Existential Wednesday

episode 8

‘Drama Wednesday’

‘You are allowed one choice today: Depression or anxiety’

Enjoy!

Bram and Davide have their last chat of 2020.

Bram is in Italy at the beautiful Mandali retreat center.

In this podcast the boys explore spirituality and how it is being presented in all it's forms as well as finding the right modality to where they have to do less marketing and can focus more on just doing the work.

This time it is not a Wednesday.. but a Friday?! And the existentionados feel different!.. or do they?

- Bram ‘quits’ his callcenter job and travels to Italy to teach meditation. He hopes to restart his massage-at-office work again after the summer. But with Corona still ever present nothing is certain.

- Davide explores the avenue of sound design for video games

Topics in this episode:

- Imposter syndrome

- Bram’s Physiotherapy study plans

- Psychical and mental health

- Doing something that gives satisfaction

- Supporting people in coping with negative emotions

- Vanilla Latté Mindfulness

- Motivation beyond survival

- Legalizing drugs?

- The wild west of the United States of America

Anything goes in Amsterdam.. or does it?

Both Davide and Bram are based in Amsterdam. At the time of recording the city is in semi-lockdown due to an increase in corona virus infections.

Topics in this episode:

- Corona rules enforcement in the Netherlands

- Bram’s temp work as an agent for the corona-test appointment number.

- Gameplay music development

- Integration of Buddhist teachings into daily life

- Evolutionary psychology

- Meditation as a valid currency on your Curriculum Vitae

A few nuggets of wisdom as well:

- ‘Change/Impermanence is the only constant in life, it sucks, but is the truth.’

- ‘Running away from life is not the answer to dealing with life. The answer is to participate without holding onto a belief in permanence.’

- ‘Working with our perception is of supreme value in life.’

After a couple of weeks ‘offcast’, the existential team meet again for yet another exploration of what it means to be ‘existential’.

- Davide is feeling disconnected from his professional life after his return from the family travails back home in Italy.

- Bram simply puts it as feeling ‘thermoneuclear’.

The pair then continues discussing various topics:

- Corona blues

- Professional development challenges

- Arnold Schwarzenegger’s iron determination: “I only start counting when it hurts!”

- Therapy, Self-work, Buddhist endeavors

- Post-Buddhist ‘normal life’

- High ideals on the spiritual journey

- Accomplishments in life

Enjoy!

In this episode Davide talks about taking care of an aging parent and the challenges these life events bring forth and the feelings they stir up inside. Bram shares about the challenges to his career due to the ongoing Corona restrictions and the impact they have on his company. Their Schwarzenegger-fanboyism peeks through here and there too :)