Episode 88 – Divine Justice, Sublimation, and Skinner’s Rats

If you went by only the title of this week’s show, you might conclude that episodes are getting weirder and weirder by the week. It’s not as strange at is seems at first, though. Exploring the kabalistic concept of “gevurah,” Happy Road considers what this might mean for the rest of us, who don’t study Jewish mysticism. Find out what all that has to do with spanking children, rats, and electric shocks. Plus, this week is the thrilling conclusion of a series on busting out of a fitness rut!

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Show Notes:

Coming back from a bit of R&R on the Olympic Peninsula, WA, here are some photos from our trip that I promised on the show this week.

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Tantan-men soup from Hanazono Restaurant in Port Townsend
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Hanazono Japanese restaurant, Port Townsend, WA.
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Point Wilson Lighthouse, Fort Worden State Park, WA.
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Fort Worden State Park, WA.

 

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Port Townsend, WA.
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Lake Crescent, WA.
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Rialto Beach, WA.
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Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, WA.

 

There wasn’t much to include into this week’s show notes — at least not as far as the main theme was concerned. The only one I could think to include was Pavlok — the device that purports to help people overcome their bad habits. But as I mentioned on the show, YMMV.

Moving right to this week’s Inspired by Fire segment, here is the good news story of the week about some high school kids in South Carolina standing up to racism.

This week I also concluded Part 17 of the 17 Science-Backed Ways to Bust of a Fitness Rut, as presented by Greatist.com and Crunch sports gyms. Here is a complete list of the 17 ways all in one place. And to hear me expand on each one of them, you can tune to the end of each week’s show, going back to last summer when the series started.

17 Science-Backed Ways to Bust of a Fitness Rut

  1. Pump up your playlist
  2. Grab a workout buddy
  3. Add interval training to your routine
  4. Get outside
  5. Be more time-efficient
  6. Perform supersets
  7. Cross train
  8. Track your activity
  9. Play a game
  10. Take an active rest day
  11. Get certified
  12. Mobilize
  13. Rethink your warm-up
  14. Get back to basics
  15. Enlist a trainer
  16. Focus on nutrition
  17. Get more sleep

…and speaking of sleep, here’s an article that discusses the complex relationship between sleep and exercise.

 

Credits:

Music beds courtesy of Music Alley from Mevio and the Free Music Archive. Thanks to artists: ZeroV, Duane Carter Band, Gepel.

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