Author: Wes

128 – Pandemic and crucial testing, cultivating love and attachment ABCs

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 14:58 — 10.3MB)Subscribe: RSSMore 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 …

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

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 30:11 — 20.7MB)Subscribe: RSSMore 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 …

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

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 30:42 — 21.1MB)Subscribe: RSSGreetings 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 …

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

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 40:34 — 27.9MB)Subscribe: RSSAfter 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 …

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

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 19:09 — 13.2MB)Subscribe: RSSAfter 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, …

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123 – Sorting various facts from fictions in the culture and dietary-advice world

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 36:03 — 24.8MB)Subscribe: RSSAfter 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 …

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122 – Issues involving obesity, nutritional, developmental, and cultural

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 33:33 — 23.0MB)Subscribe: RSSHappy 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 …

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

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 24:05 — 16.5MB)Subscribe: RSSFreedom 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 …

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120 – Show reboot and highlights from 2yr hiatus

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 36:27 — 25.0MB)Subscribe: RSSGreetings! 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 …

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119 – Liberation from shame pathways

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 43:56 — 30.2MB)Subscribe: RSS(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 …

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