Highly Functioning

By BTI Media

What's Highly Functioning about?

Highly Functioning is a podcast and community built around exploring the human mind, with a goal of understanding and optimizing "non-neurotypicals". If you want to better understand your mind such that you can flourish as a human, this podcast and community is exactly where you're meant to be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Highly Functioning episodes:

06.30.2021
Free Will
On this week's episode, we talk about free will. We talk about our own opinions on the topic, the arguments from both sides on whether free will exists, and explore our beliefs on idea that “everything happens for a...
06.16.2021
Running in Reverse
On this week's episode, we talk about looking forwards and backwards. We touch on the differences, pros and cons of depth and breadth of thinking and talk about the ways in which we intake, integrate and generate new knowledge differently....
06.02.2021
Feeling Stuck in Your Family
On this week's episode, we talk about feelings of Stockholm syndrome within your friends and family. We explore cultural values and personal experience that shape this feeling within us and share our own stories about making the decision to go...
05.19.2021
Impact of Childhood
On this week's episode, we talk about the impact of childhood on how you manifest as an adult. We talk about our own personal experiences of reflecting on childhood events that affect our judgement and personality, the effect of our...
02.17.2021
KNOWLEDGE vs ACCREDITATION
On this week's episode, we talk about seeking knowledge instead of accreditation. We talk about the underlying use of accreditation, how it manifests in the culture and how its bastardization affects our behaviour. Throughout this episode, we also discuss how...
01.27.2021
MINDSET - Our Deepest Fear
On this weeks episode we talk about a change in mindset. We do this by reflecting on the famous quote, “our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure”. Throughout...
01.13.2021
WHAT'S NEXT | Reflections and Projections for Highly Functioning
On this weeks episode we talk about our year in review. Our last year, our learnings, our setbacks and our successes. We also talk about things we have planned for the future, how the podcast might be structured, and the...
01.05.2021
BONUS | How to be Authentic and Feel your Emotions
Welcome to our first bonus episode. This was a post episode recording but thought it was one of the most important videos to share. The topic we talk about is authenticity and feeling your emotions, particularly on air or in...
12.09.2020
THINKING | What Are Standing Orders?
This week we discuss standing orders. What they are, how they are relevant to mindfulness and the correct and incorrect ways to implement them. A key point we touch on are how standing orders and other mindfulness tools may be...
12.02.2020
FIGHT OR FLIGHT | Is it Still Useful ? Does it Affect My Mental Health?
This week we discuss the fight or flight response. We cover why we have it, what we use it for and why this is at the core of other issues in our current environment. We also touch on the ways...
11.25.2020
FRIENDS | Are Conversations Like Music?
This week we talk about conversations and music. Specifically we explore why it is important to pay attention to people to the same extent and intent as you do music. This means you understand every aspect of what is being...
11.18.2020
AUTISM | Am I a Sociopath or Am I Just Autistic?
This week we talk about the different traits of sociopathy, enlightenment and autism. We discuss the similarities and differences between these three ideas. Throughout the conversation we touch on free will, emotional maturity, the all or nothing nature that we...
11.11.2020
PRINCIPLES | Do I Think in Principles?
This week we discuss the importance and benefits of thinking in principles. We talk about the difference between thinking in rules versus principles, why we are taught to use rules in shaping our worldview and how it can affect our...
11.04.2020
ADDICTION | How Can I Overcome It?
This week we talk about addiction: our personal experiences, how we define it and how we find ourselves in an addiction. This includes addiction as an escape or as time filler. We also talk about personal ways to overcome addiction...
10.28.2020
TRAPPED IN CONVERSATIONS | Why Does It Keep Happening?
This week we talk about getting trapped in conversations, and our hypotheses on how it happens. We also discuss over exhaustion of conversation and the fear of not being understood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10.21.2020
IMPOSTER SYNDROME | How Comfortable Am I With Myself?
This #Episode of #HighlyFunctioning focuses on identity issues surrounding the psychological phenomenon called imposter syndrome. David and Winston discuss instances and experiences in life that might parallel imposter syndrome, and further define what it is through various examples and circumstances. Also...
10.14.2020
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS | How Does it Affect Who I Am?
How comfortable are you moderating your speech and thoughts? How sensitive should we be to other peoples sensitivities? This #Episode of #TheSafeSpace focuses on #PoliticalCorrectness, how it effects your mind and body, how environments create issues with anxiety and confidence ,...
10.07.2020
HAPPINESS | Happiness Through Omission?
In this #Episode of #HighlyFunctioning, we expand our understanding of happiness discussing how we define values to achieve a happy life, pursuing happiness through omission, micro motivations to identify tasks, accomplishing tasks with procedures that are satisfying, and reverse engineering...
09.30.2020
DEPRESSION | How Do I Manage and Overcome It?
Today's incredibly insightful and helpful episode focuses on #Depression, & the tools we can use to mitigate the impact it can have on our lives in the short AND long term. Anyone who has experienced depression on a small or large...
09.24.2020
ANXIETY | Do We Really Understand Anxiety?
In today's #Episode of Highly Functioning, Winston & David exchange insights, identify underlying characteristics of #anxiety and other mental conditions. If you find value in these videos, consider becoming a Patreon today to support future Episodes, where you can select the...
09.16.2020
GOOD HABITS | Napping and How Can I Form Good Habits?
This week, we cover the importance of managing your mental load with tools such as meditation and naps. We often find ourselves being robbed of our attention by hundreds of things going on around us. Processing our thoughts, findings and...
09.09.2020
AUTISM | What Was Elementary School Like?
On this episode of Highly Functioning, we talk about our experience in elementary school. We believe this years of your life are instrumental in the way you shape your worldview as you grow up and become an adult. We touch...
09.02.2020
EMOTIONS | Using Emotions to Be More Rational
On this episode, we cover the importance and implementation of emotions. We talk about how people can refrain from including emotions in their decision making, the validity of logical and emotional arguments, and taking control of our lives by shaping...
08.26.2020
LOVE | Understanding Love
On this week’s episode of Highly Functioning, we talk about the concept of love. We talk about how we experience love differently, and how it manifests itself differently in our relationships, and the difficulties we’ve had with our partners and...
08.19.2020
AUTISM | Am I on the Spectrum?
In this episode, we talk about Winston's personal journey on how he's come to discover he might have Asperger's and the personal experiences that he's had throughout his life and how they started to click once he found out that...
08.12.2020
AUTISM | Do I Have Asperger's?
Today we talk about David's mental health journey, how he's come to realize he might have Asperger's, and talked a lot about his personal experiences, struggles and hurdles he's had to jump through to get to that result. We have...
08.05.2020
HIGHLY FUNCTIONING | What Are We Doing Here?
On the first episode of Highly Functioning, David Birnbaum and Winston Devendrarajah touch on why they started this project, why they think it is important to explore the mind as the next frontier, and why they wanted to start creating...
07.21.2020
Highly Functioning - Coming Soon
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What's Highly Functioning about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Highly Functioning episodes:

Free Will

Running in Reverse

Feeling Stuck in Your Family

Impact of Childhood

KNOWLEDGE vs ACCREDITATION

MINDSET - Our Deepest Fear

WHAT'S NEXT | Reflections and Projections for Highly Functioning

BONUS | How to be Authentic and Feel your Emotions

THINKING | What Are Standing Orders?

FIGHT OR FLIGHT | Is it Still Useful ? Does it Affect My Mental Health?

FRIENDS | Are Conversations Like Music?

AUTISM | Am I a Sociopath or Am I Just Autistic?

PRINCIPLES | Do I Think in Principles?

ADDICTION | How Can I Overcome It?

TRAPPED IN CONVERSATIONS | Why Does It Keep Happening?

IMPOSTER SYNDROME | How Comfortable Am I With Myself?

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS | How Does it Affect Who I Am?

HAPPINESS | Happiness Through Omission?

DEPRESSION | How Do I Manage and Overcome It?

ANXIETY | Do We Really Understand Anxiety?

GOOD HABITS | Napping and How Can I Form Good Habits?

AUTISM | What Was Elementary School Like?

EMOTIONS | Using Emotions to Be More Rational

LOVE | Understanding Love

AUTISM | Am I on the Spectrum?

AUTISM | Do I Have Asperger's?

HIGHLY FUNCTIONING | What Are We Doing Here?

Highly Functioning - Coming Soon