{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64b7bf58081d3500119b3ba7/66150b2becab3b001603fc86?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Real Humans with Dan Haggis ","description":"<p>The wonderful Dan Haggis - from chart-topping band The Wombats - joins us to discuss creativity and commercialisation in the music business. In this fun and thoughtful episode we also discuss parenthood, wellbeing, mid-life-crises and what makes for a fulfilling and grounded life.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>The appreciation &amp; sense of wonder that parenthood brings - for the journey that all humans go through</strong></li><li><strong>Prioritising a creative career and navigating the school system</strong></li><li><strong>Holding onto the purity of making music vs being ‘successful’ in the industry&nbsp;</strong></li><li><strong>The mid-life crisis that comes when we turn 30; “slowly untethering from youth, accepting that you’re moving on to a new chapter”, and how yoga helped him through this process</strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>QUOTES &amp; SNIPPETS</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>“It’s like I’m seeing the pyramid of Egypt for the first time when I’m watching him (son), that sense of wonder, seeing his little personality grow”</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>“No matter how much work you do on yourself (e.g meditation, Wim Hof ice showers) - you can still fall into bad habits. We are all a work in progress”</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>“Keep the harmony. If you don’t get things ironed out with yourself and your band or business; there’s no longevity”</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>“Yoga was a revolutionary force in my life; the one place, apart from making music, that&nbsp;could go to be in the moment where no other thoughts exist”</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-infinite-monkey-cage/id343580439\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Infinite Monkey Cage, Brian Cox</a></p><p><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rest-is-politics/id1611374685\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Rest is Politics</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l81HZfkLwpk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cold Reactor, Everything Everything</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/453962/doppelganger-by-klein-naomi/9781802061956\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Doppelganger, Naomi Klein</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Subtle-Art-Not-Giving-Counterintuitive/dp/0062457713\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***, Mark Manson</a></p><p><a href=\"https://eckharttolle.com/power-of-now-excerpt/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>CONNECT WITH DAN</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dan8theman/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a> (Dan)</p><p><a href=\"https://sunshipballoon.ffm.to/realhumans\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dan’s new album</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>FOLLOW THE WOMBATS</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.thewombats.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Wombats</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wombatsofficial/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a> (The Wombats)</p><p><br></p><p><strong>SUPPORT BETTER BEINGS</strong></p><p>If you enjoyed this episode of Better Beings, please share it with your friends and follow us on socials. Thanks for listening!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/betterbeingspod/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/98336947/admin/feed/posts/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>CONTACT </strong></p><p>Let us know your thoughts, feelings, critiques, and resource recommendations betterbeingspodcast@gmail.com</p>","author_name":"Better Beings"}