What To Do When You Have No Vision For Your Life

What do medieval alchemists, your recurring bad memories, and the reason you can't feel joy have in common? In this lecture, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson traces a single thread from Carl Jung's strangest work to a revolutionary discovery that emerged in four different scientific fields at once, one that changes how you understand every movie you've watched and every choice you've made. Along the way he reveals the writing exercise he built with colleagues from Harvard and McGill that can measurably lower your stress, the 90 minutes a week that determine whether a marriage survives, and the question our culture never asks anyone even once in their life. The night closes with a live Q&A where Dr. Peterson does not hold back on the state of Canada, and a story about a suit that changed more than he expected.

Lectured filmed in Abbotsford, Canada on April 1, 2025

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:50 Jung, Alchemy, and the Birthplace of Ideas

05:56 Why Science Only Emerged in the West

10:11 The Ethics Hidden Inside Science

14:53 Powerful Tools Demand Better People

18:22 You See the World Through a Story

21:58 Where Positive Emotion Comes From

24:02 Fiction Is Hyper Real

29:06 Deep Communication or a Failing Marriage

32:02 Raising Kids on the Edge

36:52 The 90 Minute Marriage Rule

39:53 The Self-Authoring Suite

43:54 Why Old Memories Won't Let You Go

48:03 Future Authoring: Who Could You Be in 5 Years?

58:51 The 7 Domains of a Meaningful Life

1:09:57 Up or Down: The Decision We Are All Making

1:15:53 Q&A: The State of Canada

1:24:12 Q&A: Drug Decriminalization

1:30:06 Q&A: The Kermit Suit Story

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