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Are you "touch starved?"
Episode 816
In this episode, I talk about what it really means to be touch starved — not in a dramatic way, but in a nervous-system way. I break down why safe, c…
7 months, 1 week ago
BYKY is going on hiatus
Episode 813
I’m taking a short hiatus from the podcast to rest and reset. In the meantime, I encourage you to stay connected to at least one person, keep a small…
8 months ago
Why “They’d Be Better Off Without Me” Is a Distortion, Not a Truth
Episode 812
When someone says, “Everyone would be better off without me,” it sounds selfless — but what if it’s a distortion built on the wrong currency of worth…
8 months, 1 week ago
Scapegoat: Why Families Need a Fall Guy
Episode 811
What does it mean to feel like the outsider in your own family — the one who gets blamed, ignored, or quietly cast as “the problem”? In this episode,…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The truth about loneliness, depression and despair
Episode 810
Is the real crisis today economic — or architectural? In this episode, we challenge the idea that loneliness and despair come from a broken ladder of…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Poverty and suicidality
Episode 809
In this episode, we explore how poverty affects mental health and increases suicide risk, particularly through relative deprivation, structural barri…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
How to cope with the four types of emotional distress
Episode 808
In this episode, we use the metaphor of turbulence to explore why intense moments in life can feel dangerous without actually being dangerous—and how…
9 months ago
What to do when meditation feels unbearable
Episode 807
Have you ever been told to “just relax” when your body felt like it was on high alert? In this episode, we unpack why that advice fails—and how suici…
9 months, 1 week ago
How to cope with a high high and low low
Episode 806
We explore why emotional highs are often followed by sudden lows, especially after moments of achievement, transition, or loss. We look at how identi…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Power of Purpose
Episode 804
Explore the power of purpose through the story of Velasco in The Samurai and research-backed insights:
Velasco chose meaning over comfort, even at the…9 months, 3 weeks ago