Awaken Out Of Context

Apologies for the low quality audio today. It does improve as the episode progresses. This one is a raw solo entry, recorded on my phone in a coffee shop in Canggu, no camera setup, no plan.
Today felt like a shift. First easy run in over a month after a back injury, food poisoning and a rough few weeks, and the start of moving on from a minor heartbreak. Along the way I get into something I keep noticing: the moment a song or a place stops being part of your present and crosses over into nostalgia, and why that threshold feels so much sharper when you are travelling.
In this episode:
The nostalgia threshold, when familiar songs start to sting
Moving through heartbreak without dressing it up
Why walking into a new coffee shop scared me more than recording in public
Booking HYROX Bangkok with four weeks to train
The three levels of sharing personal stories, from private journal to public insight
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One minute you feel safe, supported and loved. An hour later the ground has shifted and it's fear, dread and unpredictability. That's emotional whiplash, and if you've ever been on that rollercoaster you know how exhausting it is.

In this solo episode I break down exactly what to do in the seconds, minutes and hours after the whiplash hits: the one message that buys you a buffer, grounding yourself in your body instead of numbing out, getting into the other person's shoes, honestly checking your own part in it, and acknowledging their feelings either way. I also take on the question everyone asks, why should I be the one doing all this work? It all leads to the bigger question that decides everything: how many baskets is your safety sitting in?

Whether it's a partner, a boss or anyone your sense of safety depends on, this is a practical playbook for the moment it hits.

If this one lands, share it with someone on their own rollercoaster and drop a comment to say so.

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Ten weeks in Bali and I'm fried.

I came out here to up my content game, and in some ways I have. But I'm shattered. The agency, the podcast, the YouTube, the vlogs. I hired an editor over a month ago and somehow I'm still spending just as much time on revisions, feedback and SOPs as I was before.
So this one is completely off the cuff. No script, no polish, just me in a guest house talking through what's actually going on in my head.

I get into the strange day I looked at my Spotify analytics and saw a huge spike, and how the first thing I felt was not excitement but fear. I talk about whether I even want this to take off, the kind of person who tends to get famous being the exact kind of person who probably shouldn't, and the clip that suddenly pulled in a whole new audience while alienating another.
There's also the slightly mad realisation that I'm making a clip of myself saying I don't want more people to see my stuff, because I want more people to see it.

In this episode:

- Why ten weeks of hard content work hasn't given me the payoff I expected
- The Spotify spike that made me shake, and why fear showed up before joy
- Whether I actually want fame or just a bit of micro niche recognition
- The "girls vs women" clip, and getting two opposite signals at once
- Laughing at myself on camera, and the shy person underneath all of it
- Whether to gate my work, charge for it, or build something I can actually live from
- No guest this week. Just me, unedited, real life from a guest house in Bali.

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I put Dr Joey Weber in the passenger seat, let ChatGPT choose the route, and drove through the Southern Lake District for the first ever guest Roadcast.

What started as a rainy drive turned into a conversation about panic attacks, death anxiety, getting older, positive psychology, dopamine loops, burnout, AI, nature, and somehow… fish and chips.

This one goes from genuinely deep to completely ridiculous.

In this episode:

• Why panic attacks can feel like you’re dying
• Health anxiety vs death anxiety
• Getting older and seeing your parents age
• Joey’s new book on equanimity and positive psychology
• Trauma, responsibility and not making pain your identity
• Dopamine loops, phones, boredom and AI work addiction
• Burnout, recovery and getting back to basics
• £31 fish and chips in the Lake District

Comment below: have you ever had a panic attack that felt physical?

TIME STAMPS

00:00 I thought I was dying
00:52 The first guest Roadcast begins
01:15 Letting ChatGPT choose the route
02:02 Picking up Dr Joey Weber
03:44 Having it all but feeling miserable
04:13 The panic attack that changed everything
06:46 Death anxiety vs health anxiety
07:35 Getting older and seeing everyone change
10:28 Why this became the 100th episode
11:03 Reaching 100 podcast episodes
11:56 Joey’s honest first impression of the podcast
14:15 Why Joey nearly didn’t want to podcast again
15:40 Joey’s book deal
16:08 Positive psychology and equanimity
17:09 Adlerian psychology and responsibility
19:30 Trauma without making it your identity
22:07 What’s strong, not what’s wrong
24:57 The PERMA model explained
27:28 Blaming childhood vs owning the good stuff
28:14 Letting be vs letting go
29:17 Glimmers and equanimity
30:25 Stopping for a wet Lake District walk
30:51 Beans on toast, nature and safety
31:36 Is filming yourself in nature egotistical?
31:55 How Jason relaxes
32:35 Do podcasters copy other podcasters?
33:01 The Raincast begins
33:08 Patience, discomfort and British weather
33:40 Dopamine Nation and modern pleasure
34:13 Are young people chasing micro-pleasure?
36:52 Phones, boredom and losing imagination
37:22 AI work addiction and burnout
38:45 The work row that exposed burnout
39:37 Passion fatigue and rebuilding basics
40:42 Mental fitness and recovery speed
41:33 The fish and chips detour
42:28 Vinegar and blood sugar
43:20 Batter, gluten and getting older
45:32 Organic apples and energy fields
46:42 The £31 fish and chips shock
48:58 Fish and chip dates
49:16 Energetic fields after fish and chips
50:44 Why Joey doesn’t do movie quotes
51:46 Meeting Steve Coogan on MDMA
52:50 Accidental fish and chip reviewers

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VLOGS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ky3sQEMwUM&list=PLMebuClQRf09N1EW4xaBRDZJQqPlDB_5B

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Yogi (my editor) came down with double vision this week so the vlog couldn't ship. Recorded this AMA in a Canggu cafe before heading to the Gili Islands with Tommy and Mika.I went to Instagram and Facebook for questions and got through nine of them. We cover the obviously most important question (ten horse-sized ducks vs a hundred duck-sized horses), why I'm wary of going hard left or right politically, an update on my back (turns out I have an anterior pelvic tilt nobody else spotted), what I love and dislike about Bali life, my current relationship with social media, how I'm using AI as a daily reflection and decision-making tool, the females vs women debate, why most fitness advice doesn't apply to you, and the "you are enough" advice plus the daughter-marry-me test that I think actually matters.Plus an honest answer on dating in Bali at nine weeks in.awakenoutofcontext.comthechaptersystem.com If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy these:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMebuClQRf09DvwNgIXJOsd6ca4azb7nQ🎙️ MY STUFFAwaken Out of Context: https://awakenoutofcontext.comThe Chapter System: https://thechaptersystem.com📍 Canggu, Bali#AwakenOutOfContext #BaliPodcast #AMA #AskMeAnything #YouAreEnough #PerformanceVsAuthenticity