Shedding Skin Podcast

Hi everyone, it’s been a while, Nick here. I haven’t recorded a pod ep for quite some time. But I've just written this fun research essay on personality traits and tests, so here is the audio / podcast version. So, sit back, relax and come on a journey through the many whacky and ridiculous ways humans have measured personality traits in the past. It get a bit wild! Here's a list of what I look in...

We’re back, baby. Season 2 launching here with some timely and timeless mental perspectives from David Foster Wallace. Nothing short of how to survive modern human life with some explorations of the effort required to consciously guide your attention to break your first person perspective. “The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and bein...

Bonus episode of Confessions of an Itchoholic! I know you’ve been sitting around waiting for more, more, more! Do you remember Tim Shaw from the Demtel ads? “But wait there’s more”. I manage to include that clip, and more movie references galore, in this episode. You’ll have to listen to it as I’m not posting the words here, they were kind of all over the place, so audio only. . Enjoy, and thanks...

This is a serial podcast episode in 10 parts that you can listen to with these links: Apple Podcasts here , Spotify here , Youtube Podcasts here . Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic Episode 10 (of 10) - Acceptance . In this episode - Hope! Healing! The meaning of life! (maybe...) . S hedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic is my memoir of growing up with a body that was not east to i...

Hi all. Mini essay here sharing some content I’ve been listening to on the tech industry, billionaires, Elon’s trolling, the US election, Silicon Valley’s lurch to the right of politics and autocratic leaders and how they sway to music in front of their followers. Lovely! Plus, this one simple trick to get $4 grand out of the US government if you’re Jeff Bezos…. . Links to content in this episode:...

Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic Episode 9 (of 10) - Growing Up (Whilst Parenting) . In this episode - 2nd last ep of my episodic pod memoir mashup. Mescaline. Psychedelics. Revelations. Mental patterns. Addiction. Parenting. Reparenting. Embodiment. Spa shitting. It's all there 🌵🚸💩 . Subheadings: * Psychedelics * Shedding * Revelations * Booze Again * 'Alternate' Therapies * Parent...

Mini pod episode on addiction, dopamine, alcohol and the nervous system freedom to be found in abstinence . This podcast episode can be found on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts here , Spotify here , Youtube Podcasts here . Thanks for listening. If you would like to support my work which is free to access, you can donate here at Buy Me a Coffee Find me at sheddingskin.substack.com and on Tw...

In this episode Nick interviews Cate Gilpin, and she talks about her experience with OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. From her disrupted formative years, to the revelation and diagnosis in her 40s, to treatments and the impact this disorder has had on her life, Cate’s incredible ability to articulate her experience, to bravely share her journey of mental health, and the immense gratitude she h...

Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic Episode 8 (out of 10) - Collapse and Rebirth Subheadings: * Firstborn * Big Babies * Electricity * Cars * Sleep * CMV * Surgery * Proper Addiction * Dark Night of the Soul In this episode - This episode tells the story of the calamitous disasters that befall me (and nearly kill me) as I become a new dad. . Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic is...

Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic Episode 7 (out of 10) - Suppression Subheadings: * Pred * Prednisone Roller Coaster * Suppression * Service Station * Allergy Boy Attempts ‘Sensitive Man’hood * Death and Grief * Travel . In this episode - I white-knuckle steroid use to become a new person. I'm still trading short term gain for long term pain. I go out into the world and realise many ot...

Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic . Episode 6 (out of 10) - Abyss . In this episode - I’m 18 now, and enter the big wide world. It’s a disaster. I crash my car. My friend nearly dies in front of me. I am betrayed. I enter a prolonged period of intense paranoia. I see an old school friend on the nightly news, he’s having trouble too. I can’t breathe. I find a medicine, that changes every...

Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic . Episode 5 (out of 10) - Side Effects A.K.A High School Part 2 . In this episode Rock music!  The 90’s sells us anti-authority sentiments. School camp has Stand By Me vibes. I exist in a veneer of shame. I find booze! I become a delinquent! I bend reality around my insufficiencies. I seek altered states of consciousness. High school finishes with a bar...

Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic . Episode 4 (out of 10) - Conspicuous (A.K.A High School p1) . In this episode - With my colourblind eyes I wade into the muddy waters of high school, awash in conspicuousness. I probably have OCD. Religious rituals assail me with repetition. I can’t escape my body. There are beautiful people all around me. I am always running. . Subheadings with durati...

Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic . Episode 3 (out of 10) - Allergies . In this episode - I am 12 now, going through a metamorphosis. I notice allergies to the cultural forces forging me – control, inauthenticity, ‘strength’ as a masculine trait, unspoken emotions. I clash with my father and his wisdom delivery mechanisms. I am allergic to advertising, marketing, jingles. They win that...

Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic . Episode 2 (out of 10) - Nurture . In this episode - We move to Brisbane, I turn 10. Everything ratchets up a notch – the heat, the hills, the storms. There is violence in the playground. And in my body. I give in to the instant gratification of the power of the itch, always capitulating. I don’t sleep. Everything about me is chronic, dragging forth th...

Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic, Episode 1 (out of 10) - Nature . Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic is my memoir of growing up with a body that was not east to inhabit. It will be released 1 episode / chapter each week for a few months. Citing neuroscientists, philosophers and modern-day poets (ie rockstars) and exploring the 90s popular culture that shaped me (its music, m...

Listen on Apple Podcasts here , on Spotify here , on other Podcast apps with this RSS link: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1861303.rss Hi all, I’m pretty excited to to be launching this podcast project. This is a little 10 min intro ep with too many 90s movie quotes and an explainer of what this podcast is. The plan is to release the 1st season of content episodes over the next few months,...