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In this episode of the Integral Health Resources Podcast, the Cancer Chronicles continue with an update following my visit to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit headthegong.substack.com

In this episode of the Integral Health Resources Podcast, I recount and reflect upon the latest twists and turns of my “journey” since being diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Happiness = Reality – Expectations. That’s what they say, and I think they might be right, so learning to calibrate expectations and hold them as lightly … Continue reading "IHR Podcast #28: The power of expectations" This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit headthegong.substack.com

In this episode of the Integral Health Resources Podcast, I update my own health status, which includes a recent diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit headthegong.substack.com

In this episode of the Integral Health Resources Podcast, I say “Hey” for the first time in eleven months, then ramble about reevaluating and revamping the podcast/website in the direction of my current foci: attentionology, meditation, and critical psychology. Media and resources referenced: Tristan Harris and the Center for Humane Technology Humane: A New Agenda for Tech … Continue reading "IHR Podcast #26: Rise of the Attentionauts" This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit headthegong.substack.com

In this episode of the Integral Health Resources Podcast, I talk about my very recent experience with skin cancer surgery, then I ramble on about a variety of health-related topics that may or may not hang together in a coherent fashion. Media, resources, and photos referenced: The Secret to a Longer Life? Don’t Ask These … Continue reading "IHR Podcast #25: Skin cancer, present state awareness training, collective health decisions, technologies of isolation, and the meaning of anxiety" This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit headthegong.substack.com

In this episode of the Integral Health Resources Podcast, I take a journey from New Mexico to North Carolina and back again, then continue rambling through Kornfields and dark webs before rallying to restore my sanity. Media referenced in this episode: The Duncan Trussell Family Hour, Episode 290: Jack Kornfield The Joe Rogan Experience, Episode … Continue reading "IHR Podcast #24: Delivering your cargo" This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit headthegong.substack.com

In this episode of the Integral Health Resources Podcast, I resuscitate the podcast after a year-long, self-induced coma. What have I been up to and interested in during this hiatus? There’s only one way to find out. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit headthegong.substack.com

In this episode of the Integral Health Resources Podcast, I share my thoughts on Tristan Harris, his Time Well Spent movement, and the struggle for ownership of my attention in this age of digital distraction. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit headthegong.substack.com

In this episode of the Integral Health Resources Podcast, I reflect on the following question: How can we challenge and expose bad ideas and corruptive influences in mainstream science without playing into the hands of anti-intellectuals in this age of “fake news” and Trumpian obfuscation? Video version of the podcast: Related blog post: Legitimate criticism … Continue reading "IHR Podcast #21: Criticizing science in truthless times" This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit headthegong.substack.com

In this episode of the Integral Health Resources Podcast, I think out loud about the question “What am I doing here?” before rambling on about everything under the sun. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit headthegong.substack.com