# Episode 639: Obedience (a model for women) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychacks-5277640/episode-639-obedience-a-model-for-women Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychacks-5277640/episode-639-obedience-a-model-for-women.md Podcast: [PsycHacks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychacks-5277640) Published: 2026-07-13T15:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://oriontaraban.podbean.com/e/episode-tbd-obedience/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nptyc4k9bup2nzeh/Obedience_-_Audio_scrapeagci3.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/psychacks-5277640/episodes/episode-639-obedience-a-model-for-women Duration seconds: 878 ## Resource Everyone is obedient to something, and this obedience (properly applied) provides the necessary structure for self-improvement and functional relationships. In this episode, I present a model for women in which I argue that exercising good judgment with respect to what they choose to obey can strengthen their characters and improve their relationships. The alternative is obedience to self, which is a commitment to isolation and despair. Join my community: https://the-captains-quarters.mn.co Buy my book, ”The Value of Others” Ebook: https://amzn.to/460uGrA Audiobook: https://amzn.to/3YfFwbx Paperback: https://amzn.to/3xQuIFK Buy my book, ”Starry Night” Ebook: https://amzn.to/4qJrh9U Audiobook: https://amzn.to/3LuUJRS Paperback: https://amzn.to/4sGcqOY Book a paid consultation: https://oriontarabanpsyd.com/consultations Subscribe to my newsletter: https://oriontarabanpsyd.com Social Media TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@oriontaraban Facebook: https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090053889622 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/orion-taraban-070b45168/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/psyc.hacks Twitter: https://twitter.com/oriontaraban Website: https://oriontarabanpsyd.com Orion’s Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrXBzQ2HDEQ Thinking of going to grad school? Check out STELLAR, my top-rated GRE self-study program based on the world’s only empirically-validated test prep system. Use the code ”PSYCH” for 10% off all membership plans: https://stellargre.com. Become a Stellar affiliate and earn a 10% commission for every membership purchased by a new student you conduct into the program: https://stellargre.tapfiliate.com. GRE Bites: https://www.youtube.com/@grebites4993 Become a Psychonaut and join PsycHack’s member community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSduXB… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/psychacks-5277640/episodes/episode-639-obedience-a-model-for-women/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychacks-5277640/episode-639-obedience-a-model-for-women.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.