The Cognitive Liberty Podcast with ChrisPYounce

Thanks for tuning in folks! Feel free to get a copy of the book so you can read along - it's available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iTunes, and wherever books are sold! Here's a URL hub to check it out, just click on the icon store of choice at the bottom of the page on the link below: https://pagepublishing.com/books/?book=cognitive-liberty-younce In this episode, I begin to tackle the age-old my...

Happy New Year's Eve everybody! Thanks for tuning in! Feel free to get a copy of the book so you can read along - it's available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iTunes, and wherever books are sold! Here's a URL hub to check it out, just click on the icon store of choice at the bottom of the page on the link below: https://pagepublishing.com/books/?book=cognitive-liberty-younce In this episode, I talk...

Hi folks, be sure to get a copy of the book from select retailers, including Amazon and iTunes, so you can read along!  Major shout out to TOOL! I recorded this segment within 24 hours after seeing them play the best show I have ever had the pleasure of attending. Which was something that had been on my bucket list for years. Since the show, I feel like I have crossed over to a whole new dimension...

Thanks for tuning in folks! Feel free to get a copy of the book so you can read along - it's available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iTunes, and wherever books are sold! Here's a URL hub to check it out, just click on the icon store of choice at the bottom of the page on the link below: https://pagepublishing.com/books/?book=cognitive-liberty-younce In this episode, I talk about a recent challenge...

This episode is the last section of Chapter 2. I talk about what makes cognitive freedom relevant to our cultural conditioning and our egoic habits that leave us disillusioned and astray. In part, I actually introduce a simple Taoist concept, one that speaks directly to the essence of this project and its definition. A concept that I plan to go a little deeper on in the future episodes of chapter...

Get a copy of Cognitive Liberty to read along. Just click the icon store of choice. This episode is about integrating feedback and what this means in our societal evolution. Our cognitive liberation often depends on questioning who we are, and what the self is, and recognizing that the things we’re told and the things we believe could be a falsehood leading us astray.   I hope you enjoy this episo...

Feel free to get a copy of the book so you can read along   In this episode, I cover the section from the book on Interpersonal Neurobiology and its implications for what it can tell us about ourselves, our mental health, and the relationships that contribute to the development of our brains. Friendships are what give us our sense of connection to the world. In fact, having friends is so powerful...

In this episode, I scratched the surface of perceiving the ego differently. What does the ego offer to our neurological and psychological way of being? How do our social circumstances reinforce the ego? And what does this mean for our lives on a personal level? In our journey of becoming more self-aware, I think it's important to question how our ego becomes developed over time, based on the peopl...

This episode is about how societal habits mimic the autistic tendencies we unconsciously engage in when it comes to the cultural ideologies and economic policies that keep us stuck in a box of limited perspective, especially when it comes to our ability to self-reflect how we treat the environment, each other, and ourselves. As self-referencing beings, we must remember to check in with ourselves i...

This episode was recorded on July 8th, 2023. In this episode, I share a story of some recent adversity I faced personally. Part of this lends to the ongoing process of how challenging it can be to summon our resilient nature when we’re faced with unexpected changes and curveballs, which can render us at the mercy of nature to the point where we may feel hopeless and frozen. My personal account of...

In this episode, I introduce a book I’m reading by Gregg Braden, who introduces a critical question: who are we? As we address this question, we can reflect more deeply on our choices based on free will. But how much free will do we actually have? This question could also be “How conscious are we?” Be it of the choices we make or how much of our lives are self-directed. We rely on the space in bet...

In this episode, I hop into the significance of our neurological energy as derived from the fungal kingdom. We are animals first, and humans second. So, in order to get in touch with our human nature, we must become familiar with our animal nature, and thus our fungal nature. Our roots come from the fungal kingdom, which is where animals come from. Neurons and fungal behavior are very similar with...

In episode 11, I open the floodgates of chapter 2, Cultural Conditioning, by describing the indisputable fact that we are survival mechanisms at the end of the day. Our energy is based on how we respond to our natural and social environment. Without getting too deep into our unique subjectivity, we mustn’t forget that we are beings subject to our objectivity. This is how we judge. But we can’t ign...

In this episode, I lead off by acknowledging the death of a dear friend and former supervisor of mine, Valerie LeGrand. Thank you for everything you taught me in the realm of person-centered human services, fiscal responsibility, and much more. My hat is off to you, your work ethic, and the legacy you built. Huge loss for the world. We will always miss you, Val.  As the episode unfolds, I intended...

In this episode, I open up by paying tribute to my family’s recent loss of their dog, our beloved Maisy. As is the fact that we all learn differently – we all grieve differently, too. It is up to each of us on an individual basis to find a deeper capacity within ourselves to work together and love and tolerate one another. In doing so, we can overturn the demons we foster within as we all too ofte...

In this episode, I provide a glimpse of how our comfort zones relate to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It’s important to acknowledge how our comfort zones have pros and cons embedded within their operating systems, which can either leverage our sense of well-being or blind us to the reality that life is a process of changes happening all around us. We all learn differently as humans with unique p...

In this episode, I dive into the section in the book that has to do with the diversity of autism characterized by a binary relationship between the intellectual wiring and the emotional wiring of the brain. Using two examples of autistic individuals, I outline that their way of thinking depends on how they relate to their world: one through a sense of needing to feel accepted, and the other throug...

This episode was recorded shortly after daylight savings time, so I was feeling a bit off due to lack of sleep in trying to adjust to the new morning schedule. I began by introducing a form of augmentative/alternative communication (AAC) known as Facilitated Communication, or FC for short. FC is still a very fringe topic so it’s tricky to talk about it to a broader audience who hasn’t heard of it...

This episode was one of my favorites to record because it covered some of the key points of autism based on what I’ve personally discovered. I was so excited to present this section that I decided to read it first and then debrief the episode by ranting on about it afterward. Autism operates primarily like an automatic force outside of consciousness or executive functioning. Most of the people who...

This episode is where I open up Part One of the book, The Social Continuum: Autism in Culture and Ego in Subconscious. This becomes the central focus of the first few minutes of the episode, trying to describe what I mean by the opening title. Then I segway into the relevance of why it’s important to relate to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which happens to be the title of chapter 1 of the book:...

In this episode, I elaborate on the structure of the book and the building blocks of its contents. From the last episode's reference to The Trinity of Transcendence (Figure 1), I break down its interrelatedness of how the mind, body, and soul correspond to our knowing, doing, and being as individuals. Side note: I apologize for the technical difficulty in posting the Figure 1 image to the previous...

In this episode, I get into the first half of the introduction of the book. In doing so, I loosely define some key terms, such as the title of the book/podcast itself in terms of freedom of the mind and freedom from the mind. These terms may seem to contradict each other, but I would argue they complement each other in many ways.  Piggybacking off the previous episode, I provide a global view of q...

In this episode, I provide some background information on my research as a Human Services Provider, and what led me to why I wrote the book. It's a broad brushstroke of acknowledging how our human uniqueness lends to the nature of our autistic tendencies. That our animal nature is part of our human nature and our personal identities. My book would be good for anyone interested in expanding on new...