The Deeper Thinking Podcast

What if silence doesn’t bring peace, but exposure? What if the moment the world quiets is when the true noise begins—the echo of thought, the return of memory, the body’s forgotten ache?

This episode explores a deeper paradox: that the promise of stillness often collides with the chaos it reveals. Influenced by the writings of Simone Weil, Merleau-Ponty, and Peter Levine, we enter a philosophical and psychological soundscape where silence is not a void, but a mirror—a place where everything held back begins to rise.

From emotional backlog to somatic memory, the Listener is guided through the textures of inner noise that emerge when distraction falls away. This isn’t about mindfulness as mastery. It’s about contact. What happens when you stop running, and finally hear what’s been with you all along?

Silence, in this telling, is not a retreat. It’s a return—fraught, luminous, and alive with tension. For those who’ve felt unsettled in the quiet, this episode offers not escape, but recognition.

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Gravity and Grace by Simone Weil — A meditation on suffering, attention, and the sacred tension of stillness.

Phenomenology of Perception by Maurice Merleau-Ponty — On the body as the first site of meaning and memory.

Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine — A guide to understanding trauma and the body’s somatic intelligence.

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