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Episode 07

The Painkiller Society.

With Mike Harb

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A real conversation with AI consultant Mike Harb on exhaustion, distraction, and the survival mindset many people silently live today. We're becoming a "painkiller society" — numbing more than we're noticing, coping more than we're choosing.

In this episode of Inner Narratives, we sit with what it means to slow down long enough to feel again.

This episode covers

  • Exhaustion as a default state
  • Distraction vs. presence
  • The survival mindset behind ambition
  • Numbing, noticing, and choosing
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