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• Try psychedelics. Access transcendence. | James Fadiman

  - **Psychedelics and Perception**: Using psychedelics is compared to being catapulted to the top of a mountain, rapidly expanding your awareness. It enhances your understanding of life’s complexity and challenges the limits of perception, much like learning new skills or traveling to new places. 🌄🌌 - **James Fadiman's Insight**: With over 60 years in psychedelic research, Fadiman discusses transpersonal psychology, a tool for exploring consciousness. It goes beyond conventional psychology, helping expand human awareness and understanding. 🧠🔍 - **Psychedelics as Tools for Growth**: Psychedelics open up consciousness by breaking patterns and allowing different parts of the brain to communicate. This can result in enhanced creativity, clarity, and a deeper understanding of relationships, especially in therapeutic settings. 🌈🎨 - **The Risks and Rewards**: Like any powerful tool, psychedelics can be dangerous if misused. Without support or understanding, the overwhelming expansion of consciousness can be terrifying. Caution and careful use are essential. ⚠️ - **Integration and Support**: After a psychedelic experience, the integration process helps individuals make sense of the overwhelming information. This is similar to helping someone adapt to a new culture, turning confusion into clarity. 🌱💡 - **Community Impact**: Psychedelics can enhance how individuals connect with others, breaking down personal barriers and fostering a greater sense of unity. Fadiman emphasizes that the experience of psychedelics is transformative, widening one’s universe. 🌍💬 Folllow this Podcast for daily Episodes -------------------------------10:23-30 ----------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• The #1 thing we’re afraid to talk about | Your Brain on Money

  We’re afraid to talk about money–and that costs us. Talking about money, especially how much you earn, is often considered taboo. But talking about money can sometimes be a good thing. It’s not exactly known why talking about money is taboo, but one hypothesis is that it highlights inequality or causes resentment. Depending on the culture, the comfort level of talking about money differs. Some companies are looking to open up the compensation conversation more. 0:00 The money taboo 1:59 The neuroscience of taboos 4:30 3 steps for breaking money anxiety The 3 steps: 1. Be truthful about your budget; don’t overspend to fit in with your group. 2. Investigate your feelings about money through journaling or in conversation with trusted friends or family. 3. Follow or join online groups that talk about aspects of money you are anxious or uncertain about. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Jewel: Clear perception is the way to psychological strength | Perception Box

  ‪@jewel‬ says denying the truth cost her years of her life. This is how she shifted her perception to see truth more clearly and regain her strength. “My number one job was to be a happy, whole human — not a human full of holes.” Jewel Kilcher, singer-songwriter, and visual artist, opens up about her childhood, the start of her career, and what makes Jewel, Jewel. After being discovered during a coffee shop gig in the 1990’s, folk singer Jewel began the life-long endeavor of being a performer. Jewel went on to gain worldwide recognition for her talent and creativity. But who is she at her core? What are her greatest fears, her deepest aspirations? In this interview, Jewel shares the personal struggles and triumphs that have shaped her, the importance of truth on her life and well-being, and the lessons she's learned along the way. Through this conversation, Jewel offers an up-close look into her journey, revealing the experiences and hard-won insights that have shaped her as both an artist and a person. ------------------------------------- About Jewel: Jewel Kilcher, known mononymously as Jewel, embodies the quintessential story of resilience and artistic integrity. From her humble beginnings in the rugged landscapes of Alaska to her rise as a multi-platinum recording artist, Jewel's journey is a testament to the transformative power of art. Homeless at 18, she honed her craft performing in coffee shops, blending folk, pop, and country influences with her ethereal voice and introspective songwriting. Her debut album, "Pieces of You," captured hearts worldwide, achieving remarkable commercial success while delivering profound, soul-stirring messages. Beyond music, Jewel's talents extend to poetry and acting, with her literary works and performances reflecting her deep empathy and authenticity. Jewel's commitment to social causes, including mental health advocacy and her foundation, the Inspiring Children Foundation, underscores her dedication to making a positive impact. In a world often dominated by transient fame, Jewel stands out as a beacon of enduring creativity and compassionate leadership. Folllow this Podcast for daily Episodes ------------------- ---------------------10:23-30 ----------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• The science of managing emotions without losing yourself

  Emotions are ancient, but your method for managing them doesn’t have to be. Psychologist and author Ethan Kross shares how modern science has given us surprising tools to manage our emotional reactions. From talking to yourself in the third person to building an ‘advisory board,’ Kross explains how small shifts in your regulation process can make a big impact on not just your own life, but on society as a whole. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Ethan Kross: Ethan Kross is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind. An award-winning professor and bestselling author in the University of Michigan’s top-ranked Psychology Department and its Ross School of Business, he studies how the conversations people have with themselves impact their health, performance, decisions and relationships. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About The Well Do we inhabit a multiverse? Do we have free will? What is love? Is evolution directional? There are no simple answers to life’s biggest questions, and that’s why they’re the questions occupying the world’s brightest minds. Together, let's learn from them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• What the darkest sky on Earth reveals about humanity | Dispatches from The Well Ep.1

  Are the answers to humanity’s biggest questions written in the stars? Our host Kmele Foster is on a journey to find out. Why are we here? What is our purpose? Are any of our scientific efforts actually adding up to important revelations? Does understanding our cosmic origins really contribute to humanity as a whole? We know what it’s like to be “street-level,” to understand our cities, our social behaviors, our day-to-day lives — but what happens if we look up? How does our understanding of humanity change when we raise our attention to the space beyond our skylines? These are the questions that our host Kmele Foster is exploring in this episode of The Well podcast. Helping Kmele along the way is Sean Dougherty, the director of ALMA Observatory in Northern Chile, home of Earth’s darkest skies and 50% of the world’s megatelecopes. If the answers to humanity’s questions are written in the stars, this observatory might be the one to translate them. --------------------------10:23-30 ----------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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