#330 - Andrew McConnell: Get Out Of My Head, Modern Stoicism, Zero-Based Calendaring, The Law Of Inverse Attraction, Taylor Swift Lyrics, The "Doing" Vs. "Being" Controversy, Renting Our Minds, The Locus Of Control, Worst Case Scenarios, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 655 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 105 minutes

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0:00.0	Is it better to be able to feel those really, really high peaks and suffer those really, really deep losses?
0:08.0	Or do you want it more muted so you never suffer those deep, deep troughs?
0:12.0	Our mind is our most valuable asset, because it can create new homes.
0:16.0	It can create new universes. It can create rocket ships and all sorts of innovations.
0:20.0	And yet, we aren't maximizing
0:23.2	the value. In fact, we're not even owning it. We're just giving it away. Maybe sometimes it's also
0:28.7	helpful to just sit in the feeling and just be as opposed to you. Welcome to the Melanie
0:34.0	Avalon biohacking podcast, where we meet the world's top experts to explore the
0:39.1	secrets of health, mindset, longevity, and so much more. Are you ready to take charge of your
0:45.0	existence and biohack your life? This show is for you. Please keep in mind, we're not dispensing
0:51.5	medical advice and are not responsible for any outcomes you may
0:55.3	experience from implementing the tactics lying herein. So friends, are you ready to join me? Let's do
1:01.8	this. Welcome back to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking podcast. Oh my goodness, friends, it was such an honor to have my dear friend Andrew McConnell on today's show. It honestly felt like one of those really epic conversations I would have with friends over wine. And we talked about so many incredibly helpful tools and techniques from stoicism that you guys can apply to your life to really just
1:29.5	help out with life's journey. Of course, it is sprinkled with a lot of Taylor Swift references
1:33.9	because Andrew may be the person who is just as obsessed with Taylor Swift, especially her
1:39.9	lyrics as I am. And we touch on so many cool topics from Andrew's book, Get Out of My
1:45.3	Head. We talk about whether or not you should be a stoic in its entirety, compared to
1:50.0	picking and choosing different stoic tenets to apply to your life. The doing versus being
1:55.3	controversy, aka, do you feel bad, about doing all the things all the time? Andrew's zero-based calendaring system,
2:03.4	which can help you truly take charge of and value your time in your life, something I love,
2:08.7	which is the law of inverse attraction, as well as the benefit of imagining worst-case scenarios,
2:15.3	the role of control in our life, and in particular, the locus
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