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What if your precious soul was just superstition? 

What if your thoughts, feelings, and identity weren’t the whispers of a divine spirit, but the murmurs of your gut, your glands, your genes? 

In this episode of Will to Joy, we dissect Nietzsche’s radical physio-psychology—his claim that you are your body and nothing more, period. Join me for a guided meditation exercise as we vivisect the soul, dissolve the illusion of mind-body dualism, and expose the raw, physiological mechanics behind your so-called “free will.” No gods, no ghosts—just flesh, force, and instinct. 

If you think you’re in control, think again. Nietzsche’s scalpel is sharp, and by the end of this episode, you may find there’s nothing left of “you” at all.

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You have been taught to despise your body—to believe that your true worth lies in some hidden soul, while your flesh is merely a burden or a prison. 

But what if that is one of the greatest misunderstandings of the human condition ever? What if you are not a spirit trapped in meat, but the body itself—living, powerful, beautiful, and brimming with deep intelligence? 

In this episode, we tear away the numbing illusions that have kept you weak, confused, and divided against yourself. You’ll discover why your body is not something secondary or shameful—but the very foundation of your identity, your vitality, and your potential. You’ll learn how Nietzsche’s radical vision can help you reclaim the body as your greatest strength, and begin the journey toward a more unified, powerful, and fearless self. 

Welcome back—to yourself. 

Episode music choice: Singularity by John Hopkins

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In this bonus episode, I share with you a proven, evidence-based technique for embedding positive behaviours in your life: the establishing of habits.In this bonus mini-episode of Becoming Übermensch, we explore the art of forming positive habits through the lens of Nietzschean self-overcoming and modern behavioural science. Nietzsche wrote that “the body is a great wisdom”—so how do we train it well? You’ll learn a simple but powerful routine to help you hardwire exercise into your daily life, reduce friction, and build momentum towards becoming who you are. The mind loves to wander—but the body loves routine. Train it right, and it’ll take care of business while your mind stays in bed.

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Something different this week. Join me as I re-attempt a 100 mile hike along the South Down's Way in Southern England in just three days, wild camping along the way. Naturally, there will be talk of Nietzsche and a little about your devoted host's personal background and the events that brought about this Becoming Übermensch project. 

Put on your walking boots and shoulder your pack. As the Romans used to say: "it is solved by walking."

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In this episode of Becoming Übermensch, we plunge deeper into Nietzsche’s concept of will to power as the underlying principle of life, reinterpreting Maslow’s hierarchy of needs through this radical lens. We explore how all living organisms—plants, animals, and humans—express a form of power not through conscious intention, but through their very being itself. Human consciousness, Nietzsche argues, is simply the latest elaboration of a deeper, inexorable, evolved, physiological will.

This episode introduces a brand new Nietzschean model of human motivation:

1.Maintain Power – preserve the power you already have.

2.Accumulate Power – expand your capabilities, enhance your status, and amass resources.

3.Express Power – invest your power, revel in it, and discharge excess through creation, confrontation, and transformation.

From animal instincts to the most refined expressions of human culture; from dance, to drugs, to brute dominance, to philosophy itself, this show unpacks will to power as the hidden engine of everything we do. Provocative, and unsparing—we go beyond Maslow to uncover the real fundamental drivers of life.

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What is power? Is it dominance over others, or something deeper—an intrinsic force woven into the very fabric of life itself? Nietzsche famously declared that “life as such is will to power.” But what does that really mean?

In this episode, we explore power beyond human ambition, tracing its organic expressions in nature, biology, and physiology. From the survival struggles of animals to the hedonic escalation that drives human motivation, power is not just about control—it’s about growth, transformation, and the relentless push of life itself.

This week, we dissect:

🔥 How power manifests beyond human psychology—in the very mechanics of life.

🔍 The instinctive drives behind survival, reproduction, and expansion.

🐅 Why competition, consumption, and even symbiosis are all expressions of power in a ruthless power economy.

⚡ What power actually is: Powerful to whom? Powerful, why?

We will also reveal one of Nietzsche’s most surprising claims that will unveil something crucial to understanding the nature of the driving force of life: the world as will to power and nothing else.

Join us as we break down the fundamental dynamic of existence itself!

Music: Rausch 5 by Gas

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“What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power itself. What is happiness? The feeling that power increases—that resistance is overcome.”

Nietzsche’s Will to Power is perhaps his most compelling yet widely misunderstood idea. It’s not simply about dominating others; rather, it’s about our fundamental craving for overcoming challenges and experiencing growth. Power is complicated—we’re both drawn to it and suspicious of it. It excites and unsettles us, often at the same time.

Most online interpretations oversimplify will to power, portraying it only through extremes: ruthless conquerors, greedy capitalists, villains driven by domination. But these are mere fragments of the story. Nietzsche saw will to power not just as a psychological drive but as a foundational principle of life itself, underlying everything from human ambition to the evolutionary drive for survival. Understanding will to power, therefore, isn’t just philosophical curiosity—it’s a crucial step toward taking control of our own lives.

In today’s episode, we’ll start the great unraveling of this profound idea. We’ll take apart its psychological dynamics, unveil its subtle yet irrepressible influence on our goals and motivations, and reveal why our endless pursuit of success often feels like a Sisyphus pushing an ever-growing boulder up and ever steepening hill. 

Ready for the climb? Then put your shoulder to the boulder!

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Music credit - story section: Very popular eastern woodwind instrument called Kaval played by great Serbian musician - Boris Todorovic (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=589884654).

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Why do we always yearn for more? Why does happiness seem forever out of reach? In this episode of Becoming Übermensch, we dive into the inescapable cycle of desire, fulfilment, and renewed longing—tracing its roots from the  bleak resignation of the Buddha's and Schopenhauer to Nietzsche’s radical revaluation of suffering. 

Through the lens of Darwinian evolution, we uncover the hidden function of dissatisfaction: a relentless drive sculpted by natural selection, pushing us ever forward. Is our discontent a flaw, or is it the very engine of human greatness? Is it a curse, or it is the essential pre-condition for any kind of happiness whatsoever? 

Join us as we unravel the evolutionary logic behind our perpetual striving—and why rejecting desire may be the ultimate rejection of life itself.

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What do we really want when we say we want happiness? In this episode of Becoming Übermensch, we continue our deep dive into Nietzsche’s conception of happiness—not as a passive state of pleasure, but as something dynamic, something earned through overcoming and self-overcoming.

We examine again the hidden structure beneath our desires discovering which expose them as mere proxies for deeper, more fundamental impulses. We explore Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs and uncover its limitations—challenging the idea that fulfilment is a linear ascent to transcendence. Nietzsche had his own vision of what lies at the root of all desire, and in this episode, we begin dissecting it.

We’ll also examine how resistance and struggle determines value, why success so often feels anticlimactic, and the inescapable cycle of wanting, striving, achieving, and adapting. Is true fulfilment possible, or are we doomed to perpetual longing?

Join us as we strip back the layers of human motivation, redefine what happiness really means, and prepare to go even deeper into the anatomy of desire in the episodes to come.

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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs

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