Convergence

Rattling around like Marley’s ghost

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What do you give up once you’ve given up – to quote a popular Irish sitcom – cigarettes, alcohol, and roller-blading? Joy? Is it joy next?


This one’s spicy if you’re a puritan. Otherwise it’s your pretty bog-standard Convergence fare.

  • (00:00) - Rattling around like Marley’s ghost
  • (00:23) - Mark's accidentally good idea
  • (10:39) - Intrinsic motivation
  • (15:37) - Podiant vs Bramble
  • (17:53) - Podcast Advocate Network, circa 2017
  • (21:33) - Naro
  • (23:22) - Asking for a hand in marriage
  • (26:37) - Brendan's chain wallet
  • (30:18) - Asking for permission to get what you want
  • (31:50) - The proposal
  • (37:07) - Brendan's dopamine diet
  • (43:32) - Men's Work
  • (44:28) - How Brendan "enjoys" himself
  • (48:17) - How to shame an addict


    • Links

    • Men's Work: A Practical Guide to Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, and Find Freedom, by Connor Beaton
    • In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, by Gabor Mate
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    ConvergenceBy Mark Steadman & Brendan Hutchins