Beat Your Genes Podcast

Kathy has been to five therapists in eight years, and none of them could explain why one fight over skipping Easter Mass turned into a permanent family estrangement. Dr. Lisle says the therapists missed it because they were looking in the wrong place. This was never about Easter, or religion, or one bad weekend. It was a coalition realignment, and the outcome was locked in before Kathy ever walked...

Relationships, Time in Womb, Free Will, Evo Psych of Bad Teeth

Neoteny, Why do women stay w men who don't love them, Asexuality

Getting Personal with Dr. Doug Lisle

Socializing as an Introvert, Finding happiness triggers, Kid is flunking, Appeal to nature fallacy

Evolutionary psychology in 2018

A mother named Tracy calls in after Chef AJ told her she was out of her league and sent her to Dr. Lisle. Tracy's 12-year-old daughter Emily has daily bowel and bladder accidents, a diagnosis of encopresis and enuresis, and a decade of failed interventions ranging from polyethylene glycol drinks to a one-hour bathroom protocol to now, at last, a recommendation for psychiatric medication. Dr. Lisle...

10 paid dates-what now?, Parenting with societal expectations,  the future of races

OCD, Jealousy, Over-working, and advice for a naturopath

Continuing on with the questions from last week's show.   5. Is orthorexia real?  Does it apply to an actually health-promoting diet & lifestyle? 6. Dating while on a diet: How to bring it up without scaring your date away 7.  Painful memories: Why do they replay?  Why do they come up? 8. Do women naturally attempt to dominate men in long term relationships? 9. Jealousy 10. How much abuse can our...

Tonight's questions will be: 1. Follow up question for what the future will look like 2.  What to consider when relocating your life:  Near family, low cost of living, wild experiences, etc.. 3.  Sexual harassment allegations in the current news 4. Anxiety about transitioning to a healthy diet 5. Is orthorexia real?  Does it apply to an actually health-promoting diet & lifestyle? 6. Dating while o...

What will the future look like?

Most ambitious people assume that the point of life is to accomplish something great enough that the world remembers your name. Dr. Lisle calls this the hill climbing trap, and in this episode he argues it is one of the most consequential mistakes a creative person can make. The statue in the park 200 years from now? Birds will be crapping on it, and nobody you care about will ever see it. In this...

Saying sorry, Borderline personality, multiple personality, politics

Ex-husband & father of my kids is a sociopath. On-air session

Topics: Quitting vices one by one or altogether?  Helping your SO with their vices Why are students so stressed? Tips to deal with this. Standing up for yourself if you're highly agreeabl

87: Psych of Halloween costumes, talking to yourself, modern technology

What is a middle-of-the-bell-curve person like? and more listener questions

Is online dating worth it, qualifying for your spouse.. Article on online dating:  https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/30/science/for-couples-time-can-upend-the-laws-of-attraction.html

Building a community, Getting over an ex's past, non-sexual fetishes, & more

Ep 83

Overcoming height/weight differences while dating

episode 81

Most people assume altruism is selfless and that anonymous donors exist. Dr. Lisle says neither is true. Every act of giving, from the mother scrubbing floors for her son's tuition to the stranger picking up trash before dawn, is a gene-level calculation with a hidden audience. Once you see the logic, a lot of human behavior stops being mysterious. In this on-air session with longtime listener Dav...

Overbearing parents, Does sibling birth order matter, facing death