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What does it take to build the relationship promised by Secrets of Happily Ever After, and which familiar ideas might be getting in the way? Ryan Hartley speaks with Monica Tanner, certified relationship coach, host of Secrets of Happily Ever After and author of Bad Marriage Advice: Debunking Myths That Will Make You Miserable and What To Do Instead, about the assumptions and habits that can draw well-meaning couples apart. Monica’s book, Bad Marriage Advice: Debunking Myths That Will Make You Miserable and What To Do Instead, examines 15 common myths and offers skills in their place. In the episode, she draws on Relational Life Therapy concepts, including differentiation: remaining yourself while staying connected to someone whose views differ from yours. Those with ears, let them hear. Always love, Ryan Connect with Monica Tanner Official website: https://www.monicatanner.com/ Book and author page: https://www.badmarriageadvice.com/get-the-book Podcast website: https://secretsofhappilyeverafter.buzzsprout.com/ Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/secrets-of-happily-ever-after-marriage-and-intimacy/id1345544810 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monitalksmarriage/ Connect with Always Better Than Yesterday Website: https://abty.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/ Men’s Group – Akira: https://abty.co.uk/akira Join the mailing list: https://abty.co.uk/contact Sign up for coaching: https://abty.co.uk/coaching Questions and reflections: [email protected] Episode chapters 00:00 Monica Tanner on marriage and real life 07:16 The childhood story behind her work 09:09 Happily ever after takes intention 10:46 How couples drift into roommate syndrome 13:09 Bad marriage advice and happiness 15:50 Resentment as a dashboard warning light 18:46 Healing, childhood needs and familiar wounds 24:26 Self-affirmation and validation 27:43 Seeing the impact of our behaviour 31:05 Pornography, shame and understanding the root 34:45 Authenticity without losing connection 38:07 The family patterns we pass on 42:26 Compassionate curiosity in practice 45:01 A question to build emotional intimacy 46:42 Monica’s work and final message Description: Monica Tanner, author of Bad Marriage Advice, joins Ryan Hartley to discuss marriage myths, resentment, roommate syndrome and communication in couples. Learn how everyday habits can weaken connection, why resentment can act as a warning sign, and how compassionate curiosity can help partners understand each other and begin rebuilding emotional intimacy. Disclaimer: This episode shares general relationship-coaching perspectives and is not therapy or a substitute for professional care. If you are facing abuse, coercion, or immediate danger, seek qualified local support. #MonicaTanner #BadMarriageAdvice #MarriageAdvice

Can artificial intelligence actually make us more human? In this episode of the Always Better Than Yesterday Podcast, I welcome Jason P. Carroll, founder and CEO of Aptive Index, for a conversation about behavioural intelligence, self-awareness and the future of heart-centred leadership. What if one of the most meaningful applications of AI is not replacing people, but helping us understand them? We explore Aptive Index and Aria, the AI-powered behavioural assistant designed to turn assessment insights into practical guidance. Jason talks through applications in communication, delegation, recruitment, conflict resolution, coaching and team dynamics. Along the way, Aria offers a glimpse into my own leadership profile, reopening a lesson I learned early in my career: the question was never whether I could lead like somebody else, but how I could lead as myself. Ultimately, this is an invitation to approach AI with a human purpose. If technology can help us notice the person more clearly, make time more meaningful and create places where people feel they belong, perhaps a more heart-centred generation of leadership can emerge. Those with ears, let them hear. Always love, Ryan Connect with Jason and Aptive Index Website https://jasonpcarroll.com/ Aptive Index https://www.aptiveindex.com/ Aria platform https://www.aptiveindex.com/platform LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonpcarroll/ Work Cultured on Instagram https://instagram.com/workcultured Work Cultured on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo0P7jLdNsK8Ar23wi8GrNg Work Cultured on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/work-cultured/id1653494803 Work Cultured on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0HeJOLtBHT0mqeQA7K7N8V Connect with Always Better Than Yesterday Website https://abty.co.uk/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/ Mailing list https://abty.co.uk/contact Coaching https://abty.co.uk/coaching Questions and reflections [email protected] Chapters: 00:00 – Meet Jason P. Carroll 00:45 – Why understanding people changed his career 02:21 – Time, love and heart-centred leadership 03:49 – Why personality assessments gather dust 06:01 – Understanding what drives behaviour 08:07 – Introducing Aptive Index and Aria 09:25 – Using AI to lead with heart 11:01 – Learning to lead as yourself 12:03 – Real-world uses for behavioural AI 15:54 – Hiring and better people decisions 17:53 – Personalising motivation and recognition 20:31 – Human connection in a virtual world 22:31 – Augment human judgement, do not replace it 25:41 – Culture, leadership buy-in and ethics 30:31 – The future of behavioural AI 32:55 – Why AI should not replace coaching 34:33 – Empathy, relationships and self-awareness 39:11 – How to connect with Jason 40:28 – The Heartprint we leave on others 42:48 – Identity, purpose and final reflections Description:Jason P. Carroll, founder of Aptive Index, joins Ryan Hartley on the Always Better Than Yesterday Podcast to explore Aria AI, behavioural intelligence and heart-centred leadership. Discover how self-awareness, empathy, people-first coaching and more personalised communication could help leaders use AI to understand others without surrendering human judgement. Note: Behavioural assessments and AI-generated recommendations can support reflection but should not be treated as infallible evaluations of people or replacements for independent judgement, consent or qualified professional support. Product performance and validation claims discussed are those of the guest/platform and are not independently established by this episode. #artificialintelligence #businessleadership #superintelligence

Mike Elliott joins me for a conversation about the silent struggle many men carry inside relationships: the gap between looking successful from the outside and actually feeling present, safe and connected on the inside. Mike is a Relational Leadership Mentor and Men’s Initiation Guide whose work is rooted in his own lived journey through adoption, abandonment, addiction, relationship breakdown, men’s work and relational healing. We explore what happens when a man learns to survive through performance. The career can work. The money can come. The house can be built. The body can become strong. And still, underneath it all, there can be a fear of being left, a belief that something is wrong, or a nervous system that does not yet know how to remain open when intimacy gets uncomfortable. Those with ears, let them hear. Always love, Ryan ========================== Connect with Mike ElliottOfficial website: https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/ The Initiated Man: https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/ TIMInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikeelliott.relating/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Itsmikeelliott The Sacred We on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7EqHPtL9DovzPtazag8QO1 The Sacred We on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sacred-we/id1676808681 Couples work with Mike & Courtney: https://www.thesacredwe.com/2-2-container-details ========================= Connect with Always Better Than Yesterday Website: https://abty.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/ Men’s Group – Akira: https://abty.co.uk/akira Join our mailing list: https://abty.co.uk/contact Sign up for coaching: https://abty.co.uk/coaching Email: [email protected] ========================= Episode chapters 00:00 – The silent struggle of men in relationships 04:25 – Built it and almost lost it 06:51 – Mike’s story: abandonment, survival and collapse 16:00 – What healing presence actually feels like 18:18 – Three levels of relational consciousness 22:38 – Radical responsibility and sacred relationship 26:14 – Father wounds, re-fathering and brotherhood 32:50 – A new definition of male leadership 34:10 – Prayer, partnership and choosing differently 39:17 – The relationship as a report card for presence 46:09 – From individual heroism to ‘we’ work 47:46 – The lion: strong back, soft front 51:03 – The Initiated Man and working with Mike 52:42 – Ryan’s abandonment pattern and practising staying 54:38 – Heartprint, legacy and the final invitation ======================== Description: Mike Elliott, Relational Leadership Mentor and Men’s Initiation Guide, joins Ryan Hartley to explore why high-performing men can still feel disconnected in love. Discover The Initiated Man, Relational Authority™, men’s work, emotional presence, brotherhood, attachment patterns and the practice of becoming a stronger, safer and more connected man. Disclaimer: This episode discusses trauma, attachment, nervous-system regulation, relationships and emotional wellbeing through personal experience and coaching perspectives. It is for education and reflection and is not a substitute for medical, psychological or therapeutic care. #MikeElliott #menswork #mensmentalhealth

About Elle Mace Elle Mace is a qualified coach, Eating Disorders Practitioner, corporate wellbeing consultant, speaker and author specialising in the relationship between food, body and self. Her work combines professional practice, positive psychology and lived experience following around 17 years of struggling with her own relationship with food and body. https://www.ellemace.com/ About Food Freedom Food Freedom: How to find peace from food anxiety, and reclaim your body confidence explores disordered eating, diet culture, body image, self-worth and the deeper psychology behind our relationship with food. Drawing on Elle’s professional work and personal experience, the book combines insight with practical exercises designed to support greater self-compassion, trust and freedom. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/477106/food-freedom-by-mace-elle/9781785046414 Episode Summary: In this conversation, Elle explores how diet culture, comparison, restriction and the desire to fit in can gradually make our world smaller.We discuss why struggles with food are rarely just about food, touching on safety, control, shame, people-pleasing, boundaries and self-worth. Elle also shares her perspective on GLP-1 weight-loss medications, the messages children absorb around food and body image, and what genuine food freedom can begin to feel like. Ultimately, this is a conversation about creating more space to live, think, choose and become more fully yourself. Disclaimer: This episode includes discussion of eating disorders, disordered eating, body image, dieting and weight-loss medication. It is for educational and informational purposes only and is not medical or therapeutic advice. If anything raised in this episode affects you, please contact Elle directly via https://www.ellemace.com/ or seek appropriate support from a qualified healthcare or mental-health professional. Those with ears, let them hear. Always love, Ryan CONNECT WITH ELLE MACE Website: https://www.ellemace.com/ Food Freedom: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/477106/food-freedom-by-mace-elle/9781785046414 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamellemace/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamellemace LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/elle-mace-76558a32 More to Life Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/more-to-life/id1664885118 CONNECT WITH ALWAYS BETTER THAN YESTERDAY Website: https://abty.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/ Join our mailing list: https://abty.co.uk/contact Explore ABTY coaching: https://abty.co.uk/coaching Questions and reflections: [email protected] Chapters: 00:00 – Welcome, Elle Mace 01:25 – 17 Years of Food & Body Struggles 03:33 – Growing Up Inside Diet Culture 06:28 – When Food Anxiety Shrinks Your World 09:25 – The Positive Intention Behind Behaviour 11:28 – Breakup, Bulimia & the Turning Point 12:58 – Recovery Changed Her Whole Life 14:43 – When Control Stops Working 18:13 – Elle's Work With Food, Body & Self 19:10 – Guilt, Shame & Body Messages 21:16 – Fathers, Daughters & Feeling Worthy 24:15 – Get Curious About Your Programming 26:04 – The Scale of Disordered Eating 27:09 – GLP-1s & Modern Weight-Loss Culture 30:05 – What the System Is Missing 31:41 – What Are We Teaching Children? 34:14 – What Food Freedom Actually Feels Like 36:32 – Inside the Food Freedom Book 40:46 – Turning Pain Into Purpose 41:38 – Helping People Feel Seen 44:07 – Elle's Heartprint 46:25 – How Men Can Better Support Women 49:00 – Connect With Elle 50:31 – There Is More to Life Description: Elle Mace joins Ryan Hartley to explore Food Freedom, food anxiety, body image, disordered eating and diet culture. Drawing on 17 years of lived experience and her work in food psychology, Elle explains why healing is about more than food, how self-worth and flexibility change recovery, and what it can feel like to finally have more space to live.

Celinne Da Costa is a USA TODAY bestselling author, speaker and master coach whose book, The Burning Ground: One Woman’s Journey to Reclaim Her Soul and Ignite Her Inner Fire, traces the journey that began when the life she had worked so hard to build in New York stopped feeling like her own. At twenty-five, she left a prestigious corporate career and set out to circumnavigate the world through human connection, staying with strangers who became mirrors, teachers and guides.Listener note: This episode includes discussion of trauma, nervous-system regulation, subconscious patterns and intuition within Celinne’s personal and coaching framework. It is for education and reflection and is not medical or mental-health advice. Those with ears, let them hear. Always love, Ryan ------------------------ Connect with Celinne Official website: https://celinnedacosta.com/ The Burning Ground: https://theburningground.com/ Publisher / book page: https://sacredstories.com/product/theburningground/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celinnedacosta/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CelinneDaCostaChannel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/celinnedacosta/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/celinnedacosta Podcast — It’s Not What You Think: https://celinnedacosta.com/podcast-home/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-not-what-you-think-with-celinne-da-costa/id1677253267 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/27tqzPIeCBetq8x7rzZ6Iq Substack: https://celinnedacosta.substack.com/ ------------------------ Connect with ABTY Website: https://abty.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/ Men’s Group — Akira: https://abty.co.uk/akira Join our mailing list: https://abty.co.uk/contact Sign up for coaching: https://abty.co.uk/coaching Questions and reflections: [email protected] ------------------------ Chapters 00:00 – Introduction: heartbreak as tuition 01:36 – The life that looked right but felt wrong 06:22 – The tight, itchy sweater of success 10:16 – The golden cage 16:42 – What travel revealed about belonging 21:04 – Why the inner world comes first 24:14 – The ‘I want to help people’ trap 29:26 – Defining the Burning Ground 30:47 – The gate of certainty 32:51 – The barbarians at the gate 36:48 – Remembering, not doing 40:15 – The four-part map of change 44:48 – Why the happy ending is gradual 46:05 – Change the pattern, change the ending 48:31 – The Alchemist’s Melancholy 51:07 – Putting down the addiction to drama 54:24 – Hearing intuition vs trusting it 58:33 – What intuition actually feels like 59:13 – Who Celinne works with 1:00:32 – Heartprint: restoring storytelling 1:03:00 – Final thought: trust your intuition #AlwaysBetterThanYesterday #RyanHartley #CelinneDaCosta #TheBurningGround #ChangeWithoutCrisis #BreakThePattern #SelfTrust #Intuition #SoulAlignment #ConsciousLeadership #InnerWork #personalgrowth ------------------------ Description:In this episode of Always Better Than Yesterday, Ryan Hartley speaks with Celinne Da Costa, author of The Burning Ground, about why changing jobs, relationships or locations cannot free us if the underlying pattern stays the same. Explore self-trust, intuition, identity change, conscious leadership and how to make meaningful life changes without waiting for crisis.

Dr Rosina McAlpine is the founder and CEO of Win Win Parenting, working with organisations and people leaders to create family-friendly workplaces that allow parents to succeed both at work and at home. In this conversation, we challenge one of the assumptions sitting beneath modern working life: that the strain of balancing career, parenting and family is primarily something the individual needs to learn to manage. Those with ears, let them hear. Always love, Ryan CONNECT WITH DR ROSINA McALPINE Dr Rosina McAlpine – Official Website https://www.drrosina.com/ Win Win Parenting – Official Website https://www.winwinparenting.com/ Win Win Parenting Programmes https://www.winwinparenting.com/our-programs Workplace Parent Support Guide https://www.winwinparenting.com/closing-the-gap-in-parent-support-guide Working Parent Risk Assessmenthttps://app.winwinparenting.com/assessments/working-parent-risk-assessment Dr Rosina McAlpine – LinkedInhttps://au.linkedin.com/in/drrosina CONNECT WITH ALWAYS BETTER THAN YESTERDAY Websitehttps://abty.co.uk/ Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/ LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/ Join our mailing listhttps://abty.co.uk/contact Sign up for coachinghttps://abty.co.uk/coaching Questions and [email protected] CHAPTERS 00:00 – Welcome to Dr Rosina McAlpine 01:41 – Becoming a Working Parent 03:44 – The World Changed. Work Didn't. 05:22 – Send People Home Better 09:11 – Stop Making It an Individual Problem 11:16 – Is the Next Generation Really Lazy? 14:16 – What Do We Actually Want From Life? 17:15 – What Your Children Learn From You 20:09 – Purpose, Mission and the NASA Story 22:31 – Why Win Win Parenting Exists 26:21 – The Old Story of Work and Sacrifice 28:28 – Heart-Centred Culture Still Needs Structure 32:20 – Rethinking Performance Management 35:17 – Making Culture Bigger Than One Leader 38:32 – Creating an Organisational Symphony 41:36 – Building a Family-Friendly Workplace 43:23 – Why Generic Wellbeing Isn't Enough 45:07 – Change the Water: Culture Is the Fishbowl 48:14 – What If Your Workplace Isn't Family-Friendly? 50:38 – Use the Data to Change the Conversation 52:33 – Equality vs Equity at Work 54:54 – The Hidden Impact on Children 58:17 – Why This Is a Systems Problem 59:05 – It Really Does Take a Village 1:00:43 – Free Support and Resources 1:02:41 – Dr Rosina's Heartprint DESCRIPTION Dr Rosina McAlpine, founder of Win Win Parenting, joins Ryan Hartley to explore working parent burnout, work-life balance, psychosocial safety and family-friendly workplace culture. Discover why supporting working parents requires more than individual resilience and how better leadership, culture and workplace systems can help people thrive at work and at home. #DrRosinaMcAlpine #WinWinParenting #workingparents #WorkingParentBurnout #FamilyFriendlyWorkplace#futureofwork #worklifebalance

At 24 years old, Niall Donnan has built his work around something remarkably simple: human connection. From asking strangers for hugs to using social media to support people who need help, his mission begins with the belief that a small act of genuine connection can matter far more than we realise. But that mission was born from loss.During COVID restrictions, Niall visited his granny to deliver cigarettes she had asked him to collect. He sanitised the packet, left it outside and spoke to her from a distance rather than going inside. As he returned to his car, she told him she loved him. Niall drove away. She died suddenly the following evening.It meant that an interaction defined by distance, sanitisation and a hurried goodbye became the final time he ever saw somebody with whom he had shared so much of his childhood. That experience gave Niall a question he continues to ask himself and others:What would you do if you had one hour left to live? Most people do not describe achievement, status or possessions. They imagine sitting beside somebody they love.So if that is where we would choose to spend our final hour, why don't we spend more of our ordinary hours doing the same? We explore Niall's journey from feeling directionless at 18, through periods of sadness and anxiety, to finding purpose through service. We discuss the difference between having followers and having influence, why Niall chooses to use social media to create something positive, the stories of people he has met through his work and why strangers can sometimes reveal their humanity to one another in extraordinary ways. Those with ears, let them hear. Always love, Ryan Connect with Niall Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/niall.donnan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/niall.donnan.3/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nialldonnan Go Fund Me Page: https://www.gofundme.com/u/c7ec636f-94a3-43c9-b87a-566ebdae807b Connect with Always Better Than Yesterday Website: https://abty.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/ Join our mailing list: https://abty.co.uk/contact Explore ABTY coaching: https://abty.co.uk/coaching Please email questions and reflections to: [email protected] Chapters: 00:00 – Meet Niall Donnan 01:56 – Finding Purpose Through the Path 02:48 – Life Without a Dream at 18 04:46 – The Experience That Changed Everything 05:30 – Niall's Final Visit to His Granny 08:11 – What If You Had One Hour Left? 09:00 – Ryan Reflects on Losing His Nan 10:00 – Grief, Sadness and Finding Direction 12:49 – Using Social Media for Good 13:03 – What Do You Influence? 14:03 – The People Behind the Videos 16:46 – Why Niall Hugs Strangers 18:01 – Escaping the Need to Conform 20:00 – Loving People Without Controlling Them 24:07 – The Privilege of Being Seen and Heard 25:01 – When People Have Nobody 27:02 – Has Convenience Made Us Disconnected? 30:05 – We Connect at the Edges 32:03 – Challenging the Stories We Inherit 35:04 – Turning Attention Into Help 36:01 – Helping Susie and Bob 38:02 – You Don't Need Enormous Resources 39:07 – Rebuilding Community Through Love 41:04 – Getting Support to Grow the Mission 43:44 – What Would Niall's Granny Say Now? 44:11 – What Did Her Hug Feel Like? 45:05 – Signs, Synchronicity and Stoke City 47:12 – The Heartprint of a Hug 47:57 – Return to the Final-Hour Question 49:00 – Simplicity Wins 51:11 – Football and Finding Joy in the Moment 52:08 – Connect With Niall 52:54 – Your Action: Send the Message #NiallDonnan #HumanConnection #GoFundMe

In this episode of the Always Better Than Yesterday Podcast, host Ryan Hartley welcomes back cell biologist and bestselling author Dr Bruce Lipton for a conversation centred on his new book, Beyond Darwin: How Epigenetics, Quantum Science, and Cooperation Shape Humanity’s Future. Bruce opens with a stark warning: our present civilisation is not sustainable. Humanity is consuming beyond the resources of one planet, damaging the web of life and continuing to operate through systems built upon competition, separation and survival. At the centre of the conversation is Bruce’s challenge to the cultural interpretation of Darwinian evolution. He argues that “survival of the fittest” has programmed civilisation to see life as a struggle and other people as competitors. His alternative theory of conscious evolution draws together epigenetics, quantum science and fractal geometry, presenting cooperation rather than competition as life’s true evolutionary strategy. Those with ears, let them hear. Always love, Ryan This episode is not medical advice. About Beyond Darwin Beyond Darwin: How Epigenetics, Quantum Science, and Cooperation Shape Humanity’s Future is written by Bruce H. Lipton, PhD, with Patricia King. Bruce presents a unified theory of conscious evolution built upon three fields that were unavailable to Darwin: epigenetics, quantum physics and fractal geometry. The book challenges the idea that competition is evolution’s essential survival mechanism and instead presents cooperation, environmental responsiveness and expanding consciousness as the pathway forwards. It positions contemporary global chaos as the cocoon stage of an evolutionary process: a necessary breakdown through which a more advanced and cooperative civilisation may emerge. Bruce describes the work not only as an alternative theory of evolution, but as a blueprint for igniting that change. The book is due for release on 18 August 2026. Connect with Dr Bruce Lipton Official website: https://www.brucelipton.com/ Beyond Darwin: https://www.brucelipton.com/books/beyond-darwin/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brucelipton/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/biologyofbelief Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BruceHLiptonPhD/ See Bruce in the UK Manchester, 25 November 2026:https://tcche.org/event/bruce-lipton-beyond-darwin-manchester-2026/ London, 28 November 2026:https://tcche.org/event/bruce-lipton-beyond-darwin-london-2026/ Connect with Always Better Than Yesterday Website: https://abty.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/ Join our mailing list: https://abty.co.uk/contact Explore ABTY coaching: https://abty.co.uk/coaching Please email questions and reflections to: [email protected] Episode Chapters 00:00 – Welcome back, Dr Bruce Lipton 00:43 – Why civilisation is unsustainable 02:18 – Dedicating Beyond Darwin to Mother Nature 04:38 – Self-love and our relationship with the world 05:23 – Genetic determinism and programmed victimhood 11:40 – How “survival of the fittest” shaped civilisation 14:37 – Darwin was wrong 15:54 – Cooperation, the garden and evolutionary harmony 18:16 – The personal cost of challenging scientific orthodoxy 19:26 – Personal beliefs create lives; shared beliefs create civilisation 23:03 – Changing the subconscious programme 27:22 – Evolution and the creation of heaven on Earth 28:19 – How power evolved 32:31 – Programming, Mother Nature and the feminine 42:37 – Restoring masculine and feminine harmony 46:08 – Humanity’s great metamorphosis 48:52 – From the mess to the butterfly 55:19 – Must humanity consciously create the future? 57:40 – Quantum science, energy and spirituality 01:02:46 – Creation and evolution belong together 01:05:16 – Why Beyond Darwin matters now 01:05:54 – You were born into heaven

Lisa Tahir, LCSW is the author of The Chiron Effect and founder of Psychoastrology®. The conversation centres on Chiron: the wounded healer of Greek mythology, a celestial body within our solar system and, in Lisa’s work, a symbolic guide to understanding our deepest emotional vulnerabilities. Lisa shares how she was led through meditation to research Chiron after questioning why she and many of her successful clients continued to experience anxiety, depression and recurring emotional patterns despite having undertaken significant personal-development work. She explains how the placement of Chiron within a birth chart may reveal an area of core wounding that influences our beliefs,relationships, emotional reactions and repeated experiences. Lisa calls the recurring pull around these areas of vulnerability the Chiron Effect. The conversation explores the mythological story of Chiron, the relationship between wounding and purpose, the difference between abandonment and self-abandonment, and why external success cannot heal an internal belief that we are not valuable. Lisa’s approach uses astrology as a diagnostic tool while combining psychology, spirituality, empathy, self-forgiveness and personal responsibility as the pathway towards healing. At its heart, this episode asks whether the place where we feel most wounded might also reveal the compassion, medicine andpurpose we are here to bring into the world. Those with ears, let them hear. Always love,Ryan Connect with Lisa Tahir Official website: https://www.nolatherapy.com/ The Chiron Effect: https://www.nolatherapy.com/chiron/ Official publisher page: https://www.innertraditions.com/books/the-chiron-effect All Things Therapy on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-things-therapy/id1142723432 All Things Therapy on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7DheMsI1MImp8crZSkbvU7 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nolatherapy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisatahir/ Connect with Always Better Than Yesterday Website: https://abty.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/ Join our mailing list: https://abty.co.uk/contact ABTY coaching: https://abty.co.uk/coaching Please email questions and reflections to: [email protected]

In this episode of the Always Better Than Yesterday Podcast, Ryan Hartley is joined by ceremonial facilitator, experiential leader and Trip or Fall producer Henry Mobley for a conversation that reframes one of humanity's oldest practices: ceremony.Far beyond rituals or plant medicine, Henry describes ceremony as an intentional space where people can reconnect with themselves, one another and something greater. He challenges the idea that ceremony belongs only in ancient traditions, suggesting instead that two people sitting together with presence, honesty and love can be in ceremony.Together they explore Henry's journey from anxiety, unworthiness and a successful corporate career into a life centred on conscious leadership, radical honesty and service. Through stories from experiential marketing, sacred traditions and his own personal transformation, Henry explains why our greatest breakthroughs often begin where comfort ends.Ryan and Henry also explore the relationship between connection and healing, discussing why so much of modern suffering stems from isolation rather than a lack of information. From community and relationships to identity, addiction and personal responsibility, this conversation invites us to rediscover practices that have helped human beings heal for thousands of years.At its heart, this episode is a reminder that transformation doesn't begin with having all the answers. It begins with creating spaces where truth is welcomed, people are seen and genuine connection becomes possible.ABOUT TRIP OR FALLTrip or Fall is a feature documentary exploring the role of ceremony, intentional community and legal therapeutic psilocybin through the lives of participants, facilitators and healthcare professionals.The documentary is directed by Lindsay Pitre, whom Henry warmly acknowledges for her vision and leadership in bringing the project to life, alongside executive producer Will and the wider team. Henry joined the project as both a facilitator and producer, helping guide participants through ceremonial experiences over the course of more than a year.Rather than focusing solely on medicine, the film asks a deeper question: What becomes possible when people are given an intentional space to reconnect with themselves and one another?Through real stories of preparation, ceremony and integration, the documentary explores healing as a communal process rather than an isolated event.The work highlights ceremony as a timeless human practice built on presence, relationship, humility and integration. Its aim is to encourage deeper conversations around healing, conscious leadership and authentic human connection.Those with ears, let them hear.Always love,RyanCONNECT WITH HENRY MOBLEYWebsite:https://www.hm3.io/Instagram:http://instagram.com/hm3coachingLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/hm3beThe Sovereign Brief:https://sovereignbrief.netlify.app/CONNECT WITH ALWAYS BETTER THAN YESTERDAYWebsite:https://abty.co.uk/Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/Men's Group (Akira):https://abty.co.uk/akiraJoin our mailing list:https://abty.co.uk/contactSign up for coaching:https://abty.co.uk/coachingPlease email questions and reflections to:mailto:[email protected]#HenryMobley #TheLostArtOfCeremony #SacredSpaces #PersonalGrowth #ConsciousLeadership #HumanConnection #AlwaysBetterThanYesterday #Podcast

Amrit Sandhu is the host and founder of the Inspired Evolution podcast, which has generated more than 30 million views. A former engineer turned purpose coach and astrologer, Amrit is known for exploring consciousness, spirituality, personal transformation and human potential. He is currently deepening his work in astrology and sharing how our astrological charts can help us understand our purpose and place in time. Today we discuss the profound acceleration and change Amrit believes humanity is entering. Astrology may help us understand the season ahead, but its real value is not simply in predicting the future — it is in helping us understand who we are, why we are here and how we choose to meet it. Throughout this episode, consider: to what end and what purpose? Those with ears, let them hear. Always love, Ryan Connect with Amrit Sandhu Inspired Evolution Podcast: https://amritsandhu.com/podcast Inspired Evolution on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InspiredEvolution Inspired Evolution on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspired_evolution/ Amrit Sandhu: https://amritsandhu.com/ Connect with Always Better Than Yesterday Website: https://abty.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/ Join our mailing list: https://abty.co.uk/contact Sign up for coaching: https://abty.co.uk/coaching Please email questions and reflections to: [email protected] Episode Chapters [00:00] Welcome Back, Amrit Sandhu [01:18] The Path of the Warrior Saint [02:39] To What End and What Purpose? [03:54] Why Are You Here? [05:18] Honouring Who Our Children Came Here to Be [06:05] What Is Coming Around the Corner for Humanity? [07:11] The Shift from Earth and Water to Air and Fire [10:25] What Is the Purpose of This New Era? [11:29] Amrit’s Initiation into Astrology [12:07] Saturn, Purpose and the Pressure of Misalignment [16:31] Astrology and the Ancient Wisdom Keepers [18:26] Why Humanity Stopped Looking Up [20:13] How Do We Stay Grounded in Uncertain Times? [21:31] When the Search for Truth Fragments Us [22:20] Returning to Earth, Water, Air and Fire [25:11] Where Heaven and Earth Meet [27:53] Understanding the Masculine and Feminine [29:17] Destruction, Creation and a Changing World [32:40] What Are 30 Million People Searching For? [34:30] If Spirituality Had Another Name: Unity [36:04] Why Humanity Is Thirsting for Community [38:47] Finding Your Unique Place in the Whole [40:04] Can Everyday Life Be a Spiritual Practice? [42:33] The Spiritual Path of the Householder [49:52] Astrology, Free Will and What We Do with the Information [50:22] A Birthday Reading and Finding the Real Self [01:06:30] Amrit's Expanding Heartprint

Kenneth R. Lakritz, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist with more than four decades of experience in depth psychotherapy, Jungian psychology, adult development and consciousness studies. His work integrates psychology, mysticism, attachment theory and eldering to help people better understand the deeper patterns shaping the human journey. Through decades of clinical practice, research and personal exploration, Kenneth has developed a unique framework that bridges science, spirituality and the lifelong process of becoming whole.Remembering Self: Seasons of the Soul Rediscovered Through Mystical Experience and Depth Psychology presents a roadmap for understanding the four seasons of human development. Rather than focusing on self-improvement alone, the book explores how each stage of life carries its own psychological, emotional and spiritual tasks, guiding us towards greater awareness, wisdom and authentic expression of the Self. It is an invitation to navigate life's seasons with greater consciousness, purpose and compassion.Those with ears, let them hear.Always love,RyanConnect with Kenneth R. Lakritz🌐 Website https://www.drkennethlakritzphd.com📖 Remembering Self https://www.drkennethlakritzphd.com/remembering-self 💼 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-lakritz-ph-d-48b22931/📧 Email [email protected] with Always Better Than Yesterday🌐 Website https://abty.co.uk/🎙 Podcast https://abty.co.uk/podcast📸 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/💼 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/📬 Join the Mailing List https://abty.co.uk/contact🤝 Coaching https://abty.co.uk/coaching📧 Contact [email protected]:00:00 Introduction00:00:24 A Lifetime's Work: Why the Book Chose Its Own Time00:03:02 Forty Years Mapping the Human Psyche00:05:01 Walking the Path of the Sage00:07:42 Knowledge, Virtue & the Practice of Wisdom00:10:38 What Is Remembering Self?00:17:23 Why the World Is Ready for This Conversation00:23:21 Why We Forget... and How We Begin Remembering00:27:10 The Matrix, Wise Elders & the Four Seasons of the Soul00:34:38 Why Suffering Is the Gateway to Growth00:40:42 Rites of Passage, Leadership & Becoming an Elder01:00:59 Dr. Kenneth's Heartprint01:04:01 Final Reflections#AlwaysBetterThanYesterday #KennethLakritz #RememberingSelf #JungianPsychology #DepthPsychology #CarlJung #Consciousness #PersonalDevelopment #Eldering #SpiritualGrowth

In this bonus episode, here is a special interview with Warren Furman, former Gladiator and founder of ACE ministries in conversation with my children. Connect with Warren Furman & ACE Active Website https://aceactive.org About ACE Active https://aceactive.org/about Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aceactiveministry/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aceactive.org/ Email [email protected]

Warren Furman is a former Gladiators star, known to millions as Ace, and more recently for his appearance on The Summit. Today, Warren serves through ACE Active Ministries, sharing his journey of faith and helping people discover identity, purpose and hope through Jesus Christ. He can be contacted through ACE Active Ministries at https://aceactive.org Those with ears, let them hear. Always love Ryan Connect with Warren Furman & ACE Active Website https://aceactive.org About ACE Active https://aceactive.org/about Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aceactiveministry/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aceactive.org/ Email [email protected] Connect with Always Better Than Yesterday Website https://abty.co.uk/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/ Coaching https://abty.co.uk/coaching Mailing List https://abty.co.uk/contact Episode Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Warren's childhood and early influences 04:20 Discovering bodybuilding and Arnold Schwarzenegger 08:55 Becoming Ace on Gladiators 11:55 The hidden cost of fame 15:00 Why success couldn't satisfy 20:00 Walking away from celebrity 24:00 The search for truth 30:30 Discovering Jesus 36:30 Living by faith 42:15 Spiritual maturity and discipleship 47:30 The ongoing battle of identity 53:45 Integrity in everyday life 58:45 Ryan's reflections 01:06:30 Fit for Eternity

After studying more than 25,000 brains over the past twenty-five years, Dr. Andrew Hill has developed a revolutionary way of understanding neurodiversity—not through diagnosis, but through the unique patterns that make each of us both gifted and challenged.His new book, Gifted & Tortured, introduces the concept of the Poet Brain—a framework that helps explain why the same neurological patterns responsible for creativity, empathy, innovation and extraordinary perception can also become the source of anxiety, overwhelm, ADHD, autism traits and emotional suffering.Rather than asking "What's wrong with me?", Andrew invites us to ask a different question:"How is my brain uniquely wired?"Andrew explains the twelve "brain characters" that appear throughout his new book—including the Happy Little Kid, the Grumpy Old Man, the CEO, the Lifeguard and the Princess & the Pea—and shows how each represents both a profound gift and a potential source of suffering depending on how well that particular brain circuit is regulated.Rather than reducing people to diagnostic labels, Gifted & Tortured presents twelve "Poet Brain Phenotypes"—distinct brain patterns that simultaneously explain our greatest strengths and our deepest struggles.The book combines neuroscience, neurofeedback, meditation, sleep science and practical interventions to help readers move from shame to understanding, from suffering to self-mastery, and from merely coping to genuinely flourishing.At its core, the message is beautifully simple:You were never broken. You simply never received the owner's manual.Connect with Dr. Andrew HillWebsite: https://www.andrewhillphd.com/Peak Brain Institute: https://peakbraininstitute.com/Gifted & Tortured: https://giftedandtortured.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewhillphd/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewhillphd/Connect with Always Better Than YesterdayWebsite https://abty.co.uk/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/Coaching https://abty.co.uk/coachingMailing List https://abty.co.uk/[email protected] Chapters00:00 – Introduction01:46 – Why Andrew wrote Gifted & Tortured04:52 – What is a brain phenotype?08:38 – Why understanding removes shame11:20 – "You were never broken."14:10 – Andrew's own ADHD journey16:05 – Why every phenotype includes practical interventions17:06 – The 12 Poet Brain Phenotypes explained20:52 – Discovering your unique brain profile23:05 – Why diagnosis shouldn't become identity27:15 – Understanding leads to acceptance28:05 – Neuroplasticity: your brain can change29:45 – Ryan's procrastination story32:08 – The neuroscience of procrastination34:55 – Emotional amplification & rejection sensitivity36:25 – Relationships through the lens of neuroscience38:28 – Stress, threat and the survival brain40:42 – Living gifted rather than tortured43:40 – Andrew's daily practices for brain optimisation47:15 – Final reflections