Discomfortable

What would happen if I just sat down in front of the microphone and started speaking? By popular demand, my first episode that isn't scripted! A spontaneous exploration of secular spirituality, micro-ideologies, and murder.

Shame breakthroughs are both incredibly liberating and scary af. The seventh and final installment in my shame series explores the dangers of "foreclosure".

What is the opposite of shame? The sixth installment in my 7-part shame series explores the "fatal flaw" at the heart of shame and its theoretical opposite: unconditional love.

Tame Your Shame: A How-To Guide. The fifth installment in my 7-part shame series explores shame resilience techniques, like guilt, pride, gratitude, and mindfulness. It's all about cultivating an "internal locus of control" over an external one.

Shame vs Connection. "What would it be like if you had no shame at all?" The fourth installment of my 7-part shame series tackles the endless tug-of-war between shame and connection.

Shame vs Equality. No matter how "successful" you are, shame will try to convince you that the world is a hierarchy and you are at the bottom.

What Shame Isn't: "Contrary to popular belief, there's nothing that you "should" be ashamed of." This is the second installment of a 7-part series on the much feared and misunderstood S-word. The “master emotion” with ideological and evolutionary roots that go so much deeper than the dictionary definition.

What Is Shame? "The greatest trick shame ever pulled was convincing the world it doesn’t have a problem with shame." This is the first installment of a 7-part series on the much feared and misunderstood S-word. The “master emotion” with ideological and evolutionary roots that go so much deeper than the dictionary definition. A few years ago I had a "shame breakthrough" that improved my life dramatically. I want to share my experience and some of the insights I learned along the way from the pioneering work of Brené Brown, Carol Dweck, James Gilligan, Alan Downs, and others.

A psychedelic trip through my own stomach taught me to embrace my biggest fears, and myself.

Podcast Music Credits:

Discomfortable themes by Chris von Szombathy

WFMU - Pan Flute Ensemble

Tomoko Sauvage & Gilles Aubry - Halftone Dots

Filmy Ghost - Smog Cemetery

Astra Autisma - The Sky No More Shines

Rest You Sleeping Giant - Old Tape Loops

The Pangolins - Beneath Dark Clouds

elconEstharoe - Planetary Echoes p3

Said and Done by Zach Fanta (aka Pat Placzek)

Science gave us evolution, but evolution gave us faith.