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Lisa Bytes: When Everything's Breaking But We Keep Making School Lunches

Jun 27, 202511 minSeason 3Ep. 9
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Episode description

Ever feel like the world is falling apart but you're still worried about what to make for dinner? There's actually a term for that, and it might just blow your mind. In this Lisa Bytes episode, I'm sharing a concept that helped me understand not just my own past behavior, but what feels like our entire collective experience right now. Spoiler alert: we're all doing it, and once you see it, you can't unsee it.

What You'll Discover:

  • The term "hyper-normalisation" and why it explains SO much about modern life
  • How I normalised dysfunction in my own marriage (and why we all do this)
  • Why you can scroll from climate disaster news to celebrity gossip without your brain exploding
  • What Soviet Russia can teach us about living with broken systems
  • The weird disconnect between "everything is falling apart" and "let me plan next week's meals"
  • Why that conversation with the finance dad at basketball left me feeling so disoriented

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