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Jan 2021
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#8 @M_Ashcroft on Health, Awareness, and...

NICK
About this episode

Happy New Year!

In this special episode of A Becoming Creature, Nick talks to Michael Ashcroft (@M_Ashcroft) about:

* Keto

* Herbal remedies and Pine Needle Tea

* David Perell and Tiago Forte’s course, Write of Passage

* Building a Second Brain

* Finding your niche

* Long-term perspectives

* Energy Innovation

* The Alexander Technique (is it magic?)

* Gendlin Focusing

* Coercion

* Michael’s BALs

and much more

Have an excellent New Year!

—Nick

Mentioned in this episode:

* Herbalists Grimhood and CK Eternity

* David Perell and Tiago Forte’s course, Write of Passage

* The Clock of the Long Now

* Climate Change Chart

* John G. Bennett’s Creative Thinking

* Eugene Gendlin’s Gendlin Focusing

* The Stoa

Timestamps

1:50 Michael’s 3-day water fast, keto, and health

8:50 Supplements and herbals

10:20 Pine needle tea

12:00 David Perell and Tiago Forte’s Write of Passage

17:00 Finding your Niche, architect vs. archaeologist

19:50 ‘Clock of the Long Now’ and the long-term perspective

21:30 What are you most excited about in energy innovation?

24:20 Climate Change

26:25 Alexander Technique Introduction

30:30 Breaking the reactive loop and renewing presence

32:20 Alexander Technique

35:40 John G Bennett’s Creative Thinking and Gendlin Focusing

39:00 Is AT Magic?

41:40 Alternatives to coercion

46:00 Clear intentions held lightly

51:10 Accessing playfulness

53:20 Michael’s BALs and youtube growth



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