Mahon McCann

We are continuing our exploration of a philosophical guide to self-development with the therapeutics of the stoics. This essay is part of our project to examine the components of neo-platonism as a theory of human development and draw parallels with the hero meta-mythology and Jungian psychology. Tim Ferris, the author of the 4-hour work week, described Stoicism as: "An ideal operating system for thriving in high-stress environments."

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D. C. Schindler is professor of metaphysics and anthropology at the John Paul II Institute, Washington, DC. He is the author of eleven books, including Freedom from Reality: The Diabolical Character of Modern Liberty (University of Notre Dame Press, 2017) (get his books here).

In this podcast, we are discussing his book ‘Plato’s Critique of impure reason’, reading dramatic literature as philosophy, connecting Platonism and Christianity, finding good in western civilisation again, how St Patrick changed ancient Celtic laws, and much more!

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Latest essay in the philosophy of Self-Development series, looking at Vervaeke's work on Aristotle's theory of Growth & Development, Virtue Ethics & Living up to potential, and the Hero-Meta Mythology, Rationality and becoming wise.

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Delighted to have Dublin Videographer, photographer, and all-round legend, Hannah McGlynn back for the second time to discuss quitting drinking.

In this podcast, we are talking about insights and inspirations for staying off the drink, reflecting on the year I just did sober (and Hannah’s last 6!), confronting bad drinking habits, changing consciousness, flow states, creativity, casual alcoholism, and much more!

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv51U5T8-aCUchK0oyYggrA

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:59 - Hannah’s Story

9:52 - Invisible Chaos Machine

12:50 - Sober Socialising

15:29 - Flow States

18:00 - Creativity & Addiction

19:08 - ADHD & Dopamine

27:09 - Personality Psychology

30:00 - Finding your Niche

33:00 - Shame & Shadow Self

39:06 - Stutz

40:53 - Judgement

42:49 - Binge Drinking

45:50 - Potential & Alcohol

49:07 - Media & Drinking

51:44 - Setting Realistic Goals

58:12 - Finding Balance

Part 4 of the series, exploring the life of Socrates, Plato's philosophy, escaping the Cave and mapping out personal transformations.

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To listen to the Awakening From The Meaning Crisis Episodes mentioned:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhl51bZQlM8&ab_channel=JohnVervaeke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neDutbcedUY&ab_channel=JohnVervaeke

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Sebastian Watzl is the associate professor of philosophy at the University of Oslo, author of 'Structuring Mind: The Nature of Attention and how it Shapes Consciousness' and one of the foremost philosophical thinkers on attention in the world today.

Get his book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Structuring-Mind-Nature-Attention-Consciousness/dp/0199658420

In this podcast, we are talking about attention, how attention works, why attention is the start of self-control, how to improve your attentional skills, what attention capture technology is doing to our brains and how to fix it!

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Part 3 of the current series discusses the Meaning Crisis, Jordan Peterson's Hero Meta-mythology and Relevance Realisation.

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Thoughts on the Meaning Crisis, Virtue Ethics & Cultivating Character.

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Brett Anderson is an Evolutionary psychology PhD researcher and author of the 'Intimations of a New World View' Substack (you can subscribe below)

In this podcast, we are talking about Brett’s work answering the meaning crisis with Jordan Peterson’s Meta-mythology, a new grounding of value in science, providing a naturalistic argument for God, Zombie Christianity and more!

Watch the full podcast on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/FL-bOP2tGyI

The attentional crisis has created the need for changing our practices to cultivate our abilities to control our attention and guide our own development, to prevent it from being stolen and added to corporations' bottom lines. That’s what I’m going to look at in this essay, what is attention? How does it function? How can we control our own better? 

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