In this public episode of The Minimalists Podcast, we speak with psychologist Dr. John Delony about psychological clutter, the anatomy of hope, and more. Watch all 2 hours of episode 393 on The Minimalists Private Podcast.
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Discussed in This Episode
- What are your views regarding hope?
- What are the two kinds of hope?
- What do you consider the differences between wishing and hoping?
- How do you define “faith”?
- How do we best manage chronic pain and suffering?
- What do you think of unsolicited help?
- How do you address loved ones who don’t invite you to family gatherings?
- What are the two types of desires?
- How do we compassionately discuss contentious topics with loved ones when it involves them?
- Why are secrets so problematic?
- How do we unclutter our minds?
- How do we keep our personal and professional lives separated?
- Isn’t compromise an integral part of a romantic relationship?
- What are the three C’s of compromise?
- What is the “test-taking mindset”?
- What is “E-Prime”?
- What is the “burden of self-righteousness”?
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- Hope is expectation dressed in a tuxedo.
- Psychological clutter exists at the intersection of mental and emotional clutter.
- Suffering is the inability to let go of pain.
- Every new desire adds another bar to your prison cell.
- An uncluttered mind is untethered from the past and the future.
- How might your life be more with less?
- Good and bad emotions exist only in the cluttered head of the beholder.
- Love inspires the desire to support, not to sacrifice.
- Compromise doesn’t require condescension.
- Love does not require compromise, commitment, or covenant—it requires awareness.
Links Mentioned in This Episode
- Added Value: “Be On Your Way”
- Added Value: Sleep Mask
- Book: Building a Non-Anxious Life
- Book: Goodbye, Things
- Book: Minimalist Rulebook
- Book: The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control
- Course: Simplify Everything
- Essay: How to Make Tomorrow the Most Joyous Day
- Instagram: Katherine Morgan Schafler
- Patreon: The Minimalists
- Podcast: Clint Ober
- Podcast: Katherine Morgan Schafler
- Resources: The Minimalists
- Subscribe: The Minimalists
- Watch: Less Is Now
- Watch: The Dr. John Deloney Show
- Website: Dr. John Deloney
- Website: Earthing
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