Do you feel listened to? Do you know how to listen to others? Listening with an open heart takes courage, lots of practice and humility. It's all about dialogue, the kind where we share each other's hearts and struggles and realize we can achieve real harmony among our differences. After all, we are all human. It's about developing empathy, not sympathy, and really caring for others. It's about creating safe spaces to tap into deep human wisdom and find commonality, and strengthen our ties. It's all about trust. Who needs to be listened to the most? Millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha of course.

We humans have a tough time of it. When everything seems to be going great, it is easy to get swayed, thinking this "honeymoon" will last forever. The same goes when everything seems to suck. In this episode, Carla and Arlaana talk about the Buddhist concept of the Eight Winds: prosperity versus decline; prestige (reputation) versus humiliation; praise versus criticism; and, finally, pleasure versus pain. We examine each of these using examples from our own lives and discuss what we can do to stop getting swayed and influenced by our environment: to be firmly rooted so that we are not toppled by any "wind" that comes along.

In this episode, Carla interviews Chuck Black, former owner and four-star chef of The Gallery Café and Restaurant on Edisto Island, SC (and former owner of Arlaana Restaurant on Daniel Island, SC) and how he achieved what seemed impossible: starting up a restaurant with his wife with hardly any funds, no experience, no formal culinary training, and, most of all, NO KITCHEN. Chuck was able to accomplish the unthinkable: serving four-star meals with just four microwaves and an oven "on an island in the South", proving that sometimes the most challenging circumstances are the best to achieve your dreams.