Category: Podcast
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How To Give Discomfort More Meaning
Discomfort oftentimes is a price we have to pay for the lives we want to live. They don’t have to involve politics or prisons, but it’s good to know that “a good life” will probably never mean zero discomfort. So we either try to avoid it or normalise it and see it as the price we pay for a life of integrity.
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COVID Lessons, Year 2
“Happy 2-year COVID anniversary!” I thought to myself recently. And decided to do a quick episode on it.
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A Reminder For When You’re Stressed
Taking care of ourselves when we’re moving through discomfort is not a luxury. We can live without luxuries but we can’t go on if we’re constantly burned out. Here’s my reminder on why it’s important to be kind to ourselves when things are tough and how certain things that seem unimportant become the base for us to go on from.
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A Simple Exercise To Move Through Discomfort
I understand it’s not enough to say “just normalise discomfort”. OK, cool, but how do we do that? What can help us to take that uncomfortable action? Luckily, there are some practical tips here.
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Are You Ready to Normalise Discomfort?
I was thinking to myself: what would be the message I’d like to hear on the last day of the year? Or on the first one? Or…at any time? This is that message.
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The Second Season of Investigative Selfism Podcast Is Here!
After a long break, I’m very excited to tell you that my podcast – and my videos, clearly! – are back. The learning and unlearning didn’t stop, nor did my desire to share everything with you.
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One Big THANK YOU!
Our time is so precious and what we pour into our heads is so important. If we want it or not, what we consume changes us so we have to be careful there (sounds grim, I know!). So thank you for allowing me into your lives!
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What Does Science Say About Empathy?
There are plenty of studies on empathy: it’s not a mysterious concept no-one ever dared to research. And that research is pretty fascinating! I invite you learn about some of it.
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Have You Reassessed The Concept of Wellbeing?
Health is not just absence of illness. But what is wellbeing really? And what has changed since March 2020, when COVID forced us to reconsider and re-evaluate so much? There is no one single answer to all of these questions but here’s a lovely conversation about it.
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Renewal in The Midst of Action
To centre ourselves, to create a space of awareness, to show compassion to ourselves and others, to integrate both good and bad experiences of our lives is all one massive task. The good news is we have loving teachers who can point us in the right direction. This post is on one of them.
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