Welcome back everyone to the 3rd episode of the Soul, Heart, Nerve and Sinew podcast! In this episode I’m reviewing, reflecting, and discussing three parts in Paul Evans’s 2019 book “When I Woke Up.” In it I focus on his death and resuscitation

Do We Really Need More Empathy? - A Review by Kirk on “Against Empathy” by Paul Bloom

Jun 11th, 2020 41m 33s

In this episode, I talk about the upsides and downsides of empathy, based on the book “Against Empathy: A Case For Rational Compassion” by Paul Bloom. You can get your own copy here: https://amzn.to/2UjTCqrThe main topics discussed are:1. T

7 Essential Lessons I Learned From “Mastery” by Robert Greene

Apr 14th, 2020 46m 47s

Hey everyone! Welcome to the first episode of the Soul, Heart, Nerve, & Sinew (SHNS) Podcast! In this episode I’ll be talking about the 7 lessons I learned from reading one of Robert Greene’s phenomenal books on self-development. Inside, we’ll

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Episode 14: Obsession, Constants, Pleasure, Calling, Fame

Feb 25th, 2018 24m 14s

(I’m back! Thanks for tuning in; I had taken a month+ hiatus to get my work squared away and handled, and now I’m happy to be back on track.) in this episode, we talk about Leonardo Di Vinci and little snippets of what his life was like before

13: “Mastery” by Robert Greene

Jan 16th, 2018 33m 44s

For today’s episode 13, I am happy to introduce “Mastery” by Robert Greene. This is a book that I had wanted to read for very long time, and I had only reached the first 35 or so pages. in an introductory chapter, I talk about the feeling of im

12: Short Life Update

Jan 16th, 2018 4m 20s

In this bit of an episode, I wanted to share with y’all my thanks for listening in, as well as some mandatory work expected of me in the coming future. I have RA Winter Training coming up, as well as graduate school, I managed to hold the Wheel

10: Reaching The End of TUS

Jan 12th, 2018 21m 32s

In this episode, I’ve come to conclusion that the content of chapters 12, 13, and 14 have been full of metaphors and messages on the same concept: expectations have got a huge role to play in the limitations of our potential, the limitation of

9: All Emotions Are Temporary

Jan 10th, 2018 5m 36s

In this very brief episode we recognize that one of the chapters in “The Untethered Soul” gives a very overt takeaway: All Emotions Are Temporary. And because of that, this episode was watered down to a very familiar quote for memory’s sake: “T

8: Understanding The Psyche

Jan 10th, 2018 33m 56s

In this chapter we’ve got 4 things: 1. What we have always asked of the Psyche and what it does for us, and how that rarely ever helps 2. How to pull ourselves from the troublesome, yet innocent Psyche 3. Singer’s perspective on suffering and w

7: NSFW - Killing Expectations

Jan 8th, 2018 19m 47s

In Episode 7 we talk about how expectations or desires not to feel a certain way (lonely, offended, or wrong) will not only wind up controlling your life, but also damaging it. You see, if we go out of our way not to feel lonely (constantly goi

6: Expectations: Risk & Removal

Jan 7th, 2018 34m 44s

In this episode we talk about how having a constant array of expectations is an indicator of living a life full of fear. We also touch upon how change is a constant and perpetual entity existing in all things, and how we ought to be more welcom

5: A Dance With Distractions

Jan 6th, 2018 32m 6s

First of all, we catch up a little bit with what I’ve been up to. Then, in this episode, we talk briefly about how our society has transitioned from a physically sensitive to a psychologically sensitive society. From there, we go into great det

4: “Samskaras” & Lifism

Jan 5th, 2018 25m

In this episode we talk about the concept of the little moments in time that make us: think of the past, bring about positive or negative emotions, and bring good or bad thoughts. These moments that set off a pattern of emotions, thoughts, and

3: ∞ Energy & Lifism

Jan 3rd, 2018 19m 29s

In this episode, we talk about how there is a way to have that energy and enthusiasm that seems elusive to us (i.e. motivation). Here, we also talk about an essential hallmark of the Lifism Project that will set itself apart from other ideas.

2:Lifism & The Untethered Soul

Jan 2nd, 2018 26m 27s

In this episode we touch upon the first part of Michael A. Singer’s “The Untethered Soul” and how this relates to the fragments that make up what the Lifism Project is all about. This episode explores a handful of quotes of what has been read t