Anne Lamott and Josh Waitzkin (#756)

July 19, 2024

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This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s as a result of the podcast just lately hit its 10-year anniversary and handed one billion downloads. To have a good time, I’ve curated a number of the better of the most effective—a few of my favorites—from greater than 700 episodes over the past decade. I couldn’t be extra excited. The episode options segments from episode #522 “Anne Lamott on Taming Your Inside Critic, Discovering Grace, and Prayer” and #148: “Josh Waitzkin, The Prodigy Returns“

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#756: Anne Lamott and Josh Waitzkin

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SHOW NOTES

[04:49] Notes about this supercombo format.
[05:51] Enter Anne Lamott.
[06:21] What’s it about Chicken by Chicken that has affected so many individuals so deeply?
[07:18] The place the title of Chicken by Chicken originated.
[09:40] How Neal Allen helps individuals tame (however not discard) their inside critic.
[10:45] Who controls the dial once you’re tuned in to KFKD radio?
[11:51] How Anne recommends I pursue my fiction writing aspirations.
[12:37] The professionals and cons of Anne’s upbringing.
[19:08] What does being “spiritually match” imply to Anne?
[24:40] How radical self-care turned an crucial for Anne.
[32:25] The darkish evening that turned Anne’s son Sam’s life round.
[38:10] Enter Josh Waitzkin.
[38:43] On Dreaming Your self Awake by B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel.
[39:58] Informal train.
[40:52] Josh’s terrifying expertise with the Wim Hof technique.
[45:52] How Josh makes use of “stream” as remedy.
[48:19] Initiating a stream state.
[50:45] Cognitive biases and armchair professors.
[55:07] Growing high-level sensitivity and listening to your senses.
[57:53] Methods for on-boarding newcomers to mindfulness coaching.
[1:02:40] Paddlesurfers in peril.
[1:03:36] Embracing the funk.
[1:06:03] On parenting.
[1:15:07] Fastened views and progress mindsets.
[1:17:34] On coaching somatic sensitivity.
[1:22:06] On mitigating the hazards of a set id.
[1:24:32] Marcelo Garcia and the precept of cultivating high quality as a lifestyle.
[1:30:19] High quality and presence in parenthood.
[1:33:42] The hearth-walking course of.
[1:40:11] Translating strategies realized from martial arts to much less apparent actions (like investing).
[1:42:19] Constructing slack into the system.
[1:46:17] Shortage within the studying course of.
[1:54:27] Josh’s each day journaling course of.
[1:56:25] Thematic interconnectedness within the context of schooling.
[2:04:08] The Artwork of Studying Mission.
[2:05:59] Parting ideas.