Joe Quade is one of the most vivacious and life-filled humans I know. In this episode we talk about playfulness, peak experiences, facing your fear, living, loving, and dying.    Joe shares some incredible stories about overcoming illness, going to jail,  his career as a professional party-thrower, and drinking a beer with thousands of penguins!    Follow Joe on IG @quade_bam   If You Enjoy The Thought Room Please Subscribe and Give Us a 5-Star Rating ★★★★★ and Review on Apple Podcasts. Topics Explored:  4:00 Who Joe is and what he is currently doing in the world 5:00 Staying connected to our inner child 9:00 How play and creativity helps remove fear from our lives  14:00 How we can cultivate more play into our lives 19:00 The power of turning everything in your life into a story  25:00 The wild, over-the-top events that Joe creates for a living 29:00 How shifting your energy shifts the energy of the spaces you’re in and the things you create 33:00 The power of doing things in stages and removing distractions  36:30 Practices to remain present when we are listening to others  39:30 A near-death story from Joe’s life and what he learned 45:00 What we can learn from love and how we can open back up after experiencing pain 48:30 Letting ourselves feel the full breadth of emotions  53:00 Another incredible story from Joe’s life 61:00 What Joe would tell his grandkids on his deathbed 64:00 How to connect with Joe Subscribe to The Thought Room:  Apple | https://tinyurl.com/qp3mqnp Spotify | https://tinyurl.com/wxyzmdw Stitcher | https://tinyurl.com/wrxv39g Connect with Joe Quade Instagram | @quade_bam     Connect with Hallie Rose: Thought Room IG | https://www.instagram.com/thoughtroompodcast/  Hallie Rose IG | https://www.instagram.com/hallie_rosebud/ Twitter | https://twitter.com/ThoughtRoomPod YouTube |http://bit.ly/ThoughtRoomYouTube  Website | www.thoughtroompodcast.com  Email | thoughtroompodcast@gmail.com    Sign up for the TRP Newsletter | www.thoughtroompodcast.com    HELP SUPPORT THIS SHOW!    → SUBSCRIBE:  Apple Podcasts +  Spotify + Stitcher +  Google Podcasts     → LEAVE A SHORT APPLE PODCASTS REVIEW:  Would you please consider leaving a typed review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? Even a one or two words! It takes less than 60 seconds and really makes a difference in helping to land prominent guests! (https://tinyurl.com/qp3mqnp)    →  SHARE: Spread the word! Share an episode, or tag @thoughtroompodcast on social media--tell us what you liked about this episode!   DONATE:  Patreon | https://www.patreon.com/thoughtroom Paypal: paypal.me/thoughtroompodcast  Venmo | Send a send a one-time gift via Venmo @hallierose   ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Special thanks to Emmy-Award winning composer Kodomo (Chris Child) for allowing us to use his brilliant track Concept 1 as our theme song.  ______________________________________   The Thought Room is a combination of edge-of-your-seat storytelling and groundbreaking interviews with celebrated thought-leaders like Erick Godsey and many more from around the world. Recorded everywhere from hotel rooms in New York City, to a camper van in Maine; from the coastal forests of Costa Rica, to a picnic blanket amongst grapes in a vineyard in Sedona—host Hallie Rose captures rich, face-to-face interviews and intimate storytelling in a variety of eccentric locations. From musicians to mathematicians, life coaches to psychonauts, PhDs to professional athletes—we’ll invite them all to step into the Thought Room to spill their stories and share their most distilled wisdom. The show covers a breadth of topics including psychology, spirituality, sex & relationships, psychedelics, ayahuasca, non-violent communication, law of attraction, bio-hacking, fitness, nutrition, alternative health, personal development, business & entrepreneurship, mindfulness, yoga, and meditation.   Quotes from my guests on Psychedelics: “Psychedelics are like a direct portal to the Psyche” - Erick Godsey “What my experience with