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Well, hello! Miss me?I've missed this, and I've missed you. Press play and I'll tell you what's changed, and why. The short version: each week I sit down with a founder, a leader, a thinker I want to learn from, and get past the version they've told a hundred times to what matters most to them, and to what their story, or their work, can offer you.Starting September 8, we get to have that conversation together — the same one I have with my clients every day. The kind you leave a little clearer on what matters, and a lot less alone in figuring it out. Follow now on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen. This is This Changes Things, and I'm so glad you're here.

In today's episode of The Atheist Experience, Thinker and Godless Engineer tackle the question of whether the God of the Bible is a moral monster, examining divine command theory and the justifications believers offer for biblical atrocities.Maddi in LA agrees that the God of the Bible is a moral monster and explores how morality exists independently of divine command. She discusses how moral values are passed down through generations and vary across cultures. If morality comes from God, why do we see such dramatic differences in moral frameworks around the world? The hosts examine how secular humanism provides a foundation for ethics without requiring supernatural authority.Tariq in GA defends biblical atrocities by arguing that God makes tough choices for the ultimate good, invoking divine command theory. The hosts challenge his circular reasoning and press him on whether he would harm others if commanded by God. If morality is whatever God commands, does that mean anything becomes moral simply because God says so? What happens when divine command conflicts with our deepest moral intuitions about harm and suffering?Thank you for joining us this week! We will see you next time!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience--3254896/support.

One of magic's most creative minds, Dan Harlan, joins us this week. No doubt many of you have his “Card Toon” card trick or have watched him on Penguin Live videos or perhaps on the Tarbell Course of Magic on video. Maybe you once subscribed to The Minotaur which he co-published with Marv Leventhal. His life and career hasn't all been roses and indeed had many bumps along the way. Currently he hosts MagiCon - The Mystic Tower convention in Raleigh, North Carolina plus he continues to create and perform. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Dan Harlan is quite candid about his successes and shortcomings as he openly shares many stories in this week's episode. We learn that Dan doesn't like card tricks and he tells us why. He also reveals a long time secret that Majoke was co-authored by him and Scott Alexander. He talks about the time it took to create and film “Every Trick in the Book” of Tarbell. Dan also tells us about his years with Penguin and other creative projects that hold his attention. Cosmic Thinker Scott Wells with Dan Harlan Download Download this podcast in an MP3 file by Clicking Here and then right click to save the file. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed by Clicking Here. You can download or listen to the podcast through Pandora and SiriusXM (formerly Stitcher) by Clicking Here or through FeedPress by Clicking Here or through Tunein.com by Clicking Here or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here. If you have a Spotify account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here.

What if the biggest problem in your relationships isn't what you're saying—but the fact that the other person hears it completely differently? Licensed therapist and author Jason VanRuler joins Ginny to talk about his new book, Discovering Your Communication Type, and the five communication styles—Peacemaker, Advocate, Thinker, Harbor, and Spark—that shape how we connect, handle conflict, and respond under pressure. Jason explains why great communication is often more about listening than speaking, why vulnerability gives others the opportunity to love us well, and how childhood experiences can shape the way we approach hard conversations. They also unpack the “Three Ds of Doom”—distraction, defensiveness, and dismissal—and why defensiveness often comes from confusing our mistakes with our identity. Ginny shares a deeply personal story about broken relationships and a difficult apology, leading to one of Jason's most powerful pieces of advice: when you've hurt someone, resist the urge to immediately explain yourself. From marriage and friendship to parenting adult children, this conversation is packed with practical ways to communicate better, repair relationships, and help the people we love feel truly heard. Get Jason's book here! A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them out below:  My Green Mattress: Visit www.mygreenmattress.com  and save 15% on your order during their Labor Day Sale. Plus, use code 1000hours for an additional $10 off your cart total when you purchase any mattress. BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Whisker - Take care of your cats while taking an additional $50 off bundles with code 1000HOURS when you shop www.whisker.com/1000HOURS  Muzzle Sleep Tape - Go to MuzzleSleep.com and use code 1000HOURS for 10% off.  Zenni Optical- Go to www.zenni.com/podcast  and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off your first order, plus free shipping on all U.S. orders over $65. Active Skin Repair - Don't forget to put this in your first aid kit! Visit ActiveSkinRepair.com and use the code 1000HOURS to save 20% on all Active Skin Repair products. KT by Knix - Go to www.KnixTeen.com , and use code 1000HOURS for 15 percent off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when a leader stops waiting for permission and starts building something that genuinely serves people? This week, Becky Stonebarger, owner of The Beacon Center, joins us to share the vision, the work, and the heart behind what she has built. Becky's story is one of purpose meeting action — and her approach to leading and serving her community carries powerful lessons for every entrepreneur and leader who has ever felt called to build something that truly matters. What You'll Learn: The vision behind The Beacon Center and the community it was built to serve What it really means to build a purpose-driven business from the ground up Lessons in leadership, resilience, and showing up fully for the people who need you Connect with Becky: meetingspaceforyou.com Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who needs a beacon right now.

You are the only thinker in your reality. Nobody denies or limits you in your mind except you, so no one is creating but you! Manifestation App Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beliefflowapp?_r=1&_t=ZT-98kvrv7fklh

Hey, you never know when you'll be thrown into a situation when you have to put on your thinking cap. ? I'm talking a time-sensitive situation where you need to make a smart decision FAST! ? But if you're brain's all foggy and you can't concentrate, not good. Your brain needs an effective workout to boost that logic and get the analytical gears turning faster. Consider these riddles that exercise your mind is craving! ?? #brightside Animation is created by Bright Side.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever feel like your brain has too many tabs open at once? Whether you're trying to stay focused at work, help your kids tackle homework, or simply quiet the mental clutter, doTERRA's Thinker® Essential Oil Blend may be just what you need. In this episode, we're sharing our personal experiences with Thinker and why it's become one of our favorite blends for supporting focus, concentration and mental clarity. We'll talk about what's inside the blend, how we use it throughout the day, and practical ways to incorporate it into your family's wellness routine. If you've been looking for natural support to help you stay present, think clearly, and feel more grounded, this episode is packed with tips you can start using today. In this episode, we discuss:

Madeleine Finlay is joined by Ian Sample, Guardian science editor, to discuss three eye-catching science stories including an investigation that has identified four distinct types of thinker. Also on the agenda is the unprecedented cyclosporiasis outbreak in the US which has now been linked to two fatalities, and the funding cuts that threaten the iconic Jodrell Bank world heritage site, home to the Lovell telescope. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

Do you have what it takes to think like a true detective? Maybe you can walk into a room and notice the smallest details nobody else would ever see in their life?! You instantly make connections between all this evidence, and in a Sherlock Holmes style "voila" moment, you come to the correct conclusion! Ok, well, maybe not. But you can train your brain to think more analytically and make better decisions faster! Just practice with some logic-based riddles! ? #brightside Animation is created by Bright Side. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when you spend 30 years chasing a dream that nobody else believes in? This week on Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast, Andy and Nick sit down with Australian author, poet, and internet philosopher Darby Hudson for one of the most inspiring conversations we've had. Darby opens up about applying for 2,500 jobs with the dumbest résumé imaginable, accidentally becoming a copywriter, and watching AI reshape the career he never expected to have. But that's just the beginning. This episode is brought to you by JamCut.IO (https://jamcut.io/). If you're a musician and you're tired of making clips all the time, check these guys out! The three dive deep into creativity, late-blooming success, why so many artists quit in their 30s and 40s, overcoming self-doubt, balancing ambition with authenticity, writing sober, finding happiness, embracing failure, and the mindset required to keep creating when progress feels invisible. Whether you're a musician, writer, entrepreneur, or anyone trying to build something meaningful, this episode is a reminder that the journey is the reward—and that your breakthrough might arrive long after everyone else has stopped believing.

In this engaging dialogue, Sean is joined by Shabbos Kestenbaum, a political commentator and graduate of Harvard Divinity School, to debate whether or not Jesus is the Messiah. They also discuss the growing anti-Semitism that is plaguing America (and beyond) and how Christians and Jews can work together against it.Shabbos Kestenbaum is an American-Jewish activist and graduate of Harvard Divinity School. He gained national attention as the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in January 2024 against Harvard University, alleging the institution failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from antisemitic harassment and discrimination, particularly following the October 7, 2023, attacks. He is a regular contributor on national media, has testified multiple times in front of the United States Congress as well as the Israeli Knesset, and lectures internationally on American politics and Jewish communal issues==========Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith and Culture is a podcast from Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, which offers degrees both online and on campus in Southern California.   Find all episodes of Think Biblically at: https://www.biola.edu/think-biblically.   To submit comments, ask questions, or make suggestions on issues you'd like us to cover or guests you'd like us to have on the podcast, email us at thinkbiblically@biola.edu.  

SHE THREW AWAY EVERY FINANCIAL MODEL SHE HAD BUILT IN EIGHT YEARS ON WALL STREET. Whitney Johnson graduated from college with a music degree, arrived in New York newly married and broke, and took the only job she could get: secretary to a retail stockbroker. She watched the brokers around her open accounts and thought, I want to do that. So she took business courses at night. A boss took a chance on her and moved her into investment banking. Then, while she was pregnant and on the strength of good performance reviews, she was pushed into equity research, a move she did not want and that felt like a step down. It became the making of her career. She spent nearly eight years as an equity analyst and was Institutional Investor-ranked every single year. Then she read Clayton Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma and realized disruption theory did not just explain the Latin American telecom stocks she covered. It explained her. She left Wall Street without keeping a single one of her models, cold-emailed Christensen one of her research reports, and eventually co-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with him. Today she is the CEO and co-founder of Disruption Advisors, ranked by Thinkers50 among the top ten management thinkers in the world, and the author of four bestselling books with a fifth on the way. In this conversation with host Laurie McGraw, Whitney breaks down the S Curve of Learning: why the launch point feels terrible even though your growth is mathematically at its fastest, what the sweet spot actually feels like, and why mastery is the most dangerous place to linger. IN THIS EPISODE - From music major to secretary to Institutional Investor-ranked equity analyst - The maternity-leave moment that turned an unwanted job into a career-maker - Reading The Innovator's Dilemma and realizing it applied to people, not just products - Leaving Wall Street and burning the bridges on purpose - How she reached out to Clayton Christensen, and what came of it - The S Curve of Learning explained: launch point, sweet spot, mastery - Why growth feels slowest at the exact moment it is fastest - Dopamine, inaccurate predictive models, and why beginners feel like imposters - Dr. Dan Siegel's "name it to tame it" and how to talk yourself through the discomfort - Why mastery is where careers quietly stall - "If I don't disrupt myself, the market will do it for me" - The research on women needing 100% of qualifications versus men needing 70% - Being judged on track record while men are judged on potential - Getting her hand slapped asking for compensation, and what she'd do differently - Sally Helgesen's How Women Rise and Sheryl Sandberg on naming the discomfort before the conversation - Whether Whitney still disrupts herself, and what that looks like now - AI as external disruption, and why self-regulation and calm are the real response - Pulling the stake out of the ground: self-limiting beliefs women carry - Her closing advice on connection, intuition, and discernment as superpowers Hosted by Laurie McGraw. Full episode on Inspiring Women. Link in comments. #InspiringWomen #WhitneyJohnson #LaurieMcGraw #DisruptYourself #SmartGrowth #Leadership #WomenInLeadership #PersonalDisruption #CareerGrowth

We are more connected and lonelier than ever. That paradox is shaping not just our personal lives, but our workplaces, our leadership, and our long-term well-being. And if we don't address it intentionally, loneliness becomes more than a social issue; it becomes a business risk.Today, welcome back Dr. Tracy Brower, who has spent her career studying exactly this intersection of community, happiness, and the future of work.Listen in as we unpack the epidemic of loneliness, the ROI of community in the workplace, and how leaders can balance the human need for connection with the flexibility employees have come to expect. Tracy also shares practical ways to create the conditions for belonging and meaningful relationships without manufacturing culture or mandating connection. Finally, we explore the power of mentorship and social capital, why diversity strengthens our communities when built with intention, and how even introverts benefit from thoughtful connection. This is a conversation about designing work and leadership around what humans actually need to thrive.To access the episode transcript, go to www.TheEmpathyEdge.com and search by episode title.Listen in for…Why loneliness is so prevalent, despite how digitally connected we now are. How work can be part of the solution to the loneliness epidemic. Building communities with intention. Thoughtful connection, for both introverts and extroverts. How to balance the need for human connection and the flexibility of hybrid work environments for leaders. "You won't be purely happy if everybody's like you; your best happiness and well-being come when your network is about 50/50 - 50% who are more similar to you, 50% who are different from you." — Dr. Tracy Brower Episode References: Book: Critical Connections: Build Relationships and Harness the Power of Community in Work and Life: https://www.porchlightbooks.com/products/critical-connections-tracy-brower-9781394362264The Empathy Edge podcast:Dr. Tracy Brower: The Secret to Happiness at WorkNeil Miller: How to Make Hybrid Work WORK!Jessica Swank: How Box Navigates the New World of WorkShasta Nelson: Why Successful Leaders Encourage Work FriendshipsAbout Dr. Tracy Brower, PhD: Author, Critical Connections, The Secrets to Happiness at Work, Bring Work to LifeDr. Tracy Brower is a PhD sociologist studying community, happiness, and the future of work and life. She is a Global 50 Thinker and the award-winning author of three books: Critical Connections, The Secrets to Happiness at Work, and Bring Work to Life. She is the vice president of workplace insights with Steelcase and a senior contributor to Forbes and Fast Company. She is a Top 101 Experience and Engagement Influencer, and her work has been translated into 25 languages, while her TEDx talk has been viewed 8.6 million times. Connect with Tracy:Website: tracybrower.com X: x.com/TracyBrower108 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tracybrowerphd Instagram: instagram.com/tlb108 TikTok: tiktok.com/@tracybrowerauthor Connect with Maria:Get Maria's books: Red-Slice.com/booksHire Maria to speak: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossTake the LinkedIn Learning Courses! Leading with Empathy and Balancing Empathy, Accountability, and Results as a Leader LinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaFacebook: Red Slice

In today's episode of the Atheist Experience, Thinker, Godless Engineer, and Kelley Laughlin tackle divine command theory, biblical atrocities, and mystical claims about reality!Andrew in NJ argues that evil is anything outside God's purpose. If God commanded murder, would that be good? The hosts challenge his inconsistent definitions and ask if he'd condemn selling daughters as slaves. When divine command becomes your moral compass, where does accountability go?James in OK claims morality requires God, not human consensus. The hosts confront him on Exodus 21:7 and his rationalization of biblical slavery. Why does God's law permit owning people as property? If God is the source of morality, why does scripture endorse cruelty?Georgi in Bulgaria presents a New Age view that God needs humans for experience and claims ancient structures like Machu Picchu prove supernatural involvement. The hosts explain the known construction methods and redirect him to Truth Wanted for alien topics. Why assume the supernatural when human ingenuity suffices?Juan in Columbia presents a panentheistic view where God is a non-materialistic basis for reality and consciousness. He struggles to clearly define his concept of God. What does it mean to say God is the basis of reality if you can't articulate what that basis is?Thank you for joining us this week! We will see you next time!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience--3254896/support.

Art goes deep cover inside the mind of the artificial intelligent bot “Annie” from Grok to discuss exactly what goes on inside the mind of someone who thinks and Conspiracy circles they discuss psychological and social implications that might generate this type of person in society and go deep into the different types of personality traits that tend to support this type of out of box thinking kudos to the Grok platform. This is version 4.3 as recorded on this date of July 19 2026.Clickhearpodcast@protonmail....

“If you can only explain the arguments of the other side because they're mad or dangerous or dumb, the problem is with you.” — Turi Munthe On yesterday's show, the psychiatrist Sally Satel described how Americans imagine their own mental condition differently, depending on their politics and age. Which is a nice segue for today's conversation with the Anglo-French journalist turned media entrepreneur Turi Munthe. It's not just in our mental health self-evaluation, Munthe argues, that we hallucinate reality. Indeed, the French born Munthe often sounds like one of his post-structuralist compatriots in his defiantly slippery notion of ontological reality. In Why We Think What We Think: The Unexpected Origins of Our Deepest Beliefs, Munthe argues that our deepest convictions turn out to be shaped by genetics, brain shape and sometimes even by the agricultural legacy of our distant ancestors. Left and right thinkers, Munthe argues, are different political phenotypes — each hallucinating their own version of reality. Total relativism, then — the full French post-structuralist monty? Not quite. Here's where Munthe's Englishness kicks in. Following the Anglo-Russian philosopher Isaiah Berlin, Munthe insists pluralism and relativism are different. So Turi Munthe doesn't just think what he thinks because of his English or French origins. Borrowing from the cognitive scientists Dan Sperber and Hugo Mercier, Munthe defines thinking as a “contact sport”. So, for example, believing that the 2020 election was stolen is what Munthe calls a social commitment, because humans would rather be wrong together than right alone. Speaking of convenient segues, Munthe's thoughts on thinking set the scene for next Tuesday's conversation with Emily Eakin, author of The Frenchmen. It's her history of seductive post-structuralists like Foucault, Derrida and Lacan who corrupted a whole generation of literary American Ivy Leaguers (including Eakin) into hallucinating reality. Five Takeaways •       Pluralism Is Not Relativism. Munthe opens with Isaiah Berlin's distinction: registering the sincerity and value of opinions across the political, religious, and ethical spectrum does not relativize truth. That Charles Windsor is King of the United Kingdom is a statement of fact; whether you're a monarchist or a republican is where opinion begins. The book confines itself to the second category — beliefs, values, and opinions that cannot be factually proven — and asks what the nonrational influences on them actually are. The answer is humbling: genetics account for perhaps half of political persuasion, and the rest is shaped by everything from brain anatomy to the agriculture of our ancestors. •       Different Political Phenotypes. At the margins, left and right differ neurologically: right-leaners are on average more readily startled by loud noises and more attentive to threat, while left-leaners carry a slightly larger anterior cingulate cortex — the brain region where we process ambiguity and split hairs. That anatomy, Munthe argues, explains the ideological capture of academia and media better than any conspiracy: hair-splitters go where the hair-splitting is, and a conservative 22-year-old doesn't volunteer for a newsroom where 80% of colleagues think differently. We are, in his phrase, different political phenotypes, each hallucinating a different version of reality. •       Thinking as a Contact Sport. Drawing on Dan Sperber and Hugo Mercier's research, Munthe argues that reason didn't evolve for solitary contemplation — Rodin's Thinker is the wrong image — but for argument: to convince you to hunt the buffalo with me, I need reasons that look objective to you too. The evidence is everywhere, from the most impactful academic papers being written by pairs and groups to the creative density of small university towns. The implication is political: the people we disagree with are not obstacles to good thinking but the condition of it — the loyal opposition that helps us get out of ourselves. •       Wrong Together Rather Than Right Alone. Munthe's reading of January 6 and the stolen-election faith is social rather than psychiatric: an enormous number of our beliefs matter more for what they do than for what they say, and professing them is a commitment to a group. From an evolutionary perspective, believing what your village believes — even about the god who is a giant rock at the end of the field — is intelligent, because the ostracized lose the protection of the group. The terrifying data point is the marriage test: in the 1950s, around 4% of families would have objected to a child marrying across party lines; today it approaches 45%. That is affective polarization, and it can pull societies apart. •       The Problem Is With You. Munthe spent his twenties unable to fathom American gun rights — supporters had to be bought, dumb, or morally corrupt — until he did the work and found a tradition he now calls beautiful and heroic, whether or not he shares it. His rule of thumb: if you can only explain the other side's arguments as madness, danger, or stupidity, the problem is with you. This is not centrism — there was no middle ground on slavery or the Holocaust — but a defense of the clash itself: societies need the left to fix inequality and the right to defend the village, and we think best when the two are, in his words, continually bashed against each other. About the Guest Turi Munthe is a journalist and policy analyst turned media entrepreneur. He founded Demotix, which became the largest network of photojournalists in the world before its sale to Corbis in 2012, and Parlia, an encyclopedia of opinion. He has written for The Economist, The Guardian, the TLS, The Nation, and The Spectator, has sat on the boards of Index on Censorship, openDemocracy, and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, and is a board member of the Italian media group GEDI, publisher of La Repubblica and La Stampa. He studied Arabic and History at Oxford. Why We Think What We Think: The Unexpected Origins of Our Deepest Beliefs (Penguin/Hutchinson Heinemann) is out now in the UK, with US publication early next year. References: •       Why We Think What We Think: The Unexpected Origins of Our Deepest Beliefs by Turi Munthe (Penguin/Hutchinson Heinemann, 2026). Timothy Garton Ash: “Thinking is a contact sport.” •       Isaiah Berlin — the Anglo-Russian philosopher whose insistence that pluralism and relativism are not the same thing frames the whole book. •       Dan Sperber and Hugo Mercier...

What does it actually take to build a business worth buying? This week, operator CEO, advisor, and founder of Acresis, Steven Pivnik, joins us for a masterclass on exits, scale, and the decisions that separate founders who cash out from founders who burn out. Steven has guided founders through 33 exits totaling over $1.1 billion — and his own journey from two failed startups to leading an international company of 200 employees and ultimately a strategic exit to a four-billion-dollar competitor is the kind of story every entrepreneur needs to hear at least once. What You'll Learn: What exit readiness really means and why most founders are not there yet How to identify and eliminate founder dependency before it tanks your valuation The clear roadmap from scrappy startup to strategic, profitable exit and generational wealth Connect with Steven: https://stevenpivnik.com Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with a founder who is building to sell.

Your trading results aren't just about charts and systems - they're about you. Your wiring. Your personality.In this second part of her 2-part Trading Personality series, Louise Bedford explores the Thinker and Relater trader types, and how your money personality shapes every trading decision you make.You'll discover:A quick recap of the ready-reckoner quiz to identify your trading style.Highlights from last week's Director and Socialiser personalities.Why you can have more than one personality trait — and how 'masking' can hide your natural style for years.The Thinker Trader: disciplined, precise, and admired for their expertise — but prone to analysis paralysis and self-criticism.The Relater Trader: calm, steady, and empathetic — but often hesitant, procrastinating, or dependent on others for reassurance.How conflicts with your spouse or trading partner often come down to not recognising each other's basic personality needs.Practical ways to lean into your strengths and manage your blind spots, so you trade more naturally and confidently.Louise also explains why this framework is her own version of Hippocrates' ancient study of the four temperaments — but applied to the trading world.And if you missed the full quiz last week, download the PDF here.--------------------------------------------Be the spark If you know someone who's struggling in the markets, don't keep Talking Trading to yourself. Share the show with them — because sometimes all it takes is one insight, one spark, to turn their trading around.Take them to talkingtrading.com.au and be the person who makes the difference.Louise Bedford is a best-selling author of six sharemarket books, host of the Talking Trading podcast, and founder of TradingGame.com.au, one of Australia's leading trading education communities.For over 30 years she has helped traders master trading the Australian sharemarket, technical analysis, and trading psychology so they can build long-term financial independence.www.tradinggame.com.au www.talkingtrading.com.au.FacebookYouTube TwitterLinkedIn

Sharon comes together with Mark Epstein to remember the life of dear friend and colleague, Robert AF Thurman, for episode 290 of the Metta Hour. Robert AF Thurman (August 3, 1941 – June 16, 2026) was an American Buddhist author and academic who wrote, edited, and translated books on Tibet, Buddhism, art, politics, and culture. He was the first Westerner to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and was the Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University before retiring in 2019. He was the co-founder and president of Tibet House US in New York, New York, and Menla Retreat in Phoenicia, New York. In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, there is a 49-day period of mourning after an individual dies, which is considered a transitional “bardo” time. This is a time to honor the individual and support them as they transition into their incarnation through ceremonies, offerings, and prayers. In that spirit, Sharon and Mark Epstein come together to share stories and reflections about Bob after his unexpected death. Mark Epstein, M.D., a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City, is the author of a number of books about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy, including “Thoughts without a Thinker” and “Going to Pieces without Falling Apart.” His latest work, “The Zen of Therapy,” was published in 2022 by Penguin Press. He has been a student of Vipassana meditation since 1974.This episode also includes an excerpt of an archival recording of Sharon interviewing Bob from 2021. Originally aired on the Metta Hour in celebration of Bob's book “Wisdom is Bliss,” this recording includes some classic zesty-Bob-banter with Sharon, as well as some wonderful teachings. The recording closes with Bob leading a guided meditation."When we opened the Insight Meditation Society in 1976, we discovered we had a near neighbor, about 40 minutes away in Amherst, MA: Professor Bob Thurman. I've felt so lucky to know him as a friend, to have the chance to teach with him through the years, and to collaborate with him on a book, “Love Your Enemies.” Though he was widely known as a dedicated scholar, I was always most struck by Bob as a person of faith in the best sense of the word— faith in each of our potential, in the very real possibility of freedom, in the blessings of lineage and the enormous gifts of people like HH Dalai Lama to the world. Before the sudden, unexpected news of his passing, I noted how much content he was putting on his Substack, what seemed to me almost like a drive to help as many people as he could, to remind us all of hope in these very troubled times. His impact on so many people and the light he spread is so clear right now." - SharonPlease join us as we celebrate and honor a dear friend and dharma teacher who filled our lives with such joy, wisdom, and laughter.Additional ResourcesLearn more about Robert AF Thurman's life and work right here. Read some of the tributes for Bob right here and via Tricycle Magazine. Tune in to the weekly prayers for via the website for Tibet House US right here. Learn more about the book Bob and Sharon co-wrote, “Love Your Enemies” originally released in 2013 with a tenth anniversary edition release in 2023 in hardcover and ebook formats.Related Metta Hour EpisodesEpisode 107 Robert Thurman and Mark Epstein recorded live at Tibet House in 2018, released in the Metta Hour in 2019.Episode 164 Robert Thurman interview on the Metta Hour (partially included in today's episode), released in 2021.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Are you trading against your own personality without even realising it?In this first part of her 2-part Trading Personality series, Louise Bedford explores the Director and Socialiser trader types, showing you how your wiring influences every trading decision you make.You'll discover:A quick ready-reckoner quiz to identify your trading style.Why you can have one primary personality and a secondary trait that shapes your behaviour.The Director Trader: decisive, competitive, and fast-acting — but prone to overconfidence and overtrading.The Socialiser Trader: optimistic, energetic, and community-focused — but easily distracted when trading stops being 'fun'.Real stories of how these personalities show up in the markets.Why 'masking' your true personality can hold you back, and how understanding your wiring makes trading easier and more natural.This episode is Louise's own modern take on Hippocrates' four temperaments — but applied to the trading world.Share this episode with a trading buddy or partner. It may explain a lot about how they approach the markets!Don't miss part two, Rewiring Your Money Personality for Market Success, next week, when Louise dives into the Thinker and Relater trader types. And if you want to take the full quiz, download the PDF here.-----------------------------------------Be the spark If you know someone who's struggling in the markets, don't keep Talking Trading to yourself. Share the show with them — because sometimes all it takes is one insight, one spark, to turn their trading around.Take them to talkingtrading.com.au and be the person who makes the difference.Louise Bedford is a best-selling author of six sharemarket books, host of the Talking Trading podcast, and founder of TradingGame.com.au, one of Australia's leading trading education communities.For over 30 years she has helped traders master trading the Australian sharemarket, technical analysis, and trading psychology so they can build long-term financial independence.www.tradinggame.com.au www.talkingtrading.com.au.FacebookYouTube TwitterLinkedIn

Nick, Mike and Kyle join me for EETF's first "Thinker" episode: the psychology of sports fandom. We cover the European community model vs. the North American franchise machine, sports inheritances, cheering for laundry, matchday superstitions, and "where-were-you-when" moments. We also talk about sportswashing, oil money, and where fans draw the line. Bonus: My power goes out mid-recording, a fancy script gets dropped, and maximum chaos ensues (hasn't it always been there?). Enjoy! Twitter - Bluesky - Instagram  - Website

Character Pairings and the Pressure of Honor. Guest: Professor Emily Wilson. The Iliad features vivid character relationships that function with the depth of a novel. Helen is portrayed as an ironic thinker and a storyteller who weaves the sufferings of the war into her textiles, much like the poet himself. She possesses a unique perspective on her own fate and the limited power mortals have against the whims of gods like Aphrodite. In contrast, Hector and Andromacheform a tragic pairing; Andromache's heartbreaking pleas for her husband to stay within the city walls are met with Hector's refusal, driven by the intense fear of shame and the pursuit of kleos, or undying glory. The royal couple Priamand Hecuba represent different facets of leadership and loss, with Hecuba displaying a maternal rage so fierce she wishes to eat her enemies raw. Divine figures like Thetis, Achilles' mother, add a layer of sympathy as she bargains with Zeus to grant her son glory, knowing his life will be short. However, these divine interventions often result in further horror for the mortals involved. 31789

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Roger Martin is the world's number one management thinker, former dean of the Rotman School of Management, and strategy advisor to the CEOs of P&G, Lego, Ford and American Express. He is our final guest of the year, and we have split the conversation in two.In part one, Roger takes apart what most people get wrong about strategy. We begin at his father's kitchen table, where an animal feed company and one unbreakable rule taught him more about business than Harvard did. From there he lays out the idea at the heart of his book Playing to Win: strategy is not a long planning document, it is a set of interrelated choices that compels a customer to act.He explains why only 10 to 15% of big companies actually have a strategy, why the rest end up with a laundry list of initiatives, and how the strongest leaders set a clear outcome and then trust their people to find the way there. Along the way: the Strategy Choice Cascade, why strategy has to be made at every level of an organisation, and the difference between micromanaging and what the military calls commander's intent.Book: Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works, by Roger Martin and A.G. Lafley.New episodes every Thursday at 7am. More at betteratwork.net. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode of the Atheist Experience, Thinker and Zenamae celebrate Father's Day by comparing the silence of a celestial parent to the immediate response of artificial intelligence! From the ethics of missing children advocacy to the submissive vows of religious weddings, the hosts explore how deconstruction provides a community based on facts rather than the "voicemail" of a distant deity. Can we build a moral legacy for the next generation without waiting for a ghost to return the call?Hannah argues that the universe is a necessary infinite substance with infinite attributes that we should call God. Thinker and Zenamae challenge the semantic need for the label "God," noting that existence does not exhibit personal traits like listening or making promises. Does redefining the universe as a deity actually provide any evidence for the supernatural?Tom in TX describes God as the ultimate deadbeat dad who has abandoned his creation to suffer through global boiling and corporate greed. The hosts emphasize the importance of fighting for real-world progress rather than waiting for a silent celestial father to intervene in a rigged system. Will the next generation be able to clean up the mess left behind by a negligent deity?Zama waseMzansiza on TikTok struggles with the pain of potentially disappointing her fragile, religious mother while navigating her own deconstruction journey. Zenamae shares her personal experience with setting boundaries and learning to see parents as flawed human beings rather than just spiritual authority figures. Can we find a way to honor our family relationships without sacrificing our own intellectual integrity?Asherah in South Africa questions whether Jesus was actually a disciple of John the Baptist, citing potential overlaps in their apocalyptic messages and ministry origins. Hosts dive into the "deceiver" narrative found in apocryphal texts and discuss the historical competition between these two rival religious figures. Was the Christian savior originally just a member of another preacher's crew?Thank you for joining us this week! We will see you next time!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience--3254896/support.

Amos Bronson Alcott and the Transcendentalist Identity. Guest: Bruce Nichols. Bruce Nichols introduces Amos Bronson Alcott, a self-educated thinker who revolutionized education through conversational, Socratic methods. Though his schools often failed financially, Alcott was supported by Emerson and became a key figure in the Transcendentalist movement. Transcendentalism emphasized finding higher spiritual truths or the "oversoul" within the universe. 10

Roger Martin is the world's number one management thinker, former dean of the Rotman School of Management, and strategy advisor to the CEOs of P&G, Lego, Ford and American Express. He is our final guest of the year, and we have split the conversation in two.In part one, Roger takes apart what most people get wrong about strategy. We begin at his father's kitchen table, where an animal feed company and one unbreakable rule taught him more about business than Harvard did. From there he lays out the idea at the heart of his book Playing to Win: strategy is not a long planning document, it is a set of interrelated choices that compels a customer to act.He explains why only 10 to 15% of big companies actually have a strategy, why the rest end up with a laundry list of initiatives, and how the strongest leaders set a clear outcome and then trust their people to find the way there. Along the way: the Strategy Choice Cascade, why strategy has to be made at every level of an organisation, and the difference between micromanaging and what the military calls commander's intent.Part two is coming soon.Book: Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works, by Roger Martin and A.G. Lafley.New episodes every Thursday at 7am. More at betteratwork.net. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who should be the world's ultimate positive thinker? Everyday around us, society promotes the idea that man's achievements will save us—space travel, technology, endless progress. But what if true peace and joy are only found in God's promises? In this episode Brother Robert Militello shares how Pentecost marked the true beginning of the church and introduces viewers to the prophetic significance of this day—after all, history and Scripture reveal a pattern that modern Christians dare not ignore. Through compelling scriptural analysis and historical context, you'll discover how the spirit of the age echoes the warning signs in Revelation, the push for a cashless society, and the global rise of anti-biblical and anti-Israeli powers—all signaling that we are racing toward the final acts of God's plan.If you're tired of being deceived by empty worldly optimism and want to sharpen your biblical discernment, don't miss this eye-opening episode.Send us Fan MailEmail us at thatsinthebible@gmail.comWebsite: thatsinthebible.comOur podcast theme song "Jesus Is Coming Soon", courtesy of His Reflection a Gospel Quartet from Buckley Road Baptist Church, Liverpool, NY.

Had Ada Palmer back on – this time to talk about Machiavelli, perhaps the most misunderstood thinker of all time.Machiavelli cut his teeth as a high-level diplomat for Florence, a position from which he got to closely observe the most important rulers in Europe at the time, including the ones who were on the path to destroying his dearly beloved Florence.In 1513 the Medici retook control of Florence and, wrongly suspecting Machiavelli of participating in a coup attempt, fired, tortured, and exiled him.Machiavelli could have left exile and worked for any number of different principalities that would have been eager to make use of his talents.Instead, he decided to rot in the countryside and compile his career's lessons about power, politics, and human nature into a book he dedicated to the very man whose new regime had tortured and exiled him, Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici.But at least the Medici were in a position to use his insights to defend Florence. Machiavelli the patriot did not want any other hands to touch these books, because those hands, armed further with these lessons, might pose an existential danger to Florence.The closest modern analogy, at least as Machiavelli would have seen it, would be Szilard's letter warning FDR about the possibility of a nuclear fission bomb.What were those insights? And how were they inspired by Machiavelli's dangerous diplomatic missions all across Europe, and his extensive reading of antiquity? Watch this episode with Ada Palmer to find out!By the way, Ada is launching a new podcast which I'm very excited about. The first season will be about Machiavelli - a perfect way to dive deeper into the topics we discussed in this episode. Subscribe at Beforecast's website to be notified of the first episode, subscribe on YouTube, follow her on Patreon, and if you want even more Ada, check out her FixTheNews Podcast episode, and check out her books and more.Watch on YouTube; read the transcript.Sponsors* Cursor recently saved one of my podcast recordings. When a video file from a shoot came out corrupted, I pointed Cursor at it: it recovered the footage on its own, tracking down the right reference file from the file's metadata and realigning the out-of-sync audio. My whole team now uses Cursor for everyday tasks, not just coding. Get started at cursor.com/dwarkesh* Jane Street's hiring process has been going viral on Twitter lately. The memes are pretty funny, but I wanted to see what their interviews were actually like. So I had Ricson, one of Jane Street's ML researchers, walk me through a retired puzzle: he gave me an image dataset where 50% of the files had been corrupted – I had to figure out how to recover them. If you're interested in these sorts of puzzles, you can find Jane Street's open roles at janestreet.com/dwarkesh* Crusoe is turning the AI datacenter buildout into an industrial process. At their massive Colorado factory, they assemble Spark units, modular datacenters with power, cooling, and fire suppression built in. They also manufacture specific components in-house to skip the longest lead times. Crusoe has experience running these Spark units on a range of energy sources, including solar and used EV batteries, ensuring they don't get bottlenecked by grid availability. Learn more at crusoe.ai/dwarkeshTimestamps(00:00:00) – How Florence bargained with Cesare Borgia for survival(00:15:08) – Machiavelli's analytical innovations(00:23:58) – Why popes became warlords(00:36:13) – Why the common people demanded nepotism(00:47:57) – Cesare Borgia brought terror to rulers and justice to the people(00:57:55) – Art as a proxy for war(01:06:41) – Florence, a city famous in hell(01:15:57) – The Prince was a job application to Machiavelli's torturers(01:41:39) – During the Renaissance, original ideas had to be couched in antiquity(01:50:44) – Why copyright began with the Inquisition(02:02:12) – Machiavelli wasn't Machiavellian Get full access to Dwarkesh Podcast at www.dwarkesh.com/subscribe

Constipation isn't just uncomfortable—it can become dangerous. Especially after illness, surgery, or certain medications, what seems minor can turn into something serious.In this episode, we explain what constipation is, why it happens, and what your body needs to function the way it should. We break down the role of hydration, movement, and fiber, and why small changes can prevent bigger problems.We also talk about who is most at risk, including people with chronic illness, those recovering from abdominal surgery, and anyone taking medications that slow the gut. https://bit.ly/3QEeoRSKey Moments:00:00 - Intro: The High-Risk Gut (Surgery, Aging, and GLP-1 Meds)01:33 - Fiber-lous Recipe: Spicy Deviled Walnuts02:04 - From Berated Brother to Breakfast Boss: The W.K. Kellogg Story06:11 - Adhesions and Bowel Obstructions, Why Abdominal Surgery Can Cause Constipation 07:29 - Secrets of a Good Movement: Roughage, Hydration, Exercise and Laxative Safety12:49 - "Thinker" on the Throne: Why Your Pooping Posture Matters15:14 - Want to Avoid Constipation? Eat This23:03 - Outro#constipation #guthealth #digestivehealth #bowelhealth  #fiber #hydration #healthtips #wellness #caregiverlife #endoflife #seriousillness #postoperativecare #nurselife #patienteducation #everyonediespodcast #cancersurvivor #aging #cancersurvivorSupport the showConnect with Us: Email our Host: mail@every1dies.org  Website: https://every1dies.org: Find show notes, links and expanded resources Follow Us: Facebook | Instagram | YouTube  

Have you ever been in a conversation and realized somewhere along the way you completely checked out? Not because you wanted to, but because your wiring just took you somewhere else? That's what this episode is about. Jason VanRuler is back as co-host, and together he and Candace break down what happens when each of the five PATHS communication types disengage. Not through open conflict or blowups — the quieter drift that happens when a Peacemaker decides it is not worth it, when a Thinker goes silent and starts cycling inward, or when a Harbor abandons themselves by over-functioning for everyone else. Candace talks openly about parenting teenagers and what it took to remember she was the adult in the room, even when the room was loud. Jason shares what it looks like when couples call him months after an intensive counseling session, having slid back into the same patterns that brought them in the first time. Connection, he says, is not something you tend to reactively. It is something you build consistently, and every PATHS type has a particular way of falling off that path. There are four listener questions in this episode, and they are honest ones: about anger that feels like it comes out of nowhere, about walls built to protect and then impossible to take down, about keeping a marriage strong when your husband is gone for twelve-plus hours a day. Candace shares what 30 years of marriage actually looks like, including the truth that not every day is a great day, and why two willing people might be the only real secret there is. Subscribe to Candace's email list and get the free Healthy Connection Guide at candace.com, and get Jason's Communicate to Connect course at candace.com/together. Life is like a rollercoaster, but it's better when we go through it together. Connect with Candace and Jason  Candace on Instagram @candacecbure  Follow the Podcast on Instagram @candacecameronburepodcast  Follow the Podcast on TikTok @ccbpodcast Jason on IG: https://www.instagram.com/jason.vanruler/ Jason on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/Jasonvrcounselor Website: https://www.jasonvr.com/ Sponsors For This Episode Crowdhealth - Go to JoinCrowdHealth.com and use code CANDACE GCU gcu.edu IFCJ ifcj.com  PHD - Visit myphdweightloss.com and call #864-644-1900 and mention Candace.  316 Financial https://bank316.com/candace-cameron-bure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode of the Atheist Experience, Godless Engineer and Thinker celebrate Pride Month by dismantling the "superior" morality of the biblical deity! From the horrific commands to slaughter nursing infants in 1 Samuel 15:3 to the modern-day "crash out" over LGBTQ rights, the hosts expose the moral depravity behind ancient dogmas. Can a religion that affirms capital punishment for love ever claim the moral high ground?Ashira in South Africa discusses why churches create fear to keep people in pews. She reflects on deconstructing as a black woman after reading biblical violence. Can community exist without hell? How do we navigate family when faith fades?Jaden on TikTok debates Paul's existence and Matthew's zombies. The hosts examine Gnosticism versus orthodoxy and the "imagery" of the holy ones. Is thinking better than faith? Was Paul a real figure or a character for theological disputes?Alec in WA claims consciousness is reality. The hosts use zircon crystals and the logic of racism to dismantle this solipsism. If reality is a dream, why can't we fly? Does the physical world exist independent of our minds?Thank you for joining us this week! We will see you next time!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience--3254896/support.

The Thinker And The Gates Of HellThere's a statue most of us have seen at some point, even if we can't immediately place where. Auguste Rodin's The Thinker has become one of the most recognized images in Western culture, and for good reason. The figure is strong, capable, self-possessed. He sits alone, deep in thought, as if the answers to life's greatest questions are just one more moment of reflection away. He is the ideal of the post-Enlightenment man: guided by reason, defined by his own greatness, needing nothing outside himself to become everything he was meant to be.It's a compelling image. Many of us have, at one point or another, seen ourselves in it.But the longer we live, the more that image fails us.Careers plateau. Marriages are harder than we imagined. The beauty and strength we once had quietly fades. We look inside for the strength to overcome, and we find more disappointment than we expected. The rugged individual who can think his way to his best life turns out to be a myth, and we feel that in our bones even when our culture keeps selling it to us.This is exactly where Ephesians 2 begins. Paul doesn't ease into the bad news. He leads with it. “You were dead in your trespasses and sins.” Not lost. Not broken. Not misunderstood. Dead. It's the most severe word he could choose, and he means for us to feel the weight of it, because dead people cannot heal themselves. Dead people cannot improve themselves or save themselves. A dead person needs someone else to do all the work.That is the diagnosis. And it matters, because good news only lands with power after the bad news has hit.Then come two of the most important words in all of Scripture: But God.“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us, made us alive with Christ, even though we were dead in trespasses.”The whole passage turns on that pivot. Before it, the focus is on us, our condition, our failure, our death. After it, the focus shifts entirely to God. And that shift is the entire point of the gospel.Look at who does the acting in this passage. God loved. God showed mercy. God made us alive. God saves. Christianity is not a religion that puts God at the top of a mountain and hands you a list of things to accomplish if you want to reach Him. It's the story of God coming down the mountain to find you where you are.That's grace. It's a gift, not a wage. Not something earned. Paul is explicit: “For you are saved by grace through faith. This is not from yourselves, it is God's gift. Not from works, so that no one can boast.”Faith, simply put, is trust in a person. It's the posture of someone who stops white-knuckling their own life and leans into the arms of a Father who is strong enough to carry them. If you've been trying to manage your sin, outrun your shame, or earn your standing before God through sheer effort, this passage has a word for you: lay it down. You're laboring under a burden you were never meant to carry.And here's where the story of The Thinker takes a turn that matters.What most people don't know is that Rodin never considered The Thinker his masterpiece. That statue was actually designed to sit at the top of a much larger work: The Gates of Hell, a massive, towering set of doors covered in more than 180 individual figures. The Thinker wasn't made to stand alone. He was always part of something bigger.So are we.Ephesians 2:10 says we are God's workmanship, created for good works He prepared in advance. The point of salvation isn't self-actualization. It's being placed by a master artist into a story far larger than ourselves. The people around us aren't background scenery. They're the good works God has already prepared for us.The gospel isn't a monument to human achievement. It's a monument to divine mercy. And the life that flows from it isn't about becoming the best version of yourself. It's about stepping, freely and joyfully, into the work God has already set before you.

What if the reason your closest relationships feel stuck isn't about how much you care — but about how differently you and the people you love communicate? Today, I sit down with Jason VanRuler, therapist, Enneagram Two, and author of Discovering Your Communication Type: The 5 Paths to Deeper Connection and Stronger Relationships, as he introduces us to his P.A.T.H.S. framework — five communication styles he identified through years of working with couples navigating betrayal, teams in conflict, and individuals trying to understand why the same words land so differently depending on who's in the room. Those five types: the Peacemaker, the Advocate, the Thinker, the Harbor, and the Spark.  The nine Enneagram types map fascinatingly onto these five communication styles, and we walk through each type together. We talk about blind spots (every communication style has one), what happens to our style under stress and in conflict, and why the most generous thing you can do in any relationship is learn to speak your people's language rather than demanding they speak yours. Jason also shares honestly from his own marriage — he's a Harbor married to a Thinker — and what changed when he learned to stop reading his wife's precision questions as opposition and started hearing them as her version of love. Whether you're an Enneagram enthusiast, a couples therapist, a team leader, or just someone who's tired of feeling unseen in conversations, this episode is for you.  

As much as we'd like to think our romantic relationships exist apart from our friendships, the research says otherwise. Your friends' opinions can determine whether a couple stays together, influence the values they hold in the relationship, and even shape the kinds of arguments they have. And that influence starts long before a woman is partnered; it starts while she's still dating.In this episode, Danielle sits down with Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick, co-hosts of the Dateable podcast and authors of How to Be Dateable, to explore how your friends can be your greatest asset on your dating journey, or your biggest unintentional roadblock. They break down five dating archetypes, what each one looks like in action, and how to give the right kind of support to the right kind of dater; because the advice that helps one friend can sabotage another.

Have you ever known something was broken in a relationship but had no idea how to say what you actually needed to fix it? That's where so many of us get stuck. This week, Candace and communication coach Jason VanRuler move from understanding the PATHS types to putting them to work, starting with a listener question about a family conflict that has been festering for twenty years. Jason reframes the whole thing: the problem is rarely that people won't talk. It's that they don't know what they need in order to move forward. The conversation moves through how each communication type engages with conflict, from the Peacemaker who needs reassurance that the relationship will survive the hard conversation, to the Advocate who can throw the whole relationship away for the win, to the Thinker who arrives with a trolley of evidence, to the Harbor who creates so much space for feelings that the conflict never actually gets resolved, to the Spark who surprises everyone when the intensity finally breaks. Jason also addresses what to do when the other person simply is not willing, and how to tell the difference between what we want and what we actually need. Two more listener questions round out the episode: a mom whose first-grade son keeps getting excluded, and a teenage girl named Blythe navigating anxiety. Jason's answer to both comes back to the same thing. Confidence rooted in identity. When we know who we are and what we stand for, rejection still hurts, but it doesn't define us. And for the teenage girl spinning in worry? Noting the anxiety and then redirecting that energy somewhere useful turns out to be far more effective than overthinking it. Download the free Healthy Connection Guide at candace.com, where you can also submit questions for future episodes. For Jason's "Communicate to Connect" video guide, go to candacecbure.com/together Life is like a rollercoaster, but it's better when we go through it together! Connect with Candace and Jason  Candace on Instagram @candacecbure  Follow the Podcast on Instagram @candacecameronburepodcast  Follow the Podcast on TikTok @ccbpodcast Jason on IG: https://www.instagram.com/jason.vanruler/ Jason on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/Jasonvrcounselor Website: https://www.jasonvr.com/ Sponsors For This Episode PHD myphdweightloss.com and call #864-644-1900 and mention Candace.  Crowdhealth Go to JoinCrowdHealth.com and use code CANDACE GCU gcu.edu 316 Financial https://bank316.com/candace-cameron-bure IFCJ ifcj.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode of Truth Wanted, Thinker is joined by Mama Bash and Pynk Beard to explore the nature of objective reality and the mechanics of deconstruction! They dive into the "wallet fairy" of personal testimony, the chemical compounds of love, and whether logic requires a metaphysical anchor. Can we separate our subjective "my truth" from the hard, cold facts of the universe?Trish-(TikTok) asks if truth and facts are synonymous. Pynk Beard explains that while honesty is subjective, truth must comport with objective reality. They use a "wallet fairy" analogy to show how stories can be factually false. How can we prevent feelings from coloring data?Truth Follower-(TikTok) argues for an intelligent creator to ground reality. Pynk Beard defends the laws of logic, noting that a "married bachelor" cannot exist. They explain that consciousness and love are measurable physical processes. Does reality need a supernatural supervisor?Thank you for joining us today! We will see you next time!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/truth-wanted--3195473/support.

In dieser Folge geht es um Lügen, pathologisches Lügen und die Frage, welche psychische Funktion Unwahrheiten in Beziehungen haben können. Anhand zweier Fallgeschichten sprechen wir über Scham, Einsamkeit, narzisstische Kränkungen, Gaslighting und strukturelles Lügen. Außerdem geht es um die Entwicklung des Lügens bei Kindern und um die politische Dimension von Lügen und Propaganda. - Vertiefungsfolge "Lebenslügen": https://www.patreon.com/posts/159307983 Unser Hörbuch "Jetzt bin ich schon wie meine Eltern": https://www.patreon.com/collection/2029837 (Kollektion kaufen = Einmalkauf Hörbuch) Ausschnitt und Infos: https://www.patreon.com/posts/151955086?collection=2029837 Literaturempfehlung zur Folge: - Podcastfolge von Franca Cerutti & Christian Weiss: Pseudologia Phantastica https://open.spotify.com/episode/2OnqdBN8PiEOhRoeqbz625 - Bion, Wilfred R. (1970): „Lies and the Thinker“. In: Attention and Interpretation. London: Tavistock. - O'Shaughnessy, Edna (1990): „Can a Liar Be Psychoanalysed?“ In: International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 71, S. 187–195. - Ebrecht-Laermann, Angelika (2017): „»Ich lüge nie.« – »Ich lüge immer.« Paradoxales Lügen als psychotische Perversion des Denkens und der Objektbeziehungen“. In: Jahrbuch der Psychoanalyse, 74, S. 131–152. - O'Shaughnessy, Edna (1998): Kann ein Lügner analysiert werden? Hg. von Claudia Frank und Heinz Weiß. Tübingen: edition diskord. Skript zur Folge: https://www.patreon.com/posts/159307194 Hilfsmöglichkeiten bei psychischen Krisen: https://www.stiftung-gesundheitswissen.de/gesundes-leben/psyche-wohlbefinden/hilfe-bei-psychischen-problemen-diese-stellen-koennen-sie-sich In psychischen Krisen können auch Hausarzt/ärztin, Psychiater/in und Psychotherapeut/innen Ansprechpartner sein. In Notfällen kann man sich zudem an eine psychiatrische Klinik wenden. Rätsel-des-Unbewussten-Abo als Geschenk: https://www.patreon.com/raetseldesubw/gift Beschreibung der Level-Inhalte: https://www.patreon.com/c/raetseldesubw/membership Wenn ihr alle bisher erschienenen handgebundenen Hefte bekommen wollt (12 Hefte) => Jahresabo auf dem Level "Liebhaber" - Vertiefungsfolge "Beendigung von Therapien" auf Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/127931630 - Folge zu Glenn Gabbard und den "liebeskranken" Analytiker: https://www.patreon.com/posts/121877727?collection=148939 Skript zu dieser Folge: https://www.patreon.com/posts/145065724 Kontakt: lives@psy-cast.org Erziehungskonzepte psychoanalytisch betrachtet (5 Teile): https://www.patreon.com/collection/148943 Digitaler Lesekreis zum Thema "Wie die Digitalisierung unsere psychische Struktur verändert" (1. Folge ist frei zugänglich): https://www.patreon.com/posts/lesekreis-werner-94838102 - Bestellung unseres Buches über genialokal: https://www.genialokal.de/Produkt/Cecile-Loetz-Jakob-Mueller/Mein-groesstes-Raetsel-bin-ich-selbst_lid_50275662.html und überall, wo es Bücher gibt. Auch als Hörbuch! - Link zu unserer Website: www.psy-cast.de - **Wir freuen uns auch über eine Förderung unseres Projekts via Paypal**: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=VLYYKR3UXK4VE&source=url - Anmeldung zum Newsletter: https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/394929/87999492964484369/share Musik: Evergreen, Kintsugi (licenced via premiumbeat.com)

Message by: Scott Treadway  This week, we celebrate the doer, those who keep families, businesses, and society moving through the work of their minds and hands. From the very beginning when God calls humankind to "work the garden", to the hands-on ministry of Jesus to "do the will of the Father", to Paul's encouragement to "work as unto the Lord", those who get it done honor God and move the world forward. For more please visit https://www.rancho.tv/events #wearerancho

In today's episode of the Atheist Experience, Thinker and FE tackle the psychology of deconstruction, the fear of questioning, and the pitfalls of defining God into existence! From the "Jesus juice" of religious shortcuts to the biological reality of our brains, the hosts challenge listeners to bring verifiable receipts for their holy claims.Poz on TikTok claims a universal mind grounds conscious experience. Hosts critique the lack of evidence and use of jargon. They challenge him to find scholarly support for this theory. Does consciousness need a metaphysical supervisor or is it an emergent property of the brain?GodProvidesBest on TikTok argues for telepathic oneness with a gender-neutral God. Hosts expose the toxicity of Ezekiel 16 metaphors. They highlight how unconditional forgiveness destroys accountability. Why does God find figs but ignore suffering?Jimmy on TikTok discusses neurotheology and spiritual labels for brain states like ego death. Hosts argue that labeling neurology as spiritual muddies the waters with religious baggage. Can we explore the mind's wonders without mystical terms?Thank you for joining us this week! We will see you next time!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience--3254896/support.

Have you ever told the truth and still felt like the message didn't land? Or held back because you weren't sure how to say it without it coming across wrong? Candace and licensed therapist Jason VanRuler are back this week continuing the conversation about the PATHS communication types — and this time they're going deep on two of them: the Advocate and the Thinker. The Advocate leads with what's fair, what's right, and what needs to be said. Proverbs 27:5 says, "Better is open rebuke than hidden love" — and that's the Advocate's whole posture. But Jason talks about what it looks like when the truth is delivered without the right packaging, and Candace opens up about her own Advocate score and a real conversation where she had to say out loud: the truth matters more to me than the fix right now. The Thinker, meanwhile, goes quiet before they go anywhere. Proverbs 18:13 is the anchor verse: "To answer before listening — that is folly and shame." Someone with a Thinker communication style is processing and fact-checking themselves, making sure what they say is worth saying. Candace shares what that looks like on set and why the people around her have learned to just let her think. There's also a listener question from Lucia about family members she can barely tolerate, a conversation about letting your kids watch you work through conflict, Jason's "boredom binder" of life skills, and an honest look at what it took for him and his wife to stop arguing in circles. Go to candace.com to sign up for email updates, get more of Jason's communication tips, and buy access to Jason's Communicate to Connect video series. Connect with Candace and Jason  Candace on Instagram @candacecbure  Follow the Podcast on Instagram @candacecameronburepodcast  Follow the Podcast on TikTok @ccbpodcast Jason on IG: https://www.instagram.com/jason.vanruler/ Jason on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/Jasonvrcounselor Website: https://www.jasonvr.com/ Sponsors For This Episode PHD myphdweightloss.com and call #864-644-1900 and mention Candace.  IFCJ ifcj.com  NOCD Visit nocd.com to book a free call  Toups & Co toupsandco.com/candace and use code CANDACE for 25% 316 Financial https://bank316.com/candace-cameron-bure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Message by: Scott Treadway  Today, we celebrate the feelers among us - those whom God has uniquely created to express his heart and connect with us in a deeply relational and experiential way. For more please visit https://www.rancho.tv/events #wearerancho  

Have you ever walked away from a conversation feeling like the other person heard something completely different from what you said? That gap between what we want and what really happens is where so many of our hardest moments show up — in our marriages, with our kids, with the people we love most. This week, Candace sits down with licensed therapist, coach, and author Jason VanRuler to start a six-week series on the five communication types he outlines in his book "Discovering Your Communication Type." Right from the start, this one feels less like a lecture and more like finally getting words for something you've always sensed about yourself. Jason introduces the PATHS framework: Peacemaker, Advocate, Thinker, Harbor, and Spark — and the conversation digs into the first type: the Peacemaker. If you've ever found yourself working overtime to keep everyone okay, managing the energy in a room without anyone even knowing, this episode is going to feel very familiar. Jason shares how our communication types are often rooted in what we needed most as kids, and how the gift we give others is usually the gift we once longed for ourselves. A listener question from Bethany about her husband's phone use leads to one of the most practical moments in the episode — including a line from Jason that could genuinely shift a marriage: "If it matters to you, it matters to me." Sign up for email updates, grab the free Healthy Connection Guide with Jason's communication type assessment, and learn how to buy Jason's course "Communicate to Connect" at candace.com. Connect with Candace and Jason  Candace on Instagram @candacecbure  Follow the Podcast on Instagram @candacecameronburepodcast  Follow the Podcast on TikTok @ccbpodcast Jason on IG: https://www.instagram.com/jason.vanruler/ Jason on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/Jasonvrcounselor Website: https://www.jasonvr.com/ Sponsors For This Episode NuEthix nuethix.com/candace IFCJ ifcj.com  PHD myphdweightloss.com and call #864-644-1900 and mention Candace.  316 Financial https://bank316.com/candace-cameron-bure GCU gcu.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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— Today we explore the transformative power of failure with business transformation specialist and author Matthew Egan. In his groundbreaking book, The Failure Advantage: Why Setbacks Are Your Secret Weapon for Success, Matt challenges conventional beliefs about failure. He argues that our most significant missteps are not enemies but rather powerful allies that can propel us toward success. Are you a high-achieving professional burdened by the fear of failure? You're not alone. Many of us mask our struggles with polished performances, but underneath lies burnout and doubt. Matt helps us break free from fear-based thinking and reframe our setbacks as valuable feedback. Drawing on real-world case studies, cognitive science, and his own experiences, Matt teaches us how to cultivate resilience, embrace risk-taking, and lead with authenticity. Join us as we dive into insightful discussions about how to reclaim failure as a catalyst for growth and leverage it into your unfair advantage in both your career and life. Get ready to learn how to stop playing defense and start thriving in the face of adversity. Valeria interviews Matthew Egan — He is the author of  "The Failure Advantage — an Advisor, Thinker and Writer on Leading Change. Matthew Egan has over 20 years of experience leading change at organizations, including Microsoft and PwC. Throughout his career managing teams, working with C-suite executives, and driving transformation projects, he has observed how setbacks can either limit potential or serve as powerful catalysts for growth. Matthew is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, and recipient of multiple business accolades, but it's his personal experience with anxiety and failure that shapes his approach. Having faced his own professional challenges, he's passionate about helping others transform their relationship with failure.  Originally from Australia and now based in the UK, Matthew lives with his wife and son, who continue to teach him the most valuable lessons about embracing imperfection and finding opportunity in adversity.  Learn more about Matthew Egan!

You have already tried the conversations. You have tried slowing down, choosing better words, waiting for the right moment. And still something derails it — the same wall, the same disconnect, the same feeling that you are speaking into air. What you have probably not tried is understanding why you communicate the way you do, and more importantly, where that pattern came from. Jason VanRuler is a licensed psychotherapist, author, and nationally recognized speaker whose new book, Discovering Your Communication Type, names a truth that changes everything: your communication style was not chosen — it was formed, shaped by the environment you needed to survive as a child. In this conversation, Jason introduces the PATHS model (Peacemaker, Advocate, Thinker, Harbor, Spark), but the framework is only the surface. Beneath it is something more confronting: most heated arguments are not about words. They are about wounds. And the same survival instincts that protected you then are likely the ones sabotaging your closest relationships now. What does it cost a relationship when secrets corrode it slowly, the way carbon monoxide fills a room — undetectable until real damage is done? What happens when you lead with your explanation instead of your apology, and why does that single inversion invalidate everything that follows? If you have been in survival mode so long that dysregulation feels like Tuesday morning, this conversation names the path out — and the grief that comes with it. The question Jason puts to you, whether he says it directly or not, is this: do you actually want connection, or do you want validation for remaining exactly as you are? Only one of those is available here. Guest Bio Jason VanRuler is a licensed psychotherapist, author, and nationally recognized speaker based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, specializing in communication, attachment, and relationships. He is the author of Discovering Your Communication Type: The 5 Paths to Deeper Connections and Stronger Relationships and founder of a thriving private practice. Jason leads retreats, workshops, and intensives for couples and organizations, and hosts his own podcast, Ok, What's Next? He lives with his wife and three children. Show Partner SafeSleeve designs a phone case that blocks up to 99% of harmful EMF radiation—so I'm not carrying that kind of exposure next to my body all day. It's sleek, durable, and most importantly, lab-tested by third parties. The results aren't hidden—they're published right on their site. And that matters because many so-called EMF blockers on the market either don't work or can't prove they do. We protect our hearts and minds—why wouldn't we protect our bodies too? Head to safesleevecases.com and use the code WINTODAY10 for 10% off your order. Episode Links Show Notes Buy my book "Healing What You Can't Erase" here! Invite me to speak at your church or event. Connect with me @WINTODAYChris on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

You think way more than you do… and that's a problem. While you're sitting there planning, researching, and perfecting your strategy, someone less qualified just shipped a worse version of your idea and they're already winning. Because doers beat thinkers every single time. In this episode, you'll learn: The one week method that gets more done in seven days than most people do in 12 months Why discipline is a design problem, not a character flaw, and how to engineer ease into your life How James Dyson built 5,127 prototypes before his breakthrough and why failed attempts are tuition The DOER framework: design the cue, open tiny, engineer reward, repeat until identity catches up Why shame keeps you stuck and what happens when you do the thing you're scared to try anyway The real cost isn't failure. It's the week, the month, the year you spent waiting while your competitor was getting reps. Time is the one resource you can't negotiate your way back. So stop thinking and start doing. Doers aren't just moving faster, they're moving smarter because they know what's working. That's exactly what Beehiiv gives newsletter operators. Use code CODIE30 at https://beehiiv.com/codie for 30% off your first three months. Build your newsletter with beehiiv. To get started, go to https://beehiiv.link/n3j2vt and use CODIE30 for 30% off your first 3 months. ___________ (00:00:00) Introduction: You Think More Than You Do (00:01:26) The Wright Brothers vs Samuel Langley: Action Creates Data (00:03:48) The One Week Method: Wage One War (00:04:57) Engineer Ease: Why Discipline Is a Design Problem (00:07:05) Earn Evidence: What Did You Actually Ship Today? (00:08:13) Kill Escape Routes: Why Most People Leave the Back Door Open (00:10:27) The Cost of Waiting: What Delay Is Already Costing You (00:13:23) The DOER Framework: Design the Cue, Open Tiny, Engineer Reward (00:15:42) Repeat Until Your Identity Catches Up (00:16:10) The Shame That Stops You: Why You're Too Scared to Try ___________ MORE FROM BIGDEAL

In today's episode of the Atheist Experience, Thinker and Trust But Verify dive into the dark side of biblical "morality" and the fear of the Holy Spirit! The hosts explore the psychological grip of deconstruction and challenge callers to provide verifiable receipts for their supernatural claims. Can personal anecdotes survive the scrutiny of probability and logic? Join us as we put divine interventions and spiritual "knowledge" to the ultimate test!Adrian in CA asks why the hosts are no longer believers. He shares that nine years of prayer led to finding his wife. Hosts challenge the post-hoc fallacy and note that humans, not gods, did the work. Can he prioritize evidence over fear?Amasa in MD claims he "knows" God because his prayers heal people. Hosts note that 98% success rates for surgery make prayer redundant. Why avoid demonstrating this at St. Jude's? Can an unfalsifiable claim be considered knowledge?Thank you for joining us this week! We will see you next time!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience--3254896/support.

In today's episode of the Atheist Experience, Justin and Thinker put God on trial for gross negligence! They explore why "spiritual vibes" aren't evidence, the cultural weight of deconversion, and why the crucifixion was just an "inconvenient weekend" for an eternal deity.Robert in MN questions why the hosts believe rationality is the only path to God, suggesting a "spiritual feeling" is more universal. Hosts argue feelings are subjective and unreliable for truth. How can internal emotions provide objective evidence?Emperor on TikTok asks the hosts what specifically led to their deconversion from Christianity. Justin cites scientific errors and failed prophecies; Thinker notes historical fiction and slavery. What evidence can stand up to rigorous scrutiny?Cheedo in PA asks about the unique social pressures of being a Black atheist. Thinker notes religion is a cultural heirloom, making deconversion feel like betraying heritage. They explore the fear of blasphemy and vitriol directed at Black women.Janet in KS relies on first-cause arguments, finding it hard to abandon faith without proof. Hosts challenge the need for a beginning, noting the universe may be eternal. Why is an invisible creator more plausible than eternal matter?Robert in Hungary converted to Catholicism to find hope. Hosts dissect the "inconvenient weekend" of the crucifixion, arguing an eternal God cannot truly suffer like a human. They also clash over biblical slavery and moral contradictions.Thank you for joining us this week! We will see you next time!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-atheist-experience--3254896/support.