Deep Sit Podcast

Part 1 - Hard Work:   Today I'm kicking off my interview series with Atz Kilcher. I felt like I sat down with someone, who at the age of 70, with perhaps nothing left to prove, is on the brink of discovering the true or perhaps ultimate meaning and purpose of his life.    Atz is the son of Alaskan homesteaders, gaining unexpected fame late in life on reality TV on the series Alaska: The Last Frontier, and of course he is father to Jewel Kilcher, one of the greatest singer-songwriters of our time.  But amazingly, Atz might just now be hitting his stride in a way that is probably unimaginable to him. I don't need to go through his life story in the intro of course, that's pretty well-covered in the interview.  But before we jump in, you have to know that much if not most of Atz's adult life has been spent peeling back layers shame, regret, guilt, fear, anger, and anxiety.  These layers were constructed by years of mental and emotional trauma, not to mention physically demanding life of growing up on the famil