The Gyst Life
Creativity is imperfect by nature. This show navigates the everchanging flow of our thoughts, ideas and experiences that shape our lives, our work and our relationship to creativity. We talk about the journey of uncovering the deeper meaning in our work, regardless of what it is, the mastery achieved and the powerful ideas that emerge as we recommit to the messy imperfect process that is creativity. We believe everyone is creative and you don’t need to have everything figured out to create something meaningful, because even those who have their shit together, can still find meaning and purpose missing in their life and their work.
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Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Have you ever felt like you didn't see something that other people could? We know what we know, and we know what we don't know. But how do you know what you don't know? There is more to life than meets the eye and being present to it can focus your self-development.
Acknowledging that there is more out there than you can comprehend means you have a chance to learn and grow from experiences rather than sitting back judging life and making excuses for why you'll never achieve what you hope to. The gentlemen at the GYST life podcast talk about psychedelics and other drugs, expanding your mind by questioning everything, and opening a new paradigm to create a life worth living.
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Monday Mar 30, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
This weekends episode touches on 2 things
1. Your inaction in what you want in life
2. The chaos that is the COVID-19 and just how deeply it's impacting everyone and what the opportunity might actually be if you're open to it hearing.
Sunday Mar 08, 2020
Sunday Mar 08, 2020
How many times have you said to yourself, once I have "x" I'll be ready and you've either not done the work to get "x" or you have "x" and now your reason for not taking the action you said you wanted to take is because now you need "y"?
Ya...been there. Many times. Like us talking about live streaming for about 1 year now...
This is us taking the leap. It was a great session.
Special thank-you to:
Matt Biggar
Alison Masniuk
My beautiful wife Maya
And all the rest of you amazing people who hung out with us on our live stream for about 45min. It was awesome. And yes we are doing it again.
If I were to coles-notes this episode:
We talk about how you're never really ready
As in past episodes, we dig into the programming, the inner dialogue and the external environment that influences us
The reality that you bring is a valuable and unique contribution
And that the only thing stopping you is your belief in yourself
I get that sounds cliche, but then so is your life and all the things you said you were going to do and haven't done yet.
Just sayin'
Enjoy the episode
Yours truly,
David Schmeikal
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Happiness is not something to chase, It just comes If you’re willing to play. It’s a long game that requires patience and a whole lot of commitment. Nothing is certain despite our best efforts to guide and direct it and happiness and living your life your way, while available to everyone is not something we’ll all achieve because we get caught up in the story of how it was supposed to go. Over drinks Jeff and I dig into his wandering journey inside the hospitality industry, one he’s been in since his mid 20’s. Despite the fickle nature of the industry, there was something genuine about it that kept him curiously exploring and never settling on “the thing”. We speak about the traps that are in place by our industries, cultures and upbringings that can keep you in a place of feeling frustrated, unfulfilled with a sense of something missing. You couldn’t have a better dude on a podcast called Over Drinks.As always Jeff Jamieson brings his beverage ‘A’ game.Today’s episode is sponsored by2 new Calgary BreweriesCabin and 88 Brewing. 88 is a nod to everything that was great about the 80’s in Calgary.Shout out to Mark Rimmer and Bamf studio design, the graphic designer behind the 88 Olympics style design.88 and Proof are doing a collaboration together. A barrel aged sour, cocktail style beer. Be sure to follow them as that product matures and becomes ready to wet our palettes.And if you’ve never been to Proof on 4th, you’re missing out on some great cocktails and a great ambience. I love what they’re doing there.https://www.proofyyc.com/https://www.eightyeightbrewing.ca/We start off the episode with Cabin’s pale ale.https://www.cabinbrewing.ca/
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
en·ti·tled
“believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.”
Ever get that feeling that we should have a thing just because? Despite having done little to no work that would begin the process of having it show up? Thinking that we are, in some capacity owed that which we do not have yet? And we spend a shit ton of time wondering why.
That opens the lens inside of personal responsibility.
're·spon·si·bi·i·tee
“The state of fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one’s power,control or management.
Your personal responsibility has you, allows you, affords you to the opportunity to be entitled to something because you’ve put in the work to have it show up. The work invested is congruent or aligned with the output, and so entitlement to the desired outcome just works.
This is not the truth, but simply a perspective.
Let’s dig in.
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Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
What’s the formula for living your best life on your terms? There’s no tried and true method. And it’s different for everyone. But that doesn’t mean you can’t learn from hearing how others are navigating that process. And that’s what this podcast series is about.Over drinks Jay and I have a chat about his journey of human being in this world.Shout out to The National, Village and Dandy brewery for being an indirect sponsor of the very first episode of this series.
Don’t know who Jay is?
Watch his 2010 ted talk here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLN5qY3XSW4
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Sunday Feb 02, 2020
Sunday Feb 02, 2020
Today we get into a topic as pervasive as the very air we breathe - social programming.
We do the best we can with the resources we have available to us. What is easy to forget is that we’re all connected. You, your kids, your parents, grandparents and great grandparents. And we’re all working through and dealing with a hangover of their upbringing. Their programming becomes our programming.
How do you break the pattern? Sadly most of us think we have even though we’re still running the same program we wanted to avoid.
Vern and Devon take a deep dive into what’s actually controlling you, taking you out of your life, what systems may be at the deep root of our unhappiness, and what there is to do to create peace.
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Saturday Jan 11, 2020
Saturday Jan 11, 2020
Who controls the flow of money in your life?
What do you know about commercial banking vs private banking? Yes, that’s a thing.
When it comes to managing money, we are always taught to go to someone else. You want to invest, go see a stockbroker or mutual fund advisor, you need money? Go borrow from a Bank. One of my mentors, R. Nelson Nash says that if you don’t understand the problem, the solution just won’t matter. Most people, including financial advisors, do not understand the problem we’re facing today.
The problem is BANKING and the solution is also BANKING. More specifically, the solution is changing who controls the banking function in your life.
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Friday Jan 03, 2020
Friday Jan 03, 2020
As children, the world was full of possibilities and magic. Anything was possible. We were told we were unique and special.
As we get older, the negative & pragmatic experiences or feedback of those around us accompanied by the unrealistic expectations set by society begin to chisel away at the marble, creating you in their likeness.
Your choice was removed and you didn’t even know it.
Isn't it interesting that everyone who knows us really well tend to start with you should, and lead with what they think is best? We are all guilty of it. It’s a byproduct of everyone trying to put everyone else in boxes all the time. It’s unfortunate, but that’s what we’ve been taught.
There must be a silver lining though, ya? Well, we all have a guide. It’s been with us from day one, it’s just not been given much air time anymore but it shows up time and again in the form of how you’re feeling.
Are you paying attention to it? It can define you if you embrace that which you’ve dismissed or diminished for most of your life.
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