Self-Knowledge Episodes

The mindsets and psychology to overcome addiction and build lasting habits

GeoWizard shares how to break out of a funk and live a more daring life

Author of You Only Die Once shares some positive existential psychology on how to make more of your life and live with less regrets

Learn how to rank any idea, thought or event in history on a scale of importance and what sort of attention it really needs, if any

Optimise your life for working on what truly matters and relaxing and being down-right lazy when it doesn't. We are taught this notion of applying effort everywhere and that every thing is important. But the reality is that you need to apply the most leverage in a few places with all your energy and be very chill every where else.

Questioning the success story we're sold and the contrepreneurs promising an easy life. Instead we look at the hard questions and actions it really takes to enjoy your life and how to cut out the noise.

Understand the difference between temporary and permanent values and start making better choices aligned with who you really want to be. We care about all sorts of things. In the moment we forget how powerful our priorities feel now, compared to how they will feel later. This episode helps us live more in the moment whilst at the same time thing more long term and with less worry.

Learn the psychology of building wisdom at any age and what it means to make the most of your life.

Navigate the confusing process of life by leaning into what actually makes you you

How to learn more from yourself with daily practices that help you grow. Build wisdom, self knowledge and memories by giving yourself the gift of your own knowledge.

The lies we tell ourselves to keep us comfortable and safe but instead they just keep us stuck

Let's unpack the heart of attention, addiction, autopilot and self-sabotage. This episode is a deep dive into the junk food of thought: addictive mental loops that hijack your attention, and keep you stuck repeating the same boring patterns — again and again and again. We talk about why your thoughts are like badly designed software, why addiction makes your brain less creative, and how to actually take back control. From scrolling email to self-sabotaging loops, it turns out the enemy isn’t t...

Self-help is sometimes the opposite. It can end up increasing your task list with a bunch of unrealistic expectations you never achieve. Today’s conversation is about navigation, not directions. We explore the quiet difference between a compass you trust and a checklist someone sells. Passport stamps matter less than the personality you bring to the journey; so does the company you invite to walk beside you. We trade a stack of generic self-help books for three simple ideas you can put on a s...

How to slowly change who you are, unlearn bad behaviours and build atomic habits

Understand the circuitry of yourself and how to work with your nervous system instead of against it

What if the path to a meaningful life isn't paved with comfort, but with deliberate discomfort? In this episode, we explore the insidious nature of "flabbiness" - not just of body, but of mind and spirit. We'll uncover how our modern world lulls us into a state of complacent existence, and why the easy path often leads to the hardest life. Through stories of transformation and philosophical insights, we'll challenge the notion that happiness comes from avoiding difficulty. Instead, we'll disco...

You should hang out with fear everyday

How biases, systems, overthinking, ego and ignorance ruin your ability to think

The mind does a lot of things we are never aware of. You don't think about how you move or digest, your mind just does it in the background, You also can't witness all the self-sabotaging doors your mind keeps you locked up in. We all have our own battles that limit us. Maybe how we think about money, or relationships or our own value. Maybe we get nervous about situations and it's our nerves that actually cause the problem we are afraid of. Today guest Jeff Bauhner shares a radical idea for ...

We all know smart people make dumb decisions. But why?

76% of people regularly break promises to themselves - Why do we keep letting ourselves down?

Standard Self-improvement advice is usually beige, unhelpful and often just wrong.