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128 – Pandemic and crucial testing, cultivating love and attachment ABCs Mar 31, 2020

Show notes

More about the pandemic in this shorter show, including the necessity of thorough coronavirus testing that can allow most people to resume their normal lives. Wearing masks is an important part of the prevention process, as the Asians have been demonstrating (as well as the Americans during the 1918 influenza pandemic). The questions about feeling loved and being loved in your family system relate to the development of secure attachment, so we cover highlights of a germane chapter of Parenting from the Inside Out. The ABC’s of attachment (attunement, balance, coherence) are explored.

some informative coronavirus/covid19 articles:
Silent Coronavirus Spreaders Could Unleash Second Wave of Disaster by Olivia Messer
https://www.thedailybeast.com/coronavirus-silent-spreaders-poised-to-unleash-second-wave-of-disaster
Here’s How Coronavirus Tests Work—and Who Offers Them by Jim Daley
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-how-coronavirus-tests-work-and-who-offers-them/
It’s Time to Face Facts, America: Masks Work by Ferris Jabr
https://www.wired.com/story/its-time-to-face-facts-america-masks-work/

Covid 19 Situational Assessment, Risk Landscape & Possible Solutions, Daniel Schmachtenberger
https://youtu.be/aX5n0DYXnUQ?t=3711

Question #8. Did you feel loved and valued by your parents, in the sense that you experienced yourself as a source of pleasure to them? Or did you feel unwanted, perhaps a burden? Or did you feel hated? Or did you feel you were simply an object of indifference?

Parenting from the Inside Out: How A Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.
https://www.drdansiegel.com/books/parenting_from_the_inside_out/

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Kosheen – All in my head (Planet Funk Remix)
http://www.kosheen.com

127 – Pandemic issues, personal health focus, attachment repairs, and visibility Mar 17, 2020

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More overview of the coronavirus impact, sadly. Ubiquitous and fast testing (and mask-wearing) needs to be a priority, instead of shutting down commerce and societal functioning for an arbitrary or indefinite time. Risks increase with uncertainty about who’s infected, and typical unhealthy dietary and life habits augment this (smoking is still a major thing in Europe). To promote health and immune function, avoid excess carbs and rancid “vegetable” oils. Practicing self-compassion and love also relates to cultivating a sense of secure attachment. Creating meaning in life is vital as well. Meeting the need for psychological visibility involves nurturing emotional attentiveness and flexibility.

some undue melodrama in this piece, but shows HK and historical overview…
Journalist goes undercover at “wet markets”, where the Coronavirus started | 60 Minutes Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7nZ4mw4mXw
this interview shows how minimal the USA testing process has been…
Dr. Anthony Fauci says “everything is on the table” to fight spread of coronavirus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKwwh2Iai2w
David Ropeik: How Risky Is It, Really? | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1sF5GXbWf4

self-knowledge, inner understanding and self-actualization via meaning making
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Frankl
Redeeming the Unredeemable: Auschwitz and Man’s Search for Meaning by Timothy E. Pytell
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/43137
http://www.szasz.com/exitana.html

Two books by Nathaniel Branden containing the important questions about childhood
https://www.amazon.com/Honoring-Self-Self-Esteem-Personal-Tranformation/dp/0553268147
https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Free-Nathaniel-Branden/dp/0553265881
Question #7. Did you feel that you were psychologically visible to your parents? Did you feel real to them? Did your parents seem to make a genuine, thoughtful effort to understand you? Did your parents seem authentically interested in you as a person? Could you talk to your parents about issues of importance and receive interested, meaningful understanding from them?

Nature of secure attachment (Siegel’s 4 S’s—Seen, Soothed, Safe, and Secure)

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Kosheen – All in my head (Planet Funk Remix)
http://www.kosheen.com

126 – Coronavirus, mortality, achievements of ancient Greece, consideration and dignity Mar 01, 2020

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Greetings again from Athens. In covering more tragic stories about the coronavirus, we explore the nature of mortality and then early Ionia, essentially what the artists created and philosophers developed. Our brains give rise to immense conceptual capacity and self-reflection, which yielded the exquisite artwork and thought in ancient Greece. Yet, being in survival mode can foster dysregulated limbic systems, which can lead to violence, a tragic theme throughout history (as reflected in the Parthenon’s many scars). Forwarding a non-sacrificial ethics remains vital to being able to meet all human needs, including equality, justice, and respect. Honoring each person’s dignity, especially during childhood, can help meet the need for self-esteem and transform costly interpersonal cycles of trauma into authentic healing and growing experiences.

Coronavirus Wuhan diary: ‘He got a hospital bed three hours before he died’ by the BBC’s Joyce Liu and Grace Tsoi
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51440129
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/02/27/amid-coronavirus-panic-infuenza-has-killed-77-people-so-far-in-greece/
https://www.amazon.com/Human-Advantage-Understanding-Became-Remarkable/dp/0262034255 https://www.ted.com/talks/suzana_herculano_houzel_what_is_so_special_about_the_human_brain?language=en#t-784951
https://theconversation.com/your-big-brain-makes-you-human-count-your-neurons-when-you-count-your-blessings-127398

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionians#Ionian_School_of_philosophy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates
The Acropolis – https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/404/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/ancient_greece.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/aristotle.html

Question #6. Did your parents treat you with respect? Were your thoughts, needs, and feelings given consideration? Was your dignity as a human being acknowledged? When you expressed ideas or opinions, were they treated seriously? Where your likes and dislikes treated seriously? (Not necessarily agreed with or acceded to, but nonetheless treated seriously?) Were your desires treated thoughtfully and respectfully?

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Kosheen – All in my head (Planet Funk Remix)
http://www.kosheen.com

125 – Coronavirus, systemic medical-care problems, self-care and humor sans humiliation Feb 16, 2020

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After covering various issues surrounding the coronavirus, we explore ways that modern medicine has been falling short for patients in particular and humanity in general. Science journalist John Horgan noted key points from a recent book titled Medical Nihilism by Jacob Stegenga, which are as follows: medical research is slanted toward positive results; more rigorous studies show fewer benefits; drugs’ harmful effects are underreported; health care providers engage in “disease-mongering”; screening doesn’t save lives; and, modern medicine is overrated. Given the unscientific processes within the highly regulated and institutionalized medical profession, only emergency or acute care can be recommended. Taking care of yourself with optimal nutrition (low-carb Primal/carnivore) remains key. Finally, we reflect on parental disapproval during childhood; humiliation sacrifices self-esteem. We need to practice self-acceptance, self-empathy, and self-compassion in order to heal, and then we can engage in respectful, win/win humor. :)

Mark Edge and I broadcasting from Saipan
https://www.freetalklive.com/podcast/2020-02-06

Infectious Disease Expert Discusses What We Know about the New Virus in China by Tanya Lewis
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/infectious-disease-expert-discusses-what-we-know-about-the-new-virus-in-china1/

Coronavirus Is Spreading Because Humans Are Healthier: Medical advances have dramatically extended life spans worldwide, but investment in basic health care has not kept up. by Thomas J. Bollyky
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/coronavirus-spreading-because-humans-are-healthier/606448/#

Why 1984 Isn’t Banned in China: Censorship in the country is more complicated than many Westerners imagine. by Amy Hawkins and Jeffrey Wasserstrom
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/why-1984-and-animal-farm-arent-banned-china/580156/

Is Medicine Overrated? Given medicine’s poor record, physicians should prescribe and patients consume far fewer medications, a new book argues. by John Horgan
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/is-medicine-overrated/

Very promising psychedelic-assisted therapy research
https://maps.org/research

Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari
http://chasingthescream.com

Couple notable episodes of Sean Carroll’s Mindscape podcast
https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2019/12/16/77-azra-raza-on-the-way-we-should-fight-cancer/
https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2019/07/22/56-kate-adamala-on-creating-synthetic-life/

Question #5. Did your parents communicate their disapproval of your thoughts, desires, or behavior by means of humor, teasing, or sarcasm?

bumper music
Kosheen – All in my head (Planet Funk Remix)
http://www.kosheen.com

124 – Cultural themes, sound nutrition and sustainability, need for trust Jan 27, 2020

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After covering some recent news from Hong Kong and an another recap of experiences in lovely Japan, we delve into some more nutritional notions. Regarding sustainability, we can maintain biological systems on our wondrous planet without dispensing with evidence and principles of our ancestral health. Finally, regarding Branden’s question, we need to transform the current cultural paradigm of punishment into one of restorative justice and win/win processes, which reflect self-trust and trust in others to meet needs. Working on self-esteem and being able to soothe oneself when feeling upset contribute to inner well-being and a world without punishment.

history of japan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5LY4Mz15o

Game Changers DEBUNKED (The Film) w/ Deleted Scenes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV8RVKX-ues

https://www.mpg.de/12728073/neandertals-main-food-source-was-definitely-meat
https://www.americanscientist.org/article/meat-eating-among-the-earliest-humans
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/03/why-did-new-zealands-moas-go-extinct
https://humanperformanceoutliers.libsyn.com/episode-142-bobby-gill
https://www.businessinsider.com/amount-of-carbs-to-eat-for-a-long-life-2018-8
https://www.sciencealert.com/study-on-half-a-million-people-has-bad-news-for-keto-diet

Elle Russ chats with Oren Jay Sofer – the author of Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication.
https://blog.primalblueprint.com/oren-jay-sofer/

Kevin’s and my appearance on the Two Fit Travelers podcast ( https://fittravelshow.com/ )
https://www.buzzsprout.com/226207/2548564

Question #4. Did you feel free to express your views openly without fear of punishment?

bumper music
Kosheen – All in my head (Planet Funk Remix)
http://www.kosheen.com

123 – Sorting various facts from fictions in the culture and dietary-advice world Jan 11, 2020

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After covering more enjoyable experiences in Japan, both foodie and cultural, some historical tragedies and modern legal system problems are explored, which underscore the need for respect, restorative justice, and more evolved human organizations (Teal). We then delve into some recent articles concerning modern nutrition and dietary advice. As usual, the mainstream content comes with various caveats, because it often overlooks or omits important scientific aspects. For instance, especially when consumed via a low-carb regimen, saturated fat and red meat are actually healthy additions. Yet another documentary was produced about the merits of veganism; Game Changers generated lots of corrective scrutiny by those more scientifically informed. Thinking independently and developing one’s critical faculty can really help us sort fact from fiction. Adults can assist by honoring children’s curiosity and quest for truth, instead of demanding obedience and rewarding mindless conformity.

Some tragic Japanese history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haibutsu_kishaku
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Restoration

Fascinating book (and other books) by science writer Sam Kean
http://samkean.com/books/the-tale-of-the-dueling-neurosurgeons/

Here’s an extraordinary book about the next step in how humans can beneficially organize themselves—honoring self-management processes, dynamic wholeness, and cooperative purpose (as opposed to being fragmented and disorganized by and for untrusting domination-oriented systems):
Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage in Human Consciousness
by Frederic Laloux
https://www.reinventingorganizations.com

The Mediterranean diet is named the best diet for 2020, and keto remains one of the worst
by Gabby Landsverk and Julia Naftulin
https://amp.insider.com/the-best-diet-of-2020-mediterranean-diet-us-news-2019-12

Make 2020 the Year of Less Sugar
by Tara Parker-Pope
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/well/eat/sugar-diet-healthy.html

What Decades of (Sometimes Dodgy) Dietary Advice Made Us Do
by Justin Fox
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-11-10/do-americans-listen-to-nutritional-experts-only-when-it-s-easy

Game Changers DEBUNKED (The Film) w/ Deleted Scenes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV8RVKX-ues
two podcast episodes with extra analysis and commentary:
https://carnivoremd.com/did-james-wilks-get-anything-right-against-chris-kresser-with-brian-sanders-of-food-lies/
https://carnivoremd.com/we-crush-the-game-changers-full-debunking-with-ryan-lowery-phd/

Arnold Schwarzenegger Shows His Gym & Fridge | Gym & Fridge | Men’s Health
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFk-L7Wcg0g

Kevin’s health and wellness site:
https://www.nomadhealthcoach.com

Question #3. Were you encouraged to think independently, to develop your critical faculty? Or were you taught to be obedient rather than mentally active and questioning? Did your parents project that it was more important to conform to what other people believed than to discover what is true? When your parents wanted you to do something, did they appeal to your understanding and give you reasons for their request? Or did they communicate in effect, “Do it because I say so”?

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Kosheen – All in my head (Planet Funk Remix)
http://www.kosheen.com

122 – Issues involving obesity, nutritional, developmental, and cultural Dec 26, 2019

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Happy holidays, from Japan. In this episode I cover the worldwide problem of childhood obesity and nutritional deficiencies, which is related to what the nutrition establishment has been advising over the years. There’s been a lot of confusion about what is healthy to eat. Using coercion to ban and tax substances doesn’t deal with the causes of the problem. Amidst this landscape, self-responsibility and helpful scientific information remain key to countering misinformation (such as about fat and carbs). Honoring the nature of oneself as a rational being capable of making free (as opposed to coerced) choices is foundational to personal and societal well-being.

Childhood Obesity Is Rising ‘Shockingly Fast’ — Even In Poor Countries by Tim McDonnell
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/10/17/770905500/childhood-obesity-is-rising-shockingly-fast-even-in-poor-countries

Helpful book by Doug McGruff and Robert Murphy – The Primal Prescription: Surviving the “Sick Care” Sinkhole
https://www.amazon.com/Primal-Prescription-Surviving-Sick-Sinkhole/dp/1939563097
https://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-prescription
https://blog.primalblueprint.com/episode-92-doug-mcguff-md/
https://blog.primalblueprint.com/episode-91-robert-murphy/

James Corden offers emotional rebuttal against Bill Maher’s calls for fat-shaming
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/james-corden-offers-emotional-rebuttal-against-bill-mahers-calls-for-fat-shaming-2019-09-14/

The War on Childhood Obesity Needs a War on Blame by Leah Lessard
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-war-on-childhood-obesity-needs-a-war-on-blame/

Billie Eilish Carpool Karaoke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh2qGWfmESk

A very moving statement and poem by a Hong Konger
“2047”
https://youtu.be/quBeEYj6nrc

Question #2. “Were you taught the importance of learning to think, the importance of developing your mind, the importance of becoming a rational being? Did your parents provide you with intellectual stimulation and convey the idea that the use of your mind can be an exciting pleasure?”

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Kosheen – All in my head (Planet Funk Remix)
http://www.kosheen.com

121 – Free Hong Kong, ACEs, and a rational, predictable, and intelligible world Dec 12, 2019

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Freedom for Hong Kong! :) If we don’t focus on what ails us, in terms of developmental trauma, we’ll tend to relive it. So, it’s vital to recognize and be mindful of the impact of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and, just as importantly, to work on remedying the various causes of them. Autonomy wars persist tragically due to sacrificed needs early on and as we mature, so enemy images, animosity, and fears become established, often preventing a healthy shift out of the status quo. At the end of the show notes for this episode is the first of many questions posed by psychologist Nathaniel Branden, which are quite useful to reflect on for growth. The costly systems that parents oftentimes find themselves immersed in (and grew up in) are a major part of the problem in need of transformation.

CDC: Childhood Trauma Is A Public Health Issue And We Can Do More To Prevent It
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/11/05/776550377/cdc-childhood-trauma-is-a-public-health-issue-and-we-can-do-more-prevent-it

We need more no-nonsense doctors like Ken Berry…
https://humanperformanceoutliers.libsyn.com/episode-68-dr-ken-berry

Opinion: The latest flip-flop on red meat uses best science in place of best guesses by Nina Teicholz
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-10-09/red-meat-diet-nutrition-guidelines

In 1972, a British scientist sounded the alarm that sugar – and not fat – was the greatest danger to our health. But his findings were ridiculed and his reputation ruined. How did the world’s top nutrition scientists get it so wrong for so long?
by Ian Leslie
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/07/the-sugar-conspiracy-robert-lustig-john-yudkin

https://www.amazon.com/Honoring-Self-Self-Esteem-Personal-Tranformation/dp/0553268147
https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Free-Nathaniel-Branden/dp/0553265881

Question #1. “When you were a child, did your parents’ manner of behaving and of dealing with you give you the impression that you were living in a world that was rational, predictable, and intelligible? Or a world that was bewildering, contradictory, incomprehensible, unknowable?”

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Kosheen – All in my head (Planet Funk Remix)
http://www.kosheen.com

120 – Show reboot and highlights from 2yr hiatus Nov 25, 2019

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Greetings! The podcast is finally up and running once again, after aging for a couple years like a big block of sharp cheddar. ;) Wes is solo this go-round, and I cover a variety of topics in this episode, ranging from psychological conferences I attended and world travels. A burgeoning point of light in the culture concerns helpful insights and integration work via psychedelic-assisted therapy. Humanity still needs to transform systemic obstacles to growth and healthy self-esteem, along with a freedom vision.

Episode 52: Nina Teicholz on saturated fat, U.S. dietary guidelines, and the shortcomings of nutrition science
https://www.ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-52/

Episode 43: Jeff Volek explains the power of ketogenic diets to reverse type 2 diabetes
https://www.ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-43/

Welcome to Aware! by Dan Siegel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkjlQ4XzsGA

Gabor Maté – The Roots of Healing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P38fhtdWFhY

Alcohol ‘more harmful than heroin’ says Prof David Nutt
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-11660210

https://psychedelicsociety.org.uk/experience-weekends

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan
https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transcendence/dp/1594204225

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon#Destruction

https://humanperformanceoutliers.libsyn.com

Kevin’s site…
https://freedomlovin.com

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Kosheen – All in my head (Planet Funk Remix)
http://www.kosheen.com

119 – Liberation from shame pathways Nov 24, 2017

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(duration 43:57) We’re finally back in the saddle (apologies for the delay!). As we’ve let the show age like a fine primal wine, we share news that Kevin is departing and that Wes will continue solo (sometimes w/ guests) for at least the next year. In this episode we explore parts of a couple informative books on nutrition (links below), including detrimental aspects of “vegetable oils,” aka, industrial seed oils, as well as current findings on oxidized omega 3s. Then we finish our series on the experience and beliefs about shame, in which we note once again that it’s unhelpful for win/win interactions with self and others—since shame is the opposite of self-esteem. We cover the following related components from the inner liberation process, which is featured on http://radicalcompassion.com:
-Self-acceptance: Accepting oneself with unconditional caring.
-Reconnecting to self and recovering from reactivity: Reactivity is internal resistance to what is. Recovery is letting go of that resistance. Reconnecting to self is being with one’s own experience with presence and compassion.
-Honest self-expression: Owning one’s experience and having the willingness to express authentically without blame or criticism.
-Responding to others’ reactivity: Responding rather than reacting to others who are caught up in intense separating emotions.
-Openness to feedback: Receiving other’s perspective about our actions with equanimity and centeredness.
-Cultivating vitality: Tuning in to oneself to support balanced self-care; cultivating the energy to serve life.
As noted below, we also went on a few tangents in this concluding show as a duo, including the ill effects of a society that tends to disfavor political freedom and, thus, self-responsibility.

All In The Mind podcast episode discussing orthorexia…
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/when-a-healthy-diet-becomes-an-unhealthy-obsession/8530762

Two recent books that explain much of the twisted history of nutritional dogma and provide valuable ancestral health information…

Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food by Catherine Shanahan M.D.
https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Nutrition-Your-Genes-Traditional/dp/1250113822
http://drcate.com/list-of-good-fats-and-oils-versus-bad/

The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet by Nina Teicholz
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Fat-Surprise-Butter-Healthy/dp/1451624433/
https://thebigfatsurprise.com

We no longer recommend omega 3 fish oil supplements, due to the following research:
Oxidation of Marine Omega-3 Supplements and Human Health
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2013/464921/
choice quote…
“Lipid peroxides hasten oxidation of other fatty acids to create further lipid peroxides in an expansive chain reaction. We speculate that ingested omega-3 peroxides could lead to lipid membrane peroxidation, cell damage, and oxidative stress, which are known to be mechanisms of disease. Endogenous membrane lipid peroxidation results in altered membrane fluidity, transport, and cell signalling [8] which also may be an important disease mechanism.”

Fish oil supplements in New Zealand are highly oxidised and do not meet label content of n-3 PUFA
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep07928

supplemental reading…
https://www.aocs.org/stay-informed/read-inform/featured-articles/sink-or-swim-fish-oil-supplements-and-human-health-april-2016
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Shame on You (with Jennifer Jacquet) – https://verybadwizards.fireside.fm/89
http://www.isshamenecessary.com

the NVC (aka, connected communication) workshop that Kevin attended in LA was hosted by http://www.newtbailey.com

Penn Jillette on Libertarianism | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
https://youtu.be/5I4a4xpw8C0?t=220

https://diatribe.org/virta-health-launches-to-reverse-type-2-diabetes-with-low-carb-diets-coaching
https://www.virtahealth.com/about

http://radicalcompassion.com
http://radicalcompassion.squarespace.com/pathways-to-liberation/
Pathways to Liberation Self-Assessment
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KPIvCD_XIGThKEsqZ-qKQwY0Op5pSe_r7uqksetW5FQ/

https://feelinggood.com/category/dr-davids-blogs/feeling-good-podcast/

groundbreaking research on psychedelic-assisted therapy…
http://www.horizonsnyc.org
http://www.maps.org/research

bumper music
Kosheen – All in my head (Planet Funk Remix)
http://www.kosheen.com

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