Episode Details

Thom tackles the “cancel culture” of today’s world, and empowers us to make ourselves useful if we find ourselves in a funk. He shows us how to let go of anxious attachment in relationships and puts PTSD in perspective, while giving us the tool to address it.

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Episode Highlights: 

[00:40] Q - Please Comment on Our Culture’s Obsession with Manifestation

[01:14] Charm - The Mechanism of Desire

[04:30] Cosmic Management

[06:52] Manifestation and Desire are Related and Simultaneous

[07:56] Q - How Do You Know When to Leave a Relationship?

[08:19] Surrendering Preferences

[10:22] Self-Sufficiency

[12:01] The Business of Creating Memories 

[12:11] Q - What’s Thom’s Take on Cancel Culture? 

[13:23] Our Source of Identity 

[16:10] Do People Like Me? 

[18:05] Lord Buddha Got 500 Likes 

[19:40] Q - What Do You Do When You Wake Up in an Inexplicable Funk?

[20:11] Exposure to the Unboundedness

[21:46] Expanding Our Event Horizon 

[23:10] It’s Not Personal 

[24:16] What Do I Have to Teach Today? 

[25:51] Exemplary Behavior 

[28:26] Q - How Do I Heal Anxious Attachment in Relationships? 

[29:14] A Big Bag of Fulfillment

[30:18] Let Go of the Neediness 

[32:07] Be Relevant to the Need of the Times 

[33:31] Don’t be Overgenerous 

[34:36] Reciprocation and Sabotage 

[36:25] Back to Self-Sufficiency

[38:00] Q - Does Vedic Meditation Alleviate PTSD?

[38:15] Trauma is Ill-Defined

[41:00] Trauma - Inaccurate Expectations

[42:32] Vedic Meditation, Deep Rest, and Adaptation Energy

[45:14] Reaction and Recovery

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