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Authentic Chaos
by Vahagn Yeranossian
Authentic Chaos is a podcast intended to explore the chaos of our minds through a dive into the chaos of my own mind. How do we make sense of the universe and ourselves? How do we connect more meaningfully with others? How do we understand ourselves on a deeper level? I may not have the answers to these questions but I promise to provide my own authentic insight and have discussions with friends and the audience.
Episodes
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To be understood: why and how to communicate better
Have you ever felt frustrated that people can’t understand you or your thoughts? Maybe some conversations with friends or family get difficult because of misunderstandings or other miscommunications. All people want to be understood, and we all have the capacity to be understood, but what often...
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Time, Health, and Connection: The struggles of being human
Why does it feel so hard to be an “adult” sometimes? Our bodies start to ache, the foods we enjoyed before are now bad for us, and the relationships we had relied on can sour. Does time and age have to be this oppressive force? Join me and Tessa for a heart-felt discussion on our relationships…
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Spice and Community: Exploring India with Stephen Ritchie
Traveling to new places and exploring new cultures can be exciting and stressful! Especially when you are aiming to visit a culture that is so different from your own. Stephen Ritchie joins us today to talk about his own adventures in India, a culture that is utterly foreign to him. Listen as he...
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Seeking Salvador: How travels and people help shape who we are
Salvador - a reference to a savior/messiah - reflects the answers we are searching for: who are we, why are we here, what is the meaning of our lives, how do we do good? These questions have many and no answers. There are many ways people can try to seek out their answers but there is no right...
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See a Problem? Solve a Puzzle
Do you have problems that seem to keep coming up in your life? Maybe you feel chronically stressed or perhaps you are getting into arguments now and then with people around you. Does it seem like when you address these problems you only temporarily solve them? What if you are missing the bigger...
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How to Change Your Mind
Think about the last time you were stuck in a thought pattern or a bias. How did you recognize you were stuck in the pattern? How did you go about changing? Did the change come from inside yourself or from the outside world? I found myself in one of these bias patterns that was affecting my...
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Are we in Hell? The challenges of self love and self discovery
Is Hell a place where the damned go for all eternity? Is it just a prop used by religious types to confound the masses? Or is there deeper, more personal meaning to Hell. What is Hell even and why would any all powerful, all good gods create such a place? Journeys of self discovery are not…
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Rewarding Reflections: Recapping the last year and unique perspectives (w/ Shikhar Tuwari)
How do we obtain happiness? How should we live a “good life”? How would we describe the last year (2023)? These questions can seem difficult to answer precisely because they have no right answer. But even that isn’t quite right because there is an answer that is right for us, while not…
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Musical connection: How music festivals can teach empathy (w/ Alina Pawchareune)
Does reality have a bias toward fun or obligation? Is going on vacation or to a music festival reality or a fantasy? Is music just fun sounds to listen to or is there a deeper meaning? Music has connected people for as long as humans have existed. From prayer chants and war songs to classical…
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The Will to See: How perspective shapes your world and how to change it (w/ Stephen Ritchie)
Take a look back over the last 10 years. How have you changed? How has your view of the world change? How often do you get stuck in a certain set of biases or world view? Perspective is complex, it is a window into the world and into ourselves. But this window can be invisible. And sometimes this...
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What about Paris? How history can provide self perspective
Why do people care about Paris? Or Rome? What about Giza or Damascus? Do we like a place because it has fancy buildings or is there something more? What can we learn from history? Is this all just a history lesson, or can we learn something about ourselves from history? I propose history contains...
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Seeking our roots: A conversation with my mother (w/ Margarite Davidian)
The more we grow, the more important it is to remind ourselves of where we came from and who we came from. This look back can be grounding and challenging at the same time. Grounding because it brings us to our roots, but also challenging because it can shake up memories and feelings which you...
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: Reflections on consciousness and Authentic Chaos
How would you describe consciousness? What about self-consciousness or even self-self-consciousness? Can we ever think ourselves out of our own minds? At what point does a rule system that references itself start to change itself? What is the point of this podcast or even this episode? In this...
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Data or Meaning? The role of data, beliefs, and uncertainty on our lives (w/ Yossi Katzin)
Humans influence technology, and technology influences us. We have access to data about ourselves that our ancestors could never have dreamt up. But does more data mean more meaning? Or is data itself meaningless without a narrative binding it? How can the same data be used to reach different...
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Love & Power: The fundamental forces that shape relationships
What is important in a relationship: the love of power or the power of love? Can you love your boss? Why do some parents still see their adult children as kids? Should you try to control your spouse? When we think of relationships, we often think of specific kinds of relationships: spousal,...
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Is Your Life Yours? Living intentionally, crafting life goals that are yours, and understanding your body (with Sumit Saurabh)
Is your life yours? Are you living for yourself or are you living for others? When you post on social media, is it for yourself or so others can experience your life? Are your life goals authentically yours or are they set by your family or culture? Sumit Saurabh (IG: @saurabhsumit) joins me for…
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The Accepted Addictions: Cars, Caffeine, Sugar, and the Grind (with Tessa Heeren)
We all know about debilitating addictions such as drug addictions, but there are many other addictions that society doesn’t consider addictions. Whether talking about the hold of car culture on the design of American cities, our global addiction to caffeine and sugar, and new movements such as...
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Social Contracts: How Burning Man can teach us about social consciousness (w/ Yossi Katzin)
Burning man has been in the news lately for reactionary reasons: tales of weather issues threatening the festival, opulence, and increased gentrification. But Burning Man is so much more than the narratives that laypeople hear, the event is an opportunity to critically examine the social…
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Go with the Flow: Finding harmony with yoga, work, and life (w/ Stephen Ritchie)
What does it mean to “go with the flow”? What is a flow state? Have you ever felt a situation where your body and mind were singularly focused on a single task? Maybe you were doing an exercise or dancing or even doing your job. How can we take lessons we learn from these focused flow states into...
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Q&A - Answering audience questions and sharing some philosophy
Answering some audience questions about the motivation for the podcast! What were the origins of Authentic Chaos? How do I have similar conversations in real life? What should you do if something I say resonates with you? If you have questions, feel free to ask me on instagram at @authentic.chaos!
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What's your Life Philosophy? A Guide for More Hopeful Living (w/ Sharik U Zama)
What is the purpose of your life? What are your values? How do you determine who you are and what the right thing for you is? Technology can make our lives more complicated, but without a life philosophy, our lives can seem devoid of purpose. Even hopeless. How can a life philosophy help frame…
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Who is the Inner You? A Balance of Authenticity and Acceptance (w/ Serene Gao)
Do you feel like there are multiple versions of yourself? Maybe there is a version of you that you show to the outside world. And maybe there is also an inner version of you that you keep hidden. Which version is the authentic you? Or are both the authentic you? What are the similarities or...
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What do you believe? Exploring the power of perspective (w/ Stephen Ritchie)
Have you ever had a belief so strong that you held it even in the face of other evidence? Have you ever wondered why some people seem to make consistent mistakes? The power in our beliefs is that they let us make quick decisions but at the cost of working invisibly to us. If we don’t question our...
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Capitalism, A Love Letter (w/ Tessa Heeren)
Dear Capitalism, My how you have made life so much better for all of us! Privatizing the basics for survival is really the best way to support human life! Who needs guaranteed access to food, water, and shelter when we can instead pay for it! And who could forget the many efficiencies created by...
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Screaming Into The Void: Finding Purpose and Connection in a Chaotic World (w/ Yossi Katzin)
Have you ever felt like you exist for a reason? Like there is some unseen purpose that you are meant to fulfill? Maybe a quest for God or knowledge fuels you? What happens if you never meet your purpose? Will you still be happy? Or is happiness even a priority in your life? In a world with access...
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What Fulfills You? Community building and choosing happiness (w/ Annie Warren)
Are you fulfilled in your life? If so, what do you think is providing your fulfillment? If not, then what would provide you fulfillment? These questions are important because they make choosing happiness every day easier. Join me and Annie Warren (@annieandgriz on instagram) as we talk how we…
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What is Enough?
Have you found yourself trying to get more? More money, more space, more food, etc. But do you really need as much as you think? What is enough? What is Enough? is a simple question with complex answers and even more complex implications. In a culture of constant consumerism, many live lives they...
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Be Extreme: Pushing your limits to find yourself (w/ Stephen Ritchie)
Think about the last time you took on a new hobby, how did it feel to learn something new—to push your limits? What did you learn about yourself as part of the process? Can our hobbies and interests be more than just “keeping busy”? Can we learn deeper lessons about ourselves through our hobbies...
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Be Unproductive: Work culture and control (w/ Shikhar Tiwari)
Work culture these days can include positive aspects like seeing your coworkers as teammates, coffee runs, team lunches, and activities. Is this seemingly positive shift in work culture a reward to workers or a tool of control by our employers? Do we just work 40 hours a week or does work take up...
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Embrace Uncertainty: Taking the Leap of Faith to find your happiness (w/ Elle Mills)
Do you feel like you live in constant routines? Like nothing changes between days or weeks? Is this the life you are most happy with? Is there no other life for you? Elle Mills (IG: elle.millsx) and I have had these questions for ourselves. We explore how we found ourselves at a crossroads in our...
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Perception is Personal: How art and light teach us about the subjectivity of "objective" reality
When you look at light reflected on a surface (like water), have you reflected on if other people see that same light ray? Is it also pointing towards you for them? Or does it point towards them? Is art just a culmination of lights, colors, and sounds? Or is it a story fused together from the...
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Finding your Path: Exploration, Grief, and Embracing Ourselves (w/ Maro Yeranossian)
Embracing our authentic chaos is a life-long journey. Some start when they are young, some when they are old. When you start doesn't matter, but starting is the important thing. But what happens when we lose our way? How do we recenter ourselves and find our way back to our path? How can we focus...
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Midwest Musings: Community, Capitalism, and Isolation in America (w/ Tessa Heeren)
Life in America is full of hustle and independence. Young adults in America are taught to be successful they need to leave home and create a life for themselves. But the dream has turned into a nightmare for some: millennials are learning the difficulty in building community from scratch. Dating,...
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Travel your home: Finding thrill in the mundane
Traveling is a beautiful experience: it shows us different parts of the world, different ways of life, and more importantly different aspects of ourselves. Maybe you are the type of person who travels to escape their routines, travels to discover new versions of themselves, travels to learn more...
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Willing and Able: Being authentic with yourself (w/ Jason McIntosh)
In a world where everyone seems to be putting on a mask for others, it is rare to find someone who is unapologetically themselves. We worry about what others might think of us and because of that we put filters on what we want to say and how we present ourselves. In my journeys in this life, it…
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Be Here Now: Being present in travel and life (w/ Elle Mills)
Whether you are a veteran traveler who has visited 80+ countries or are just starting your wanderlust journey, how do we make lasting memories and truly experience the world? More than that, how can we even act as travelers in our own home? Join me in a conversation with Elle Mills (IG:...
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Mindful Traveling: How to experience the world to the fullest (w/ Dan Pearce)
Traveling to foreign places can seem daunting at first: How do I get around? What if I don't enjoy it? What if I can't speak the language? These questions flood our heads and keep us from experiencing what the world has to offer. Mindfulness has some teachings that can help us expand our...
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Darkside of Growth
Our economic systems and philosophies about self betterment are focused on the goal of infinite growth. If we keep growing, then we keep improving and that is great! Except can we keep growing? What happens when we start using up our limited resources in the world, like water, land, and human...
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Love is Not Enough: Building Relationships with Presence
Hollywood pushes the narrative that love is all that matters, but if you have ever had a close friendship or a romantic relationship, you know that relationships take more than just love to work. Love may spark relationships but love alone can't meet a relationship's needs. If love is not enough…
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Dating with Confidence (w/ Aakash Balaji)
Confidence is an attractive trait when dating, but how do we find this confidence? Is confidence in dating different from general confidence? Join me and Aakash Balaji (IG: @_kash.kash_) on a discussion on the importance of confidence in oneself in dating and how we worked to find our own...
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Melting the Seattle Freeze: Connecting in a Lonely World (w/ Lucas Chaufounier)
In a world where we are feeling increasingly frustrated with dating and feeling lonely, how do we make friends and date? In such a interconnected world, how can we feel so disconnected from each other? How can we build more meaningful connections? How do we build a community we want to live in?...
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Ghosting: The Specter of Dating (w/ Tessa Heeren)
In a time where we are increasingly disconnected from other people, ghosting becomes ever more common. But what is ghosting and why is it so prevalent? Are there ever valid reasons to ghost? Or is ghosting just a way to escape the fear of rejecting someone? Join me in a discussion with Tessa…
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The Impossibility of Self Love
We are told that to find love, we must love ourselves. However, no one tells you how difficult it is to love yourself. Join me in reflections on my own journey of self love, how I break down self love into steps in a journey, and how you can use these reflections to build a foundation of self…
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You are NOT what you do: Jobs and Identity
In a time where lay offs are piling up and in a culture where our jobs are tied to our identity, what is a lay off but an existential threat? How do our jobs relate to our identity? How can we build boundaries around our job to liberate our authentic chaos? Join me in exploration how my career…
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Mindful Moderation - Finding the balance in good and bad
Dry January, diets, cleanses...we have so many ways of trying to correct when we overindulge. How is it that the things we enjoy can be bad for us if we do them too much? What is the goal behind trying to moderate ourselves? Is it a punishment or a reward? A sign of discipline or part of our...
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The Virtue of Boredom - Let's Do Nothing!
When was the last time that you were bored and did nothing about it? You might not remember, I didn't. Until I took a week off of all media: no social media, no forums, no news, no games, no shows, and no books. Come join me as I describe my journey dealing with boredom: a journey of pain and...
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Starve your Ego, Feed your Soul: A Framework to Knowing Yourself
We live in a world of constant distractions: 24 hr news, social media, new trends, career ambitions, etc. When so much has us focus on the external, what time do we have to look inward? If you feel like the constant influx of information can be daunting, if you ever feel like you don't have any...
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New Year, New Intentions
Have you ever felt unfulfilled? As if there was a hole that you couldn't fill? Let's explore what that unfulfillment is and how we could fill that hole. Going into 2023, Authentic Chaos will also do video podcasting! With this new year, let's set some intentions to help our journeys of self...
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Better Men: Emotional maturity and Masculinity
Are women more emotionally mature than men? Is this a biological differentiation or a symptom of patriarchal structures? Is it in the best interest of men to embrace their emotions or are men destined to be rational machines? How can we inspire more emotional vulnerability in our loved ones and...
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Nourishing your body and soul: Diving into our relationships with food (w/ Sumit Saurabh)
What is our relationship with food as a society? How has Capitalism impacted our diets and relationships with food? How do we improve our individual relationships with food? Join me in a discussion with Sumit Saurabh (IG: @saurabhsumit) about our epiphanies with food, how we understand food, and...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Authentic Chaos is a podcast intended to explore the chaos of our minds through a dive into the chaos of my own mind. How do we make sense of the universe and ourselves? How do we connect more meaningfully with others? How do we understand ourselves on a deeper level? I may not have the answers to these questions but I promise to provide my own authentic insight and have discussions with friends and the audience.
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Vahagn Yeranossian
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