Here I discuss how things tend to happen in their own time, on the own terms and how our forcing things to happen (somewhat counter-intuitively) often delays or prevents them from happening at all!

Self - Isolating From Society

Apr 22nd, 2020 43m 46s

Here I talk about how and why you might want to consider self-isolating from society in general even when lockdown has ended - it has nothing to do with Coronavirus!

Societal Depression

Apr 16th, 2020 22m 57s

In today's episode, I explain my evolution of how I conceptualised my anxiety/depression eventually coming to understand that I wasn't to blame and how neither are you for the negative thoughts/feelings/emotions you may have towards yourself an

The Importance of a Daily Routine

Apr 15th, 2020 21m 5s

After an unplanned absence that I can put down to nothing more than absent mindedness, I am back today with an episode discussing the importance of daily routine, especially during lockdown when we have even more time and inclination to indulge

Our mortality

Mar 30th, 2020 29m 28s

In light of the Coronavirus pandemic, I consider the question of my own mortality and how I am relating to the possibility of dying at a relatively young age

Getting Off The Cognitive Hamster Wheel

Mar 26th, 2020 7m 58s

Today's episode centers around the unnecessary worry and speculation that most of us engage in most of the time

What Should We Do During Lockdown?

Mar 25th, 2020 32m 18s

Given that much of the world is in or moving towards lockdown due to the global coronavirus pandemic, I discuss the benefits of looking inside when you can't go outside as well as some practical tips about how you might do this

The day I became a Technophobe

Mar 9th, 2020 8m 28s

It happens to the best of us. At age 36, I succumbed to becoming a technophobe for what felt like the first time in my life - surely there have been previous examples but this time I noticed and felt it, which is the difference. Its a bit lik

Mum: Headphones Incident

Mar 4th, 2020 11m 47s

In today's episode, I recount an exchange with my mum involving my head phone usage around the house and the life lessons I could draw from this

You Can Only Connect The Dots Looking Backward

Mar 2nd, 2020 10m 28s

Steve Jobs famously said "You can only connect the dots looking backward". Your heart already knows what you want. That is, it is one step ahead of the mind. Here I explain how to follow the dots in the first place!

Fill Up The Kettle

Feb 28th, 2020 7m 48s

In this episode, I discuss how different a place the world would be if only we could all remember to fill up the kettle

Do YOUR Best - It’s All You Have!

Feb 27th, 2020 10m 41s

A short episode today which packs a punch, I discuss the folly of comparing ourselves to others and how the only scale we can ever truly judge ourselves against is ourselves.

Helping Others

Feb 26th, 2020 32m 30s

What I have learned about helping others from years of unsuccessful attempts and more recently from the master medicine, Mother Ayahuasca

When Winning Becomes Losing and Losing Becomes Winning

Feb 25th, 2020 50m 2s

In this episode, I recount a situation involving my brother in which he had the appearance of winning and I had the appearance of losing but as you have now hopefully come to see, when it comes to life, nothing is quite what it seems. I also d

Follow Your Heart to Win - Win - Win

Feb 24th, 2020 46m 16s

In today’s episode, I talk about intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, how your heart is one step ahead of your head and how following our heart can result in a win-win-win, which is in fact the Ultimate reward

The Power of Talking to Yourself

Feb 23rd, 2020 29m 41s

In this episode, I discuss the benefits of my surprising new spiritual practice of talking to myself out loud (on my own of course). This practice can provide surprising benefits and really help you to connect the dots, and to understand yours

Sharing IS Caring

Feb 22nd, 2020 28m 49s

Today I discuss the merits of sharing EVERYTHING especially our experiences and compliments, and the unforeseeable positive consequences of doing so

Broken By Society

Feb 21st, 2020 1h 23m

In this episode, I connect the dots between the broken individual (me especially) and the broken context within which we exist i.e. society. The size and scale of society and the extent to which it is broken is pretty vast, hence the epic leng

Ayahuasca Tales: Gratitude for EVERYTHING

Feb 20th, 2020 37m 48s

Today I recount a story from my latest ayahusasca retreat in which I came to see that after years of searching, what I was looking for was right in front of me all along! Please Enjoy!

Dealing with rude people

Feb 19th, 2020 33m 20s

Today, I discuss being rude (which we all do) and what its like to be on the end of rude people, and how to deal with them - a problem we all encounter in modern society on an increasing basis. I listened back to this episode for quality contr

We are in-dependence

Feb 18th, 2020 27m 24s

Here I discuss the illusion of the self-made person, why we should be compassionate towards dogs (and other beings) and even manage to forget what I'm speaking about for a good minute or two (unedited of course, for your amusement and just to,

You Are Not Alone

Feb 17th, 2020 33m 48s

A well-known celebrity in the UK seemingly took her own life over the weekend. Here I explore what suicide can teach us about how to live

Irritability And The Dog

Feb 16th, 2020 16m 2s

The deep wisdom of picking up dog poop

Social Anxiety in action: When Someone Doesn’t Reply To A Text

Feb 16th, 2020 17m 36s

A real life example from a social anxiety struggler (me!) documenting their fears and anxieties, and strategies for relating to them

Introduction 2

Feb 16th, 2020 4m 17s

A second introduction (well, because I can!), further clarifying the purpose of the podcast and announcing its name, which (spoiler alert) you already know!