This week we're talking about what your clothes say about you and the way that our emotional state might influence what we choose to wear.A woman tries to take a bank loan for a corpse, we reminisce about the perils of riding a bike with flared

Silence

13 days ago 53m 25s

This week we're discussing the benefits of silence.Martin gets upset about a suggestion that it's OK to laugh at a funeral, I feel grateful for window cleaners, and there's controversy over the addition of a keyboard player to our dead supergr

Man Up

20 days ago 41m 59s

This week, we're discussing the way that dismissing someone's legitimate emotions as a sign of weakness or lack of desirable masculinity is hugely destructive.A coat is mistaken for a leopard, we decide that using someone else's bin without per

Building Confidence in Recovery

27 days ago 42m 45s

This week we're talking about ways to bolster your confidence so that you can occupy your rightful place in the world with assertiveness and comfort.Someone mistakes a hat for a hedgehog, I impersonate a man of the cloth, and we debate the wisd

Losing Focus

Mar 28th, 2024 45m 42s

This week we're talking about why we have trouble maintaining focus, what it might say about us and how to manage it better.Martin recalls being waterboarded at the hairdresser and tells us which station he'd choose if he were to name himself a

False Memory

Mar 21st, 2024 38m 39s

This week we're talking about the things we've forgotten that we think we remember even though what we come up with might be a complete fabrication.A goat is arrested for the theft of a Mazda 323, some Reading Rock Festival pizza rots Martin's

Confirmation Bias

Mar 14th, 2024 41m 14s

This week we’re talking about how we can become experts at looking for evidence in support of beliefs we already hold, and the ways it can be destructive.We also hear about a lady who took her dead hamster on the trip of a lifetime and make a u

Platitudes

Mar 7th, 2024 39m 33s

This week, I've been in Scotland and so we recorded in a rush without any time to do a proper edit. It's a mark of our "professionalism" that you probably won't tell a difference between this and our other episodes.We're chatting about platitud

Exaggeration

Feb 29th, 2024 49m 5s

This week we're talking about why people feel the need to embellish the truth and how it often comes from a place of low self-confidence.We wonder what it would be like to wake up at your own funeral, hear about animals travelling in underwear,

Purpose

Feb 22nd, 2024 44m 33s

This week we're talking about something simple, the meaning of life.We hear a remarkable excuse for illegal possession of drugs, Martin gets mistaken for a pensioner, we feel grateful for bowel cancer screening, and I recall almost being crushe

Managing Your Inner Dialogue

Feb 15th, 2024 42m 16s

This week we're discussing the ways we can harness our inevitable self-talk.Martin does a survey on anchovies, and a pigeon is held captive for eight months on suspicion of espionage.We're on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sideways_podc

Being Let Down

Feb 8th, 2024 43m 26s

This week, we're talking about why it hurts when someone lets us down, how we can avoid it happening, and what to do if it does.Other than that, we hear about how speedy cashiers can cause mental health crises, whether or not it's important to

Expert Mindset

Feb 1st, 2024 38m 26s

This week we're discussing thinking you know everything already and how that expert mindset can often limit your opportunities to grow intellectually and emotionally.Martin has a story about confusing an owl with a mushroom, a drunken man gets

Beginner's Mindset

Jan 25th, 2024 40m 28s

This week we're talking about the benefits of going into situations without assuming any prior knowledge, and how even if you're a relative expert, keeping an open mind and believing you can always learn something new is the way to sustainable

Adaptability

Jan 18th, 2024 46m 28s

This week we’re talking about why it’s important to be adaptable in recovery and life generally.To illustrate our ability to adapt to random subjects we find time for Barry White, an art exhibition for dogs, pair Socrates and Einstein in an unl

Genetics In Addiction

Jan 11th, 2024 48m 25s

This week we’re talking about some of the biological and genetic factors that might make problems with addiction more likely. Neither of us claims to be experts in this area so you needn’t worry that we might bog you down in difficult-to-unders

Festive Anxiety

Jan 4th, 2024 38m 43s

This week, if you’re wondering why you’d been feeling so stressed and anxious about the festive period that we’ve just hauled our way through, we might have some of the answers for you.Martin has a cold and tries to bring us all down to his lev

Memory Loss

Dec 21st, 2023 38m 20s

This week we’re talking about the impact too much alcohol can have on your memory.Martin introduces me to the concept of moon bathing, we hear about a worrying danger of food deliveries, ponder on the merits of being good at giving speeches, an

Interventions 2

Dec 14th, 2023 43m 1s

This week, we inadvertently select a topic we covered earlier in the year and then worried that we might have contradicted ourselves within the space of six months. Intervention is clearly an important topic on which we have a lot to sayIn addi

Being An Empath

Dec 7th, 2023 37m 28s

This week we’re talking about what happens when you don’t or can’t seem to limit the empathy you feel for others. We discuss, where it originates, why it can be a problem and what you can do about it.We share our fond memories of Shane MacGowan

Admiration

Nov 30th, 2023 48m 57s

This week we’re talking about why we sometimes find it hard to celebrate other people’s success and how helpful it is to do so.We wonder how God feels about hot drinks in church, discover the names of two Osmond siblings we didn't know existed,

Abundance Mindset

Nov 23rd, 2023 38m 59s

This week, after our discussion last time about scarcity mindset, we're balancing things out with some thoughts about why an abundance mindset is far preferable.In addition, we discuss the art of telling jokes, "big up" the value of freezers an

Scarcity Mindset

Nov 16th, 2023 47m 9s

This week we're talking about the negative impacts of worrying that you won't have enough, regardless of whether you're right or not.Martin waxes lyrical about prescription apps, and I extol the virtues of a squirrel.We're on Instagram at https

Classical Music

Nov 9th, 2023 41m 56s

This week we're talking about the physical, emotional and mental benefits of listening to classical music.Martin tells us about a surprising and inappropriate donation to a charity shop, and we discuss canoeing, and growing up in a house with

Haunted By The Past

Nov 2nd, 2023 41m 16s

This week, having recently spoken about anxiety, an emotion that lives in the future, we're turning our attention to the ways we become burdened by the past.I can't recall any famous hijacks, we pay tribute to Matthew Perry, who we focused on i