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Who Are You When No One Needs Anything?
Episode 158
Who are you when nobody needs anything from you? One day you are wanted everywhere, and then almost overnight you are not.
The role becomes the identi…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Apricity and the Calm After the Storm
Episode 157
How do you stay calm through the strongest winds Cornwall has ever had? You watch the news enough to know what is happening, and then you stop watchi…
8 months ago
Forget Resolutions: Why One Word Is All You Need This Year
Episode 156
What would your one word for the year be? Forget resolutions. One word does more work than a list you will have abandoned by February.
Mine came out o…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
When Jesus and the Buddha Sit at the Same Table
Episode 155
Do Jesus and the Buddha actually disagree? I do not think they do. You write the book for the audience in front of you, and that explains most of the…
10 months ago
The Truth About Inner Peace: 5 Myths Debunked
Episode 154
What does inner peace actually mean? It is what is left when you are not suffering. It is already there, and mostly we just forget it is.
I did not ne…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
In a Hard World, Your Softest Skills Are Your Strongest Asset
Episode 153
What cards were you actually dealt? I never finished school, I was kicked out of sixth form, and I have never passed an exam beyond GCSEs. You play t…
1 year ago
How to Be Your Own Loving Parent
Episode 152
Who is parenting you? Most of us need somebody to say put your shoes on and get out of there, and there is nobody doing it, so it has to be us.
Short …
1 year ago
Empathy vs. Compassion: What's the Real Difference?
Episode 151
What is the actual difference between empathy and compassion? Alan Watts called compassion the cosmic wink that says I see you, fellow player. That i…
1 year, 1 month ago
Attachment Isn’t the Enemy. The Struggle to Let Go Is
Episode 150
Is attachment really the enemy? No. It is the struggling to let go that hurts.
I smoked for the best part of thirty years. I am attached to pleasure, …
1 year, 1 month ago
Forgiveness Begins When the Heart Breaks Open
Episode 149
How do you forgive somebody who cheated on you? Not by understanding it. Something stopped me asking the questions, and that turned out to be the who…
1 year, 2 months ago