The Reality Check Podcast

Tendrils of the past manifest in the present and will continue to impact you into the future unless you take action.

In this episode I discus the process of to identify and overcoming poverty mindset and other limiting beliefs.

Sharing the story of moving out of home at 16, surviving of charity and government handouts, to thriving both personally and financially, whilst being able to ask for and offer products and services at rates that back then I could never have imagined possible.

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Anger is a useful inner tool to keep us safe and living a life of purpose - only if it is embraced as an ally not a danger.

Unfortunately, for some, our childhoods cause us to fear our own anger - rather than using to utilise it appropriately, we instead repress it and turn it inwards, with catastrophic consequences.

In this episode I share how I have been afraid of my anger and how I am learning to reconnect and integrate it.

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Are we doomed to repeat our past? To inflict upon our children what was inflicted upon us? If we are a product of our genetics intersecting with our environment, how can we break the cycle once and for all?

In this episode I story of my past and why that has led me to give away all 17 of my books for free.

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No talking. No writing. No touching. Just 10+ hours a day meditating for 10 days straight…

In this episode I share my experiences on a 10 day silent retreat at Dhamma Aloka, under the instruction of S.N. Goenka where I learnt the technique of Vipassana meditation. Here I share the lessons learnt, the insights acquired, and give my analysis of the experience.

Simply put, it was one of the most profound (and painful) experiences of my life.

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What do you do when you are genetically predisposed to have negative reactions to antidepressants, have lost your job, have had little success with talking therapies, and have not yet processed the trauma of the past?

Answer: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

This episode is a collaboration with Dr Jenelle Tupek, director and founder of Balanced Membranes Heath Education, and the host of the Rewriting The Script podcast.

Jenelle interviews me, discussing my experiences with how TMS saved my life and my mental health journey in general - we talk about the nature of mental health treatments and the different options available.

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What is scarier: sitting in silence or the fact that you are afraid to sit in silence?

In this episode I discuss how technology has granted us the ability to endlessly occupy the space that was once filled with silence. The benefits of which are obvious: education, entertainment, content and connection - but at what cost? What do we lose by blocking off access to such a fundamental aspect of the human condition? What is the value of silence?

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It feels like every tradition has a prescription on how you should sit; where to hold your hands, what to do with your eyes, and how you should handle sleepiness and pain are all prescribed.

For advanced practitioners, these suggestions should be heeded, but for beginners, they can be a hindrance - one that can be so off prescriptive and off putting that it may cause said beginner to stop practicing.

Simply put, the perfect posture is the one that keeps you meditating.

In this episode, I share with you a talk that I have released on Insight Timer - the #1 meditation app for sleep, anxiety, & stress.

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- Hunt Your Own Shadow: free 12 week email course
- Insight Timer: guided audio courses & free meditations
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- How To Get Your Sh!t Together: the last self-help book you will ever read
- Bound To The Wings of a Butterfly: best selling poetry collection
- How To Write Evocative Poetry: a guidebook for unlocking creativity
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Part product of the past, part vision for the future, part desire to live a meaningful life, part belief that I can make a difference …

In this episode I break down the reasons why I feel compelled to share my soul online, discussing the journey I took to get here and where I am hoping to go.

If you are wanting an in depth look at ‘my why’, this is for you.

Links mentioned:
Under The Influence, Reclaiming My Childhood
How To Get Your Sh!t Together
Poetry, From A Dark Night Of The Soul

Connect:
Web: zachary-phillips.com
Social: @zacpphillips

Current offerings:
- Hunt Your Own Shadow: free 12 week email course
- Insight Timer: guided audio courses & free meditations
- Skillshare: video courses on personal development
- How To Get Your Sh!t Together: the last self-help book you will ever read
- Bound To The Wings of a Butterfly: best selling poetry collection
- How To Write Evocative Poetry: a guidebook for unlocking creativity
- 1 on 1 Coaching & Mentoring: Video Calls & Voice/Text Coaching

How much of our reality do we create? Not from a ‘woo woo’ sense, but as a function of the result of the interaction between our past and our particular genetic predispositions?

If we have faced significant life challenges, and have a fearful disposition, there is a chance that we will view the world and our future pessimistically.

Alternatively, if we have had success, and have a positive disposition, then more than likely we will approach the world with hope.

In this Reality Check Podcast episode I begin with my poem ‘Reflections Of The Self’, using it as a starting point for discussion and contemplation

Connect:
Web: zachary-phillips.com
Social: @zacpphillips

Current offerings:
- Hunt Your Own Shadow: free 12 week email course
- Insight Timer: guided audio courses & free meditations
- Skillshare: video courses on personal development
- How To Get Your Sh!t Together: the last self-help book you will ever read
- Bound To The Wings of a Butterfly: best selling poetry collection
- How To Write Evocative Poetry: a guidebook for unlocking creativity
- 1 on 1 Coaching & Mentoring: Video Calls & Voice/Text Coaching

Buy more. Do more. Be more. Consume more. Watch more… This seems to be the mantra of modern society and it is kill us.

We are losing our communities, forgetting our art, and wasting our lives, all in pursuit of an ever diminishing in value dollar and ever rising expectations to keep up with the proverbial Joneses.

In this episode I read the poem ‘capitalistic desire’ from my book Wage Slave: The Unpaid Overtime Edition, and discuss the hypocrisy I feel as an artist living within a capitalistic society.