The Art of Paying Attention

Jan 17 2025 198 ep. 50 mins 44
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A podcast for spiritually-inclined people desiring to take their life, art, and leadership to the next level. Join writer, speaker, coach, and spiritual teacher Ryan J. Pelton for learning the lessons, keys, and insights for overcoming the barriers holding back your life, leadership, and art.

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TAOPA #024: To Goal or Not to Goal in 2025?

Jan 17 2025 41 mins  
In this episode, Ryan discusses the place of goals, resolutions, living an intentional life. Do you set goals? It doesn’t matter. What matters is living with purpose and intentionality. Mentioned on the Show:* Questions to consider: 1. What would happen if I shared my goals in public? 2. How can I be useful in 2025? * Jon Acuff book* Leave a rating or review Get full access to Th

TAOPA #023: Don Young on Finding God in Las Vegas

Dec 23 2024 50 mins  
A successful business leader, Don Young lived the American Dream, but he was a very unhappy person. There was something fundamentally missing from his life, so Don chased stuff. Reputation, physical desires, and everything the material world had to offer. Don reduced himself and everyone in the world to objects. Things whose only purpose was to support his desires and an unjust sys

TAOPA #022: Amber Byers on 100 Words at a Time

Dec 12 2024 47 mins  
Amber Byers is the founder and CEO of Tadpole Press, where she serves as head judge of the Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest, an international writing contest celebrating creativity and community.She blogs regularly at Living a Life Imagined, which is dedicated to positivity and authenticity as a creative. Amber’s published works include The Magic Door Origin Story, which is

TAOPA #021: Ethan Nkana

Dec 05 2024 59 mins  
Professional athletes spend their entire lives training to develop their skills and strength in mastery of their sport at the highest professional levels. Similarly, physicians train their entire lives developing a mastery of the sciences and medicine. Why don’t physicians have agents who negotiate their deals like professional athletes?This inquiry was the genesis of Rocky Mount

TAOPA #020: Ali Horriyat on Compassionate Publishing

Mar 18 2024 52 mins  
Compassiviste Publishing inspires collective efforts that build a compassionate society. Launched by founder, Ali Horriyat, it is his belief that humanity must love always, and always love. Ali left a high paying corporate job to pursue a mission of justice and compassion through publishing. Ali and Ryan explore why the current models of publishing are broken, how much negative imp

TAOPA #019: Doug Howarth on Solving Unseen Problems

Feb 12 2024 53 mins  
Douglas Howarth is an econometrician who created a software that isbased on his patented method of using Value and Demand instead of the usual Supply and Demand based approach. His awards, publications and collaborations are rich and wide, including NASA, and some of the largest aerospace companies in the world. In this interview, Ryan and Doug talk about the origins of Doug’s co

TAOPA #018: Stephanie Crowe on Becoming Lifelong Learners

Jan 29 2024 58 mins  
For more than 20 years, Stephanie Crowe has worked with leaders and organizations at key junctures to their transformations, turning perceived business roadblocks into massive opportunities. She’s learned to use an integrated thinking approach to see a company, its difficulties, and its opportunities holistically, and worked alongside leaders to discern the clearest and most dire

TAOPA #017: Peter Schroeder on Enough Room for Everybody

Dec 28 2023 53 mins  
Peter Schroeder is an award-winning DJ, entrepreneur, and the founder of Telzio, a unified communications company. Peter develops unrivaled technology and products, that make people’s lives easier by streamlining and simplifying repetitive tasks.A pioneer in innovation from music to technology, Peter works with businesses to address mission-critical telecommunications so they can

TAOPA #016: Dr. Ardeshir Mehran on Emotional Health

Nov 24 2023 61 mins  
Dr. Ardeshir Mehran is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, transformation leader, and leadership coach. He is credited with helping organizations revitalize their culture, driving stronger employee and customer engagement, and developing the next generation of leaders.Ardeshir’s received his Ph.D. and M.Ed from Columbia University, New York City, in Counseling, Organizational, and Res

TAOPA #015: Paul Epstein on Making Fast Decisions

Oct 30 2023 64 mins  
Paul Epstein is a former high-level executive for multiple NFL and NBA teams, and a 2x bestselling author of The Power of Playing Offense and Better Decisions Faster. In 2022, he was named one of SUCCESS magazine’s top-thought leaders that get results — alongside names like Tony Robbins, Brené Brown, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Mel Robbins. His work has been featured on ESPN, NBC, Fo