Chemistry Is Complicated
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2019
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Joshua and Ryan discuss the the value of empathy, experience, and maturity regarding sexual attraction with author and podcaster Dr. Christopher Ryan. Listen to “Maximal” episodes of The Minimalists Private Podcast exclusively at patreon.com/theminimalists
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| 0:00.0 | I'm not going to focus on that words. |
| 0:02.0 | Hahahaha! |
| 0:04.0 | The Minimilists are once again going on tour. |
| 0:07.0 | This is our 10th tour in 10 years. |
| 0:09.0 | It is called the Lesk Coast Tour. |
| 0:12.0 | We'll be hitting 8 cities across the west coast of the United States and Canada. |
| 0:16.0 | For more details, head on over to theminimilists.com slash tour. |
| 0:21.0 | We'll see you soon. |
| 0:22.0 | I mean, the older I get, the more I feel that our bodies are like conduits for our minds to make love. |
| 0:35.0 | And so the actual point of contact might be our bodies, but what's really interesting is what's happening mentally and emotionally, psychologically and all that, exploration. |
| 0:51.0 | I think maybe that's a sign of diminishing testosterone or something, because when I was younger, it was much more like, oh, look at that body. |
| 1:02.0 | Oh my god, I want to squeeze this. |
| 1:04.0 | Was that in your book where you wrote about the transgender person? |
| 1:09.0 | Well, he was female to male transgender, but then it took testosterone. |
| 1:18.0 | All of a sudden became Ryan Nicodemus overnight. |
| 1:21.0 | Because Ryan has like crazy high libido. |
| 1:24.0 | And like this new man had now your level of testosterone. |
| 1:32.0 | I'm probably not even as high as your testosterone. |
| 1:34.0 | And sort of walking around saying, I can't control my thoughts anymore. |
| 1:39.0 | Yeah, and it was really notable because the person had been like a very feminist lesbian as a woman, a very offended by men sort of focusing on women's bodies and all that. |
| 1:53.0 | Yeah, like she, it was an episode of this American life. |
| 1:58.0 | I can't remember the person's name, but yeah, she talked about being on the subway in New York as a woman and seeing a woman she was attracted to and thinking, oh, she looks nice. |
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