Why We Devalue Ourselves (But Call it “Fact”)
Most people think devaluation is something that happens to them. Someone criticizes you… ignores you… rejects you… and you feel it immediately. It registers as drama, or even abuse. There’s a clear sense that something “out there” is happening to you. But when you do the exact same thing to yourself… You don’t recognize it […]
Hips Don’t Lie: the Conflict Behind Hip Pain
Audio Recording of Call Notes In January, our topic is self-esteem, and today we’re looking at the special biological program that involves the hips. This program begins with a self-devaluation conflict So the “problem” beneath hip pain is usually: A self-devaluation conflict linked to not being able to assert myself / not getting my way. […]
Did Dr. Jordan Peterson Have Thalamus Conflict?
Notes Not medical advice; we’re not diagnosing anyone today, but we’re going to practice thinking through various ideas and seeing if we discover anything. Especially, could we think of ways that we could help someone to resolve a health problem and feel better, even if nobody has been able to “diagnose” the problem. Dr. Jordan […]
‘I Will Work Harder:’ the Biology of Helper Syndrome
Audio Recording of Call Notes Our theme in January is “self-esteem.” This follows “mental health” in December because, after we connect with reality instead of our own (or other people’s) weird stories about reality, having good self-esteem is the next level of having good mental wellbeing. January is when we examine how and why we […]
Home at Last: Ending Existential Isolation
Audio Recording of Call Transcript/Notes: December 4, 2025 – “Home at Last: Ending Existential Isolation” Before we begin today’s topic, I want to briefly ground us in where we’ve been this month. In Call #1 and Call #2, we discovered that relating is never really about other people. What we think of in GNM as […]
How to Stop Trading Truth for Self-Worth
Call Recording: Audio Recording of Call Transcript/Notes: This month in the Quintessence Tribe, we’re talking about “relating” from a GNM/GHK perspective. That means cerebral cortex conflicts, special biological programs like the territory and belonging programs, mental health stuff, blood sugar motor, sexuality, separation, sensory disorders, and voluntary muscle control. These conflicts are “relating strategies.” Relating […]
The Law of Perfect Relationships
Audio Recording of Call Transcript/Notes: Today I want to discuss how to solve relationship problems. Actually, I want to talk about how to solve all problems and symptoms resulting from special biological programs relaying from the Cerebral cortex, which includes: These cerebral cortex special biological programs all have to do with relationships, especially to other […]
The Wall is a Door in Disguise
Call Recording: Audio Recording of Call Notes/Transcript: How do I actually evolve? don’t I need to find my purpose? so much to do: mundane life problems. what if I choose the wrong path? “Gurus,” life coaches, personal development “experts,” even New Agers call this “decision fatigue.” And they advise making fewer decisions in order to […]
HIV Positive? What You Can Do About It
08/06/2016 11:43 PM AIDS (AutoImmune Deficiency Syndrome) was a terrifying new disease that first appeared in 1981, and then exploded into a global epidemic. The health industry has not yet found a cure and vaccine. Health professionals soon announced they’d discovered a retrovirus called “Human Immunodeficiency Virus.” The American Food and Drug Administration approved […]
Mind(Tree) Games: the Beautiful Irony of Why We Have the Conflicts We Have (Podcast)
03/27/2025 01:38 PM Why does “personal development” feel like such a trap? And how can you break free in order to get what you really want? Personal development sounds simple: set goals, work toward them, become a better version of yourself. Biologically, this is called “ontogeny”—our natural drive to evolve and expand our self-understanding. But […]