Balancing Light with Darkness, and Showing Empathy Toward Others with Bruce Cryer

Regarding Consciousness

Curiosity and playfulness. Two qualities that come straight from the heart. Children don't need to be taught how to do these things; yet, it sometimes seems so unnatural to us who have "arrived" in this life.

Our guest today, Bruce Cryer, is a true "renaissance man". An accomplished performer on stage and screen, Bruce shares with us how to balance light and darkness in this world, how to show empathy toward others, being attuned with our inner being, and much more.

In this discussion with Bruce, you'll discover:

-Bruce's definition of consciousness, and how he incorporates it in his life...01:15

-We're all conscious agents, even trees...04:30

-What accounts for the darkness and evil juxtaposed to the beauty in our world?...08:00

-How to move on from the paradigms of human thought that have dominated our psyche for millennia...13:45

-We don't know each other's stories...19:30

-Pay attention to the heart to connect with the world around you...24:30

-Lessons learned from years of conscious living...27:20

-And much more...

Resources mentioned:

Bruce's website

LinkedIn

About the guest:

Bruce Cryer has been called a renaissance man because of a four-decade career as a Singer, Actor, Dancer, Publisher, Author, Marketing Executive, CEO, Board member, Consultant, Mentor and Coach for Leaders in diverse fields.

Bruce now brings his expertise and passion for renaissance living and working to a select group of clients each year. His diverse and fascinating background, leading successful companies and performing for large audiences, blends beautifully to create a powerful, culturally-rich, and results-driven approach with all those he chooses to work with. Music, dance, meditation and fun will definitely be involved!

Bruce began as an actor/singer/dancer in New York, where his credits include performing more than 800 performances as The Boy in the world’s longest running musical, The Fantasticks.

A deep passion for social evolution, performance enhancement and personal growth led him to California in the late 70s.

He became involved in the publishing of books based on leading edge research into the emerging fields of mind-body medicine, peak performance, and consciousness development.

In 1980 he was tagged to join a start up to introduceto the world a new super food – Spirulina – and became VP of Marketing.

In 1990 he was asked to join the founding team of HeartMath, whose scientifically robust research on heart-brain communication, stress reduction and resilience has earned a sterling international reputation.

In 2000 he was named President and CEO of HeartMath and successfully guided relationships with Stanford Business School, Mayo Clinic, Shell, NASA, Kaiser Permanente, UCSF Medical Center, Intel, Duke University, and dozens of high performing organizations in the US, Europe, Asia and Africa.

He has spent the past three decades researching, teaching and coaching innovative approaches to maximizing health and human performance, and continues to share the powerful HeartMath techniques and technology around the world.

He was named a Top 50 Thought Leader in Personal Excellence by Leadership Excellence

Bruce is co-author of From Chaos to Coherence: The Power to Change Performance and lead author of the Harvard Business Review article entitled “Pull the Plug on Stress”. He is also co-author of “An Inner Quality Approach to Reducing Stress and Improving Physical and Emotional Wellbeing at Work”, published in the journal Stress Medicine.

Bruce is currently writing a book entitled Renaissance Human.

Bruce blogs for Huffington Post, Real Leaders, MindBodyGreen, Project Happiness, and Collective Evolution.

His heart-based and scientifically-supported leadership, coaching and mentoring skills have been honed through more than 30 years as an executive, executive coach, a mentor to visionary entrepreneurs, as well as adjunct faculty at Stanford Business School and other global leadership programs.

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