The Importance of Purpose and Meaning in Life

On today's episode Charlie from Charisma on Command interviews Alok Kanojia aka Healthy Gamer

Dr. K is a Harvard trained Doctor, real life Monk and massive Twitch streamer who has helped millions of people improve their mental health.

We talk the mental epidemic in the west, how to detect and resolve your mental issues and his perspective on the ultimate meaning of life

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0:00 Intro

0:33 Dr. K’s Story: Video Game Addict to Harvard Researcher

4:05 The Hidden Power of Alternative Medicine

5:16 Meditation: A “Medical Impossibility”

7:07 Why Are We Having a Mental Health Crisis?

14:30 Technology’s Role in Mental Illness

17:07 What Makes a Distraction Healthy vs Toxic?

18:06 How Gamers Are Just Like Gamblers

20:35 Why Are Young Men Struggling So Much?

24:42 Dr. K on Red Pill: Should Men Be More Emotional?

30:59 The Invisible Trauma Behind Toxic Ideologies

35:53 Medicine vs Spirituality

39:00 Stop Caring About What You “Should” Do

42:26 How to Detach From the Expectations of Others

45:30 What Makes Sociopaths Choose to Act Morally?

47:30 What Makes You, You?

51:22 Having Awareness Without Thinking

57:06 Why Dr. K Is Grateful for Almost Failing College

1:00:44 Nothing Is Objectively Good or Bad

1:02:48 The Danger of Toxic Positivity

1:05:08 The Steps to Becoming Enlightened

1:10:20 Dr. K Is “Cautiously Optimistic” on Psychedelics

1:16:10 How You Can See Into Your Past Lives

1:17:59 Are Past Life Memories Actually Real?

1:21:16 Your Parents Can Pass Down Memories to You

1:24:45 How to Get Closer to Your Intuition

1:28:46 Information vs Understanding

1:31:29 Dr. K’s Best Mindfulness Practices

1:36:05 Why Chakras Are “100% Real and Mostly BS”

1:43:40 The Fundamental Nature of Reality (In Five Minutes)

1:50:05 What Is a Soul?

1:52:50 Outro