Dec 30, 2019
What if we could enjoy suffering—our struggles? Akshay is on a mission to reframe fear, not as something to avoid but something to be addressed and faced head-on, living meaningful lives in service to our highest potential and our human family.
Show Notes Akshay Nanavati #14
We discuss:
-Fearvana: Reframe our relationship to suffering (3:40)
-Akshay’s struggles with drug addiction (6:05)
-Victor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning” (11:35)
-Akshay’s struggles with depression and PTSD (12:12)
-Veteran suicide tragedy: 22 suicides per day (15:20)
-All profits of Fearvana are donated to charity and heartfelt causes (18:00)
-We are on this journey of one (18:44)
-Service to others creates oxytocin (19:30)
-“Self-actualization is the side effect of Self-transcendence” -Victor Frankyl (22:30)
-VA’s struggles to provide humane care to our war veterans (29:00)
-Marty Seligman’s: “Post-traumatic Growth!” (33:00)
-Hormetic value of targeting suffering (34:15)
-“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious” -Carl Jung (42:05)
-What got you here—won’t get you there. (43:48)
-Seven days in complete darkness and stillness (47:00)
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