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The Optimized Mind

by Lawrence Lanoff

How to Optimize Sex, Money, Energy, Ideas, Creativity, Connection, and More.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 28: The Power of Blockchain

    Episode 28: The Power of Blockchain

  2. Episode 27: The Delusion of Climate Change Denial

    Episode 27: The Delusion of Climate Change Denial

  3. Episode 26: If Everybody is Fucked Up Then Maybe Fucked Up Isn't A Thing

    Episode 26: If Everybody is Fucked Up Then Maybe Fucked Up Isn't A Thing

  4. Episode 23: The World According to F*ck

    Episode 23: The World According to F*ck

  5. Episode 22: Why Do People Have Affairs

    Why Do People Have Affairs? It's not super comfortable to talk about, yet this is the reality of reality.

  6. Episode 19: Guest Susan Bratton The Sexually Optimized Mind

    Episode 19: Guest Susan Bratton The Sexually Optimized Mind

  7. Episode 18: Guest Cheryl Good Relax Your Ass And Other Spiritual Wisdom

    Guest Cheryl Good Relax Your Ass And Other Spiritual Wisdom,

  8. Episode 17: The Four Boxes For Women

    Episode 17: The Four Boxes For Women There are 4 big. boxes for women that most humans know nothing about. This podcast explores the implications.

  9. Episode 25: The Religious War of Santa

    Episode 25: The Religious War of Santa

  10. Episode 16: The Authenticity Delusion

    Episode 16: The Authenticity Delusion

  11. Episode 15: YouTube Star and sex educator Adina Rivers talks Women's Empowerment and Owning Your Own Pussy.

    Episode 15: YouTube Star and sex educator Adina Rivers talks Women's Empowerment and owning your own Pussy.

  12. OM014-Why I Reserve the Right to be Angry

    OM014-Why I Reserve the Right to be Angry - a look at the emotional policing that happens in the new age movement.

  13. Episode 13: The Symbolic Brain On Drugs

    Episode 13: The Symbolic Brain On Drugs. In this episode I discuss how the symbolic brain holds us prisoner. Our symbolic blind spots are probably the one thing that runs the risk of derailing humanity's progress.

  14. Episode 12: Karina Velasco On The Suppression of Women and Psychological Clitorectomies Part 2

    Episode 12: Karina Velasco On The Suppression of Women and Psychological Clitorectomies Part 2 In this episode we continue our discussion on the gaslighting nature of sex cults.

  15. Episode 11: Karina Velasco On The Suppression of Women and Psychological Clitorectomies Part 1

    Episode 11: Karina Velasco On The Suppression of Women and Psychological Clitorectomies Part 1 I was on location with Karina in Acapulco as we discussed her run-in with a sex cult that almost swallowed her whole.

  16. Episode 10: Inbetweenasode - Meditation on Love and Ecstasy

    In this episode, we do a meditation and explore the intersection of love and ecstasy.

  17. Episode 9: On Cults and One Taste Orgasmic Meditation

    Episode 9 -On Cults and One Taste Orgasmic Meditation In this episode, I take a look at how cults control your mind and determine your experience of life.

  18. Episode 8: Loosing Your Virginity Female Sexual Health and Will You Go To Hell

    Episode 8: Loosing Your Virginity Female Sexual Health and Will You Go To Hell. I love to talk about challenging subjects - and female sexuality is no exception. Throughout history, female sexuality seems to be a flashpoint topic. We live in a world that has accepted the idea that an empowered...

  19. Episode 7: An Overview of The World Famous 5 Games

    Episode 7: An Overview of The World Famous 5 Games.. The 5 games revolutionized my existence. They are a shorthand, a kind of Rosetta Stone of human mythology. This episode gives a high-level overview of the five games. Understanding these games will ultimately lead us to clarity. And clarity…

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  20. Episode 6: How to Marry Sex and Religion

    Episode 6: How to Marry Sex and Religion Where do we draw the line between religious, spiritual belief systems – and our pleasure? Part of navigating adulthood is trying to figure out myths from reality – especially when it comes to sex. In this in-between-a-sode we take a harsh look at the...

  21. Episode 5: The "Perfect" Body and Optimizing Our Beliefs

    Episode 5: The "Perfect" Body and Optimizing Our Beliefs When you look in the mirror, are you happy with what you see? Or do you stare at yourself, pinching your fat away, lifting up your butt, pushing up your boobs, sucking in your stomach? Where did you get your ideas about your body and your...

  22. Episode 4: A meditation on death life and the universe

    Episode 4: A meditation on death life and the universe. This is one of my favorite subjects - especially when we are forced to shelter in place - and therefore have an opportunity to see ourselves in a new way. That is what this meditation is all about. Giving you a way to lean into fear…

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  23. Episode 3: Master Hypnotist Mark Cunningham

    Episode 3: Master Hypnotist Mark Cunningham Mark Cunningham is famous for being a renegade hypnotist. He’s super interested in the relationship between healing, sexuality, hypnosis and feeling AMAZING. Mark’s techniques are the essence of mental shortcuts for transformation through the art of...

  24. Episode 2: Your Symbolic Brain

    This episode about how to optimize your life and your mind. It's the story of a mind born from the evolutionary past and trying desperately to reinvent itself in the future. In solving the problems of modern-day, coping not very well, with the limitations of our symbolic brain. In a time of...

  25. Episode 1: Introduction

    Episode one is an introduction to the core ideas of the optimized mind. I will give you an overview of where we are going on this journey into understanding my, meditation, cults, various ideas in our views on reality. This is a perfect podcast to listen to in a time of fear and chronic stress.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

How to Optimize Sex, Money, Energy, Ideas, Creativity, Connection, and More.

HOSTED BY

Lawrence Lanoff

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How many episodes does The Optimized Mind have?

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How to Optimize Sex, Money, Energy, Ideas, Creativity, Connection, and More.

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The Optimized Mind is created and hosted by Lawrence Lanoff.
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