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- FREE Rebalancing Hypnosis Audio***Disclaimer: please don't not listen to this when driving and attempting any other activities*** Something different from "On The Fringes" This is a FREE hypnosis from @breakingthroughcoaching (Jake). It is to help you rebalance, re-energise, realign and feel revitalised. We believe in talking about "the fringes" in life and also experiencing our own edges of what can transform us. So be open and give this hypnosis a go. Hypnosis is just our natural state of relaxation. You can, at any point, bring yourself out of hypnosis at any time(just so you know). Enjoy the healing power of words and your own mind.43 min
- Ep 9 - Voltaire "Cultivate Your Own Garden"
In this episode we review a passage from 17th century philosopher, Voltaire's book, "Condide". Voltaire reminds us that even though we may get wrapped up in bigger systems that sometimes it's important to come back and focus on ourselves and "cultivate our own gardens"
29 min - EP 8 - Creativity
We talk about the importance of creativity and its meaning. We also talk about how start being more creative and how to sustain it.
Useful links
Wes Anderson - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027572/
Middleditch & Schwartz Improve - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vao8d50hzw
Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy - https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/douglas-adams/9781529034523
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist - https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-alchemist/paulo-coelho/9780722532935
Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird - https://www.waterstones.com/book/bird-by-bird/anne-lamott/9781786898555
Dead Poets Society (1989) (film) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097165/
42 min - Ep 7 - Sustainable & Zero Waste Living w/ Hannah Pearce
In today's episode we are very lucky to be joined by Hannah Pearce, a 'Zero Waste' shop owner and 'sustainable living' advocate.
In this episode she shares her stories and influences from the dusty trails of El Camino de Santiago to the sandy shores of the south west, and how this led her towards a life of sustainable living. She also shows us how easy it can be to live a little bit more sustainably with a few small changes.
59 min - Ep 6 - Existential Crisis
CONTENT WARNING: We talk about death and touch on suicide in the episode. If either of these subjects would trigger you please avoid this episode, otherwise, please listen with a calm and open mind.
In this episode we tackle the most fun of all topics, DEATH, and the subsequent fear that comes along with it. We talk about what it means to us and how we each deal with the idea, hoping that you can take something from it.
Shownotes;
Wisecrack - https://www.youtube.com/user/thugnotes
School of life - https://www.youtube.com/user/schooloflifechannel
Bojack horseman https://www.netflix.com/title/70300800
Secret life of walter mitty https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359950/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3
Hector and the search for happiness https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1626146/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6
The 4 pillars show us that we are part of a collective, and allow us to feel purposeful on a humanistic level:
These are examples of how they show up in our daily lives:
Continue the species - Being a parent, guardian or teacher, finding love and courtship.
Master our mind (Personal development) - Philosophy, Psychology, Education and even media, i.e. teaching something to someone.
Master our environment - Creating or working at business, protecting your environment, advances in science, making a home, gardening and preventing illness or accidents.
Increase our satisfaction - Doing things that bring you joy or expand you i.e. finding community in religion, learning about or creating a culture, and experiencing and appreciating art.
This shows that you have influence and meaning just through your regular lives.
37 min - EP5 - David Attenborough's "A Life On This Planet" Review
In this episode discuss the ideas and themes of Sir David Attenborough's "A Life On This Planet" . Working our way through what it means to deal with the effect we, as human beings, have had on the planet. As well as discussing the effect this project will have on our culture.
A Life On This Planet - https://www.netflix.com/watch/80216393?tctx=0%2C0%2C%2C%2C%2C
41 min - EP 4 - Becoming Independent, unshackling and experiencing the sweet taste of freedom.In this episode we explore ways in which we might become more independent and self-reliant, as well as what it means to go through the "rites" of stepping over the threshold from childhood, to adulthood.54 min
- Ep 3 - Mental Illness in the Justice System w/ Becky Nicholls MAIn this episode we are joined by Becky Nicholls a Clinical Psychologist and friend of the show, who has a deep passion for changing the stigma around mental health in the justice system. She was so fascinated by the sexual preferences of Psychopaths, that she chose to write about it for her dissertation https://repository.cardiffmet.ac.uk/handle/10369/10004.In this episode we discuss how people with mental illness are mis-characterised in the Justice system. And out of pure curiosity we take a tangent into the different types of psychopaths and how they think and function.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09638237.2019.1608934 - Literature relating to Mental illness in the justice system.https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=16&v=kXMnc2Xjj-o&feature=emb_logo - An interview with Dr James Fallons (a self diagnosed psychopath) in which Dr Simon Baron Coen (Sacha Baron Cohen's cousin weirdly enough) is sceptical of Fallon's self diagnoses as well as the results of his study.49 min
- Ep 2 - Accepting Your WeirdIn this episode we talk about accepting your weird, the strangeness in the world around us and being your authentic self. Jake starts us off with the funniest and most disgusting story in the podcast so far.54 min
- EP 1 - IsolationIn this our first foray into the world of podcasting, in which we discuss different types of isolation and tools you can use to break yourself out of bad habits.44 min
About On The Fringes
From the publisher's feed
In this podcast, we use the spectra of psychology and philosophy to explore the things that we may usually overlook in our lives.
We interview Mothers, Chefs, Yogis, Researchers and many Creators across the spectrum, to hear their stories about what is important and impactful in their lives.