Evolutionize Your Life Course
2011 by Michael Dowd and Connie Barlow

In 2011 Dowd and Barlow presented a 5-session online course on this subject.

In 2019 we retrieved many of the course modules and reposted here (for free use).

Text, audio, and video that can still be accessed online are below.

Begin with: Course Goals and Outcomes Intended (pdf)

  


Session 1: YOUR LARGER STORY: Big History and the Power of an Evolutionary Worldview

AUDIO of Session 1 (74 minutes) mp3
Transcript of audio 1 pdf
Exercises and Online Resources for Session 1 pdf
Session 2: PHYSICAL INSTINCTS: Our reptilian brain's hunger for safety, sustenance, and sex
AUDIO of Session 2 (45 minutes) mp3
Transcript of audio 2 pdf
Exercises and Online Resources for Session 2 pdf
Session 3: SOCIAL INSTINCTS: Our old mammalian brain's longing for bonding, status, and play

VIDEO introduction by PUPPETS (2 minutes on Vimeo, by Connie)
AUDIO of Session 3 (66 minutes) mp3
Transcript of audio 3 pdf
Exercises and Online Resources for Session 3 pdf
Session 4: INTERPRETIVE INSTINCTS: Our neocortex's drive for meaning, morality, and making sense

VIDEO introduction by PUPPETS (3 minutes on Vimeo, by Connie)
AUDIO of Session 4 (66 minutes) mp3
Transcript of audio 4 pdf
Exercises and Online Resources for Session 4 pdf
Session 5: CO-CREATIVE INSTINCTS: Our prefrontal cortex's zeal for wholeness, transcendence, and contribution
AUDIO of Session 5 (50 minutes) mp3
Transcript of audio 5 pdf
Exercises and Online Resources for Session 5 pdf
SUMMARY of all 5 sessions pdf


ACCESS ADDITIONAL ONLINE TEXT, VIDEO, AND AUDIO RESOURCES on each of the 4 parts of our evolved brain:

  • REPTILIAN BRAIN - Lizard Legacy - our physical instincts

  • OLD MAMMALIAN BRAIN - Furry Li'l Mammal - our social instincts

  • NEW MAMMALIAN BRAIN - Monkey Mind - our interpretive instincts

  • ADVANCED - Higher Porpoise - our executive brain and spiritual instincts


  • Two VIDEOS by Michael Dowd

     


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