The Gorman Limit

This episode of The Gorman Limit is being released very shortly after episode 011. The reason for this is that I thought about the topics I've been riffing on during episodes 010 and 011, and there was more I wanted to say about jouissance, the death drive, & netagivity or lack.

In this episode of The Gorman Limit, Neil talks more about the concepts of negativity as lack (rather than as bad) and the death drive. This episode is a continuation of Neil's work teaching a seminar on doing clinical work with individuals.

In this episode of TGL, Neil starts to talk about the concept of Jouissance (i.e., enjoyment). The claim Neil makes is that understanding the way jouissance functions in our lives is essential to understanding why people do the things they do, in particular when those things don't make a lot of sense.

In this episode of The Gorman Limit, (which was inspired by a conversation between George Saunders & Ezra Klein) Neil talks about the importance of taking care of self and others in the moment before crisis moments.

In this episode of TGL Gorman tells a story & shares some thoughts on non-defensiveness.

In this episode of The Gorman Limit, Neil tries to dig into what people mean when they say they want to help people. Additionally, Neil talks about what might actually be helpful to people, and how that is not always what we expect it to be.

In this episode of TGL Neil tries to tell stories that show how it is a good idea to embrace, rather than core up, the things you're not so good at.

In this episode of The Gorman Limit, I talk about listening. A lot. About how I learned to listen better when I lost my voice, about what I learned about listening from my dissertation, and about full speech v. empty speech.

TGL-S1-004Intro 0:00 - 3:20- Today's podcast is about the concept of respect. - Why people desire it, how they try to get it. - How they fail to get it.- And how they might get better at getting it. Context 3:20 - 13:50- People coming to you v. People being sent to you"I don't care if you like me, but you're going to respect me!" 32:40- The first part (before the coma) is a negatio

Hi Warm-up: I talk about waking up early, liking winter, drinking tea… Content: What I want to do in this episode is tell you a story. - A story from early in my career. - One of the most important lessons I learned - It’s a lesson about control… or perhaps it's not… - It might be more accurate to say that it’s a lesson about a LACK of control.