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TGL 012 Addendum | More on Jouissance, Death Drive, & Negativity (Lack)
This episode of The Gorman Limit is being released very shortly after episode 011. The reason for this is that I thought about the topics I've been riffing on during e...
TGL 011 Negativity & The Death Drive
In this episode of The Gorman Limit, Neil talks more about the concepts of negativity as lack (rather than as bad) and the death drive. This episode is a continuation ...
TGL 010 It's All about Jouissance
In this episode of TGL, Neil starts to talk about the concept of Jouissance (i.e., enjoyment). The claim Neil makes is that understanding the way jouissance functions ...
TGL 009 The Moment Before
In this episode of The Gorman Limit, (which was inspired by a conversation between George Saunders & Ezra Klein) Neil talks about the importance of taking care of self...
TGL 008 Some thoughts on non-defensiveness
In this episode of TGL Gorman tells a story & shares some thoughts on non-defensiveness.
TGL 007 "I want to help people"
In this episode of The Gorman Limit, Neil tries to dig into what people mean when they say they want to help people. Additionally, Neil talks about what might actually...
TGL-006 Everything that is Embarrassing is also Potentially Hilarious
In this episode of TGL Neil tries to tell stories that show how it is a good idea to embrace, rather than core up, the things you're not so good at.
TGL-005 How I lost my voice & learned to listen better
In this episode of The Gorman Limit, I talk about listening. A lot. About how I learned to listen better when I lost my voice, about what I learned about listening fro...
TGL-004 The thing about respect...
TGL-S1-004Intro 0:00 - 3:20- Today's podcast is about the concept of respect. - Why people desire it, how they try to get it. - How they fail to get it.- And how they ...
TGL-003 If you want control you tend to get less of it
Hi Warm-up: I talk about waking up early, liking winter, drinking tea… Content: What I want to do in this episode is tell you a story. - A story from early in my caree...
TGL-002 Some Unsolicited Advice (for people going into mental health)
In this episode, Gorman gives some answers to a few questions he gets sacked regularly when he teaches. It aims the questions and their answers at people who want to g...
TGL-001 The Pilot Episode...
This is episode 001 of The Gorman Limit (TGL), a podcast done by Neil Gorman (DSW, LCSW) where he thinks out loud & in public in an attempt to expand the limit of what...
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