NSP026 – What’s the Story with Mindfulness?

It seems everyone I respect and listen to meditates. They say, Harvey, have you tried mindfulness and meditation? It changed my life, it’ll change yours too, just give it a try…

ALRIGHT! I feel like I’ve been just fine without it, but here’s your meditation episode you heathens!

Let see if there’s anything to this ancient practice…

Very calm, serene links:

Catharsis Myth, Metaphor or Reality: https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/evil-deeds/200909/anger-and-catharsis-myth-metaphor-or-reality

Catharsis Theory and Media Effects: https://www.encyclopedia.com/media/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/catharsis-theory-and-media-effects

Aggression & Catharsis Dr Brad Bushman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASKXG4kf4n4

What I’ve Learned – Change your Brain’s Default Mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAVPDYhW_nw

Sam Harris – Mindfulness is Powerful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwac6Uk-zyk

Joe Rogan Experience – Dan Harris on Mediation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB3RGu8Go2s

This is your Brain on Meditation: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/use-your-mind-change-your-brain/201305/is-your-brain-meditation

The Neuroscience of Why Meditation Works: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-meditation-works_n_4702629

NSP013 – The Stories They Tell Us About Food

Diet and nutrition are important to everybody, but when you make an earnest attempt to improve your knowledge in this area, it’s often confusing, contradictory and ultimately discouraging. There seem to be so many contradictory studies and points of view that it’s impossible to determine what diet is truly healthy for a human.

Is there an agenda at play? And how do we find a story that makes sense of it all?

In this episode of Narratively Speaking, Harv shares his own battles and tries to sort out the truth from the nonsense.

Mikhaila Peterson with Joe Rogan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fncJdVjy5U
What I’ve Learned: why the Carnivore Diet works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isIw2AN_-XU
Footsoldier on the Carnivore diet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHtf_oK75bg
Gojiman on the Carnivore diet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsVD7NBrkLg
Nestle CEO Peter Brabeck on water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzaV8tg6hno

NSP009 – The Stories We Tell About Our Jobs (Part 1)

The only thing worse than having a job is not having one. Why does it seem such a rarity that people are employed doing something they enjoy? Why do we feel compelled to work a job at all?

It’s all down to story…

The Office intro clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLwpCS5I1aw
The Story of Your Enslavement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbp6umQT58A
Joe Rogan on menial jobs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biBAIg8IdAU&feature=youtu.be&t=863
George Carlin Rant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-14SllPPLxY
Zeitgeist Addendum – The Federal Reserve: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0pQNkX8jLM
Corbett Report – A Century of Enslavement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IJeemTQ7Vk