The Bearded Gents Podcast

Where do those thoughts that make us doubt ourselves, take us to places we know we don't want to be... Where do they come from? Why do they come back to us? What can we do about them? Sometimes knowing that they are supposed to be a part of you is not enough, especially when understanding them makes moving on from the that much easier.

When decisions become challenging, why do they become challenging and what can we do about them within ourselves to change that? With goats!!!

What is it called when we feel like there is never enough time in the day to get to what we want to get done? The simple equations are either making more money so we can afford to work less, or re-prioritising what we use our time on so we can make the adjustments within ourselves. Neither are simple, but both make differences in our outlook.

Is pain essential to growth? Or can it be considered a temporary element of accepting and assimilating old experiences that once caused pain? Maybe the continual pain of healing isn't because its necessary, but because of the resistance we have to letting go of old pains we are so used to they feel like who we are.

When looking at strategies to create discipline, using emotional investment is a keystone to that. But what happens when we don't trust emotions in general? Do they end up being an excuse to sabotage ourselves, even if we are acting on a more positive emotional value? Or is this is a sign that acknowledging the thoughts around the value of all emotion needs to be addressed first?

When we struggle to move forward in our lives, is it because of missing motivation? Or a lack of purpose? Without either, we tend to stay stuck. Worse, we may have energy to move but no direction but down to go.

When we think that things are just the way we think, we act in accordance with that. But what happens when they doesn't work out? Well, we've just assumed. And that is the danger of assumptions: that things are one way, so we invest heavily into things that we simply don't know for sure, only to find that what we think and whats a little more real just aren't the same.

When you are in a relationship, you grow. When you leave one, you grow. Does that growth change what we look for and what we prioritise when we consider starting another?

The value of new years resolutions can be debatable, depending on how and why we make them. Do they work, and if so or not, why sis it have the outcome it did? Are they made because actually want change? Or are they made to make ourselves feel better for not changing things before now?

If we feel guilty about wanting to do things that may aim us towards happiness, where does that guilt come from? From putting ourselves first, and that feeling wrong? Or because we are convinced that our happiness may come at the cost of someone else's? Often, convenience is chosen to avoid the guild and placate the happiness.