Do you feel trapped by the choices you make? This episode discusses the trap of free will. Reward, consequence or stalemate...whatever it may be, making choices can create a confinement arch that we must learn to effectively deal with.

Though often perceived as the roots that foster strength, traditional roles and family values can also present a set of confinement arcs or a perceptual prison. This episode focuses on reframing the thought process to focus on healthy experiences.

What is your pretty little addiction? Online scrolling? Happy Hour? Retail therapy? Food? Wine? Happy Hour? Golf? Procrastination? Be it a person, place, practice or thing, sometimes the reward value comes with a risk factor if it begins to eat away at one's quality of life, personal freedom or level of empowerment. Sometimes event that we perceive as good, in excess, might involve a level confinement. Are you trapped in an addiction? How would you feel if you didn't have it?

In Buddhism, it is lust, the relentless drive to fulfill our never-ending cravings that produces dukkha (suffering). Like a vicious cycle, instead of making us happy, fulfilling our desires only drives us to fulfill other bigger, more complex desires when we realize that we were not completely satisfied. It is only when we can have the right views about the nature of reality that we can become free from this cycle of suffering.

Stuck in your own thoughts? It's easy to get caught in mental traps like memories, whether pleasant or unpleasant. This episode discusses tips on how to break free from the constraints of the mind and effect change in your life.

It has often been said that "Home is where the heart is." So what happens when we don't feel at home in a home? This episode discusses the various confinement arcs experienced in daily living, and how we might break free from any unhealthy aspects of the home environment.

Loss, Grief and pain are powerful forces to be reckoned with in this life. They can be a consuming, persistent energy that we are challenged to overcome if we ever want to experience happiness again. How we choose to adapt and respond can take us into that gleaming horizon, but first we master survival.

Stereotypes and prejudices are everywhere (even in today's so-called modern society), creating yet another confinement arc that challenges us to either stand up and speak out or remain silent and accept that things can or will never change. Being the referee in your life and flagging this type of social injustice is the least one can do.

One of the most obvious confinement arcs we experience is the past. How we choose to operate in the present, freed from the confines of the things that shaped our past is one of the keys to liberating the self from repeating history.

One of the most obvious confinement arcs we experience in this human life is having to live by a set of rules. Be they the internal rules we set to govern ourselves by or how we live life inside the set of societal rules we are born into, how we choose to reconcile ourselves with that and choose the lifestyle that supports a sense of freedom vs. confinement may be one of the most valuable things we do.