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The Overexamined Life
Hosted by Jonah Primo · EN
Deep conversations for short attention spans.
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The world is beautiful, full of fascinating people, and people I love, and I'm so lost in neurotic thought that I'm missing... most of it. I'm an overexaminer.
Why, when scubadiving in the Great Barrier Reef, instead of drinking in the marine wonders, am I just replaying that time I was picked last in P.E. basketball?
Why, at a close friend's wedding, did I miss half the groom's speech because I was thinking about my crap haircut.
If that sounds like you too, then join me on a quest to discover ways in which we can become more present, more fulfilled and more curious. Through stories, reflections and interviews with the wisest gurus, comedians, musicans, athletes and artists, maybe we can uncover a few secrets about what a life well-lived looks like.
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Paul Attia’s Simple Frameworks to Live With Purpose.
Yesterday01:27:01Tap to summarizeJoin the gratitude club free! Patreon.com/tolclubWhen I hit something uncomfortable, I suffer in my head. My guest Paul Attia is an overexaminer too, only when he faces a problem, he doesn't just get crippled by it. He analyses it, contextualises it, and builds a framework to solve it according to his values. Then he lives by it, deliberately, nothing left to chance. As an ex cross-examiner turned counsellor, Paul's methodologies are so powerful that some of the world's wealthiest families trust him to navigate their most difficult interpersonal problems. Today he's sharing those frameworks; on relationships, parenting, gratitude, and how to close the gap between who you are and who you're capable of being.Sick of being ruled by your emotions?Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclubWant to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primoWATCH THE PODCAST on YoutubeFollow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit his Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Surviving Unbearable Grief with Dr. Joanne Cacciatore
1w ago00:55:49Tap to summarizeWhen confronted with devastating grief, perhaps the most visceral pain humans can experience, most of us hide. We numb ourselves, distract ourselves, and do everything we can to avoid it.My guest today is Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, who chose a different path. After the loss of her daughter, she turned toward grief rather than away from it, transforming her pain into a life's work helping others navigate loss. Joanne is one of the world's leading grief experts, a professor at Arizona State University, founder of the MISS Foundation, and author of the bestselling Bearing the Unbearable. She has supported grieving families around the world and served on a mental health advisory board for Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry.Join our free gratitude club!!! Patreon.com/TOLclubCheck out Joanne’s carefarm: https://www.missfoundation.org/selah-carefarm/Sick of being ruled by your emotions?Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclubWant to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primoWATCH THE PODCAST on YoutubeFollow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit his WebsiteJonah writes on SubstackEmail Jonah Primo at overexamined@jonahprimo.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Why Ego is the Source of All Suffering with Stephan Bodian
2w ago00:46:00Tap to summarizeJoin my FREE Gratitude Club so we can all be a lot happier for f*cks sake.https://www.patreon.com/c/TOLclubOK so. Earlier this week I spent 10 minutes examining every inch of my naked body in the mirror…an exercise in extreme suffering I undertook in the pursuit of enlightenment because Stephan Bodian told me to.Bodian is a former monk, psychotherapist, pioneering Western Zen teacher, and the original author of Meditation For Dummies. He also has a brand spanking new book out called Infinite Awakening: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/infinite-awakening-9780834846494Sick of being ruled by your emotions?Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclubWant to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primoWATCH THE PODCAST on YoutubeFollow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit his WebsiteJonah writes on SubstackEmail Jonah Primo at overexamined@jonahprimo.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How gratitude rewires you for happiness: A deep dive
3w ago00:13:55Tap to summarizeJOIN THE GRATITUDE CLUB FREE: patreon.com/tolclubRecent science has told us that gratitude has the power to do something nothing else in the world can. It can get you off the hedonic treadmill. We go deep into what that means, and look at said science :)Sick of being ruled by your emotions?Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclub Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primo WATCH THE PODCAST on YoutubeFollow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit his WebsiteJonah writes on SubstackEmail Jonah Primo at overexamined@jonahprimo.comHere are all the studies with their links:Emmons & McCullough (2003) — Gratitude journaling, well-being, and physical healthPubMedFull PDFWood, Joseph, Lloyd & Atkins (2009) — Gratitude and sleep qualityPubMedScienceDirectMills et al. (2015) — Gratitude and heart failure (mood, sleep, inflammation)PubMedRedwine et al. (2016) — Gratitude journaling RCT, inflammatory biomarkers, heart rate variabilityPubMedPMC Full TextGrant & Gino (2010) — Gratitude expressions and prosocial behaviorHarvard Business SchoolSemantic ScholarWood, Froh & Geraghty (2010) — Comprehensive review of gratitude and well-beingScienceDirect Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Love your work or it will eat you alive, with Youtube Star Caddicarus
4w ago01:07:57Tap to summarizeIf you're a writer, musician, entrepreneur - someone building something in the margins of your real life, this one is for you.My guest today is Caddicarus: over a million subscribers, nearly 400 million views, and a very honest bloke.Here's the thing so many of us carry without even realising it, the belief that the moment we hit the number, whatever your number is, life clicks into place. Caddickarus has the number and he still found himself burnt out, hollow, losing the will to make the very thing that made him who he is.The data doesn't keep you going. The passion keeps you going. The why keeps you going.Sick of being ruled by your emotions?Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclubWant to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primoWATCH THE PODCAST on YoutubeFollow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit his WebsiteJonah writes on SubstackEmail Jonah Primo at overexamined@jonahprimo.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Underlying Emotions That Cause Addiction with Dr. Jonathan Bricker
May 501:20:13Tap to summarizeJonathan Bricker makes the case that shame isn't just a byproduct of addictive behaviour, it's basically the whole engine. We get into why that voice in your head, the really mean one. The really really really really mean one, is actively strengthening the very cravings it's trying to crush. And Jonathan hands us something genuinely useful: a clear, evidence-based way of handling urges that doesn't involve white-knuckling it or hating yourself thin.Checkout Jonathan’s addiction app, Quitbot, here: https://quitbot.net/Sick of being ruled by your emotions?Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclubWant to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primoWATCH THE PODCAST on YoutubeFollow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit his WebsiteJonah writes on SubstackEmail Jonah Primo at overexamined@jonahprimo.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How to Prepare for Your Death, with Death Doula Helen Callanan
Apr 2801:09:39Tap to summarizeWhat if death wasn’t something to fear? What if you were completely at peace? In short, what if dying didn’t suck? Helen and her team at Preparing the Way (https://preparingtheway.com.au/), walk alongside people in the final chapter of their lives. We talk about what it means to heal into death rather than fight it, why grief doesn't start when someone dies but long before that, what the phrase conscious dying actually means, and Helen very generously lets me use myself as a guinea pig, which results in one of the stranger and more unexpectedly moving conversations I've had on this show. Sick of being ruled by your emotions?Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclubWant to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primoWATCH THE PODCAST on YoutubeFollow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit his WebsiteJonah writes on SubstackEmail Jonah Primo at overexamined@jonahprimo.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Most Mind-Bending Gratitude Exercise You've Never Done
Apr 2100:10:58Tap to summarizeThis will make all your food taste so good that you just might literally explode right now where you are I'm serious, click this to explode. We all want to explode!Sick of being ruled by your emotions?Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclub Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primo WATCH THE PODCAST on YoutubeFollow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit his WebsiteJonah writes on SubstackEmail Jonah Primo at overexamined@jonahprimo.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What If Your Anxiety Is Actually an Asset with Dr. David Rosmarin
Apr 1400:59:26Tap to summarizeThis one got personal. We go deep into my own panic attacks, and at a certain point it stops feeling like an interview and starts feeling like a live therapy session.Dr. David Rosmarin is a clinical psychologist, Harvard Medical School faculty member, and founder of the Centre for Anxiety, and he has spent his career arguing that anxiety isn't a disease to be cured but a human condition to be understood. That when you stop fighting it, the edge comes off. And beneath it, more often than not, you find a virtue.More from Dr. Rosmarin https://dhrosmarin.com/Sick of being ruled by your emotions?Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclubWant to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primoWATCH THE PODCAST on YoutubeFollow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit his WebsiteJonah writes on SubstackEmail Jonah Primo at overexamined@jonahprimo.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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It’s so freeing to stop fighting reality.
Apr 700:08:37Tap to summarizeThe grass may be greener on the other side, but it doesn’t matter, you’re on this side. Sick of being ruled by your emotions?Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclubWant to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primoWATCH THE PODCAST on YoutubeFollow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit his WebsiteJonah writes on SubstackEmail Jonah Primo at overexamined@jonahprimo.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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