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Podcast: In Pursuit With Joseph Mencel
Episode: What Is Normal?
Description: Joseph Mencel & Leah Mencel discuss the popular trend of hyper-focusing on life going back to "normal" after the COVID-19 pandemic is over. The episode opens with a discussion of why, as humans, we are wired to avoid uncertainty at all costs, and how focusing on the pandemic end date will almost certainly negatively affect our mindfulness and our ability to embrace the present. Joseph & Leah then then explore the question "What is normal?" and analyse why so many of us are in a rush to get back there. They discuss the multitude of lessons that being present during the...