Filip

How about peaceful parenting and self knowledge podcasts?

I just want to say thanks for the amazing work and dedication, team FDR! You have really had a incredibly positive impact on my life! And to celebrate this special occasion, I'll ammend my usual donation with 30.00 USD when podcast 3000 rolls out. Would anyone like to join in? I think Mike's pants from the last round are starting to get worn out.

A big reason for me moving from Romania to the UK was hearing these news. I think the risks of living in Eastern Europe, especially for young men, has increased significantly. Be it Russia or your own masters, there's just no safety from the power of the state. Massive sympathies to the men facing the draft in Lithuania. It is a vile and sickening situation.

Thanks! It's quite amazing how fast things can move sometimes... I said let's do it, 3 weeks later I was here.

I would consider this a 'life' project. So I started therapy about 4 months ago, which really set things in motion for me, for the first time in my life. Long story short, I deFOO-d and left Romania altogether and moved to London in what felt like both the scariest and most exciting adventure, having arrived three weeks ago. Everything went smoothly(house, bank account etc.) but I'm having a bit of trouble finding work. I've been sending CVs around vigorously, but there's not much bite. I got offers from McDonalds( kept looking) and some admin work, which however turned out to be a surprisingly (openly) abusive environment. Now I could do fast food or similar stuff, and will if need be, but I am still trying to find something more appropriate - I enjoy working somewhere where I can give my fullest, so the idea of having a job where I am actively trying to find something different doesn't sound like a great experience. I am very keen to get into anything IT related (especially web development). I'm generally handy with computers, however I've started learning Python and web tehnologies quite recently, so have little experience (one website almost finished) and no serious certification in it (though plan to get it). I'm very confident that in the right environment I would catch up quite rapidly, especially since its something I want very strongly. I am also learning it on my own every day, but my waning reserves add a real sense of urgency to it. I do have some experience in (and consider myself reasonably good at) simpler admin stuff like working with the Office suite, Google Docs and forms, databases (as an end user), web content management and the likes, which could float the boat (maybe even enjoyably) if I need to postpone IT. I studied business management formally, high school and an unfinished bachelor's. I am also philosophically minded (I'm here!), and try to live with virtue, honesty and courage. Also, will continue therapy once cash flow stabilises. Working with similarly minded (Stef: or just minded) people would be absolutely dreamy - perhaps even more important than the kind of work I'm actually doing. So, I was wondering: do you know of any opportunities along these lines? Or even just some meaningful other jobs working with virtuous people? I would greatly appreciate it - even part time would be OK, I might string different jobs and a bit of freelancing together to make a living. I live in Northern London but also have the internet for remote work.

Richard never be nappin'!

I'm also reading Jay Earley's book (taking my time). As far as Richard Schwartz goes, I've listened to one interview. Though my therapist is IFS-focused, so far it has mainly been talk therapy. Given that the process has caused major upheaval (and positive change) in my life, I've yet to do parts work. It seems to be very direct and intense, so I hope to get to a safe place first. How is your progress?

Stefan Molyneux: How (NOT) to Achieve Freedom I have to agree with the previous posters - right conclusions based on completely erroneous methodologies are not worth an apology.

I can really back up what Pipin said. I was exactly in your situation, and I was quite afraid that empathy would be something that is forever lost to me. Interestengly though, after having explored (and empathized with) my painful childhood memories, I began feeling empathy for the experiences of others. I'm still in the process of learning this skill, but what truly opened up the floodgate was when I first allowed myself to feel the genuine pain that I have been suppressing for so long. Having a therapist as witness made that a lot easier, but I don't think it was an absolutely necessary condition.

Now I've got my to-do list

And yeah, working out something mobile-friendly for FDRPodcasts would be a very worthy project, it's a bit of a hassle to scroll on mobile for instance. Which frameworks would I need to look into for that (so far I've learned a bit of JS and jQuery from Codecademy).

I think I would rather focus on data, I find that part more interesting - design is not a thing I feel particularly talented at, but I like working with data. Working in a small team suits me best, I'm not so much a lone wolf type of guy. Python came before I got interested in web design, I just decided one day that maybe programming would be a good thing to learn as a hobby, and I've read that it's not a bad choice for a first language. Also, plenty of introductory courses are in Python. Web design came separately, and I didn't know the two could be linked for a while. Now I know there's Django, but I haven't yet come around to it.

Well, dived straight into it I see. I've just had my eight session, and this is the first time we did actual direct parts work. I've kind of had to (and perhaps still have to) warm up to, my inner skeptic is red-flagging me (is this a rational approach? is this empirical? is it made up?)... So what's your experience with that? So far, I've found three parts too, one that kept me away from people or was generally very protective of me in relationships, a "coach" and the aforementioned inner skeptic.

Good stuff! Yeah, the learn-as-you-go, based on what is currently needed seems like a very sensible approach. To be honest, I'm having some difficulty figuring out what kind of projects to dip into (or where to find them). Do you have some advice on that?

So you went to the first interview with only high school HTML and CSS? I find that surprising - is that bravery and recklessness. So you managed to acquire enough skills in 4 months? Thanks for FDRPodcasts! In my case, it has supplanted Youtube, it is a lot more convenient to use.