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On The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastSeason 2 ReviewIn the final episode of series 2, Sam & Andrew review the topics that have impacted them the most - not just which topics they liked the best, but the ones that have actually impacted and affected their day to day lives. Tune in to round off the series and let us know which episodes have impacted you!Episodes are released on TuesdaysFollow and Subscribe to keep up to date!Find us on all the socials below and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.Facebook - https...2021-01-0550 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastMen's Mental HealthFor the penultimate episode of series 2, Andrew & Sam wanted to talk about men's mental health. It's something so many men have to battle and come to terms with and given how prevalent it has been during 2020, it is so worth putting on the table to explore and discuss. Look out for the final episode of this series in early 2021! Stay fresh and enjoy your Christmas Peakers!Episodes are released on TuesdaysFollow and Subscribe to keep up to date!Find us on all the socials below and if you have any questions, please don't...2020-12-1554 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastLimitationsYou can do anything, be anyone and change the world! Right? Actually, no. You probably can’t. We all have limitations that restrict who we are, what we are gifted at and shape our place in the world. Often we deny or fight these limitations, but what would happen if we learnt to embrace them and lived within our natural limitations? Would we actually find life more enjoyable if we learnt to live with out limits rather than trying to live beyond them?Episodes are released on TuesdaysFollow and Subscribe to ke...2020-12-0850 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastParentsWhether we like them or not, most of us are shaped significantly by our parents. Who they are, how they were with us and the childhood experiences they give us impact who we are today. In this episode Sam & Andrew delve into the influence of parents and how important a topic it is to explore, even if it is often deeply uncomfortable and challenging.Episodes are released on TuesdaysFollow and Subscribe to keep up to date!Find us on all the socials below and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to...2020-12-0148 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastSuccessWe all want to be successful, don’t we? But to succeed is often completely self-veneered and can be crippling and overwhelming. So are there different ways of thinking about success that you might not have thought about before?Episodes are released on TuesdaysFollow and Subscribe to keep up to date!Find us on all the socials below and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/onthepeakofmountstupid/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/peakofmountstupid/Email - onthepeakofmountstupid@gmail.co...2020-11-2449 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastReproductionTo have kids or not to have kids, that is the question. As society has changed over the years, the views on reproduction have altered drastically. In this episode, Sam & Andrew explore varying views on reproduction and the impact each has on us and future generations.Episodes are released on TuesdaysFollow and Subscribe to keep up to date!Find us on all the socials below and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/onthepeakofmountstupid/Instagram - https://www.instagram...2020-11-1746 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastSelf SabotageDid you know that the person most likely to hold you back from fulfilling your potential and dreams is you? We have a tendency to self-sabotage as a means of self-protection and because of fear - Sam and Andrew look at how we can be affected by self-sabotage and how they recognise it in their lives.Episodes are released on TuesdaysFollow and Subscribe to keep up to date!Find us on all the socials below and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.Facebook - https...2020-11-1049 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastFearFear. We've all experienced it and we certainly will again. Is it something to hide from or is it something to dig into and engage with? Sam and Andrew explore fear in this episode and try to understand what is going on both physically and emotionally, all whilst offering helpful tips to better handle the stress of Fear!Episodes are released on TuesdaysFollow and Subscribe to keep up to date!Find us on all the socials below and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.Facebook...2020-11-0357 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastDeathDeath. It's going to happen to us all, an unavoidable experience of life and yet something we just. don't. talk. about. As we start a new series looking at common human experiences, Sam and Andrew start by talking about death, focussing on how to deal with the death of those we love but also how we think and talk about our own mortality. Safe to say it's a light episode.Episodes are released on TuesdaysFollow and Subscribe to keep up to date!Find us on all the socials below and if...2020-10-2750 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastSeries Review - Lockdown Edition!Today is the final episode in the lockdown series! Sam & Andrew reflect on why a parent would call their child Science, what they've learnt through lockdown and that Sam doesn't break the law...much. Have a watch and let us know which of the topics covered you've particularly seen impact your lockdown experience.2020-06-2326 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastMind over matter - Lockdown Edition!There are some exceptional people out there who so unbelievable physical feats, harnessing their minds and bodies to push through pain, obstacles and suffering to achieve the impossible. What can we learn from them, especially during lockdown? How can we develop mental fitness to deal with the mental marathon of lockdown? Why has it been so tough? Sam & Andrew explore this in today’s episode - have a watch to find out more.2020-06-1624 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastMaslows hierarchy of needs - Lockdown EditionLife in lockdown has stripped away some normal aspects of day-to-day life. Through looking at Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Sam & Andrew explore how lockdown affects different levels of the hierarchy and how to respond. They also mention how they’d add a rectangle on top of the hierarchy - why not?2020-06-0923 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastIntersubjectivity - Lockdown editionLockdown - is it subjectively or objectively true? Well....neither - it's intersubjectively true. The word is a mouthful, the concept is fascinating it's something we all do - have a watch of Sam and Andrew's video of how intersubjectivity applies to lockdown.2020-06-0238 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastBoredom leads to Brilliance - Lockdown EditionLockdown can be pretty boring - right? But what if being bored could actually make you brilliant? In todays episode, Sam & Andrew explore how embracing boredom and allowing our brain to enter a 'default' mode actually helps us to develop, make sense of our experiences and fuels creativity - boredom really can lead to brilliance!2020-05-2622 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastPre-frontal Cortex - Lockdown EditionHas lockdown made you wonder why your brain has developed to think the way it does? Ever thought about why your opinions and outlook on life seemed to change much more when you were younger? In this episode, Sam & Andrew review the pre-frontal cortex topic from series 1 and apply it to lockdown life. Have a watch to see how you can use lockdown to change the way think and break free from patterns of thought that hold you back!2020-05-1920 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastDialectic Disagreement - Lockdown EditionWe disagree with people all. the. time. Add that to being in lockdown for weeks on end and it might just be worth exploring how to do disagreement in as healthy a way possible. In this episode, Sam & Andrew explore how to disagree dialectically, specifically in lockdown.2020-05-1221 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastTypes of Intelligence - Lockdown EditionGoldfish, Trees, Einstein and Lockdown - a classic combo. In this episode Sam & Andrew re-visit a podcast favourite topic - the 7 (or 9 but not 8) types of intelligence - and explore how it might affect and impact life in lockdown. To watch the video, go to our facebook page: www.facebook.com/onthepeakofmountstupidOur Lockdown series revisits topics from series 1 and applies them to lockdown life. The Lockdown episodes are shorter and don't explore topics to the same depth as in series 1, so we recommend you listen to series 1 alongside the...2020-05-0520 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastCognitive Dissonance - Lockdown EditionEpisode 2 of our lockdown edition has us looking back at cognitive dissonance. What is that you ask? Well, it's when we hold two or more things in our brain that heavily contradict each other but we allow them to sit there. They often cause stress but there are loads of ways we deal with it. Go and listen to the original episode if you want more info as this is a bite size look during this lockdown period.2020-04-2822 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastThe Dunning-Kruger effect - LOCKDOWN EDITION!Finding the lockdown tougher than you thought you would? well, we are going back over our first series of podcasts and applying the content to life in the Lockdown and hopefully help out in any way we can. If you haven't listened to the original podcast, it's not vital bit is recommended. Hopefully we can help you out! This is the audio from those videos. We recommend the videos but they are here if want them. 2020-04-2117 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastWhat on earth is Spiral Dynamic Theory?Sam and Andrew look into this interesting yet confusing topic. It essentially looks at how society has developed over the last 100,000 years and how we are learning from previous generations as a collection of people as well as individually. It's really hard to explain in a few short sentences so give it a listen and make sense of the madness. Episodes are released on Tuesdays.Follow and Subscribe to keep up to date!Find us on all the socials below and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.2020-04-0751 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastFear - What is it and how to engage with it.Sam and Andrew decided to kick start season 2 earlier than they were hoping because of the mess going on at the moment. This first episode is on the very relatable topic of fear. They barely mention Covid-19 so don't worry about that. They explore the causes of fear, how to engage with them and not to ignore fear but not to ket it rule your life.Have a listen and see if it helps. Episodes are released on Tuesdays. Follow and Subscribe to keep up to date!Find us on all the...2020-03-3155 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastSeason 1 Review - The last episode!We have reached our 10th episode in season 1. This episode talks about some of the things we have learnt from the previous 10 weeks of doing this podcast and gives us a chance to reflect on some of the things that have come up in our conversations. We are not stopping here though, season 2 will be out soon. We are taking a short break to reassess everything and keep moving forward. Reviews on the platform you listen on and feedback to us would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to all those who have been on this journey with us. 2020-03-1749 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastMind over matter - Pushing the boundaries.Episode 9 looks at some incredible people including Ross Edgley and Wim Hof. These amazing people push the boundaries of what is thought to be possible with our bodies. Not only that, Wim Hof has broken world records for being in Ice water for the longest amount of time and walking up Kilimanjaro in shorts and without shoes. He has developed a breathing technique that we can use to apparently help us heal quicker and many other benefits. This episode looks at our mind verses physical limitations and how we can push ourselves to another level, out of our comfort...2020-03-1048 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastMaslows hierarchy of needs!Maslows Hierarchy of needs is a well documented piece of literature but more recently has been extended from the 5 part model to an 8 part model. Sam and Andrew discuss this model in this episode and come to some interesting realisations. Episodes are released at 7am on Tuesday mornings.Follow and Subscribe to keep up to date!Find us on all the socials below and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/onthepeakofmountstupid/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/peakofmountstupid/...2020-03-0353 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastIntersubjectivity - Is that even real?Have you ever thought about that fact that there are things that exist only in the collective minds of humans and are not actually a tangible truth. What does this mean? Right, well, good question. The easiest way to understand this, would be to imagine that the world ends and humanity starts again. All the things like culture wouldn't exist in the same way. This isn't the only implication though, there are other areas that Sam and Andrew cover in this podcast. Check it out and tell us what you think. Episodes are released at 7am...2020-02-2540 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastBoredom Leads to Brilliance!In an age where we have access to an array of engaging stimulus at every given moment, what does it mean to be bored? You may have heard the phrase 'only boring people get bored' but in this case, it is not true. Actively being bored could be the key to working out some of life's great mysteries or creating things you may never have had 'time' for before. In this episode, Andrew and Sam talk about the benefits of being bored and taking time for yourself. Have a listen and tell us what you think.Episodes...2020-02-1839 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid Podcast"Now I'm 18, I'm an adult and I know everything that is best for me.." - Prefrontal CortexThere has to be an age in which we allow humans to be classed as adults. We all need to learn where we are placed in this world and we all need to learn from and be held accountable for our mistakes at some point. The chosen age in the UK and in may other places is 18, which is a great age, but research shows that our brain is not fully developed until we are in our mid twenties. This research shows that our decision making/ logical brain isn't at full working capacity up until this point and decisions...2020-02-1143 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastDialectic Disagreement - How to have constructive disagreementHave you ever been in a situation where you keep you political/ social ethical/ religious point of view under wraps to keep the harmony of the group alive? Have you ever found out someones beliefs on important topics and just decided there and then that you're not going to be friends with them? Have you ever tried to best to convince someone that your point of view is the 'correct' point of view? Well, believe it or not, all of these are very common and normal ways of dealing with conflict. Andrew and Sam spend this podcast exploring these...2020-02-0446 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid Podcast'Don't judge a goldfish on its ability to climb a tree' - Types of IntelligenceWe've probably all heard the saying 'everyones a genius, but if you judge a goldfish on its ability to climb a tree, that goldfish will spend their life believing that it's an idiot'. But what does that actually mean? Sam and Andrew spend 45 minutes talking about the 7 (arguably 9) different types of intelligences that humans acquire and there is plenty of stuff that both of them didn't know before this episode. They talk about the current education system in the UK and how it is only really set up for certain types of people. They also explore the implications of...2020-01-2850 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastCognitive DissonanceIn this episode, Sam and Andrew attempt to unpack the complicated topic that is Cognitive Dissonance. This is the phenomenon of holding two very contentious ideas in our minds without seeing the irony or hypocrisy. Cognitive dissonance affects all of us and there isn't much we can do about that, but if we can start to recognise it and acknowledge it, maybe we can start to change our attitudes and thinking.Episodes are released at 7am on Tuesday mornings.Follow and Subscribe to keep up to date!Find us on all the socials below and...2020-01-2141 minOn The Peak of Mount Stupid PodcastThe Dunning-Kruger effectIn Episode 1, Sam and Andrew briefly introduce themselves and why they are interested in critical thinking. They outline why they are adding to this very saturated podcast market and why the listener may also enjoy getting involved. They then go onto discuss a psychological principle called the Dunning-Kruger effect. Did you know that 50% of drivers think they are in the top 10% of drivers? The Dunning-Kruger principle explains why we think we know more than we do and how we can avoid being know-it-alls. It also helps to explain how Sam and Andrew are by no means experts...2020-01-1339 min