Episodes
April 28, 2025
Making Sense of Validation - Summary of Caroline Flecks book Validation
Validation is a groundbreaking yet often misunderstood communication tool that we often run on autopilot. Once armed with its awareness, it redefines how we interact with ourselves and others by highlighting one of human connection’s most overlooked...
April 21, 2025
One From The Vault - Obtainment - Episode 88
DAILY FOCUS: OBTAINMENT: There’s an automatic process going on in our brains directed by our egoic construct. It’s the ongoing desire to obtain. Obtainment by definition is the act of obtaining or acquiring something with voluntary action. Let's...
April 21, 2025
Making Sense of Change - Who Moved My Cheese - Episode 87
Making Sense of Change – A Book Summary of If you’re someone who's been feeling like life is moving faster than you’re ready for, or maybe you’re facing a change that feels overwhelming, uncertain, or even unwanted, today’s episode is for...
April 1, 2025
Making Sense of your Zone of Genius - with Gay Hendricks - Episode 86
Today, we have a guest who has spent decades helping people transcend their limitations, break free from self-imposed ceilings, and step into their full potential—Dr. Gay Hendricks. Gay is a bestselling author, a visionary psychologist, and the mind...
March 31, 2025
One From The Vault - BUTT POWER? Episode 85
This is One From the Vault of the Rise Up With Dragon Podcast and one of the very first podcast Episodes the Dragon ever did. You will hear the voice difference. :) Enjoy this unique Rise Up and Go Down the Rabbit hole of how humans spend more time...
March 28, 2025
Making Sense of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - Episode 84
Let’s Make Sense of Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius. Written nearly 2,000 years ago, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius remains one of the most profound and practical guides for self-mastery, emotional resilience, and personal growth. Originally penned...
March 14, 2025
Making Sense of Whole Brain Living? With Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor - Episode 83
Every once in a while, a story comes along that fundamentally shifts how we understand the human mind. Imagine losing all sense of past and future, stripped of language, logic, and identity. Imagine drifting into a state where the endless mental...
March 14, 2025
One From The Vault - Bargained for - Episode 82
BARGAINED FOR: What does it mean when we get more than we bargained for? When we bargain, do we bargain for less, or do we not see what’s possible? RESOURCES: Idistractable Book by Nir Ayal Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC...
Feb. 26, 2025
Making Sense of Resistance - Summary of Steven Pressfield's War of Art - Episode 81
Every single day, there is a force working against you. You wake up with an idea, a vision, a calling, but somehow, something always gets in the way. You put it off. You tell yourself you’ll start tomorrow. Fear creeps in. Distractions take over....
Feb. 17, 2025
Making Sense of The Art of Not Thinking - Episode 80
"What if the key to clarity, peace, and true integration wasn’t in thinking more, but in thinking less? What if the struggle to bring profound experiences back into our daily lives isn’t about making sense of them, but about learning how to stop...
Feb. 17, 2025
One From The Vault - Impossibility - Episode 79
DAILY FOCUS: IMPOSSIBILITY: The concept of what is "impossible" is relative and can change over time. RESOURCES: Lost Ancient Humans Video from After Skool Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast: This podcast...
Feb. 11, 2025
Making Sense of A Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
"Why do some people rise above suffering while others stay stuck? What if I told you that how you interpret life’s events determines whether you remain trapped in pain or break free? In today’s episode, we’re diving into Viktor Frankl’s...
Feb. 5, 2025
Making Sense of Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
"Why do some people seem to effortlessly connect, persuade, and close more business, while others struggle to get a simple 'maybe'? Is it confidence? Charisma? Or is there something deeper at play? The truth is, that most people approach...
Feb. 2, 2025
One From The Vault - Obtainment - Episode 76
Here's One From the Vault - One of my favorite discussions from the old Rise Up With Dragon Podcast. This is OBTAINMENT: There’s an automatic process running in our brains directed by our egoic construct. It’s the ongoing...
Feb. 2, 2025
Making Sense of Infinite "Unlimited" Potential - Episode 75
What if reality as we know it only exists because we observe it? What if the world we perceive is not an objective truth but a constructed experience shaped by our senses, conditioning, and cognitive limitations? Beyond the Veil challenges the notion...
Jan. 24, 2025
Making Sense of How we live is how we die book by Pema Chodron - Episode 74
About the Author: Pema Chödrön, born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in New York City in 1936, is one of the most influential spiritual teachers in the West. A former teacher and wife, her life transformed after a series of personal challenges,...
Jan. 24, 2025
One From The Vault - Am I AI? Episode 73
AM I AI (Articicial Intelligence) is a short gem from the Rise Up With Dragon podcast where Dragon entertains the great potential that human beings think they are the baseline reality that is creting AI when in fact there is a high probability that...
Jan. 21, 2025
Making Sense of becoming Limitless? - Episode 72
The idea of becoming "limitless" captures the imagination of many, fueled by science, popular culture, and the allure of human potential. This episode explores whether being limitless is something to strive for externally or whether it’s an...
Jan. 17, 2025
Making Sense of THE BIG LEAP by Gay Hendricks - Episode 71
Let's Make Sense of the Big Leap by Gay Hendricks. Come read a book a week with me. This is a new format by Dr. JC Doornick "The Dragon" where we take one book a week from the vault, and give you a sub 30 minute synopisis witb its primary lessons and...
Jan. 9, 2025
One From The Vault - Inner vs. Outer World - Episode 70
Enjoy this amazing episode from the old Rise Up With Dragon show where Dr. JC Doornick "The Dragon" sheds light on the difference and relationship between the world inside your mind and the one on the outside. Can you see how they shape...
Jan. 8, 2025
The Stoic Diet - Making Sense of Weight Loss and Health Transformation - Episode 69
The Stoic Diet: How Ancient Philosophy Can Help You Achieve Lasting Health in 2025. Master self-discipline, overcome emotional eating, and reclaim your health using Stoic principles. Discover how Stoic philosophy can revolutionize your approach...
Dec. 23, 2024
Making Sense of Frames of Mind by Howard Gardner - Episode 68
Making Sense of Frames of Mind by Howard Gardner. A new twist on Makes Sense Mondays where we will pick the book of the week and Make Sense of it. Thanks to my good friend Jim Kwik, for years now i have been consuming on average 50 plus books a...
Dec. 18, 2024
One From The Vault - Praction - Episode 67
DAILY FOCUS: PRACTION- It’s an old joke. A fellow goes to New York to attend a concert, but gets lost. He spots another fellow who’s carrying a violin case. “Sir, can you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?” The musician smiles and says,...
Dec. 18, 2024
Making Sense of Giving With the GO GIVER - Bob Burg - Episode 66
Enjoy this incredibly relevant conversation that supports the whole idea behind "who you are, determines how well what you do works." It’s my hope that this conversation, with this very special guest, will simply end with you pointing in the...