The Communication Architect

 If you’ve ever been trapped in a paradigm, emerged from it, and then looked back in retrospect at the folly of deception, you have probably experienced a sense of amazement that you could have been so incredibly misled, so convincingly deceived by something so unreal. Many people today live in similarly problematic paradigms, caught up in a world that is more of an invasive  illusion than a true representation of reality. There are imaginary definitions and pressures and imaginary milestones and deadlines and imaginary audiences and expectations.  It’s a world of illusion and delusion, one that mass media defines and dictates: a handful of owners parroting the same narratives,  applauding the same mediocrity, prescribing the same cures, consuming the same fare. Like our food intake, a media diet should be managed through portion control and nutrient density. Too much “dangerous nonsense” will skew the behavioral scale. To be effective, media use needs to be tempered, purposeful, and contemplative in nature, for its consumption is capable of directing the outcome of our lives: What we meditate on, we believe, and what we believe, we become. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she provides pathways for breaking free of mass media's problematic paradigms. 

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The benefits of connection are well known. From emotional to social to spiritual to physiological health, connection with other people influences our health at the macro and micro levels. However, it seems that there is a concerted effort today to isolate people from one another. After months of quarantine, California's governor even declared that families couldn't gather for Thanksgiving inside their homes, and if they decided to join together in the cathartic act of singing, they should wear a mask and sing softly. But this is not the only arena where isolation is becoming the norm. The foundations our children form in childhood and their teen years will influence the way they act and interact, the way they work and play, the way they think and speak and vote. The influences we surround ourselves with will foster the beliefs and behaviors that determine the ultimate outcome of our lives. 

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In the classic children's story The Emperor's New Clothes, two swindlers trick an entire village into pretending they don't see reality. Fearful of looking foolish before their fellow villagers, the men and women go along with the elaborate hoax, playing on the vanity of the emperor and their own pride. Instead of blowing the whistle, the villagers remain stuck in groupthink, creating a storyline that has been translated into 100 languages. Unlike the villagers, many of us do understand that we are called to be truth-tellers, that we are commissioned to be culture-shapers, that we are compelled to break toff the chains of deception in this generation. As historian Peter Burke says, "Change is often the result of conflict." Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as we learn how to break free off the fear of man so we can rise up, speak up, and deliver the truth that will set people free. 

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The wisest man in history, King Solomon, once said that humans become like the company we keep.  Put another way, "We are the sum total of the five people we spend most of our time with."  Now, parents are defensively aware of any stranger who might try to befriend their son or daughter, but what if the company kids keep is virtual, online, invisible to the eye? Does it still have power? Most definitely. In fact, media's ubiquitous presence is altering our behaviors, changing our families, and radically transforming our culture. As former MIT dean Lester Thurow said, "Values are not, and will not be, inculcated by the family, the church, or other social institutions in either the present or the future. They are and will be, inculcated by the visual and electronic media."  What can we do to combat this full-scale inculcation? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as we learn how and when to pull the plug, to press the off button, and to find ways to turn down the volume on mainstream media's instant influencer status. 

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Are we influenced by the company we keep? Do we absorb ideologies, lifestyles, beliefs, and behaviors through the process of repeated exposure to specific constructs? Join me for this week’s podcast as we unpack classical conditioning, conspicuous consumption, and the “coddling of the American mind.” In their insightful book by the same title, Lukianoff and Haidt assess the collective decline of civic discourse that has resulted in absolute mayhem in colleges around the nation. We’ve lost the collective ability to be sharpened or challenged by a thought that differs from our own, to agree to disagree. Instead, we make provisions for “safe space” bubbles that perpetuate the “childified adult” formula. But humans do not become mature, thoughtful, respectful, engaged, critically-thinking citizens by lying in a fetal position with our fingers in our ears. Baby-proofing the culture has led only to the rise of immaturity, of offense, of ideo-ophobia. How did we get here? And how do we get free? Join me for on Spotify or iTunes for this week’s Communication Architect podcast as we track the deleterious cultural implications of what Postman once called “the din of dangerous nonsense.” #bethechange #standup #speakup #thinkcritically #liberty #mindsetmatters #classicalconditioning #nosheeple

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In part two of this two-part series, Dr. Dunne explains the foundations of entertainment-education and how music and other forms of media have shaped belief and behavior over the last seven decades. Through a targeted approach toward certain demographics and a highly specialized and well-researched agenda, lobbyists utilize mainstream media to attempt to change thoughts, actions, lifestyles, individuals, families, nations. How can you ensure that this subtle and not-so-subtle socialization doesn't bear a negative impact on you or your family? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne to learn the secrets of staying media savvy in the realm of persuasion, socialization, and indoctrination. 

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In part one of this two-part series, Dr. Dunne explains the foundations of entertainment-education and how music and other forms of media have shaped belief and behavior over the last seven decades. Through a targeted approach toward certain demographics and a highly specialized and well-researched agenda, lobbyists utilize mainstream media to attempt to change thoughts, actions, lifestyles, individuals, families, nations. How can you ensure that this subtle and not-so-subtle socialization doesn't bear a negative impact on you or your family? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne to learn the secrets of staying media savvy in the realm of persuasion, socialization, and indoctrination. 

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In 605 BC, an Old Testament warrior experienced some intense trauma. Over the span of his life, he was captured, relocated, renamed, indoctrinated, and threatened with violent death. He could have been bitter about his captivity, angry about his sentence, livid about his separation from home, but instead, he determined to live a life set apart--even in the midst of total cultural indoctrination. As a result, those around him had the courage they needed to stand firm on the battle lines. Not only did God meet them in the fiery furnace, but they escaped the heat without compromise in their heart of the smell of smoke on their bodies. The same can be true for us. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as we explore the neural and sociological pathways that lead us bravely through the darkened hallways of trauma and on to truth, courage, and consecration. 

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From fatherlessness to false narratives to chronic stress, our nation is experiencing significant trauma during this season of history. We can find hope and healing both as individuals and a collective whole by understanding our biochemical design, our internal wiring for secure attachments and healing through the connectivity of healthy relationships. When we look at the human body and brain under the microscope, we discover a biological compass, internal cues that can create a path to freedom, to wholeness, to healing. And the more we understand our own core, the more we understand our callings and capabilities, our freedoms and our frailties. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she continues last week's discussion on patterns of systemic trauma, and discover some practical tools for moving from labels to liberation.

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How does our education shape our communication, our beliefs, our behavior? One of the most powerful systems of modern socialization is the K to college school system. In the US educational sector, about 56 millions students attend public schools each year with another 5.6 million in private schools and another 2 million in homeschools (pre-COVID homeschooling). How important is education to our beliefs, our behavior, and the future of our nation? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for this week's Communication Architect to find out how you can be a force for positive change in your realm of influence. 

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