The Wayward Journal: Recent Episodes
Michael Walker
How do we be more resilient, more purposeful, more empathetic, more at peace and more content? How to do we be human better? Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thewaywardjournal/support
We are connected more than ever, more expressive than ever then I think we are disagreeing more than ever. How do we deal?
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Why did we chase this standard of beauty that few are gifted?
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How do I set boundaries?
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It feels like doing something while black is a dangerous endeavor in America.
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How to attack your own beliefs and what you think you know.
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Sorry for the hard breathing in advanced. I took an attachment style test on Psychology today and made a plan to attack my emotional issues.
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How studying characters in story changed how I feel about regret.
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Kobe Bryant, my childhood hero, has died tragically. How his life and death affected me.
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How writing a story taught me about making choices.
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Settling down back into my old new life in Atlanta, the crappiness of writer's block and recognizing what it means to enjoy the process.
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I have returned to Atlanta changed with a new outlook and new goals coupled with a feeling of loss from what I left behind to get here.
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Why can't we ask for help? What are the consequences for ourselves and others if we don't?
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A conversation over drinks about weakness in our character.
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No job, car broke down, low on cash, and now this...
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My dad visits and stays in my mom's house who he has been separated from for more than 15 years while I am there as well. The bright side is that I learn a little bit about some fears I hold.
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After years of stalling, I finally arrived at my first therapy session.
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While working on my friend's family farm, we had a conversation that revealed to me that you really can't hide the truth from the people that know you.
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After the heartbeat ban on abortion came out in Georiga and others, I took a moment or three weeks to examine my views on the issue.
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What is shame and how do we deal with it?
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Have you ever been curious about what life coaching is? In this episode, I bring on a life coach (Didi Mann) as a special guest to discuss what life coaching is, what is the process and much more.
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Feeling overwhelmed by everything? Then like me, you need to discover or rediscover a stress relieving activity.
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A compliment prompts me to question the way I view myself.
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Have you ever had a strange dream that might have an embedded message for you in it?
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Trying my best to imitate water and deal with a not-so-perfect quarter, week and weekend.
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Open communication. What can it get you? Closure, acceptance, ...sex on a rooftop?
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How do flawed individuals have a relationship?
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Exploring power and principles in our daily lives.
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Now, there is so much content wanting for our attention, because views equal dollars. How should you spend your money and more importantly, your time?
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A friend I made in Mexico City had this idea to give free hugs in Zocalo. I came along as security but had an experience I could not have expected.
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A conversation I had with a new friend at CEPE (a language school in Mexico City) about an aspect about being a woman sparked a internal conversation about empathy and power.
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Visiting a town with a woman that I know slightly more than the town, where I learn about how to communicate without the full command of the language and the other important components of communication.
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Putting myself in uncomfortable situations to be more comfortable with being uncomfortable. Sounds like a good plan, right?
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My first attempt at fulfilling a dream of making a film.
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I slugged around my metaphorical heavier heart around the beautiful city of Edinburgh.
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The second meeting with some friends I met in Mexico City in Barcelona, where a relationship goes outside the realm of the platonic.
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I stumbled into a hole in the wall cafe, where I met two beautiful Italian women and a boring night out got interesting.
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Took a history tour of Dublin, drank some Irish whiskey, got kicked out of a bar, met Miss West Virginia (2015), and some other stuff.
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Hanging out and dancing with new and old friends at an idian wedding to picking up polish hitchhikers in Iceland. YOLO!
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Prodical son returns from Mexico and mommy is mad, boy!
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After a conversation with my brother, I find out that I need a little Trump confidence in my life.
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A trip to the Soumaya Musem and looking at some elephant tusk art inspired a discussion on how limiting a good thing is a good thing.
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An intense moment on a beach in Acapulco, Mexico reveals more to me on empathy and thoughtfulness.
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What is the best approach to view new challenges or events: with optimism or pessissm?
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Last minute trip to New York City for the B.I.G. Salsa festival, where I learn a lesson about mistakes.
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Want to quit your job? Yes. Know what to do after? No. Me neither. Follow my journey of figuring it out.
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