Evolutionize Your Life Course
2011 by Michael Dowd and Connie BarlowIn 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• Session 2: PHYSICAL INSTINCTS: Our reptilian brain's hunger for safety, sustenance, and sex
Transcript of audio 1 pdf
Exercises and Online Resources for Session 1 pdfAUDIO of Session 2 (45 minutes) mp3• Session 3: SOCIAL INSTINCTS: Our old mammalian brain's longing for bonding, status, and play
Transcript of audio 2 pdf
Exercises and Online Resources for Session 2 pdf
VIDEO introduction by PUPPETS (2 minutes on Vimeo, by Connie)• Session 4: INTERPRETIVE INSTINCTS: Our neocortex's drive for meaning, morality, and making sense
AUDIO of Session 3 (66 minutes) mp3
Transcript of audio 3 pdf
Exercises and Online Resources for Session 3 pdf
VIDEO introduction by PUPPETS (3 minutes on Vimeo, by Connie)• Session 5: CO-CREATIVE INSTINCTS: Our prefrontal cortex's zeal for wholeness, transcendence, and contribution
AUDIO of Session 4 (66 minutes) mp3
Transcript of audio 4 pdf
Exercises and Online Resources for Session 4 pdfAUDIO of Session 5 (50 minutes) mp3
Transcript of audio 5 pdf
Exercises and Online Resources for Session 5 pdf
SUMMARY of all 5 sessions pdfACCESS 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