Season 1
March 14, 2025
Making Sense of Whole Brain Living? With Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor - Episode 83
Every once in a while, a story comes along that fundamentally shifts how we understand the human mind. Imagine losing all sense of past and future, stripped of language, logic, and identity. Imagine drifting into a state where the endless mental...
March 14, 2025
One From The Vault - Bargained for - Episode 82
BARGAINED FOR: What does it mean when we get more than we bargained for? When we bargain, do we bargain for less, or do we not see what’s possible? RESOURCES: Idistractable Book by Nir Ayal Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC...
Feb. 26, 2025
Making Sense of Resistance - Summary of Steven Pressfield's War of Art - Episode 81
Every single day, there is a force working against you. You wake up with an idea, a vision, a calling, but somehow, something always gets in the way. You put it off. You tell yourself you’ll start tomorrow. Fear creeps in. Distractions take over....
Feb. 17, 2025
Making Sense of The Art of Not Thinking - Episode 80
"What if the key to clarity, peace, and true integration wasn’t in thinking more, but in thinking less? What if the struggle to bring profound experiences back into our daily lives isn’t about making sense of them, but about learning how to stop...
Feb. 17, 2025
One From The Vault - Impossibility - Episode 79
DAILY FOCUS: IMPOSSIBILITY: The concept of what is "impossible" is relative and can change over time. RESOURCES: Lost Ancient Humans Video from After Skool Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast: This podcast...
Feb. 11, 2025
Making Sense of A Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
"Why do some people rise above suffering while others stay stuck? What if I told you that how you interpret life’s events determines whether you remain trapped in pain or break free? In today’s episode, we’re diving into Viktor Frankl’s...
Feb. 5, 2025
Making Sense of Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
"Why do some people seem to effortlessly connect, persuade, and close more business, while others struggle to get a simple 'maybe'? Is it confidence? Charisma? Or is there something deeper at play? The truth is, that most people approach...
Feb. 2, 2025
One From The Vault - Obtainment - Episode 76
Here's One From the Vault - One of my favorite discussions from the old Rise Up With Dragon Podcast. This is OBTAINMENT: There’s an automatic process running in our brains directed by our egoic construct. It’s the ongoing...
Feb. 2, 2025
Making Sense of Infinite "Unlimited" Potential - Episode 75
What if reality as we know it only exists because we observe it? What if the world we perceive is not an objective truth but a constructed experience shaped by our senses, conditioning, and cognitive limitations? Beyond the Veil challenges the notion...
Jan. 24, 2025
Making Sense of How we live is how we die book by Pema Chodron - Episode 74
About the Author: Pema Chödrön, born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in New York City in 1936, is one of the most influential spiritual teachers in the West. A former teacher and wife, her life transformed after a series of personal challenges,...
Jan. 24, 2025
One From The Vault - Am I AI? Episode 73
AM I AI (Articicial Intelligence) is a short gem from the Rise Up With Dragon podcast where Dragon entertains the great potential that human beings think they are the baseline reality that is creting AI when in fact there is a high probability that...
Jan. 21, 2025
Making Sense of becoming Limitless? - Episode 72
The idea of becoming "limitless" captures the imagination of many, fueled by science, popular culture, and the allure of human potential. This episode explores whether being limitless is something to strive for externally or whether it’s an...
Jan. 17, 2025
Making Sense of THE BIG LEAP by Gay Hendricks - Episode 71
Let's Make Sense of the Big Leap by Gay Hendricks. Come read a book a week with me. This is a new format by Dr. JC Doornick "The Dragon" where we take one book a week from the vault, and give you a sub 30 minute synopisis witb its primary lessons and...
Jan. 9, 2025
One From The Vault - Inner vs. Outer World - Episode 70
Enjoy this amazing episode from the old Rise Up With Dragon show where Dr. JC Doornick "The Dragon" sheds light on the difference and relationship between the world inside your mind and the one on the outside. Can you see how they shape...
Jan. 8, 2025
The Stoic Diet - Making Sense of Weight Loss and Health Transformation - Episode 69
The Stoic Diet: How Ancient Philosophy Can Help You Achieve Lasting Health in 2025. Master self-discipline, overcome emotional eating, and reclaim your health using Stoic principles. Discover how Stoic philosophy can revolutionize your approach...
Dec. 23, 2024
Making Sense of Frames of Mind by Howard Gardner - Episode 68
Making Sense of Frames of Mind by Howard Gardner. A new twist on Makes Sense Mondays where we will pick the book of the week and Make Sense of it. Thanks to my good friend Jim Kwik, for years now i have been consuming on average 50 plus books a...
Dec. 18, 2024
One From The Vault - Praction - Episode 67
DAILY FOCUS: PRACTION- It’s an old joke. A fellow goes to New York to attend a concert, but gets lost. He spots another fellow who’s carrying a violin case. “Sir, can you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?” The musician smiles and says,...
Dec. 18, 2024
Making Sense of Giving With the GO GIVER - Bob Burg - Episode 66
Enjoy this incredibly relevant conversation that supports the whole idea behind "who you are, determines how well what you do works." It’s my hope that this conversation, with this very special guest, will simply end with you pointing in the...
Dec. 9, 2024
Makes Sense Mondays - Untamed Gratitude - Episode 65
Absolutely in love with Thanksgiving for so many reasons. Especially because it has the words THANKS and GIVING in it. In this unique episode, Dr. JC Doornick brings to light a concept and life practice called UNTAMED GRATITUDE where we will place our...
Dec. 4, 2024
One From The Vault - Not This Not That - Episode 64
DAILY FOCUS: NOT THIS NOT THAT: In some of the Buddhist teachings, there’s a term called NETI NETI which translates to Not this, not that. This reminds us of another concept we have discussed where Buddhists take the “middle way” through life....
Dec. 2, 2024
How does Jim Kwik Remember Numbers and Names? - Making Sense of Memory Recall with Jim Kwik - Episode 63
How does Jim Kwik remember numbers and names? How does Jim Kwik read so fast? What is Jim Kwik's IQ? Can i learn to read faster and retain more information? Can i learn to remember numbers and names too? The answer is yes and Jim Kwik himself shares...
Nov. 15, 2024
Making Sense of Miracles - Can We Expect a Miracle? - Episode 62
Today’s episode unpacks the Science, Art and Philosophy around miracles. What are they, and to what degree do we have control in their manifestation? Can we “expect a miracle” today? Let’s see. I think you will be both surprised and intrigued...
Nov. 8, 2024
One From The Vault - AM I AI (Artificial Intelligence)? - Episode 61
AM I AI (Artificial Intelligence) - Interesting look at the idea that we as humans think that AI is a goal of ours as if we were some sort of baseline level of intelligence. Join the Dragin and entertain the idea that we might be AI creating AI that...
Nov. 8, 2024
Making Sense of Conformity - Out of Line - Episode 60
Conformity? This episode is some good shift. Dragon draws an analogy correlated to human behavior and conformity where we can all find ourselves on a Line. Which line? The one you thik is the right one to be on. Get off that line and you are...