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January 31, 2008 @ 6:06 pm

Episode 47 : Zealots

In this episode we take on the question of what drives people like Tom Cruise who are so sure that their particular belief trumps all others.Links mentioned:

  • And probably the most Un-Zen movie/book in the world, The Secret . And the Zencast Patrick talks about is Zencast 115 - What Can You Let Go Of?

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January 21, 2008 @ 6:23 pm

Episode 46 : Depression

What’s the line between feeling down and being depressed? Should Patrick get on Prozac?

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January 14, 2008 @ 1:25 pm

Episode 45 : Kids

Wrestling with the choice to have kids or stay young, free, and selfish.

Links mentioned:

  • Here’s the NYT review of the book that proposed that parents don’t have much influence on how their kids turn out.
  • Gwen talks a bit about synthetic happiness, which is an idea championed by Dan Gilbert, and which you can watch a fantastic 20 minute presentation about at the TED talks site. Very Buddhist!

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January 10, 2008 @ 4:36 pm

Episode 44 : Journaling

Journaling is encouraged as a healthy mental activity, but from the Zen perspective, it may not be the most skillful use of your time!

Books mentioned:

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. (Our review, if you can find it for 3 dollars in the back of a used bookstore, go for it, if not… eh….)

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January 1, 2008 @ 4:21 am

Episode 43 : Resolutions

In this episode we actually got our hands on a real microphone for the first (and last) time. Maybe it was having a real mic, but something happened to us and we went into full blown self-help guru mode, sorry about that!
Links mentioned:

  • Here is a short synopsis of the Harvard class that wrote down their goals and what happened to them. The whole thing sounds fishy but there is a nugget of truth in there somewhere.

Books mentioned:

  • Barbara Sher’s book on not falling for the idea that you have to do just one thing in your life.

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