Wrench Lyfe

Wrench Lyfe Ep 27 - Perspectives and Nihilism

Wrench Lyfe Ep 26 - "The Science" vs science and the return of MEATOBER

Wrench Lyfe Ep - 24 - DM - Don't Get Sucked Into the Culture War

Why would you celebrate Christmas? Do you beleive in God or Jesus? Is it a tradition? A tradition of what? Did you earn Christmas? What makes one "earn" Christmas?Why not?I believe we MUST live forthright with the world. We must strive to be as honest with yourself as possible. To fill our proper place in the world. And manifest the best ME we can be by projecting that honest outwardly as well as inward. This means searching out our pitfalls. Identifying our weaknesses and trying out best to fill in those gaps. If we are honest with ourselves and each other this is growing processes which ends are beyond what we can imagine. This also means being honest about our strengths as well. We've been trained to believe being honest about one's strengths in vain and pretentious. It may very well be. BUT we are all striving to be honest AND you're incorrect about the capacity or competence others would point that out. Lastly, in line with this conversation. WE MUST BE willing to deny ourselves that which we didn't earn. That which we do not deserve nor earned nor are entitled to.

Wrench Lyfe Ep 22 - Blaise Returns, Meatober recap. No rest November recap Catching up with Blaise Mindful Moments Excerpt from Ludwig Von Mises "Liberalism"

Wrench Lyfe Ep 21 Meatober updates Mindful Moments passage from Douglas Murrays "The Madness Of Crowds" Intro to No Rest November Food rule 13

MEATOBER week 4 & Election QuestionsPart 1: Meals and FeelsPart 2: Election questions and how/why you should vote or not vote.Part 3: Michael Pollan food rule #12

Wrench Lyfe Ep 19 - MEATOBER week three. Part one: Meals and activities Part two:. Mindful Moments. A quote from Carl Jung's "Modern Man In Search Of A Soul" Part three: Week three general thought feelsings. Part four: Michael Pollan food rule #11

Part one, Meals and activities.Part two, Mindful Moments. Quote breakdown from "The Federalist Papers" essay 41.Part three, Feelings and thoughts on activities and performance.Part four, Food rule #10 from Michael Pollan's "Food Rules".Much of my beef has been sourced from McCann's Meats http://www.mccannslocalmeats.com/

Wrench Lyfe Ep 17 -Meatober Week 1 Updates part 1 Updates, meals & activies Part 2 Mindful Moments part 3 General thoughts and feelings part 4 Food Rule #9

Wrench Lyfe Ep 16 - MEATOBERhttps://www.wrenchlyfe.com/https://carnivoremd.com/book/https://www.sacredcow.info/bookFound my fitness Sulforaphane video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz4YVJ4aRfgVilhjalmur Stefansson WIKI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhjalmur_Stefansson

Wrench Lyfe Ep 15 - The World is Not on FireWelcome back to wrenchlyfe.This episode is brought to you by every second you waste staring at your fucking phone.By every moment you let slip through your feeble fingers with complacency and arrogance.For every paradox and contraction in your character that you cant see, and Trust me everyone else can see it.Do i sound bitter? Its because i am.This podcast is brought to you by the fire that burns in your heart. The fire you seldom feel anymore. The fire you wish you still had.The fire that fueled the teenage angst that made your first loves as just sweet as the heartache and bitterness then eventually manifested into.The fire that inspired transcription of words that can bring tears to your eyes,The fire that makes you want pack your fist full of hate and take a swing at the world.The fire that when hardnessed, stoked, and controlled can change the world.And in fact, its the only thing that ever has.it starts with you.Your mind, your body, your soul.It starts with Your mental and physically health progressing one step at a timeWe live in time like all times when the bravest thing you can do is speak the truth. Use your eyes and your logic. I pray you don't fall victim to groupthink, mob mentality, or toxic ideologyWelcome back my friends. I hope your well.I recorded the following podcast at Wilmington Notch in the Adirondacks. I pulled over, lugged my gear into the woods and finally got this shit off my chest.This is certainly not me at my best. I spoke from the top of my head. I was not as clear as i needed to be, but it is what it is. Its me, its us, its wrenchlyfe.This is progression based mental health. We must accept how imperfect and flawed we are in order to make as steps forward.In the following podcast, or rant, or cry for help, whatever you will call it.I sound lost, worried, and scared. The political climate has left on walking on egg shells far too often. I hear in my voice a lost child, scared about the future.I feel like the 8 year boy sitting quietly in the livingroom, a tear forming in the corner of their eye as his parents scream at each other in the kitchen. The storm is coming inBut in this situation the kitchen is american politics, the livingroom where i am trying to live my best life and we? We are both the lost boy and the screaming parents.I am fearful of the collateral damage.Id say enjoy, but what i really mean is think about it.

Wrench Lyfe Ep 14 - Mouthwash and politicsSeason 2 & new formatMouthwash and cardiovascular healthhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190903111242.htmPolitical compasshttps://www.politicalcompass.org/testMedia bias

Wrench Lyfe Ep 13 - Trail Markers and Faith SystemsOn location podcast, sorry for the poor quality audio.This podcast didn’t come out as good as I hoped but in true Wrench Lyfe fashion… it’s all about progress.

Today we bid adieu to our beloved co-host Blaise.Blaise is leaving Rochester to pursue his culinary career in Chicago at the famous restaurant Alinea.We also talk about Blaise's move to begin taking an SSRI.https://www.alinearestaurant.com/

Wrench Lyfe Ep 11 -"The Happiness Hypothesis"Read this book!https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Happiness-Hypothesis-Audiobook/B07D5HTRPZ?qid=1561124993&sr=1-1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=MBSEDG8YTY47HY9SJQBN&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Hypothesis-Finding-Modern-Ancient/dp/0465028020/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3B9PD7BRYY1SS&keywords=the+happiness+hypothesis+by+jonathan+haidt&qid=1561125026&s=gateway&sprefix=the+happiness+h%2Caps%2C212&sr=8-1

Wrench Lyfe DM1 - Get Your Shit Together/time managment

Wrench Lyfe Ep 9 - Mind over matter - Diversity of ThoughtToday we rant about how important it is understand your biases and being open to opposing opinion. What you need to know most is where you least want to look.

Wrench Lyfe Ep 8 - OBIRT MicronutrientsRetouch macro mico ND and BA and RDARecap a Kale exampleWhy they are importantMomentsList micros with details

Wrench Lyfe Ep 7 - Blaise background & millennials

Wrench Lyfe Ep 6 - Count your macros broToday outlineRoughly touch on nutrient density (ND) and Bioavailability (BA)Break down of what we can do with some research and the info in today's podcast.Mindful MomentsMacros- Carbs/sugar, Protein, and Fats

Wrench Lyfe Ep 5 - "The Omnivore's Dilemma"We discuss and outline what is possibly the best food book to start your journey from.https://michaelpollan.com/books/the-omnivores-dilemma/

FreudMind of Matter or MOM podcastYour mind, or perspective isn't reality. It’s a tool, a filter through which the internal and external world is strained. Getting more perspective is add new tools to your psychological tool kit, like a colorblind person getting color correcting glasses for the first timeWe will start the Mind Over Matter series (MOM) by outlining the fathers of psychology Jung, Nietzsche, Adler, and today we start with Freud.SectionsLevels of the psycheAnalogies for themWhat a Self defense mechanism is according to FreudThe 3 types of anxiety as defined by FreudWhat types of defense mechanisms there are in Freud's veiwAnd then my take on themTHE IDunconscious that seek pleasureBlind desire, detached, basic primal instincts, impulsive, satisfactoryIt is the Horse to the riderTHE EGO“self” taking account for the unconscious, mediating the balance being pain and pleasure, the body and the mind, and realityTHE SUPEREGO“the conscience of mind”Emerging around 5 or 6 years old this is the developed filter of real life regarding implementations of right and wrong.Split further into “the ideal self” and “consciousness”The concince contains ideals and morals the exist within society that prevent people from acting out based on their internal desiresThe ideal self contain images of how people ought to behave according to societal idealsSelf IDeal is a borrow term from Freud's predecessor Alfred Adler who we will doing a podcast on later. Adler say the selfideal as the ideal self. Makes sense right. The best person you could be. Or God in a christian viewID solitary vicious wild beastEGO collaborative wild beast like wolvesSUPEREGO based in familial, cultural, religious, social software.ID raw components of a computerEGO operating softwareSUPER EGO web browser and google's search engine algorithm.Society is the internet**Freud claimed we hold Self Defense mechanisms to protect a favorable or preferred view of ourselves. Not to be confused with the “ideal self within the SUPEREGO. Each part the ID EGO and SUPEREGO will conflict with each other from time to time. This is where self defence mechanism manifest, most commonly as anxietyFreud identified 3 types of anxiety .Reality Anxiety, Neurotic Anxiety, & Moral AnxietyReality Anxiety is the most basic and is of the EGO. Getting hurt. PainNeurotic Anxiety comes from an unconscious fear that the basic impulses of the id will take control of the person, leading to eventual punishment from expressing the ids desiresMoral anxiety comes from the superego. It appears in the form of a fear of violating values or moral codes, and appears as feelings like guilt or shame.Anxiety occurs and the you attempt to find a rational way of escaping it using defense mechanism. These are ways that the ego develops to help deal with the id and the superego. Defense mechanisms often appear unconsciously and tend to distort or falsify reality. When the distortion of reality occurs, there is a change in perception which allows for a lessening in anxiety resulting in a reduction of tension within one's experiences. Sigmund Freud noted a number of ego defenses1) Denial- believing that what is true is actually falseDating someone who sucks and you stay with them. You know they sucks but you turn a bling eye on it as defence mechanism from the anxiety of breaking up2) Displacement- taking out impulses on a less threatening targetUpset at work and you take it out on your romantic partner rather than facing and resolving the issue3) Intellectualization- avoiding unacceptable emotions by focusing on the intellectual aspectsAnalyzing aspect of your situation that are as far from the core of emotion. That could be think about the FACT that she cheated on you but not the fact that she was WILLING to because YOU fell short.4) Projection- attributing uncomfortable feelings to others VERY COMMONObviously this is the blame game. Its Mom’s fault, Its her faultCarl Jung Agreed “Projection is one the commonest psychic phenomena, Everything that is unconscious in ourselves we discover in our neighbour, we treat them accordingly” Archaic ManThis is huge. Verd often the things we dislike in ourselves we dislike in others. We are blind to see it in ourselves, we deny it.5) Rationalization- creating false but believable justificationsTied to intellectualization. I quit my job because my boss treated my poorly and not think that he was harsh on you because you were performing poorly6) Reaction Formation- taking the opposite belief because the true belief causes anxietyBURN IT TO THE GROUND. Fighting with my partner… so lets break up. Also phonemons like Stockholm syndrome“Little man syndrome” often think they are bigger than they are7) Regression- going back to a previous stage of developmentIn response to the anxiety of a promotion or added responsibility at work you choose to regress to another position or job below your current position to avoid that anxiety“Choosing” to be single because of the anxiety of a relationship8) Repression- pushing uncomfortable thoughts out of conscious awareness9) Suppression- consciously forcing unwanted thoughts out of our awarenessDenying a promotion because you deny your own abilityPeople who don't want to think about their loved ones dying.10) Sublimation- redirecting ‘wrong’ urges into socially acceptable actions. These defenses are not under our conscious control and our unconscious will use one or more to protect one's self from stressful situations. They are natural and normal and without these, neurosis develops such as anxiety states, phobias, obsessions, or hysteria.These are the good ones. Stress relievers and stress managers.Working out your anger ect ectProjection can be a useful tool for your meditation space. We should strive to be critical of what we dislike and project onto others, extract it from the physical world and reintegrate it into our mind into something closer to conscious awareness. This is hard. This can be damn near impossible if your still deep in neurosis.On the contrast if you are too deep into projection it is its own neurosis.You will constantly be looking for scapegoats to project on and mostly likely to be a loved one.I think we can all relate to thisUltimately you push them away. then what? Look within at what Jung calls “the shadow” or find another.Keep doing this and eventually you learn it's easier and more safer (from your shadow) to (get ready for this) its easier to project on to an entry group of people as your scapegoat.t the choice is simple. You're served an solution, your giving a nice white screen to project on.#collectivism #identitypolitics #intersectionality #reactionaryfeminism #blacklivesmatter #bluelivesmatter** It is important to note that not all defense mechanisms are entirely negative. The political statements are generally about the abstraction humans into groups and NOT about the specifics of the political issue**Projection primes your for collective ideology. When offered a group to project on and a group to join in that projection, history tell us we join.Some love to blame the majority of war on religion, i offer projection.We must be honest with ourselves.We mustt be honest without ourselves in order to be honest with othersWe must be honest with outselves BEFORE we can be honest with othersWe must embrace our shadow.In our next podcast we will dive into the psychology of the great Carl JungThe individuation process with includes the ShadowJung believed if we didn't answer answer the projection of the shadow on an individual level then the only outcome would be WarsEnd Jung qoute from Visions: Notes of the Seminars Give between 1930 and 1934“Modern people, are ignorant of what they really areWe have simply forgotten what a human being really is,So we have men like Nietzsche and Freud, and Adler, who tell us what we are quite mercilessly.We have to discover our shadow. Otherwise we are driven into a world war in order to see what beasts we really are”

Wrench Lyfe Ep 3 "The Great Problem"The idea of a normal man, perfectly healthy, is in itself an illusion. All mankind is liable to illness for we are not our own masters. Carl Jung This podcast attempts to breakdown what we call “The Great Problem” with an economic analogy. We replace money with goals, markets with free thought/values , socialism with idealistic indoctrination, and “The American Dream” with Wrench Lyfe.Enjoy

Wrench Lyfe Ep 2 Dave’s BackgroundThis is part of the Intro to Wrench Lyfe seriesTo lay a solid foundation for where the Wrench Lyfe philosophy Dave’s gives and overview of his life and the events that shaped it. Broken down as follows3 Key factors of my being3 Key factor of my story3 And key events in my lifeBEING: Deep sense of purpose that made me feel I was different, my Dad, long term identity struggleSTORY: Tichotomy of family life, BMX origession based sports, quest for knowledge fueled by my father and that feeling.EVENTS: Deterioration of family as a global “event”, My move to Rochester, The collapse of the only positive relationship I've ever had.”Key Topics touched in this: Depressions, social anxiety, gender dysphoria, addiction, alcoholism, death, and suicidefor more info or to donate to the podcast visit www.wrenchlyfe.comFor help/support/advice contact us at wrenchyourlyfe@gmail.com

Intro to Wrench LyfeMeet Dave and BlaiseIdeology vs philosophyMental and physical health intserctionsGoals and Values

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