In this episode, I talk about anxiety, plus a neurodivergent perspective, share tips on dealing with it quickly, and how to work with it in the long term.

What are dark patterns, why do we have them, who creates them and how do we break them?

If love, friendship and relationships feel threatened by disagreement, this one’s for you.

In a world hungry for recognition, identity has become the new language of self-worth. From specific coffee orders to chosen pronouns, today I explore how the need to be seen, is driving personal expression today. This episode shares the human longing beneath the surface of modern identity conversations; not as an argument, but to offer compassion, clarity, and a wellness-based perspective on what it really means to say, “This is who I am.”

Today let’s explore something we all do without thinking: tossing out a quick sure or a thumbs-up emoji 👍 in our conversations. These are our go-to shortcuts when someone asks us to do something or when we’re just keeping the chat moving. At first, they might feel like they’re capturing a genuine thought...

In this episode, I explore a ScienceAlert article, “Meditation and Mindfulness Have a Dark Side We Often Overlook” (https://www.sciencealert.com/meditation-and-mindfulness-have-a-dark-side-we-often-overlook), which warns that meditation and mindfulness can spark anxiety, depression, or detachment. I share my take; how our fragile selves, shaped by dysfunctional childhoods and coping stories, get rattled by meditation’s truth-revealing power. Drawing from my own journey through depression and neurodivergence, I explore why these challenges aren’t a “dark side” but a path to authenticity, with a way forward to face them fearlessly.

Sometimes "a matter of principle" is just a polished excuse for stubbornness or ego. In this episode, I share how the notion of principles is misused, and how to tell the difference between standing up for truth and just refusing to grow. Three and a half minutes.

I think we don't really understand forgiveness. Or how to forget. And because we don't, everything else goes downhill from there - stacking up, layer after layer, into tall forgotten piles of the unforgiven and the unforgotten. Piles that, even though they're hidden from our everyday thoughts, still shape the way we move through life. They weigh us down, change the way we trust, the way we love, the way we hope. Quietly. Invisibly. Until one day, we find ourselves wondering why the world feels so heavy... without ever realising we're the ones still carrying the past.

This meditation helps manifest a future goal. Before starting please:

1. Note a significant goal, and spent a few minutes considering it, its outcomes and more in some detail.
2. Take a few deep breaths and focus on your breathing for a couple of minutes before starting the podcast track.
3. Repeat this meditation regularly, either by yourself or by listening to this podcast, preferably once a day.