Unusual Practice

Ever wondered why people once brushed their teeth with radium toothpaste, drilled holes into brains with ice-pick lobotomies, or bound feet until bones snapped... all in the name of progress?

Now fast-forward to today: TikTok is selling you Oatzempic smoothies, vibration plate workouts, and even the revolutionary “discovery” of… soup.

In this episode of Unusual Practice, Charli rips through the dumbest ideas in human history, from ancient medical disasters to the latest viral wellness hacks, exposing how hype, conformity, and desperation keep recycling the same absurd patterns.

Laugh, cringe, and maybe question your own “healthy habits” as we uncover:

• Why leech therapy lasted 2,000 years
• The terrifying popularity of lobotomies
• How corporations sold us radiation and lead as health miracles
• And why TikTok thinks oats and water can replace medicine

👉 If you love weird history, cultural critique, and dark comedy about how humans keep falling for the same nonsense, this episode will have you shouting: WTF were they thinking?!

"After 30 years in the corporate world, I’ve learned this: real power and leadership only come in three forms. You’re either driven by fear, by ambition, or by a calling.
Find out which one is leading you.
Look closely at who you’re truly leading - people, profit, or purpose.
And ask yourself why you’re playing this role at all. Because until you know that, you’re not leading - you’re performing." Charli

When Control Meets Chaos and Both Face Silence

Why do you feel trapped between who you pretend to be and who you actually are? Machiavelli, Nietzsche, and Lao Tzu walk into a room that doesn't exist - and they're about to explain the three ways you try to survive in a world that won't cooperate. This isn't about philosophy. It's about the internal waryou're having right now between control, rebellion, and surrender - and why getting stuck in just one is slowly suffocating you.

Ever wondered why you feel nothing when you should feel everything? This episode dives into the hidden world of emotional numbness, not as a flaw, but as a coded response your nervous system creates when life becomes too much.

We’ll explore what happens in the brain and body during numbness, how modern culture silently rewards emotional shutdown, and why “feeling nothing” is often a sign of having felt too much.

From trauma research to philosophy, from freeze responses to the blurred line between detachment and dissociation, this is a journey into the silence we rarely admit we live with.

Most importantly, you’ll hear unusual practices for working with numbness: micro-dosing feelings, using art or ritual to “borrow” emotions, and reframing numbness as a space of meaning instead of emptiness.

👉 If you’ve ever asked yourself “Why do I feel nothing?” - this episode is for you.

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If you've just divorced, broken up or widowed, and have no idea what the dating pool is about... this is so for you! Charli

Think dating after 45 is a dead end? Think again. In 2025, swiping isn’t just for twenty-somethings, and midlife romance comes with its own plot twists: AI matchmakers, profile “bio-baiting,” and the myth that everyone only wants someone younger.

In this episode of Unusual Practice, Charli rips into the funny, awkward, and surprisingly scientific truths of dating over 45. From neuroscience on why love feels different as we age, to the latest toxic dating trends, to why your red-flag radar is your superpower, this is not your usual pep talk—it’s part comedy, part cultural critique, part survival guide.

If you’ve ever wondered whether midlife love is more sass than stamina, or if “romance 2.0” is worth logging back in for, hit play.

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Ever wonder why we're still putting rings on it when everything about love, sex, and relationships has completely changed?

In 1940, only 10% of brides got diamond rings. By 1990? 80%. We got played by marketing so hard we forgot what marriage was actually for...and it's way weirder than you think.

This isn't your typical relationship advice podcast. We're diving deep into 4,300 years of human relationship drama, from Mesopotamian business deals to modern dating apps, uncovering the beautiful contradictions that make us human.

Perfect for: Anyone who's ever questioned why we do the things we do, culture nerds, psychology geeks, people planning weddings, people avoiding weddings, and humans who enjoy having their assumptions demolished with research.

Warning: May cause you to see your next wedding invitation very differently. Contains traces of anthropology, dark humor, and uncomfortable truths about why we fall for expensive traditions.

Ready to question everything you thought you knew about marriage? Hit play and prepare to have your mind beautifully twisted.

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What if the enemy isn’t the person, the ideology, or the group - but your own certainty? 

Certainty feels safe, but it’s dangerous. Wars, assassinations, and hatred all start the same way—by refusing to see the other as human. What happens when we finally do?”

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"Grief that isn't witnessed becomes trauma,"Charli.

What happens when devotion turnsinto performance? We journey across the world - from African spirit traditionsto Hindu fire rituals, Catholic processions, and beyond, to uncover thestrangest religious practices that blur the line between faith and spectacle.

Are these acts sacred devotion,cultural expression, or theatrical displays?

Discover how rituals shape belief,why interpretations shift across time and culture, and what this reveals about the propaganda shaping our view of religion especially today!

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When self-care isn't freedom; it's data extraction.

Your fitness tracker isn't making you healthier - it's making you profitable. In this episode, we expose how Silicon Valley turned self-care into the most seductive surveillance system ever created.

🚨SHOCKING REVELATIONS: • Why Google paid $2.1billion for your sleep data (spoiler: it wasn't for your health) • How insurance companies are using your step count to judge your life insurance premiums

• The psychological trap that makes you crave external validation for...walking

• Why tech CEOs pay $8,000 for teenage blood while avoiding actual exercise

💡DISCOVER: 

✓ The surveillance capitalism machine hidden inside your wellness routine

✓ How ancient spiritual practices became productivity hacks

✓ Why tracking your health might be making you more anxious, not healthier

✓ The growing "unquantified living" movement fighting back against data addiction

✓Simple ways to reclaim your body from the optimization industrial complex

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From birth, society writes code into us - family scripts, cultural labels, job titles, even the roles we never agreed to play. Most people mistake that programming for their identity.

This episode cuts into that illusion. We’ll explore how labels shape your self-image, how to spot the invisible code running your life, and most importantly- how to jailbreak from it.

Breaking out is one thing, staying out is another. This is about reclaiming authorship of your identity so you stop being a product of someone else’s script and start living as your own creation.

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Why Collapse is Turning People On

It's 2025, everything's on fire, and weirdly... people are kinda into it. Why do 31% of adults doomscroll daily? Why does disaster porn trigger dopamine hits? And why are we more turned on by imagining societal collapse than fixing actual problems?

This is our obsession with the end times. From the neurochemistry of doom addiction to the sexual psychology of survival fantasies, we unpack why collapse feels so damn good - and what it reveals about our deepest desires for authenticity, transformation, and meaning.

You'll discover:

• ​Why your brain gets high off bad news (and how media exploits it)
• ​The erotic undertones of apocalypse fantasies
• ​How collapse porn became the ultimate control fantasy
• ​The difference between healthy transformation fantasies and nihilistic escape
• ​Why we're not really turned on by endings - we're desperate for new beginnings

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