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#102 Finding Your True North

Nov 2nd, 2022 1h 11m

If you've ever wanted to hear a story about 6 drunk nurses causing a ruck on a campsite then this episode is for you! Also, our main theme in Work Life Ballet is finding your true north and authentic self with some practical tips about finding

#101 We Know What We Need To Do

Oct 26th, 2022 52m 1s

We all know what we need to do to maintain a good level of self-care but why do we find ourselves putting things off, getting distracted by social media or just saying that we don't have the time? This episode looks at why the simplest of tasks

#100 A Meaty Feast

Oct 19th, 2022 1h 11m

We're back and it's our 100th episode (so sorry for the wait!) and we're straight into a meaty feast of carnivore diets, eating like wolves, Mark acting like a robot, how Costa Coffee and Dominos are fronts for Chinese giant TikTok, people with

#99 How Come?

May 12th, 2022 1h 23m

There are some things in life that just don't make any sense. In a time where cars drive themselves and we can create black holes in a drainpipe under Geneva, it's hard to accept there are so many numerous galactically stupid things happening.

#98 High Steaks

Apr 29th, 2022 54m 11s

Our path to self-empowerment is fraught with many dangers that we play our part in creating throughout our lives. We must first discover, understand and accept them before we can create effective change. Our basic needs are founded in healthy r

#97 Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys

Apr 29th, 2022 59m 55s

"Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys", a mantra fit for a modern age of self-discovery and self-preservation. Also, the title of our 97th pod where Damo & Mark are back discussing Sainsbury's new Woke Aisle, personal communications through difficult

#96 Checking In On Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

Feb 17th, 2022 1h 48m

It's been 288 days since we started our three-part mini-series on Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), our most successful podcast episodes to date. This episode revisits BPD to see how time and our pod conversations have shaped perceptions i

#95 Enough Is Enough

Feb 2nd, 2022 1h 16m

Damo's had enough! He's decided to unsubscribe to the spam of life and change his intentions. It's lonely being curious and open-minded in a world where we are repeatedly encouraged to take sides. Now is the time to finally make a stand. Also i

#94 The Five Something Or Others

Jan 19th, 2022 1h 22m

This episode is up and out of the blocks quickly as Mark talks about his "Five Measures Of Success" - five simple measures that define and shape a successful outcome. It's not what was planned for the pod but you can't stop molten gold in its p

#93 What's The Point?

Jan 6th, 2022 1h 21m

2022 has only just begun and it's delivering on all levels; world leaders (past and present) insulting their unvaccinated subjects, war criminals getting the highest honours in the land, healthy vaccine-exempt athletes banned from entering Aust

#92 佳节快乐! 🇨🇳

Dec 22nd, 2021 1h 10m

We finish another challenging year with a bountiful booster of a Christmas podcast, the only shot in the arm you'll need this festive season! Thanks for listening to us, have a great holiday and look forward to getting in your ears in 2022. Dam

#91 Addiction Part 2 (Life Is A Roller Booster)

Dec 15th, 2021 1h 17m

Sorry for the wait (someone has had the Rona!) but we're back with the second part of our look into addiction where we look at lack of connection, emotional mind versus wise mind, the legacy of being in recovery and the new addictions threateni

#90 Addiction Part 1 (The Gambling Pencil)

Nov 10th, 2021 1h 13m

The gradations of addiction, like all aspects of our complex lives, stretch infinitely between polar opposites of ecstasy and despair. In this episode, for the first time, we start the journey into Mark's personal battle with addiction and how

#89 Hit Me Baby One More Time (Dopamine)

Oct 27th, 2021 57m 39s

In this week's episode, we take a long-overdue revisit to Dopamine and look at how its baseline, peaks and troughs can affect our motivations and perceptions to reward. Also, we're still a big deal in North Africa, Trump's new social platform,

#88 Building Back Betterer

Oct 13th, 2021 1h 2m

Have you missed us? Good, we've missed you too! We're back with a completely unedited and unplanned stream of consciousness where we cover Katie from Nat West, not reading properly, Mark's rippling torso, Hat Mancock in bed with Bill Gates, red

#87 Positivity Part 2 (Special)

Aug 28th, 2021 1h 14m

In the second part of this positivity special, Damo & Mark discuss Accurate and Flexible Thinking as potential precursors to effective positive thinking; the idea that you can't deploy a positive mindset and set of positive actions without firs

#86 Positivity Part 1 (Special)

Aug 20th, 2021 1h 1m

"You don't need Guatemalan green beans so stop fucking buying them" sums up the positivity vibe of this week's pod. There's some excellent news for beavers and bandicoots, sneezing with your eyes open and some killer advice for positivity in ma

#85 "Alexa, What Have You Done With My Data?"

Aug 13th, 2021 1h

If you had an inkling that the pandemic was planned by the European Union in 2012 via the means of an action-packed comic strip then this episode is for you! Also, more horse action, save the sharks, onions for eyes, the data apocalypse and Mar

#84 Up The Resolution

Aug 5th, 2021 1h 4m

This week Mark discusses the need for finding a resolution to some of the world's madness against the historical backdrop of wartime gas masks. Also in this episode, a rock drummer's vaccine heartache, horses in the Olympics, a serious breach o

#83 Ants Don't Have The Need For Chairs. Be More Ant!

Jul 29th, 2021 57m 18s

In this week's episode, whoever invented the chair has a lot to answer for! We weren't designed for a sedentary life and we've forgotten how to move. Also in this episode, Mark opens some brown envelopes, summer storm warnings, our thirst for c

#82 The Madness Is In Plain Sight

Jul 23rd, 2021 1h 9m

In this episode, we discuss the complete and utter buffoonery that is society's reduced freedoms for the non-vaccinated amongst us. Mark has an exclusive expose on how the madness is increasingly in plain sight, we take a look at how it doesn’t

#81 Free Will(y)

Jul 16th, 2021 1h 15m

Mark's come to the pod all cross but he's soon soothed by drafting his own obituary live on the pod! Also in this episode, du boeuf avec monsieur Branson, 65 yards of ice cream, the death of football, triple vaccines, The Dismal Store, more nau

#80 Opposite Actions

Jul 8th, 2021 1h 1m

How do we change our state of mind to navigate from negative habits and behaviours to more positive and progressive ones? Mark talks about ego and how opposite actions can give us perspective when we're experiencing challenging situations. Also

#79 Motivation & Accountability

Jul 2nd, 2021 59m 7s

What's the difference between motivation and accountability and what's the difference between those who apply it and those that don't? How do we break through the monotony, the apathy and the autocracy to achieve our goals? The answers lie in u