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In this episode, I talk about what The series Severance, starring Adam Scott and Patricia Arquette, has to teach us about how to make any kind of fasting an easier, more empowering experience.

No spoilers included (I cover no more than the trailer) - and no need to have watched the programme itself to get something out of this episode.

In Severance, employees of the ominous Lumon corporation choose to have a chip implanted in their brains that severs their work consciousness from the person they are outside the office. 

I was inspired by this consciousness split to explore a problem that I see many people having with fasting.

Imagine severing your consciousness every time you fast. You get to avoid the discomfort, because you have outsourced going through that discomfort to - let’s call them - ‘Fasting You’.

This reminded me of a concept I heard the writer David McRaney talk about - Now You vs Future You. It is a kind of severance - minus the sci fi. On 1st January, millions allocate their health to Future You…the only problem being that Future You inevitably turns into Now You. You know Now You - they are the ones with resistance and minor obstacles like, er, life that get in the way of their goals.

I talk about this and what I see as the alternative to this Now You vs Future You schism.

Resources

Book a 20 minute chat with me

https://hmorris.as.me/20

Fasting Game Starter Guide

https://www.theshiftinside.com/fasting-game/

Severance trailer

https://youtu.be/xEQP4VVuyrY

Cheers now!

Harriet Morris

info (at) theshiftinside dot com