Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick

Dr. JC Doornick spent some time watching the birds at his feeder and noticed something that kept him curious: no opinions about themselves, no ranking, no unfinished business. In this Wednesday episode, pulled from the best of the Makes Sense Substack, he explores the second world we quietly built on top of the first, the one made of meaning, rank and invisible scorecards, and how we forgot we ever made it. You’ll hear why imposter syndrome and constant comparison only exist inside that world, what happens when the scoring stops, and a simple practice for catching yourself in the middle of it. Stay with me.

Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy:
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MAKES SENSE PODCAST
Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. This podcast explores topics that expand human consciousness and enhance performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it’s who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is subjective and an acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast.

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Podcast Affiliates
Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I’ve been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon

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Timestamps
0:00 - 1:07: Welcome and the Makes Sense Opening
1:08 - 1:57: Watching the Birds at the Feeder
1:57 - 3:16: The Second World We Built on Top of the First
3:16 - 4:24: What Living Inside a World of Meaning Costs Us
4:24 - 6:19: Catching Yourself in the Second World
6:19 - 7:01: Wrap Up and Sign Off

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Garry Lineham is a cofounder of Human Garage, the movement behind Fascial Maneuvers, a practice built on pressure, counter rotation, breath and intention. In this conversation, Garry walks me through how he believes fascia senses and sends signals through the body, why he sees the body as a language most of us were never taught, and why he has committed to keeping the core of this work free. He also takes my rapid fire questions on cold plunging, the worst health advice he has ever received, and the weirdest place he has ever done a maneuver. If you have ever felt stuck in your own body, you will want to hear where he says to begin. Stay with me.

Connect With Garry Lineham:

► Instagram: @garrylineham

► Human Garage Instagram: @humangarage

► Human Garage app (free): https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/human-garage/id6479702708

Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy:

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► YouTube: /drjcdoornick

MAKES SENSE PODCAST

Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. This podcast explores topics that expand human consciousness and enhance performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it's who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is subjective and an acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast.

SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast.

FOLLOW Podcast: You will find a "Follow" button in the top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each week.

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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WHfKWDDReMtrGFz4kkZs9?si=003780ca147c4aec

Podcast Affiliates:

Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I've been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon

OUR SPONSORS:

Operly - Take Back Control of Your Work Day and Get Rid of All Your AI Apps - Welcome to the new world of Time Freedom and Unlimited Scaling and Success with Operly - https://go.getoperly.ai/video?ref=jean-claude-claude-d-2a95

Blue Blinds Bakery - Handcrafted with all-natural ingredients - https://www.blueblindsbakery.com

Timestamps

0:00 - 1:06: Cold Open and Welcome to Makes Sense

1:07 - 3:47: Fascia, Sensing and the Body's Electrical Field

3:48 - 7:07: How Fascial Maneuvers Work Through Counter Rotation, Breath and Intention

7:08 - 9:51: Why It Feels Embarrassingly Simple and Garry's View on the Science

9:52 - 12:05: Why the Core Work Is Free and the Push for More Coaches

12:06 - 14:46: Rapid Fire Round and the One Thing to Remember

14:47 - 18:12: Where to Start, the One Day Reset, the Autoimmune Program and Sign Off

Sources

Garry Lineham, Omega Institute: cofounder of Human Garage, spelling of his name

LeAnn Rimes jaw release, Fox News: March 2026 video with Human Garage, and the @garrylineham and @humangarage handles

Human Garage app, App Store: free app listing by Human Garage Inc

Human Garage community page: its own claim of over a billion users

Human Garage and unlocking trauma, Dazed: critical coverage

Meet Human Garage, The Nod: critical coverage

Ghost Murmur report, Business Today: the heartbeat tracking reports

Experts question Ghost Murmur, Calcalist: scientists challenge the claims

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Dr. JC Doornick takes on one of the heaviest labels people carry: failure. Why do we feel like failures in a world that never promised us success? Dr. JC makes the case that much of what we call failure is a story we tell about an event, not the event itself. Along the way he draws on Carol Dweck’s power of “yet,” J.K. Rowling’s Harvard address on the fringe benefits of failure, the illusion of control, the Buddhist parable of the two arrows, and Epictetus on what is and is not in our control. Then he walks you through the pause step of his Interface Response System, one small “hmm” that creates space between what happened and what you decide it means. You also get a practice to try this week. Stay with me.

Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy:
► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com
► Instagram: /drjcdoornick
► Substack: /drjcdoornick
► Facebook: /makessensepodcast
► YouTube: /drjcdoornick

MAKES SENSE PODCAST
Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. This podcast explores topics that expand human consciousness and enhance performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it’s who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is subjective and an acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast.

SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast.
FOLLOW Podcast: You will find a “Follow” button in the top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each week.
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WHfKWDDReMtrGFz4kkZs9?si=003780ca147c4aec

Podcast Affiliates
Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I’ve been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon

OUR SPONSORS:
Operly - Take Back Control of Your Work Day and Get Rid of All Your AI Apps - Welcome to the new world of Time Freedom and Unlimited Scaling and Success with Operly - https://go.getoperly.ai/video?ref=jean-claude-claude-d-2a95
Blue Blinds Bakery - Handcrafted with all-natural ingredients - https://www.blueblindsbakery.com

Timestamps
0:00 - 2:50: Cold Open and Rapid Fire: Is Failure Something We Invented?
2:50 - 7:07: Nature Doesn’t Keep Score: Rules, Shoulds, and Mistaking the Map for the Territory
7:07 - 9:31: Failure as an Event vs. Failure as Identity: Carol Dweck, J.K. Rowling, and Steve Jobs
9:31 - 12:28: The Illusion of Control, the Two Arrows, and the Dichotomy of Control
12:28 - 15:27: The Interface Response System: Pause, Say Hmm, and Question the Story
15:27 - 17:58: Non-Attached Care, the River, and Responsibility for Your Own Participation
17:58 - 19:35: Your Practice for This Week and Closing

Sources: Harvard Gazette, Rowling speech, Langer 1975, Dweck’s TED talk, Sallatha Sutta

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In this Good Shift episode, Dr. JC Doornick brings the best of the Makes Sense Substack to the podcast with a short, sharp look at consideration. We are taught to be considerate, and rightly so. But he asks whether we have become so considerate of every headline, imagined judgment, and passing worry that we have gone inconsiderate toward our own well-being and the people sitting right across from us. He introduces the careless model, where caring less does not mean going cold. It means becoming less available to whatever keeps renting space in your attention. Stay with me. By the end you will be asking what deserves more of you, and what you can finally put down.

Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy:
► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com
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► Facebook: /makessensepodcast
► YouTube: /drjcdoornick

MAKES SENSE PODCAST
Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. This podcast explores topics that expand human consciousness and enhance performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it’s who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is subjective and an acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast.

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Podcast Affiliates
Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I’ve been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon

OUR SPONSORS
Operly - Take Back Control of Your Work Day and Get Rid of All Your AI Apps - Welcome to the new world of Time Freedom and Unlimited Scaling and Success with Operly - https://go.getoperly.ai/video?ref=jean-claude-claude-d-2a95
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Hal Elrod was hit head-on by a drunk driver, found dead at the scene, and told he would never walk again. Years later, by his own account, he lost more than half of his income and his house went into foreclosure. Then he was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive cancer. Each time he reached for the same tools: the Five Minute Rule and the six practices behind The Miracle Morning, the book, series and documentary that has reached millions. In this conversation Hal breaks down where his mindset came from, why acceptance is the real engine, and how he reframed a 30 percent survival rate into a commitment to be among the survivors. If you have ever wanted a practical way to stop resisting what you cannot change, stay with me. Do not go anywhere.

Connect With Hal Elrod:

Website: https://halelrod.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hal_elrod
The Miracle Morning (book and series): https://miraclemorning.com/books/
The Miracle Morning Movie (free): https://miraclemorning.com/movie/

Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy:

► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com
► Instagram: /drjcdoornick
► Substack: /drjcdoornick
► Facebook: /makessensepodcast
► YouTube: /drjcdoornick

MAKES SENSE PODCAST

Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. This podcast explores topics that expand human consciousness and enhance performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it’s who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is subjective and an acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast.

SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast.

FOLLOW Podcast: You will find a “Follow” button in the top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each week.
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/id1730954168
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WHfKWDDReMtrGFz4kkZs9?si=003780ca147c4aec

Podcast Affiliates

Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I’ve been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon

OUR SPONSORS

Operly: Take Back Control of Your Work Day and Get Rid of All Your AI Apps. Welcome to the new world of Time Freedom and Unlimited Scaling and Success with Operly: https://go.getoperly.ai/video?ref=jean-claude-claude-d-2a95

Blue Blinds Bakery: Handcrafted with all-natural ingredients: https://www.blueblindsbakery.com

Timestamps

0:00 - 1:05: Cold open and show intro

1:05 - 5:26: Cutco, the car accident, the 2007 collapse, and the birth of SAVERS

5:26 - 11:01: Where the positive mindset came from: the Five Minute Rule and acceptance

11:01 - 15:48: Asking better questions, self-publishing, and the one million lives goal

15:48 - 19:54: The cancer diagnosis and reframing the 30 percent survival rate

19:54 - 24:02: Protecting your mind with SAVERS and resetting every morning

24:02 - 26:57: Where to start: 10 minutes, one practice, and the movie

26:57 - 28:30: What is next for Hal and closing

Sources:

SUCCESS: Hal Elrod and The Miracle Morning Ecosystem

SUCCESS: Technically Hal Elrod has died 3 times

Miracle Morning movie page

Apple TV: The Miracle Morning cast and crew

Hal Elrod, episode 211 on his cancer diagnosis

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