"I just didn't realize how disconnected from myself I was you know I can really didn't and like the last year and a half I've been on my ranch," he said. "It's taken me about that time to just decompress and to to let go of the rush rush anxiety shame based culture that is the west." He says people are only going to use half of who they are if they cut off their emotional stuff by thinking dominant over feelings, as we do in society. The author has had psychedelic therapy since his early 20s but never fully understood it until recently.
Tucker Max is a writer and entrepreneur.
In this conversation, we spoke about why Tucker wanted to get famous, his emotional abandonment, why Tucker is always early on trends (like writing on the internet, Austin, and now psychedelics), what it’s like to raise children, and the moment he thought he was going to die.
(0:00) Intro
(3:12) Starting Journey At 27
(6:33) Academia Is A Scam
(18:00) Best Dressed Professions Feel Worse
(19:38) Getting Famous
(30:50) Tucker’s Emotional Abandonment
(35:07) The Moment Tucker Thought He Was Going To Die
(38:33) Why Did Tucker Face His Issues?
(44:22) Body, Mind, Soul, Gut
(47:00) Thinking + Feeling
(54:49) Why Are Younger People Waking Up?
(59:22) Why Is Tucker Always Early?
(1:04:55) Raising Children
(1:24:56) Poopy Daddy
(1:28:39) Lying About Santa
(1:31:21) God
(1:48:02) It’s Going To Get Better For Young Men
(1:53:55) Challenge
Tucker's Links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TuckerMax
Website: https://tuckermax.com/
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