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Is It OK to be Ordinary?: Dr Ronald Siegel on PYP 532

The Plant Yourself Podcast

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The Instinct to Prove Yourself

We have a pretty strong instinct and correct me if I'm wrong about this to be attracted to fat and sugar in the world. It would appear from my I don't know much about human rights but it would appear that pretty much every culture has the equivalent of a donut right yeah something which is sweet and fatty and that people like to eat a lot of. Now it makes sense in evolutionary history right because it used to be when there weren't enough calories aroundthere weren't enough nutrients so you could see how our brains would evolve to want to do that. However in modern life it's usually not helpful it's usually counterproductive and most of us who live who are fortunate enough to live

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