Hello there fellow social masters of all things social. My name is Alex, I was born in Romania but grew up in Canada from a young age. Currently living in Montreal, but likely for not too much longer. I had a very religious upbringing but once I moved out, I got to be social for the first time in my life. I was attending social events, toastmasters, improv classes, I even did standup comedy once. Before all of this I was basically a basement dwelling kid who played video games all day. Similar to John Cooper's story in his book, I was naturally learning through play and self-expression, until I unfortunately came across The Game, and suddenly believed there was some special way you had to be. I wasted quite a bit of my life learning a million different things that I had not needed in the past. After a recent layoff from a job I had for 10 years, I met John in Budapest and noticed how much we had in common as far as our histories and understandings, so I was excited to see what kind of people he brings together in this community.

Hi Social Heartists! I'm Julian and I'm the producer of this program and also did all the videography. I did John's program about 9 years ago, and found it be beneficial and life changing and helped me to remove a barrier between me the "outer" world and be more connected in life. I'm most well known for my work in the psychedelic world and I also produced this documentary a couple of years ago. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26922538 My main advice to do the whole program, don't skip anything! Go through it bit by bit and reflect on what comes up for you! These are just a few of my videos I shot on my iphone recording my thoughts and insights when I went through most of the program exercises in November in Tallinn, Estonia last year. With the exercise sitting on the bench saying Hello, I orginally clocked it at 15 minutes, and it was quite chilly, but I enjoyed it so much I did for half an hour!