Ep 891 - Accidental Therapy Presents: Reflections on Andor Season 2

Infants on Thrones

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

When Cassian Andor climbs into a TIE fighter he’s never flown before, you feel your shoulders tense. You know he’s going to survive—this is a prequel, after all. But your body doesn’t care. That dissonance? It’s limbic resonance. And it’s just the beginning.

In this premiere episode of Accidental Therapy, Glenn Ostlund breaks down how Andor Season 2 uses cinematic storytelling to activate your nervous system—blurring the lines between what you think and what you feel. You’ll explore:

Why your brain can’t always calm your body
The evolution of fear through the basal ganglia, limbic system, and neocortex
Cassian Andor as a model of nervous system mastery
The Force as a metaphor for emotional regulation
Nightmares, trauma echoes, and felt experience as emotional reality
How to become your own inner rebel alliance through mindfulness and Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Whether you're a therapist, a Star Wars fan, or someone simply trying to breathe more deeply in a chaotic world, this episode is for the Nia inside all of us.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Spoiler alert.
0:02.0	This episode may contain spoilers about recent episodes of Andor Season 2.
0:08.0	It definitely contains spoilers about your own nervous system and evidence-based mindfulness practices
0:14.0	that lead to lasting inner peace and Jedi-like calm and well-being.
0:19.0	These are not the thoughts and feelings you are searching for.
0:22.1	So proceed at your own risk.
0:24.6	It's a cool discussion about Andor,
0:27.1	but your hidden dark side might also get some accidental therapy.
0:31.6	It's a trap.
0:32.6	Hello, my name is Glenn,
0:35.1	and I just want to tell you a little bit about what you're about to hear,
0:38.3	and then I am going to get out of the way and just let you enjoy the magic.
0:41.4	Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
0:44.8	You know, I grew up playing with Star Wars action figures,
0:47.5	speak and spells, and little handheld football games.
0:49.9	And now I have these toys like ChatGPT and Notebook.M. That actually have the potential to become really, really powerful.
0:57.9	And I work as a therapist.
0:59.3	And I care about mental health.
1:01.4	Mine and yours.
1:03.2	I'm creating this space as kind of an experiment.
1:05.9	Using binaural audio beats, these sounds that you're hearing underneath my words right now.
1:10.5	They're meant to
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