Author: Lorna

Closure Optional Ep. 78 – Existentialism and Pandemonium

This episode is about what the fuck is going on?! The world’s a little topsy-turvey at the moment and so I discuss an idea that emerged in Europe out of the uncertainty and confusion of WWII in the 1940’s in the hopes it might help us with some perspectives on the confusion of today. Thank […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 76 – Insecurity

In this episode I get harsh, cry a little, and say fuck a lot. I’m talking about what happens when we hold onto insecurity as a personality trait, through constant negative self-talk and stories, and how that kind of thinking has turned into self-destructive cycles in my own life over the years. At the end […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 75 – Danny McStay, Provisional Psychologist at Lives Lived Well

Danny is the Senior Provisional Psychologist at Mirikai, a live-in Rehab facility on the Gold Coast for people who are struggling with Addiction, or as they say, ‘Substance Use Disorder’. He provides and coordinates psychotherapy services for clients and residents, and also, casually, flies to Africa to stop illegal poachers from killing wildlife… This is […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 74 – Jenny Hallam, Cannabis Activist

Jenny is a Cannabis Activist, and is probably best known for the 3-year court battle she recently faced for supplying free Cannabis Oil to sick people in Australia. She learned how to make the oil in order to manage her own chronic pain, and because the benefits were so tangible, she started helping others with […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 73 – The Four Agreements

In this episode I’m talking about a neat little set of guidelines called “The Four Agreements” which are supposed to help you ease some of the needless suffering and self-limiting beliefs created inside your head. They come from a book called “The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz, who says this wisdom comes from the […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 72 – Love and Meaning

Ah Jesus sorry I’ve been away for so long! Man it’s been a wonderful few weeks, but fuck, it’s time to pull my head out of the clouds and get back to this podcast! I’ve been missing because I’ve been in love and that has come with a whole incredible pile of interesting nonsense attached […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 71 – Chaos and Boredom (and Buddhism)

Ooooh this episode is all about how I (or, possibly, we) react to change, and how I’ve managed to get myself out of chaos through chanting nonsense in my bedroom. I ramble about how we mislead ourselves, how strong our minds are, and one way of possibly getting away from the suffering of our minds […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 70 – Dr. Julie Kelso

Julie is a Professor at Bond University, where she specialises in philosophy, feminist philosophy, religion and literature. This is a wonderful conversation about the nature of being, from a person who has spent her life so far trying to understand it philosophically. We discuss sexuality, what real feminism looks like, and some of the dangers […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 69 – Lucas Stone 3, Musician

Lucas is a Musician, currently the guitarist for a band called Hammers, and since he’s back from touring the country in front of thousands of people, it was a perfect time to come discuss what it means to be a person. He’s been on the podcast before in Episode 13, and Episode 46, and he’s […]

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