#111 - Queer is Questioning | From Spaces Between Podcast with Al Jeffery

LIAF 111: “Queer is Questioning” From Spaces Between Podcast with Al Jeffery What does it mean to call yourself queer? Today on Life is a Festival, I’m honored to share an interview I did on Al Jeffery’s brilliant show, “Spaces Between,” discussing queerness as a form of radical curiosity. We open with a comparison of vulnerability and openness, and how to use embodiment to support good mental health. We discuss what it means to “queer” something and how psychedelics and identity-expanding practices are in and of themselves queer. We talk about temperament, attachment style, character and identity and how you can release your own personal mythology by getting down to basic physiology. We close with learning to love the questions themselves, which in our binary culture can be the most difficult love, and yet the most rewarding. Al is a facilitator, community-designer, Top 30 Under 30 entrepreneur, keynote speaker, author and leadership virtuoso. He is dedicated to understanding disconnection and restoring connection in our lives, leadership and communities. Al hosts the "Spaces Between" Podcast, an open-inquiry into restoring community in the 21st Century, which I highly recommend. Timestamps :13 - Courageous vulnerability vs. social media openness :23 - Embodiment and mental health :35 - What it means to “queer” something :44 - Focusing on physiology and releasing your personal mythology :55 - Temperament, attachment personality, character, and identity 1:03 - Can you queer your depression? 1:08 - Masturbation and digital sex addiction 1:08 - Learn to love the questions themselves Links Al Jeffery: https://aljeffery.com/ Inside by Bo Burnham (Netflix show): https://www.boburnham.com/ Finite and Infinite Games (book): https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/1476731713? Sacred Sons (podcast): https://open.spotify.com/show/13MNzScptw2xqgkCTrgAEJ?si=a4700281b7c746bd&nd=1 Tara Brach Podcast (podcast): https://open.spotify.com/show/37McjD0j2cdu4GExcFQgm0?si=dcc3018f51b248b9&nd=1 Your Brain on Porn (website): https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/ Johari’s Window: https://www.communicationtheory.org/the-johari-window-model/