#8 @M_Ashcroft on Health, Awareness, and Innovation (Happy New Year!)

Happy New Year!

In this special episode of A Becoming Creature, Nick talks to Michael Ashcroft (@M_Ashcroft) about:

• Keto

• Herbal remedies and Pine Needle Tea

• David Perell and Tiago Forte’s course, Write of Passage

• Building a Second Brain

• Finding your niche

• Long-term perspectives

• Energy Innovation

• The Alexander Technique (is it magic?)

• Gendlin Focusing

• Coercion

• Michael’s BALs

and much more

Have an excellent New Year!

—Nick

Mentioned in this episode:

• Herbalists Grimhood and CK Eternity

• David Perell and Tiago Forte’s course, Write of Passage

• The Clock of the Long Now

• Climate Change Chart

• John G. Bennett’s Creative Thinking

• Eugene Gendlin’s Gendlin Focusing

• The Stoa

Timestamps

1:50 Michael’s 3-day water fast, keto, and health

8:50 Supplements and herbals

10:20 Pine needle tea

12:00 David Perell and Tiago Forte’s Write of Passage

17:00 Finding your Niche, architect vs. archaeologist

19:50 ‘Clock of the Long Now’ and the long-term perspective

21:30 What are you most excited about in energy innovation?

24:20 Climate Change

26:25 Alexander Technique Introduction

30:30 Breaking the reactive loop and renewing presence

32:20 Alexander Technique

35:40 John G Bennett’s Creative Thinking and Gendlin Focusing

39:00 Is AT Magic?

41:40 Alternatives to coercion

46:00 Clear intentions held lightly

51:10 Accessing playfulness

53:20 Michael’s BALs and youtube growth