Hello and welcome to Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick. We discuss the things that make you go "Hmm?" — the most pressing topics of contemplation in your mind as you interface with the reality of your day-to-day life. Are you open, curious, and ready to solve the mysteries of why stuff happens? Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses.
204 episodes transcribedIn 2001, psychologist Roy Baumeister tried to find one situation where good news outweighs bad news of the same size. His team couldn't find a single...
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What happens to human intelligence in a world increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence? In this special conversation, Dr. JC Doornick sits do...
Your brain already made up its mind about today's episode, and you haven't even heard the topic yet. That's not a guilt trip; that's neuroscience. In...
What if the hardest moments of your life aren’t interruptions to the plan—but part of the blueprint? In this episode of Makes Sense with Dr. JC, we ex...
What if everything you believe about why you are 'you' is wrong? My guest today has spent his career studying the brain at Johns Hopkins — and a few y...
Everything you're stressed about today? Most of it is about to become worthless. Not because you'll fix it. Because something bigger is about to make...
My guest today spent two decades inside Scientology — fourteen of those years inside the Sea Organization, the most demanding, most secretive inner ci...
Your brain already ran its program this morning — before your feet hit the floor. That's not a metaphor. Neuroscience shows your brain boots up yester...
What if the thing that finally stopped your addiction... wasn't willpower? Today I'm sitting down with Matt Grace — a man who went from Ritalin to cry...
In this episode of Second Chances: The Best Parts Are on Side B, Dr. JC and Mieke share an extraordinary story of love after divorce, healing, manifes...
"Imagine finishing your work week on Friday, flying to Nepal, summiting Mount Everest — and being back at your desk by the following Monday. Håko...
Ninety-two percent of people who set a goal this year will abandon it before spring. Not from lack of motivation — because they tried to change what t...
What if the thing standing between you and the life you were meant to live… isn’t your circumstances, your resources, or your talent — but one invisib...
You will spend more energy this week trying to control things you have zero power over than on anything you can actually change. Zero. And it's exhaus...
What would you do if you had lost everything — your home, your freedom, your will to live — and the only thing you had left was a decision? My guest t...
Great Morning, Humans, Great Morning, World. I am Dr. JC Doornick, AKA the Dragon. Welcome to the Makes Sense Podcast, and welcome to the Uprising of...
What if the most transformative experiences of your life — crisis, loss, near-death — aren’t things that happen TO you… But things that can permanentl...
Here's something nobody tells you about a cancer diagnosis: it might be the most clarifying moment of your entire life. Studies show that up to 70% of...
What if the most powerful therapy available right now isn't in a clinic? Is it in a jungle? My guest today has sat in a ceremony with hundreds of peop...
