The One You Feed

049 and 1/2: Alex LIckerman

Listen Later

 

Alex Lickerman is a physician, former assistant professor of medicine and director of primary care, and current assistant vice president for Student Health and Counseling Services at the University of Chicago. He’s also been a secular Buddhist since 1989. His first book is The Undefeated Mind: On the Science of Constructing an Indestructible Self.

 In This Interview Alex and I Discuss...
  • The One You Feed parable.
  • Neither wolf wins permanently, the battle always goes on.
  • How things that don't kill us can make us stronger but it doesn't happen automatically.
  • Building an indestructible self.
  • How our inner life state has much more to do with how we cope with adversity than the nature of that adversity.
  • Suffering doesn't automatically cause us to grow.
  • Learning to accept unpleasant feelings.
  • How our strategies to avoid pain usually make it worse.
  • Non judgmental awareness of our feelings is often better than resistance.
  • The secret to success is not avoiding pain but carrying on in spite of it.
  • That our internal pep talks have to be believable.
  • The difference between optimistic and pessimistic explanatory styles.
  • How obstacles always arrive on our path.
  • That the last thing we do is look internally to see what we need to change in order to achieve a goal.
  • Sometimes the way to solve a problem is not to fix it but to change how much we allow it to suffer.
  • How suffering ceases to be suffering when it acquires meaning.
  • Using comparison to be a positive force versus a destructive force.
  • The difference between determination and willpower.
    • Alex Lickerman Links

    Happiness In This World- Alex Lickerman run site

    Alex Lickerman homepage

    Alex Lickerman on Twitter

    Alex Lickerman on Facebook

     

     

    Some of our most popular interviews that you might also enjoy:

    Kino MacGregor

    Strand of Oaks

    Mike Scott of the Waterboys

    Todd Henry- author of Die Empty

    Randy Scott Hyde

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    The One You FeedBy Eric Zimmer
    • 4.5
    • 4.5
    • 4.5
    • 4.5
    • 4.5

    4.5

    2,419 ratings

    More shows like The One You Feed

    View all
    Generation Why: True Crime by Wondery

    Generation Why: True Crime

    17,285 Listeners

    Tara Brach by Tara Brach

    Tara Brach

    10,557 Listeners

    Untangle by Untangle

    Untangle

    818 Listeners

    The Vanished Podcast by Wondery

    The Vanished Podcast

    15,237 Listeners

    This Is Actually Happening by Wondery

    This Is Actually Happening

    10,428 Listeners

    Good Life Project by Jonathan Fields / Acast

    Good Life Project

    3,310 Listeners

    Sounds True: Insights at the Edge by Tami Simon

    Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

    1,832 Listeners

    On Being with Krista Tippett by On Being Studios

    On Being with Krista Tippett

    10,137 Listeners

    10% Happier with Dan Harris by 10% Happier

    10% Happier with Dan Harris

    12,712 Listeners

    Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson by Rick Hanson, Ph.D., Forrest Hanson

    Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

    2,512 Listeners

    True Crime All The Time by Emash Digital / Wondery

    True Crime All The Time

    13,738 Listeners

    American History Tellers by Wondery

    American History Tellers

    19,249 Listeners

    Business Wars by Wondery

    Business Wars

    12,902 Listeners

    The Science of Happiness by PRX and Greater Good Science Center

    The Science of Happiness

    1,889 Listeners

    American Scandal by Wondery

    American Scandal

    19,060 Listeners

    Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings by Oprah and Eckhart Tolle

    Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

    3,761 Listeners

    The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos by Pushkin Industries

    The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

    14,255 Listeners

    Mind & Life by Mind & Life Institute

    Mind & Life

    280 Listeners

    Trauma Rewired by Elisabeth Kristof & Jennifer Wallace

    Trauma Rewired

    345 Listeners

    The Gathering Room Podcast by Martha Beck

    The Gathering Room Podcast

    676 Listeners

    Against The Odds by Wondery

    Against The Odds

    7,771 Listeners

    British Scandal by Wondery

    British Scandal

    2,498 Listeners

    The Way Out Is In by Plum Village

    The Way Out Is In

    1,349 Listeners

    Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen by Elise Loehnen

    Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen

    1,095 Listeners