Jody Weiss is a meditator, a community builder and a co-host of Exploring Reality Maybe. She joined us to talk about how presence changes lives for veterans with PTSD, for executives in crisis and for the healers who carry other people’s pain.
Jody gives a practical definition of home base, the steady place you can return to in the middle of a busy day. She makes the case that training attention through the whole day does more than a single morning routine. She shares non-dual practices that quiet the intellect, interrupt rigid patterns and open a wider field of perception. Some of them work on a crowded sidewalk in Times Square.
Therapies that help
We look at what helps veterans with PTSD. Jody talks about iREST Yoga Nidra, a guided relaxation practice used in VA care, and about ketamine infusions. We talk about first responders who stepped back from the brink, and about brain mapping research that shows new circuits forming. We also cover equine therapy and the return of psychedelic research after decades of stigma. The aim Jody describes is to become more present and more free.
Community and capital
Jody describes two communities she helps build. Women Funding the World brings investors to work that sustains life. Consciousness Drinks brings clinicians, researchers, shamans and investors into the same room so the people who care for others get care too.
Presence for leaders
For leaders, Jody offers micro-practices for building flow, delegating well and showing up as a person who senses the room. I connect that to orientation, the center of John Boyd’s real OODA loop. When you train attention, you shape what you notice and how you act on it.
This episode is not medical advice. Talk with a licensed clinician about any treatment.
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Written by Ponch Rivera with AI assistance in production. The full conversation is in the player below.