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The Unfunk
This is The Unfunk. We aim to pull on that thread, to dive into the mess of it all, to face the darkest and terrifying parts of being a human so you don't have to do it alone. This will be a space of joy and laughter and love, but not without being real and vulnerable about the muck, the pain, the funk.
The first official episode of The Unfunk! If this confuses you in any way, check out the last episode where Kiran explains the changes. Don't worry, there will still be solo episodes from him, but with so much more as well. Today's conversation is a wide-ranging and difficult conversation I had with Kiran on divorce and relationships. Despite Kiran having terrible allergies and me feeling like the bed was calling, we were fortunate to have so many great points come to light. Honestly, this was healing for us, and I hope for you as well. Can't wait to see you next week - Nicole.
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To the three people that care, this is the end of Hitchhiking to Healing, and the birth of something so much better.
This clip was taken from a video I made for Instagram, on my journey leaving church, and how it forced me to audit my beliefs.
Podcast note: I'm so sorry for the poor sound - my phone was foolishly nearby and caused static throughout. To somewhat fix it, I've added music. I couldn't delete this episode, I loved it too much.
More than anything, I hope this episode widens your view on healing, and what it means to be a human.
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Podcast note: apologies for the poor sound - without realising I recorded without a microphone cover.
Having doubt is a stigmatised state of mind within faith circles. 'Faith' almost demands that you stand resolute in the face of any real questions. Well, that screwed me up coming up as a Christian, sending me down the rabbit hole of atheism, and this is the journey of me struggling with it.
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We have perverted what it means to have a purpose, to live purpose, to be people guided by purpose. I'm yet to really see a consensus on what the word means, yet it's thrown around within self-help and faith community circles, and often erroneously tethered to career.
In this episode, I outline what I've come to know as purpose. It's far from exhaustive, but the central idea really speaks to the heart of what I believe is true purpose. I hope you enjoy it, and I would love to hear your thoughts.
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This episode was incredibly hard to make. I wanted to wait as long as possible from the recent protests to allow women and victims to have the space to speak for themselves. Subsequently, within the past two weeks, three women were murdered as well as a baby, in Australia. Not killed, murdered at the hands of men. This doesn't even encapsulate the thousands of women every single day in fear for the lives and the lives of their children. There is no good time to talk about this, there is only now. I believe more than ever, that unless we form a precise and powerful picture of what it means to be a man, our boys will not have anything to step into, and what will replace it is a toxic and repressed form that looks like a man but is nothing like one. I can't speak for women, and I would never try and take that place, but I must speak out. I must. I hope this finds it's way to the men that want to be better, the parents with boys struggling what to do, and anyone wanting a love centred world.
At some point, I realised I was hitchhiking to healing. Yes, I was walking up the mountain, but as I looked back, I realised I had not gotten here on my own, and as I looked up, I knew I couldn't get much further without help. This podcast is my journey, hitchhiking with some of the greatest minds and vivacious personalities I've ever met, as well as all the goodness I've picked up on the road myself and hidden in my rucksack.
Some are dead, others alive, some from the world of psychology, others from art, theology, science, and philosophy. All wonderfully, and often painfully, taking me up the mountain.