This week's edition has Dr. John Delony and I discuss the destitution of loneliness and the salvation in connection.
** Mondays of Meaning
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November 21st, 2022 | Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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This week's edition looks at what you want if everything falls apart around you. Dr. John Delony and I discuss the destitution of loneliness, the salvation in connection. Also, from the archives, the dangers of overprotection.
** If Everything Falls Apart Around You…
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…there are a couple of things you are going to want:
You are going to want someone standing beside you that you can trust.
You are going to want your family around you, and you are going to want them to have your back.
You are going to want to know that you did not do some goddamn stupid thing to bring all hell down on yourself.
If you are lacking any of those when that crisis comes, there is a high probability it will flatten you and you will not be able to get up.
It is bad to be laid low. But to be laid low, and to know that you were at fault for it—the things that you did, that you knew you did that was wrong brought you here—I think you have nothing to stand on in that situation.
And that is also the circumstances under which I think you are more likely to be abandoned by the people around you.
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** Monday Reflections
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"One of the problems with being anxious about something is you will not speak of it, it is like Voldemort. Then if you do not speak of it, it is way bigger than it should be, but as soon as you start talking about it, you cut it down to size." ( ([link removed]) Share this on Twitter
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"It is absolutely crucial that you maintain a tenable position in a hierarchy and not of one of power but one of competence and at least even if you are not in a position that is tenable you are moving upward toward one." ( ([link removed]) Share this on Twitter)
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"Sometimes your gaze can be forcefully directed towards the abyss and then you are traumatized if it is involuntary and accidental it can kill you. The more it is voluntary the more transformative it is." (Share this on Twitter ([link removed]) ) ([link removed])
** This Week On The Podcast
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Childhood Trauma, Marriage, and Making Friends | Dr. John Delony | #307
Dr. John Delony and I discuss the destitution of loneliness, the salvation in connection, how to strengthen ties through listening, and why you should stop ignoring your flaws.
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** From The Archives
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The Danger of Overprotection | Jordan B. Peterson
Dr. Peterson:
"You know for most of Freud's clients were people who were struggling to get out of the clutches of their family right and part of that is human beings are very dependent right well because we have this incredibly long period of development 30 years maybe but certainly 18 years and so it is hard to struggle up from infancy mature and leave as an independent creature."
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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