Today’s podcast is a recording of my latest Substack post, where I compiled my key learnings from the final quarter of 2025: www.mbest.substack.com/p/quarter-four-2025 . There’s a lot here, so I’m sure some of the points will be insightful or at least get you thinking. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a wandering one. It starts out a little gory, with details of an unpleasant recent experience of mine, but it ties into quite a beautiful thing on the other side. I hope you enjoy the reflection and that it brings you come value. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

As I ran yesterday, my watch missed a mile and a half due to a technical glitch. In the moment, I was immediately a little upset because it didn’t record that stretch of the run and I might not be able to fix it on the back end. Shortly after that initial thought, I realized something much more important, which I take some time to share here. I hope it brings you some inspiration and quality reflection. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

My brother returns to the podcast today for our second recorded conversation. To commemorate his 30th birthday, we reflect on the 30 years he has spent on this earth, talking through his personal highlights. Knowing Tim, we had to mix in a lot of conversation about sports as well. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast starts with a reflection on a small change I have recently made in my life. Despite how small it seems, I have felt its effects more broadly in my life in an outsized way compared to how small of a change it appears to be. I reflect on this process, along with its many impacts of which we benefit a great deal from remaining aware. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reflection on some challenges I’ve been working through over the past week. There are a couple of key pieces that have helped me deal with them in a productive way. They may seem obvious, but I know that the obvious is often hard to put into practice, so I wanted to take some time to talk them through as an incentive for you to put it into practice, too. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is meant to pull us out of the craziness that the world can throw at us, with the intention of turning us back in toward what is within our reach. When it feels like so much is going on, it is most important to not forget the essentials of our individual existences. To leap out into the world, we need a solid foundation, and in this episode I share a bit about what comprises that foundation and how I approach it. I hope it brings you some insight and inspiration. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Something I haven’t done in a while here is tell a story. I had quite an eventful experience a couple of weeks back that I think is worth sharing here, so I wanted to take some time to talk it through. It’s a story I’m sure I’ll carry with me for years to come. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast was inspired by a conversation I had with my wife within the last hour. She shared the pressure and agony that she endures in her work, to which I responded with an alternative approach to it all. It applies not just to creative work in my view, but to anything we do in this life. I hope you find some value in it and can play with the idea yourself. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

What are your values? What do you believe and why? What are your principles for living a good life and approaching the various things you do? What is the life you are striving to build? These are some questions that guide high quality reflection that I think all of us should take time to ponder and write down. I share why in this episode, along with how I will be approaching this in 2026. Perhaps you’ll join me. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.