Beat Your Genes: An Evolutionary Psychology Podcast For Finding Happiness In The Modern World

Is online dating worth it, qualifying for your spouse.. Article on online dating:  https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/30/science/for-couples-time-can-upend-the-laws-of-attraction.html

Building a community, Getting over an ex's past, non-sexual fetishes, & more

Ep 83

Overcoming height/weight differences while dating

episode 81

On Air Session w Listener & Dr Lisle

Overbearing parents, Does sibling birth order matter, facing death

A google engineer wrote a memo explaining biological differences between men and women.  

Child prodigies, Cat-fishing, Being born w  a deformity

Some fun listener questions 

Helping friends/family, self-confidence vs. self-esteem

Millenials

Parenting styles, Millenials, Bringing back purpose

We'll go over an interesting study, some listener emails/questions. 

Tonight's episode:  - Two recent studies  - Listener emails - A very funny caller with a great question

Dr. Lisle talks with a listener during an on-air session about life direction, identity, and finding happiness. 

1.  If evolutionary psychology considers parental investment theory and the investment in kin as essential why do so many people in the West keep animals.  2.  I used to get really upset when my partner watched . I have relaxed and now feel like it's not the worst thing he can do and will not end my relationship so I shouldn't get upset. What do you think? 3.  Can a person's placing on the agreeability continuum be situational? I believe I am more or less disagreeable depending on the dynamics of different relationships. Is there anything a disagreeable person like me can do to Beat My Genes and become a nicer person. 4.  Previously, you've mentioned the thing that matters for a woman's pair bond value is her physical attractiveness, and that the female is objectively 1 rating more attractive than the male, who comes with resources. I know a few couples where the male is significantly more attractive than the female, and in which the female has greater resources to offer than the male. This sort of pair bondi

 Explaining enablers, dating with psychiatric disorders, and having grit

Part 2 of Dr. Lisle's interview on Andrew Taylor's Spud Fit podcast.  He disusses the Myths of Moderation along with the Ego Trap with regards to making healthy lifestyle changes. 

We'll get to know a little more about how Dr. Lisle became a psychologist and how he learned about evolutionary psychology.  This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.  Stay tuned next week for part 2.