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In Our NatureComing Together to Go Forth: Molly Brown on Activism & the Work That ReconnectsToday I'm joined by the wise, generous, and captivating Molly Brown: author, facilitator, and long-time practioner of The Work That Reconnects (among many other roles and passions)This one is for those among us feeling the weight of these times. For those who may be tired (so tired) but still yearning to serve this beautiful earth. It’s for those who need a different way to think about their role in our planetary moment of extraordinary uncertainty.It’s for the earthlings who care...
2025-11-041h 03In Our NatureThis Ancient Language of Nature Has Much to Say About Our Time of UnravellingWho fancies a short side-quest away from the connection between our mental health and planetary heath today? Although we won’t be going far, because it’s all connected of course To help answer a suprisingly amount of questions I’ve received following an astrologically-themed presentation for the Work That Reconnects Network earlier this year, today we’ll be talking about the connection between astrology, deep ecology, and the Work That Reconnects and how they might help us in these times of extraordinary unravelling. All three are languages of relationshi...
2025-09-1126 minIn Our NatureWhen the Western Model of Mental Health Is the Problem (& What Animism & Myth Have to Say About Anxiety)The prevailing Western approach to mental health often treats anxiety, grief, sadness, despair and other challenges as individual problems to be fixed (by you!) and ignores the larger systems we exist within.But how's that going? Take a look around.What if our inner unravelling is a healthy, natural, appropriate response to a world that’s dangerously out of balance, and what does an animist worldview say about health and wellbeing?Join me for:Questioning the materialist, individualist, and linear mindset that shapes our current models of mental health… t this...
2025-08-2833 minIn Our NatureShedding the Stories That No Longer Make Sense (Even When It's Hard & Lonely)In a horrifying-but-necessary act of intimacy, I am inviting you to join me on a journey of shedding in today’s episodeNature shows us that death is food. Decay is enrichment for what’s next. What is dying in you? What needs to be shed, to make space for life?Join me for:An update on my own journey since the last major one 18 months ago, and how it helps people waking up to the entangled systemic breakdown of systems and structures we see n...
2025-08-0935 minIn Our NatureAn Update For These Extraordinarily Precarious TimesOffered as a companion episode to the just-released "Shedding the Stories That No Longer Make Sense (Even When It's Hard & Lonely)" for those who may be newer listeners to the show and wanted to hear an earlier part of my long journeywell..."long" to our accelerated capitalist society that doesn't respect or care for depth, rooting, steeping or descending, obvs, but just fraction of a moment in the cycles of natureAt the point of this original recording in early 2024 I was emerging from a dark but necessary period of my own collapse and...
2025-08-0951 minIn Our NatureHow to Explain Your Terrible Sense of Fear & Dread to Someone Who Really Doesn’t Seem to CareMy normal pod workflow is still interrupted by the demands of …well…being an earthling in these times trying to serve people outside of the normative economic rules while also staying rested and fed? As such, in today’s episode I’m drawing from one of the resources I use in my classes, and you can read a version on my website tooThis one is for the people waking up to the severity of our entangled systemic breakdown, who feel profound fear and dread for the world, but struggles to connect with others who don't see...
2025-07-2516 minIn Our NatureWhere I Explain Our Worsening Mental Health to My Friends’ DogToday is a bit different. My original pod is delayed so I'm reading part of a resource I use in one of my classes, there's also an adapted version on my website.Join me as, during a walk with Bella the dog, we look at:The profound links between our mental well-being our planetary well-being, and our economyHow and why the implications of these connections are somewhat obscuredWhat happens when our frenetic, consumer mindset infiltrates everything (and how it affects our dogs!) The "beast" (non-dog, non-human) that operates completely i...
2025-07-0220 minIn Our NatureFeeling Stuck? It’s Because One of Your Most Crucial Human Skills Is Going ExtinctAnother title for this pod could be: "My clients are complaining that I don't fix them fast enough"Today we're poking around how our click-and-collect, same day delivery, frenetic consumer mindset has infiltrated everything, including how we do therapy, coaching, rest, and healing....and how this is all causing the the quiet but catastrophic extinction of one of our key human capacities....patience.Join me to explore:Why your impatience is getting worse (me too) How colonial-capitalist systems rewired us to hate slowness, uncertainty, and processWhat we lose when we l...
2025-06-1240 minIn Our NatureThe Transformative, Luminous Power of Honouring Our Pain: with Kathleen Rude & The Work That ReconnectsToday I'm joined by the wise, kind and amazing Kathleen Rude — a long-time facilitator of The Work That Reconnects among many other roles and passions — to talk about the incredible alchemical magic of honouring our pain. Yes: pain. Feeling the painful feels. Beholding them. Honouring them. Come join us:Kathleen guides us through an exploration of what the Work That Reconnects actually is, and why frameworks like this really matter more than everWhy our grief, rage, anxiety and despair are not flaws to fix or manage...
2025-05-201h 05In Our NatureAre You Feeling Your Feelings … or THINKING Your Feelings? (And Why Your Answer Really Matters)Most of the people I work with think they know how to feel their feelings. They are feeling their feelings all the time, they tell me. But many of them are wrong. Are you wrong? I was totally wrong. Because many of us are not feeling our feelings. We are THINKING our feelings.And the distinction really, really matters, now more than ever, as our planet faces challenges of an unprecedented entangled scale. Join me to explore: How our modern culture (including therapy, coaching, and spirituality) teac...
2025-05-0237 minIn Our NatureWhy You Might Be Feeling a Bit Crazy: The Maddening Paradoxes of our TimeIf you feel like you’re quietly losing your mind while the world carries on like everything’s normal, then I have good news: You are not only quite sane indeed but pretty amazing. Let’s be friends. In this episode, I roll out the picnic blanket of shared madness and invite you to sit on it with me while we explore the paradoxes and absurdities that make the nice people feel like they’re the crazy ones.We touch on:What I mean by "mad" and "crazy" The way paradoxes and contradictions dog our lives...
2025-04-1239 minIn Our NatureThat Mean Voice In Your Head Is Not You. It's Just a GoblinYou know that inner voice that tells you you’re lazy, unlovable, unproductive, failing in life, worthless and ugly? Many of us listen to that inner voice, taking it very personally and thinking there's a lot of truth behind the yelling. But this episode reveals that the voice is actually just a goblin..a particularly shouty little creature who thrives in individualist cultures obsessed with growth, productivity, accomplishment and personal responsibility.Join me to...meet the goblin and understand how they were born understand the goblin's ideological lineagelearn why lovely, principled, wonderful peopl...
2025-03-2631 minIn Our NatureWhat Happens When Our Spiritual Grounding & Our Meaning-Making Frameworks for Life Stop...Helping?Nice to see you, but this is a non-episode so don’t get too comfy. I'm calling on your input around a theme that’s come up in our recent episodes: what happens when your usual ways of grounding yourself, like your spiritual, philosophical, religious, or therapeutic frameworks and orientations, suddenly feel completely insufficient, particularly in the context of collapse, breakdown and unravelling of systems, structures and species?I’m inviting you to:Share your thoughts, experiences, or questions on this theme for a possible third episode in this seriesAnd / or join a sm...
2025-03-0817 minIn Our NatureThe Profound Gifts That Only Collapse & Breaking Down Can RevealJoin me for part two of our conversation on collapse, unravelling and breakdown. It’s way better than it sounds, promise. This one has gifts and treasures! But, it also has some hard stuff, so listen only if you feel up to it. Included in the episode...A reminder that collapse and breakdown aren't failures, but actually a fundamental part of nature’s cycles — whether we’re talking about ecological, social, financial collapse, or your own inner mental breakdown (been there)The massive blind spots in self-help, coaching, and therapy when it comes to...
2025-02-2837 minIn Our NatureIt's In Our Nature to Unravel & Collapse (& Why Seeing This Can Actually Help Anxiety)Today we’re talking about the most fundamental of cosmic laws. One that governs everything from stars, to soil, to the thoughts in your mind. A cosmic law that we humans have spent centuries pretending doesn’t exist. A cosmic law that, when honoured and accepted, can strengthen our mental wellbeing as well as the wellbeing of our planet, our communities, our democracies and our relationships. It's the cosmic law of...life and death. Join me as we explore:The fundamental natural cycle of rise and fall, expansion and contract...
2025-02-1335 minIn Our NatureWhy We Need The Anxious, Overwhelmed, Sensitive Overthinkers. Right Now. Exactly As You Are. Please ComeIf you relate to being anxious, sensitive, easily overwhelmed or always overthinking every darn thing....this is my call to you.Today we're exploring how these profoundly pathologised traits are, actually, exactly what the world needs right now. Join me as we tinker with: How overthinking and anxiety are misunderstood, undervalued, and categorised as “problems” to be fixed (including by me in past times, which is totally cringe)The connection between anxiety, sensitivity, overwhelm and overthinking with being caring, thoughtful, kind and not an asshOle (and why this is relevant)Why an...
2025-01-2443 minIn Our NatureThese Little Thoughts Are Keeping Us Away From Peace & Clarity (And They Aren’t Even Ours)Today we’re exploring the thought patterns that keep us stuck in cycles of overwhelm, guilt, and inaction, and that block change, prevent peace and clarity, and deny us the spaciousness we desperately need in our lives. But these thoughts aren’t yours — they are influenced by broader societal stories and cultural conditioning and we’re going upstream to catch them in the act. So to speak. This episode is a follow-up to What Happens When the Space We Need for Our Mental Wellbeing Is Being Sold off to the Highest Bidder? If you h...
2025-01-0842 minIn Our NatureIs It in Our Nature To Be Restless, Unsettled and Anxious?This episode is a re-release from season one that traces a familiar experience: feeling anxious and restless even when there’s ‘nothing to worry about’. Like when one is hiking in the beautiful mountains with a month off work (me).Originally aired when the podcast was called Inner Peace and Other Cool Shit, this episode is an important reminder of the upstream influences on our feelings and experiences. I’m exploring responses to this in upcoming episodes, so this is for the benefit of new listeners (hi, friends) and anyone else needing a refresher. If you...
2024-12-261h 02In Our NatureWhy You Never, Ever Feel Good Enough (Even Though You Are Somewhat Amazing)We’re poking our sticky fingers into the feelings of worthlessness and inadequacy that so many of us carry. Why do we think we’re not enough? Where do these thoughts come from? Why are they so persistent and stick around, no matter how 'good' we get? And, why did I write I was a worthless piece of sh!t in my journal for many a year?!Join me as we examine the tangled web of personal thought, cultural narratives, and societal systems that feed these feelings of utter worthlessness––and let’s see what it takes t...
2024-12-1341 minIn Our NatureWhat Happens When the Space We Need for Our Mental Wellbeing Is Being Sold off to the Highest Bidder?If you feel like your mind, car, house, desk, local supermarket and —everywhere, actually, come to think of it— is chaotic, cluttered, full and busy… …you aren’t imagining it. This one’s for you. Today we’re talking about the crucial need for space in our lives —both internally and externally — and how this is rapidly being sold off, occupied and taken over. Join me as we explore:How the erasure of space—mentally, physically, and environmentally— makes us feel like crapWhat the psycho-spiritual gu...
2024-11-2239 minIn Our NatureWhat a Weird Coincidence That Both Our Mental Health and the Earth’s Systems Are More Fragile Than Ever (It’s Like We Are Intimately Connected or Something)You know how we humans can fall apart or lose our sh*t when under too much pressure, stress, or neglect? Ever noticed that that’s what’s happening to our planet, too? The effects of biodiversity loss and climate breakdown are being felt in many places and we humans are breaking down, collapsing, and having meltdowns too. Coincidence? Of course not.Today we’re looking at the striking parallels between our personal mental health and the planet’s wellbeing. Join me to explore: The natural conn...
2024-10-3139 minIn Our NatureYou Have a Radically Powerful (But Highly Misunderstood) Gift That Can Transform Your Experience of a World in ChaosOk, you want to know what your radically powerful (but highly misunderstood) gift that can transform your experience of a world in chaos is without listening to the whole epiosde? It's GRATITUDE. ...And if that feels like a disappointing, damp, dribbly answer....then this episode is especially for you. Today we’re revealing gratitude as the profound, fierce, and life-affirming force that connects us to the world around us and NOT the superficial, commodified version many of us in the West grew up with.True gratitude is an enlivening power that counters the emot...
2024-10-1240 minIn Our NatureThis Myth About Human Nature Is Making Us Feel Anxious & Worthless (Oh, And Completely Wrecking Our Planet)Today we are poking at the slimy, damaging myth of Homo Economicus—the cold, self-interested, rational creature that modern economics says we all are. This story has shaped our minds, relationships, structures, behaviours and planets (well, at least one so far: Earth, the best one) and has led to utter catastrophe, inside and out.If: you’re tired of being told that selfishness is ’just human nature’ andyou suspect it’s not your fault that you feel anxious, worthless, sh*tty and tired, and(crucially) you enjoy your podcast episodes with a faint backdrop of Aotearoa...
2024-09-2232 minIn Our NatureWhy Are We Pretending Normal Life Is Fine When It’s Actually Very Unnatural and Weird?This episode discusses lying in the foetal position in a dark room and the desire to drink gin during the day while hiding under a duvet. Can you relate? ‘Normal’ life has become rather peculiar, what with all of the ecosystem-destroying and mental-health-shredding shenanigans that seem to prop up the economy. Join me as we explore:The stark contrast between "normal" and "natural"The many ways modern life has veered away from natural rhythms and balanceThe implications of our unnatural norms and how they shape our mental health and the planetWhat happens when we are ou...
2024-09-1132 minIn Our NatureImagination, Stories & Systems: The Forces Shaping These Times with Sarah Patterson of Common EarthLooking for fascinating insights into the intersection of human behaviour and our planetary predicament? Curious about the connection between our stories and our systems? This one’s for you.My guest is Sarah Patterson: President of Common Earth, delightful human, and a catalyst for my own ecological awakening.Join us as we talk about:- The dual power of our incredible human gift of imagination—its ability to create and innovate, but also its potential to trap us in false or harmful narratives.- The importance of s...
2024-09-011h 11In Our Nature"All Of This" (gestures around wildly) "Is Not in Our Nature"Welcome to the first episode of In Our Nature, where we explore the invisible forces, currents and stories shaping our inner and outer worlds.In the episode today: - An intro to the pod, the questions we will ask and how it (and me) wants to serve you- Reflection on the shift from the Inner Peace & Other Cool Shit podcast and the natural evolution of the podcast’s themes.- Asking why are we so busy, anxious, and overwhelmed in a world full of time-saving technology?- The importance of context in sha...
2024-08-2624 minIn Our NatureIntroducing: In Our NatureAbsolutely everything is interconnected in astonishing dynamic ways that we are only beginning to understand. The In Our Nature explores these connections, along with the unseen but profoundly influential currents, systems, cycles, patterns, stories, and constructs that shape both our inner lives and the world around us.Join me as we look beyond our personal experience and our individual thoughts and feelings, to the place where environmental, societal, historical, ecological and mythological contexts meet and mingle with our mental health and planetary moment.The In Our Nature pod wants to shed light on the hidden c...
2024-08-2301 min
In Our NatureThat Calm Mind You Yearn For? The Books, Courses, Coaching & Podcasts Might Not Be Helping (Including This One)Today's episode is asking you to check in with yourself to see if the podcasts, courses, books and so on are helping with your enjoyment of life and your journey of less anxiety and more peace.And if not? I’m offering you a sneaky exit. Join me to explore:Why you might want to leave behind the “helpful consumption” of solutions to anxiety and other feelings How real insights and epiphanies often come from lived experiences rather than theoretical understandingSigns you might be ready to just take what you have and get out...
2024-07-1828 min
In Our Nature“We Have an Inner Compass to Guide Us Through an Uncertain Future” With Rebecca GardnerToday I am joined by Certified Change Coach, meditation teacher, loving mother and delightful human Rebecca Gardner.Becca guides people in transforming their relationship with their minds and came to the work she now does through her own journey of anxiety, overthinking and worry which many listeners may resonate with.Join us to explore:The role of thought in creating our fear of the future How an understanding of our minds might help when it comes to navigating longer term, enormous issues such as economic and climate breakdownThe inner compass a...
2024-06-301h 12
In Our NatureHow Innocent Little Words Contribute to Big, Prickly Thought-StoriesToday we're poking at the power of teeny, innocent-seeming words in creating enormous, perilous towers of thought stories. Join me to meander through:My research project on inner peace and how it led to a little tangent on the power of wordsHow seeing the creation of Big Collective Thought releases you from taking your personal, individual thought too seriouslyExploring how casual historical labels can shape our modern thinkingNoticing how the recency bias in historical narratives has implications on societal values and norms in the present day (including around productivity, anxiety and progress)L...
2024-06-1436 min
In Our NatureWe’ve Made up What Mental Illness Is (And Who Decides What’s Normal Anyway?)In today's episode we are exploring how our concepts of mental health and illness are not fixed truths but socially constructed ideas. What’s normal and what’s not is made up via thought and is always changing. Those with a diagnosis that doesn’t feel quite right might especially like this episode, along with those who always feel a bit out of place or like they don’t fit in with ‘normal people’ (like me)Join me to meander through:My bent-double moment of laughing in the bathroom that inspired the...
2024-05-2145 min
In Our NatureExpanding the Conversation to Meet These Extraordinarily Precarious TimesYou know how we say that peace and wellbeing are our true nature? Well, have you ever wondered why we are living in times of perilous uncertainty, unprecedented inequality, lack of trust, and political, social and ecological breakdown, not to mention sustained war and conflict?Me too. This episode explains some upcoming modifications to the podcast and in the way I work, and I'll be sharing the education, lessons and insights that impelled the changes, mostly inspired by the above question. Join me to explore:- The quest which began...
2024-05-0348 min
In Our NatureThat Always-Tired Feeling: Thought Problem, Body Problem, or Something Else?Tired? Yep. Seems many of us are struggling with tiredness as the speed of society gathers pace each year. This episode is about 34 minutes. Take a nap and we'll wake you at the end. There's nothing new here. You know it all already. You just don't like it (and me too).We'll explore: The increase in tiredness and exhaustion in modern society - is this a thing?My experience with tiredness (clue: I did not "coach" myself out of it or transcend tiredness through realisation or insight)What place does a...
2024-04-1534 min
In Our NatureHow That Anxious, Restless, Unsettled Feeling Is Originally Created (Clue: It’s Nothing to Do with You)It's the first episode back after the summer break and I can't wait to talk about horrid feelings with you. Join me for an exploration on the birth and evolution of anxious, restless, unsettled feelings, and how understanding this helps ease their ickiness so we can return to peace.This episode will meander through: A long intro vividly describing my anxious thought storm while on holiday A reminder of the relationship between thoughts and feelings and the outside worldWhen it's relevant to look at the content of thought itself, and...
2024-03-2854 min
In Our NatureHow to Answer Your Own Questions When Everything Is Confusing and WeirdJoin me to explore how we can answer our questions, solve our problems and get clarity and guidance from within.We often want to seek guidance and counsel from others when we're unsure of the way forward, but getting a feel for our own inner guide, and learning to trust it, can be transformative.Luckily, we humans are perfectly equipped with the features that guide us to clarity... although very few of us know or trust this.This episode will explore:Where do solutions and answers come from...
2023-12-2938 min
In Our Nature'The Limitless Potential that Lies Beyond Our Habitual Thinking' with Sarah Armitage and Michelle McCartanWhat an honour to have Sarah Armitage and Michelle McCartan as my special guests on the Inner Peace & Other Cool Shit podcast.Both Sarah and Michelle are masterful coaches and facilitators with their own practices working with leaders and organisations. In 2023 they came together to create Pure Potential, a unique offering designed to explore the limitless potential of humans through a shared developmental experience.Sarah and Michelle have a special synergy and I love knowing there are people like these two in the world.Please join us to explore: T...
2023-12-081h 21
In Our Nature"The Peace & Calm You Want Is Right There....Really" with Lisa EsileI loved having Lisa Esile as my special guest on the Inner Peace & Other Cool Shit podcast. As well as being a writer and author, Lisa specialises in helping people navigate challenges, understand what their mind is really up to, and tap into their inner strengths and insights. Lisa is also the founder of the Do Nothing meditation school. She is also bloody delightful and I loved hanging out with her. This conversation lingered with me long after we said goodbye.Please join us to explore: A heartfelt discussion on the...
2023-11-151h 14
In Our Nature"But My Problems Create My Thoughts, So How Does This Stuff Even Help Me?"Have you ever been musing on the inside-out nature of the human experience and thought..."Feelings come from thoughts, so you say? OK. Maybe. But my thoughts come from the problems in my life anyway. So how does all this stuff about understanding the human experience help me?"If so, me too! And many others. This episode is for you. We'll cover:YAY! My feelings aren't created by my job/partner/lack of worth - they are created by thoughts! But wait - my thoughts are created by those things - huh?Wh...
2023-10-2840 min
In Our NatureFrom the Archives: Your Experience Is Always Moving (And Why This Matters)I'm plucking a popular early episode out of the archives, dusting it off and serving it with a side of my fresh-this-morning opinion. Everything is always changing: out there in the world and inside you. Our thoughts, feelings, moods, perspectives, ideas, emotions, opinions and everything else are constantly on the move.For those that haven't heard this one, join me-from-ages-ago to explore:Why it SEEMS like we are stuck in life, and how it's actually impossible to actually BE stuckHow seeing the constantly changing nature of ....every darn thing ever!....helps us relate to a...
2023-10-0632 min
In Our NatureThe Ordinary, Everyday Clues That Reveal Our Anxiety-Busting Powers (That We Completely Ignore)Today we are taking a look at the cool clues and hidden hints in everyday life that point to our human design...and why we ignore them or miss them to live in suffering instead!Join me to explore:The incredible powers that we humans have available to us to heal from anxiety, stress and worry and live in more peace and calmThe everyday, hidden-in-plain-sight, ordinary clues surrounding us that can help us recognise and build trust in these powers Why we ignore the clues, or miss them, or not realise their significance How exploring this in...
2023-09-2036 min
In Our Nature"We Will Always, Always Find Our Way Back" With Erika BugbeeHow wonderful to have Erika Bugbee as my special guest on the Inner Peace & Other Cool Shit podcast. Erika specialises in working with teens, young adults, and parents through her global coaching practice. She also trains and mentors practitioners, as well as speaking and presenting at international conferences about finding more resilience and peace of mind, and navigating stress and uncertainty. I loved hanging out with Erika; this conversation really illuminates the amazing way we humans find our way back from frenzied overthinking and anxiety. Please join us to explore:
2023-09-011h 11
In Our NatureAnxiety Freedom: Big Fat Myths Debunked (Part 2)Please join me for the second part of our exploration into myths and misconceptions around having less anxiety and more peace. We'll cover:An example of my human brain being a silly billy recently A quick recap of common myths from Anxiety Freedom: Big Fat Myths Debunked (Part 1)The myths and misconceptions you sent in (thanks to those who contributed)What these all have in common Why seeing this is helpful, especially for those that experience a lot of anxiety and overwhelmWhat Anxious Alice has to sayIf you love a blanket-rustling-infused audio experience, a hast...
2023-08-2123 min
In Our NatureFrom the Archives: Your Brain Is (Still) Just Being a BrainI'm plucking a popular early episode out of the vault, dusting it off and serving it like an aged cheese. For those that haven't heard this one, join me-from-ages-ago to explore:The normal ways a brain behaves Why a brain being a brain is not a problem to be solved How understanding this can transform our relationship to anxiety, worrying and overthinkingWhat does Anxious Alice think about a brain being a brain? Is she even listening?Also, we possibly set a record for the number of times the word 'dog' is said in one podcast episodeW...
2023-07-2728 min
In Our NatureYour Feelings Don't Need an Explanation, Cause or ReasonWe humans love to match our feelings with a thing out there in the outside world, don't we? And no wonder - all of society is set up to reinforce that other people, events, things and situations cause our feelings. But what if that's not true? And what if seeing more around that can make us feel lighter and more at ease in life?Join me to explore- Why it looks like the outside causes our feelings on the inside- Why this might be the wrong way round...
2023-07-1330 min
In Our Nature"Well, That's Cats for You"Hello dear friends. Come and join me for a few minutes as I explain why the publishing of the podcast has been interrupted (mostly blaming my cat and taking zero responsibility myself) Then I squeeze in a quick teaching moment about thoughts, before backing away again and letting you know the next episode will be out next week. Ok, that's it. I guess you don't need to listen after all. Mentioned: If you want, pop your name down for updates, events and news here or get in touch at hello@siobhanfriel...
2023-06-2804 min
In Our Nature"We Can Be Free To Live Life" With Dr Bill PettitWhat an utter privilege and joy to have Dr William F. Pettit, Jr, MD ("Can I call you Bill?") as my special guest on the podcast. Dr Bill Pettit is a much-loved practitioner, mentor, teacher and guide in the space of the Three Principles, and a retired Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry. He has worked with many people from many countries over many decades (4!) helping them to realise their innate wellbeing and to live with ease and joy. Please join us to explore: Bill's experience of depression before coming across the tea...
2023-06-131h 11
In Our NatureAnxiety Freedom: Big Fat Myths Debunked (Part 1)Us humans seem to think that a journey to less anxiety and more peace will look a certain way. But that’s utter rubbish. We think there’s a path to follow, and that path will have a certain timeline and certain steps and will feel a certain way. Poppycock! Come with me as we explore the common myths we encounter when we look in the direction of anxiety freedom. We’ll see why these myths even exist (clue: it’s our human brains!) and poke at them a bit to shak...
2023-06-0225 min
In Our Nature"Your Mind Quiets Itself" With Dave BermanWhat fun to have coach, laughter expert and vibrant human Dave Berman on the Inner Peace & Other Cool Shit podcast. Dave has laughed with people in all 50 US states and in 70 other countries, and he has a unique way of working with people to help them have a more joyful experience of life through their own insights and realisations.Please join us to explore: Dave’s journey from mental illness and medication to travel and laughter and the pivotal insights he had along the wayHow the mind worksThe nature of thoughtHow seei...
2023-05-201h 03
In Our NatureYour Insights, Realisations, Contemplations...and Complaints!It's time for your insights, realisations, contemplations and ....um...complaints! Back in the episode Connection, Feelings, Knowing & Trees: A Birthday Special, I shared a few of my own insights since starting the podcast and I invited you to do the same. And you did! And they were great. Join me on the show today to hear a varied selection of some of insights and stories. We hear from humans who have seen new things around work, parenting, peace, relationships, systemic issues, money and many more. Thank you to all who joined in. You rock my...
2023-05-0929 min
In Our Nature"That Chatter In Your Head Isn't Who You Are" With Lindsey ElliottWhat a joy to have the warm, witty and wonderful Lindsey Elliott on the podcast recently. Lindsey is the owner and founder of Lindsey Elliott Coaching based online and in Brighton, UK. She is a former worried and anxious, self-help seeker, who now knows she is always OK (and that you are too).I loved this conversation so much. I laughed, I cried, I had tingles. It was great!Please join us to explore: Lindsey's story of never feeling good enough, which led her to 'self-help the shit' out of herself How se...
2023-04-281h 01
In Our NatureBefriending Uncertainty A Little Bit (Part 2)Join me for part 2 of our fresh look at uncertainty. We'll look at how to actually deal with uncertainty, AND what to do when the bad-thing-that-our-brain-made-up actually happens. Part one is here. Episodes and books mentioned in the show: "Who We Really Are Is Unbreakable” with Wyn Morgan But What About When An Actual Bad Thing Happens? "Security Is Built-In" with Christine Heath and Judy SedgemanMara Gleason's book: 'One Thought Changes Everything' (please buy from yo...
2023-04-1826 min
In Our NatureBefriending Uncertainty A Little Bit (Part 1)Ah, us humans hate uncertainty don't we? But why? No, really. Why? Join me to take a fresh look at Uncertainty In this two-parter.Come and explore: What even is uncertainty?Why it drives us a bit wild A deep poke at the root of uncertainty How seeing something new around this helps us navigate life with its never-ending unknownsMentioned in the show: Check out the birthday competition on my website Submit your share to me right hereIf you want the latest news, invit...
2023-04-0823 min
In Our Nature"You Have an Intuitive Knowing That Helps You Navigate Life” with Dicken BettingerI was incredibly honoured to have Dicken Bettinger as my special guest on the podcast. Dicken is an author, mentor, speaker, guide, and board member of the 3PGC.He was mentored directly by Sydney Banks - who first articulated the understanding of who we really are and how we experience life known as the Three Principles - and Dicken has been helping people across the world rediscover their innate wellbeing ever since. Please join us to explore: What innate psychological wellbeing is, and how we all have itHow the paradigm aro...
2023-03-291h 10
In Our Nature“We are Never Stuck... Life is Always Flowing" with Stephen LaddStephen Ladd joins me on the podcast today for a hopeful, light-yet-deep and wisdom-packed conversation.Stephen, also known as The Renegade Life Coach, is a ridiculously experienced transformative coach who has worked with many kinds of people for almost three decades.He has a varied and fascinating background in many teachings, practices and philosophies and he now focuses on helping people discover who they really are, how they experience life and the authentic freedom and ease that is available in each moment. Stephen is also a speaker, author of the great book 'Spiritual C...
2023-03-191h 04
In Our NatureConnection, Feelings, Knowing & Trees: A Birthday SpecialThis special episode celebrates the first birthday of the podcast. The show is a dribbling, babbling, messy one-year-old!Come and explore: What the show is about (erm, in case it's not obvious after a year)What has deepened for me in the past year, or that I have seen fresh How this may help you How to win some trees or coaching together by sharing what you've seen with meOpportunities for free spaces to connect and share with each other by me or my colleagues in this fieldMentioned in the show:
2023-03-0934 min
In Our Nature“Who We Really Are Is Unbreakable” with Wyn MorganI can’t wait to share an intriguing, wisdom-filled and utterly delightful conversation with Wyn Morgan in this episode.Wyn is a highly experienced executive coach who has worked with business leaders around the world, as well as providing mentoring and one-on-one services to coaches and other humans. Wyn is one of my favourite people in the inside-out conversation and he shares with such humanity, authenticity, insight and wit that I can't help but be captivated by him. Please join us to explore: Wyn’s introduction to the inside...
2023-02-271h 06
In Our NatureThe Missing Piece For Creating Change in LifeWhy are we not seeing the changes we want in life, even when are working really hard to get them? There's a bit we are missing and it's f*cking huge. Come and explore: Why we want change in the first placeWhy it feels hard, or the results don't 'work' the way we want them toHow understanding the nature of thoughts and feelings is the missing piece Well, what is the nature of thoughts and feelings then?How to see more of this yourself to help unlock the hard bitsEpisodes men...
2023-02-1633 min
In Our Nature“We Are Not Our Thinking” with Gabi FisherI can’t wait to share a conversation I had with Gabi Fisher in this episode.Gabi is a wife, full-time mother to her one-year-old daughter, and part-time teacher and coach. She shares the spiritual paradigm of mental health and well-being that transformed her life from depressed and anxious to happy and thriving. She’s a warm, kind, funny and smart human and I loved hanging out with her!Please join us to explore: Gabi’s story around depression, anxiety and religion How understanding the nature of thoughts a...
2023-02-0755 min
In Our NatureUnderstanding the Nature of Humans Makes Everything EasierJoin me to explore the true nature of human beings (including and especially YOU), and how seeing how we are designed changes the experience of thought storms, panic, challenges and other life stuff. Come and explore: Human beings ARE nature and we share the same amazing design How have we come to see ourselves as separate from nature?The mind-blowing features and functions that we get to use How to see more around this in your own life to have a different experience of anxiety, worry, stress and all the restPlus, Anxious Alice has a gr...
2023-01-2831 min
In Our NatureFreedom From Anxiety Begins With This Unsexy Little WordJoin me to explore the incredible power of NOTICING when it comes to finding freedom from overthinking, worry and anxiety. 'Noticing' sounds unsexy, boring and nebulous. How can something as little and benign as"noticing" help jostle us along the path to peace? That's what we are talking about!Come and explore: What even is 'noticing' and how do we do it?How does noticing help us with our suffering?How can we see this for ourselves and explore it in our lives?A story involving bees which gets very loud
2023-01-1827 min
In Our Nature“Being Open to Every Possibility” with Kristy HalvorsenI can't wait to share a conversation between me and Kristy Halvorsen in this episode.Kristy is an author, a guide, a mentor and a nomadic world traveller, who helps people completely reimagine what it means to be human. Kristy has a gift for sharing how we can move through life from a place other than logic, reason and the conventions of society. Please join us to explore: What it means to unpredict your journey and be open to limitless possibilitiesWhat is a soul tickle and how can we recognise them?How ex...
2023-01-081h 05
In Our NatureA Fresh Look at Goals, Planning & Being Better Humans (Part 2)URGH. If you're tired of the usual goal-setting malarky at this time of year, join me for the second part of our fresh look at this whole thing****thing = persistent and unquestioned compulsion to improve ourselves via goals and plans. Come and explore: A quick recap of part one, where we talked about the drivers and influences of our goal-setting cultureHow to take a fresh look at what we even think - and what we may actually want Ways to reimagine the pursuit of goals...if we decide we want oneThe free...
2022-12-2929 min
In Our NatureA Fresh Look at Goals, Planning & Being Better Humans (Part 1)It’s that time of year when we are bombarded with messages to set goals, review our year, make plans for the next year, improve ourselves and generally be better humans. We are told that if we set and meet goals, we will feel good. Huh.Is that true? Let’s do some poking around these internalised ideas in another two-parter!Come and explore: Why we are obsessed with goal-setting and planning Why and how we set goals, and why this may be making us miserable What traditional goal-set...
2022-12-1828 min
In Our Nature"Security Is Built-In" with Christine Heath and Judy SedgemanI loved having Christine Heath and Judy Sedgeman as my special guests on the pod! Chris and Judy have been working with groups, individuals, couples and classes for - literally - decades to help them find freedom beyond their personal thinking and see life in a completely new way. They also co-host the incredible podcast Psychology Has It Backwards, which completely reimagines mental health awareness and 'recovery' and is one of my favourite shows.Chris and Judy have had an enormous influence on my work (and life!) and it was a sweaty-faced fan-girl moment to h...
2022-12-0954 min
In Our NatureShould We Try to Manage, Control or Change Our Thoughts? (Part 2)Hang out with me for the second part of our two-parter on 'thought work' and what we should be doing with this incessant, powerful thought-thingamabob.Come and explore: A round-up from part one where we took a look at what thought is and when it may be helpful or not to poke it and try and change itHow to tell the difference between helpful or unhelpful 'thought work'What to do if you get it wrong (you can't get it wrong!)How it looks to me and what I 'do'Anxious Alice gives a great example a...
2022-11-3030 min
In Our NatureShould We Try to Manage, Control or Change Our Thoughts? (Part 1)I'm recovering from a cold so if you can handle the un-edit-out-able sniffles, then join me while we take a look at managing, controlling or changing our thoughts. Come and explore: What is thought work??Should we be doing it? Why? When?What is thought anyway? (Erm, we talk about this all the time!)How does understanding the nature of thoughts and feelings help us decide whether to poke or work on our thoughts?And, as warned, sniffles and heavy breathing. You lucky ducks 🦆 Mentioned in the show: Episode: ...
2022-11-2135 min
In Our Nature"We Are Okay No Matter What" with Daniel MagnussonI loved having Daniel Magnusson as my special guest on the pod! Daniel is a coach with a zillion years of experience and extensive professional training. A couple of years ago, he came across the inside-out nature of how humans work that is shared on this show and it transformed his own life and those of his clients. Please join Daniel and me to explore: How seeing how our experience is created changes everythingWhere stress comes from and how to see it in a fresh wayWhy we may turn to habits, behaviours and other th...
2022-11-1252 min
In Our NatureUnexpectedly Returning To Peace and Calm: Your StoriesJoin me while I share your stories of returning to peace and calm after feeling intense anger, hurt, overwhelm and panic.Come and explore: Tales from your fellow humans on how thoughts and feelings changed without interventionWhat do they make of that? What did they see?How does noticing our experience change even help us?How to see this more for yourself around the self-settling mechanism of our amazing minds And, Anxious Alice is very, very moody today Mentioned:Hop on to my friends list here to get the aud...
2022-11-0323 min
In Our Nature"Our Feelings Are Letting Us Know How Useful Our Thinking Is" with Clare DownhamIt was brilliant to have Clare Downham, Queen of Calm, on the show. Clare was a busy and successful headteacher before burning out and becoming a hypnotherapist on a self-development kick. But then she came across the principles of how humans work (that this show is based on) and she now works with people to help them uncover their calm, clarity and confidence. She's also a smart and funny human and I loved hanging out with her.Please join Clare and me to explore: How constant pushing, striving and succeeding may lead to bu...
2022-10-2541 min
In Our NatureWhere Do Those Crappy Thoughts Come From Anyway?We recently explored how we don't create our thoughts. We can't control them and we don't 'think' them up. So where do they come from? Come and explore: Why do we have the thoughts we have?The visible and invisible influences which may inform our thoughts How seeing this is enormously helpful when it comes to our experience of anxiety, overthinking, worry, stress and all the others. Three pieces of Amazingly Good NewsAnxious Alice gets somewhat politicalMentioned: I went on a mentioning spree in this show!For newbies: listening to ep...
2022-10-1629 min
In Our Nature"Goals Are Just a Mirage" with Matt RobertsIt was brilliant to have Matt Roberts on the show. Matt is a psychological performance coach and former international high jumper who now works with athletes and business leaders to guide them to their own source of flow and peak performance. He's also an exceedingly nice human and I loved hanging out with him. Please join Matt and me to explore: What is psychological freedom…and how can we experience it?The relationship between state of mind and our performanceThe compelling allure of goals, and how seeing this in a fresh way can set us f...
2022-10-0743 min
In Our NatureYou Are Not Your Thoughts...So Who Are You Then? (Part 2)Welcome to part 2 of our exploration! Perhaps you may be on board with the idea that you are not your thoughts (part one is here if you missed it)...so who are you then?Come and explore: Why, if we come to see we are not our thoughts, we instead think we are the things we DO: our behaviours, habits, actions and responses......But are we really though?If we are not the things that change, what or who are we?Are we even asking the right questions? Does it even matter? Why? Huh?A...
2022-09-2831 min
In Our NatureYou Are Not Your Thoughts...So Who Are You Then? (Part 1)Do you take your thoughts seriously? Do you think you create them? Do you think your thoughts are advising you of important information about you, the future, the past or what other people think of you?Yep. All part of being human. What a riot, huh?But we're told through influences, culture and messaging that our thoughts ARE important and we DO need to pay attention.But your thoughts are nothing to do with you. Come and explore: Why - of course! - we think our thoughts are imp...
2022-09-1931 min
In Our NatureYou’re The Best Person To Call Bullsh*t On All That Anxiety AdviceIf you are struggling with ....well, anything....it's natural you'll want some help from those who think they can provide it. Yay for helpful things! Guess what, though? You have your own internal bullshit detector which can sniff out the things which aren't helpful for you, and can guide you toward a more peaceful experience of life. (But don't take my word for it, eh?)Come and explore: Why - of course! - we seek help from others when we feel rubbish or think we have a problem How others try t...
2022-09-1031 min
In Our Nature"Your Anxiety Will Take Care of Itself" with James AbbottIt was my honour to have the amazing, smart and funny James Abbott on the show. James is an expert in helping young people transform their relationship with anxiety (my words, not his, he is far too modest). He is co-founder of the brilliant Our Mental Health Rocks organisation, a wellbeing coach, facilitator and trainer, author, podcaster and doting dog dad to two scrummy sausage dogs. This episode is a long one but our chat is so illuminating and builds in awesomeness as it progresses, so get it bookmarked for a time when you have a...
2022-09-011h 01
In Our NatureDo You Have Imposter Syndrome or Are You Actually Just Shit?Ah, Imposter Syndrome. Another thing to diagnose ourselves with, manage or cure. Oh, great. But the sting of Imposter Syndrome is that if you don't have it....you are either conceited or incompetent. Say what now?Come and explore: Is Imposter Syndrome a thing? Is it though? What is it? What 'causes' Imposter Syndrome?How is our persistent need for labels and diagnoses preventing us from living lives of more peace and calm?What does all this mean for anxiety, overthinking and wanting to be a better human?And: What is...
2022-08-2325 min
In Our NatureHow To Move Forward When You Don't Know What To Do“Just don’t trust your thoughts when you’re feeling rubbish!” people like me seem to say, making it sound way too simple. Grrr for people like me. GRRRRRR!!!!Because what about when you ALWAYS feel rubbish, particularly when feeling insecure and anxious around a certain thing like a relationship, your job, etc? What then? What do you DO then, if those thoughts can’t be trusted? How can you move forward? Come and explore: Why it seems like our mind just never settles The made-up assumptions that make the problem seem enormous – k...
2022-08-1428 min
In Our Nature"A Mind Is Constantly Trying To Tell a Story About What We Feel" with special guest Dr Amy JohnsonIt’s our very first guest episode on the show and WHAT A GUEST! I have mentioned Dr Amy Johnson in a number of episodes so it was a dream to chat with her. Dr Amy is a coach, teacher, author, psychologist, speaker and all-round-amazing human. She’s an expert on helping people end habits and anxiety with her no-willpower approach and it was through Amy’s work that I first came to the understanding that I share on the show. Are you checking this out before 12th September 2022? Amy's giving YOU an enormous 25% discount off the next Li...
2022-08-0332 min
In Our NatureLess Anxiety and Overthinking, More Peace and Calm: The RecipeIt's time to put together everything we've been exploring on the show so far into a yummy recipe. If you want to experience WAY LESS anxiety, worry, overwhelm, insecurity, doubt and overthinking, and WAY MORE peace, calm, ease and joy....this one's for you. Come and explore: A romp through the main themes of the show so far Why do we overthink and have the shitty feelings anyway?The misunderstanding around why it sucks so much How to see through the things that are keeping us stuck to feel all the good shit And...
2022-07-2734 min
In Our NatureBut How Do We Know We Don’t Need to Believe Our Crappy Thoughts?If you like the sound of not having to believe your crappy, hurtful, mean and scary thoughts but you want to know for sure that it works this way, or you need 'proof', then this episode is for you. Come and explore: How do we know that our shitty thoughts can't be trusted?Where's the proof?Come to think of it, what is proof?The enormous difference that our relationship with our thinking makes in our life How to explore this 'safely' without missing out on any important messages from your brainAnd: Wh...
2022-07-1732 min
In Our NatureFinding Peace From Those Pesky Intrusive ThoughtsDo you suffer from repetitive, ultra-distressing, shit-feeling thoughts? You're not alone, friend. Today we're talking about those peace-stealing intrusive thoughts. Join me. Come and explore: Why we get intrusive thoughts How we innocently keep them in place by adding extra meaning to them (again, innocently)How to see intrusive thoughts in a fresh way and find a new freedomWhat a hologram hedge maze and BBQ-fork-wielding murderers have to do with intrusive thoughtsAnd: Massive overshares from me including my intrusive thoughts Anxious Alice doesn't listen at all and goes in to a spiral...
2022-07-0826 min
In Our NatureLiving In More Harmony With All Those Other HumansGosh, it sure looks like those other humans can make life hard sometimes. It's because of them that we get upset, angry, anxious and annoyed. If they were different, we'd be happier. Right?Erm, nope. We got that wrong. Let's take a fresh look at our relationships and interactions and see if we can all have a nicer time co-existing on Earth. Come and explore: The ways in which ALL humans are exactly the same The only difference we have (it's a big one though)OK I can't hold it in...
2022-06-3027 min
In Our Nature'Catastrophising' Is The Brain's Love LanguageIf your brain is always hurling itself toward the Worst Possible Outcome with no regard for likelihood, reason or reality, then HIGH FIVE my friend! You have a healthy, normal brain. Come and explore: How predicting the worst possible thing was a key driver in the evolution of our entire species Catastrophising and doom-forecasting are normal....but totally suckLearn about the amazing way us humans are designed to suffer a lot less when it comes to this stuff Seeing something new about our true nature can connect us back to peace Is Anxious Alice step...
2022-06-2225 min
In Our NatureThe One With Your QuestionsI answer a few of your questions about the stuff we're talking about on the podcast. Y'know, stuff like seeing thoughts and feelings in a new way and how this helps with anxiety and uncovering inner peace and all that. Right?Come and explore the answers to..."But what about when thoughts are true...?"I don't have time to let my mind settle""My life sucks!""I'm still not taking action even when I feel better"AlsoA few ponderings that might help in frenzied problem-solving modeAnd - are YOU...
2022-06-1429 min
In Our NatureThought: How to Use This Mind-Boggling SuperpowerThought is so much more than our personal, me-me-me thinking. Thought creates our life and understanding this incredible ....energy....thingy....means we can use it to our advantage to have a life of more peace and ease, and less anxiety and stress. Sound good?Come and explore: How - yep! - thought is creating every darn thing How seeing thought on a bigger, more expansive level can help us understand what's going on Learn about a simple distinction which can free us from tangled overthinking Metaphors this week include novelty penis ice cubes...
2022-06-0625 min
In Our NatureYou Don't Need a Tool or Technique To Fix Something That's Not BrokenTried all the things to calm your frantic mind but you're still not fixed? Are you earnestly on the lookout for the next tool, technique, strategy or program to be a less f*cked-up human?Stop! There's nothing you need to do. I'm doggy-sitting for this one and you'll hear some considerable tail-thumps. If you're ok with that, then...Come and explore: Why a tool, technique or strategy looks really compelling and we keep going back for moreHow they look like they work...sometimes...but this is an illusion If not...
2022-05-2924 min
In Our NatureBut What About When An Actual Bad Thing Happens?If you are like: "yeah, I kinda see anxiety and worry is just a speedy mind but what about when a Real Life Bad Thing Happens?"...then this is the episode for you. Come and explore: Bad Things are part of being human and we'll all feel pain (sorry)...but we don't have to suffer What even is a Bad Thing?How do we innocently make a thing Bad?How to see the nature of experience in a new way to help navigate times of f*cking terriblenessAll explored through a very ques...
2022-05-2126 min
In Our NatureClarity, Creativity, Confidence, Joy, Resilience & Lots of Other Cool ShitEver heard or read that 'everything you need is inside you' and thought it was a load of crap? Same! But it's actually true. You are full of cool shit. Come and explore: How - whaat?! - we actually do have everything we need inside us alreadyThe pesky misunderstanding that keeps us from seeing this How we can uncover the incredible cool shit that lives within us all by looking at thoughts and feelings in a new way Why this even matters for anxiety, overwhelm, worry and all that stuff Plus, Anxious Alice...
2022-05-1223 min
Human Change med Daniel Magnusson80: Other cool shit! with Siobhán FrielSiobhán Friel helps people find freedom from frenzied overthinking, intense worry and crippling overwhelm so that they can experience life with more peace, ease, clarity, creativity, joy, and fundamental awesomeness.
She has spent over two decades living in a furious swirl of jagged anxiety, never feeling like she ‘fits in’ and noticing with growing existential angst that she found life so hard while others breezed by with glee collecting milestones and achievements.
Siobhán was drawn to drugs, alcohol, and eating disorders in an innocent but misguided attempt to blunt her experience. That didn’t work...
2022-05-061h 08
In Our NatureYour Experience Is Always Moving (And Why This Matters)Everything is always changing: out there in the world and inside you. Our thoughts, feelings, moods, perspectives, ideas, emotions, opinions and everything else are constantly on the move. Come and explore: Why it SEEMS like we are stuck in life, and how it's actually impossible to actually BE stuckHow seeing the constantly changing nature of ....every f*cking thing ever!....helps us relate to anxiety, panic and overwhelm in a completely new wayHow to explore this more in your own life to find a new freedom Anxious Alice makes up a new ter...
2022-05-0528 min
In Our NatureLots Of Low Moods? Join The Club With 7.8bn Members!We all experience low moods. All of us. A lot! But a rubbish mood isn't all that rubbish when we know what's going on Come and explore: How low or bad moods are common, totally normal, and don't mean a thing about you The misunderstandings about moods that cause extra suffering How to see moods in a new way to experience more ease We get a peek into Anxious Alice's bad mood Also, come and ride a heavily pummelled metaphor about the weather Question, comment, idea, thought? Contact me via siobhanfriel.com or on I...
2022-04-2723 min
In Our NatureYour Frenzied, Overthinking Mind Will Calm Itself (If You Let It)Hot news: our human minds are designed to settle on their own, completely naturally. But, unfortunately, we mistakenly keep our minds all stirred up and rarely experience this self-calming awesomeness. Aren't we silly?Come and explore: Why it makes perfect sense that a mind calms itself The misunderstandings that stand in our way from experiencing this How to see through these misunderstandings to experience more peace, calm and quiet Learn about Anxious Alice's HOLY F*CK moment Mentioned in the show: Speaker, author, coach, cool dude Michael Neill...
2022-04-1821 min
In Our NatureYour Brain Is Just Being A BrainIf you experience a ton of negative thinking, catastrophising, ruminating and unwanted comparison and judgement, then congratulations! You have a healthy human brain.Come and explore: The normal ways a brain behaves Why a brain being a brain is not a problem to be solved How understanding this can transform our relationship to anxiety, worrying and overthinkingWhat does Anxious Alice think about a brain being a brain? Is she even listening?Also, we possibly set a record for the number of times the word 'dog' is said in one podcast episodeWhat's your rela...
2022-04-1126 min
In Our NatureThe Astonishing Power Of Your Own InsightInsight is a brand new, totally fresh experience of thought...and life. They are big and small and loud and quiet and hard and soft and everything in between. They transform the shit out of everything. Come and explore: What is insight and why is it so darn awesome? We've all had a billion insights already but probably didn't recognise them How does insight help with anxiety, stress, worry and overthinking? How can we get more of these magical little things? Will Anxious Alice have an insight? Mentioned in the show:
2022-04-0324 min
In Our NatureYour Inner GPS Is 37,121,603x Better Than Google MapsEver heard that little voice inside tell you to do (or not do) something? I bet you ignored it, right? Yep. Me too. Well we need to stop doing that because we all have a cool guidance system to help us traverse life. And we aren't using it, dammit. Come and explore: How Every Single Person has an inner guidance system Why so few of us believe or use this (does it sound too woo?) How to get over our hesitation and mistrust and learn to love this cool inbuilt tool How relying on our in...
2022-03-2623 min
In Our NatureLet's Find That Inner Peace Then, Shall We?Inner peace. Ahhhh. Sounds nice, huh? Want some? Think you need to do a ton of stuff to get there? Good news: inner peace is already inside, waiting to be rediscovered, and there's nothing for you to DO. But there is something to SEE. Come and explore: Where inner peace actually is (um, the clue is in the 'inner', by the way)What's in the way of experiencing more peace How we can all experience about a trillion times more peace How to explore this in your own lifeCan Anxious Alice find peace?...
2022-03-1816 min
In Our NatureFeelings Are Simple Little Things ReallyHot news! Feelings are not the complicated phenomena we need to manage, control, process, heal, or any of that. Feelings are very simple and totally awesome. Come and explore: The relationship between our thoughts and our feelings What we think our feelings mean and what we do with them as a result The true meaning of feelings....which is much, much, much simpler and way better for navigating this human life Why understanding this is transformative for finding freedom from anxiety, overwhelm and worry ...and living in more peace and calmHow to explore this ...
2022-03-1022 min
In Our NatureThe Enormous Misunderstanding About Our ThoughtsOur lives are a constant stream of thinking. It could be a good idea to understand the nature of thought, right? In this episode we're looking at the huuuuuge misunderstanding about thoughts which is keeping many of us stuck and miserable. Come and explore: How our whole life is made entirely of thought How we think thought works: how it behaves, what it means The true nature of thought is not what we think at all Why understanding this is a game-changer when it comes to freedom from anxiety, overwhelm and worry How to see thi...
2022-03-0119 min
In Our NatureHow Our Human Experience WorksIn the first ever episode of the Inner Peace & Other Cool Shit podcast, we're jumping straight into an exploration of how us humans experience lifeHave you ever wondered how you experience life? Like, what even is our experience and where does it come from? Are we just at the mercy of whatever crap is thrown at us? Huh? Good news - no we are not. Come and explore: Why understanding how something works (including ourselves) changes everything How we think our experience is created Where our experience actually comes from Why unde...
2022-03-0116 min
In Our NatureIt's The Trailer!Oh good, you're here. The Inner Peace & Other Cool Shit podcast will help you find freedom from overwhelm, worry, anxiety and stress by exploring a revolutionary understanding of how humans work. This isn't a tool or a technique. I'm sick of those and I bet you are, too. This is a deeper exploration of what's going on beyond our personal, conditioned thinking and how seeing this can help you live life with more peace, ease and other cool shit. I'm Siobhán, by the way. Let me in your ears and let's go.
2022-02-1501 min