Sep 29, 2021

Fear comes to play an important role in an over-stimulated culture of entertainment such as ours. In this episode, we explore the nature of fear and its development in our society—how it breeds a lust for certainty and ultimately breeds polarization and tribalization. Specifically, we examine the role that the...

Sep 22, 2021

In this episode, we explore Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, which is even more relevant today than when first published in 1985. Its premise—that technology changes the way we experience the world and can diminish our ability to think—has profound implications for our over-stimulated culture. Indeed,...

Sep 15, 2021

We all have a winning strategy to get what we want in life: an unconscious formula for success. It’s part of being human. And yet we can get stuck or lost in our winning strategy. And winning strategies can be at the heart of imposter syndrome, self-doubt, and even self-loathing. In this episode, we explore what...

Sep 8, 2021

All humans develop strategies for survival, not just physically but psychologically and emotionally. These strategies become our automatic, and even if they make us miserable, we love the certainty and predictability that they give us. Nevertheless, as we grow older, the impulse to not simply survive but to thrive...