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HOMO OBSOLETUS Same animal. Different world. For thousands of years, we've been driven by the same instincts. Attraction, survival, status, belonging. Then civilization happened. We built a world of comfort, safety and predictability. We wrote the rules for a good life. And then the world changed. Faster than our culture. Faster than our expectations. Perhaps faster than we can adapt. So here...

12 hours of sleep. Birds singing. Life suspiciously wonderful. Have I reached peak life? A slightly ridiculous morning turns into a reflection on happiness, the surprisingly simple recipe for a good life, and the curious phenomenon of winter depression. Perhaps life isn't that complicated. Perhaps we're just making it complicated. Or perhaps I just needed some sleep. #CaptainsLog #PeakLife...

Who do you think you are when things go terribly wrong? Would you freeze? Run? Fight? Act? And how could you possibly know? We tend to judge our capabilities from the comfort of a world where our lives aren't on the line. But what happens when you add fear, rage, desperation, adrenaline, and the overwhelming instinct to survive? What if there's something inside you that you've never me...

MY FRIEND VIKTOR Some men are forged in the dark forests of Scandinavia. Viktor is one of them. A hunter. Strongman. Carpenter. Father. Soldier. Built like a Viking, with the eyes of a kind old Labrador. We met during military training. Naturally, we started testing each other. Unfortunately for Viktor, he had unknowingly entered a competition in which I hold a black belt. Behind the enormous musc...

What if you don’t need more? Another promotion. A bigger house. More money. More experiences. Another upgrade. Maybe the life you’re trying to build is taking you further away from the things you actually miss? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How good are you at honestly assessing your own state? Not how you should feel. Not what your ego tells you. How you actually feel. Body. Mind. Emotions. Energy. Green. Orange. Red. And the most important question: What are you going to do about it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE SIZE OF FEAR Fear is a strange thing. It can keep us alive. It can also keep us from living. I've spent a large part of my life deliberately walking toward things that scared me. Fighting. Fire. Standing in front of people. Situations where every instinct in the body says: get the fuck out. And somewhere along the way, I learned something. Fear is real. But it's also just a feeling. An...

You can walk uphill every day and become stronger without ever being told that you've improved. That's an interesting thing about leadership. Standards matter. Pressure matters. Correction matters. But so does helping people understand where they actually stand. Because if the only feedback comes when something goes wrong, even a thinking person eventually feels the weight of that silence....

Sometimes your life changes faster than your mind can understand it. You do the thing. Cross the line. Grow stronger. On paper, the character sheet has already been updated. But inside? You still feel the same. Maybe even empty. Perhaps becoming someone new and realizing you've become someone new are two different things. The old version doesn't quite fit anymore. The new one hasn't se...

Sometimes the hardest part of the journey isn't surviving the dark forest. It's leaving it. We become very good at being the person we needed to be. Strong. Restless. Hungry. Always moving. Always fighting. Always preparing for the next battle. And then one day, the landscape changes. But we don't. We keep carrying old truths into a life that no longer requires them. We mistake familia...

THE REAL PROBLEM Maybe there are no bad days. Maybe there are bad moments we give too much authority. In this episode I start with three hours of sleep, a cold, and absolutely no desire to record. From there, I dig into the labels we put on ourselves: bad days, stress, winter depression, shitty jobs, broken relationships. Sometimes the label explains the problem. Sometimes it becomes the software...

BURIED Maybe you’re not lost. Maybe you’re buried. Under work. Expectations. Relationships. Status. Comparison. The person you learned you were supposed to be. But somewhere underneath all that shit is the kid who knew exactly what made him come alive. The movies. The books. The games. The forests. The heroes. The dreams. Maybe finding yourself isn’t about becoming someone new. Maybe it’s about di...

Most people on the internet only consume. A few create. And somewhere between the two, we built a strange new version of normal. We watch strangers for years without saying a word. We turn likes into validation. Attention into currency. And creation into another addiction. So what happens when you stop creating for the reaction and start creating because you’d do it even if nobody was watching? Ar...

Once upon a time, boys had Conan The Barbarian posters on their bedroom walls. Strong. Dangerous. Free. A sword, a quest, and absolutely no LinkedIn profile. Today, the modern man sits in traffic, stressed about emails, mortgages and oat milk. So… when exactly did we replace Conan with? An episode about masculinity, usefulness, comfort and modern life. Part philosophy. Part comedy. Part barbarian...

Beredskap börjar inte med en bunker, ett lager konserver eller en ryggsäck full med prylar. Det börjar med en tanke: Tänk om verkligheten förändras? I det här avsnittet pratar jag om beredskap som ett mindset. Om rädsla, krig, samhällsstörningar och vardagliga kriser. Om att våga se på världen som den är, tänka några steg framåt och förbereda sig utan att bli paranoid. Inte prepping. Inte domedag....

Two worlds meet. Mattias Lidborn, host of The Metanoia Path Podcast , joins me for a long, unscripted conversation about martial arts, violence, faith, God, consciousness, chaotic professions, morality, adventure and the strange business of trying to understand what it means to be human. Mattias / The Metanoia Path: https://mattiaslidborn.com/ Watch the conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube...

What if the perfect Sunday isn’t about doing nothing? A tired morning, a low battery, and some thoughts on the art of real recovery. How to slow down, enjoy yourself, and still end the day a little better than you started it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if you’re 40, but still running the software you installed at 27? A walk through identity, old ambitions, changing priorities, and the strange price we pay when we keep living according to a version of ourselves we’ve already outgrown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I grew up in the forest, carrying a survival mindset inherited from my father, and his father before him. But what happens when the world gets easier and the old survival wiring remains? An episode about fathers, inheritance, hard times, comfortable lives, and learning how to turn survival mode into a superpower. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We keep inventing smarter ways to avoid ordinary life. Robot lawn mowers. Shortcuts. Comfort. Convenience. But what if the real solution isn't another machine... ...but becoming the kind of person who doesn't mind cutting the grass? A conversation about comfort, resistance, modern life, and why some of our biggest problems may have nothing to do with the lawn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

The older I get, the less interested I become in chasing highs... ...and the more I appreciate the quiet beauty in between. This is a conversation about aging, friendship, recovery, melancholy, and the strange wisdom that only arrives after enough winters. The Grey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every story we love... every joke we laugh at... every hero we admire... Maybe they're all trying to give us the same thing. In this episode, I explore what humans are really searching for beneath all the noise. Relief. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Want to become really annoying? Simple. Wake up early. Keep your promises. Stay in shape. Build something. Love your family. Think for yourself. You'll attract a few great people. You'll inspire some. And you'll become absolutely unbearable to the people who were hoping you'd stay exactly where you were. This isn't a lesson in provoking the world. It's a lesson in becoming the kind of person that...

Want to become really annoying? Simple. Wake up early. Keep your promises. Stay in shape. Build something. Love your family. Think for yourself. You'll attract a few great people. You'll inspire some. And you'll become absolutely unbearable to the people who were hoping you'd stay exactly where you were. This isn't a lesson in provoking the world. It's a lesson in becoming the kind of person that...

Some people wear flip-flops because they've earned the right. Others wear them because they assume nothing bad will ever happen. This episode isn't about footwear. It's about preparedness, competence, comfort, and the quiet signals people send without saying a word. Sometimes the smallest observations reveal the biggest differences in how we move through the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...