Get UNCOMFORTABLE And RECLAIM Your Wild, Happy, and Healthy Self | Michael Easter
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- You are living through exciting and strange times. There are so many technological advances with AI, space travel, NFTs, and a rapidly changing culture with social media, it’s near impossible to just turn ‘off’. Let’s admit it, FOMO is real and it keeps a lot of people connected when they’re not even sure why they’re connected. When was the last time you unplugged and took on a challenge you weren’t sure you’d complete? How long has it been since you’ve sat with yourself in total silence or allowed yourself to just be bored out of your mind? Author and journalist, Michael Easter, joins me today to discuss his journey and share the lessons and insights he’s gained from spending a month in the Arctic surviving. Hunting his own food, carrying heavy loads, and sitting with absolute boredom are just part of his story. As you listen to his story, it is my hope you will consider ways you step out of your comfort zone. There is something very freeing about being able to shake things up and break your routines and habits to improve the quality of your life in unconventional ways. This episode is about facing discomfort and finding new ways to challenge yourself for the better.
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SHOW NOTES:
0:00 | Introduction to Michael Easter
1:05 | The Comfort Crisis Explained
3:02 | Journey to the Arctic
5:03 | Recovering from Alcohol
7:40 | Outside the Comfort Zone
8:55 | Helicopter Parenting Losing Challenges
12:16 | Touching Controversial Topics
14:53 | Challenges Surviving the Arctic
20:11 | Problem Creep
28:05 | Need for Rite of Passage
35:12 | Metaphorical Lions for Passage
41:19 | Comfort Creep & Habits
44:22 | Breaking Routine to be Present
47:45 | Discomfort and Boredom
50:00 | Benefits of Boredom
57:12 | Daily Routine
1:02:11 | Rucking & Human Design
1:14:05 | Killing His 1st Caribou
1:17:16 | Life Cycle & Mortality
1:27:16 | “This Too Shall Pass”
1:30:31 | Want to Live Forever?
1:39:12 | Assigning Meaning to Life
1:42:20 | Rites of Passage Transformation
1:46:12 | Problem Creep Comparison
1:50:34 | Finding Gratitude
QUOTES:
“By never putting yourself in a position where you are uncomfortable, whether that is physically or mentally or with, what you think to be true? You're not gonna, you're not gonna learn anything about yourself.” [7:41]
“As humans face fewer and fewer problems in our lives, we don't actually experience fewer problems. We just redefine what a problem is.” [22:50]
“If we never put ourselves in the position of true challenge, then we don't really learn something about ourselves” [40:26]
“The idea of trying to do new things, learn new things that totally shake up a routine. It's interesting, because now all of a sudden, I can't predict the future, and I've got to learn some new stuff, and this is forcing you into presence and focus,” [45:18]
“When you're bored, your brain actually goes inward, starts to sort of ruminate it, you sort of have these different thoughts that are more inward focus” [50:21]
“We don't realize how freaking amazing daily life is. It is unbelievable all this shit that we take for granted in our life every single day. We become unsatisfied with it, we look for the problems.” [1:50:36]
“If you look for the things that are joyful, and good and wonderful, then you're gonna see that and that frame of reference will color how you approach change.” [1:53:36]
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What are some of the best tips you’ve gotten about learning how to break out of your comfort zone?
dumbassess : nope its exact opposite !!!! reclaim the *Scapegoat* or be lost in fake is.Real and Love is not pretending !!!!
Accepting other zones as different zones, and in that zones is where the possibilities lie, the different zone doesn't suppose to mean a wrong zone, it is the zone of recognition, zone of self-knowledge, and breaking out the normalization of comfort.
Be MORE vulnerable…😎👍
Shitty Movies on Planes = OPPORTUNITY!!!!
"Take Flight with Tom"
What if every plane had Impact, Health, and Relationship Theory as an option on their TV selection?! Tom, you could seriously offer this to some progressive airlines for a licensing fee (or even free, since it's going to draw people to your other work).
If your debating on doing it just get and do it and get it over with
I had to reach a place of understanding that no one was going to come save me, fix me or solve the problems in my life. When you realize it's your battle and the world isn't responsible for your feelings. I've been raped, lost a parent to suicide, been abused, robbed and a list of other traumas but what happened to me isn't who I am. Life is hard, everyone is struggling, focus on your well-being. No one is going to fix it for.you. Learn that triggers are stepping stones for growth and healing, honor your feelings and then let them go. Stop holding onto hurt longer than you need to. I promise when you take back control of your life, it all falls into place
Mesmerised reading this, thankyou..... sending huge hugs from Tasmania 💐💐
Lot of wisdom in there. Blessings to you
Sarah I could cry reading this. I’m stuck for 50 years and have just been telling myself the same thing that no one is going to rescue me, God won’t save me (if he hasn’t already) and all I have is myself to help myself. Thank you for saying it just as I needed to read it.
@@Mush2389 I'm so happy you found this video when you needed it and the message hit home. It's a long road of continuous effort but you are worth your own time, effort, love and attention. You've got this.
@@Mush2389 Melody, you've got this sweetheart, I don't know your circumstances obviously but you have to fight for yourself, your piece of mind, your physical health and your mental health, be kinder to yourself more, look after your health, wellness, your fitness etc.....it's crucial to being the person you want to be, you're still young, be around good people, learn new things, feel the fear and do it anyway, read books that interest you and you can learn something from, volunteer somewhere that gives you purpose, be physically active, just walk somewhere in nature, it's healing for your mind and body but don't stay stuck, ask for help when you need it, there are great people out there that if they know you're struggling will help you, but you have to believe in yourself, just try it, it works and don't be hard on yourself for being aware, baby steps but keep going, sending hugs from Tasmania 💐💐
I grew up in the 80’s when we played outside ALL day at the Creek and came home at DARK…😊💯🏃🏻♂️
I grew up 20 years before you and we did the same thing.
@@numbzinger350
Yes I grew up in the 60's and after we got out of school we were outside playing until dark! Kids now days are soft!
Me, too! Those were the days! 🍃
In the 30s we had to walk home from school without legs....
And even then we didn't want to go home because we were doing something. Building a dam, a tee pee, a tree fort. We were lucky.
don't pray for an easy life...pray for the strength, courage and conviction to endure a hard one.
"The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism." --Norman Vincent Peale
Sharing some love From a small CZcamsr 🤍
Love this!
Yes
“Comparison is the thief of joy”. Brilliantly said. I’ll be using that with my children relating to social media. Thank you.
Attributed to Theodore Roosevelt
Be sure to remind them that what they see on social media is people crafting their lives to appear enviable or interesting but often these people are either drastically exaggerating the way they live or they are unhappy and lonely because they’re focused on the wrong things in life. Regardless of what it is, it often isn’t real. They only show the good so that is all you see and it appears that is their entire life. Just good. They can craft it to however they want to appear. Another, and far better, option is to either not allow them to use social media. Either way more people need to recognize it for what it is. Addictive and toxic.
This Michael wingnut is an absolute genius!!!! He just cracked the code for one of my lifes problems!!!! Sunufabetch!!!! This is a very good watch!!!!! Tom pulls another jackpot interview!!! I now need to sit and think.... the timing could not be better!!!!
"You're going to see what you look for." Powerful. "We can be in the conditions we're in now and thrive emotionally." Yessss!
agreed
"People have gotten soft, there are no rights of passage anymore."
People need a right of passage. Without it, their development and growth is stunted, hence, where we are broadly in society today
Basic training and deployments were my right of passage.
On point. I have 4 kids & they are amazing bcuz I let then figure out their own path & taking risks
Lemme tell you the line about our ancestors got pretty strong by carrying sh!t is definitely true for me. I have 4 kids my first two were twins. I’ve carried many bodies and many pounds of stuff around on a daily basis for years. However after listening to this I’m going to start packing some of that stuff onto my children! We really do need to realize we are raising soft delicate children and it isn’t helping them to become successful adults.
You’re a good mom, I can tell just by your comment. Your children are lucky to have such a mindful mother ❤️
@@kerstinmiller223 thank you so much.
I recently took a foster child in as well so we have a lot going on but we are working as a team now more than ever.
As soon as they mentioned the rucking I completely related to it. I’ve been a professional mover for 30 years. So I would go to work in the morning move heavy items Most of the day going from the house up the ramp into the truck back down the ramp repeatedly! And we would always talk about how much better shape movers are compared to the rest of the workforce! And I was always amazed how intelligent a lot of movers are even without an education. I always thought it was the worst job ever ,but then soon realized how extremely beneficial it has become!
Whoever is reading this, your ability to be in the present moment is a major component of your mental toughness.
I was recently involved in a minor disaster where I almost died and had to save myself by the strength of my arm and the strength of my determination, then after surviving that I had to endure a very tough challenge to get myself home. Though it would seem to have involved a lot of suffering I at no point was ever suffering. I was having the time of my life dancing on the jaws of death, and I was so eager to take on that challenge. Now I feel ready for anything!!!
The fact that he's also a recovering alcoholic earns him points in my book. I love his message. Guys, stay well especially during these times. Be you own superhero.
Here's to all recovering addicts out there. Keep on going.
@@jakeamberson6675 Thank you.
@@princeekeson12 You're welcome man!
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I just hit 1 year no alcohol, after drinking for about 15 years straight everyday. Feeling and looking a lot better.
Be Grateful everyday give thanks and your life will change !!!!
I can't believe I've actually been a helicopter parent. I did not start out that way with my sons, but after getting clean a few years ago, I was so scared of something happening to my kids as punishment for my behavior. I have kept them so close to me that I believe it's causing us to but heads more often than would be normal. recently, I've been letting them play outside without watching their every move. It feels scary, but I know it's needed. Thank you for this video, as always.
Unsupervised play time means a lot to a boy. We like to go on journeys and come back to tell a tale. It's our nature
@@silver2zilver i agree that it is very important. I think done of these things just become so normal to everyone that we forget what is real. It didn't click in my head that I was hovering over my younger 2 children until I watched this. I did realize that they weren't getting enough independent play outside, but I forgot that it really is ok to let them explore more than the front porch/ yard. That's why it's mind are so stressed. We do too much and ate depended on for too much.. including entertainment.
My favorite part of my life was exploring as a kid. I think of the stuff I did in early 90s and it's ridiculed today! But it taught me lessons that helped keep me out of trouble later and I didn't want to get in trouble since I was so thankful to be able to roam a small town even during a biker rally at 10 😂
As a dad of a six year old boy I totally get what you have experienced. It is not clear cut of how we can be the best parents and do the right thing but it is very important to take time to think about what we do and how we do it, and most importantly, how we move forward. Best of luck to you a d your family.
@@Cosmicsurfpro i was born in 90 and was given plenty of freedom to explore woods and creeks near my home. I talk about it frequently bc it was the best part of my childhood.
A mature adult conversation between 2 Alfa males in harmony. So good to see. Mick makes sense. ty 4 vid.
I wore all my babies until they were toddlers! They were heavy but it felt right.
I have been with this channel since it had 5k subscribers and now it's one of most successful shows.
I was born in the late 60s; was a teenager in the 80s. I walked to school in kindergarten by myself. When I was in second grade, my little sister and brother and I would walk to the store by ourselves. We drank out of the hose, we played outside all day, we rode our bikes, we made forts and played in the dirt, we walked to the park with friends and without our parents. No one talked about safety or told others to "be safe" and there was no obsessive hand washing and certainly no antibacterial hand sanitizer or any other such products. I wasn't even vaccinated and neither were my siblings. We never got sick except for a minor cold here and there in the winter time. We never were hospitalized. We never broke bones and we never had surgery. Today, none of us have any diseases are chronic ailments. Sometimes it's beneficial to take risks than obsess about safety and comfort and I will always fight for my right to choose either one! I will also accept the responsibility and outcome for both.
Daily life is great. Every day. Every tree. Every side walk, Surrounded by stick buildings with plumbing and electricity. All sorts of people, music, clouds and sunshine. Breath it in.
One of my favorite exercise routines is to simply carry a single 24kg kettlebell for a mile, switching hands whenever you want. Also, backpacking in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with about 35 lbs on my back at an elevation of 8,000 ft and above simply kicks my ass. Taking joy in being uncomfortable is something I consider one of my greatest gifts!
Lol the kettlebell and switching hands reminds me of trying to take a big bag of stuff to declutter to the local goodwill, ON FOOT, between the bus stops, about a mile or so.
Tom Bilyeu's podcast is one of the best resource for self learning💡. Absolutely amazing, loved it👍💙
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yes I agree
Well, I live on a farm and hay. But I do it from an air conditioned tractor and move bales with a big tracsteer.
My Grandfather hayed with a team, which he had to care for, and put up loose hay with a pitchfork.
Great episode!
"I didn't like the way avoiding it (challenges) was making me feel about myself. I felt THAT. There's definitely a feeling of self-respect that comes from accomplishing challenges, like sitting in SILENCE ALONE. 🤜💥🤛
@@kwb7608 It does.
I felt it, there's a huge amount of satisfaction and self-respect you gain from uncomfortable experience. You might not enjoy one bit of it at the time but after you feel proud of your self & discover you are stronger than you thought. 👍🏽
@@angelawilliamson6765 Exactly. The words "stronger than you thought" are the words I literally say to myself whenever I come out of the other side of something difficult. Thanks for the feedback. Good luck to you.
Ug I
Challenges are different for everyone. I sit alone in sound or silence every day. I've never felt bothered by being alone. I do prefer to have other people around, but I do most of what I do alone. So realize that what challenges you may not be a challenge for me and what challenges me may be simple and easy for you.
But that feeling of self-respect that comes from accomplishing what challenges you is the same no matter what the challenge is.
In the 80s my mom and dad had no clue where i was lol
Good old days
Now we’re on the Internet!
Jesus: mom relax - I was gone for only 3 days…
Same. I would be gone for hours without her noticing or panicking.
When ure bored u have less stimulation and more free flowing energy to alocate to your own ideas and thoughts. Its just a trade off. Love this!
Fantastic! This conversation needs to be shared with the world! The concept of life being easier today makes smaller problems seem bigger than they are is extremely eye-opening
I think the thing is that while the world has gotten more simple, it has also gotten far more complicated. Before the complications were very physical and black and white. You had to do certain actions in order to survive, but now the problems are far more esoteric. Which not only makes them harder to grasp but also almost impossible to solve.
The reason why I DO NOT want to live forever is because I want to get the most from this experience, being human and being alive. Then, I want to get the most from the experience that is to come.
And if there is nothing to come after this life, that in itself is also something.
You had it in your conversation about getting bored and the creativity that follows from that. So, should there be nothing, it will be followed by creativity.
Just for anyone reading this, Please take care of yourselfs. Don’t let doubt, fear, anxiety and dredge break you. Learn from it, let it make you stronger instead. Trust in that it is only temporary, and that the universe knows what to doo. We are the children of the cosmos, and I trust that it will lead us through this, and help us wake up. Love to you all, my fellow sisters and brothers!
We are the children of God. He made the cosmos. Make sure to worship the creator, not the creation. Bless you! ❤️🙏
Tom- really glad you are back interviewing in person…such a huge difference. Thanks for all you do.
When you said that you wanted to make sure that by the age of 15 everyone has encountered a growth mindset my entire body lit up in chills and energy and vibration that was so incredible and meaningful. And then you said you had a neurochemical response when saying it. Holy wow. If I had encountered a growth mindset before the age of 15 I would be in a totally different place and I always say if we had just learned this When We Were Young... Thank you for what you are doing. I stand behind you 100%!
There is hope for me I LOVE silence.
I LOVE that he reminds us of how it was when we felt "bored." lol! #UNPLUG
I TRULY live this episode. And have been insistent on taking the stairs, helping people move furniture, purposely carrying all sorts of awkward and heavy things... It is so great
*listening to while going on a walk* “We can’t even go on a walk without listening to something.” *immediately turns off headphones*
Yessss! Love being called out for these mindless things! ❤️
It's ok to listen to stuff while walking.
If I lived forever, I could be expert in so many things. But losing people would be a constant source of pain.
He's dreamy.I wish I had had a professor like him.😍
My husband's parents would tell their kids, even when traveling abroad, and even when they were very young, to come home when the street lights come on. So, Hubby would wake up early, nibble on some cereal, and leave, play with strangers on the beaches, or in dangerous drain systems catching frogs, returning practically at night, and he was 6 the soonest he can remembers!!! 😮
As a kid, we were out from sun up to sundown...Im listening outside, in the desert. I realized if I saw kids out, it would be So weird. I rarely see kids out, riding bikes, walking about...it blowing my mind how the world has changed. I miss seeing kids being kids outside, in nature. 🤯
I like this one. My life has been speckled with extremely uncomfortable episodes but with spatterings of awesome stuff too. I have overcome so many wild challenges that I know I am a capable person. There is much value in that for sure. I wonder if I would want to live ‘forever’- that seems like an awfully long time- but if I said I wanted to love to 500, when I am 480, I might be rethinking that. 80-100yrs is definitely not long enough to experience so many things that life and this world has to offer. I can see how you could live forever and still not be able to experience and learn it all. Great conversation! I feel like when the next inevitable challenge comes my way, my perspective of what it has to offer for my growth will help me overcome it faster. So far in my life I have not had to create uncomfortable challenges yearly- they just seem to keep presenting themselves. Thanks, Tom!
"I am amused, I said, at your fear of the world, which makes you guard against the appearance of insisting upon useless studies [geometry in particular and mathematics in general]; and I quite admit the difficulty of convincing men that in every soul there is an organ which is purified and illumined by these studies, when by other pursuits lost and dimmed; and this eye of the soul is more precious far than ten thousand bodily ones, for this alone beholds the vision of truth." (Plato's Republic, Book VII.)
Topher Ming - love that. Thanks for posting ;))
Michael has the cutest smile I've ever seen! It melts! ❤
I also want to live forever Tom! I want to see how the world will progress even more.
I wasn't financial free until my 40’s and I’m still in my 40’s, bought my second house already, earn on a monthly basis via my investment all thanks to my adviser Andrew Jamie , and got 5 out of 5 goals, just hope it encourages someone that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any of them right now, you can start TODAY regardless of your age INVEST and change your future! Investing in the financial market is a grand choice I made. Great video
Thanks for sharing this information. Actually I lost some funds while trying to trade by myself. wish i could find some way around it and make profits on crypto investing.
i agree ,day trading is complex when you have limited knowledge, but with the right strategy, you can earn a lot from it.
@@henrypopkong401 what I think what you need is the right coach and trading account manager to skyrocket your profits daily.
who would you recommend ??
trading with Mr Andrew Jamie made more profits for me than other trading professionals I traded with in the past
The fact that the younger generation think that killing your food is barbaric, says a great deal about the shallow thinking and cluelessness of this generation. Everything you naturally eat was KILLED, whether it is plant or animal. Why do the young think there is such a difference between killing animals and plants??? The disconnect of the younger generations is staggering. It's great that Michael went and did this, as it brings him back to some of the most basic thinking of earlier generations. And this thinking is more profound and sensible than the fragmented group think of the young, who defend these ignorant thoughts as if their very life depended on it.
I was born to older parents & was a child in the 70s while veganism & vegetarianism was growing. My Mediterranean father grew up supporting his family since he was 10. On of our beautiful Sunday walks together, father and daughter, at the park holding hands, he looked down and said something in a very serious tone that confused me, he said, “don’t ever be ashamed to eat meat, don’t you ever let anyone make you feel wrong for that. You need that to survive and you could get sick and weak without it. There’s nothing wrong, this is the cycle of life, God made animals for us to hunt and eat, every thing on this earth is here under God’s design. And we need to have courage to live happily. If you can be anything in life, be courageous, and if you can do that, you will be okay.” I still didn’t understand the whole concept, and his motives. He’s not with me anymore, but he tried to instill in me what he deemed as healthy psychology and survival in case he couldn’t be around. I do not eat meat often anymore, but the life cycle concept was profound and ever nourishing to me.
I live in Alaska! Since 1993. Came with military from IL. It’s beautiful, but definitely cold! Hiking and hunting here are not for the faint of heart.
I mow my grass with old (non self propelled) mower, wearing my 30lb rucksack. Do I look like an idiot? Yes. Is it a great workout? Also yes.
haha well done!
Great idea I'm going to try thank you
I will ABSOLUTELY push that button to live forever. Because that means I have more time to make a difference. And to continue to learn and explore infinite possibilities. I just thought everyone thought that way, until you brought it up!
Aha moment over here for me (Erin).
Tom, living forever is only appealing IF we have the choice to "leave" when we are ready. If we HAVE to live forever it is too scary, which is why so many people say "no".
Stop complaining and START DOING! Period.
"push ups in the parking lot" means the disease is somewhere unseen training hard to best you and catch you off guard. Like a super motivated opponent training to beat you and catch you off guard...
Thank you because I was confused
Thanks cause i didnt catch that
Makes sense thank you!
Thank you!
Thanks! I was so confused by that statement haha
“For me to accept the end of my life I free up space for someone else” Wow. Never have I thought of death in a hopeful way like this.
I have to watch this. It sounds good. Tired of brittle, and emotionally incontinent people. It is hard when people think so high of themselves that they require handling like a Ming vase.
People have been programmed that the victim mentality is a desirable state - offended by everything. The Twitter cesspool amplifies this.
Nobody has a “right” to never be offended. No wonder there’s so much psychoses, neuroses, anxiety and addiction to drugs (both legal and illegal).
A great discussion. Filled with nuggets. I live in NYC. I refer to myself as a "pack mule" often. Strapping on and carrying what I need to where I need. I GET the idea of this. It has helped me in my life in 1,000 ways. AND it freaks people out and they offer quick solutions now "just uber". I don't wanna uber...i wanna tie up 1w pieces of lumber and walk it 10 blocks shifting it from shoulder to shoulder over my head.
Having high expectations of self can be isolating, because not everyone can come along on the journey, for their own self limiting reasons. But yet, in this journey, I have become good friends with my higher self. Overcoming the most challenging circumstances and realizing that trusting my instinct is more important than garnering acceptance from peers.
You guys, rucking can also DESTROY your back and joints if the pack is too heavy and/or you are not fully developed before rucking. The military treats it’s soldiers as disposable pawns. Ruck with caution ⚠️
rucking and general fitness regimes should be built up to slowly because most people are in such bad shape, part of why military has standard of physical fitness before they'll even let you enlist
I think this is one of the best guests you've had. I got so much out of this talk. So interesting and totally fell in love w his voice. This interview is a gift in times of pandemic lockdowns etc. Inspirational. Peace out x
WHOAH. I didn’t look at who this person’s name was - and thought it was relationship coach, Mathew Hussey; simply, by the thumbnail. I was only listening to the video, while making coffee - and it was a total shock, when he began to speak, and wasn’t British, lol.
Goodness, they look similar.
Deep levels of it can make you cry than you embrace what you have left I know my exit time already. Is very difficult to keep positive,but happier to help others after you realize how less time is left
To succeed in life you must be comfortable with being uncomfortable - Remain blessed!
The greatest adventure in life would be choosing to live forever! Greatest challenge!
*Make urself feel uncomfortable!!* 🙏❤️
( _yeah...I have to do it too_ 😅)
Great talk. One if the best I've heard anywhere, and I listen to a lot.
Incredible person reading this, you have everything is to succeed in life, whatever that is for you. Go after the life you truly want NOW! ✨
I believe in you! Love - Nat ❤️
the same to u❤💝
You are golden Nat my divinity solutes you
@@msms6245 Thank you so much, I receive that 🤗❤️
@@EsiaAF Thank you, I appreciate you ❤️☺️
Thank you, same to you 🌟🥂💚
The naming of the series is perfect for including the word 'IMPACT' in it..!
As an older female I did a lot of things different than my peers like drive across the country in a rental truck and slept in it. I liked it.
You’re amazing for this Tom. This video gave me what I’d been trying to translate to my kids. Parents. Friends. Family. Anyone who would listen. I will be sharing this for a while. Thank you for what you do
For me the rite of passage was giving birth. I did it two times, both times without epi. It lasted a long time, with labor I guess almost 24 hours. When it got really painful, the feeling of just going through it, with no notion of going back, it changed me. Made me a better person. I thought of that when you talked about rites of passage for women in tribes. But it is a wide subject, this is just my experience.
Agree totally ! …and to Tom - Having children is a rite of passage for many men and women-one of life’s great experiences- and possibly the hardest thing you’ll ever do !!
On the thought of living forever - Tom you say you work 93 hrs because 94 wouldn’t be enjoyable . Well makes me think living to 90/-100 makes me think enjoyable . forever - not . Same principle . ..
also you are looking so healthy these days ! Very good to see ..
This was absolutely epic. I watch a lot, read a lot, and question a lot; this was by far one of the most transformative conversations I've heard. Thanks for this. Cheers.
nice
The conversation on life cycle at 1:17 is really good. One of the main reasons I went vegan is realizing I wouldn't want to or be able to kill a cow or pig to eat it. I think as individuals we should all have the experience of killing our food or at least being present when it's done. If we can't appreciate the life cycle at it's most visceral we shouldn't be killing and eating animals en masse.
This was so thoughtful, relevant and reassuring. Thank you for the understanding and offering y'all's knowledge for my generation specifically. Self awareness and adaptation. Time to grow... lets get ittt
During the summer, our rule was be home by dark...see what's going on..then go back out! I learned by being out there. My kids had many life lesson rules. I told them why they do or don't.
Wow what a great episode! Thank you for sharing!
I see me in this guest. Not the everyday me but the me that is in me. His way of speaking reveals his thought process. I recognize it and it humbles me.
Content like this 👌🥊🥊❣ appreciated through and beyond
Inspirational all the way! I realized that I’m always saying I don’t have enough time to do all the things I want to do & that I need several lifetimes to fulfill my dreams & almost everyone gives me a strange look! & I can never understand it!!!
Great messages. Great interview. We need these kind of interviews to be reminded of what it's all about IMHO. Thank you.
1:48:00 true gratitude. 💛🌟🙏🏼 loved his story here.
Man I listened to this twice. I really love these deep conversations that change my point of view on life. Thanks Tom and thanks Michael!
Yes this was an amazing conversation!
@@the.bonsai.samurai sure it was, I'll probably listen to it once more. Loved your nickname, you should make a brand of it or something 😬💯
I think I remember that story, Tom. I'm from Puayallup and grew up in Auburn. I went to Chinook elementary where a large population of the kids were native. I remember a very somber feeling in the classroom when that event happened. Those kids were tough, and made me a stronger person because I had to be. This was a great episode. We all need to learn how to work harder and accept struggles to be great and human in this life.
I planned when my son (who is being homeschooled) was about 3-4 that in order to graduate high school, we would require him to survive a week "alone" (He would think he's alone but his dad and whoever else would be near by keeping an eye on him, for safety.) in the mountains (we live in Colorado) with minimal supplies. He's now, 13 and I thin it's even more of a good idea now than when he was little. There are a lot of skills I think people should know and this will give him the ability to know he can handle himself in a challenging situation as well as give him a chance to use some survival skills.
This video resonated with me. I'm a girlie girl. Skirts, high heels, nails, chocolate. Every year, for the past 17 years, I've raced an Ironman triathlon. I do not train, I just roll up to the start line.. I am not fast, occasionally I can't get past 120 miles, but typically I finish very close to dead last. I am waaaaaay outside my comfort zone and have to dig deeeeep into the mind-bending physical and mental suffering ~ but when it's over, the happiness factor that I did something really hard lasts me 364 days. People ask me why I do it. I say, 'for the free massage at the end.' Just signed up for my 18th race, next Aug.
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That was sooooo eye-opening ! 😍
Great interview and great interviewer.
I NEVER RUN OUT OF questions!! I BEG FOR PEOPLE TO TELL ME THE TRUTH. I BEG FOR THE HARD TRUTH FROM PPL I LOVE AND RESPECT. MY DOG CANT TALK. MY PARENTS SOMETIMES TELL ME BUT I NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND LISA AND LOUIS HOWES ALL OF U WOULD PROB GET OVERWHELMED FROM MY QUESTIONS. AND THEY ARE GOOD QUESTIONS.
In your park that you wish to make you should include a walk in the forest with a survival mindset. Great interview!!!
5 mins in I just know this has to be the Impact theory episode I needed to watch!
I moved us out of cozy and insular West Vancouver to a farm in -40 C Manitoba because I didn't want my daughter to grow up without regular adversity. It was a no-brainer, don't regret it.
Oh tom the idea you explained about feeling good about self which is mostly doing physical stuff and how it relates to how mind body and genes work is amazing after couple of years of doing professional sports you literally think otherwise about yourself which isn’t comparable with education and stuff like that
I really enjoyed this conversation! Thank you so much! ☺️🥰❤️
how did this conversation effect your life 5 month's later?
Recovering Alcoholics are always plagued by desires of alcohol. Important for everyone to know this so we can help the recovering alcoholic stay sober.
Dangerous for recovering alcoholic when invited to patties with hidden alcohol in the foods and deserts.
Please be sensitive to this fact. Tom i enjoy your shows. Thank you, lv
Tom, I know you know but I want you to know that we know you're a genius. And we want to live forever too. "It is not the strongest nor the smartest of the species that survives but rather the one most adaptable to change. Darwin"
Thank you Tom so much for interviewing Michael Easter. I'm 69 and have been in recovery from several intense things since age twenty eight. I work in a women's treatment center, in hopes of preventing these wounded woman, a future incarceration behind wire.
I found this quote the other day-- “If a person gave away your body to some passerby, you’d be furious. Yet you hand over your mind to anyone who comes along, so they may abuse you, leaving disturbed and troubled-have you no shame in that?” -EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 28
Forgive me if you are already acquainted with it. I think about it often in my role as a counselor and in finding ground in our current environment. I'm grateful now, surviving the obstacles I did as a child of an only parent and alcoholic in the fifties through the seventies.
Also, recommend James Hillman, a Jungian analyst who died in 2011. He has written amazing books. One that is a favoring of mine is a "Terrible Love of War. "
I loved your statement about men and the driven need to have sex with as many partners as possible. I have always thought that. My late husband was committed to a psychiatric hospital and sedated with Haldol for a long time. He almost died there because of an affair he had. The people who committed him included his ex-wife, AA sponsor, and boss who was also an AA member. 12-step recovery is a double-edge sword. I am grateful for my recovery there but left because of a shadowed, darker side. I see AA as a bridge to another path of spirituality that is workable and darkness has been given some light to the human mind. Thank you for all you do for our fragile, slow-evolving human race. Sending blessings and good vibes always to you and Michael Easter. And yes, the "addiction is not only doing pushups but becomes crazy stronger as you are practicing abstinence."
Great guest! Let HIM talk please.
In 2004 my wife and I got caught in five days of gales while sailing double-handed from New Zealand to Tonga (1,600 nautical miles). There was a period of 24 hours during which there was a very real possibility that we might not make it (think 30-foot breaking waves). I cannot overstate the value of facing one's own mortality by being tested like that. Having to fight for your survival allows you to see what an artificial construct our day-to-day lives have become.
For me, things that used to seem like life or death are now more like a game. I don't wish the experience we had on anyone, but I do think people can benefit from genuinely dangerous and difficult experiences. You need a glimpse of death to really start living.
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You have a terrific program Tom! I have been following it for some time now and have derived tremendous value from it. Keep up the good work!!!
If you're reading this I'm praying something amazing happens for you today. 🙏🏻❤
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Great episode. Loved the topic. The focus shifted a lot to Tom throughout the podcast, but coming back to the topic was great.
I've started mowing the lawn with a weighted backpack on, it's a beast of a workout!!
1:31:16 That's a very honest moment in the conversation and is most certainly an unheeded point. Why are we acting and doing stuff, trying to achieve things if we intellectually experience some doubt of whether or not this has any meaning (at least in consideration of an existential point of view), but despite that, we just carry on because we are naturally drawn toward activities and experiences. I heard once this concept of "existential bummer", which really kindled the idea of wanting to understand the meaning of life and look into different philosophies and scriptures. And the fact that we want to live forever, despite our temporary human frailty, we are certain to leave this body. I question the propensity for lasting happiness and the desire for eternal life, not being able to marry it with the idea that it's a "survival mechanism". Survival is understandable, but the symptoms the general human being exhibits due to his high state of consciousness are way beyond the idea of "just getting through the day", which can be argued no doubt. It will take a closer examination of the soul of consciousness to uncover the truth underlying these urges for eternity and the desire for the permanence of state, being, and circumstances. I don't see how it's possible for a being that is 100% temporary to exhibit these qualities. As science hasn't successfully determined the origin of consciousness, we gonna have to consider that consciousness might be the property of the being that makes up our core and from which these propensities are stemming from due to its own nature. I think it should be fair to at least consider that, but it appears that most people are disregarding the potential reality of being eternal due to their lack of knowledge and proper perspective, what to speak of how to digest and act upon this very matter. This very idea of being the soul threatens people's existents and what they consider their meaning in life. Might the failure of this honest attempt to look at a different perspective of life be our own nemesis?