Engineering Emotions and Energy with Justin Wenck, Ph.D.

***Quiet Quitting or Inflation Adjusted Effort*** 

How much of your life are you willing to trade for money? 

The Great Resignation has morphed into Quiet Quitting or Inflation Adjusted Effort. Instead…

"Home" - What comes to mind when you see that word? 

Safety, comfort, ease? Challenge, anxiety, shame? Or a mix? 

Last week I visited my former Adult home in Folsom, CA for the first time in 9 months a…

***Make Your "Work" Worth It*** 

Unless you value hard work regardless of the fruit that it bears (which is a value I'd advising dropping), how do you know if your "Work" is worth it? 

Like an investme…

***Live From Cancun - Medical Tourism*** 

Would you travel to another country for a major medical or dental procedure? 

According to Patients Beyond Borders more than 25 million patients now travel abr…

***Live From Cancun*** 

Are you following your heart in life? Even on vacation it's important to be following your heart and I've been learning this more and more during my adventures abroad. 

In Beliz…

***Live From Belize***

Ever been on vacation and things don't seem to be going your way? It's OK! Things will work themselves out.

This week I am coming to you from Belize as I prepare for a 7 day exc…

***Grillin' and Chillin' in Atlanta*** 

My summer travel has begun! First stop is Atlanta where I'm Grillin' and Chillin' with a slower pace compared to the California Bay Area. I'm talking about how …

"It is what it is" 

Have you ever used this phrase or heard someone use it? It's often used when there's a frustrating situation that can't be changed. 

There isn't much that offends me, but I do find …

Celebrating Growth

When was the last time you celebrated growth? 

Why not celebrate growth with me today as I celebrate the 100th episode of the Engineering Emotions and Energy Podcast.

 I'll be taking …

"You can be right or you can be happy." 

How do you feel when you read that quote? When I first hear that quote when going to Al-anon meetings, as someone who loved to be right, it did not make me hap…

***Be Your Own Truth Detector*** 

How open is your mind to new information? 

Or if it doesn't fit with what you've been told by an authority, do you write that off as lies, nonsense, or fake? 

Have you …

***What Would You Do IF You Almost Died?***

What would be the first thing you do after being released from the hospital after almost losing your life?

Did you answer "clean the house"? I'm guessing not…

*******Hoʻoponopono for Healing*******

When your heart breaks or your body aches, what do you turn towards? Drugs? Distractions? Depression?

Last week I pulled a muscle in my back and pain was practica…

What you need is already so close, maybe too close

Hawks, wildflowers, sunshine, breezes, bay views, redwoods, succulents, and...the Salesforce skyscraper? 

Recently I wanted to go for a hike that got …

Inflation, Market Crash, Housing Bubble...Does information about the economy going down worry you? 

It doesn't bother me because I choose to not see it as a problem for myself. I understand it represe…

To get a vasectomy or not? That was the choice, or was it? 

"Freedom of choice

Is what you got

Freedom from choice

Is what you want" 

-Devo 

There are infinite possibilities in choice, so actually it was a…

Work hard, grind it out, make something of yourself, and then…what exactly? 

Success, but with a side depression, anxiety, or declining health leading to death. 

This way of living that many of us cons…

How does it feel when you lose something in life? It could be a relationship, health, money, or almost anything. 

Usually it doesn't feel so good. And sometimes it doesn't feel so good for a really re…

***** Tune Out to Tune In (to what you want) ***** 

Have you ever had a horrible experience somewhere and you wish it would just end? 

I recently had a bad experience at a grocery store. It's a chain I…

***Naked and (Un)Afraid***

What scares you? And what do you do about this fear?  In school I used to be so afraid of being seen at all. Being seen naked? Forget it! The hernia check to get cleared to …