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Preview KEW Episode 80: Simplicity, Parsimony, and Occam’s Razor

By kpluseiswise | January 12, 2022 by kpluseiswise

Simplicity: easy; not overly complex Parsimony: careful use of resources Occam’s Razor: the model with the fewest assumptions is best So, yeah. Life should be simple (not easy), parsimonious (nothing wasted), and reductive (few parts). Makes sense to me. And that is the skeleton of the KEW model of ‘living a better life’, or Suffering less, or Finding less dis-satisfaction, or Being more peaceful, or Experiencing more calm. Call it what you want. We are…

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Preview KEW The Are vs Should Interview Series: Stephanie Mitchell

By kpluseiswise | January 11, 2022 by kpluseiswise

It is my pleasure to introduce you to Stephanie Mitchell this week. Stephanie is a psychotherapist, trainer, and consultant residing in beautiful Adelaide, Australia. She primarily works with complex trauma and psychosis and is very much focused on using the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model to help people live better lives. I met Stephanie on a facebook IFS group and she graciously agreed to talk with us about IFS. You can get a glimpse of…

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FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 60: The Are vs Should Problem – Jobs and Careers

By kpluseiswise | January 10, 2022 by kpluseiswise

Do you love your job? Are you happy with your career? Many of us will answer no to both of these questions. And it seems to me we visit these questions at two key moments in life: When we leave the nest, usually around 18 years old Sometime in midlife when we wonder how we got there. Maybe between 40 and 50 years old Lucky for me, I’m almost 50 AND I have daughters who…

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Preview KEW Episode 79: Less Struggle, More Calm

By kpluseiswise | January 5, 2022 by kpluseiswise

Do you have trouble sleeping? Do you get anxious sometimes? Is anger part of your normal reaction to unexpected things? Do tiny little things sometimes irritate the crap out of you? Most of us struggle to some degree and could use a bit more calm in our lives. And a lot of this discomfort is normal and unavoidable, but what if we could reduce it a bit? Wouldn’t that be nice? One of the main…

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Preview KEW The Are vs Should Interview Series: Gretchen Winterkorn

By kpluseiswise | January 4, 2022 by kpluseiswise

Besides winning the ‘coolest name’ award, Gretchen is a wonderful person and I’m lucky to have met her. This interview just made me feel good. And I’m fairly sure it was reciprocal. And I’m even more sure you are going to feel the same if you check it out. Gretchen lives on her flower farm with her partner and child, having left the 60-hour-workweeks of New York City for a simpler life. She is a…

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FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 59: Are vs Should Challenges

By kpluseiswise | January 3, 2022 by kpluseiswise

Reposted: Depending on how you define ‘uncomfortable’, 100-200 million people worldwide can’t meet their basic needs. Folks are born into societies and cultures where they are doomed to fail. Millions of people on this planet will live their entire lives worried about dying, finding food, or having a safe place to sleep. These are enormously huge problems that I truly don’t understand. Nor do I understand how complicated the solutions are. But I do believe…

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KEW Episode 78: Assumptions and Core Principles

By kpluseiswise | December 31, 2021 by kpluseiswise

Are you an analytical person? Do you think science is a good way of answering questions? Do you also believe there are things science CAN’T answer? Do you struggle from a mix of pragmatic and spiritual beliefs? Do you consider yourself to be pretty smart? Do you have a strong distrust for the status quo? Have you ever felt like a non-conformist, whether by choice or just because? If you answered any of those questions…

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FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 58: Fix the Broken System

By kpluseiswise | December 27, 2021 by kpluseiswise

Do you ever feel like shiz is just too effed up? Like it’s too late, or it’s too hard to do anything about the problems that surround you? I think we all feel like that. And if there’s one message I want you to hear above all others is that it simply isn’t true. The system is broken, but it is NOT beyond repair. There ARE solutions to many of our problems. But the system…

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KEW Episode 77: Who is KEW for?

By kpluseiswise | December 24, 2021 by kpluseiswise

As you know, we have been exploring the Are vs Should Problem; the struggle between the people we are and the people we feel like we should be. Since Episode 50, but really since about Episode 42, and ARGUABLY since Episode 1 I have been developing the ideas and concepts that load into the Are vs Should modality. I hope you have found some value in these Episodes. And I hope you will journey with…

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KEW The Are vs Should Interview Series: Bruce Nachsin

By kpluseiswise | December 23, 2021 by kpluseiswise

Bruce Nachsin came to us through a podcaster facebook group. He has his own podcast called, ‘The Fattest Fit Kid You Know’. He’s super funny, a Hollywood actor, and knows a thing or two about living in your ‘Are’. It was incredibly fun (and funny!) to sit and talk with Bruce for an hour or so. Besides just being super funny and entertaining, Bruce has a lot to say about podcasting, changing old habits, and…