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OPTIMIST In Progress

By: Tom Johnstone Dr Drea Letamendi Lisa Farr Johnstone Natalie Parish
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  • Created to inspire, tool and fuel the practice of being optimistic. Something that takes work, especially right now. Based in science, but kept human. Presented by Dr Drea Letamendi and Tom Johnstone.
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Episodes
  • Talking with a Frontline Optimist - Dr Jonathan Leary
    May 14 2022

    After the isolation and loneliness of the pandemic, we are rediscovering the positive benefits of social connections again and no one understands this better than our guest this week, Dr Jonathan Leary, who has taken holistic wellbeing to a whole new level. Dr Leary created Remedy Place, the world's first social wellness club, which is founded on alternative and natural health principles, providing a space for connecting without toxicity and optimizing the body’s own methods for healing itself. So take a dip into the conversation with OIP this week and you never know ... you might leave yearning for an ice bath, or at least, take the plunge into kickstarting your daily routine … 

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    51 mins
  • Third culture insights
    Apr 30 2022

    As we enter the recovery phase of the pandemic and at a time of great alienation and dislocation from society, how do we find a sense of belonging and strength in others and the wider community? To answer this, Tom and Drea reflect on the conversation with frontline optimist Tony Kim who, like many children of immigrants, grew up straddling two cultures and learned to navigate and embrace the superpowers of his third culture. Tony’s unique perspective of being both an outsider and insider demonstrates that we can belong in multiple spaces and if we can strive to be a little more fluid in our thinking, says Dr Letamendi, we can relearn to be comfortable in different environments again.

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    To get in touch with us, email: podcast@optimistdrinks.com

    For more about the show visit optimistdrinks.com and click on the journal pages.

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    25 mins
  • Talking with a Frontline Optimist - Naomi Hallum
    Apr 16 2022

    This week on OIP, we talk to Naomi Hallum, the CEO of Million Dollar Vegan, about taking on the enormous mission of educating and empowering people to adopt a plant-based lifestyle. While the environmental, ethical, personal, and public health benefits of a vegan lifestyle are overwhelmingly compelling, the world’s resistance to giving up animal products makes this global endeavor a particularly challenging one, she tells Tom and Drea. Nevertheless her commitment is unwavering - after all, if you have managed to persuade Pope Francis to fight climate change, through diet change, that is one mighty reason to feel hopeful that consumers can make better choices for a better world tomorrow.

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    More about The Time in Between by María Dueñas

    To get in touch with us, email: podcast@optimistdrinks.com

    For more about the show visit optimistdrinks.com and click on the journal pages.

    Follow Optimist Drinks @optimistdrinks

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    43 mins

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