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Today’s podcast digs into a recent bout of beating myself up over life taking me down a road that I feel I could have prevented if I truly thought before going down it. This is seemingly a universal experience, but how to manage them is something many of us seem to struggle with despite the experience’s universality. I have some ideas for how to manage these struggles, which I share today and hope you find useful. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

This year has been full of high highs and low lows for me in terms of my fitness. I went from being in the best shape of my life to an appendectomy with complications that sidelined me from exercise for months. At the end of the year now, I’ve gotten back to where I was, and perhaps even beyond my previous best. I’m so grateful for what taking care of myself physically has done for me, although my reasons for doing so differ a bit from what we commonly hear. I share a bit about that in today’s episode, which I hope you find to be insightful and useful. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast explores some recent feelings of nerves and anxiety. I introspect a bit about why I’m feeling this, what the meaning of it is, and how I am trying to use it as a positive force. The persistent nature of uncertainty in our lives is quite interesting to me, as it truly is ever-present. We are the only antidote to this uncertainty and what it causes inside of us. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

In today’s podcast I look back on the last five years or so of living my life off of social media. It has afforded me so many benefits, and yet there are still some “what if” questions I ask myself about missed opportunities from that decision. It’s a lot to think about, which is why I wanted to talk through it out loud here. I’m sure you’ve been in a situation or had thoughts about something in a similar manner before, so I hope you find it a valuable episode. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast details a recent learning I was able to encapsulate into an idea that I think is easy to understand. Interacting and communicating in a responsive versus dismissive manner can make a big difference, so I share what I mean by each term here, along with what it sounds like to be responsive versus dismissive. I hope you find this to be as valuable as it was for me. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a recording of me reading my latest piece on Substack, titled Tantalizing, which you can find at mbest.substack.com/p/tantalizing . I share the origins of the word from Greek mythology, some observations on human suffering, and a path through tantalizing experiences. I hope you find value in this and that it serves you well. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast spontaneously came to me thanks to a local open air market I passed through this morning. I heard two saxophonists playing the song “My Way” by Frank Sinatra, which was the song played at the funerals of my maternal grandfather and grandmother. It was a lovely reminder of how beautiful a song it is and the power of its message and frame, which brings me to the reflections I share here. I hope you enjoy it and find it as valuable as I did. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reading of my latest Substack post, titled Truth: According to Gandhi, which you can see at mbest.substack.com/p/truth . Gandhi presents an idea and way of being that really resonates with me, which he articulates quite well on the last page of his autobiography. I revisit this page today and share some of my thoughts on what I think it means for us. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a spontaneous one of something that I had been thinking about a bit today. We could all benefit from asking more questions and listening to others’ perspectives. There is so much knowledge and experience around us that goes to waste because we don’t give it the opportunity to circulate, which is why I wanted to discuss this topic here. I hope you find it useful and inspiring. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reading of my latest article from my Substack, which you can see here: https://mbest.substack.com/p/election-2024-reactions. It’s a dip into politics, which I normally don’t do here but felt compelled to because a number of people asked for my thoughts. I hope you find it to be useful or thought provoking in some way. Even if you disagree, I’m grateful for your time listening and reading. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.