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...
Closure Optional Ep. 77 – Confidence
This episode is about the good and bad of confidence, how being insecure can lead to over-confidence, and why I’m the best and worst person in the whole world all at once. I talk a lot about how difficult it is learning to do stand-up comedy, some of my...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Closure Optional Ep. 52 – Back to the Centre
In this episode I’m talking about how to get yourself untangled from the tentacles of life, good and bad, through examining a phrase one of my trainers taught me in Muaythai. I discuss the ways that we can lose ourselves in Cults and bullshit, how this works in fighting,...
Closure Optional Ep. 48 – Ego States and Games
I’m on my own this week, finishing my ramblings on motivation as viewed through the Psychological Theory, Transactional Analysis. In this episode, I discuss the ways that we build a personality, how we use it to our advantage and disadvantage, and how we do, in fact, constantly play games...
Closure Optional Ep. 47 – Ana Almargo, Psychologist
Ana is a practicing Psychologist who specialises in the mind-body connection, EMDR Therapy and Relationship Counselling. With a Masters degree in Professional Psychology and a background in Neuro-psychology, Ana brings some serious knowledge into the conversation about Motivation, Mental health, and the ways that our brains deal with depression....