The Best Podcast

Hey everyone. This is a pretty intense podcast. It’s an intense moment in the world. For the many of us outside of Ukraine, it’s quite distant, yet we can sense the tension of it all. In this episode, I encourage us to make some space to imagine what it would be like to be in their shoes and to ask ourselves how we would react if we were dealt that hand. It’s not easy, but I do believe it’s a really valuable exercise. Perhaps you will, too. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reflection on a short video I recently came across by Jay Shetty. In the video, he details an interaction he had with a monk when he was training to become a monk himself that taught him a powerful lesson about meditation. I really resonated with the message and wanted to talk about it more here. I hope you find it to be valuable like I did. Thanks so much for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a review of the book I just finished (A Way of Being by Carl Rogers) and a reflection on the benefits of reading. Rogers’ psychology is an eye-opening one, so I wanted to take some time to share some key elements of it, as I think he provides some tools that are tremendously helpful for us in our interactions with others. I hope you find it to be useful, along with my comments about the benefits of reading. It’s truly a gift that keeps on giving. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is about a struggle I’ve been starting to notice over the last few months. I’ve identified a need for articulating my knowledge and mental models about various subjects, but I haven’t come around to doing them, despite how much value is clearly present in doing this. It’s a bit of a menacing task, which is why I wanted to take some time to talk through it here. Perhaps you’ll find value and inspiration in it. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

I just spent a few minutes on Instagram on my laptop. Every time I find myself back in that space, some interesting reflection tends to come of it. This one led me to a really meaningful reflection about vulnerability and connection. I hope you find it to be meaningful, too. I appreciate you listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s episode is my final reading of my learnings from quarter four, which you can find on my blog at mattbest.net/theplatform. I dig into a framework for political conversations, self confidence, my interesting relationship with criticism and love, and more topics. These are always a lot of fun for me to write and to think through. I hope you can sense that and find some value in them. It really means a lot that you take the time to listen and to engage. It is much appreciated. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is the second reading of my newest article, titled “Quarter Four - 2021” on my blog, which you can see at mattbest.net/theplatform. I cover many more lessons that I picked up over those 90 days, from the strength of emotional memories to the importance of hard conversations. I hope you can relate and perhaps find value in the things I discuss. I appreciate you listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reading of the first part of my most recent blog post, which you can find at mattbest.net/theplatform . From equations of happiness to meditating on death, there was a lot to cover here. I hope you enjoy it and find my learnings to be valuable in some way. Thank you for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a review of a new perspective of love which I came across within the last year. It’s from an author named Anthony De Mello. His view is one which seemingly clashes with some preexisting societal notions of love, but I really think it holds a lot of truth. Perhaps you will, too. Thanks so much for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a heavy one. The concept of death is often a hard one for all of us to effectively make sense of. It’s scary and frequently framed as a frightening thing to not discuss or ponder. I argue for an alternate view here, along with offering a personal experience I have had in which I have applied this alternative view. Perhaps you’ll be touched by it and resonate. I sure hope so. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.