REALITY CHECK
Discover your divine purpose, heal your soul, and awaken to your highest calling.
Join Zachary Phillips on a journey towards living a more examined life with talks delving into the nature of reality, the search for meaning and the pursuit of happiness.
Consistently Inconsistent - Deconstructing Trauma Narratives | Ep 215
What is the point of trying to advance ourselves when it is foreseeable that we will feel down regardless?
In the episode I share my waking mental state, deconstructing the narratives that plague me.
Focusing On Failure Despite Lots Of Success | Ep 214
My brain tends to dwell on failure and quickly disregard success.
In this episode, I share my recent failure (and some successes) and discuss the reasons why it may be the case that we cannot easily move beyond our failings, despite them being insignificant and probably irrelevant to our current life.
I also read It Is Never The Right Time So Stop Stalling & Do It Now, from How To Get Your Shit Together
I Can’t Tell If I Am Hungry | Ep 213
Am I starving or full? What am I actually craving to eat? When should I stop? And why does it feel like love and food are intertwined?
Recovering from trauma is a long and complex. My current, and longest, battle is around re-establishing the mind-body connection. I want to be know what I am feeling and what those feelings actually mean.
To do this I will be counting-calories. Not to lose weight, but to teach myself what the feelings that arise actually mean - without the added fear, anxiety and ignorance. Please help me to stay on track with this!
The Problem With Labels - On Gender Identity, Mental Health, & Race | Ep 212
Who and what I am cannot be condensed into a label. What is a diagnosis other than a collection of symptoms?
In this episode I talk about my experiences with mental illness and gender identity, and how the attempt to fit a label can have detrimental consequences…
Embracing The Irrational Mind | Ep 211
How much of our decision making process is a function of the unconscious mind? How many of our choices are rationally justified after the fact? Join me for an investigation into the workings of the mind and consider if we are fated to do as we do.
Can Art Ever Be Pure? | Ep 210
In this episode I discuss the impact of over-analysing emotions of others and how excessively reading into tone/facial expressions/word choice can lead to the exact opposite outcomes from what was intended.
I also discuss my positive experiences with the initial stages of EMDR…
Do You Love Me, Or Just The Idea Of Me? | Ep #209
In this episode I discuss the impact of over-analysing emotions of others and how excessively reading into tone/facial expressions/word choice can lead to the exact opposite outcomes from what was intended.
I also discuss my positive experiences with the initial stages of EMDR…
Abortion, Religion, Guns & The Fall Of An Empire | Ep #208
Some of my responses to the current state of political turmoil engulfing the United States, as well as the potential flow on impacts for the rest of the world….