The Secret Addiction We All Struggle With (Interview with Michael Easter)
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- On today’s show, John talks with author and speaker Michael Easter about the surprising dark side of happiness, comfort and escapism.
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I feel most addictions start from some hurt,shock...a deep sadness inder it all....wheather you are conscious if it or not
and what if the source of that sadness is selfishness?
I agree
Hikers carry weight long distances, not just the military. And hikers do it 100% voluntarily. ;) This conversation explained why hiking feels good.
Just completed a hike with my 17 lb dog on my back . Feels great!
I started doing it with my baby and we absolutely love it!
Reminds me when i visited Kenya about 10 years ago. I noticed people were living much differently here in the US. Noticed kids were used to getting their only meal at school. Might get something at home or maybe not. The kids didn't have electronic games or other things kids in the US have, and they were perfectly happy. Some lived in a one room home...all sleeping in the same room. Or their mud wall would fall to the ground in a rain storm..then picking it up after the rain stops. They were happy when the walls stayed up.
Then I came back home...almost made me nauseated. Thinking how people want all the comforts, always wanting more..to what end? Then finding happiness in alcohol or whatever it is..because (fill in the blank). Then I had to rethink...what is happiness? Contentment? Is it God? Hmm..
I think gratitude is a big part of it. Often times, people in well developed countries and with many privileges often forget to count their blessings and acknowledge that there are many others who do not have as much as they do. It often takes either experiencing it for themselves or seeing it with their own eyes to really acknowledge what they have and be thankful. Sometimes going through hardships allows us to see it for what it really is.
@@jennyroldan2934 gratitude and redefining the meaning of it.
I agree. It’s God.🫶🏻🙏🏻
As they drink their coffee😅 Great conversation!
Just reading scarcity brain right now. Finished comfort crisis couple weeks back. Thanks John!
Love the shirt, Dr. Delony is wearing.
Loved this and can’t wait to listen to it again with my husband and read both The Comfort Crisis and Scarcity Brain!
I like this type of discussion! I wouldn’t change everything to this style but I think adding this style once a week or every other week, once a month or something like that would be really cool.
Strongly agree, very interesting and insightful
“Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangled in the illusions of the false self.’ -Henri Nouwen
I just did a 28 mile backpacking with 35 lbs on my back for Thanksgiving😊
I really appreciated this. The Comfort Crisis was a life changing book. Currently reading Scarcity Brain. The two of you talking together is like magic. Thank you for doing this show.
This was really great to listen to. Thank you to you both
Is this why I was in such good shape during my baby wearing years?
Great conversation 💥👍
What is killing people is stress from how much energy they put into their jobs instead of God and humanity. Everyone puts tons of energy into their degrees and how many degrees they have, their job titles, and how much better they are than their neighbors. We have went from a serving nation to a consumer and taker nation.
Purposes will always come and go. Society needs a firm foundation: God. When you put your entire self worth on things of the world, your life will constantly be painful, lonely, and you’ll always feel lost no matter how much you accomplish. This is discussed in the book of Ecclesiastes.
Wow totally agree with you. I'm in Grad school and it's so overwhelming. I'm under high stress and my hair is falling out. Not to mention I have 2 young kids and have financial hardship.
loved this. Ordered both of Michaels books while listening. Could I have driven a few miles+ to get them, yes, yes I could have... But I look forward to reading all books recommended here.
I think this is the man that inspired me a few weeks ago but I could not remember his name or where I’d listened.
He wrote a book about comfort so i think its about that. Catch is the guy that also said God wants us to be uncomfortable is wrong too.
Substances give you the feeling that they're helping you, they're hurting you, even on a small usage scale. Almost all of these people that use to get rid of a feeling are normally feeling that way because they're dependent on that substance. Most of us are using drugs and alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs, specifically because we eat a bad diet.
Really enjoyed this thanks for sharing ❤
My bet is Social media
@@dabd8175Uh huh. Sure, tell that to my internet and Facebook addicted MALE partner.
Good guess! Or sugar? Or caffeine?
My bet is Porn
Not good enough to just believe in something bigger than yourself,you must be born again or you will not enter Heaven.What we believe is a life and death issue it's about where you will be in eternity.Where will it be Heaven or Hell?
Why isn't there a double like button?! This was an amazing episode! Can I buy tickets and attend a Johns podcast calls?
Chasing happiness is a joke. Its a fleeting emotion. Nothing is static. Work towards peace instead. Peace can be sustained.
You can see the value of finding any food on the show Alone…. 29:50
Yes! That show is amazing in how it brings basic needs to the forefront. We all need to know what grows around us that is edible, useful, or should be avoided.
Betting ultra processed foods and added sugars. Hopefully that's the topic based on the title
Common sense would dictate even in the moment and short term that drinking is not good.
Min. 44-45: Some ants can carry up 10-50 times their weight 😊.
Think our culture has it all wrong.
Suffering is a big part of living.
Further we need to be grateful, thankful. Another is "to think of others more than ourselves."
"He who loses His life for My sake will find it."
Is it sugar?
I was thinking the same thing, artificial sugar isn’t talked about enough and the affects it has on us
@@TheAbtanker58it’s talked about in tons of places. Look up Dr Robert Lustig, also Dr Mark Hyman (though he’s much broader than just sugar)
You bought your friends book, bravo, stop making it a big thing -it’s inauthentic 😊
FOOD addiction is pervasive.
If you asked a cult member if they’re happy, would you consider that a benchmark data point?
Communal safety/security should be a priority, not turning everyone into christian monks.
I left Christianity within the last year and, finally, I have been able to start healing from the extreme trauma I went through, most of which I was victim to on a daily basis as a child by religious and physically abusive parents. A god that is willing to create an eternal fire and throw his child into it because that child didn’t “love him” (when the child has never met him just heard stories and threatened to believe and love OR ELSE) is the most abusive and narcissistic god a human could have conjured up. A LOVING god would create a heaven for all for peace, rehabilitation, love and unity. No human or animal would be left out; we have all suffered enough trauma in this existence not one deserves an eternity of torture. I would never treat any human being the way the barbaric writings describe (in many varying and inconsistent ways) the “storm god” Yahweh treated/treats humans. Being on this side I can’t unsee how disgusting the Bible is, and I have read and studied it many times for the majority of 30 years.
FACTS!!!@@mystiquevening
Any time you run from something it is a weakness.
Stop me if youve heard this one before.
"Full Stop".
"Happiness is the object and design of our existence, and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it." --Joseph Smith
Ants 🐜 are the ones who carry a lot of weight.
What's killing me. I'm addiction to bacon
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May I suggest a change of verbiage?
You say, “we’re not ‘evolved’ for that.”
The more accurate statement would be, “we’re not ‘designed’ for that.”
We do have a Creator/Designer. It’s okay - and preferable (IMHO) to acknowledge Him and how we are designed.
FYI
We’re not god
Just stop trying to
It’s all good