The Jeffrey Van Dyk Show

Dr. Gary Salyer is a longtime friend and neo reichian relationship mentor and attachment theory expert. One of the aspects of his work that’s always fascinated me is around the 6 rights that Wilhelm Reich said that every human must have “installed” to be fully functioning, powerful contributors in society. In this episode we discuss each of those six rights in detail, examining their impact on love, life and business… including wha...

I’ve heard a ton of ideas on culture change and creating inclusive dialogue, but nothing so well thought-out, creative and scalable as this.

Jennifer Graham is a visionary “conversation cultivator” and the Founder and CEO of Inclusivv, a visionary culture change company.  She spent years running TEDxAtlanta, but got frustrated by the 1-way dialogue. She wanted to move from me-to-you “ideas worth spreading” to a conversation th...

If you’re a woman who has ever felt like nobody is listening to you, or that you’re crazy, or that you’re being gaslit, this episode is for you. Elizabeth Lesser is a woman of profound wisdom, quiet power and keen insight. She is the author of several bestselling books, including her newest book Cassandra Speaks: When Women are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes, which reveals how humanity has outgrown its origin tales and h...

I’ve spent my professional career pioneering the relationship between core wounds and marketing, but this interview with Dr. Mario Martinez was one I didn’t see coming! He has pioneered the direct link between your emotional wounds and your immune response, with credible research evidence to back it up. He’s a true visionary who blew my mind with his research and the emotional “antidotes” to negative immune responses in the body.

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Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. He is the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, PEN/Malamud Award, Dayton Literary Peace Prize,...

Emma is a mental health pioneer, bringing the work of mental health to the center of corporate environments, with a particular emphasis on supporting traditionally marginalized people. Early in Emma’s own career, her struggles with depression and anxiety seemed to culminate on dreaded Sundays. Writing was a huge part of her healing journey, and she started sharing her stories on her blog Survingsundays.com and @surviving_sun...

Dr. Rachel Yehuda PhD is a highly respected leader and true pioneer in the field of epigenetics, intergenerational trauma, and the use of psychedelic-assisted therapies. A few years ago, a Dr Yehuda released a groundbreaking study on the children of Holocaust survivors, demonstrating how the lessons from trauma to be passed down intergenerationally, through markers in the genes. We talk about the implications of that on our society...

I’ve always been fascinated by the nature of TIME. What is it? Does it even exist? How can a new understanding of time help leaders get off the treadmill of constant quest to succeed? And what about connecting with loved ones who have passed? Are we really doing that when we feel our ancestors are near? This week’s episode is a little different for me because I’m not talking with a spiritual teacher about these things - I’m talking...

James Trapp exemplifies overcoming adversity. The oldest of eight children, he was abandoned by his birth mother during his formative years. Nevertheless, he attended Princeton University, and became a successful criminal defense attorney in South Florida. It all came crumbling down when he became addicted to drugs while defending some nefarious Miami Vice types. He lost everything and at his lowest moved into a halfway house where...

John Wolfstone is a burgeoning leader on a mission to help revitalize adulthood initiation rites of passage in a modern context. We talk about the need for adult initiation, the role they can play in our contemporary lives, and how they support leaders in learning to trust themselves with power, so they can use it honorably. We also discuss The Sacred Matrix, a feature length documentary film John is releasing this year about the w...

In this episode I speak with Lori Leyden, PhD, MBA, a deeply thoughtful, internationally known trauma healing professional, transformational leader and spiritual mentor. She has done collective trauma work around the world, working with genocide survivors in Rwanda, Aboriginal and refugee communities in Australian, and post school shooting communities in Sandy Hook, Connecticut and Parkland, Florida. Lori says that if we want to ch...

How do we get more people’s voices heard - especially in corporate environments where power usually stays concentrated at the top? That’s a question that Patrice Gordon is helping to address with a novel approach to “reverse mentorship.” Typically reverse mentorship is when a junior employee mentors a senior leader in an organization. Patrice is using it specifically to address power inequity, giving People of Color, LGBTQ peole an...

Murray Hidary is an entrepreneur and visionary musician who left the world of businesses on Wall Street in his 40’s to create whole new worlds for us with MindTravel, which are transformational experiences, delivered musically. Murray is a deep thinker and gifted pianist who crafted this whole new form of meditation with immersive, live performances of his provocative, real-time compositions at the piano. We talk about leaving Wall...

Do you want to know how to get people to listen to you, follow you, trust you and work with you? You have to be ‘likeable.’ It’s the quality that this week’s guest, Steven Goldstein, says causes people to get “Turned On” by you. He should know - he’s put people in front of the camera for Oprah and on the witness stand in front of congress.

Steven is a change-agent and civil rights leader who has worked as a television producer for ...

Susan Stiffelman is one of the most genuine, caring, insightful leaders I know, and a trailblazer in the world of conscious parenting. She has pioneered the work of using parenting as a doorway into your own growth and development, supporting parents in raising conscious leaders of our future. She is the author Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm and Connected and Parenting Wit...

Martin Rutte is one of the most daring visionaries I know, willing to ask the questions no one else dares to ask. He has a rich background as a corporate consultant and co-authored the New York Times bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work. His newest book is: Project Heaven on Earth: The 3 simple questions that will help you change the world … easily. He says that we all innately know Heaven on Earth, and has the audacity to...

Dan Petroski is a visionary winemaker and change agent in Napa Valley. He left a promising publishing career at Time Inc. to become a winemaker, and just over a decade later, was named ‘Winemaker of the Year’ by the San Francisco Chronicle. He has crafted perfect 100-point score wines and had his wines named in the ‘Top 100 Wines of the Year’ by Wine Enthusiast… just to name a few accolades. But it’s his pioneering voice on climate...

There are few people I know who can effectively build bridges between the least likely among us, but my friend Rich Tafel is one of them. He’s a strategist working on the frontlines of social change in the areas of faith, politics, and business. We talk about how and why he founded the Log Cabin Republicans in the 90s (an effort to work inside the party to affect change and get AIDS funding passed by the national government). We ta...

Often called the ‘new’ Orange Is the New Black, Chandra Bozelko is an award-winning writer and thought leader on matters related to criminal justice reform. As a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University who was in the middle of postgraduate study (law and public health), Chandra was an unlikely inmate. She was arrested on identity theft charges that remain on appeal, and served more than six years at the York Correctional I...