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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

2309: Can We Be The Authors of Our Lives Without Suffering from Main Character Syndrome by Ira Israel

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

Optimal Living Daily LLC

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Ira Israel questions whether or not we can be the authors of our own lives without suffering from main character syndrome Episode 2309: Can We Be The Authors of Our Lives Without Suffering from Main Character Syndrome by Ira Israel Since 2011, Ira Israel has been working in private practice as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC #31) and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #50646), teaching sold-out transformational workshops, producing a series of best-selling mindfulness DVDs, and writing about psychology, philosophy, Buddhism, yoga, film, art, music & literature for the Huffington Post, Good Men Project, Mind Body Green, Thrive Global, Medium and Quora. The original post is located here: https://thriveglobal.com/stories/can-we-be-the-authors-of-our-lives-without-suffering-from-main-character-syndrome/  Head over to verygoodbutchers.com, and use the code “Optimal” at checkout for 20% off on their butcher shop quality plant-based meats. Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com  Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sam Mendes presents Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, an audible original drama.

0:05.6

The young gentleman's name would be...

0:08.3

Oliver. Oliver Twist.

0:10.7

...with Brian Cox as Fagan.

0:12.9

What have you seen? Street boy.

0:14.9

Nicola Cochlan as Nancy and Daniel Caluia as Bill Sykes.

0:19.3

Oh, look at me like a hound of my noise!

0:21.3

I love you, baby!

0:22.3

...with original music by Dan Gillespie Cells.

0:25.7

Subscription required, see audible.co.uk for terms.

0:31.8

There's something so romantic about winter and I don't know whether that's just because I'm bit the homebody and I love a 5th.

0:37.8

But I think it's just the holiday period. It's just for me, it's the most romantic period.

0:44.0

And I think anyone who's listened to my records will know that I'm quite a big fan of romance.

0:48.8

Joy in every sip with Red Carp's Now Back at Starbucks.

0:56.2

This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2309.

1:00.0

Can we be the authors of our lives without suffering from main character syndrome?

1:04.9

By Ira Israel of IraIsrael.com and I'm Justin Malik, your very own personal narrator.

1:10.8

Welcome to Optimal Living Daily, OLD for short.

1:13.9

This is where I read the best blogs to you with permission from the authors,

1:17.9

covering productivity, minimalism, personal development, all that fun stuff.

1:22.4

And without let's get right to another post and start optimizing your life.

1:27.3

Can we be the authors of our lives without suffering from main character syndrome?

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