Becoming Creature #8 @M_Ashcroft on Health, Awareness, and Innovation (Happy New Year!)
Happy New Year!
In this special episode of A Becoming Creature, Nick talks to Michael Ashcroft (@M_Ashcroft) about:
* Keto
* Herbal remedies and Pine Needle Tea
* David Perell and Tiago Forte’s course, Write of Passage
* Finding your niche
* Long-term perspectives
* Energy Innovation
* The Alexander Technique (is it magic?)
* Gendlin Focusing
* Coercion
* Michael’s BALs
and much more
Have an excellent New Year!
—Nick
Mentioned in this episode:
* Herbalists Grimhood and CK Eternity
* David Perell and Tiago Forte’s course, Write of Passage
* John G. Bennett’s Creative Thinking
* Eugene Gendlin’s Gendlin Focusing
* The Stoa
Timestamps
1:50 Michael’s 3-day water fast, keto, and health
8:50 Supplements and herbals
10:20 Pine needle tea
12:00 David Perell and Tiago Forte’s Write of Passage
17:00 Finding your Niche, architect vs. archaeologist
19:50 ‘Clock of the Long Now’ and the long-term perspective
21:30 What are you most excited about in energy innovation?
24:20 Climate Change
26:25 Alexander Technique Introduction
30:30 Breaking the reactive loop and renewing presence
32:20 Alexander Technique
35:40 John G Bennett’s Creative Thinking and Gendlin Focusing
39:00 Is AT Magic?
41:40 Alternatives to coercion
46:00 Clear intentions held lightly
51:10 Accessing playfulness
53:20 Michael’s BALs and youtube growth
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