Beat Your Genes Podcast
BeatYourGenes
Evolutionary psychology with Dr. Doug Lisle, PhD and Nathan Gershfeld, D.C.
Most psychology advice treats your brain like a broken machine. Beat Your Genes starts somewhere different: your instincts aren't broken. They're just optimized for a Stone Age environment that no longer exists.
Dr. Lisle - Evolutionary psychologist, former Stanford lecturer, and co-author of The Pleasure Trap - has spent decades developing frameworks that explain human behavior from the ground up.
Nathan Gershfeld, D.C. - trained first as an electrical engineer and then spent 14 years as a Doctor of Chiropractic. He brings a systems thinker's curiosity to every conversation. He mostly lets Dr. Lisle talk.
Topics include relationships and attraction, self-esteem, personality, depression and anxiety, willpower, the ego trap, and how pushy people exploit agreeable ones.
380+ episodes. New episodes every other week.
New here? Start at beatyourgenes.org/start-here
Most psychology advice treats your brain like a broken machine. Beat Your Genes starts somewhere different: your instincts aren't broken. They're just optimized for a Stone Age environment that no longer exists.
Dr. Lisle - Evolutionary psychologist, former Stanford lecturer, and co-author of The Pleasure Trap - has spent decades developing frameworks that explain human behavior from the ground up.
Nathan Gershfeld, D.C. - trained first as an electrical engineer and then spent 14 years as a Doctor of Chiropractic. He brings a systems thinker's curiosity to every conversation. He mostly lets Dr. Lisle talk.
Topics include relationships and attraction, self-esteem, personality, depression and anxiety, willpower, the ego trap, and how pushy people exploit agreeable ones.
380+ episodes. New episodes every other week.
New here? Start at beatyourgenes.org/start-here
Episodes
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Mar 8, 2018 • 58min
107: Bullying, Job satisfaction, Changing careers
Listener questions today are: 1. Pediatrician has overweight child patients that get picked on at school. Asking for advice on what to tell them. 2. Job satisfaction - should people select their job based on their own IQ, conscientiousness, and stability? 3. Stay-at-home mom has finished raising her kids and now wants to do something that makes her feel productive. Her family, on the gravy train because of all that she does for them is giving her push back. She's a little stuck between starting personal projects & disrupting the family balance. We have two callers: Alan - who asks about Dr. Lisle's thought process for diagnosing a problem. And the next caller, Rob, asking about how humans react differently to significant events vs. everyday events that are similar.
Mar 1, 2018 • 54min
106: Dreams, Meditation, Listener calls in
Dreams, Meditation, Listener calls in about a childhood question
Feb 22, 2018 • 56min
105: Personality traits of 'alpha' males, advice to women dating 'alpha' males
A news article sprinkles in evolutionary psychology when explaining why people are purchasing certain electronics. We will review the alpha/beta male dynamics, discuss the typical personality traits of alpha males, and shed some light on what women should consider when dating the 'alpha' male. We also have a listener who calls in asking for advice about a family conflict.
Feb 15, 2018 • 1h 2min
104:Helping mom out, Closing an open-loop
Helping mom out, Closing an open-loop
Feb 8, 2018 • 1h 1min
103: Family conflict turns into 8 years of unresolved rumination
We start the show with an update from a listener who took Dr. Lisle's advice last year. We had a caller on hold looking to discuss her open-loop - Our caller had a falling out with her family 8 years ago, then her father passed away of cancer, she has now been estranged from them for years and is looking to get clarity on the situation.
Feb 1, 2018 • 55min
102: Relationships, Time in Womb, Free Will, Evo Psych of Bad Teeth
Relationships, Time in Womb, Free Will, Evo Psych of Bad Teeth
Jan 25, 2018 • 51min
101: Neoteny, Why do women stay w men who don't love them, Asexuality
Neoteny, Why do women stay w men who don't love them, Asexuality
Jan 18, 2018 • 1h 4min
100: Special Episode: Getting Personal with Dr. Doug Lisle
Getting Personal with Dr. Doug Lisle
Jan 11, 2018 • 1h 1min
99: Introvert socializing, happiness triggers, Kid is flunking, Nature fallacy
Socializing as an Introvert, Finding happiness triggers, Kid is flunking, Appeal to nature fallacy
Jan 4, 2018 • 47min
98: Evolutionary psychology in 2018
Evolutionary psychology in 2018
