What Is the Goal of Life? Why Dr. Doug Lisle Says It’s Not Happiness
By Nathan Gershfeld, co-host of the Beat Your Genes Podcast, Episode 1 Ten years ago, I picked up a book called The Pleasure Trap, and it rearranged how I thought about almost everything. The book made a claim that sounded obvious on the surface but turned out to be radical underneath it: pleasure and happiness […]
Why You Can’t Just Stop Being Annoyed: Dr. Lisle on Habit Irritation, Anger, and Problem Solving
By Nathan Gershfeld, co-host of the Beat Your Genes Podcast, Episode 380 If you’ve ever found yourself increasingly irritated by someone’s habits, even habits that don’t really hurt anything, you’re not imagining the frustration. And no, you probably can’t just “decide” to stop being annoyed. Dr. Lisle explains why, and what you can actually do […]
Why Do People Have Affairs? What Dr. Doug Lisle Actually Says
By Nathan Gershfeld, co-host of the Beat Your Genes Podcast One of our listeners recently sent in a question that I think a lot of people quietly wonder about but rarely say out loud. She had been happily married for over 15 years, had no evidence her husband had ever been unfaithful, and yet she […]