Wolves, Scarecrows, and Pepperoni

It's not about whether or not you have poop, or even how much you have, but what you do with it. Don't get bescumbered. Real lessons from a fantasy world! Steven Pond ( @TheCosmerenaut ) and Dr. Ben Jeppsen explore what Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings" can teach us about mental health. This week, The Way of Kings Chapters 60 & 61! The Next Ideal Podcast is available on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts! For more information, visit TheNextIdeal.com The Next Ideal Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thenextideal The Next Step Coin by Dragonsteel: https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/products/next-step-coin NerdHQ direct link: https://nerdhq.org/ NerdHQ Cosmere Nerds for Mental Health Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/CosmereNerds The Next Ideal Podcast is not affiliated with Brandon Sanderson or Dragonsteel Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hopefully we're able to avoid tumbling down the stairs, but everyone has "fallen" at some point in life, and undoubtedly will again. How can we bounce back from those falls more effectively? Real lessons from a fantasy world! Steven Pond ( @TheCosmerenaut ) and Dr. Ben Jeppsen explore what Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings" can teach us about mental health. This week, The Way of Kings Chapter 59! The Next Ideal Podcast is available on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts! For more information, visit TheNextIdeal.com The Next Ideal Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thenextideal The Next Step Coin by Dragonsteel: https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/products/next-step-coin NerdHQ direct link: https://nerdhq.org/ NerdHQ Cosmere Nerds for Mental Health Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/CosmereNerds The Next Ideal Podcast is not affiliated with Brandon Sanderson or Dragonsteel Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journey Before Destination fundamentally means we need to focus on the process. But golly sometimes that's really hard. Real lessons from a fantasy world! Steven Pond ( @TheCosmerenaut ) and Dr. Ben Jeppsen explore what Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings" can teach us about mental health. This week, The Way of Kings Chapter 58! The Next Ideal Podcast is available on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts! For more information, visit TheNextIdeal.com The Next Ideal Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thenextideal The Next Step Coin by Dragonsteel: https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/products/next-step-coin NerdHQ direct link: https://nerdhq.org/ NerdHQ Cosmere Nerds for Mental Health Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/CosmereNerds The Next Ideal Podcast is not affiliated with Brandon Sanderson or Dragonsteel Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sometimes it's easier to blame ourselves for everything than it is to take a step back and see what we really have control over. Real lessons from a fantasy world! Steven Pond ( @TheCosmerenaut ) and Dr. Ben Jeppsen explore what Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings" can teach us about mental health. This week, The Way of Kings Chapter 57, with special guest @AuthorJacksonDickert ! The Next Ideal Podcast is available on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts! For more information, visit TheNextIdeal.com The Next Ideal Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thenextideal The Next Step Coin by Dragonsteel: https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/products/next-step-coin NerdHQ direct link: https://nerdhq.org/ NerdHQ Cosmere Nerds for Mental Health Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/CosmereNerds The Next Ideal Podcast is not affiliated with Brandon Sanderson or Dragonsteel Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We managed to get through the whole episode without Hoid calling either of us a cancerous anal discharge, so I think that's a win. Real lessons from a fantasy world! Steven Pond ( @TheCosmerenaut ) and Dr. Ben Jeppsen explore what Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings" can teach us about mental health. This week, The Way of Kings Chapters 55 & 56, featuring @AuthorJacksonDickert ! The Next Ideal Podcast is available on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts! For more information, visit TheNextIdeal.com The Next Ideal Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thenextideal The Next Step Coin by Dragonsteel: https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/products/next-step-coin NerdHQ direct link: https://nerdhq.org/ NerdHQ Cosmere Nerds for Mental Health Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/CosmereNerds The Next Ideal Podcast is not affiliated with Brandon Sanderson or Dragonsteel Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We can't know what will happen, so we should prepare for what might happen. But we also can't shut ourselves off from the possibility of outcomes going our way. Real lessons from a fantasy world! Steven Pond ( @TheCosmerenaut ) and Dr. Ben Jeppsen explore what Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings" can teach us about mental health. This week, The Way of Kings Chapters 53 & 54! The Next Ideal Podcast is available on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts! For more information, visit TheNextIdeal.com The Next Ideal Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thenextideal The Next Step Coin by Dragonsteel: https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/products/next-step-coin NerdHQ direct link: https://nerdhq.org/ NerdHQ Cosmere Nerds for Mental Health Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/CosmereNerds The Next Ideal Podcast is not affiliated with Brandon Sanderson or Dragonsteel Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's more than one option - a full spectrum between good and bad - that sometimes we have to be vulnerable and seek help from others to see. Seeking that help is not cowardice. Real lessons from a fantasy world! Steven Pond ( @TheCosmerenaut ) and Dr. Ben Jeppsen explore what Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings" can teach us about mental health. This week, The Way of Kings Chapter 52! The Next Ideal Podcast is available on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts! For more information, visit TheNextIdeal.com The Next Ideal Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thenextideal The Next Step Coin by Dragonsteel: https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/products/next-step-coin NerdHQ direct link: https://nerdhq.org/ NerdHQ Cosmere Nerds for Mental Health Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/CosmereNerds The Next Ideal Podcast is not affiliated with Brandon Sanderson or Dragonsteel Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Where are you locked in? Do you want to be? What would it take to erase some of those measurements?Real lessons from a fantasy world!Steven Pond ( @TheCosmerenaut ) and Dr. Ben Jeppsen explore what Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings" can teach us about mental health. This week, The Way of Kings Chapter #!The Next Ideal Podcast is available on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts! For more information, visit TheNextIdeal.comThe Next Ideal Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thenextidealThe Next Step Coin by Dragonsteel: https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/products/next-step-coinNerdHQ direct link: https://nerdhq.org/NerdHQ Cosmere Nerds for Mental Health Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/CosmereNerdsThe Next Ideal Podcast is not affiliated with Brandon Sanderson or Dragonsteel Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seemingly opposing actions can both be noble, depending on the values informing the decider. So what value are you walking toward?Real lessons from a fantasy world!Steven Pond ( @TheCosmerenaut ) and Dr. Ben Jeppsen explore what Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings" can teach us about mental health. This week, The Way of Kings Chapter 51!The Next Ideal Podcast is available on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts! For more information, visit TheNextIdeal.comThe Next Ideal Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thenextidealThe Next Step Coin by Dragonsteel: https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/products/next-step-coinNerdHQ direct link: https://nerdhq.org/NerdHQ Cosmere Nerds for Mental Health Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/CosmereNerdsThe Next Ideal Podcast is not affiliated with Brandon Sanderson or Dragonsteel Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Admittedly this isn't the first lesson we're teaching you, but it's still a pretty darn important one.Real lessons from a fantasy world!Steven Pond ( @TheCosmerenaut ) and Dr. Ben Jeppsen explore what Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings" can teach us about mental health. This week, The Way of Kings Chapter #!The Next Ideal Podcast is available on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts! For more information, visit TheNextIdeal.comThe Next Ideal Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thenextidealThe Next Step Coin by Dragonsteel: https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/products/next-step-coinNerdHQ direct link: https://nerdhq.org/NerdHQ Cosmere Nerds for Mental Health Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/CosmereNerdsThe Next Ideal Podcast is not affiliated with Brandon Sanderson or Dragonsteel Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.