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https://youtu.be/Ff78OyGNA40 Podcast audio: This sample class by Gena Gorlin is based on the full-length ARU course of the same name. The full course explores the major schools of thought, methods of inquiry, and empirical findings taught in a typical introduction to psychology course. But it explores how to understand and evaluate these theories, methods, and findings from an Objectivist perspective. Students learn how Objectivism can help us consume and get personal value from existing work in psychology, even when it is deeply flawed philosophically. The sample class will feature a selection of topics drawn from the full ARU course. Recorded live on June 16 in Anaheim, CA as part of OCON 2024.

https://youtu.be/ZhqJzc75qeI Podcast audio: A new ARI podcast series, ARI Bookshelf, gives you a window into ARI's educational programs by showcasing our faculty as they discuss books of recent interest. This episode discusses Kennon M. Sheldon's book Freely Determined. Panelists include Ben Bayer, Jason Rheins, Greg Salmieri, and Gena Gorlin. Freely Determined offers a psychologist's case against popular forms of determinism and argues that mental health depends on a belief in one's agency. Our panelists examine Sheldon's arguments and positions from a wider philosophical perspective and indicate its strengths and weaknesses. They find value in his answers to scientific arguments for determinism but question his account of motivation. They also discuss the value of psychological research and the relationship between philosophy and the sciences. The discussion covered: Panelists' general take on the book; The history of arguments for and against free will; How mental health may depend on a belief in one's agency; The book's distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation; The book's vague conceptualization of the self; Why progress in psychology is messy. The video with the episode was originally released on September 10, 2024.

https://youtu.be/1fLxvFQCScA Podcast audio: Philosophy is for living. But how do you get the most value out of your philosophy? This is a question the panelists have been exploring from a variety of perspectives, ranging from psychology to moral philosophy to personal development. Gena Gorlin, Tara Smith, Tal Tsfany, and Don Watkins, shared their thoughts on how to leverage Objectivism for success and happiness, addressing questions such as “What are common struggles people face in trying to live by Objectivism?” and “What are underappreciated aspects of Ayn Rand's philosophy that can empower people to enjoy life more?” Recorded live on June 15 in Anaheim, CA as part of OCON 2024.

A coffee conversation turned into a deep exploration and personal obsession about how we shape our world and how it shapes us. I had to invite my partner in that conversation, Dr. Gena Gorlin, on to the podcast to bring her perspective as a psychologist, professor, and founder coach to examine the interplay between agency, innovation, ecosystems, and technology.  Episode HighlightsAgency Mindset and Personal Choice Technology Impact on Human Agency Education Evolution in an AI World Gaming as a Window into Human Potential AI Tools for Self Discovery Understanding Innovation Ecosystems Psychology of City Culture Ecosystem Metacognition Principles Building Better Innovation CommunitiesWhat's Next Austin?"Really embracing Austin as this up and coming entrepreneurial cultural hub and participating in that evolution is something that I'm now way more excited about than I even was before"Gena Gorlin: Substack, X/Twitter, Founder Coaching, UT Austin Faculty Page -------------------Austin Next Links: Website, X/Twitter, YouTube, LinkedInEcosystem Metacognition Substack

Have you ever caught yourself making a decision about money—big or small—and thought, Wait. Whose voice is that in my head? Is this really me? Or is it the voice of my parents, a professor, society, or maybe even fear? Dr. Gena Gorlin understands this deeply and has spent significant time unraveling this pattern of thinking. As a clinical psychologist specializing in the needs of ambitious builders—especially founders—she helps them break free from limiting voices and mental scripts that keep them stuck. In this episode of 50 Fires, Carl and Gena explore the complex relationship between creativity, entrepreneurship, and ethics. They discuss the motivations behind building—whether for good or ill—and the moral implications of profit in business. Their conversation delves into the spiritual aspects of entrepreneurship, emphasizing the connection between financial success and personal values. They also reflect on how spending habits reveal deeper beliefs and the pressures founders face from venture capitalists, ultimately advocating for a more humane approach to business relationships. The episode concludes with insights on teaching future generations about the true purpose of money and the importance of living a fulfilled life. For more visit https://genagorlin.com/ —----------------------------- Follow 50 Fires on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/50firespod/ Please direct business inquires to: blindnilaudio@magnolia.com -------------------------------- Cover Art: Josh Passler - TheFinArtist.com Music Credits:  Alexandra Woodward / Rabbit Reggae / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Cody Francis / Wherever You're Going / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My guest today is Dr. Gena Gorlin, a psychologist specializing in the unique needs of the ultra-ambitious. Unlike many in her field. Gena doesn't aim to simply lift the floor of her clients' ambitions — she wants to raise the ceiling. In this episode, she breaks down the “Builder Mindset” - a way of thinking that empowers people to live to healthier, happier, and more fulfilled lives. Over on our Substack, we dig deeper into Gena's ideas, exploring the perils of perfectionism, the allure of complacency, and why psychological perfection might be more achievable than you think. Important Links: Gena's Website Building the Builders (Gena's Substack) Gena's Twitter Show Notes: The Unique Needs of the Ultra Ambitious Death is the Default The Rigid Authoritarianism of Your Inner Drill Sergeant The Sweet, Stagnant Embrace of the Zen Master Agency & the Enlightenment Historical Ignorance as a Bottleneck Human Beings as the Base Unit of Action Fight, Flight or Freeze How to Build a Builder Perfectionism is not Perfect What to Do When Surrounded by C Players Persistence, Passion & Personality Reframing FTW Gena as Empress of the World MORE! Books Mentioned: The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot of) Success in America; by John D. Gartner

Dr. Gena Gorlin⁠ is a clinical psychologist at UT Austin whose goal is to raise the ceiling on human potential.  I sat down with her to discuss how @ChatGPTapp has become a key tool in her quest for radical self-betterment. In this episode, she feeds ChatGPT a list of her old journal entries, and it conducts the most thorough and insightful annual review and goal-setting session you've ever seen:  It writes a personal biography for her, unpacking themes and key questions from each year of her life It helps her plan her year for 2024, aligning her focus and helping set goals It allows her to see her own blindspots and avoid common failure modes It predicts what the year might have in store for her It helps her be more ambitious and reach higher for the things she wants Ultimately, it acts as both a mirror and mentor for her—one that's always on, responds instantly, and can take on any personality or psychological modality that she needs. It's a mind-bending example of how ChatGPT can unlock your potential. If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share!  Want more? Dan is running a course with Dr. Gorlin called Maximize Your Mind With ChatGPT. It's a four-week cohort-based course marrying the cutting edge of AI with the best of what psychology knows about how to reach your potential.  Learn more: ⁠⁠https://maxyourmind.xyz⁠⁠ Want even more? Sign up for Dan's newsletter Every to unlock our ⁠⁠ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT⁠⁠. It's usually only for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free. To hear more from Dan Shipper: Subscribe to ⁠⁠Every⁠⁠ Follow him on ⁠⁠X⁠⁠ Timestamps: Introduction 00:18 An external hard drive for our brains 4:14 What is epistemic hygiene? 7:25 Upscaling with ChatGPT 12:25 Dan and Gena's brainstorming session 20:34 Gena uses ChatGPT to analyze her years-in-review 31:43 Outsourcing to ChatGPT 46:51 Pushing beyond “work-life balance” 53:36 Will ChatGPT replace therapists? 1:09:22 Building a new version of you 1:20:00 Links to resources mentioned in the episode: ⁠⁠In Defense of Radical Self-Betterment⁠⁠ ⁠⁠How to Use ChatGPT for Psychological Growth⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Gena's newsletter⁠⁠⁠

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TUNE IN TO LEARN:  Self-doubts are absolutely natural part of our mindset.  In fact, if you have zero self-doubts – you are a psycho.  “Am I good enough to pull this off?”  (Or I should just let someone smarter do it)  “Is my idea good enough?”  (Or it is a truly stupid idea that nobody needs)  Have you ever had these?  Normal!  Leaders and entrepreneurs you admire, creatives – they all have self-doubts, they just learn how to take action EVEN when they feel them.  It has to do with taking stock and gathering data.  It doesn't have to do with pumping up your ego with affirmations.  “Outwork your self-doubt” by Alex Hormozi, adopting a scientist's mindset from Dr Gena Gorlin and how I used these to moderate my first panel at Africacom Tech Fest last week.  You don't have to be a confident person to make BIG things happen.  You just have to have confidence in your abilities to figure it out.  Here's what you do to never allow doubts to stop you. 

TUNE IN TO LEARN:  Dr. Gena Gorlin  Professor of clinical psychology, founders' coach, currently living in Austin, Texas, US.  Having transitioned from her “past life” as an opera singer into psychology, Gena is dedicating her work to building the builders of this world – founders and alike.   BUILDERS: people taking on the hardest task – changing the world and making it better for the rest of us.  Gena is obsessed with understanding how the mind of the builder works, what the psychological needs of extremely ambitious are, and the best tools and strategies to help the most audacious people of this world to succeed on their mission, AND to thrive personally with their unique work-life balance, their unique set of priorities both in personal and professional life.  Please enjoy our wide-ranging conversation about the insides and navigation of the builder's mind!  Links to Gena's Work:   Website: https://genagorlin.com/   Blog: Building the Builders on Substack  Podcast:  The Founder's Mindset  Builder's Community:  https://www.gorlingroupcoaching.com/  Socials:   Twitter:  @Gena_I_Gorlin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/genagorlin/YouTube:  Gena Gorlin's ChannelFoundational Blogs and Articles:   - The Psychological Needs of Extremely Ambitious  - The Quest for Psychological Perfection  - 5 Steps to Earning Your Own Trust  - Vision or Delusion?  Support the showBrought to you by Angela ShurinaEXECUTIVE HEALTH, BRAIN, PRODUCTIVITY COACHChange in days - not in years!"

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer is joined by professor and clinical psychologist Gena Gorlin to discuss the widespread notion that “intellectual humility” is the rational antidote to dogmatism. Among the topics covered: How academic and popular defenders of reason have mixed up a legitimate concern for careful thinking methods with the illegitimate idea that nothing is certain; Why humility entails servility, despite failed attempts to reconcile it with the love of truth; Why intellectual ambitiousness demands working hard to attain knowledge; The difference between earned certainty, probability, and the false certainty claimed by religious mystics; How intellectual humility discourages people from being intellectually and professionally ambitious in their own lives; Why it is important to know when you are not certain, and how to deal with real uncertainty. Mentioned in this podcast and relevant to the discussion are “‘Intellectual Humility' Is a Cop-out” by Gena Gorlin, “The Old Morality of the New Religions” by Ben Bayer, and entries in the Ayn Rand Lexicon on humility and pride. This episode was recorded on May 24, 2023. Listen to the discussion below. Listen and subscribe from your mobile device on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. Watch archived podcasts here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g5bHpMuu-s Podcast audio:

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Having spent much of the past two years offering psychological support to entrepreneurs, Dr. Gorlin has witnessed how much support the most ambitious people need—even, sometimes especially, when they already have the right philosophy. This talk will recount what she has learned about the psychological needs and challenges of entrepreneurs, and what this has taught her about the work we all need to do on ourselves in order to build the lives and careers of our choosing. Recorded live on July 5, 2022 as part of the Objectivist Summer Conference.

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer interviews professor and clinical psychologist Gena Gorlin about the value of gratitude, possible misconceptions about it, and how it's being understood and implemented in psychology and psychotherapy. Among the topics covered: Gratitude and its role in psychological exercises within the gratitude movement; Whether these kinds of exercises are useful and valuable; How the psychological benefits of gratitude exercises depend on a purposeful orientation towards values; Why it's important to distinguish the good that comes from others from natural goods, such as a sunny day; Why the difference between gratitude, humility and pride in one's own achievements is important; Whether there's a point at which it's proper to stop expressing gratitude and start feeling angry about what's bad or unjust in life; The importance of acknowledging and learning from the achievements of others—including business entrepreneurs, which we benefit from; How some entrepreneurs internalize the culture's unjust attitude towards them and fail to appreciate what's good in them; Why we need to understand that gratitude is ultimately selfish. Mentioned in this podcast are Ayn Rand's novels Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. Also mentioned is Matt Bateman's essay “A Pedagogy of Gratitude.” The podcast was recorded on November 23, 2022. Listen to the discussion below. Listen and subscribe from your mobile device on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. Watch archived podcasts here. https://youtu.be/pULLJLqbD4E Podcast audio:

When you're someone who's as ambitious and driven as founders tend to be, it can be hard not to merge your personal identity with your company - despite all advice to the contrary. No-where has this been clearer than the conversations we've had this season of ‘The Founder's Mindset' .In this episode, Alice Bentinck and Gena Gorlin reflect on the insightful conversations we've had around entrepreneurship and personal identity. They share their learnings, including on how to deal with failure when it feels close to home; what motivates and inspires the most successful founders; how to reconcile differences in motivation between you and your co-founder; how to cope with stress; and how to build resilience. We hope you've found these conversations as valuable and thought-provoking as we have. Subscribe to The Founder's Mindset so you never miss an episode. This is a podcast from Entrepreneur First. Learn more at joinef.com Thank you to Woolly Mammoth Media for consulting on and producing the show.

What are the psychological building blocks that support a serial founder's journey from ideation to massive growth to acquisition, to building again—and again? On this special episode of The Founder's Mindset, Dr Gena Gorlin is joined by serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur Keith Schacht, who has founded and sold 4 technology companies. His latest, Mystery Science, was being used in over half of American elementary schools at the time of its acquisition by Discovery Education.  Now, he's working on world-changing venture number 5. He joins Gena for a candid discussion of how he stays anchored to reality during that elusive, early search for product-market fit; why and when he made the decision to sell his company; and how he approaches starting all over again. Gena and Alice then debrief to explore what other founders can learn from his experience. Subscribe to The Founder's Mindset so you never miss an episode. This is a podcast from Entrepreneur First. Learn more at joinef.com Thank you to Woolly Mammoth Media for consulting on and producing the show.

How do two very different co-founders reconcile—even leverage—their differences in motivation, temperament, and working style? Jack and Rob, the co-founders of social sports prediction platform Herd, join psychologist Dr. Gena Gorlin to explore the core ingredients of a functional co-founder relationship, and what they've done to turn their differences into a feature rather than a bug. Subscribe to The Founder's Mindset so you never miss an episode. This is a podcast from Entrepreneur First. Learn more at joinef.com Thank you to Woolly Mammoth Media for consulting on and producing the show.

Victor and Aswin, co-founders of Theo, have an ambitious goal: to revolutionise delivery using semi-autonomous robots. The team are moving at lightning pace. But it's not always been easy to get investors to buy into their bold vision of the future. They join psychologist Dr Gena Gorlin to explore how they've been able to keep their convictions strong in the face of all the noes. Gena and co-host Alice Bentinck reflect on the conversation throughout, pulling out valuable learnings for other ambitious founders. Subscribe to The Founder's Mindset so you never miss an episode. This is a podcast from Entrepreneur First. Learn more at joinef.com Thank you to Woolly Mammoth Media for consulting on and producing the show.

We're kicking off Season 2 with an extra-special episode, as Entrepreneur First's co-founders Alice Bentinck and Matt Clifford share what they've learned about themselves and their partnership over 10 years and $10B+ of portfolio value. In this season, we'll be featuring a wide range of guests from every stage of the founding journey, from pre-seed, to exit, and beyond. Through these conversations, we'll get inside the head and heart of our guests, extracting insights that you can apply to your own journey as we go. Today, Dr Gena Gorlin speaks with Alice, along with her co-founder Matt, to learn about their journeys as co-founders of Entrepreneur First. It's been ten years since they both left their jobs at McKinsey to start EF. Since, they've produced over 500 companies worth over $10B. In June 2022, Alice and Matt announced the raise of EF's $158M Series C to power the next generation of founders. So it doesn't look like things will be slowing down anytime soon. EF has become a world-leading authority in how to find the right co-founder and build a globally important company. But what about the co-founders of EF themselves? Has it always been smooth sailing for Matt and Alice? What have they learned about themselves and each other along the way? And how do you learn to trust somebody enough to build your life's work together? Subscribe to The Founder's Mindset so you never miss an episode. This is a podcast from Entrepreneur First. Learn more at joinef.com Thank you to Woolly Mammoth Media for consulting on and producing the show.

Selfishness, as Rand conceived it, is a demanding discipline: only by tending to one's character and nurturing one's psychological development can one become fully a rational, self-esteeming being capable of authentic happiness. This self-nurturance is a continuation, applied to oneself, of the work a good parent does in raising a child. This workshop will synthesize insights from psychology, Objectivism, and Montessori education and parenting to offer a practical approach for lovingly observing, managing and, when needed, changing one's own psychology.Recorded live as part of The Objectivist Conference on August 30, 2021.

Dr. Eugenia (Gena) Gorlin is an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology Psy.D. Program in the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. She received her B.S. in Psychology and Philosophy from Tufts University, her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Virginia, and her clinical internship training from the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She completed two years of postdoctoral training at Boston University, where she conducted experimental and clinical intervention research in the Translational Research Program and provided psychotherapy to anxious and depressed adults at the renowned Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD). She is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and related approaches to the treatment of anxiety, depression, and various concerns tied to motivation and goal pursuit. Learn more: https://genagorlin.com Chelsea Follett is the managing editor of Human​Progress​.org, a project of the Cato Institute that seeks to educate the public on the global improvements in well‐​being by providing free empirical data on long‐​term developments. Learn more: https://www.cato.org/people/chelsea-follett

From Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to Vitalik Buterin and the unknown Satoshi Nakamoto, some of the most influential and impactful people in the world are the founders of startups. These people have the courage and vision to embark upon uncertain ventures which permanently change the world. But, though much is written about how they approach business or stay productive, much less time is spent on understanding how they function psychologically. Tonight's guest is among the leading experts in just this subject. Gena Gorlin decided to pursue psychology after realizing that her ambition in life was to discover how to enable people to achieve greatness in theirs. Today, she is a professor and licensed psychologist in NYC, where she unites art, science, philosophy, teaching, and practice in the common aim of helping people become their noblest, most sublimely joyful selves. If you enjoy this interview please subscribe to the podcast and share it with your friends, and don't forget to check out our website, futuratipodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite all the graduation speeches enjoining us to "be passionate" about something, the experience of deep, passionate emotion is not an easy one to achieve, much less sustain. This talk offers guidance for achieving that rarified quality which Ayn Rand ascribed to one of Atlas Shrugged's heroes — a "disciplined capacity to feel too deeply." The talk by Gena Gorlin, a postdoctoral fellow at Boston University's Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, integrates tools from cognitive-behavioral therapy with insights from Rand's theory of values, without assuming prior knowledge of either.This talk was recorded live at Objectivist Summer Conference 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, June 11, 2017.

Gena Gorlin is a licensed psychologist, podcaster, and publisher of the newsletter "Building the Builders." Subscribe to "Building the Builders": https://genagorlin.substack.com/ Subscribe to the "Founders Mindset Podcast": https://www.joinef.com/stories/podcast-series/the-founders-mindset/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/don-watkins/support

In this episode of The Founder's Mindset, we speak to Britta Srivas. She talked to Dr Gena Gorlin about how she hit the reset button on her EF journey after identifying and overcoming her validation seeking tendencies. Each week, Gena will be talking to a different guest at various stages of their start-up journey. Then Alice and Gena will be debriefing on the session, taking away valuable learnings which you can apply to your own founder experience. Subscribe to The Founder's Mindset so you never miss an episode. This is a podcast from Entrepreneur First. Learn more at joinef.com. Thank you to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

Welcome to the first episode of The Founder's Mindset, the podcast where we find out how to better understand the way our minds work in the early days of founding a company. Throughout this series, Alice Bentinck and Dr Gena Gorlin will be exploring common mental challenges that founders face. Each week, Gena will be talking to a different guest at various stages of their start-up journey. Then Alice and Gena will be debriefing on the session, taking away valuable learnings which you can apply to your own founder experience. When Gena first met Fabien Koutchekian, he was struggling to communicate the magnitude of his business to investors. Throughout his EF journey, he learned the value of openness and honesty, which is what we explore in this week's episode. Subscribe to The Founder's Mindset so you never miss an episode. This is a podcast from Entrepreneur First. Learn more at joinef.com. Thank you to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

The Founder's Mindset explores the minds of young entrepreneurs through the early days of founding a company. While challenges are inevitable in business, how we respond to them can be the difference between success and failure. Each week, clinical psychologist Dr Gena Gorlin will sit down with different guests at various stages of founding their company. They will discuss the obstacles they have faced on their journey and the behaviours and mindset they used to overcome them. Then Gena, alongside host Alice Bentinck, will debrief on these challenges and analyse the learnings we can all take from their experiences to hopefully avoid making the same mistakes. Subscribe to The Founder's Mindset so you never miss an episode. This is a podcast from Entrepreneur First. Learn more at joinef.com. Thank you to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

Gena Gorlin is a professor and practicing psychologist. Both her academic and her clinical work focuses on how individuals can overcome psychological obstacles to achieve goals. She's become especially interested in working with ambitious innovators, particularly startup founders. Over the last few months, I've been lucky to work with Gena on a major project in my day job at Entrepreneur First and I thought that her observations would be interesting to a broader audience. In this conversation we discuss the nature of ambition, the most common psychological challenges founders face, the role of parenting, and much more.-----------------Thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show. You can learn more about Entrepreneur First at www.joinef.com and subscribe to my weekly newsletter at tib.matthewclifford.com

This talk discusses the meaning and importance of being honest, especially with oneself—why it matters, why it can be hard and how to make it habit. Dr. Gorlin offers tools for introspecting the difference between reason and rationalizing, for staying selfishly committed to facts even when it hurts, and for correcting habits to the contrary. The talk draws on research and clinical experience, further clarified by Ayn Rand's insights on the choice to focus. Recorded live at OCON on June 25, 2019.

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer is joined by Gena Gorlin, professor and clinical psychologist, to discuss the psychology of personal change and its connections with philosophy. Among the topics covered: Gorlin’s view of New Year’s resolutions, and why change is so hard;Considerations for making effective New Year’s resolutions;Whether and how we can change fundamental aspects of ourselves;How conscious and subconscious beliefs impact our mental health;How our motivations impact our ability to change;How we can tell when a change is worth making;The role of heritability in shaping our character. Mentioned in the discussion are Ayn Rand’s essay “Causality Versus Duty” and her book Atlas Shrugged. Also mentioned are Gorlin’s Psychology Today article “What It Really Looks Like to Rebuild Your Soul” and her paper, with Reinier Schuur, “Nurturing Our Better Nature: A Proposal for Cognitive Integrity as a Foundation for Autonomous Living.” This podcast was recorded on December 29, 2020. Watch or listen to the discussion below. Listen and subscribe from your mobile device on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. Watch archived podcasts here. Podcast audio:

Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time. This episode covers "'Honesty as the Rejection of Unreality" from Chapter 8. Earning Your Own Trust: The Psychology of Honesty by Gena Gorlin - https://youtu.be/9S-gXf1x-YU For the latest news, sign up for my newsletter at http://donswriting.com/ You'll also get my free week-long Persuasion Bootcamp email course, where you'll learn the 6 Persuasion Skillsets and strategies for mastering them. Support the show at https://www.donswriting.com/support You can follow me on Twitter at https://twitter.com/donswriting --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/don-watkins/support

“A man’s spirit […] is his self. That entity which is his consciousness. To think, to feel, to judge, to act are functions of the ego.” — Ayn Rand, The FountainheadAyn Rand’s novel, The Fountainhead, is philosophically revolutionary. It illustrates the virtues of independence and integrity in action, and celebrates the ideal of the heroic, thinking individual.The novel inspires, moves, and is also a profound guide to self-development.In this event, we celebrate and discuss The Fountainhead, with: Andrew Bernstein, Gena Gorlin, Shoshana Milgram and Josh Dickson.This event comes ahead of our new series: The Psychology of The Fountainhead Characters, releasing later this month.Sign up here to join upcoming events live via Zoom: https://www.meetup.com/London-Ayn-Rand-Meetup/Consider supporting our work by becoming a member: https://aynrandcentre.co.uk/membership/

Sign up here to join upcoming events live via Zoom: https://www.meetup.com/London-Ayn-Rand-Meetup/Consider supporting our work by becoming a member: https://aynrandcentre.co.uk/membership/The current debate around sex and gender differences has raised fundamental questions about the roles of choice, environment, and biology in shaping human nature. For instance:What can and can’t evolutionary theory teach us about the attitudes, preferences, and behaviors of individuals?To what extent, and in what sense, are we responsible for our actions?How might biology and/or environment mitigate or enhance this responsibility?Do we inherit character traits? Can we choose to change them?Can we control what we ‘imbibe’ from our environment, including our social interactions?What are the implications of evolutionary psychology for mental illness and treatment, and for moral agency and self-improvement?These questions, and more, are discussed by evolutionary psychologist Dr. Diana Fleischman, and clinical psychologist Dr. Gena Gorlin.Recommended reading:https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.100...https://7b78c7dd-f3cf-49a2-9cd8-bc805...http://people.whitman.edu/~herbrawt/c...https://breakingthefreewillillusion.c...

Don Watkins and Gena Gorlin (clinical psychologist) discuss the psychology of change. We touch on everything from how psychologists encourage change while respecting patients’ autonomy to the psychological reasons people are attracted to freedom (or not) to the role of empathy in persuasion. Special guest appearance by Gena’s baby Alice. Gena Gorlin’s blog, The Psychology of Self-Change - https://genagorlin.com/blog/ For the latest news, sign up for my newsletter at http://donswriting.com/. You'll also get my free week-long Persuasion Bootcamp email course, where you'll learn the 6 Persuasion Skillsets and strategies for mastering them. To support the podcast, visit http://libertyunlocked.com/. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/don-watkins/support

On this episode I talk with Gena Gorlin. Gena is an assistant professor of psychology at Yeshiva University in the Bronx, but she came to my attention via an excellent blog post on meaning and self-actualization during coronavirus (link below). We discuss Maslow’s hierarchy, self-deception, imbuing meaning to primal activities, the problems with evolutionary psychology, the difference between what you want and what’s expected of you, and the importance of studying Classical philosophy.Note: you can listen and subscribe to this podcast on most major podcast platforms by searching “Russell Max Simon” or “What Really Matters.” Show notes include:COVID-19 and the Meaning of Life, Gena’s post on self-actualization during crisisAll for Alice, Gena’s post on motherhood and why she started writing for a general audienceGena’s personal website Get full access to What Really Matters at russellmaxsimon.substack.com/subscribe

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, more people are understandably focused on their immediate physical well-being. There’s more urgency to stay healthy and to secure food, supplies, and employment. But what about self-esteem? It is certainly nice to have, but is it essential? Do we need it all the time, or can we set it aside until other, more basic, needs are satisfied? In this episode of New Ideal Live, Gena Gorlin, professor and clinical psychologist, joins ARI’s Ben Bayer to discuss the role of self-esteem in life and during times of crisis. The discussion draws on Gorlin’s recent article “COVID-19 and the Meaning of Life.” Bayer and Gorlin discuss the crucial importance of meeting both our physical and spiritual (i.e., psychological) needs. How to satisfy those needs may change over time or during times of crisis, but the needs themselves are constant. They also discuss Ayn Rand’s view of self-esteem as a cardinal moral value and the role of the concept in her fiction. For additional resources on the value of and need for self-esteem, look at the Ayn Rand Lexicon entry on self-esteem and Gorlin’s recent Objectivist summer conference lecture Earning Your Own Trust: The Psychology of Honesty. This podcast was recorded on May 20, 2020. Watch or listen to the discussion below. To see future episodes of New Ideal Live, join the Zoom broadcast on Mondays or Wednesdays at 11 a.m. Pacific and take part in the Q&A. Go to https://zoom.us/join and use meeting ID: 812-506-718. Or catch the livestream or recording on YouTube and Facebook. Podcast audio:

Carter and Keri chat with Dr. Gena Gorlin about everything from cognitive integrity, to unearned guilt, to meditation, to free will. Join us for a fascinating discussion that just might double as a path to personal discovery. Dr. Gena Gorlin, Ph.D., is a professor of clinical psychology in the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University, and a licensed clinical psychologist with a private practice in Manhattan. Her research on cognitive and motivational factors in emotional disorders has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals. More recently she has become interested in the role that moral values play in psychotherapy and in motivating - or blocking - psychological growth and change more generally. You can follow her work on her website at: https://genagorlin.com Or by visiting her faculty page at Yeshiva University: https://www.yu.edu/faculty/pages/gorlin-eugenia Or on her ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eugenia_Gorlin2/research YouTube link to video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/ej26xNf9oOs

Carter and Keri chat with Dr. Gena Gorlin about everything from cognitive integrity, to unearned guilt, to meditation, to free will. Join us for a fascinating discussion that just might double as a path to personal discovery. Dr. Gena Gorlin, Ph.D., is a professor of clinical psychology in the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University, and a licensed clinical psychologist with a private practice in Manhattan. Her research on cognitive and motivational factors in emotional disorders has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals. More recently she has become interested in the role that moral values play in psychotherapy and in motivating - or blocking - psychological growth and change more generally. You can follow her work on her website at: https://genagorlin.com Or by visiting her faculty page at Yeshiva University: https://www.yu.edu/faculty/pages/gorlin-eugenia Or on her ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eugenia_Gorlin2/research YouTube link to video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/ej26xNf9oOs

This is the seventh episode in a series looking at Objectivism's approach to Happiness. Yaron Brook and psychologist Gena Gorlin join Dave Rubin to discuss what it takes to have a meaningful life. Watch more of this series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqsoWxJ-qmMtazmdDur38Fb9of1wpW2SbLike what you hear? Become a sponsor member, get exclusive content and support the creation of more videos like this at https://www.yaronbrookshow.com/support/, Subscribestar https://www.subscribestar.com/yaronbrookshow or direct through PayPal: paypal.me/YaronBrookShow.Want more? Tune in to the Yaron Brook Show on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/ybrook). Continue the discussions anywhere on-line after show time using #YaronBrookShow. Connect with Yaron via Tweet @YaronBrook or follow him on Facebook @ybrook and YouTube (/YaronBrook).Want to learn more about Objectivism? Check out ARI at https://ari.aynrand.org.

In this episode, Yaron sits down with Gena Gorlin clinical & cognitive psychologist. Tune in as they discuss the nature and treatment of anxiety, depression, ADHD, or other common mental health challenges. They will also talk about moral character, the virtue of honesty and cultivating and maintaining relationships.About Gena: Gena completed her PhD at the University of Virginia and her clinical psychology residency at Brown University. Currently she is professor of clinical psychology at Yeshiva University in NYC and a licensed clinical psychologist. She is also a graduate of the Objectivist Academic Center and has been studying and applying Objectivism to her life for over 14 years.Like what you hear? Become a Patreon member, get exclusive content and support the creation of more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/YaronBrookShow or support the show direct through PayPal: paypal.me/YaronBrookShow.Want more? Tune in to the Yaron Brook Show on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/ybrook). Continue the discussions anywhere on-line after show time using #YaronBrookShow. Connect with Yaron via Tweet @YaronBrook or follow him on Facebook @ybrook and YouTube (/YaronBrook).Want to learn more about Objectivism? Check out ARI at https://ari.aynrand.org.

Like what you hear?  Become a member, get exclusive content and support the creation of more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/YaronBrookShow or support the show direct through PayPal: paypal.me/YaronBrookShow.Want more? Tune in to the Yaron Brook Show on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/ybrook). Continue the discussions anywhere on-line after show time using #YaronBrookShow. Connect with Yaron via Tweet @YaronBrook or follow him on Facebook @ybrook and YouTube (/YaronBrook).Want to learn more about Objectivism? Check out ARI at https://ari.aynrand.org.