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A pattern and User Experience expert, Dave Lederman, examines and unifies the most critical paradoxes of modern day life. This podcast helps you learn to trust and leverage life in meeting your day-to-day needs. Some episodes focus on a certain paradox or disconnect in a wisdom of our day. Other episodes involve interviews with people across all walks of life who are in the midst of interesting life dynamics (including a World Champion, a former NFL player, coaches, VP’s, writers, a UCLA Psychology professor, folks struggling with life transitions and more). Listeners will be inspired by a fresh and counterintuitive approach to change, which inverts or challenges many widely held concepts. This includes topics such as willpower, trade-offs, falling off the wagon, measuring progress, positive thinking, discipline, surrender, and even meditation. Listeners will gain insight into why the process of change and personal transformation has been so confusing and frustrating and seemingly at odds with day-to-day life. Learn more at: https://www.DaveLederman.com

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The Neither Here Nor There Paradox - Are you lost or in the midst of incredible transformation?

2021/01/06

There's a middle phase of transformation that gets very little attention and gives rise to the Neither Here Nor There Paradox. Navigating this phase is disorienting, overwhelming, and scary. It's easy to feel like you are failing and totally lost, when in actuality you are right in the midst of powerful transformation. This episode highlights my own traumatic experience navigating this paradox in 2012.

The Sickness Paradox - Is getting sick something to avoid as much as we do?

2020/12/14

We spend so much of our lives trying to be safe, healthy, and not get sick, yet when we get really sick it brings people together, forces us to shift our perspective, and often transforms how we function once we get better. In this episode I examine my own experience facing the Sickness Paradox through a Covid scare. I talk about the cough from hell, getting to the point of praying for help, and the four words spirit shared with me to bridge this paradox.

The Authenticity Paradox - Is it ever possible to know who you truly are?

2020/10/15

Who am I? What is my authentic self? Figure out who you are and live your purpose! Such messages are common these days. But so are messages that imply life is a journey of getting to know yourself. This episode examines the Authenticity Paradox and helps bridge the question how do you be authentic when your sense of self is unfolding and constantly changing as a result?

The Responsible Paradox - Is living life the way others recommend responsible or irresponsible?

2020/10/02

What does it mean to be responsible? School, family, and culture all teach us certain ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving is responsible. Depending on where you grow up, what seems responsible to one group of people seems irresponsible to other groups. Yet, over time, we all shift in where we draw the lines of what is and isn't responsible. This episode bridges the Responsible Paradox and provides a consistent way to responsibly step through each day.

The Weird Paradox - Where do you draw the line on being different?

2020/09/11

What makes something weird? At times we are drawn to people who stand out, who do things differently and dare to listen to sources of knowing we cannot see or touch. Other times, we feel it’s irresponsible, reckless, or strange to go off on such an uncommon or intangible path. This episode examines and bridges the Weird Paradox so you can gauge how "different" is right for you.

The Luxury Paradox - The cost of assuming others have it worse

2020/09/04

Is having a job, health, money, or love a luxury? Is having life more aligned a luxury? Is rock bottom a luxury if it leads many to powerful transformation? The way we define luxury is incredibly inconsistent, yet the very use of the word results in all kinds of guilt, anxiety and resistance to waking up to the incredible misalignment in our own lives. This episode examines and bridges the Luxury Paradox and shows how assuming others have it worse actually creates more harm than good for you and others.

The Silence Paradox - Do you struggle to find silence?

2020/08/28

We all want more silence in life. We pencil in self-care time. We shut off cell phones, go on vacation. We meditate, try to be mindful or present. The paradox of silence is that when you try to be silent, you aren't fully silent. Yet, silence is all around us, constantly there, staring us in the face. I’ve been trying for years to be more still and silent. But the more I wrestle with silence, the more I realize all my trying seems to get in the way of experiencing it on a far more powerful level.

The Arbitrary Lines Paradox - Are you really headed where you think you're headed?

2020/08/21

Most lines we draw to describe things, whether they are measurements, evaluations, judgments, or words, to some extent are completely arbitrary and inaccurate. Yet we rely on those same lines to navigate life on a day-to-day basis. The Arbitrary Lines Paradox may sound philosophical, but understanding how to navigate it can transform every aspect of your life in the most tangible and practical ways.

The Disruption Paradox - Why is this happening now!?!

2020/08/14

Disruptions arise all around us, every minute of every day. If we push through the disruption, it can feel like an unpleasant grind. But it’s also unpleasant allowing some untimely circumstance to disrupt your schedule or plans. And sometimes disruptions arise and we roll with them without even thinking about it. This episode examines the nuances of the Disruption Paradox.

The Change Paradox - Are you really wired to resist change?

2020/08/07

Do we really hate change? Does the body truly resist change? This episode will challenge both old and new conventional wisdom about several things including resisting change, immediate gratification, changing habits, and strategies like fake it until you make it.

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EAHColorado 2020/04/21

Engaging and Refreshing

Dave brings a refreshingly different perspective to issues and ideas that we all struggle with in our lives. He makes it personal in a very engaging w...

★★★★★

Illinoistrees 2020/02/21

Yep it’s good!

A new “go to” in the car!

★★★★★

A13onati9 2020/02/20

Great Insights

Really enjoyed listening to this podcast. Highly recommend!

★★★★★

FenU 2020/02/19

From a fellow burnout survivor

David approaches this as a design expert, which speaks to me, and as a burnout survivor, which *really* speaks to me. Can't wait to see where it goes...

★★★★★

VicLawson 2020/02/18

Worth the listen

In the flood of podcasts, this one is truly unique and offers topics and perspectives not found elsewhere.

★★★★★

Nicksjshsh 2020/02/18

A work of art - highly recommended

Each day this week I’ve been looking forward to my long commute so I can delve back into this podcast. It’s thought provoking, it promotes self reflec...

★★★★★

LKB Friend 2020/02/17

So Worth It - Makes You Think!!!

Dave’s perspectives TRULY make you think of synchronicities in your day-to-day life that might otherwise just pass you by!!! I LOVE THIS WAY of THINKI...

★★★★★

fresh341 2020/02/16

A new staple for my daily listening

From paradox to magic is opening my eyes to a way of thinking that inspires me to live and think differently and find peace and productivity in all as...

★★★★★

wyvernally 2020/02/15

Interesting and candid podcast!

Thanks!

★★★★★

Jmh1331 2020/02/15

Into the heart of things

Refreshing break from "inspirational interviews" and "easy take-a-ways." Dave does a great job guiding discussions into the tensions of life that can ...

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