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Jason McKenzie

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
207 total appearances

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Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

It's a part of the human condition. And it's not about fairness. It's about the fact that to live some semblance of a meaningful and peaceful life, you have to be able to accept that anything can happen to anyone at any time. That's right. But if you start walking around, labeling that happens to you like that is unfair, you're not strengthening yourself, fortifying yourself at all.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

It's a part of the human condition. And it's not about fairness. It's about the fact that to live some semblance of a meaningful and peaceful life, you have to be able to accept that anything can happen to anyone at any time. That's right. But if you start walking around, labeling that happens to you like that is unfair, you're not strengthening yourself, fortifying yourself at all.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

I like what you said. Yeah, I totally agree. So I think we're immensely powerful. So the other thing, too, is You know, one of the things I'm doing right now is somatic experiencing therapy, which is so incredibly helpful and interesting, but it's really about the idea that, so for example, I'm almost too, this is more like, I'm not saying this as an arrogant way.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

I like what you said. Yeah, I totally agree. So I think we're immensely powerful. So the other thing, too, is You know, one of the things I'm doing right now is somatic experiencing therapy, which is so incredibly helpful and interesting, but it's really about the idea that, so for example, I'm almost too, this is more like, I'm not saying this as an arrogant way.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

I like what you said. Yeah, I totally agree. So I think we're immensely powerful. So the other thing, too, is You know, one of the things I'm doing right now is somatic experiencing therapy, which is so incredibly helpful and interesting, but it's really about the idea that, so for example, I'm almost too, this is more like, I'm not saying this as an arrogant way.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

It's actually quite the opposite. It's actually a hindrance, but sometimes I feel like I'm too knowledgeable about this for my own good. So when I go to see a therapist or something, Like they're not telling me anything I don't already know, right? So I got to the point where I was, you know, I stopped seeing a therapist and my wife was like, you know, I really think you should see a therapist.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

It's actually quite the opposite. It's actually a hindrance, but sometimes I feel like I'm too knowledgeable about this for my own good. So when I go to see a therapist or something, Like they're not telling me anything I don't already know, right? So I got to the point where I was, you know, I stopped seeing a therapist and my wife was like, you know, I really think you should see a therapist.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

It's actually quite the opposite. It's actually a hindrance, but sometimes I feel like I'm too knowledgeable about this for my own good. So when I go to see a therapist or something, Like they're not telling me anything I don't already know, right? So I got to the point where I was, you know, I stopped seeing a therapist and my wife was like, you know, I really think you should see a therapist.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

I'm like, I don't want to talk about this anymore though. Like to a therapist, I understand what's happening, but I know I need to continue healing. Like I know that for sure. Anyways, I went down this rabbit hole and came across podcasts on something called somatic experiencing, which is learning how to, developing your capacity to fully experience being human.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

I'm like, I don't want to talk about this anymore though. Like to a therapist, I understand what's happening, but I know I need to continue healing. Like I know that for sure. Anyways, I went down this rabbit hole and came across podcasts on something called somatic experiencing, which is learning how to, developing your capacity to fully experience being human.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

I'm like, I don't want to talk about this anymore though. Like to a therapist, I understand what's happening, but I know I need to continue healing. Like I know that for sure. Anyways, I went down this rabbit hole and came across podcasts on something called somatic experiencing, which is learning how to, developing your capacity to fully experience being human.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

So the idea is that when you have a, like I said, you get triggered or some kind of trauma response, it starts in your body, right? And so somatic experiencing is really about literally being present.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

So the idea is that when you have a, like I said, you get triggered or some kind of trauma response, it starts in your body, right? And so somatic experiencing is really about literally being present.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

So the idea is that when you have a, like I said, you get triggered or some kind of trauma response, it starts in your body, right? And so somatic experiencing is really about literally being present.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

They teach you, like they teach you going through this therapy, guide you to how to be fully present and really understand the sensations and what's happening in your body and to be able to describe them, put words to them. It is wild how quickly you,

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

They teach you, like they teach you going through this therapy, guide you to how to be fully present and really understand the sensations and what's happening in your body and to be able to describe them, put words to them. It is wild how quickly you,

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

They teach you, like they teach you going through this therapy, guide you to how to be fully present and really understand the sensations and what's happening in your body and to be able to describe them, put words to them. It is wild how quickly you,

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

a massive anxiety attack for example can just go away it's freaking nuts and then after that the insights you have are just incredible i think for me like i've been really committed to just turning over every stone on the path to healing so you know i've experimented with psychedelics like all kinds of different things you know because it's a really curious person and i don't do anything in moderation everything i go overboard on everything so i had to actually like after chloe died

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

a massive anxiety attack for example can just go away it's freaking nuts and then after that the insights you have are just incredible i think for me like i've been really committed to just turning over every stone on the path to healing so you know i've experimented with psychedelics like all kinds of different things you know because it's a really curious person and i don't do anything in moderation everything i go overboard on everything so i had to actually like after chloe died

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

a massive anxiety attack for example can just go away it's freaking nuts and then after that the insights you have are just incredible i think for me like i've been really committed to just turning over every stone on the path to healing so you know i've experimented with psychedelics like all kinds of different things you know because it's a really curious person and i don't do anything in moderation everything i go overboard on everything so i had to actually like after chloe died