How to escape the enlightenment trap and find true happiness: a guide to resilience and self-discovery with investigative journalist, Scott Carney #27

We Are Already Free

Are you looking to build resilience and increase your capacity to handle stress? Do you ever wonder what it means to be enlightened and how it can impact your life? Are you ever stressed out by the constant chase to live a more enlightened, high vibration life?

Welcome back to the We Are Already Free podcast, where we inspire down-to-earth seekers and free people to live their truth and be the change by focusing on what they CAN control.

In this episode, I share a deep, vulnerable, inspiring conversation Scott Carney, author of "The Enlightenment Trap" and "What Doesn't Kill Us," to explore the above questions and more.

Scott is a new york times bestselling author and anthropologist. He was the first journalist to write about Wim Hof, and one of the first people to learn the Wim Hof Method. His books ‘What Doesn't Kill Us’ and ‘The Wedge’ make the case for how Environmental training and exposure are as fundamental to human health as diet and exercise.

In this episode, Scott shares profound reflections on:

1. The concept of resilience and how it can help you create space between your natural reactions to stress and how you actually want to respond
2. The interplay between consciousness and the body, and how mindfulness practices like breath work and ice baths can help you change your physiology
3. Near the end of the episode, Scott shares his thoughts on the dangers of gurus and the importance of being able to receive feedback from others. Listen all the way to the end to hear his unique perspective and insights on this topic.
4. The Buddha's shocking mistake: The dark and murderous side of meditative practices.
5. As always, this is only scratching the surface, we also cover the hero’s journey, the middle way, Wim Hof, the big mistake the Buddha made…and much more.

If you're looking to expand your perspectives on these topics and learn how they can impact your own life, this episode is for you.

As I said in the beginning, this is a VERY vulnerable episode. Scott talks openly about death, and a traumatic experience which shaped his life. I honour the life of Emily O’Connor, and thank Scott for being willing to share so openly. I believe this is one of the most important episodes I’ve ever recorded. If you are feeling the resonance, then listen on.

Please do reach out if this brings up challenging emotions for you! You are not alone.

Connect more with Scott Carney:

• His book The Enlightenment Trap (affiliate link) - https://geni.us/0VEI
• His website, where you can find his other books, and sign up to his newsletter: https://scottcarney.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sgcarney

Links and Things:

affiliate links where possible

• The Red Market by Scott Carney
• Charming Cadavers by Liz Wilson
• The Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell
• People: Wim Hof
• The Iceman cometh - article first written in Playboy by Scott Carney
• The Wedge by Scott Carney

"Consciousness is the thing that makes the indefinite, definite" - Scott Carney

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