How do you stay connected with friends when everything revolves around drinking?

Casey McGuire Davidson was an ambitious corporate achiever who always had a full schedule & anxious energy. She felt wine was the glue holding her life together until she realized it wasn’t. She later found serenity in sobriety, but it wasn’t without some social hiccups. In this episode, she uses her expertise as a certified life & sobriety coach to show us how to keep our friends in the tender time of early sobriety, navigate social hiccups at alcohol-centered events & the BEST way to tell friends you’re not drinking.

 

This episode originally aired July 31, 2022

 

If you like this episode, you’ll also like episode 265: HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE AN ALCOHOLIC? [REMASTERED]

 

Guest:

https://www.instagram.com/caseymdavidson/ 

https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseydavidson/ 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hello-someday-podcast-for-sober-curious-women/id1508913688 

https://www.facebook.com/HelloSomeday/

 

Host:  

https://www.meredithforreal.com/  

https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ 

meredith@meredithforreal.com

https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal 

 https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert 

 

Sponsors: 

https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ 

https://www.historicpensacola.org/about-us/ 

 

00:00 — Why sobriety feels risky

02:00 — The social drinking trap

03:00 — Chasing “normal drinking”

06:00 — Boring, pregnant…or sober?

07:00 — Losing yourself in motherhood

08:00 — When anxiety becomes the clue

11:00 — Why a 100-day challenge works

12:00 — Your brain in withdrawal

16:00 — How to “announce” it

21:00 — When your boss notices

22:00 — Choosing six more months

26:00 — The awkward party moment

27:00 — Three reaction types

28:00 — Why people pressure you

29:00 — The vegetarian analogy

30:00 — Sharing only what you want

34:00 — Telling people in advance

39:00 — Saying no without drama

40:00 — Creating new rituals

43:00 — When friends feel different

44:00 — Handling repetitive drunk talk

45:00 — Leaving before the sloppiness

46:00 — Partner support strategies

48:00 — The social-media minefield

50:00 — Do sober apologies matter?

51:00 — Repair without guilt

53:00 — How to support sober friends

54:00 — The right first response

55:00 — Hosting without assumptions

56:00 — Better beverage options

60:00 — Where to find Casey

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Ep. 322: Early Sobriety: Can You Keep Your Friends? [REMASTERED]

Are healthy boundaries lines in the sand? Going no contact? 



KC Davis is licensed professional counselor, host of the podcast Struggle Care & author of Who Deserves your love: how to create boundaries to start, strengthen or end any relationship.



In this episode, she unpacks the girl bossification of boundaries, the decision flowchart of no contact, how values make “hard calls” easier & how the internet sells quipping one-liners & emphasizes hard lines over nuance.

 

Guest:

https://www.strugglecare.com/ 

https://www.instagram.com/strugglecare/ 

https://www.facebook.com/StruggleCare/ 

https://a.co/d/1b1H1tT 



Host:  

https://www.meredithforreal.com/  

https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ 

meredith@meredithforreal.com

https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal 

 https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert 

 

Sponsors: 

https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ 

https://www.historicpensacola.org/about-us/ 

 

00:00 — Shower fights & imaginary comebacks

01:50 — Boundaries aren’t quippy one-liners

03:58 — When the boundary advice trap backfires

04:22 — The real definition of an internal boundary

05:05 — How to prep for real-life conflict (not Instagram conflict)

05:42 — Thanksgiving, awkward uncles & psychic responsibility

10:20 — Awareness as Boundary Step One

10:55 — MythBuster: Is there always a winner and a loser?

13:07 — The vulnerability cycle explained

14:10 — When your “issues” aren’t actually your issues

16:22 — How two people accidentally activate each other

18:17 — Boundary Disaster #1: The evangelizing step-dad

20:02 — “Reasonable requests don’t make unreasonable people comply”

21:11 — Deciding what’s livable — not magical

24:14 — Why reframing the offender sometimes helps

25:26 — The stories we tell about other people’s behavior

28:05 — Compassion vs. justifying harm

32:00 — Boundary Disaster #2: The secret sex-offender friend

33:10 — KC’s decision tree for impossible situations

36:08 — Why values make “hard calls” easier

37:02 — MythBuster: Does cheating predict cheating?

40:02 — MythBuster: Must you heal before you date?

43:03 — Boundary Disaster #3: Grandma, screen time & parental authority

44:00 — “How do I get her to respect my decisions?”

47:55 — Middle-ground boundaries for real parents

48:35 — Final thoughts: Boundaries as self-ownership

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Ep. 321: Relationship Boundaries: NIGHTMARES, Ultimatums & Inner Demons

How is AI influencing our decisions? Is opting IN to every AI offer causing us to opt OUT of our free will?

 

Jake Ward is a former NBC News correspondent & is currently the founding editor & host of The Rip Current newsletter & podcast, which looks at the hidden forces of modern life, like Big Tech, business, and politics. He’s also the author of The Loop: How AI is creating a world without choices & how to fight back.

 

In this episode, you’ll hear how the brain ACTUALLY makes decisions & how corporations leverage that without you knowing, how Corporate exceptionalism + American exceptionalism = tragedy & the case for inefficiency.



 

 

If you like this episode, you’ll also like episode 205: NEUROTECH: SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT OR MIND CONTROL?

 

Host:  

https://www.meredithforreal.com/  

https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ 

meredith@meredithforreal.com

https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal 

 https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert 

 

Sponsors: 

https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ 

https://www.historicpensacola.org/about-us/ 

 

00:48 — The hidden cost of “opting in”

01:32 — Is AI manipulating us?

05:02 — AI’s arrival vs. America’s readiness

06:05 — The brain that isn’t built for this

08:05 — Rock ’em Sock ’em brains

09:12 — Why our instincts make us hackable

15:20 — When companies exploit the “monkey brain”

16:10 — Social casino games and human cynicism

17:14 — The rise of AI psychosis

18:02 — Why young developers can’t see the danger

19:00 — The “scale will solve it” delusion

20:16 — Croissants, bolts, and AI ethics

21:25 — What regulation really looks like

22:30 — Politicians in your chat companion

23:40 — The edge-case problem that becomes everyone’s problem

24:50 — Don’t fear robot overlords — fear amplified instincts

26:02 — Why our brains love flattery bots

27:14 — When chatbots become the worst therapist

28:20 — Isolation vs. connection in recovery

32:55 — Can market signals actually work?

34:00 — The case for the “less convenient” AI

35:10 — Why bad AI is sometimes better for you

42:15 — What parents need to decide early

43:20 — Building community norms before tech does

44:28 — Permission to have more fun without phones

50:20 — Locating yourself in the narrative

51:30 — The allergy model of human behavior

52:48 — How shame keeps us from seeing ourselves

56:40 — Preserving human friction

58:20 — The case for inefficiency

59:50 — Music, jokes, and the death of practice

01:01:10 — The nightmare world of the AI life-coach

01:03:30 — Jake’s practical rules for tech sanity

01:04:48 — Why satisfaction beats happiness

01:08:00 — Jake’s links, book & gratitude

01:09:00 — Meredith’s closing notes & next episode

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Ep. 320: AI = the END of thought freedom in America??!

Is this the answer to burnout? How are mini-retirements even possible?

 

Kira Schabram, PhD, is the Assistant Professor in management & organization at Pennsylvania State University & historian of work who has been studying the details & impacts of a phenomenon called micro-retirement – people treating breaks from work of three or more months.



In this episode, you’ll hear how others are doing this idea, why it’s worth talking about & how it could be the solution to widespread burnout among American workers. We compare American attitudes on work compared to our European counterparts, what makes a micro-retirement “successful” & why what we call it matters.

 

If you like this episode, you’ll also like episode 190: DOES A CAREER CHANGE MEAN YOU’RE A FAILURE?

 

Host:  

https://www.meredithforreal.com/  

https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ 

meredith@meredithforreal.com

https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal 

 https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert 

 

Sponsors: 

https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ 

https://www.historicpensacola.org/about-us/ 

 

00:00 — Why “micro-retirement” even matters

00:27 — The work-first culture problem

01:41 — “Cute but inaccessible?”

02:10 — Who actually takes micro-retirements

02:46 — The two paths into a micro-retirement

04:33 — Life milestones as wake-up calls

04:59 — Why reflection only happens off the treadmill

05:27 — Is micro-retirement just rebranding unemployment?

05:56 — Why the word matters more than you think

06:30 — The need for a new term

07:53 — Why nonprofit leaders burn out fastest

10:39 — Training future leaders by stepping away

11:12 — Sabbatical-as-benefit on a shoestring budget

11:40 — Why employers resist the idea

12:07 — The costs of quiet quitting

12:34 — Why micro-retirements can increase productivity

13:02 — Sabbatical vs micro-retirement: the naming problem

13:35 — Why “3 months minimum” actually matters

14:29 — Why Americans don’t recognize their own burnout

16:18 — The France comparison that changes everything

16:46 — “Where do you vacation?” as identity

17:18 — Pandemic shifts in work culture

18:22 — Could the US ever adopt the August model?

19:57 — What Europe gets right—and wrong—about work

21:20 — Has work become meaning or misery?

21:55 — The generational gap in purpose

24:48 — What happens if cynicism wins

25:54 — A German lens on work meaning

28:12 — FIRE vs micro-retirement mindsets

29:05 — The “aunt at Thanksgiving” argument

30:01 — The burnout-pushed retirement pattern

30:29 — The “do nothing” phase no one expects

30:58 — When nothingness reveals burnout severity

32:02 — Skill-building in the wild

33:40 — The danger of over-planning time off

34:40 — Handling the “yeah but my bills” barrier

35:06 — Micro-retirements aren’t résumé gaps

38:01 — What would happen if 60% of employers offered this?

40:19 — Could mini-retirements reshape whole industries?

41:00 — The hidden cost of burnout recovery

42:46 — Closing reflections on culture, work & wellbeing

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Ep. 319: Micro-retirement: Cynicism, Burnout & Logistics

Why is dating so hard in midlife? Are we all sending mixed signals?

 

Abe Morgentaler, MD & Marianne Brandon, PhD are the hosts of the Sex Doctors Podcast, where they deep dive into the science & psychology of sexual health & relationships. 

 

Dr. Morgentaler is a Harvard trained MD who opened the first comprehensive men’s health center in the US, is the leading authority in testosterone therapy, author of four books & currently the Blavatnik Faculty Fellow in Health & Longevity at Harvard Medical School. 

 

Dr. Brandon is a clinical psychologist, author & futurist whose professional writing includes aging & sex, the challenges of monogamy & female low libido.

 

In this episode, you’ll hear both personal & professional perspectives about the dating pool & approaches including app culture, dick pics, gender equality, hormones, “the ick” & desire-killing control.

 

If you like this episode, you’ll also like episode 180: IS YOUR ATTACHMENT STYLE RUINING YOUR RELATIONSHIP?

 

Guests:

Theirs

https://www.facebook.com/thesexdoctors

https://www.youtube.com/@thesexdoctorspod

https://www.instagram.com/thesexdoctors/

Hers

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-future-intimacy

https://a.co/d/8smce3C

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariannebrandon-59224513/

https://x.com/DrBrandon

His

https://www.linkedin.com/in/abraham-morgentaler-md-81628b6/

https://x.com/DrMorgentaler

https://t4leducation.com/

https://a.co/d/hZHpFn0

 

Host:  

https://www.meredithforreal.com/  

https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ 

meredith@meredithforreal.com

https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal 

 https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert 

 

Sponsors: 

https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ 

https://www.historicpensacola.org/about-us/ 

 

00:00 — Midlife dating déjà vu

01:00 — Where have the good ones gone?

02:03 — Top complaints while dating

03:10 — Picky or self-aware?

04:02 — Tiny towns vs. big cities

05:00 — Strangers, apps, and mistrust

05:58 — Why men send dick pics

07:00 — Filtering for “fast yes”

08:05 — Who’s actually relationship-minded?

08:45 — Is app culture the problem?

09:20 — Entertainment vs. reciprocity

09:58 — Should serious daters ditch apps?

10:40 — The slot-machine effect

11:35 — Standards vs. pickiness

12:15 — Are we avoiding compromise?

13:20 — The myth of perfection

14:05 — How good men spend time

15:00 — Apps aren’t on your side

16:12 — Ancient brains, modern tools

17:00 — Digital dating = amplified disappointment

18:00 — Get out of the house

19:00 — Pick the r

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Ep. 318: Dating in Midlife: Where have all the good men (& women) gone?

What’s it like living underground? How did he get out?

 

Paul Vautrinot shares his story of living in the Las Vegas tunnels, or as he states it, beneath the neon. He shares what life in the Vegas underground city was like with the tunnel people, how he left, got sober & became a co-founder of Shine a Light Foundation. He shares the organization’s unique approach to ending homelessness & how they are by-passing wait lists.

 

This episode originally aired June 6, 2022

 

If you like this episode, you’ll also like episode 248: SURVIVING THE TROUBLED TEEN INDUSTRY: SEPARATING IDENTITY FROM EXPERIENCE [REMASTERED]

 

Guest:

https://www.shinealightlv.com/

https://www.facebook.com/shinealightLV

https://www.instagram.com/shine_a_lightlv/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beneath-the-neon-podcast/id1532967337

 

Host:  

https://www.meredithforreal.com/  

https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ 

meredith@meredithforreal.com

https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal 

 https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert 

 

Sponsors: 

https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ 

https://www.historicpensacola.org/about-us/ 

 

00:00 — The hidden city beneath Vegas

02:00 — A “happy” childhood behind chaos

03:20 — Getting invited underground

06:00 — First night in the tunnels

07:00 — Nicknames and neighborhoods below ground

08:00 — The drug dealer’s driver and the underground map

09:00 — Biking blind in total darkness

10:00 — Hierarchies of the homeless tunnels

12:00 — The girlfriend, the cricket, and the cops

18:00 — Jail, withdrawal, and a strange stroke of luck

20:00 — From drug court to sobriety

21:00 — Meeting Matt O’Brien and the flood-drain exposé

23:00 — The birth of Shine A Light

25:00 — Building a no-waitlist system for help

27:00 — Trust, recovery, and the Vegas community

29:00 — What would actually end homelessness?

30:00 — Creating stability in the smallest windows of hope

31:00 — What’s next for Shine A Light

32:00 — 104 people out of the tunnels

33:00 — How to help and get involved

34:00 — A new kind of light under Vegas

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Ep. 317: Life in the Vegas Tunnels: Clowns, Crickets & Crank [REMASTERED]

Is it possible to maintain mental acuity well into your golden years? How do we assess ourselves (instead of waiting to see)?

 

Dr. Dale Bredesen earned his M.D. from Duke University Medical Center & served as Chief Resident in Neurology at the University of California. He's now a Neuroscience researcher & internationally recognized expert in the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases. His newest book is The Ageless Brain: How to Sharpen and Protect Your Mind for a Lifetime. In this episode, we cover helpful early detection tests, the stages of decline & proven protocols for brain health.

 

If you like this episode, you’ll also like episode 285: IS HEART COHERENCE A CHAOS CURE-ALL? HEALTH, BEHAVIOR & INTUITION

 

Guest:

https://a.co/d/jawEi3J 

https://www.apollohealthco.com/ 

https://www.facebook.com/drdalebredesen/about

https://x.com/DrDaleBredesen 

https://www.instagram.com/apollohealthco/ 

 

Host:  

https://www.meredithforreal.com/  

https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ 

meredith@meredithforreal.com

https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal 

 https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert 

 

Sponsors: 

https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ 

https://www.historicpensacola.org/about-us/ 

 

00:00 — Why we excuse brain blips

01:02 — The doctor redefining “inevitable” Alzheimer’s

02:15 — Early detection that starts in your kitchen

03:40 — Prevention without the sales pitch

05:00 — The four stages of cognitive decline

07:00 — How to know if you’re in stage two

08:30 — The MOCA test and what scores really mean

11:30 — When neurodivergence clouds self-awareness

12:15 — Free tools to gauge your brain health

13:00 — Alzheimer’s vs. Parkinson’s: the subtle difference

15:00 — How toxins quietly cripple your mitochondria

17:00 — Early signs of Parkinson’s most people ignore

18:30 — The gut-brain link you need to know

20:00 — Mold, metals, and the six “bad guys”

22:00 — Functional vs. conventional medicine: finding real help

24:00 — Why doctors must ask “why,” not “what”

26:00 — The emotional weight of pursuing vitality

28:00 — True or false: the biggest Alzheimer’s myths

30:00 — The genetic odds—and how to beat them

31:30 — Oral health and Alzheimer’s connection

33:00 — The seed oil and statin debate

34:30 — Fighting the medical bystander effect

38:00 — Ketones, cold plunges, and other brain hacks

40:00 — The real deal on nootropics and psychedelics

42:30 — When memory and music come back to life

44:00 — Screen time, circadian rhythms, and your cognition

47:00 — Sugar: the brain’s ultimate saboteur

49:00 — The KetoFlex 12/3 diet for brainspan

52:00 — How sleep detoxes your brain

55:00 — Exercise as neuroprotection

57:00 — The caregiving parad

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Ep. 316: Is Getting Alzheimer’s Inevitable?! Testing, Prevention & Treatment

What happens when attraction never shows up? Why does this label matter?

 

Tony Bogaert, PhD, is the professor of health sciences at Brock University in Ontario, Canada where he has taught & conducted research for the last 30 years, primarily in the area of human sexuality. He’s also the author of Understanding Asexuality.

 

In this episode, you’ll learn the difference between asexuality & sexual aversion disorder, celibacy & autism as well as how someone might be asexual, but also be married with children. We talk about asexual pop culture icons, historical figures & evolution.

 

If you like this episode, you’ll also like episode 121: PROFESSIONAL CUDDLER? HUGGING, HORMONES & BODY AUTONOMY

 

Guest:

https://a.co/d/9NC71X3 

tbogaert@brocku.ca 

 

Host:  

https://www.meredithforreal.com/  

https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ 

meredith@meredithforreal.com

https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal 

 https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert 

 

Sponsors: 

https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ 

https://www.historicpensacola.org/about-us/ 

 

00:00 — What if your “thing” is no thing?

01:00 — Game show kickoff: “What’s the Difference?”

01:30 — Asexuality vs. celibacy

02:00 — Midlife disinterest or lifelong orientation?

02:30 — Hyposexual desire disorder explained

04:00 — Asexuality vs. sexual aversion

05:00 — Asexuality and autism spectrum overlap

06:00 — Sheldon Cooper: autism or asexual icon?

07:00 — What causes lack of sexual attraction?

08:30 — Personal motivation behind his research

09:00 — How a survey question sparked 30 years of study

11:00 — Why sexuality takes up so much mental space

12:00 — Why labels drive us crazy—and why we need them

15:00 — “Gray” and “demi”—the asexual spectrum

16:00 — Are we overlabeling, or just being human?

17:00 — Why demisexuality finally clicked for Meredith

20:00 — Love route vs. lust route: two paths to attraction

21:00 — Romantic but not sexual—how that works

24:00 — The sexual recession vs. true asexuality

25:00 — What’s really behind declining sex rates

26:00 — How researchers untangle the gray areas

27:00 — Can people “overclaim” the asexual label?

28:00 — Why some asexuals still masturbate

29:00 — “Cleaning out the plumbing” — other reasons for solo sex

30:00 — Historical roots: early accounts of asexuality

32:00 — Sherlock Holmes and the “asexual aura”

33:00 — Virgin Mary as cultural symbol of purity

34:00 — Eunuchs, testosterone, and the myth of distraction

35:00 — Do asexuals have a focus advantage?

36:00 — Evolutionary puzzles: how does asexuality persist?

40:00 — Is sex really necessary for health?

41:00 — Connection without sex: what it looks like

42:00 — The flowchart of asexuality—how to self-reflect

45:00 — His book Understanding Asexuality and what’s next

46:00 — Sex makes us do crazy things—his next book topic

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Ep. 315: Is Asexuality an Orientation or a Symptom?

What was it like to work on Project Stargate? Is Psi science being taken seriously? What if our mind is not our brain?

 

Dean Radin, PhD, has been researching the paranormal for 45 years & currently serves as Chief Scientist at the Inst of Noetic Sciences. His new book, The Science of Magic, is a straight-faced look behind the scenes of psi research & even shares how you can do your own experiments at home.

 

In this video, you’ll hear about the maturation of psi research, the psychic gene theory, religion vs magic & behind the scenes of project Stargate.

 

If you like this episode, you’ll also like episode 276: ARE ALIENS HUMANS FROM THE FUTURE [REMASTERED]



 

Guest:

https://www.deanradin.com/

https://www.facebook.com/DeanRadinsPage/ 

https://x.com/deanradin 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-radin-9417877/ 

 

 

Host:  

https://www.meredithforreal.com/  

https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ 

meredith@meredithforreal.com

https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal 

 https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert 

 

Sponsors: 

https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ 

https://www.historicpensacola.org/about-us/ 

 

00:00 — Consciousness, God & quantum weirdness

01:00 — Why science fears the unseen

03:00 — The worldview problem

04:00 — Psychedelics meet data

05:30 — Consciousness without limits

07:00 — His wild LSD story

08:00 — Why weed hits different

09:00 — When meditation backfires

10:00 — The quantum collapse mystery

12:00 — Consciousness as missing link

15:00 — Religion vs real magic

16:30 — Psi research grows up

18:00 — Inside Project Stargate

19:30 — Remote viewing revealed

20:30 — The psychic soldiers

21:00 — How they found “the gifted”

22:30 — Intuition saves lives

24:00 — The moment that stunned him

25:00 — Why the CIA shut it down

28:00 — UFO parallels & secrecy

30:00 — The black-budget truth

32:00 — A world without secrets

33:00 — The psychic gene theory

35:00 — 23andMe surprises

37:00 — MRI scans of intuition

38:00 — Are psychics just talented?

40:00 — The free-will illusion

41:00 — Is the brain a receiver?

42:00 — Small effects, huge stakes

43:00 — Who controls the “magic”?

44:00 — Power, faith & fear

45:00 — Psychic animals & plants

46:00 — The plant lie detector

47:00 — Sentient yogurt & AI

49:00 — Panpsychism explained simply

50:00 — Experimental metaphysics

51:00 — The kindness side-effect

52:00 — Why insight changes us

53:00 — His hope for humanity

55:00 — Where to find *The Science of Magic*

56:00 — Making the mysterious simple

57:00 — Reality, curiosity & closing thoughts

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Ep 314: Science & the Supernatural: Project Stargate, Experimental Metaphysics & Quantum Physics

Why do most of us work Mon-Fri?  What would happen if Thursday was the new Friday?

 

Joe Sanok is a former psychologist & current author of Thursday is the New Friday.  In this episode, he shares how the signs of a shorter work week (& longer weekends) have been popping up since the 1980’s. 

 

In this episode he shares why a four-day work week is critical to society’s advancement, examples of places already implementing alternative schedules, how we can recalibrate our minds away from the industrialist mindset & how to discover your internal inclinations & sprint type.

 

This episode originally aired in two parts on March 28 & April 4, 2022.

 

If you like this episode, you’ll also like episode 202: IS TAKING A BREAK FROM WORK AN OPTION? MIDELIFE GAP YEAR

 

Guest:

https://a.co/d/fBTWvsi

https://www.instagram.com/heyyymizcarter

https://www.carter-sherman.com/

https://bsky.app/profile/cartersherman.bsky.social

 

 

Host:  

https://www.meredithforreal.com/  

https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ 

meredith@meredithforreal.com

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00:00 — Why we work five days a week

01:00 — The myth of “normal” work

02:00 — What the pandemic taught us about time

03:00 — Real-world case studies: Iceland to Shopify

04:00 — Cooling empty buildings and saving millions

05:00 — The outdated industrial mindset

06:00 — Why “butts in seats” is a bad KPI

07:00 — The messy middle of change

08:00 — Are Americans too proud to adapt?

09:00 — The rebellious gene pool of the New World

10:00 — Schools as factories for future workers

11:00 — Teaching consent, confidence, and conversation

12:00 — Building emotional intelligence at home

13:00 — Parenting as part of societal recalibration

14:00 — Four-day weeks in “essential” jobs

15:00 — Testing, tweaking, and experimenting at work

16:00 — A shift from prescription to experimentation

17:00 — Who gets to work less? Privilege or possibility?

18:00 — The Walmart question: can everyone benefit?

19:00 — Rethinking weekends as recovery

20:00 — Are you working for an industrialist?

21:00 — Early signs of a four-day revolution

22:00 — The affair between Friday and the weekend

23:00 — Part Two: how to get things done by Thursday

24:00 — Why slowing down makes you sharper

25:00 — Parkinson’s Law and the myth of busy

26:00 — One-minute breaks that change everything

27:00 — Add one, remove one: weekend resets

28:00 — Toxic friends, grocery delivery & energy leaks

29:00 — Designing weekends for joy, not recovery

30:00 — Boundaries aren’t walls, they’re choices

31:00 — Hard and soft boundaries in real life

32:00 — Improv night as productivity tool

33:00 — From farm country to flow state

34:00 — The three internal inclinations

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Ep. 313: Is a 4 Day Work Week Coming? Thursday = the NEW Friday! [REMASTERED]

Less canceling. More curiosity. Each episode delivers an unlikely perspective or paradox to give you a break from the algorithm. Each conversation is wildly different than the last, so bring your ADD & your earbuds & have a look around! I talk about everything from cannabis to cannibalism. Not sure where to start? Try episode 86 with the accidental swingers or 94 with the Irish Catholic comedian who converted to Orthodox Judaism.

Meredith Edwards

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