Cory Richards

And that is, we are a culture right now that is rewarding victims.

Well, it's the extraction of agency. Yeah. You know, it's like we get to just be in the trauma of it and we get to sit in it and we get to stay victims. I'm not saying that when terrible things happen, there's not a place for being a victim. You are a victim of something happening. There's a time and a place for that. The goal is not to get stuck in it.

Well, it's the extraction of agency. Yeah. You know, it's like we get to just be in the trauma of it and we get to sit in it and we get to stay victims. I'm not saying that when terrible things happen, there's not a place for being a victim. You are a victim of something happening. There's a time and a place for that. The goal is not to get stuck in it.

Well, it's the extraction of agency. Yeah. You know, it's like we get to just be in the trauma of it and we get to sit in it and we get to stay victims. I'm not saying that when terrible things happen, there's not a place for being a victim. You are a victim of something happening. There's a time and a place for that. The goal is not to get stuck in it.

When I was writing my book, and I say this in the book, I started writing from a place of victimhood. Look at how hard my life has been, right? And look at what I've overcome and look what, I'm a survivor. And then I realized, oh my God, even claiming that I'm a survivor keeps me chained to the trauma because I'm still always in reference to the thing that happened.

When I was writing my book, and I say this in the book, I started writing from a place of victimhood. Look at how hard my life has been, right? And look at what I've overcome and look what, I'm a survivor. And then I realized, oh my God, even claiming that I'm a survivor keeps me chained to the trauma because I'm still always in reference to the thing that happened.

When I was writing my book, and I say this in the book, I started writing from a place of victimhood. Look at how hard my life has been, right? And look at what I've overcome and look what, I'm a survivor. And then I realized, oh my God, even claiming that I'm a survivor keeps me chained to the trauma because I'm still always in reference to the thing that happened.

Versus there's data and then there's the stories we create around it. The data is the event. And then there's the stories that we spin up to find meaning and navigate life with that. Right. But we have to be very careful about the stories we're telling. That's right. And right now, as you point out, we are stuck in a story of this happened to me.

Versus there's data and then there's the stories we create around it. The data is the event. And then there's the stories that we spin up to find meaning and navigate life with that. Right. But we have to be very careful about the stories we're telling. That's right. And right now, as you point out, we are stuck in a story of this happened to me.

Versus there's data and then there's the stories we create around it. The data is the event. And then there's the stories that we spin up to find meaning and navigate life with that. Right. But we have to be very careful about the stories we're telling. That's right. And right now, as you point out, we are stuck in a story of this happened to me.

But when I look back now and I look at the relationship with my brother, I look at my family, I look at being institution, I am literally profoundly grateful for it. Mm-hmm. And that's the shift.

But when I look back now and I look at the relationship with my brother, I look at my family, I look at being institution, I am literally profoundly grateful for it. Mm-hmm. And that's the shift.

But when I look back now and I look at the relationship with my brother, I look at my family, I look at being institution, I am literally profoundly grateful for it. Mm-hmm. And that's the shift.

Exactly. I literally would not be sitting here with you had all that stuff not happened.

Exactly. I literally would not be sitting here with you had all that stuff not happened.

Exactly. I literally would not be sitting here with you had all that stuff not happened.

A lot of it was really writing the book, but that something happened concurrently with that where I did start doing more psychedelic work. And as I was writing the book, I was confronted by my own words, looking at them in black and white on a page. As I became more aware of my heart, my actual heart, I became more compassionate towards the external stimulus of my life.

A lot of it was really writing the book, but that something happened concurrently with that where I did start doing more psychedelic work. And as I was writing the book, I was confronted by my own words, looking at them in black and white on a page. As I became more aware of my heart, my actual heart, I became more compassionate towards the external stimulus of my life.

A lot of it was really writing the book, but that something happened concurrently with that where I did start doing more psychedelic work. And as I was writing the book, I was confronted by my own words, looking at them in black and white on a page. As I became more aware of my heart, my actual heart, I became more compassionate towards the external stimulus of my life.

Because I started to see that like Mandela or like Viktor Frankl, when you start to see the world as a collection of complicated, contradictory beings, there is a necessary extension of compassion. And it also happens internally when you start to see yourself you take agency and you start to see that you are full of contradictions. You are full of polarities.