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Bryan Storkel! Bryan is a director and producer known for his featured works on Netflix, HBO, ESPN, Fox, and more. Most recently, Netflix’s THE LEGEND OF COCAINE ISLAND (2019), which is now being made into a narrative film at Netflix with Will Ferrell and Bryan serving as Executive Producer. His latest work comes out today on HBO and HBO Max, called Alabama Snake. We talk about the new movie, his recovery from being raised in a cult, and his journey into the movie business. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA I Help You Work Through the Trauma of Past Experiences, Empowering You to Grieve, then Heal, then empower you to Create Your Desired Future. It functions like talk therapy. You open your heart. I help you sort through the stories, see the cycles, recognize the programming. Empowering you to see what’s been holding you back. You can do this work on your own, that’s the goal of the process. But you can do it faster with a guide. WATCH ALABAMA SNAKE CONTACT THE GUEST: Bryan Storkel, Directo

There hasn’t been a new podcast episode for six months. What happened? Where is the show going now? Will it continue? How is Zac doing? What has Zac been doing? There is a lot to catch up on. Most importantly, there is a new episode coming out tomorrow with Bryan Storkel! Bryan is a director and producer known for his featured works on Netflix, HBO, ESPN, Fox, and more. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: HBO DOCUMENTARY: Alabama Snake COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA WEEKLY-ISH EMAIL: Coaching, News, and Updates on New Video Training Release THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: What Happened to the Podcast?: Zac Gandara LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. : COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by l

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. This is an excerpt from TEDWomen Talk in 2017. Luvvie Ajayi isn't afraid to speak her mind or to be the one dissenting voice in a crowd, and neither should you. "Your silence serves no one," says the writer, activist and self-proclaimed professional troublemaker. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: TEDWomen Talk: Luvvie Ajayi COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA WEEKLY-ISH EMAIL: Coaching, News, and Updates on New Video Training Release THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable: Luvvie Ajayi: Zac Gandara LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. : COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but

Michelle is an event and experience producer for companies, brands, and events around Coachella, SXSW, The Grammy’s, and everything in between. She has her own company to support artists, build community, and support the arts to give back. She comes from a Christian past and shares about her growth freedom found after leaving the Church. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: I help you work through the Grief of Past Lives. Empowering YOU to let go and create your desired future. It functions much like talk therapy but with poignant salient goals and techniques to help YOU reprogram yourself for healing and growth. CONTACT THE GUEST: Michelle Young FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 233: I Don’t Have to Be Triggered By That Anymore: Michelle Young LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Donate to the Podcast. Through PayPal, Venmo, or Cash A

I am not the first person to reiterate that we have an empathy crisis in our world. We’ve created walls of privilege to shielded ourselves from the pain and struggles of humanity. The only way to understand is to embrace, and listen while feeling uncomfortable. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: WHITE HOMEWORK COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: It's time for change. WEEKLY-ISH EMAIL: Coaching, News, and Updates on New Video Training Release VIDEO TRAINING SERIES & OTHER CONTENT Your Access is Waiting! Become a Member Now! SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: Where Does Empathy Come From?: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. [GET COACHING NOW!] Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Quest

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. It seems like so many people are finally waking up to the reality that has been going on for centuries. We have a big problem with institutional racism. How can you help? It begins with one thing... MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA WEEKLY-ISH EMAIL: Coaching, News, and Updates on New Video Training Release VIDEO TRAINING SERIES! 12-week Video Training on Deprogramming & Transformation, Your Access is Waiting! Become a Member Now! THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: The First Step to Becoming an Ally to Fighting Racial Injustice: Zac Gandara LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. : COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world wh

In place of our regularly scheduled episode, due to current events around George Floyd's murder, I want to reintroduce Tori Glass. Tori is an anti-racist educator, writer, content creator, and prolific tweeter. She is teaching people Dr. King called, “People of Goodwill,” how to do the work that is theirs, in their communities. Anyone who aspires to allyship and accountability is welcome to join her. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Does the question, “What can I do about racism?” sound familiar? You may have found yourself asking this question. Maybe you asked it to yourself. Maybe you asked it of an author during the Q&A following a book reading. Perhaps you asked a person of color online. Well, my friend, you are in the right place. Here is your answer. This is what you can do. WHITE HOMEWORK COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: I help you work through the Grief of Past Lives. Empowering YOU to let go and create your desired future. It functions much like talk therapy but with poignant salient goals and techniques to

Racism has been prominent in America for centuries. But when Colin Kaepernick kneeled at football games most of American Christianity mocked him in anger. Now George Floyd, another black human in a long list of dead black Americans murdered at the hand of the police has seemingly awoken some Christians to finally wake up and publicly engage the problem. “Racism isn't getting worse, it's getting filmed.” - Will Smith MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: WHITE HOMEWORK COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: It's time for change. WEEKLY-ISH EMAIL: Coaching, News, and Updates on New Video Training Release VIDEO TRAINING SERIES & OTHER CONTENT Your Access is Waiting! Become a Member Now! SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: Why Are Christians Finally Speaking Up About George Floyd and Black Lives Matter: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-E

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. When you’re ready for change is when change is possible. When you want it and can let go of the things that are holding you back from the life you want, this is when the dreams will begin surging out of you, and the life you want will take shape. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA WEEKLY-ISH EMAIL: Coaching, News, and Updates on New Video Training Release VIDEO TRAINING SERIES! 12-week Video Training on Deprogramming & Transformation, Your Access is Waiting! Become a Member Now! THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: The Theory of Cultural Determinism: Zac Gandara LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. : COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We

Michelle is an event and experience producer for companies, brands, and events around Coachella, SXSW, The Grammy’s, and everything in between. She has her own company to support artists, build community, and support the arts to give back. She comes from a Christian past and shares about her growth freedom found after leaving the Church. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: I help you work through the Grief of Past Lives. Empowering YOU to let go and create your desired future. It functions much like talk therapy but with poignant salient goals and techniques to help YOU reprogram yourself for healing and growth. CONTACT THE GUEST: Michelle Young FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 232: Rebuilding the Foundations of Your Reality: Michelle Young LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Donate to the Podcast. Through PayPal, Venmo, or Cash App

The Theory of Cultural Determinism states that we as humans are either infinitely malleable and able to change, or we are programmed by our culture and cannot move outside of that programming. I think both are true. What do you think? Can you change, or not? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: It's time for change. WEEKLY-ISH EMAIL: Coaching, News, and Updates on New Video Training Release VIDEO TRAINING SERIES & OTHER CONTENT Your Access is Waiting! Become a Member Now! SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: How to Change When Everyone Else Says You Can’t: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. [GET COACHING NOW!] Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Quest

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. The shadow self is spoken about by Carl Yung, Richard Rohr, June Singer and so many others in the spiritual and psychological world. It is the part of us we've suppressed to fit in. The part of us that Christianity confused with "sin nature." The part of us that needs to be embraced, nurtured, and cared for if we ever hope to be free. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA WEEKLY-ISH EMAIL: Coaching, News, and Updates on New Video Training Release VIDEO TRAINING SERIES! 12-week Video Training on Deprogramming & Transformation, Your Access is Waiting! Become a Member Now! THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: The Part of You You've Hidden Away is You: Zac Gandara LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. : C

Josh and Haven from the Play Party Podcast join me to talk about how Covid-19 has changed our relationship dynamics and forced us to deal with internal traumas we didn't know we had. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: I help you work through the Grief of Past Lives. Empowering YOU to let go and create your desired future. It functions much like talk therapy but with poignant salient goals and techniques to help YOU reprogram yourself for healing and growth. CONTACT THE GUEST: The Play Party Podcast FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 231: Covid-19 Relationship Dynamics: Josh Black and Haven Yates LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Donate to the Podcast. Through PayPal, Venmo, or Cash App! Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.co

Alan Watts said, “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” We talk about how to do this and how to handle both changes we can control and changes we cannot. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: It's time for change. WEEKLY-ISH EMAIL: Coaching, News, and Updates on New Video Training Release VIDEO TRAINING SERIES & OTHER CONTENT Your Access is Waiting! Become a Member Now! SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: How to Embrace Change and Make Changes: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. [GET COACHING NOW!] Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Mo

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. So many of us come from upbringings where we were taught to ignore our feelings & bodies. Growth meant the suppression of both. This messed a lot of us up. Your feelings are important, they need attention & nurturing. Your body is important it needs attention & nurturing. Growth means being in tune with our emotions, body, and giving ourselves the attention we need. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA WEEKLY-ISH EMAIL: Coaching, News, and Updates on New Video Training Release VIDEO TRAINING SERIES! 12-week Video Training on Deprogramming & Transformation, Your Access is Waiting! Become a Member Now! THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: Stop Betraying Yourself for Them: Zac Gandara LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased t

This episode was recorded in 2015. So much has changed since then, in the world, on this show, in Seth and I both. We had a volatile meeting at first caused by past triggers of mine which I didn't know I had and I certainly didn't know how to heal. This episode sparked a great friendship. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: I help you work through the Grief of Past Lives. Empowering YOU to let go and create your desired future. It functions much like talk therapy but with poignant salient goals and techniques to help YOU reprogram yourself for healing and growth. CONTACT THE GUEST: ZacG@LosingOurReligion.org FULL SHOW NOTES: BEST OF!: Jesus Chakra & Porn: Seth Taylor LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Donate to the Podcast. Through PayPal, Venmo, or Cash App! Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through

Many of us grew up with the obligation to honor parents, authority, family members simply because it was the culturally pressured thing to do. This led to a lot of silenced abuse. I no longer believe we need to honor those that are not honorable. Love and forgiveness are for us, honor is for those who have earned it. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: It's time for change. WEEKLY-ISH EMAIL: Coaching, News, and Updates on New Video Training Release VIDEO TRAINING SERIES & OTHER CONTENT Your Access is Waiting! Become a Member Now! SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: We Don’t Need to Honor Those Who Are Not Honorable: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. [GET COACHING NOW!]

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. With COVID-19 we have been thrown into a situation we cannot control. Many of us are struggling. We’re waiting, hoping for things to get back to “normal.” We used to have the energy to grow and change, and now we can barely get up in the morning. What’s the answer? How can I get the energy back? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA WEEKLY-ISH EMAIL: Coaching, News, and Updates on New Video Training Release VIDEO TRAINING SERIES! 12-week Video Training on Deprogramming & Transformation, Your Access is Waiting! Become a Member Now! THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: Why am I not Progressing Like I Was?: Zac Gandara LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. : COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA Thinking Thursday:

Jeremiah is the type of person we need in these times in history. He is a brilliant critical thinker and teacher of critical thought. We need this today to navigate our lives, discern our truths through constructs built around us, and taking the reigns of our lives our own way. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: I help you work through the Grief of Past Lives. Empowering YOU to let go and create your desired future. It functions much like talk therapy but with poignant salient goals and techniques to help YOU reprogram yourself for healing and growth. CONTACT THE GUEST: ZacG@LosingOurReligion.org FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 230: Science, Religion, and No Longer Fearing Death: Jeremiah Drouillard LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Donate to the Podcast. Through PayPal, Venmo, or Cash App! Join the CounterCulture Society and be

If your story threatens the life someone else has built to protect themselves from knowing their own trauma, not only will they rewound us by rejecting our story, but they will rearrange the story to fit their narrative so they can remain safe. Is their safe healthy? No. It’s denial. Written by Nate Postlethwait. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Post by by Nate Postlethwait COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: It's time for change. WEEKLY-ISH EMAIL: Coaching, News, and Updates on New Video Training Release VIDEO TRAINING SERIES & OTHER CONTENT Your Access is Waiting! Become a Member Now! SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: Why Are They Threatened by My Story?: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed Transitions are hard, making them alone, even harder. Sometimes you need an unbiased third part to coach you through. [GET COAC