How do you learn to want the things you want to want?

Jonathan says - “with attitude.”  He says, approaching attitude intentionally will increase the likelihood that your attitude will be successful, and a successful attitude is one that gets you closest to your intentions with the least amount of fuss.

Kayla describes her attitudes throughout her life, and how she learned to have more influence over her attitude as she became more conscious of it.

Nikiah says that “being herself” happens to be a pretty successful attitude, because she is naturally generally positive about the world. And that when she gets into negativity troubles, she calls upon (you guessed it) silliness to get her out of them.

Here’s the blog post that Jonathan referred to when he said I was describing a successful attitude, and here’s the picture that helps Kayla remind herself to have compassion for herself.  <3

life, the universe, and everything (or something)

When Jonathan was about three, he once asked me “What’s going on, and what’s the meaning of it?” It has been a family question ever since.

My poor children, when they agreed to be interviewed for Season 9, didn’t realize I’d be asking them to answer such impossible questions.  In today’s episode, they attempt in 5 minutes or less to explain the meaning of life.  I hope I'm not arrested for child (or childs) abuse.

Amy Childs | Happiness Consultant

Jonathan and I talk about craziness, frustration, words, truth, Brian Andreas, appreciating life, exposing our vulnerability, being a detective, and the tremendous luck of being allowed to curl up in a ball on the floor when it seems like the thing to do.

In the last Consciousness episode, Jonathan and I made a list of “our basic point of view in a nutshell,” and item number three was “Everyone is confused.” Today I expand on this idea. I hope it’s not too confusing.

All the things we forgot to say, or have forgotten that we said (an ever-expanding list.) (Or, as some people might call it, “gibberish.”)

Capitalism, communism, ownership, economics, politics, and other things I’m utterly unqualified to discuss.

What’s so scary about not believing in free will?

The final 'Consciousness' interview with Daniel Mackler for Season6.

Comparing life to the game "Myst," and comparing my way of playing and teaching the game to Daniel's.