2 hr 5 min
Opening A Hole In the Universe: Creativity, Authenticity, & Flow The ZDoggMD Show
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- Medicine
You don’t have to be a writer or “creative” type to channel authenticity and spontaneity in your life and work. A fascinating conversation with book & television writer Johnny B. Truant.Watch our prior show on changing your life story, get Johnny's book The Story Solution here, and check out his multimedia story studio.
Video: https://zdoggmd.com/creativity/
Topics & Timecodes
00:00 Intro, how story is excavated vs created
04:19 Working with a partner, why planning too much sucks, mistakes evolve the storyline, why I don't edit videos
12:34 The role of faith in the creative process, working with Tom Hinueber, why spontaneity shouldn't be labeled as lazy
18:03 Left brain vs right brain, creating structure without over-planning, opening a hole in the universe
20:15 Channeling creative flow, pulling past experience into current endeavors, silencing the noise to tap into a deeper flow
25:50 Meditation & improv, medicine & feeling into the patient story, articulating the ineffable
33:27 Factors contributing to writer's block, achieving a state of alert presence, mental illness, substance use & reality
38:09 False memories, The Mandela Effect, objective reality, Alt-Middle & holding strong views loosely, January 6th
49:13 Inhabiting different perspectives, flexibility in belief, role of social media in creating silos, corpus callosum analogy & synthesis between sides
54:58 The arbitrary nature of reality, forming identity around belief & questioning these beliefs, limitations of science, theories of reality
1:07:15 Awakening after trauma, grieving the loss of identity, reality as a simulation, meta-storytelling
1:18:38 Glimpses into unfiltered reality & the unpredictable nature of mini-awakenings
1:25:00 Psychedelics as a double-edged sword, meditation as a more predictable method, repackaging experience as a story
1:28:15 What parameters define "real"? Emotion, sensation & how we label perceptual filters, surrendering to unpleasant sensations
1:34:35 My trip to the dentist, surrendering without judgement, suffering is optional, Return On Luck (ROL)
1:41:14 The stories we tell ourselves, the delusion of separation, my retreat experience
1:46:08 Stories as a trojan horse, disarming people with humor, why resonating with story matters
1:50:27 Using stories to reach others, empathy vs. compassion, identity development in teens & pre-teens
Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd
Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd
More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z
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You don’t have to be a writer or “creative” type to channel authenticity and spontaneity in your life and work. A fascinating conversation with book & television writer Johnny B. Truant.Watch our prior show on changing your life story, get Johnny's book The Story Solution here, and check out his multimedia story studio.
Video: https://zdoggmd.com/creativity/
Topics & Timecodes
00:00 Intro, how story is excavated vs created
04:19 Working with a partner, why planning too much sucks, mistakes evolve the storyline, why I don't edit videos
12:34 The role of faith in the creative process, working with Tom Hinueber, why spontaneity shouldn't be labeled as lazy
18:03 Left brain vs right brain, creating structure without over-planning, opening a hole in the universe
20:15 Channeling creative flow, pulling past experience into current endeavors, silencing the noise to tap into a deeper flow
25:50 Meditation & improv, medicine & feeling into the patient story, articulating the ineffable
33:27 Factors contributing to writer's block, achieving a state of alert presence, mental illness, substance use & reality
38:09 False memories, The Mandela Effect, objective reality, Alt-Middle & holding strong views loosely, January 6th
49:13 Inhabiting different perspectives, flexibility in belief, role of social media in creating silos, corpus callosum analogy & synthesis between sides
54:58 The arbitrary nature of reality, forming identity around belief & questioning these beliefs, limitations of science, theories of reality
1:07:15 Awakening after trauma, grieving the loss of identity, reality as a simulation, meta-storytelling
1:18:38 Glimpses into unfiltered reality & the unpredictable nature of mini-awakenings
1:25:00 Psychedelics as a double-edged sword, meditation as a more predictable method, repackaging experience as a story
1:28:15 What parameters define "real"? Emotion, sensation & how we label perceptual filters, surrendering to unpleasant sensations
1:34:35 My trip to the dentist, surrendering without judgement, suffering is optional, Return On Luck (ROL)
1:41:14 The stories we tell ourselves, the delusion of separation, my retreat experience
1:46:08 Stories as a trojan horse, disarming people with humor, why resonating with story matters
1:50:27 Using stories to reach others, empathy vs. compassion, identity development in teens & pre-teens
Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd
Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd
More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2 hr 5 min