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EPISODE · Jul 21, 2026 · 39 MIN

Why Good People Drain You

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You've blamed your mood. You've blamed the wine. You've blamed the long week.In 1978, an aikido master named George Leonard found the actual reason — and it's older than language.The Silent Pulse is Leonard's quiet 1978 book about why some people light you up and others drain you, even when they love you, even when nothing on the surface explains it. Drawing on pendulum-clock physics, conversation micro-synchrony research, and Manfred Clynes's discovery that every composer has a measurable "inner pulse," Leonard argued that you carry a signature rhythm — and the people, rooms, and conversations in your life are either locked to it or fighting it. This video walks through the mechanism and ends with a one-week diagnostic you can run on your own life.Book: The Silent Pulse — George Leonard (1978)00:00 - The Exhaustion Mystery01:12 - George Leonard & The Silent Pulse03:12 - The 1665 Clock Experiment04:15 - What is Entrainment?05:50 - Synchronizing Heart Cells07:51 - William Condon’s Human Dance09:49 - We are Born Tuned12:03 - The Inner Pulse of Composers14:10 - Your Own Unique Rhythm16:33 - Why "Good People" Drain You18:23 - The Rhythms of Family & Life19:29 - Pushing vs. Numbing Your Pulse21:18 - Mass Entrainment & The Power of Crowds24:07 - The Energy Cost of Mismatched Pulses25:55 - A One-Week Diagnostic Challenge28:07 - Who Tunes You Up?#psychology #consciousness #relationships #thesilentpulse #georgeleonard #bookbreakdown #selfawarenessBecome a member of this channel to enjoy benefits:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh6gJYYFDueIzAk_Jn6SmZw/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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