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Alok Vaid-Menon (@alokvmenon) recently posted their New Year's resolutions from over the years. Their 2018 resolutions, a list of eleven commitments, concisely capture how to be a better human and the headspace I'm in as I go into the New Year. I call these my 2024 New Year's Intentions and expand on each one in this episode.

When and why do we lose our childlike playfulness? Why do we find ourselves increasingly closed off from one another? Why do we take ourselves so seriously? Why do we care so much? On this episode, we’re discussing playfulness and how important it is in our adulthood, our relationships, our social lives, and to our joy.

This episode is for absolutely everybody. What hinders or even destroys sisterhood? How does male validation impede on our desires? How can we achieve confidence expressing our truths and our wishes? Why does everybody care so much about what men think? This episode dives deep into our culture and the ways we've been taught to acquire the love + joy we deserve.

Why is confidence considered factual competence? Why are we drowning in misinformation online? How can we achieve common ground? Today, we're breaking down the sources of science denial, the death of expertise, and the significance of critical thinking. We got madddd much power in our collective knowledge – how do we effectively utilize it?

When and why do we discuss other people? When is gossip positive or constructive? What does it say about us? Today we're discussing the idea of being a hater, gossip and its applications, and the nuances of criticism and how it has changed over time. What drives our behavior? Why are we afraid of being honest?We're covering it all.

Why are we stuck in our minds? How do we remove our attachment to things? Why is time flying or going by way too slowly? Today we're tackling how I can make you live longer (you're going to have to see for yourself) by unpacking the illusion of time, why we aren't fulfilled, and all the things holding us back from being content and free.