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everything is mental.

everything is mental.

Written by: markkorthuis
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A podcast hosted by Mark Korthuis exploring the psychological forces shaping our time, and the ways our inner lives intersect with our institutions, our communities, and our shared search for meaning in an increasingly complex world.

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Hygiene & Healthy Living Philosophy Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Jeff Booth on Mental Models, Money, and Human Agency
    Mar 24 2026

    What if the economic system you've built your life around is fundamentally at odds with the natural direction of progress? Jeff Booth, author of The Price of Tomorrow and co-founder of Ego Death Capital, returns to explore the tension between technological deflation and a monetary system that cannot allow prices to fall.

    This conversation goes beyond economics into human agency, cognitive dissonance, and the stories we tell ourselves to avoid change. Jeff shares his journey from bestselling author to confronting his own hypocrisy, and why deep human connection may be the most valuable thing in an age of infinite Artificial Intelligence capability.

    A conversation about waking up to your own agency in a world changing faster than most people can perceive.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Confronting the Semler Scientific Bitcoin Playbook with Chairman Eric Semler
    Jun 19 2025

    From leadership and healthcare to money and meaning, this show is about understanding the human condition—how we think, what we fear, and why we act. In a world defined by complexity, we look beneath the surface of psychology and ask: what forces are really driving our choices?

    Few forces are more psychological than money.

    In this episode, I sit down with Eric Semler, Chairman of Semler Scientific. You’ve may have heard of MicroStrategy. But you may not know that Semler Scientific quietly became the second U.S. public company to adopt a Bitcoin treasury strategy.

    This wasn’t a marketing move. It was a high-conviction shift—rooted in discipline, personal history, and the belief that a broken monetary system undermines everything, including healthcare.

    Eric’s path—from journalism to finance to leading a medical device company—gives him a unique lens. We unpack how he moved the company into Bitcoin, the influence of Michael Saylor, and how he thinks about capital not just as dollars, but as a tool for human flourishing.

    🎧 Subscribe for conversations that challenge conventional thinking in health, money, and leadership.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • EP27: Confronting the Inner Storm: Aboard the Longship
    Feb 15 2025

    Any port in the storm.

    That’s what they say, right? But some storms, you don’t just ride out. Some storms are meant to break you open, strip away the old wood, and leave you staring at what’s left—raw, honest, real.

    It’s been two years since my last episode. In that time, I recorded several conversations but never released them. I got caught in the cycle of overthinking, chasing perfection, and losing sight of why I started this podcast in the first place.

    Funny how the mind works. It builds its own labyrinth, and before you know it, you’re pacing the same damn hallways, touching the same cold walls, thinking maybe if you run the pattern long enough, you’ll find a way out.

    But that’s not how it works. Not in life. You don’t think your way out of it. You walk. You fight. You let yourself be seen. You lean on the ones who’ve been there before, the ones who don’t flinch at the weight of your story because they’ve carried their own.

    The kind who have walked through fire and came out carrying something worth sharing.

    Today I’m joined by three men who've been there before. Good men. Not perfect men—real ones. John Trapp, Ryan Collins, and Cody Lakevold—serial entrepreneurs, business owners, and family men who are now the founders of Longship. Longship is a space where men can come together, drop the masks, and hold each other accountable in their growth—mentally, physically, and spiritually.

    What draws me to their work is its realness. It’s not about self-improvement as a buzzword. It’s about showing up, doing the work, and creating a community where men can support each other in becoming better versions of themselves.

    I’m grateful to be back. Let’s dive in.

    For those interested in learning more about Longship you can visit www.longshipmen.com

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    2 hrs and 3 mins
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