The Fox 🦊 is Dialed in 📺with Ryan Stephens
Sanity and Society
English - September 16, 2019 15:35 - 1 hour - 68.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHealth & Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Ryan Stephens, a self-proclaimed "self-improvement junkie," shares his own deft insights and an impressive knowledge base, synthesized from a variety of scholarly sources. His passion for Stoic principles remind us in the Fox Den of how important a resource time is, more valuable than precious stones.
Here are some key points discussed in the episode:
His introduction to "motivational twitter"
Self-improvement tweets as reminders to live with purpose
How to retain what you read
The Horsemen of Relationship Apocalypse
What is "commonplace book" and why you should keep one
How to treat your twitter and blog as a journal for your best ideas
Factors which contribute to the significant suicide rate in males
The importance of community in an age of isolation
Sedentary lifestyle and the contemporary man
Disconnection from craftsmanship as detrimental to the psyche
Exercise and specific benefits to mental well-being
Evolutionary biology and the postmodern condition
The rise of "hate watching/listening" and the weaponization of rage
the myth of multitasking
Imperative of a "dopamine fast" to success and mental wellness
How to overcome perfectionism and the consequent "freeze" response to stress
The mental trick to overcoming perfectionism
A key factor which immunizes against trauma becoming PTSD
▶Find Ryan on
✔Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanstephens
✔Masculinity Blog: https://www.dialedinmen.com/
✔Self-improvement/Reading Blog: https://ryanstephens.me/
▶Loneliness & Millennials
✔22 percent of millennials say they have “no friends”: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/8/1/20750047/millennials-poll-loneliness
✔Millennials and the Loneliness Epidemic: https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilhowe/2019/05/03/millennials-and-the-loneliness-epidemic/#92803ed7676a
✔The Solution to Millennial Loneliness: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-gen-y-guide/201704/the-solution-millennial-loneliness