Voices in the Dark

Dec 28, 2017

A rather messy letter which covers physical vanity; the three greatest fears people have; how to avoid getting lynched; when it’s useful to retire from the public eye; and why humour, fear and love are at the heart of the human condition.

We give Seneca a hard time in this one – it's a rambling letter, but includes a...

Dec 18, 2017

This episode is a Tim Ferriss favourite – the basis for his TED talk on 'Fear-Setting'. This one's about overcoming the paralysis of worrying; how to tell whether our fears are real or imaginary; how to see through the web of our own fears and be able to release into the moment; and how we constantly trip ourselves...

Dec 11, 2017

This Episode: How to grow wiser as we grow older; how to be content when you go to sleep at night; what it means when pleasures grow stale; and a brilliant conceptualisation of the different stages of life that, if we use it, helps us to truly accept ourselves AND keep growing.

Do you feel the grip of time beginning to...

Dec 5, 2017

This is a special minisode, in which Jon breaks down Ryan Holiday's bestselling book, Ego is the Enemy. Drawing on his own lifelong experience with depression, Jon asks: if egotism is toxic, does that make depression somehow helpful in life?

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Dec 5, 2017

Philip McKernan is an emotional terrorist.

Quite a statement for a man who's advised the Pentagon, top business leaders, and even the Canadian Olympic Team, but this man has reduced auditoriums full of people, from writers and artists to hard-nosed entrepreneurs, to floods of tears.

And they thank him for it.

Because...