Episodes
February 24, 2020
Beyond: Finding Your Bliss with Artie Wu
Artie Wu dives into his personal transformation to become a a master healer to more than 120,000 folks around the world. In one of the clearest examples I've heard, Artie describes what 'healing' is, why it helps folks live a...
February 20, 2020
Beyond: Transformation Pattern with Artie Wu
This story reveals the overall pattern of transformation — the secret recipe of each personal Belly of the Beast Life Story . Once you hear the pattern - you’ll see it coming up in our podcast and with those around you. Wisdo...
February 19, 2020
Beyond: Origin story of Belly of the Beast Life Stories with Artie Wu
This story is a discussion about the origin story of Belly of the Beast Life Stories with our advisor, Artie Wu. Wisdom for our Soul, Courage for your Journey. In Belly , we share our extraordinary life stories of personal tr...
February 17, 2020
Confronting Suicide with Chip Conley
New York Times Best Selling author Chip Conley describes the period of his life between the ages of 45 and 49 as his ‘dark, gooey stage’ of life. A pattern of events led Chip to believe the entire world was conspiring against...
February 10, 2020
Childhood Drama with Maximilian Acevedo
At 21, actor Maximilian Acevedo's story of growing up in a difficult childhood and surviving it is what has made him who he is today. He first pulled himself up and took control of his own life to become a fitness model. Now ...
February 03, 2020
Breaking Your Neck with Jobi Manson
At the age of 24, Jobi Manson made a decision that would forever change the course of her life. An experienced surfer, she misjudged the location of a sandbar when she dove headfirst into the ocean, breaking her neck and spen...
January 27, 2020
A Sobering Awakening with Scotty Brown
Scotty Brown's Belly story centers around his rough and tumble days in Chicago. At a very young age Scotty was a drug kingpin by day and a rock n roll partier by night. This lifestyle caught up with him and getting out wasn't...
January 20, 2020
Overcoming a Spiritual Crisis with Zaid Gayle
Zaid Gayle was raised in a deeply religious family that was influential in the Black Panther Party. This Belly story illustrates how Zaid came to terms with spirituality through his own lived experience. Zaid is the co-founde...
January 13, 2020
Becoming a Shaolin Warrior Monk with Harsh Verma
After a botched knee surgery, Harsh Verma went to the Shaolin Temple in China and became the first non-Chinese national warrior monk. Kung Fu originates from Shaolin. EPISODE SUMMARY - Harsh was an elite athlete and at an ear...
January 06, 2020
Proudly Coming Out Gay with Sam Malik
Sam Malik shares his inspiring story of coming out gay. EPISODE SUMMARY - 21-year-old Sam Malik opens up about a childhood overcoming the challenges of being gay in a straight man’s world - Being an ‘over achiever’ was a mask...
December 30, 2019
Failing a Business with Marcus Segal
Failure is a part of the entrepreneurship journey. The "dot com" bubble was a period of time when the Internet was booming and companies offering everything from pet supplies to streaming music went down the drain almost over...
December 16, 2019
Homelessness in L.A. with Zawadi
Zawadi's Belly story illustrates the transformative journey caused by unintended homelessness due to the loss of her 14 year life partner. Zawadi found her voice and helps others see the light. EPISODE SUMMARY - In 2013, Zawa...
December 09, 2019
Deaf-Blind Adventures with Bill Barkeley
Bill Barkeley is both deaf and blind, but that hasn't slowed him down. In fact, you could say that Bill lives an adventurous lifestyle. He has summited Mount Kilimanjaro, finished the Boston Marathon two times and hiked the 5...
December 02, 2019
Paralyzed at 19 with Ryan Chen
At the age of 19, Ryan Chen was in a serious snowboarding accident that would ultimately paralyze him from the waist down. Ryan was forced to open his eyes to this new reality, learn to not blame himself and become comfortabl...
November 25, 2019
Surviving Cancer with Dr. Julian Gold
In this Belly story, 30-year physician and two-time mayor of Beverly Hills, Dr. Julian Gold, reveals purpose for community service through his trial with cancer. Dr. Gold was 56-years-old when he was diagnosed with a deadly f...
November 18, 2019
A Holocaust Survivor’s Broken Heart with Martha Sternbach
Martha Sternbach was a teenager in 1944 when she was forced to enter and work in the Nazi’s largest extermination camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. But shockingly it was after the Holocaust that her nightmare began — when she first l...