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Alive and Free

Oct 29, 2020

I’ve noticed a lot of support groups zeroing in on being addicted to lust. The trouble with thinking you’re addicted to lust is that lust doesn’t exist — it’s simply an experience. 

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Labeling your addictive behaviors with an abstract, vague term like lust makes it even harder to leave your addictions in...


Oct 22, 2020

Most people try to solve their problems by simply talking about them. But this only deals with your thinking brain — not your sensing or feeling brain. 

That’s why you can talk endlessly about all your problems, but you can’t kick the root cause of why you feel that way. 

If you want to actually remove these...


Oct 15, 2020

Religion is supposed to lift you up. But too often, we fall into the trap of letting authority figures indoctrinate us — whether it comes from religion, a 12-step program, or something else. 

Falling into this trap makes finding true happiness impossible. 

Why?

Because every person on the planet is unique and needs...


Oct 8, 2020

Humans think about life like it’s a war. So we try to conquer all our problems by going to war with them. 

But there’s a glaring problem with this: 

War is a miserable way to live a life. It deprives you of the boundless joy life was meant to be experienced with. 

In this episode, I’m sharing how we create these...


Oct 1, 2020

It’s in our human nature to glamorize the past — both in our own lives and in the stories we learned growing up. For example, the Bible is full of mysticism that we think we’ve lost today.  

But the past is no different than right now. It’s simply the stories we tell ourselves that make us romanticize the past...