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Your Assumptions Challenged: Podcast Companion
by TheProfessor L. Fontaine
These companion podcasts expose you to perspective-shifting insights from TheProfessor L. Fontaine's book, Your Assumptions Challenged, edited by Nicole King. Each episode features an engaging, AI-generated dialogue that systematically and rigorously analyzes key insights of TheProfessor's core messages. Through these accessible discussions, listeners can explore new ways of understanding their daily experiences and challenging their established assumptions.Like the book itself, these podcasts are designed for depth rather than speed. Each episode reveals new layers of understanding with repeated listening, allowing insights to crystallize over time. While the conversations are immediately engaging, their full value emerges through reflection and repeated engagement - each listen bringing fresh perspectives to light. These podcasts serve as a companion to each of the Your Assumptions Challenged chapters, enriching the reading experience by making complex
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The Default is Trust (Short Version)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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A Word or Two About Compromise
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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The Default is Trust (Analytical Version)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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A Word or Two About Compromise (In Depth)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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The Default is Trust
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: A Piggy Dies A Piggy No Matter What - In-Depth Version
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: A Piggy Dies A Piggy No Matter What - Version 1
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: Are You Numb or Are You Overwhelmed with Emotion?
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: The World Over Feels Anxiety--But is it Real?
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: Are You Lost or Are You on a Journey?
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: Don't Let Yourself Get Distracted (Practical)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.This episode explores TheProfessor's teaching that the biggest threats to your life aren't the terrible things you naturally avoid; they're the exciting, meaningful experiences that slowly pull you off course. Discover why you must distinguish between what feels good and what actually serves the destination you're trying to reach.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: Don't Let Yourself Get Distracted (In Depth)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.This episode explores TheProfessor's teaching that the biggest threats to your life aren't the terrible things you naturally avoid; they're the exciting, meaningful experiences that slowly pull you off course. Discover why you must distinguish between what feels good and what actually serves the destination you're trying to reach.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Culture & Society Series: The Cancer of Identity Politics
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.This episode explores TheProfessor's teaching that the very framework of identity politics, treating "1+1=5" as foundational truth, ensures we stay trapped in endless conflict. TheProfessor offers a forward perspective, not because history isn't vital, but because moving forward requires an entirely new way of seeing beyond the broken frames that keep us divided.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Culture & Society Series: The Enemy is Also Your Reflection
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: What if Everything You Believe About Life is Backwards - Version 1
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: What if Everything You Believe About Life is Backwards - Version 2
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: The Happiness Project Has Failed
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: Life is Not Your Problem
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: You Are Not What They Say You Are
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: Knotting and Untying Yourself
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Parenting Series: Put Your Oxygen Mask on First (Parenting 103 - Part I of II)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Parenting Series: The Parenting Landscape (Parenting 100)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: Your Truth is Not THE Truth
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.This episode explores TheProfessor's distinction between universal truth and personal truth. A necessary reality check for anyone who's ever defended harmful behavior by claiming they were "just telling it like it is."Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Parenting Series: Parenting 102
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Life's Conditions as a Living Phenomenon (Philosophical)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Parenting Series: Parenting 101
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: You Need A James Webb Telescope!
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Why do most of us think understanding ourselves means learning how to deeply feel our emotions? This episode explores TheProfessor's radical teaching that you already possess the most powerful tool for self-discovery—your everyday life itself. Discover how your ordinary experiences become an extraordinary telescope for seeing.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: What Are You Waiting For?
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.This episode explores TheProfessor's blunt challenge to stop treating life like something you can save for later. Discover why waiting for the "right" conditions—the perfect job, relationship, or timing—means missing the life that's already happening right now. Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Life's Conditions as a Living Phenomenon (Practical)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: Artificially Flavored Relationships
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Why do some connections feel instantly amazing but disappear at the first sign of trouble? This episode explores TheProfessor's striking analogy comparing relationships to artificial flavor versus the real fruit—one offers quick satisfaction but no substance, while the other requires patient cultivation but provides lasting nourishment. Discover why emotional liking isn't built on actual substance, and what it means to build relationships through genuine effort rather than working to keep a collapsing relationship afloat.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: Excitement and Emotions are Like Salt
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Why do some relationships feel overwhelmingly intense while others feel completely flat? This episode explores TheProfessor's brilliant analogy comparing emotions to salt—essential for flavor, but destructive when excessive. Discover why it's not about finding perfect balance but identifying what's proportionate to each unique situation.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: Self Discovery is Not Self Promotion or Self Achievement
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Why do we feel defensive when someone points out something unflattering about us, but eagerly absorb compliments? This episode explores TheProfessor's teaching about the crucial difference between genuine self-discovery and the performance-based self-promotion that dominates our culture. Discover why most of us aren't actually trying to know ourselves but are instead selling an image, how the fear of being "found out" turns learning into a minefield, and what it means to approach self discovery with genuine curiosity rather than ego protection. Learn why "to get to see it is more important than what you see" and how shifting from accomplishment-based learning to continuous discovery can transform shame into gratitude and defensiveness into openness.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: My Former Selves
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.What if the "you" you think you are is just an edited highlight reel of 1-5% of your actual life experience? This episode explores TheProfessor's radical teaching about the nature of self and identity. Discover why your direct experience of being you is constant, but the conceptual "myself" you've constructed is actually a series of former selves you've shed like snake skin. Learn how behavior can persist even when it's now "under new management" of a completely different internal reality and how understanding your former selves can free you from carrying the burden of actions taken by a self that no longer exists. A profound challenge to everything you think you know about personal identity and continuity.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: Write Your Own Paragraph (Short)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.What if your entire sense of identity is actually a collective inheritance stretching back through generations? This episode explores TheProfessor's profound teaching about how we become who we are—not only through our own creation, but through absorbing influences from family, society, and the entire history of humanity. Discover why blaming your parents misses the bigger picture, how we're all "ambassadors" of our culture whether we realize it or not, and why you inherit not just DNA but entire mindsets. Learn what it means to write your own "paragraph" in the vast book of human existence—embracing your inheritance while consciously choosing what to do with it. A transformative exploration of agency, responsibility, and the beautiful complexity of being human in an indivisible world.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: Write Your Own Paragraph (Extended)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.What if your entire sense of identity is actually a collective inheritance stretching back through generations? This episode explores TheProfessor's profound teaching about how we become who we are—not only through our own creation, but through absorbing influences from family, society, and the entire history of humanity. Discover why blaming your parents misses the bigger picture, how we're all "ambassadors" of our culture whether we realize it or not, and why you inherit not just DNA but entire mindsets. Learn what it means to write your own "paragraph" in the vast book of human existence—embracing your inheritance while consciously choosing what to do with it. A transformative exploration of agency, responsibility, and the beautiful complexity of being human in an indivisible world.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: You Are the Morphing, Changeling Phenomenon
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.What if everything you think you know about memory, intention, and even your own identity is fundamentally incorrect? This episode explores TheProfessor's radical reframing of human nature. Discover why you're not a collection of separate parts fighting each other, but rather a unified, constantly morphing organism that absorbs experiences like food—becoming part of who you are without effort beyond the initial intake. Learn why effort might actually be doubt in disguise, how sincere intentions are already unfolding, and what it means to trust the organic process of your experiences.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Culture & Society: Fight! Fight! Fight!
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Why do we default to fighting when it rarely gets us what we want? This episode explores our cultural obsession with conflict and reveals why "fighting your way to harmony" is impossible. Through analysis of TheProfessor's insights, discover the hidden costs of treating fighting as strength and explore alternative approaches that actually create the outcomes we're seeking. A provocative examination of how our most celebrated responses might be sabotaging our own well-being.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Special Series: Don't Blame Your Rage on Your Momma or Your Ancestors
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.What if everything you've been taught about anger is wrong? This episode challenges fundamental assumptions about where anger comes from and why we stay trapped in blame cycles. Through careful analysis of TheProfessor's controversial perspective, explore the difference between anger and hostility, the hidden costs of the victim mentality, and why moving forward requires letting go of past grievances. A bold reexamination of personal responsibility and the courage to own your emotional life.Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Self-Image: The Last Fortress of Resistance
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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House of Walls
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Beyond Boundaries (In Depth)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Beyond Boundaries (Overview)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.our Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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You Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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A Drop of Awareness is Not Enough (In Depth)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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A Drop of Awareness is Not Enough (Overview)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Your Lava of Rage (Part 2)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Your Lava of Rage (Part 1)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Forewarning (In Depth)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Forewarning (Overview)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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Unconditional What? (Assumptions Focus)
Resonate? Speak to you? Hit home? Tell us.Your Assumptions Challenged: Chapter PreviewForewarningA Drop of Awareness is Not EnoughYour Lava of RageUnconditional What? Beyond BoundariesLife’s Conditions as a Living PhenomenonHouse of WallsSelf Image: The Last Fortress of ResistanceThe Default is TrustA Word or Two About CompromiseYou Can Have a "Yay" but Not a "Yes" Relationship Podcast Companion to Your Assumptions Challenged by TheProfessor L. Fontaine, edited by Nicole King
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
These companion podcasts expose you to perspective-shifting insights from TheProfessor L. Fontaine's book, Your Assumptions Challenged, edited by Nicole King. Each episode features an engaging, AI-generated dialogue that systematically and rigorously analyzes key insights of TheProfessor's core messages. Through these accessible discussions, listeners can explore new ways of understanding their daily experiences and challenging their established assumptions.Like the book itself, these podcasts are designed for depth rather than speed. Each episode reveals new layers of understanding with repeated listening, allowing insights to crystallize over time. While the conversations are immediately engaging, their full value emerges through reflection and repeated engagement - each listen bringing fresh perspectives to light. These podcasts serve as a companion to each of the Your Assumptions Challenged chapters, enriching the reading experience by making complex
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