Listen "Rattling around like Marley’s ghost"
Episode Synopsis
What do you give up once you’ve given up – to quote a popular Irish sitcom – cigarettes, alcohol, and roller-blading? Joy? Is it joy next?This one’s spicy if you’re a puritan. Otherwise it’s your pretty bog-standard Convergence fare.(00:00) - Rattling around like Marley’s ghost
(00:23) - Mark's accidentally good idea
(10:39) - Intrinsic motivation
(15:37) - Podiant vs Bramble
(17:53) - Podcast Advocate Network, circa 2017
(21:33) - Naro
(23:22) - Asking for a hand in marriage
(26:37) - Brendan's chain wallet
(30:18) - Asking for permission to get what you want
(31:50) - The proposal
(37:07) - Brendan's dopamine diet
(43:32) - Men's Work
(44:28) - How Brendan "enjoys" himself
(48:17) - How to shame an addict
LinksMen's Work: A Practical Guide to Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, and Find Freedom, by Connor BeatonIn the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, by Gabor Mate
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