Between the Ears Podcast

Between the Ears Podcast

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  • #2 Good Enough

    Welcome to Episode 2 of Between The Ears. Host Arnold Beekes explores why so many of us carry the persistent feeling of not being good enough, tracing it back to how conformity gets enforced through conditional love and approval, from parents and teachers to bosses and friends. Arnold breaks down why this feeling is a tool, not a truth, and makes the case for recognizing it, rejecting it, and finally accepting that you are already good enough exactly as you are. The episode closes with the show's signature segment on everyday beauty, featuring a story of neighborly kindness during a power outage and an animal therapy program using donkeys to help psychiatric patients in France.

    Topics Covered

    • Why the feeling of "not good enough" is nearly universal
    • How conditional love is used to enforce conformity, starting in childhood
    • The role of parents, teachers, bosses, and friends in reinforcing this feeling
    • Why performance reviews and school grading systems focus on flaws, not strengths
    • A personal story about quitting a hockey team over pressure to drink alcohol
    • Why people resist those who don't conform ("mavericks" and "outcasts")
    • How the "not good enough" feeling keeps you out of the present moment
    • Reframing the belief: accepting that you are already good enough
    • The show's closing theme of "everyday beauty," including a neighbor's kindness during a power outage and a donkey-assisted therapy program in France

      • About Arnold Beekes

      Arnold Beekes is the host of Between The Ears, a podcast built around the idea that your inner state creates your outer reality. Having lived in five different countries, Arnold draws on his own experiences to help listeners build a better life between the ears, one episode at a time.

      Connect with Arnold Beekes

      🧠 Inner Fitness for Modern Life: https://braingym.fitness/
      🧠 Inner Leadership Training for Ambitious Leaders: https://www.brainathletes.club/
      🧠 Innovation Mindset for Exponential Change: https://www.innovationathletes.club/
      🤝 Join our free Brain Health community: https://www.skool.com/brain-fitness-7070
      🔗 https://bio.link/beekes

       

      🎙️ Edited and Produced by The PodFather Network LLC

      🌐 https://roycoughlan.com/

       

      #BetweenTheEars #GoodEnough #InnerState #PersonalDevelopment #SelfWorth #Conformity #ConditionalLove #SelfAcceptance #MentalHealthMatters #PresentMoment #EverydayBeauty #MoralBeauty #PodfatherNetwork #BrainFitness

      17 min
    • #1 Live Your Own Life

      Are you living your own life, or someone else's? In this debut episode of Between The Ears, host Arnold Beekes explores how from childhood onward, we're trained to meet the expectations of parents, teachers, and eventually bosses, until "being good" simply means doing what someone else wants. Arnold explains why living two lives at once, someone else's during work hours and your own in the evenings and weekends, is a major source of chronic stress, and why that stress can eventually show up as back pain, burnout, or depression. He invites listeners to start looking inward instead of outward to figure out what they actually want, and to take back control of their own behavior. The episode closes with the show's signature segment on everyday beauty, including a story from Nanaimo, Canada, where a young boy's persistence in knocking on doors in the middle of the night helped save his father's life.

      Topics Covered

      • Why most people are living someone else's life without realizing it
      • How childhood conditioning trains us to meet other people's expectations
      • The link between living two lives and chronic stress
      • How chronic stress can lead to burnout, depression, and physical pain
      • Taking back control by looking inward instead of outward
      • The practice of greeting strangers on daily walks
      • The story of a boy in Nanaimo, BC, whose persistence saved his father's life
      • The show's closing theme of "everyday beauty" and moral beauty

        • About Arnold Beekes

        Arnold Beekes is the host of Between The Ears, a podcast built around the idea that your inner state creates your outer reality. Having lived in five different countries, Arnold draws on his own experiences to help listeners build a better life between the ears, one episode at a time.

        Connect with Arnold Beekes

        🧠 Inner Fitness for Modern Life: https://braingym.fitness/

        🧠 Inner Leadership Training for Ambitious Leaders: https://www.brainathletes.club/
        🧠 Innovation Mindset for Exponential Change: https://www.innovationathletes.club/
        🤝 Join our free Brain Health community: https://www.skool.com/brain-fitness-7070

        https://bio.link/beekes

         

        🎙️ Edited and Produced by The PodFather Network LLC

        🌐 https://roycoughlan.com/

         

         

        #BetweenTheEars #LiveYourOwnLife #InnerState #PersonalDevelopment #SelfImprovement #MentalHealthMatters #ChronicStress #BurnoutRecovery #MoralBeauty #TakeBackControl #PodfatherNetwork #MindsetShift #EverydayBeauty #SelfAwareness #BrainFitness

        12 min

      About Between the Ears Podcast

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      Your inner state creates your outer reality. Between The Ears is a show about the mental and emotional world we all carry inside, and how understanding it can transform the life we live outside.…