Dec 30, 2020
Here's a hidden treasure from the VITD archives for you – our interview with the brilliant and fascinating Michael Garfield! Michael's the host of the Future Fossils podcast, an artist, musician, and a 'sense-maker' of what it means to be having this strange human experience.
We spoke to Michael some years ago and for...
Nov 21, 2020
Envy is an inescapable part of the human experience. But nobody likes to feel – let alone admit to – envy. Instead, whenever we feel the stirrings of the green serpent, we rapidly turn the feeling outwards, projecting that gut churning insecurity onto the object of our desire.
So, we're not envious – that person...
Oct 9, 2020
Maybe you've heard of the shadow? Even if you haven't, you've got one – and there's no escaping it. This episode, we discuss how to discover it, accept it, and stop being driven by negative emotions you don't consciously understand.
Carl Jung's idea of the shadow side of the personality is fascinating, vital, and...
Aug 30, 2020
Time to escape the mind prison. This episode is like a shot of distilled Stoicism... are you ready?
Tapping into our true nature and living a good life often comes down to breaking the cycle – to escape the common fate of becoming just an echo of an echo of all the mistakes that came before you, be it in your family...
Aug 5, 2020
This is our second episode exploring The Law of Defensiveness, but this time we're breaking it down into some clear steps on how to hone our ability to interact and work with other people!
Robert has five key strategies, some of which we dig, some of which we think need some careful reflection before we put them...