The Walker Way

I am thrilled to have renowned Relational Intelligence & Love Coach Sascha Haert joining us today. This episode is all about relationships ...-Why we as human being a DNA coded to need them-Why we fail at them, sabotage them, fear them-How to cultivate a successful relationship no matter what you upbringing or relationship historyA little bit more about Sascha:Sascha empowers high-achieving individuals to harmonize their life & leadership skills and unlock a new paradigm of personal sovereignty, confidence & love.With over a decade of experience, Sascha is guiding leaders, entrepreneurs, & freedom seekers worldwide. In utilizing cutting-edge techniques, such as Communication Frameworks, Sensual Intelligence, Human Value Exchange & Energy Management Audits, Sascha offers a unique blend of expertise to redesign the mind.His clients break free from limitations and transform their mindset, life and business relationships to create a lifestyle aligned with their true purpose.Connect with SaschaIG: https://www.instagram.com/lifeofsaschahaert/WEB: www.haert2heart.com

The Being huMAN podcast is now THE WALKER WAY. In this episode, I will be sharing the stories that caused me to walk a way that wasn't true to me and led me down a path of disconnection. I will then share the pivotal moments in live in which I chose to take the masks and armor off, be me, be vulnerable and take a chance. Finally I will share the 3 tips to walk your truest, most authentic way through life:1) Aware & Acceptance2) Inspiration vs. Imitation3) CourageAre you ready to WALK YOUR WAY?

Today was joined by friend, muscian, and a truly epic human being Franko Heke. As a musican Franko is known for his unique fusion of mantra and reggae ‘Cosmic Kirtan’. Influenced by Xavier Rudd, Michael Jackson, Guns N' Roses, Cat Stevens, Krishna Das, and Metallica, Franko's music career has taken him on tours across Japan and the USA. He transitioned from a rock'n'roll lifestyle to one that empraced meditation, yoga, and breathwork. Through his music and workshops, Franko seeks to raise consciousness and promote unity, drawing on his Māori heritage and ancient mantras.Today's discussion was sparked at this years Bali Spirit Festival as we chatted about what it means to be a man, relating with woman and the journey showing up more fully in life and learning from all of our life experiences along the way.  ​Find Franko at:https://www.frankoheke.co/https://www.instagram.com/frankoheke

As I am back in Paris after 6.5 years, we will start with journey I took from Bali to Paris in 2018 to try and save my marriage to then dive into the power of reclaiming spaces that carry memories of hardship or trauma (big T and little t).Often, the places where we’ve experienced difficult moments continue to influence our emotions, making it hard to move forward. We explore strategies to transform these spaces, turning them from sites of struggle into environments of strength and resilience. By reshaping our relationship with these places, we can reclaim the power they hold over us, paving the way for healing, growth, and renewed positivity. Join us to learn how to turn any space into a source of personal empowerment and renewal.

Today we are joined by my true brother from another mother, Branden Collinsworth. Branden lives life spreading one of the most authentic missions of love I've ever witnessed. He is the founder of Warrior Retreats, a Nike Master Trainer, and one of the top mindset coaches in the world.One this episode we are going right into the depths of what sparked Branden's mission of love. Before this mission, Branden will also share his journey from the projects of Las Vegas to greatness both the false greatness that we can all chase in a world of glitz and glamour as well as the true greatness that only exists when in true service of others. We will dive into the pursuit and allure of making money, fancy houses and beautiful and how this view of faux greatness will ultimately lead to feeling empty on the inside. Once yoga entered his life, he got called out by a teacher saying that he had all figured out on the outside but had no clue what was going on on the inside.  It was only through the insights found in yoga, that he found that the path to greatness must start on the inside and be rooted in service.Connect with BrandenIG: https://www.instagram.com/brandencollinsworthWarrior RetreatsIG: https://www.instagram.com/warriorretreats/Web: 

In this episode we are going to dive into my inner world of not feeling like I belonged and how that tied my sense of self to success, being successful, and belonging to the group that was successful.This started early in life with making honor roll as kid, to making sports teams as I got older, to a relentless anxiety filled pursuit of success in the corporate world. This addiction to success led me to disregard my own needs in lieu of the needs of my coach, my boss, the company. I lived in a constant state of anxiety for nearly 11 years because my sense of self was tied to success.I was an addict. Here's my story of breaking free.

Today we are joined by friend, Tantra teacher, and leader of the Embodied Awakening Academy, Tara Meegan. On this episode, we are going to unpack a power practice that has a lot of charge to it and that practice is TANTRA. As Tantra has become a marketing buzz word in the new age spiritual community, it is rooted in some pretty epic ancient wisdom with a simple focus of navigating the fullness of the human experience while honoring all that we are. One of the main areas that has supported me is cultivating presence through doing my be to not avoid pain which gives access to more and more pleasure in all areas of life. If we worry less about avoiding undesirable outcomes or achieving desired results, we can live a more fulfilled and present life.Find Tara Meegan at:IG: https://www.instagram.com/tarameegan/Web: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/

On today's episode we are talking about full spectrum living, finding peace in high points of life and the low points. We will dive into the 3 reasons why is it so challenging to embrace the positive, happy, joyful, and "good" times in life as well as the negative, sad, sorrowful, and "bad" times in life

Today I am joined by friend, boss babe entrepreneur, creator of Experience Freedom, and all around incredible human being Nina Camille.We are going to dive right into my favorite topic CONNECTION and how Nina fell in love with connection and why she was so bad a connection. From there we will discuss the beauty of intimacy, what intimacy means, and why we as humans can be so scared of true intimacy.From there,  we'll tackle how to truly experience freedom in life. Why do we where mask? How can we cultivate courage and vulnerability to actually be seen and believe that people can love and will love us just being us.This and sooooo much more on this episode.ALSO..Join Nina's Free 10 Day Challenge "The Freedom Challenge" @ https://experiencefreedo.krtra.com/t/CnEq1ilV5YXcFind Nina at:Personal IG: https://www.instagram.com/itsninacamille/Experience Freedom IG: https://www.instagram.com/experience__freedom/Web: https://www.experiencefreedom.co/

Today I am joined by the brother from another mother and OG yoga homie from London Marc Laws. Marc is an epic yoga teacher, loving husband, dedicated father, all truth speaker, and the ONLY human being I have ever met who enjoys riding public transportation around London.On this episode we are going to dive right in to the what made Marc fall in love with yoga. We are then going to dive into Marc's dedication to both his wife Amanda and their son Sage, which is truly an inspiration. With so few examples in my life of "successful", conscious, and dedicated relationships, we will pick up a few pointers of how Marc cultivates and continues to co-create a loving relationship with his wife, and we will hear about the epic story the led to his proposal in Fiji. The biggest lesson that I took away from this episode, is how we can fully dedicate ourselves to those we love without losing ourself in the process. You can find Marc at:IG: https://www.instagram.com/marclawsii/

On today’s episode we are going to get comfortable getting uncomfortable, embracing discomfort, and understanding how discomfort is a fundamental human need. It is only through physical discomfort that own body can maintain strength let alone get stronger. It is only through mental discomfort that we learn and avoid cognitive decline, and it is only through embracing the uncomfortable full spectrum of emotions that we can live our fullest lives.Through embracing and even seeking discomfort we will enable the following 3 superpowers:ResilienceCreativity & InnovationConfidence and Increased Self-esteemTo Connect Further, visitwww.walker-way.comhttps://www.instagram.com/thebeinghumanpodcast/https://www.instagram.com/chris.walker.official/

Today I'm joined by friend, personal trainer, female transformation coach, and all around lovely human being, Jade Joselyn. We are going to talk about all things LOVE related. Jade will tell her inspiring story of loving love even when you are raised recieving little to no love. Her journey of loving herself as well as men has had its high and lows and many lessons along the way. From her time a stripper, hating men and not even able to afford bus fare all the to life as a womens coach and personal trainer here in Bali, love is core to who she is committed love because that is just who she it. We will discuss what its like to love others more than they love us, how to commit to love in challenging times, and how inspiring big love truly is.Find Jade at:IG: https://www.instagram.com/jadejoselyn/Web: https://www.jadejoselyn.com/

In the episode we are going to dive the difference between expression and performance and speaking our truth versus being an asshole saying whatever you want, whenever you want. At our core as humans, we want to be safe, and being seen and heard are two core ingredients for us to feel safe. This core need to be safe can lead is in the direction of performance, to put on a mask, to put on a show that we believe allow us to not just be seen but be accepted. Performance is critical tenant of perfectionism. If you put on the perfect performance we will be accepted by everyone, we will be a part of the group and therefore safe, connected and loved. To express is to allow what is truly inside of us out. To do you, to do me because it is true to us. With expression comes the need to be aware of why we are expressing. A core yoga philosophy is Ahimsa before Satya meaning non-violence before truthfulness. To express to allow what is truly inside out is beautiful, but to do it with an intention, consciously or subconsciously, to hurt or cause harm needs to be called into check. If you are "speaking your truth" to try and make someone feel bad or get back at them, maybe you need to find a different outlet to express your truth.Regardless of where you are on the journey of self-expression, hopefully you can continue to reclaim your power over the critics inside and out, stay open, and feel free to be you.

Today I'm joined by friend, coach, owner and founder of SOMA Fight Club, and all around character Mike Ikilei. 

On today's episode, I am just going let it all out on my thoughts on the yoga and wellness industry.I love yoga and have so much compassion for all those in this space, but oh man sometimes this shit is so frustrating. As capitialism, ego, and a disconnection for the core essence of yoga shape much of what is seen and known as yoga, it leaves me feel sad and disheartened at times, so let's talk about it!

Today I am joined by friend, devoted wife and mother, designer, yogi and so much more Myrah Penaloza. The creation of her brand that now bares her namesake, Myrah Penaloza, began when she met my husband Robindra and he looked her in the eyes and said "I believe in you". She's always been into fashion and bringing her love for Kundalini Yoga and fashion together has been a dream come true.On this episode we will discuss her love of nature an how everything in the world can be tied back to the beauty and balance that we see in nature. We will expand into a deep yet ground conversation about SPIRIT and her journey from being raised as a Catholic Latina in Los Angeles, to yoga, to dropping out a college and following her teach to India, to now raising her beautiful family in Bali. Find Myrah at:https://myrahpenaloza.com/https://www.instagram.com/myrahpenaloza.bali/https://www.instagram.com/myrahpenaloza/ 

In a time of great sadness as the events of the last 48 in Israel and Palestine unfold, I had a choice, a choice that I am privileged and entitled to even be able to make. My choice was to ...1) turn it off, delete Instagram for the next couple weeks or month, stay off Youtube. I can just put my head in the sand and ignore it until the next new cycle2) I can play the let's share meme's and videos adding intentionally or unintentionally to division of the world3) I can speak on this matter and share what is in my heartI chose three. So here is me, not knowing, not trying to know, being vulnerable, hoping to bring humans together in the only way I know how, using my voice the only way I know how.Can we find compassion to stop cycle of one loss leading to more losses?

Inclusion and need to be included and connected to human beings is a DNA coded requirement of being a human. In this episode, we will explore why and how this core human need combined with scarcity create separation and division, and how we can use compassion and empathy to create inclusion in a divided world.

Today I am joined by Justin Sidelle friend, amazing human being and founder of Rituals Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu based here in Canggu Bali at Wanderlust Fitness Village. 

You don't look like a yoga teacher is something I get a lot. But what does a yoga teacher look like? What does a yogi look like?The answer for me is someone who is committed to their practice, the practice of connecting to ourselves, atman - true self, to in return connect on a deeper level to everything else around us, brahman - the infinite universe.What this practice is may look like the varying styles of yoga we see on the mat: vinyasa, power yoga, ashtanga, hatha, yin, kundalini, etc. Each of these practices have different intentions that can all serve us in different ways at different moments in our lives.Sometimes doing the same practice serves us best, but sometimes it is what we have become comfortable with. Our brain pre-schedules that dopamine hits we get from completing the preprogrammed task/routine. So I decided at the age of 37 to mix it up a little bit and take my practice on the mat and expand it back to the gym and strength training. Taking nearly 6 year off from strength training, here is my reflection on "The yogis return to the gym".

Today I am joined by hip hop mogul, producer, writer, fashion icon, entrepreneur, yogi and friend, Russell Simmons.  He co-founded the hip-hop label Def Jam Recordings, created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, and is currently developing GDAS Health and Wellness Resort in Bali. We will jump right into the cultural phenomenon that is Hip Hop. Why did he fall in love with hip hop? What is Hip Hop?  We will dive further into the connections between hip hop and spirituality, Russell's journey into yoga, and how hip hop entrepreneurship exploded. Thank you RussellInstagram:  @unclerush - https://www.instagram.com/unclerush/?hl=enGDAS: https://gdasbali.com/

I am proud of my journey to evolve into the man I am today. For most of my life I let society tell me what being a man meant. My focus on winning, needing to be seen as a winner, and most importantly not seen as a loser disconnected me from my true self. It took hitting rock bottom before I finally listened to my therapist's advice around introspection. Now I sit 5.5 years into this journey, and I feel lost again. Men are being pulled into these two poles. One side is saying don't be toxic, be soft and emotional. The other side is doubling down on being strong rich and powerful, only then can you be "free".We will discuss today how neither pole is definitely right or wrong. I/we men or really us HUMANS, need to connect to ourselves on a deeper left, look past the conditioning and the bull shit to find balance in our own life to truly be at peace and then ultimately free, free to unconditionally be ourselves.

Today I am joined by friend, fashionista, founder of Anna The Label, creator of the Bali Garment Factory, Only Fans star, and all around beautiful human being inside and out Carla Asister. Carla shares her truly inspirational story that started growing up in a small impoverished island in the Philippines watching mom work tirelessly to support their family. It was her love for her mom and her family that led her to travel alone at the age of 12 to Manila in search for work in hopes being able to support her family. We will dive into not judging a book by it's as it is almost second nature for humans to judge other humans based on how they look. With a goal of building her mom a house and land she just bought, Inspired by beachwear of tourists as a child, we will discuss Carla's love of fashion and the creation of her brand Anna The Label, a brand created to empower all size women to be confident and feel sexy in their own skin. With no one to help, we will talk about her decision to do Only Fans and how she finds balance in light and dark side of this platform. With the love of her family being so strong we will also talk about the cultural challenges that exist around expressing love.You can find Carla and her brand's details below:Persona IG: https://www.instagram.com/carla.asister/Anna The Label IG: https://www.instagram.com/anna_the_label/Anna The Label website: www.annathelabel.com 

We are DNA coded for belonging. We as humans yearn to belong for belonging is a very special type of connection, so we look to feel a sense of belonging for deep down it represents safety and love.As the need to belong is core to our being, we must find peace in times closeness as well as in times of spaciousness, for both of these will happen in our life. If we don't find this peace we risk our authenticity and integrity in exchange for attachment, connection, and belonging.

Today we talk about love and connection. Love is just a special kind of connection. As human beings, we are DNA coded to yearn and need connection and love. We further yearn to feel a sense of security and safety that the love we feel in unconditional and "everlasting". For me both love, connection, and deep relationships never came easy for my. We will explore not only my journey to find the beginnings of self-love and self-connection, but how interconnected self connection is to self love is loving another is connecting with others. We will discuss overcoming shame to believe that we are worthy of being loved and of loving another person. In the journey of love, we must also be aware of our needs for both closeness and spaciousness along with the 

Today, I am joined by my good friend and all around amazing human Robin Seeger. He is a compassionate husband, father of 2, intuitive mentor, Shamanic Reiki Healer, and published bestselling author. He retired from what might have looked like a perfect life to the outside world, but in return, he reconnected to himself and his family. After leaving the safety of his high paying job and the familiar surroundings of Vancouver, Canada, he and his family embarked on a healing journey of reflection and self-discovery which allowed him to find his true calling of being a leader and mentor in Bali.This discussion gets so good so quick as we dive right into the deep exploring "GOING WITHIN". As life teaches to look outside ourselves for answers, we we never taught to go within to look within. From regulating our nervous system, to love, to overcoming limiting beliefs, it is all possible within each of us. This also doesn't mean that what is outside isn't important or it can't help, but the secret sauce is within.

Today we dive into the history of Juneteenth (please accept my apologies for consistently say 1965 instead of 1865), a day in which it took an army nearly 6 months after the surrendering of the confederacy to ensure slaves in Texas knew they were free.We will dive into the mindset of a freed slave and discuss if being granted freedom from enslavement equals true freedom and equality while also looking into the mindset of white America, specifically the mindset of pro slavery,  pro-confederacy, white America. If something is taken from your that you believe is unjust, what is your view on that thing and that new law?If you were willing to go to war to keep your right to own another human being, if you believe in that right that you are willing to kill or be killed for it, how do those views change once the war is lost? How are those view pasted down to you children, children's children, and so on and so on?

Today we dive into the surprisingly divisive word/term/movent that is “WOKISM” & “anti-WOKISM”. We will breakdown the definitive beauty that is becoming awakened as well as how humans at our core yearn to just be free and safe. With the suppression of the later throughout history and the rise of media platforms that give anyone with an internet connection a voice, we are seeing, at least in the “western” world, voices that are becoming more and more polarizing and divisive because that’s what draws attention, gets clicks, and fulfills that need to be seen and heard. Additionally, we discuss both sides this woke vs. anti-woke argument, look at valid and going a little to far points of the “the left” or woke ideologies, along with the conservative agenda to demonize wokism to held ensure the status quo power system stays in place.We will touch on topics such a feminism, racism, and LGBTQ+ rights along with gender identity discussion.

Today, we are joined by Ian Larios, chef and nutritionist to two current Ultimate Fighting Championships Champions and dozen champions across other promotions. Early life, he found a love of cooking, and while rowing up in Malaysia in the world of combat sports, he just wanted to help those fighters around him suffer less when trying to make weight. We will dive into what he's done to change the way fighters make weight, and how he helped UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jamahal Hill prepare for his first title fight.  More importantly we will dive into the top things impacting regular people from being healthy and finding a "diet"/a way of eating that best supports their goal. We will answer the questions: Why is obesity on the rise? Why is it so hard to "eat healthy" especially in places like the United States? What can the average person do feel better based on what they are putting into their body?As we bring it full circle we will talk about the personal highs and challenges of following service based passions. 

Today, I will be discussing leaving Bali as home after 5 years. I will dive deep into the challenges of the last 8 month that opened my eyes to the fact the my/one's relationship with home is just like any relationship because things are always changing. We can't force what once was. We need to choose home just like we choose our partner based on the reality of the present moment. Additionally, we will go into what I label as my "high functioning healing journey", and the final realizatdion that led me to truly knowing it was time for me to go.With that, I am leaving Bali. 

Today, I sit down with Jord Cuiper to talk about redefining what success means as he shares his bone chilling story about how he almost died in the pursuit of success. Following being put into a medically induced coma  then  stepping down as the CEO of his company to recover, he committed himself to the path of integrity — adhering to what he knows at the deepest level is right and true.Jord is an Integrative Executive Coach with over ten years of experience in the field of entrepreneurship and coaching. From playing top levels of sport, to building a fast-growing startup company, to living through failure, abuse, the loss of my his friend, and a severe break down of my health, he focuses his life now on showing others how to actualise their potential & truth.In this episode we will unpack everything from how to give ourselves fucking permission to rest, to awakening to the NONSENSE that we have made our reality, to rebuild our nervous system after trauma, to redefining what success looks like each one of us and ...HOW we live OUR life not the life of someone else, not the safe life or the life we thought we were supposed to live!!

In this episode, we are going to unpack BOUNDARIES and talk about why they are so important and so scary. We will the review 5 different types of boundaries and my 3 strategies on how to set a boundary -1) THINK IT 2) LOCK IT 3) TALK IT

Today, we welcome Aaron Darko to talk about fitness, relationships, entrepreneurship, and finding a sense of self. Aaron is an entrepreneur helping other entrepreneurs optimize their health through his infamous 5-Step Health Mastery System. His philosophy is that  health should be simple and effortless. After 27 years of not placing any real importance on health, he turned my life around. He is passionate about helping others to get to that level where health is just automatic and easy for them. His specialty is working with entrepreneurs to help them master their health for the rest of their life so they can look and feel younger and have all day energy to perform at their peak everyday.While health, wellness and fitness are Aaron’s passion, his top love is relationships. Come join our discussion talking about the importance of all types of relationships, authentic connection, fitness, being too results driven, taking the masks off, vulnerability, confidence and much much more!

Connection is the most amazing thing on this planet. All "good" things come through connection and all "bad" things come through disconnection or the fear of losing connection. Connection the essence and most literal definition of yoga, not just the yoga that we see on a mat making shapes/asanas but the practice of yoga that is a practice to connect deeper to our true self and in return maybe we connect deeper to everything else around us.In this episode, we will dive into my journey to connection of a sense of self and the power connection has in each one of our lives.

The journey to create this podcast had been a long one full of all the standard trials and tribulations that come with a heart creation. From the pure beauty the concept of the creation to all the ways perfectionism creeps in and creates a year plus of procrastination.From what do I call to I need all the right equipment to how do I separate audio file from a video file (which is actually quite easy) to figuring out the "perfect" name...Here we are with 'Being (hu)MAN with Chris Walker'. Originally, I was going to call this podcast Being a Real Man, but I realised that so much of my journey in trying to be the man that I want to be versus the man that I thought or was told I was supposed to be are not just "man/men" issues they are huMAN issues.So here we go. Let's talk about being human, and not just any human, but the human being you truly want to me, the human being you truly already are. 

Today, we launch EPISODE 1 of 'Being (hu)MAN with Chris Walker', and we will dive into Man's Search for Meaning, the epic book by Viktor Frankel depicting life in the World War 2 Nazi concentration camps. We will then dive deeper into a beautiful concept the he explores; what is the task that makes life worth living. I will share part of my journey of living life without true purpose or true meaning and how I change my life from a 60-70 hour a week corporate hustler focused of success with no capacity to connect to myself and thereby had no capacity to truly connect to anyone else.

Today, I am honored to sit down with one of two people I refer to as 'My Teacher', the incredible Janet Stone. Always a student, Janet has immersed herself in the ancient practices of yoga for over thirty years. As global yoga teacher, she shares the teachings from the heart. Through curiosity, devotion, and dedication she creates a unique approach to living yoga. She shares from the depth of her own sadhana (sustained practice), her studentship in the eight-limbed path, her creative approach to asana, and her reverence for bhakti (devotional, heart-centered yoga, including chanting mantra).In this conversation we will dive into the beauty that is this practice of yoga, a practice of connecting to our true selves, atman. We will explore her journey to the mat in her teenage years through all the beauty and trials and tribulations of life.