In Context

For this episode, I spoke with Aaron Kimberley who is the founder and executive director of the Gender Dysphoria Alliance in Canada and has been a mental health clinician since 2008.

We discussed Aaron’s medical transition 16 years ago, gender dysphoria, being transgender and all of the issues, policies and possible consequences, positive and negative, that may come with them.

This is episode is sponsored by The Struggle For Meaning Newsletter, a weekly newsletter in which I send out every Sunday a short article concerning embracing struggle and how to be more productive, healthy and motivated long term. I also provide tips strategies and recommendations to help along the way. To sign up for free, go to gregorthomson.com, confirm your subscription and make sure you check your spam folder for your welcome newsletter, and add me to your contacts to continue to receive it in your inbox and that’s it, you’re on your way to struggling more and being more productive, healthy and motivated.

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https://www.instagram.com/gregorsthomson/

https://m.facebook.com/gregorthomsonblog/?locale=en_GB&_rdr

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-context/id1522216068

https://open.spotify.com/show/0JtRJtesglyiOA5lV5ZwEt?si=lAPF0ekTRa-mUgvPSKLZDw

http://genderdysphoriaalliance.com

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kenneth-Zucker/publication/296700032_The_DSM-5_Diagnostic_Criteria_for_Gender_Dysphoria/links/56d91d2908aebe4638b94032/The-DSM-5-Diagnostic-Criteria-for-Gender-Dysphoria.pdf

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Zucker

https://youtu.be/ebYPkLbs4Ww

https://areomagazine.com

https://www.genderhq.org/increase-trans-females-nonbinary-dysphoria

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/sexuality/bulletins/sexualidentityuk/2020

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2015/10/01/lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-teens/

https://transstudent.org/gender/

https://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2019/the-barbie-gi-joe-scale/

https://get.dailywire.com/wiaw/subscribe?utm_campaign=wiaw&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=googlesearch&utm_content=na_subscriptions&mid=g&cid=wiaw&xid=0&utm_term=what%20is%20a%20woman&utm_campaign=dw_conversions_subscriptions_wiaw_na&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=6411461344&hsa_cam=17385826288&hsa_grp=144059750874&hsa_ad=620759228157&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-316948161071&hsa_kw=what%20is%20a%20woman&hsa_mt=e&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhY-aBhCUARIsALNIC05xgqCP5juhQD6Affp7Ps6w3aJGKru8NnMSTGlDqgi3SfOiswwyB2AaAtBuEALw_wcB

For this episode, I had a conversation with Dr Murray Stein, who “…is a training analyst at the International School for Analytical Psychology in Zurich, Switzerland. His most recent publications include The Principle of Individuation, Jung’s Map of the Soul and Jungian Psychoanalysis (editor). He lectures internationally on topics related to Analytical Psychology and its applications in the contemporary world.” We spoke about Carl Jung, his relationship with Sigmund Freud, religion, symbolism, meaning, spirituality and much more.

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instagram.com/gregorsthomson

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https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-context/id1522216068

https://open.spotify.com/show/0JtRJtesglyiOA5lV5ZwEt

https://youtube.com/channel/UCH0QCAArKZM_RAL1IkeKSOg

https://junginstitut.ch/en/

https://www.routledge.com/Collected-Works-of-C-G-Jung/book-series/SE0027

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Book-Liber-Novus-Philemon/dp/0393065677

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6656.The_Divine_Comedy

https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/murray-stein/bible-as-dream/9781630516680?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI84jWseGt-gIVQuztCh0KBw-gEAQYAiABEgK9ePD_BwE#NLS9781630516680

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Answer-Routledge-Classics-Carl-Gustav/dp/0415289971/ref=asc_df_0415289971/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241001341149&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18337832198309630827&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046885&hvtargid=pla-717655685188&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

https://jungchicago.org/blog/murray-stein-symbols-and-the-transformation-of-the-psyche/

murraystein.com

https://uk.bookshop.org/books/jung-s-map-of-the-soul-an-introduction/9780812693768

https://uk.bookshop.org/books/memories-dreams-reflections-an-autobiography/9780006540274

For this episode, I had a conversation with British writer, actor, voice-over artist and trainer Miranda Keeling. Her book is The Year I Stopped To Notice, “inspired by her popular Twitter account, The Year I Stopped to Notice brings together Miranda Keeling's observations of the magic, humour, strangeness and beauty in ordinary life.” We spoke about noticing the magic and beauty of ordinary life, finding the positive, mindfulness, empathy and much more.

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https://gregorthomson.com

https://www.instagram.com/gregorsthomson/

https://m.facebook.com/100063469361167/

https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-year-i-stopped-to-notice/9781785787966

https://uk.bookshop.org/books/man-s-search-for-meaning-classic-editions/9781846046384

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dlnmQbPGuls

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pIwkVJV3fxY

https://mobile.twitter.com/MirandaKeeling?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://www.lucipower.com

Quick Fire Questions - Inside The Actors Studio (James Lipton) + The Tim Ferriss Show

Oscar Wilde - “If you want to be a grocer, or a general, or a politician, or a judge, you will invariably become it; that is your punishment. If you never know what you want to be, if you live what some might call the dynamic life but what I will call the artistic life, if each day you are unsure of who you are and what you know you will never become anything, and that is your reward.”

https://uk.bookshop.org/books/rebecca/9780349006574

https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-scapegoat/9781844080977

The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth - Muhammad Ali

https://www.mirandakeeling.com

For this episode I was joined by Dr. Craig Heller, Professor of Biology at Stanford University and world expert on the science of temperature regulation. We discussed the benefits of ice baths and cold showers, how to offset hyperthermia and hypothermia and how cooling technology discovered and engineered in his lab led to dramatic performance improvements of athletes and how it can eliminate delayed onset muscle soreness.

This is episode is sponsored by The Struggle For Meaning Newsletter, a weekly newsletter in which I send out every Sunday a short article concerning embracing struggle and how to be more productive, healthy and motivated long term. I also provide tips strategies and recommendations to help along the way. To sign up for free, go to gregorthomson.com, confirm your subscription and make sure you check your spam folder for your welcome newsletter, and add me to your contacts to continue to receive it in your inbox and that’s it, you’re on your way to struggling more and being more productive, healthy and motivated.

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gregorthomson.com

https://profiles.stanford.edu/h-craig-heller

https://uk.bookshop.org/books/dopamine-nation-finding-balance-in-the-age-of-indulgence-9781472294111/9781472294111

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6LFU--2lsyk

https://www.coolmitt.com

For this episode, I spoke about domestic violence and gender with two guests for the first time; Dan Guinness who is the director of Beyond Equality and Graham Goulding who is the director of Cultivating Minds. This was a very open and forward looking conversation so it’s definitely worth watching the whole episode. If you are the victim of domestic violence or abuse then I have linked some charities and organisations that can help below.

This episode is brought to you by The Struggle For Meaning Newsletter. Feeling unmotivated? Struggling to get projects off the ground? Finding it difficult to be productive? Then sign up for The Struggle for Meaning Newsletter where I provide the philosophies surrounding struggle and meaning and why to be productive, disciplined and live a purposeful life, you must volunteer yourself to struggle. I also provide tips, techniques and strategies for doing so as well as songs, movies, podcasts and book recommendations to help you along the way. Once subscribed, you’ll receive the Welcome Newsletter and then, every Sunday, you’ll receive the newsletter. To sign up, head to gregorthomson.com.

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https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk

https://www.gov.uk/report-domestic-abuse

https://womensaid.scot/information-support/what-is-domestic-abuse/

https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/

https://www.refuge.org.uk/get-help-now/phone-the-helpline/

https://www.watsonramsbottom.com

https://grahamgoulden.com

https://www.beyondequality.org

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Cox

http://www.alanberkowitz.com

https://www.acalltomen.org/about/team/tony-porter/

https://youtu.be/wf-rOrOXoRI

https://michaelkaufman.com

https://youtu.be/nYWvOgKFyrY

https://youtu.be/yuqIfltPE0Q

https://philarchive.org/archive/CARTPH

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781617757792?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpv2TBhDoARIsALBnVnntXgOmLihq-UGvl0C32grMiDjU-RxCF8evtscheHWrMu0iseRqT7IaAozgEALw_wcB

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/04/18/the-feminist-on-cellblock-y-doc-orig.cnn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks

https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/bell-hooks/will-to-change/9780743456081?gclid=Cj0KCQjwpv2TBhDoARIsALBnVnkxdeI5FKSd3bjZFeNcKm_UQfxH1hbqaAY_1KxYkN3UBoRQa1Koc5saAgnMEALw_wcB

https://www.jacksonkatz.com/publication/pub_pennstate/

https://youtu.be/KTvSfeCRxe8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sarah_Everard

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/kezia-dugdale-says-claim-angela-raynor-distracting-boris-johnson-shows-extreme-misogyny-in-politics-3667319

https://twitter.com/Graham_Goulden?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://twitter.com/beyond_equality

https://www.instagram.com/beyond_equality/

For this episode, I spoke about domestic violence, solutions to domestic violence and gender with Rachel Horman-Brown who is a Solicitor and Head of the Domestic Violence & Forced Marriage Department at Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors. This is not the cheeriest of subjects I realise but it is one of the most important, so I urge everyone to listen or watch the whole conversation as I’m sure there will be something that you’ll take away from it. If you are a victim of domestic violence or abuse and need to access help, I’ve linked some charities below who can help, please don’t try to rationalise harmful behaviour. Domestic violence must never be tolerated.

This episode is brought to you by The Struggle For Meaning Newsletter. Feeling unmotivated? Struggling to get projects off the ground? Finding it difficult to be productive? Then sign up for The Struggle for Meaning Newsletter where I provide the philosophies surrounding struggle and meaning and why to be productive, disciplined and live a purposeful life, you must volunteer yourself to struggle. I also provide tips, techniques and strategies for doing so as well as songs, movies, podcasts and book recommendations to help you along the way. Once subscribed, you’ll receive the Welcome Newsletter and then, every Sunday, you’ll receive the newsletter. To sign up, head to gregorthomson.com.

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https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk

https://www.gov.uk/report-domestic-abuse

https://womensaid.scot/information-support/what-is-domestic-abuse/

https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/

https://www.refuge.org.uk/get-help-now/phone-the-helpline/

https://www.watsonramsbottom.com

https://www.positive.news

https://www.beyondequality.org

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sarah_Everard

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/oct/14/daniel-craig-says-he-goes-to-gay-bars-to-avoid-fights-at-straight-venues

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59391215

https://www.positive.news/society/one-mans-campaign-against-domestic-abuse/

https://twitter.com/David_Challen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuqIfltPE0Q

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3068021

For this episode I spoke with a previous guest: Gavin Oattes who is a motivational speaker and best-selling author. His new book is A Head Full of Everything which is aimed at teenagers with the world on their mind. We spoke about being a teenager, our experiences, mental health, productivity, finding meaning and how to be bored.

This episode is brought to you by The Struggle For Meaning Newsletter. Feeling unmotivated? Struggling to get projects off the ground? Finding it difficult to be productive? Then sign up for The Struggle for Meaning Newsletter where I provide the philosophies surrounding struggle and meaning and why to be productive, disciplined and live a purposeful life, you must volunteer yourself to struggle. I also provide tips, techniques and strategies for doing so as well as songs, movies, podcasts and book recommendations to help you along the way. Once subscribed, you’ll receive the Welcome Newsletter and then, every Sunday, you’ll receive the newsletter. To sign up, head to gregorthomson.com.

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https://treeof.com

https://uk.bookshop.org/books/life-will-see-you-now-quit-waiting-for-the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-and-light-that-f-cker-up-for-yourself/9780857088086

https://uk.bookshop.org/books/a-head-full-of-everything-inspiration-for-teenagers-with-the-world-on-their-mind/97808570890

https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zest-How-Squeeze-Max-Life/dp/0857088009/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=28W5WK8G9BXW1&keywords=zest+book&qid=1648039818&sprefix=zest+book%2Caps%2C72&sr=8-1

https://youtu.be/IdTMDpizis8

https://youtube.com/c/JockoPodcastOfficial

https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb.html

https://fiveguys.co.uk

https://www.gavinoattes.com

https://m.facebook.com/gavinoattes/

https://mobile.twitter.com/gavinoattes?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

A portion of the Quick Fire Questions at the end were created by Tim Ferriss.

For this episode, I spoke with Dr. Anna Lembke, a psychiatrist, author and specialist in the treatment of addiction about her new book Dopamine Nation, the role dopamine plays in our lives and society, how addictions manifest, how to treat and prevent them and much more.

I own the rights to this content and for anyone to redistribute or use any part of the content, permission is required. This is the work of Gregor Thomson, all content spoken about belong to their respective owners. Any use of this content for commercial purposes must be approved by the owner and other fair use must credit the author (Gregor Thomson).

All references made throughout this episode can be found below:

https://uk.bookshop.org/books/dopamine-nation-finding-balance-in-the-age-of-indulgence/9781524746728

https://profiles.stanford.edu/anna-lembke

https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-molecule-of-more-how-a-single-chemical-in-your-brain-drives-love-sex-and-creativity-and-will-determine-the-fate-of-the-h/9781948836586

https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind-how-good-intentions-and-bad-ideas-are-setting-up-a-generation-for-failure/9780141986302

https://www.gtmedia.uk/less-is-more-male-social-media

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/huberman-lab/id1545953110

https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk?si=YtpO5f_9SJOcg4MpkoRMvA

https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-794/5-htp

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naltrexone

https://uk.bookshop.org/books/man-s-search-for-meaning-classic-editions/9781846046384

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/597852.Firethorn

https://uk.bookshop.org/books/clear-and-simple-as-the-truth-writing-classic-prose-second-edition/9780691147437

https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/anna-lembke/dopamine-nation/9781472294135/