826 - Lessons in Living a Meaningful Existence From the Paleo Era

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Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

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🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Finding a meaningful existence seems harder than ever these days. Fortunately, Mark Hawkins knows where we can look—the Paleo era.

Today Mark and I are discussing:

-What is meaning and purpose?

-Why is it so important?

-And what can hunter-gatherers teach us about living a more meaningful life?

Please join us.

More About Mark Hawkins:

Mark A. Hawkins, Ph.D., is an author, educator, and clinical counselor. He has been interviewed by The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph, and several other news outlets and podcasts for his ideas. His research focuses on interdisciplinary understandings of meaning and purpose as they relate to human well-being. Mark was published in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology and is the author of The Power of Boredom: Why Boredom is Essential for Creating a Meaningful Life, and The Mismatched Human: Our Fight for a Meaningful Existence. He lives, researches, and writes with his wife, Yoona, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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The Power of Boredom: Why Boredom is Essential for Creating a Meaningful Life : https://www.amazon.com/Power-Boredom-essential-meaningful-mindfulness/dp/1773022563
The Mismatched Human: Our Fight for a Meaningful Existence: https://www.amazon.com/Mismatched-Human-Fight-Meaningful-Existence-ebook/dp/B0BHJ6S8F1
How to change your lifestyle: https://drruscio.com/how-to-change-your-lifestyle/
Deep Work by Cal Newport: https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/dp/1455586692
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Timestamps

00:00 Intro to meaning

05:00 Paleo living & psychology

08:07 The utility of friendships

13:38 The role of sacrifice

14:43 The paradox of choice

20:08 What changed in the Axial Age

24:49 What is post-modernism?

29:59 We want simple, quick pleasure

32:04 What Mark is seeing now

40:25 Finding community

45:26 Building self-awareness

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, providing practical and science-based solutions to feeling your best.
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0:22.9	For weekly updates, visit Dr.ru Shoe.com. That's d r-R-R-U-S-C-I-O.com.
0:30.9	The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease.
0:39.7	Please do not apply any of this information without first speaking with your doctor. Now, let's head to the show. Hey everyone. Today I spoke with
0:46.1	Mark Hawkins, author of a great book, which I highly recommend, The Mismatched Humans. And there's a lot here in the book to unpack that has to do with our lifestyles and how our
0:58.8	lifestyles have drifted from the healthier hunter-gatherer default that we evolved with.
1:06.1	We talk about religion.
1:07.6	We talk about agriculture.
1:08.9	We talk about meaning.
1:10.3	We talk about this concept of
1:12.0	the axial age that accompanied the agricultural revolution and how this changed our concepts
1:17.1	of meaning and belief systems, including but not limited to theologically based forms of meaning.
1:23.6	There's a few great quotes, there's a few great action items, and I think anyone and everyone
1:29.2	could benefit from this conversation myself included, because again, we explore how do we move
1:35.4	our lives in a direction that will be more conducive to happiness? And some of these things we
1:40.0	discussed in the recording are really simple that most of us are probably doing, meaning get some time in nature.
1:47.2	Don't expose yourself to lots of blue light before you go to bed.
1:50.6	But there are other factors that aren't so obvious that we sort of point to during this
1:58.5	discussion to help people make similar decisions that will improve their
2:03.5	happiness, hopefully improve their sense of purpose and meaning in their life. So just really a great
2:09.2	conversation and appreciate Mark taking the time and hope you enjoy the conversation as much
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