My name is Mark Viscente.

I'm a director, producer, writer, and troublemaker.

I'm not totally certain if the trouble finds me or I find it.

I'm most known as the director of the film What the Bleep Do We Know?

And as one of the Nixium whistleblowers featured in the HBO series, The Vow.

Let's just say I know a thing or two about cults.

I don't consider myself a cult expert, but I'm definitely an expert in being screwed over,

waking up, and knowing how to spot them.

And let me tell you, they're everywhere.

As you'll hear, I have a pretty salty approach to most things, and I'm utterly fascinated by the patterns in human behavior that create the best and the worst in society.

I'm part geek, part rebel, and pissed off about a whole bunch of things.

Join me as I unpack a whole range of topics to do with psychology, spirituality, consciousness,

morality, cults, narcissistic abuse, science, filmmaking, and philosophy.

You never quite know what you're going to get,

as it really does depend on what the fuck is on my mind.

All right. Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. Welcome to episode two of the What the Fuck is on My Mind podcast. This one is entitled, Fuck Adversity. Let me explain.

The last few weeks, my wife and I have been getting into the ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, extremely cold around sunset in the evening afternoon. And for the last few years, we tried to get in, but it was

just too fucking cold. And the thought of just freezing our asses off was like, no, we're not doing this.

But the last few weeks we've been getting in, and at first it was extremely difficult,

and I was suffering like a motherfucker about the cold.

But eventually we began getting used to the cold, and that phrase came to mind pushing against adversity.

And it occurred to me that I have a shitty relationship with adversity now.

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