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Short talks on meaning, mental health, and what it actually takes to live a more examined life. Listen below or via: iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, & YouTube.
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93: Meditation - The Lead Domino For Good Mental Health
If I could only choose one treatment option to manage my mental health, I would choose Mindfulness Meditation.
It is the lead domino for mental health. It will enhance your focus, clarity and ability to detach from negative thoughts.
92: Making The Impossible Possible - Then Remembering How To Do It Again
You have done the impossible, but it just doesn’t feel that special because it is a thing of the past. You have grown since then. The person that found it ‘impossible’ no longer exists. Thus it is increasingly easy to discount those accomplishments.
Try to remember how hard it was, and despite that difficulty, you persisted and succeeded any way.
Realise that this will happen again. What you think of as impossible, will (with time and effort) be overcome, and it too will become easy.
91: Who Is Worse Off? Is It Possible To Ever Tell?
How can you ever know if one person is worse off than another? Given that we all view the world through a subjective lens, this may be impossible. In this episode, I talk about how I approach this issue, and use it to help myself and others.
90: Are You A Wage Slave?
Do you work to live? Or live to work?
87% of people hate their job, to me this is sad, absurd and unnecessary.
In this podcast I Introduce my fourth book ‘Wage Slave’' and discuss how you can free yourself!
I also introduce my next skillshare course: Learn To Lucid Dream: 101
89: Why You Need To Stop Complaining and Start Taking Action Right Now
Complaining about something does nothing to fix the problem. Unless you realise that you are responsible for your healing and recovery, it won’t happen.
You need to seek therapy, do the meditation, read the books and take the medicine. No one else can or will do it for you!
88: Relaxation Breathing To Overcome Anxiety (Ch 1.2 of How To Get Your Sh!t Together)
Slow breathing relaxes the body which in turn relaxes the mind.
Being told to take ‘a slow deep breath’ is so cliche that it is often not even attempted. This is a shame, because it really does work …
87: The Worst PTSD Flashback Of My Life
Two days ago, I experienced the worst PTSD flashback of my life. It was of an intensity that far exceeded anything that I have ever experienced before in my life.
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85: How Can You Trust Someone With A Mental Illness?
By definition, those of use with mental illness think differently to ‘normal’. With that in mind, how can we know if we can trust someone with mental illness? And as a sufferer of mental illness, how can we gain the trust of others?
In this episode I talk about judging people based on actions, not labels.
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84: Just Popping By - part 4 of Under The Influence
“It wasn't until I was in around grade three that I realised exactly what was happening. On practically every car trip that my father took us on, he was dealing”
- Listen to the entire chapter here
83: How I am Overcoming The Fear That Held Me Back For Most Of My Life
A large percentage of my life was lived in fear. First for my physical safety, then for my emotional stability and finally for peoples perception of me. Fear and anxiety has held me back for far to long, and has caused me to miss out on many opportunities.
In this episode I break down how I am systematically addressing fear and anxiety in my life and how you can follow my lead, as well as discuss the importance of acquiring positive role models in my life.
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82: I Am More Than Just A Dying Car (short fiction piece)
“He knew his time was running out, yet he was okay with it. Even before he was diagnosed, he knew where he was headed. His fate was the same as everyone’s - Death”
Today I am reading out a short fiction piece called “I Am More Than Just A Dying Car” - click to listen now
81: My Greatest Fears, Natural Remedies For Depression + More (Supporter Q'n'A)
In this episode I answer four supporter questions:
1) What are some natural ways to manage depression?
2) Can you talk about Bi-Polar disorder?
3) What are your greatest fears?
4) What projects are you currently working on?
79: Understanding Grief, Emotionality and Dissociation
In this episode I deconstruct the the impact of grief on my mental state and its relationship to dissociation. The catalyst being my dog Max. He suddenly became very sick and may not make it.
This has caused me to introspect, both on how I am feeling about his situation, as well as how emotionally poignant events impact my mental state as well as how I respond to them in turn…
77: New Zealand Mosque Attack - My Take
Given the scale and impact of the tragedy as well as the requests from some of you, I decided to share my thoughts, both about the event, as well as its impact on your mental state, the victims families and the world at large.
76: On Effective Weight loss, Being Triggered & An Ask From You
Effective weightless involves a process that is both sustainable and able to be integrated gradually into your life.
In this episode I share the approach that is working for me, and suggest some of the pitfalls that you should avoid if you want to succeed!
75: Troy Fumo - On Overcoming Anxiety & Winning MMA Championships
Troy Fumo joins me to discuss his recent MMA championship victory.
We talk about overcoming anxiety, motivation and mental state, as well as his inspiring personal journey from being housebound with anxiety to risking it all in the cage in front of 1000’s.
73: Mental Illness/Addiction Is NOT An Excuse To Treat People Badly
If someones personality changes when inebriated, and they are always inebriated, than that is who they really are.
It doesn’t matter if they are ‘nice’ when sober, if they are rarely sober …
71: The Problem With The Modern School System
I have worked as a teacher for nine years. In that time I have had experience in many different schools, across all age ranges, systems and demographics.
Unfortunately, for the most part, there is a lot to be desired. Students are regularly disengaged. They dislike the system and often ‘see no point’ to what they are learning …
69: Take Action And Correct Along The Way
It is far better to get a project 80% completed and released to the public than it is to try and get it to 100%.
The better approach is to create a minimum viable product, and adjust where necessary. This approach will have you moving forward exponentially as you will see what is working and what isn’t far quicker.
68: The Real Problem With The Gillette Ad
My response to the ‘controversial’ Gillette advertisement.
I take it down a path I haven’t seen many people exploring.
Namely that regardless of which side of the fence you fall on, Gillette wins. They have got the world talking about their advert and by extension them.
This will result in a massive sales boost. I predict that many more companies will come out with similar social justice adverts moving forward to capitalise on the growing culture of extreme outrage at opposing viewpoints.