49 - Ritual Reboot: Dopamine Detoxing & Becoming Superhuman in 2021 with Nathaniel Solace

Jan 1

Jan 1 49 - Ritual Reboot: Dopamine Detoxing & Becoming Superhuman in 2021 with Nathaniel Solace

Are you living lucidly? If you can’t seem to part from your phone, you may not be. Listen in as Nathaniel Solace, an Integrative Leadership Coach and creator of the Ritual Reboot program shares how to wake up, live with intention, and get the results you want to see.

“Our nervous system is still running this really old blueprint.”

– Nathaniel Solace

In this episode, Nathaniel will share what it means to live lucidly. You’ll learn the difference between destructive dopamine hits and deliberate ones, and you’ll discover the key difference between routine and ritual. Nathaniel will also share the top skills you need to thrive in 2021 so you can nail down the fundamentals, maximize your potential, and see your biggest visions to fruition with focus, confidence, and clarity.

Here’s a glance at what you’ll learn from Nathaniel in this episode:

What LEADERSHIP and INTEGRATION mean to him.
How to LIVE LUCIDLY.
Ways to understand stress, emotions, and the beauty of the human experience.
Destructive vs. deliberate DOPAMINE hits – and how to know the difference.
DOPAMINE DETOXING…and how to know when you need it.
The difference between routine and ritual.
Back to basics: Why the fundamentals are STILL the most important thing.
The top skills you NEED to thrive in 2021.
The lowdown on the Ritual Reboot program and how to know if it’s for you.

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Show Notes

01:00 – Introducing today’s guest: Nathaniel Solace.
05:30 – Nathaniel’s definition of leadership and integration.
08:30 – The commitment he made to himself.
09:30 –The issue, he discovered, is our outdated blueprint that isn’t serving us anymore.
12:40 – On lucid dreaming.
14:10 – Curiosity as a stress response and using the breath to uncover what is true.
16:00 – The beauty of the human experience.
17:30 – Integration means wholeness and the full range of emotion.
20:50 – How to empower yourself into an upward spiral.
23:30 – A quick hack: Feel whatever it is and let yourself really feel it.
26:30 – Trust yourself to go through the feels and practice.
27:35 – Phone notifications, distractions, and the internet.
31:05 – Integrate technology but have awareness about how alien it really is.
32:00 – The role of dopamine spikes in life and through technology.
34:50 – Dopamine detoxing: Respect the biological process first.
36:30 – Have a process where you can detox, regulate, and get natural dopamine hits.
37:35 – You know you’re not lucid if you have to have your phone on you all the time.
38:00 – The difference between routine and rituals.
40:20 – Change the bad habits and dysfunctional relationships that don’t serve you anymore.
41:40 – Set a timer and still enjoy your phone in a controlled way.
43:30 – How to know when you can do some work around dopamine.
44:30 – What a dopamine detox looks like: Remove destructive sources of dopamine and introduce deliberate sources of dopamine.
46:25 – Prep work: Know what you’re getting into and that it will be difficult.
47:00 – Progress is a great source of dopamine; it’s a momentum game.
47:35 – The steps: Mental/emotional preparation, clear foresight and reflection, and treating it like a game or experiment.
48:45 – Nathaniel has scripts but also helps people write their own.
50:00 – One clear and energized day can pivot your whole life.
51:00 – When you take care of yourself, people can sense it and are attracted to you.
53:15 – The fundamentals are still the most important thing.
54:30 – There will always be chaos and uncertainty; all we can ask for is more capacity.
57:10 – Skills to thrive in 2021:
- 57:20 – Get good sleep by winding down, considering light and temperature, and being aware of when and what you eat.
- 01:01:20 – Get early morning sun and have active, productive days.
- 01:02:30 – Own your breath and give yourself healthy stress.
- 01:05:15 – Be honest with yourself and use your experiences as data.
- 01:07:45 – Respect your biology and assess what happened, not why.
- 01:09:25 – Let it be about process first, not story.
01:15:50 – Information about the Ritual Reboot program.
01:21:10 – The Transmutation Map to catch your impulses and change patterns.
01:29:40 – Who Ritual reboot is and isn’t for.