Thought Works

Thought Works is conversation with Eddie and Darren discussing a person's tastes in food or music, how someone finds satisfaction, processes that lead us through life, fears that some of us have, and many more. In a curious pursuit of pondering what makes us different and the same, they are all over the map. Will that dove find a bird house big enough? Subscribe and find out.

About the show

Thought Works is a podcast about random thoughts of two seasoned healthcare professionals. These thoughts center around what makes each one of us different, yet similar. From fears and our worrying/panicking of the next change in our normal life to satisfaction and our tastes in food or music. This is not some dry stuffy recording of a human parts list. It is a compared and contrasted approach between Eddie and Darren. Now they have similarities and differences themselves. But an important similarity, is the never ending curiosity and drive to understand.

Darren is lead by the "dead cat gene" of curiosity and wanting all to understand. Eddie is passionate about people not missing out or suffering from a lack of openness to try something new. Listen along to be engaged, informed, or just entertained.

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Episodes

  • Episode 23: Video Games to Careers

    February 9th, 2021  |  1 hr 14 mins

    This is a different episode than most. In that, Eddie and Darren just started recording a conversation to see where it went. Most of the time, they want to dig deep into a topic. The topic of video games to careers just came out of talking, not a set out thing to discuss.

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    Episode 22: Hypnosis

    February 7th, 2021  |  1 hr 9 mins
    altered state of consciousness, behavior suggestion, conversation, curiosity, healthcare, human behavior, human interaction, human relation, hypnosis, hypnotizable, mental health, personal relationships, pharmacist, placebo effect, power of suggestion, psychology, social science, society, to be hypnotized

    Can you be hypnotized? What is it like to be hypnotized? Hypnosis is a voluntary state of consciousness where a person is susceptible to suggestion. The exact idea or definition is up for debate from those in the field of psychology.

  • Episode 21: Curiosity

    February 7th, 2021  |  1 hr 33 mins
    conversation, curiosity, curious, healthcare, human behavior, human interaction, human relation, mental health, personal relationships, pharmacist, psychology, social science, society, what makes up curious, worrying

    Is everyone curious? Are we only curious as kids? What feeds our curiosity? Listen to Eddie and Darren's tale of curiosity.

  • Episode 20: Music and Emotions

    January 21st, 2021  |  1 hr 29 mins
    conversation, curiosity, emotions from music, healthcare, human behavior, human interaction, human relation, mental health, music, music and emotion, music and mood, personal relationships, pharmacist, psychology, record player, social science, society, taste of music

    Music and emotions have probably always been intertwined. One could say that music itself is an expression of emotions. In addition to that, there are the emotions of the listener. Listening to music alone can be therapeutic. Whether you listen to music to align with your current emotional state, or to change your emotional state, music can influence how we feel.

  • Episode 19: Covid-19 Vaccine

    January 7th, 2021  |  1 hr 16 mins
    conversation, corona virus, covid, covid-19, covid19, curiosity, healthcare, human behavior, human interaction, human relation, mental health, personal relationships, pharmacist, psychology, social science, society

    Probably in the conversation of every adult at some point, the new vaccines. Are you going to get it? Is it safe? Do I need it? What's the point, I am fit, young, and healthy? Listen to Eddie and Darren discuss the new vaccines in detail. Really put some thought into this and ponder. If you are scared or just don't have the time to research, listen and decide what you think.

  • Episode 18: Purist

    December 27th, 2020  |  1 hr 12 mins
    conversation, curiosity, enfj, healthcare, human behavior, human interaction, human relation, infj, mental health, myers briggs, one way to do something, personal relationships, personality test, personality type, pharmacist, psychology, purist, purists, social science, society

    What is the original way to do anything? Is it THE way to do it? A purist will have their way to do some particular thing. Purists have a right to their opinion, but that doesn't mean it is a one size fit all.

  • Episode 17: INTROVERTS AND EXTROVERTS

    November 16th, 2020  |  1 hr 22 mins
    armacist, enfj, human relation, infj, myers briggs, personal relationships, personality test, personality type, social science, society

    Are you an introvert or extrovert? You may be surprised to find that you have been wrong about this. Listen to this episode for Darren and Eddie’s insight into these two elements of personality.

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    Episode 16: Stubbornness

    October 3rd, 2020  |  1 hr 4 mins
    alarm clock, being stubborn, conversation, curiosity, healthcare, human behavior, human interaction, human relation, mental health, personal relationships, pharmacist, psychology, resistant to change, sleep, sleep hack, sleep inertia, sleep study, social science, society, stubbornness

    Are you resistant to new things? Maybe you are stubborn. Perhaps you have stubborn friends or family. It is almost impossible to not be part of someone that is stubborn. If this is you, no explanation is needed. If you have never been accused of being stubborn, consider yourself lucky or very easy going. Listen this episode as Darren tries to explain stubbornness to Eddie. Even if you don't consider yourself or your family stubborn, you can still get a better understanding of people around you.

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    Episode 15: SLEEP INERTIA

    September 20th, 2020  |  1 hr 6 mins
    alarm clock, conversation, curiosity, healthcare, human behavior, human interaction, human relation, mental health, personal relationships, pharmacist, psychology, sleep, sleep hack, sleep inertia, sleep study, social science, society

    How easy is it for you to wake ? How long does it take for your brain to wake and be functioning at 100%? Ever wonder why you can't tell time and do basic math to get to work on time? Sleep inertia is the problem. It varies in length from person to person.

  • Episode 14: HEROES

    September 8th, 2020  |  1 hr 22 mins

    What is a hero? Do you have one? Whether talking about fictional characters or people in our everyday lives, heroes are emulated.

  • Episode 13: Pollyanna

    August 25th, 2020  |  1 hr 2 mins
    are you satisfied, being late, brand loyalty, build a system for life, choosing sides, clubs, conversation, curiosity, efficiency in life, expectations, groups, healthcare, homophily, human behavior, human interaction, human relation, inner dialog, inner voice, mental diet, mental health, optimistic, personal relationships, pharmacist, pollyanna, positive bias, processes, psychology, punctual, satisfaction, social science, society, systems, tardy, teams, tribalism, tribes, voice in head, why are we late

    What is it to be Pollyanna? Listen to Eddie and Darren discuss what it is to be Pollyanna and the positive and negative effects.

  • Episode 12: Time

    August 4th, 2020  |  1 hr 37 mins
    are you satisfied, being late, brand loyalty, build a system for life, choosing sides, clubs, conversation, curiosity, down time, efficiency in life, element of time, expectations, free time, groups, healthcare, homophily, how do you spend time, human behavior, human interaction, human relation, inner dialog, inner voice, mental diet, mental health, optimistic, passage of time, personal relationships, pharmacist, processes, psychology, punctual, satisfaction, social science, society, systems, tardy, teams, time, time management, tribalism, tribes, voice in head, why are we late

    How we measure our existence is time. So how do you view time? Do you manage your time? Is managing or scheduling your time something you view positively or negatively? We all have a set amount of time, that we are unaware of its end. How do you spend it?

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    Episode 11: Inner Voice

    July 28th, 2020  |  1 hr 27 mins
    are you satisfied, being late, brand loyalty, build a system for life, choosing sides, clubs, conversation, curiosity, efficiency in life, expectations, groups, healthcare, homophily, human behavior, human interaction, human relation, inner dialog, inner voice, mental diet, mental health, optimistic, personal relationships, pharmacist, processes, psychology, punctual, satisfaction, social science, society, systems, tardy, teams, tribalism, tribes, voice in head, why are we late

    Do you have an inner voice? That inner dialogue that is part of your decision making dialogue. An inner voice is not possessed by all. Whether you have one or not, this episode will give an insight to Eddie and Darren's inner voice or lack thereof.

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    Episode 10: Processes

    July 9th, 2020  |  1 hr 43 mins
    are you satisfied, being late, brand loyalty, build a system for life, choosing sides, clubs, conversation, curiosity, efficiency in life, expectations, groups, healthcare, homophily, human behavior, human interaction, human relation, mental diet, mental health, optimistic, personal relationships, pharmacist, processes, psychology, punctual, satisfaction, social science, society, systems, tardy, teams, tribalism, tribes, why are we late

    Do you have a process for your day to day, or your life? Processes help keep us organized and going through life.

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    Episode 9: Tribes

    June 10th, 2020  |  1 hr 19 mins
    are you satisfied, being late, brand loyalty, choosing sides, clubs, conversation, curiosity, expectations, groups, healthcare, homophily, human behavior, human interaction, human relation, mental diet, mental health, optimistic, personal relationships, pharmacist, psychology, punctual, satisfaction, social science, society, tardy, teams, tribalism, tribes, why are we late

    What tribe do you belong to? We are all part some kind of tribe. Tribes are part of all segments of our society. Tribes or one could say communities, are responsible for the growth of human existence.

  • Episode 8: Satisfaction

    June 2nd, 2020  |  1 hr 18 mins
    are you satisfied, being late, conversation, curiosity, expectations, healthcare, human behavior, human interaction, human relation, mental diet, mental health, optimistic, personal relationships, pharmacist, psychology, punctual, satisfaction, social science, society, tardy, why are we late

    What is satisfaction to you? Where do you find it and what does it depend on? Is satisfaction and happiness the same thing? Listen to Eddie and Darren as they speak about their journey for satisfaction.