3478: Why I Couldn't Quit Smoking (And How I Did) - The Truth About Free Will by Vironika Tugaleva

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🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3478: Vironika Tugaleva challenges the conventional notion of free will, arguing that our choices are deeply influenced by subconscious beliefs, past experiences, and societal conditioning. She explores how self-awareness can help us recognize these hidden forces and reclaim a more conscious sense of agency. By understanding the limits of free will, we can cultivate compassion for ourselves and others, fostering personal growth and deeper connections. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.vironika.org/the-truth-about-free-will/ Quotes to ponder: "The choices we make are not made in a vacuum. They are shaped by our past, our conditioning, our subconscious programming." "When we judge ourselves or others harshly, we assume that people act with full awareness and control but how often is that really the case?" "Understanding the limits of free will isn’t about giving up; it’s about waking up to what truly drives us, so we can choose with greater clarity." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	This is Optimal Living Daily. Why I couldn't quit smoking and how I did, the truth about free will.
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0:58.7	Why I Couldn't Quit Smoking and How I Did, The Truth, About Free Will, by Veronica
1:04.6	Wilde of Veronica.org.
1:07.8	Quote, people demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought, which they seldom use.
1:15.9	Soren Kirkegaard
1:16.8	Years ago, I found myself sitting in a nearly empty coffee shop across from my college in the middle of a hot August afternoon.
1:25.4	School had not yet begun for the semester,
1:29.2	but I'd landed a job working with the faculty for my second year and was required to attend several meetings to do planning
1:34.3	before the year started. This was how I found myself sitting across from one of my favorite
1:38.5	professors who had begun to go on a verbal rampage against modern cognitive psychology.
1:46.5	The worst part about it all is this whole thing they spout to people about free will. She stopped to take a sip of her coffee. The more
1:51.9	people keep feeding themselves that bull, the more fruscious they're going to be with their
1:56.1	complete lack of capacity to change. Wait, I froze, calculating her words.
2:01.9	Are you saying there's no free will?
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