Welcome to The Hopeful Humanist Café. In episode 71, I am joined by Captain Jack and Danielson for an organic discussion and debrief about an episode from "The Psychology Podcast" with Scott Barry Kaufman. The specific episode we talked about is called, "How William James Can Save Your Life," with special guest John Kaag, who is an Existential Philosopher (see link below). I framed the debrief with the following orienting question, "As we all work with youth, I work with teen youth and you both work with youth stepping into young adulthood, I would like to paint this picture. We are approached by a young wounded, seeking soul who asks the privileged question, 'Is life worth living and how can philosophy pragmatically save my life?'" What says we?
In terms of this episode, peripatetic more pragmatically describes the "walk and talk" flavour/nature of my time spent with Captain Jack and Danielson, two spiritual brothers, while making this episode. During these "walk and talk" moments, one has the sense of being part of a community; to borrow a Buddhist term, it is as if one is part of what I would like to creatively call my "philosophical sangha." Disclaimer: Humbly, we are just a "few ones blithering."
Quote of the Day - "In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on my stick too; to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and the future, which is precisely the present moment; to toe that line." -- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American Author
T-shirt Idea: We are all living in a nick of time; life is but a nick in time ...
Showcase Resource:
1) "The Psychology Podcast," by Barry Scott Kaufman. The name of the podcast says it all. Barry is a Humanist Psychologist who has found a mentor in Abraham H. Maslow. Visit the following webpage to learn more about Barry's updated "Sailboat" metaphor for Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Sailboat Metaphor - Scott Barry Kaufman .
2) Here are three episodes of "The Psychology Podcast" worth listening to:
a) John Kaag || How William James Can Save Your Life May 26, 2022
John Kaag || How William James Can Save Your Life - Scott Barry Kaufman
b) Alexi Robichaux || The Future of Coaching June 30, 2022
Alexi Robichaux || The Future of Coaching - Scott Barry Kaufman
c) Daniel Schmachtenberger || Towards a Radical Cultural Enlightenment February 24, 2022
Daniel Schmachtenberger || Towards a Radical Cultural Enlightenment - Scott Barry Kaufman
Related Hopeful Humanist Episode(s):
1) Episode 68 - Life Coaching Questions Answered by Sarah Crawte (hopefulhumanistcafe.com)
2) Episode 18 - Yearning to Yearn, a Gen Z GIG-a-lo, and On Being Radical (hopefulhumanistcafe.com)
A Parting Salutations:
A special thank-you goes out to Captain Jack and Danielson! It was fun and I am already looking forward to our next blithering session.
Thank-you for joining us for another meeting of the minds. As always, the conversation is ongoing and continuous.
If you think you might benefit from working with a Self-Care Life Coach, please visit my website at Soundcarelifecoaching - Self-Care - Kitchener, Ontario to learn more. You can start the process by emailing me at soundcarelifecoaching@gmail.com.
Peace, take care, be well, and share
The Hopeful Humanist -
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Episode 82 - Getting right with being wrong
Episode 81 - The Novel First Sentence & Journal Prompt Project
Episode 80 - Dreaming about the Hero’s Journey
Episode 79 - Locating Dawn, Activating Empathy
Episode 78 - Savouring Spring, Walden, and ChatGPT
Episode 77 - The Hard Case for Self-Care - A time to Notice
Episode 76 - Getting my ACT together
Episode 75 - On being responsible for the words we use - A question ...
Episode 74 - Getting to Dry - A short ”Sounds-Story” & ”Audio-Sound-Blot”
Episode 73 - Uncommon Role Models & Gained Perspective
Episode 72 - Hot tub blitherings - ”What will you do today?”
Episode 70 - Poetry - An antidote for aloneness - A deeper connection with Emily Dickinson
Episode 69 - Rising Thoughts with Emily Dickinson
Episode 68 - Life Coaching Questions Answered by Sarah Crawte
Episode 67 - Expanding the dashboard: Covid-19, mental health and substance use
Episode 66 - ”I don‘t have enough time for self-care” and other constraints to Inter-Being Wellness
Episode 65 - Blithering Thoughts about Generations
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