Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman on How He Changed His Mind about Past Lives, the Importance of Creative Intelligence, Different Types of Narcissism & How to Overcome the Victim Mindset

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Mayim Bialik

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Thebigbangtheory, Spirituality, Selfimprovement, Mentalhealth

4.7 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Unlock the secrets of human potential & self-actualization with Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. (cognitive psychologist, host of the #1 psychology podcast in the world - The Psychology Podcast, author of Rise Above)! Kaufman explains the mysteries of extrasensory perception and how he now believes in past-life regressions. He unravels the complexities of a ADHD diagnosis and how ADHD could be a sign of giftedness not just a disorder. Mayim and Jonathan explore with Kaufman the shocking link between trauma, creativity, and intelligence. Discover how labels like "learning disability" can be shattered to overcome anxiety and depression, how we all might be neurodiverse, and how cognitive distortions can influence your personality and create a victim mindset. Get ready for his game-changing take on reincarnation, creative genius, and the science of narcissism. Plus, we’re back into unpacking more of the chart-topping podcast, The Telepathy Tapes! Mayim breaks down the scientific framework around collective consciousness and the challenges with proving it scientifically. This is a conversation you won’t want to miss!

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0:00.0	These prodigies, if you trace someone in their family long enough, someone had that skill.
0:04.2	That is a form of past life memory. When a child comes out and they're able to do something with no preparation.
0:10.5	Like they become a pianist and you're saying somewhere in the family you think there's a pianist.
0:14.5	Case by case and you start to find, oh, the great-grandfather in Russia had this amazing talent.
0:18.9	Isn't that a form of past life memory?
0:20.8	It's an
0:21.2	intergenerational transmission. You're saying that there is something coded in your DNA.
0:26.1	That was transmitted to them. It's a memory. And the question is, if we believe in a collective
0:31.7	consciousness, if it's not encoded in your DNA, can you pull someone else's life memory
0:37.3	from the collective consciousness?
0:39.3	When you really look at some of this incredible phenomenon,
0:42.3	the more that I can rule out all of these confounds,
0:46.3	the more excited I get that there's something mysterious
0:49.3	that is even in further need.
0:51.3	We should keep our minds open.
0:53.3	... is even in further need. We should keep our minds open.
1:02.6	Hi, I'm I'm Bialik.
1:03.5	I'm Jonathan Cohen.
1:04.5	And welcome to our breakdown.
1:07.9	We're going to talk about human potential today.
1:12.7	This was a hard episode to summarize in terms of what we're actually going to talk about.
1:18.7	Because we talk about so many things, many of which do relate to potential.
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