177: MINISODE #56: How to Avoid Becoming a Cynical Mess
This week I'll be discussing what the movie "Poor Things" taught me about avoiding the magnetic pull of cynicism.
26 Feb 20241h 11min
176: MINISODE #55 the moving power of reconciliation
Sometimes finding the desire to forgive and to enter the process of reconciliation is one of the hardest things imaginable. But it is precisely that difficulty that makes it one of the most transformative and healing things in the human experience.
16 Feb 20241h 26min
175: BIPOLAR DISORDER with Alyson Donaldson
When I was 9 years old my big sister was hospitalized as the result of a manic episode. This was how I first learned about mental illness and the ways an untreated brain can turn on a person and distort their reality. Today my sister is a beautiful success story and she shares her journey with us!
19 Jan 20241h 15min
174: MINISODE #54 the best & worst of 2023
A subjective year-end recap, People Pleaser style.
2 Jan 20241h 41min
173: MINISODE #53: Cheering for Catastrophe
It's about to be an election year. We need to have a tough chat about that.
18 Dec 20231h 16min
172: MINISODE #52: moving beyond the first thought
Trying to move beyond our first, often defensive and instinctive thoughts, so that we can find the humanity in our discourse and hear each other better.
10 Dec 20231h 11min
171: MINISODE #51: Carl Jung, Mother God, and the reliably destructive nature of the human ego
Anybody else watch that mother god doc? We're gonna talk about it. And more specifically we're gonna talk about why humans have such a hard time understanding what god is and how to use the concept of god for good.
1 Dec 20231h 42min
170: MINISODE #50: the power of rituals
We're back!! And my mustache is gone! And we're getting back into a philosophical chat like the good ole days. This time we'll be talking about rituals. Welcome back to the show!
24 Nov 20231h 24min
