There are plenty of perspectives on how motivation works- and what will make us motivated or steal it away. How much it comes from outside influences or internal discipline....

Well, today we're going to give our own psych and biology-informed take. (And of course Isaak's typical zero-chill attitude)

Not judging and so on are pushed as being so desirable- but what's the darker side of "just be nice" and believing that reinforcing someone's comfort zone is the same as actually helping them?

Responsibility as an idea gets addressed constantly, but there isn't much attention given to what it means to actually be responsible yourself, and all the different factors that play into taking responsibility- as well as our relationship with it, like feeling guilty. Well, that's the kind of shiz we're talking about in today's session.

We think of fear in terms of consciously fearing something new- but it affects us in numerous other ways, limiting people without their even knowing it. In this session Krislyn and Rebecca both return to go in-depth on this topic.

We spend most of our lives focusing on negatives, while trying to be positive. But what happens when we allow ourselves to look at the darkest elements of our minds- how does horror give us insight on our values, our lives, and ourselves?

How does travel and adventure impact you as an individual? How does it both challenge what's comfortable, as well as expand your comfort zone? These are just a few of the concepts we go over in this session with nomadic marketer and Adventure Crew founder, Jake Blue.

(Note: While efforts are made to remove unnecessary swearing above a given level, misses do happen, or sometimes the word's too intermingled with a sentence to sensibly remove it. Please evaluate for yourself how "shareable" the content is.)

People generally look at childhood as a fixed thing, but today we're going over the different interchanging elements modern (and not-so) society uses to define what childhood is- as well as challenging the essence of the different elements.

Do you stop being a child just because you've reached a given age?

Why are hard limits set a specific age, as opposed to another?

How does biological development factor in?

All-around good guy Loren returns to give his humble insight on the nature of kindness and what it means to be a giving, compassionate individual in these often disingenuous, opportunistic times.

(Note: This is the first session where efforts are made to improve production value and censor curses. This is for the sake of making it accessible in a practical sense, since swearing merely adds emphasis, and the thematic direction of the podcast will not change. If anything, curse replacements will only add more emphasis. An odd swear word may well still make it through or be left in if its removal is too off-putting to a speaker's intention.)