared a lot of valuable stuff in this episode (what's kinda remarkable because the few days we were hanging out together we were…

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  9. #25 - Matt Woods - Guatemalan Dogs, Pleasant Solitude, Decisions & Mentors

    I was celebrating christmas with some hostel employees, eating delicious food and enjoying the silence of the jungle around the village Lanquín all day long...and then, all of a sudden, a stranger arrived, standing in the middle of the welcoming area, looking around and being ocularly impressed…

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  10. #24 - Heber Reyes - Belize, Football, Youth & Expectations

    Ever wondered how it is to grow up on an island in Belize? Well, my bro Heber will tell you because this guy has some dope stories to tell! I met him on an island called Caye Caulker after playing football against some talented young bloods that are being coached by him. We connected immediately...

  11. #23 - Joshua Campbell - His Book, Family, Common Sense, Values, Magnetic Fields, Nikola Tesla and Truth

    There's a fine line between genius and insanity, and Josh erased this line - for real, no great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness. When I'm listening to him I am finding myself so often between reactions like "Holy Fuck! That's so true! Mic-drop!!!" and "WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST...

  12. #22 - Valeriano Jimenez (Uk Ayuuk) & Gloria Patricia Olvera Olvera - Arte

    I was travelling for a month around Oaxaca and Chiapas together with Pati, a wonderful woman I connected with immediately - she was my age, quit her job due to the same reasons like me and started to discover Mexico for an unlimited time - so we were actually on the same mission. The...

  13. #21 - Joshua Campbell - Uncensored

    Josh wanted me to post that raw material for his children. So, here it is.

  14. #20 - Joshua Campbell - Becoming a Superhero by Ditching the Costume

    I was chilling at a nightly bonfire with some suuuper unique people in the Oaxacan mountains when I met Josh, a seemingly confused, restless, pyjama-robed high-speed jabber-box...keep your mind on the word "seemingly" because if one would not pay a healthy dose of genuine attention to Josh, one...

  15. #19 - Angel Coän - Music, Accent & Broadening Your Horizon

    One day, after several productive days I was just lying in the hammoc and suddenly - just before I wanted to go to the beach - an angel-like voice followed by a guitar play resonated all over the hostel ground...I didn't know where it actually came from since the whole hostel area was naturally...

  16. #18 - Jessica Kliaman - Yoga, Monkey Mind, Emotions & The Impossibility of Getting to an End

    One of the most beautiful conversations I ever had! Period! @jessheals is a unique human being and to me the personification of one essential value: peace. I attended various yoga classes with different teachers but only Jess was able to help me to reach this peaceful state of mind after…

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  17. #17 - Ryan Bolton - The Garden Bed of Your Mind, Surrendering & Perspective

    It’s simply incredible what kind of people you meet on the road, and how strong this connection remains, even though you haven’t seen each other for a year. Ryan, a random dude from Australia turned out to be my brother, and we’ll stay connected with each other forever, that’s for sure – not only...

  18. #16 - Elad Pridan - a lot about love

    It's nonsense, says common sense. It is what it is, says love. It is unhappiness, says calculation. It's nothing but pain, says fear. It is hopeless, says insight. It is what it is, says love. It's ridiculous, says the pride. It's careless, says the caution. It's impossible, says the experience.…

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  19. #15 - Nico Muraton - Music, Personal Growth, Patience & Love

    Do you know these moments when you meet a new person and you get along with each other perfectly from the very first moment? When you’re instantly having a deep connection as if you have known that individual from before? When all of a sudden somebody becomes the missing link that you needed in...

  20. #14 - Nari - We Got This

    Just a man in his mid-thirties who took a leap of faith and left the English comfort zone to explore the world. When someone leaves his habitual environment to explore, then the majority shouts immediately: "Where are we going if everyone would do that?" However, one must also ask the...

  21. #13 - Josh Smith - Essence of Life, Creativity & Wild Aussie Animal Stories

    Jovan: "Yo, I don't know you but you look cool and relaxed! Wanna record a podcast with me?! Random guy: "Yeah, sure." One of the best podcasts I've ever recorded! I'm so fucking glad that I met Josh - he is embodying every dope aspect about Australia, so that his presence is automatically…

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  22. #12 - Pierre - Hostel Owner, Out-of-Body-Experience & 40 Days in the Desert

    Pierre left France 20 years ago. Why? Just to try out something new...well, probably the best decision ever! Ever since then he lives in Mexico, owns the dopest hostel at the pacific coast, works 6 months a year at the hostel and travels the other 6 months with his wife and that for 20 years...

  23. #11 - Jason Charnock - Baseball, In-Security, Monster Trucks & Having A Good Time

    The number one thing I enjoy about people in general is when they are passionate about something. In my opinion everybody has one passion or more and maybe it’s good to say that if you don’t want to define convulsively THIS or THAT as your passion it’s fine, you don’t have to, just think about...

  24. #10.0 - Ana Pau Martínez Cueto - Early Intervention, Education, Mind, Success & Self-responsibility

    If words would be my language, I would tell you what a wonderful human being Ana Pau is but it’s impossible – this woman is indescribable and I have nothing left than pure admiration towards this precious soul. AP is unfolding her potential in a field the majority isn’t that familiar with: early...

  25. #9.0 - Natalie Hiller - Medicine, Death, Balance & Football

    Natalie was the magnificient capitana of the women's university football team I was coaching in Monterrey and beyond that a passionate medicine student who gained also additional practical experience in Ghana and Bolivia. I will never forget the first time I met her - we were ready to play the...

  26. #8.0 - Lucas Perpere - French Rap, Expressing Oneself & Understanding Without Understanding

    Lucas is a French rapper I got to know randomly in México and maaan...this guy has some serious talent inside himself! Since I'm into rap to the fullest as well we connected immediatedly, and even though his lyrics are mostly melancholic, sad and encased in anger his passionate way of talking…

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  27. #7.0 - Jens Epping - Football Star, Open-Mindedness & Eko Fresh

    Jens known by his stage name Jens Cans, is a German rapper and hip hop artist who grew up in the Netherlands, in a rough neighbourhood called Zeewolde. Later, when his family moved to Germany, along with his friends new Eko Fresh and Pader B he formed the highly influential German rap trio...

  28. #6.0 - Delia Villarreal - Being Active, Running & Sneaking Into Concerts

    Growing up in a Serbian environment I learned that hospitality is one of the key-aspects that makes our culture unique but when I arrived in Mexico…maaaan! I gotta admit that I was kinda overwhelmed by the niceness of the people there, especially when it comes to family Villarreal. Delia was...

  29. #5.0 - Leva - Ambitions, Africa & Football

    Leva was the captain of our university football team in Monterrey and everybody knows that when you’re a captain of a team you better teach by example or your role is gonna be doubted soon, and in Leva’s case…maaan, this guy is a true leader. Not only are his skills on the ball amazing, but also...

  30. #3.6 - “Losing The Ego”, The Way Of Nature, Being Self-so & Self-transcendence

    It can only be realized, which is to say made real to you, by letting life live you for a while instead of trying to make yourself live life.

  31. #3.5 - No Manual For People

    Somehow, since forever, humankind developed an urge to define, classify, categorize, structure, organize and pattern anything and everything, and that’s a beautiful thing actually – it serves our orientation, understanding and - to a certain degree – our cognitive faculty. This enabled us to…

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  32. #3.3 - Better World (And 2morrow)

    “To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is to have succeeded” Ralph Waldo Emerson

  33. #3.2 - Age

    “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln

  34. #3.1 - Growing Up Is A Trap

    One thing I learned at some point is that growing old or growing tall is not the same as growing up. Being a grownup is about your level of wisdom and the size of your mind’s scope—and it turns out that it doesn’t especially correlate with age. I know some supremely wise older people, but there…

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  35. #3.0 - Peter - Age, Military and "The Club 13"

    This episode is the first podcast I ever recorded and when I listen to it, I listen to a nervous guy (myself, not Peter), who has no concept and a clue how to lead a more interesting conversation, BUT at least he is trying it and to be honest - I'm proud of that this younger version of myself was...

  36. #2.10 - I Do Not Believe In Styles Anymore - Explanation of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do

    Explaining Bruce Lee's legendary statement "I do not believe in styles anymore" and why his apparent "martial art form" Jeet Kune Do is not a martial art form with Bruce Lee's words. Fuck Patterns, Know Yourself!

  37. #2.9 - HUMAN > SYSTEM - beware of patterns

    This is dedicated to you. "Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.“ – Bruce Lee

  38. #2.8 - Know Thyself

    Former Uruguayan president Mujica advocates the necessity of the revolution of our mind – so did and still do many great thinkers of our era, be that Erich Fromm, Eckhart Tolle, Nelson Mandela, Jorge Bucay, Viktor Frankl, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Mahatma Gandhi, Thich Nhat Hanh, Dieter Lange, Bruce…

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  39. #2.7 - Human Family

    “I've never been to a foreign country - where does the world end and where do borders begin?” Pimf - Intro (Windy City)

  40. #2.6 - Becoming More Ethical Than The Society You Grew Up In

    The more we examine ourselves, or the more we get to the root, the essence, of ourselves, the more we liberate ourselves from our own fear. And due to that our presence automatically liberates others. It’s like turning an opaque, muddy view into a water-like, clear perception.

  41. #2.5 - Inner Child

    Your inner child represents your first original self that entered into this world; it contains your capacity to experience wonder, joy, innocence, sensitivity and playfulness – it’s the source of our vitality and creativity. Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recovered at will. -...

  42. #2.4 - Dealing With Children

    When a child is being criticized, it learns to judge.

  43. #2.3 - Teaching Values - Playing

    How do you teach values? Monimo: "Usually the best way for me is when we are playing, because then they are themselves." Heraclitus: "Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play." Alan Watts: “This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what...

  44. #2.2 - Teaching Values - Imitating

    In general, (especially as young bloods), we are learning from the culture in which we’re growing up in two ways simultaneously: listening to that what somebody tells us and imitating actions. We imitate people we feel connected to – parents, grandparents, friends, cool teachers, sources of...

  45. #2.1 - ROI of Paying Genuine Attention = Gratitude

    Like Monimo said: “It’s awesome how kids return you this effort you put into them – they always return it to you – they are very, very grateful.” Gratitude in the end is always the ROI of paying genuine attention to somebody – of respecting somebody genuinely – of showing genuine interest towards...

  46. #2.0 - Mònica "Monimo" Garcia-Jurado - Football, Medicine, Kids & Refugees

    When I visited my crazy ass brother Nenad in México he randomly came up with the idea to coach the women's university football team "International Girls" together with him and our friend Leva from the sideline. Of course, I said, “Hell Yeah!” and every time when I sneaked my ass past the security...

  47. #1.8 - What Does Kindness Mean To You?

    Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

  48. #1.7 - What Did You Learn?

    As long as always means now, we learn. As long as learning means listening, we grow. As long as growing means educating ourselves, we create ... we create our soul in the school called life, the school that allows us to be the student and the teacher at the same time.

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