Why some are compelled to push beyond the edge - Jenny Valentish | EP31

The absolute extremes; why some are compelled to push beyond the edge and what can hyper-driven business people learn from these folks? <br /><br />There’s the neuroscientist continuously violating his brain to override his disgust response. <br /><br />The hardcore wrestler turning natural-born agitation into curated ultraviolence. <br /><br />The architect hanging from hooks in her flesh at weekends, to better get out of her head.<br /><br />The ultrarunner who draws parallels between his current pursuit and his former life smoking crack.<br /><br />The BDSM don helping people flirt with death in order to feel more alive.<br /><br />The ballet dancer who could not separate her identity from her practice until at death’s door.<br /><br />And the porn star-turned-MMA fighter for whom sex and violence are two sides of the same coin.<br /><br />Where this is going is there is a part of human nature compelled to test our own limits. But what happens when this part comes to define us?<br /><br />Which is a reason I wanted to deep-dive with Jenny Valentish, who has a new book out, ‘Everything Harder Than Everyone Else’.<br /><br />It’s about people willing to do the things that most others couldn’t, wouldn’t or shouldn’t. By delving into their extreme behaviour, there’s a lot that us mere mortals can learn about the human condition.<br /><br />Jenny is also a journalist who freelances for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper and Rolling Stone.<br /><br /><br />Here’s what to expect in this episode: <br /><br />✅ 20:53 - The upside to trauma<br />✅ 31:38 - How to apply compartmentalisation to switch between the roles we play<br />✅ 35:02 - How to avoid addiction taking over from discipline in your home life<br /><br /><br />***<br /><br />Follow Jenny’s Journey:<br />Books: <a href="http://www.jennyvalentish.com/books/" rel="noopener">http://www.jennyvalentish.com/books/</a> <br />Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JennyValentish" rel="noopener">https://www.facebook.com/JennyVal