The KEW Acid Tests ask how Nature can inform the big questions humans ask. “Why are we here?”, “Who am I?”, and “What is our purpose” have puzzled humans for years – perhaps millennia. In the past 4,000 years or so, we have employed philosophy, religion, and science as mechanisms…
KEW The Acid Test: The Problem and The Questions (Episode 104)
What is the question!!!???? Say you are studying the effectiveness of a vaccine against some pathogen. What is the question? Too many times we get wrapped up in the specifics. The details. The minutia. We forget WHY we are doing this in the first place. In this case, I would…
KEW Episode 103: Human Pros and Cons. We’re not as ‘evolved’ as we think.
As we conduct the great KEW acid tests I have to establish a baseline. In this episode I want to touch on a few elements of the ‘human personality’ and our ‘global value system’ that I think we can improve on. I think humans are great, but there are a…
KEW Episode 102: The Acid Test. Looking to Nature to Address Life’s Big Questions
I apologize that it has been nearly a month since my re-introduction post and Episode 101. I have been overwhelmed with thoughts, ideas, tangents, trailheads, and rabbit holes regarding this new direction for my blog/podcast/and YouTube channel. In this Episode, and over the next 4-5 I will start to unravel…
KEW Interview with David McRaney of “You Are Not So Smart” and “How Minds Change”
In early 2021 I was fortunate to catch David McRaney for one of my first interviews about Curiosity. This week David is on the Psychology Podcast with Scott Barry Kaufman, the most popular podcast on the subject of psychology. David also has a new book out called, “How Minds Change”…
The Secret to Life?
Stop Glamorizing Achievement From the Kardashians to Elon Musk, we humans love elevating others to hero status. Stati? Statuses? Anyway, while this practice is annoying, it is also harmful because by ranking someone at the top we necessarily place people at the bottom. Money. Power. Good looks. ‘Success’. We are…
One Simple Way to Reduce People Pleasing
Put your phone in ‘do not disturb’ mode forever I struggle with people pleasing. After over a decade of coaching and therapy, I understand how to manage my old belief that other people dictate my value. It is difficult for people pleasers to be accommodating and helpful without becoming a…
I Need a Tribe. Where is My Tribe?
I had a massive epiphany today. Maybe it *shouldn’t* have been so massive. I say *shouldn’t* because I hate the word ‘should’, and have podcasted extensively on this topic, and written about it on Medium. But this article is about me, and maybe also about you. So either way, the epiphany is that…
Welcome Back! A New Direction for Knowledge + Experience = Wisdom
It’s been six months. Though I wasn’t sure what would happen with KEW, I knew I would be back. After 100 Episodes and over 30 interviews, I am inspired to work on new material here on Knowledge + Experience = Wisdom. I’m ready to get back on track releasing new…
One Way to Stop People Pleasing
Put your phone in ‘do not disturb’ mode forever I struggle with people pleasing. After over a decade of coaching and therapy, I understand how to manage my old belief that other people dictate my value. It is difficult for people pleasers to be accommodating and helpful without becoming a…