71: The Secret Senses That Guide You Forward
From The Post-Divorce Glow-Up Show by Quinn Otrera
September 24, 2025 · 25 min · Episode 71
About this episode
The episode explores how divorce can lead to a new understanding of perception and life through the lens of Ed Yong's work.
In this week’s episode, I dive into An Immense World by Ed Yong and what it teaches us about life after divorce. Aristotle may have told us we only have five senses (he was wrong about that and about women), but neuroscience shows we actually have 20+ ways of perceiving the world. And here’s the magic: divorce is like being dropped into a brand-new sensory universe. The signals you relied on in marriage don’t apply anymore—you get to recalibrate, upregulate, and expand your perception of life...
People in this episode
Host: Quinn Otrera
Topics covered
- divorce
- senses
- neuroscience
- perception
- life after divorce
- self-discovery
Keywords
- divorce
- senses
- neuroscience
- perception
- self-discovery
- life changes
- Ed Yong
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