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A repeat author?! Why, yes. Alain De Botton - The Architecture of Happiness (The Secret Art of Furnishing Your Life) had to feature as it helped shape a pivotal point in my 20's just after getting out of the drain-hole of clinical depression and being inspired to look at the world of Architecture. Of course, there is a story or two intermingled with the ideations and lamentations of why Architectu...

Episode 5 of the book season. Today's got a bit emotional! Unintentionally but when you're talking about a book you read to understand your dad and how life must have been for him in a concentration camp, it's going to happen. Understandably the episode is shorter, but you definitely need to have a listen to see why.  If you want to see a bit of my podcast live, come say hi on Facebook: www.facebo...

A beautiful segue from the last episode, where we looked at Seth Godin writing about the Lizard Brain. One of his sources comes in the form of Steven Pressfield's The War of Art. The accessibility and simplicity of this book covering what he calls The Resistance, should be read by everyone. Period. ....I'd end my description there, but there's a touch of radical honesty, a story of calamity and a...

Oh Snap! It's a sexy segue into another book episode. This time it involves anti-squatting, Evian water deliveries, working for the government and why all of that mess in my life boils down to the very existence of Seth Godin's Linchpin. I got a bit carried away with the stories (why else are we here, though?!) and pull out the one bit of the book that really blew my mind, made me uncomfortable an...

Straight into Season 2 Episode 2 (or episode 12 of this whole damn thing, because we're going for that full 100-episodes before I can stop!) and this book fundamentally changed my life course. A touch dramatic? Maybe - but it's the truth... Tim Ferriss' The 4-Hour Workweek is probably a book many of you have read, maybe even some of you are a bit of a fan (I know I am) so the words I share will be...

It's a new season! (or episode 11, if you're that way inclined). For the next 10 episodes, I shallow dive (we'll be here for months if I went in deep, lol) into 10 books off my shelf that helped shape, inspire and create the Shiggi you hear and know today. We start off with what I lovingly term a "brief introduction to Philosophy for dummies" - mostly because I keep on returning to it year after y...

Confirmation bias be damned! But wait, you're wrong, and I'm right - right? Wrong. Thinking, folks. It's fun, it's free and it can be challenging as it can be liberating at times. And yet we're living in perilous times where our very own social bubbles may well be making this ever-popular philosophical pastime a thing of myth and censored legends. Also Icarus has a hardcore case of the zoomies......

9 episodes, yo! So, last episode it was all about Fantastic Pets and where to find them (and Icarus). This episode's all about The importance of finding Good Hooman Beans. Community if you will! I dive into my little quirky adventures of using social media to change my circle of hoomans, as well as an amazing heartwarming surprise experience I could give as a result of being part of a quirky clan...

Pets! Whether you're a pet lover, not quite a fan or can't stand them....folks around the world have them for one reason or another. In this episode I give you an insight as to why I have my beloved wrinkly hairless Sphynx cat who looks more like a fuzzy ball bag...has the name Captain Peanut or Scrotey McScrote (to name but a few) and is my Thunderbuddy.  If you want to see a bit of my podcast li...

When you're living multiple lives, you gotta have a happy place! The problem is I want to live in mine forever instead of just at the weekend. This episode has more stories than I originally anticipated, including pulling a complete blank for a moment. I invite you to think about *YOUR* happy place and maybe sharing it with others because it can make them happy too.  You can find this podcast else...

Oh me oh my, it's Episode 6 and we're getting stuck in with the F-Word. But what is the F-word? Well it's not four letters, that's for sure. I may well have had to wear an itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny pink bikini and stripper heels but you'll just have to listen to the episode to figure out what gives.  Today's episode is a bit special because my home internet is down..so I've had to get schwifty and us...

We're a long way from 56k Modems, screaming matches down the hall to tell your sibling to GET OF THE PHONE OH MY GOD and slap bang in the middle of a huge pivotal change in evolution speeds: Man versus technology. And we're the ones getting pulled everywhere. Come and have a think about the good, the bad and the plain terrifying nature of social media. Whether you hate to love it or love to hate i...

It all started in November 2017....after a near nervous breakdown and fleeing the country for 2 weeks to go climb the rocks of the Dolomites and marvel at the Architecture of Paris, your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Shig set her sights on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. She committed herself to 100 sessions. She's wondering why she's still writing in third person - I don't know.  It's another long but fun e...

Back once again, this is not the greatest podcast in the world - no: this is just a tribute. It's happening, it's episode 3! My name's Shiggi (yes, really) and this podcast is all about life, things, and whimsical ideas. A one-take delivery of a topic that's on my mind that usually has one of my life stories shoved in there as well as take home thoughts for yourself. In today's episode it's all ab...

Shiggi (that's me) is a creature with many stories. Join me as I run you through a whistle-stop tour of how I became to be, with the odd life tip to ponder for yourself.  If you want to see a bit of my podcast live, come say hi on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Shiggimus You can find this podcast elsewhere: Getting Shiggi With... Podcast Available at: 1. Anchor -   https://anchor.fm/shiggi 2. iTunes -...

Not one to start lightly, 2019 has been one hell of a year and in a bid to finally get this podcast going, I've started with a topic that's been on the top of my mind since May - My mother's suicide.  There is nothing sugar coated here. I'd be doing you and my self a disservice if it was presented in any other way.  Whilst talking about my own situation, I give pointers and things to consider if y...

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