Wes Bertrand is a huge reason this podcast exists. If you appreciate the psychological underpinning of Exponentially Empowered, you won’t want to miss this episode.



Discussed:-The elephant in the room: domination systems of schooling, religion, parenting, government-Massive fear, massive distrust, and inter-generational transfer of trauma-Tossing out the shame/blame, good/bad paradigm



-Status-quo bias-Government doesn’t exist in physical reality-Does religion respect the child’s mind? What is the nature of nature?-The law of non-contradiction



-Non-Violent Communication intertwined with Internal Family Systems Therapy-Self-leadership, protector parts, inner critics, exiled parts-The needs behind protector parts-Role play with an inner critic-Self-Acceptance along your journey of growth



-Lack of clarity for both left and right-Innocence Project, not seeing the elephant in the room-Unseen costs from existence of government



-Psychedelics as means of inner healing-Start where you are, heal each day, climb the mountain



Non-Violent Communication (3-hour workshop, worth it)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7TONauJGfc



NVC Needs Inventoryhttps://www.cnvc.org/training/resource/needs-inventory



Stolen Concept Fallacy http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/stolen_concept,_fallacy_of.html



Teal Reinventing Organizationshttps://www.reinventingorganizations.com/



The 4 S’s of Parentinghttps://www.parentmap.com/article/the-four-ss-of-parenting-dan-siegels-whole-brain-child



School Sucks Podcast – Adverse Childhood Experiences https://schoolsucksproject.com/tag/aces/



IFS Institutehttps://ifs-institute.com/



Innocence Project with Joe Roganhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trh7YWo2Bmo



Mahler, Symphony No. 3https://open.spotify.com/album/31IEPIz4w8e6V7ZSjSLiyb?si=esphr4h2TiSruWJp7staVw



Alice Miller – For Your Own Good, Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violencehttps://www.amazon.com/Your-Own-Good-Child-Rearing-Violence/dp/0374522693







Wes Bertrand:Complete Liberty Podcasthttp://completeliberty.com/podcast/Healthy Mind Fit Body Podcasthttps://healthymindfitbody.com/category/podcast/Happiness Counselinghttp://happinesscounseling.com/Complete Libertyhttp://completeliberty.com/complete-liberty/Complete Liberty Inside Outhttp://completeliberty.com/complete-liberty-inside-out/)Libertopiahttp://completeliberty.com/libertopia/