life hacks, magic, and weird words: part I

[this episode may contain strong language]

Life hacks: what's gained and what's lost in chasing them? When this show started, sharing life hacks felt like an objective. But I quickly learned the intention behind the conversations on "become" is and has been much, much deeper. Interestingly enough, today's guest has challenged the very thought behind the moniker, "life hack". James Tucci is a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner with Tucci Counseling & Consulting, PC. James says: to have a life hack is to only create more problems that will require more life hacks. It may never do what your mind tells you it will. It “strengthens” the illusion or keeps us in the trance-like state that there is some code to crack and once we do life will be “easier.” In a real way, what’s gained and what’s lost in chasing life hacks?

 

Credits: Music by Ellie Westfall. Artwork by Kristina Bachman. Produced by Greg Joyce.