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 you as always for listening!

The Authors and Books I mention are:

1. Søren Kierkegaard
2. Friedrich Nietzsche
3. Jean Paul Sartre – Words, Being and Nothingness
4. Albert Camus – The Plague, The Stranger

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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 worst moments lately and how I'm trying to be less of an idiot.

Thank you as always for listening!

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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 it sounds like I'm doing an ad for the Artist's Way, I'm not – no one has paid me to mention it, I just think its a great book  

Thank you as always for listening!

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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 a really cool conversation about the nature of addiction and mental health in general, and he gives a great overview of what services are available, right now, for people who are struggling with substance use, including support for their families.

To stay at one of these facilities, run by a company called “Lives Lived Well“, it only costs 85% of the Centrelink Benefit, so it's absolutely affordable for those in need. But not everyone wants or needs to go to a live-in centre, so it was cool to know that there are a bunch of different options available through Lives Lived Well for anyone impacted by addiction.

If you'd like to know more, you can check out all their services here. If you are struggling, yourself, please give them a call at 1300 727 957 and they will make sure you get the right level of help for your specific needs. 

Thank you for listening, as always!

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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 a whole variety of other medical issues.

Word spread fast and eventually she was overwhelmed with demand from desperate people all over the country looking for help until her home was raided by police in 2017.

This is a great conversation about what she learned, the kinds of healing she saw, and some ideas about why Cannabis legalisation is met with so much resistance in Australia.

To learn more about Jenny's story, you can find her on Facebook or Instagram here.

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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 ancient Toltec people of Mexico – and though it's a bit self-helpy, theres some very good shit at the core of it.

I also give a little background on the Toltecs themselves, describe their mental creation story (which one isn't mental?!) and talk a little bit about applying these agreements to my own psychology. 

Thank you as always for listening!

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• Image Credit: https://traditionalnativehealing.com/tag/the-four-agreements

Episode Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Agreements

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Suns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teotihuacan

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-americas/aztecs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feathered_Serpent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toltec_Empire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Miguel_Ruiz

https://www.miguelruiz.com/

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-americas/aztecs

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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 to it, which I'm discussing in this week's episode. Today I'm talking about what happens to us when we fall in love, both psychologically and neurologically, and what impact that can have on creating a meaningful life.

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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 through a Buddhist idea called the Lotus Sutra. 

Reference LINKS:

1. The Middle Way https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Way
2. Eight Fold Path https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path 
3. Lotus Sutra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Sutra
4. Upaya – adjusting to the student – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upaya 
5. Slideshow Nammyohorengekyo – https://player.slideplayer.com/25/8069204/#
6. Chant https://www.sgi.org/about-us/videos/chanting-nam-myoho-renge-kyo-a-pronunciation-guide.html
7. Peace Preservation Law (Japan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Preservation_Law#Public_Security_Preservation_Law_of_1925

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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 of falling into ideological traps that deter from the original message. 

For more information about Julie, you can check out her Bond Research Profile here: https://research.bond.edu.au/en/persons/julie-anne-kelso

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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 back for the third time with an epic rolling philosophical discussion about the nature of being and not being. 

Also, if you want to hear Lucas and his mates playing some great music, check out the Hammers EP here. 

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• Photo Credit – Daniel Ramsay
• Lucas Stone
• Lucas Recording
• Hammers Bare
• Photo Credit Ummagummamumma – Live Music Photography
• Recording Carry the Black
• Hammers

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