Thinking Well & Why

Why You Can't See Your Own Cognitive Dissonance

In this episode of Thinking Well & Why podcast, Mario, Lee and Creek examine cognitive dissonance and why the brain filters out uncomfortable truths. The brain protects y

How We Lie to Ourselves (And Why It Works)

In this episode of Thinking Well & Why podcast, Mario, Lee and Creek examine motivated reasoning — the tendency to argue toward what we already believe rather than toward

When You Confuse Your Tools With Your Task

Most people own every tool in the box but reach for the same one every time. Mario, Creek, and Lee examine why confusing subjective experience with objective fact—especia

Ways of Knowing

In this episode of Thinking Well & Why podcast, Mario, Lee and Creek talk about other ways to make a decision and when to use each tool. They examine why you need logic f

Stories Your Brain Tells Before You Know It

Your brain runs on stories, mostly ones you don't consciously hear. In this episode of Thinking Well & Why podcast, Mario, Lee and Creek examine how the brain uses storie

Darwin's Most Important Idea (And Why You're Still Using It Wrong)

In this episode of Thinking Well & Why podcast, Mario, Lee and Creek dig into Charles Darwin and the impact of his ideas, specifically to the ATA model and the Enneagram.

The Philosophy of Karl Popper

In this episode of Thinking Well & Why podcast, Mario, Lee and Creek talk about Karl Popper, a philosopher of science who had some of the seminal ideas in 20th century ph

Why Your Brain Wasn't Built to Think Well

In the premiere episode of Thinking Well & Why podcast, Mario, Lee and Creek explore why clear thinking and the Enneagram are inseparable. Our brains are wired for surviv

Welcome to Thinking Well & Why

Thinking Well & Why, a new podcast on the Awareness to Action network hosted by Mario Sikora, Lee Fields and Seth “Creek” Creekmore, will tackle critical thinking, reason