Positive Evolutionary Psychology - Glenn Geher - #439

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02/24/22

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Glenn Geher is Professor of Psychology and Founding Director of Evolutionary Studies at the State University of New York and an author.

Ancestral lifestyles are a big trend at the moment. Taking influence from our paleolithic past to inform how we eat, train and move in the modern world. But taking an ancestral approach to our psychological wellbeing is much rarer and this is Glenn's work - what can insights about our past teach us about how to enjoy the present.

Expect to learn why depression and anxiety might actually be useful, why understanding the reason for emotions reduces their power over you, why it's miraculous that the education system has worked at all, why men are twice as likely to die in early adulthood than women, the danger of technology through an evolutionary lens and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (02:51) Evolutionary Psychology vs Positive Psychology (14:56) Risk-taking Men (24:23) Harlow's monkey experiments (28:32) Our Psychologically Unhealthy Society (37:53) Education from an Evolutionary Perspective (43:48) Kindness in Evolution (48:51) What Causes Anxiety & Depression? (56:03) Feelings & Emotions of Our Ancestors (1:04:16) Reinventing the Happy Life (1:11:16) Where to Find Glenn

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Learn To Embrace Discomfort - Michael Easter - #438

February 21, 2022

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Michael Easter is a contributing editor at Men's Health magazine, columnist for Outside magazine and Professor at the University of Nevada.

The world is pretty comfortable right now. Between air conditioning, Amazon Prime, Deliveroo, Netflix, Google Maps, soft beds and automatic cars, you can get through big stretches of life without encountering any real discomfort. Michael has spent years researching why discomfort is so important to our health and fulfilment, and how to reintroduce it to your life.

Expect to learn why rites of passage no longer happening in modern life is a huge loss, how Michael survived an entire month in the Alaskan Arctic, how an annual challenge with a 50% chance of failure can change your life, what nosey airport security staff can teach us about human nature, why boredom is good for you, how to overcome trauma and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (01:16) Michael’s Arctic Experience (07:56) Differences Between Elected & Unelected Discomfort (16:29) Problems Expand to Fill the Room Assigned for Them (28:32) Rites of Passage in Cultures (40:14) The Doctor Who Fixed the Patriots (50:10) Curing the Discomfort of Boredom (1:02:55) How to Begin Mastering Discomfort (1:05:32) Where to Find Michael

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Creating The Perfect Running Form - Shane Benzie - #440

February 26, 2022

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Shane Benzie is a running coach, movement specialist, researcher and the founder of Running Reborn.

Shane has travelled around the world to observe and analyse African tribes, Nepalese sherpas and Arctic Inuits in an effort to uncover the fundamentals of elite human movement. He's now applying what he learned to correct and enhance the form of the world's best runners.

Expect to learn how sherpas can be so strong, why changing your running cadence isn't a solution, whether minimalist running shoes help or hinder, what Shane learned about ancestral running patterns, plus his breakdown of the optimal head position, foot strike, hand and arm relationship, breathing pattern, stride length and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:28) Training Extreme Surfers (07:53) Running is a Lost Art (14:45) Mimicking Movement & Form (18:48) Sherpa Strength (31:50) Ancestral Performance Comparisons (36:38) Modern Shoe Technology (43:29) Most Common Landing Mechanisms (47:44) Head Positions & Stride Form (1:01:45) Rewriting Running Movement (1:06:19) Where to Find Shane

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