** Mondays of Meaning
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April 28th 2025 | Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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In this week’s edition, I explained how the connection between memories and a willingness to confront tragedy and malevolence allow for learning and improvement. Then, I was joined by athlete, philanthropist, and speaker Tim Tebow to discuss the connection between competitive drive, personal virtue, and Christian compassion. From the archives, I revisited a conversation I had with a journalist and author about the current state of feminism and the failure of the sexual revolution.

Advice

Reduce The Probability Of Catastrophe

The parts of your psyche that bring back memories of being humiliated, for example, are part of an alarm system. It is the same alarm system that tells you unexplored territory is dangerous. If the consequence of being in a particular social situation is that you are being humiliated and undermined, then you have not mapped out that situation very well. While there may be all kinds of reasons as to why that is the case, it does not matter so far as the alarm system is concerned because it is fixated on the fact that the situation is not good for you — and you are unable to forget that.

Often, traumatic memories are repetitive; people cannot get them out of their minds. But if you try to avoid them, you ignore the alarm system, which in turn only causes the alarm to go off more. That does not work. The proper antidote to the desire for unconsciousness in the face of the vicissitudes of life is a conscious willingness to advance in the face of tragedy and malevolence.

Instead, confront the memory. Ask yourself exactly what happened and exactly what part you played. Is there anything you could have done earlier or differently? If you allow yourself to make contact with the rough edges of the natural and social world, the probability is rather high that you can learn incrementally how to map the world and your actions in it; the probability is much reduced that you will be pathologically prone to catastrophe and betrayal.
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** On The Podcast
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Former NFL Player On Masculinity And Faith | Tim Tebow | EP 540

In this episode, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with athlete, philanthropist, and speaker Tim Tebow to discuss the connection between competitive drive, personal virtue, and Christian compassion. Tebow recounts the life-changing encounter that inspired his foundation — a moment in a remote Filipino village, where he met a disabled boy hidden away from the world. From that day forward, his focus shifted from MVP titles to serving the most vulnerable.
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** From The Archives
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Against The Sexual Revolution

Louise Perry, a journalist and author based in London, talks with me about the current state of feminism, the corruption of porn, the gray areas of consent, and the failure of the sexual revolution.
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Thank you for reading,

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

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