Out of the Fishbowl

Send us Fan Mail Meet Amanda - my amazing incredible wife of just about seven months [tomorrow!] as we speak a little bit about our story of meeting with some thoughts on Singleness and Marriage - the hope is that Amanda will be joining me in some of my Season 6 episodes which i am, very excited about, but thought we would take some time out to introduce you to her voice and wisdom and Curiosity a...

Send us Fan Mail Teboho Sebatsane is back and in the wake of the horrific Charlie Kirk and with the israel/Palestine conflict ever present in our minds, we lean in to have a conversation about what it means to be speaking the Truth about things that matter.  Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishA Become a Patreon of the Podcast Thanks for listening and plea...

Send us Fan Mail A landmark episode for the Out of the Fishbowl codcast as we have our first ever guest and what a conversation!. Join Brett "Fish" and Phinius [or is that Teboho?] Sebatsane as they talk about names and race and language and how white people and maybe also Black people can possibly show up better in the not so new South Africa. You do not want to miss this one.  Support...

Send us Fan Mail ' One thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse.' [Jack Handey] i take life seriously and one of the things i take VERY seriously is my sense of humour and when it comes to misdirection, randomness and dark edgy humour, one of the people who has influenced me more than others is Jack Handey and i thought...

Send us Fan Mail i am NOT an expert on what is happening in Palestine/Israel, but i do know when it is time to say, "This is NOT okay!" and i have done enough reading and listening and watching to share some thoughts... An 'Israel/Palestine for Dummies' conversation for anyone who still doesn't get it or who think it all began on October 7th 2024 and especially for any peo...

Send us Fan Mail The final 10 of 30 practical tips for white people who realise they are on a journey of anti-racism.  [21] Support Black business.  [22] Invite someone who doesn't look like you for a meal/story-sharing opportunity. [23] Treat those who work for you as human [Living vs Minimum wage] [24] Commit to interrupt racism/prejudice #NotOnOurWatch [25] Show up at a protest/meeting/con...

Send us Fan Mail The second 10 of 30 practical tips for white people who realise they are on a journey of anti-racism.  11.       Interrogate your words 12.       Learn about the history of words and meanings, nuance and context to increase sensitivity.  13.       Be aware of your loud white space in the room.  14.       Stop centering whiteness.  15.       Own your white privilege 16.       Don’t...

Send us Fan Mail The first 10 of 30 practical tips for white people who realise they are on a journey of anti-racism.  1.        Start reading some helpful books.  2.       Change up the voices you listen to. 3.       Make every effort to call people by their name, or the name they would like               to be called. 4.       See colour. And let that be a really good thing. No to colourblindnes...

Send us Fan Mail Have you lost a friend? Or maybe many friends? This episode of Out of the Fishbowl takes a lot at the pain and grief associated with losing a frinedship which doesn't carry the kind of scars that are visible when someone dies or a marriage ends and yet can hurt in as extreme a way. And what does having an Open Door policy mean when it comes to those who have walked away?  Sup...

Send us Fan Mail In a country where 60% of children grow up without a biological father present, an organisation called Heartlines created a programme called Fathers Matter which works towards the Positive Active Presence of Men in the lives of Children. This conversation explains why and how you can benefit from it, or get involved...  Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @FishbowlCodc...

Send us Fan Mail Race has been such a contentious issue in the world and especially South Africa where i am from. This episode is an invitation to white people to engage with terms like 'white privilege' and 'colourblindness' and to embrace a 'white responsibility' that is nothing like the 'white guilt' so many people fear.  Support the show Contact BrettFis...

Send us Fan Mail As you stand in front of the mirror at the end or beginning of each day, here are Five Questions you can ask yourself which will help tomorrow's version of you be that little bit better than todays and hopefully encourage you to continue to make the world a better place for everyone in it.  Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishA Become...

Send us Fan Mail For those of you who listened to my 'When Your Ship Hits The Fan' [Season 3, Episode 4], this is a follow-up piece to encourage you if you are in a dark or difficult space, AND also to help us all to show up well when people we know are struggling.  Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishA Become a Patreon of the Podcast Thanks for...

Send us Fan Mail Revisiting a conversation i started in Season 1 when i spoke about An EXISTential crisis, i speak into a whole lot of Practical Examples about how we can live lives that are significant in a world that maybe suggests it is a waste of time to even try.  Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishA Become a Patreon of the Podcast Thanks for listeni...

Send us Fan Mail What if we got a little bit more Intentional with our Acts of Kindness and what if Kindness was the very thing that might just change this world...? Join me, Brett Fish as i explore how every single time the ants outnumber the crickets with an invitation to be Fiercely Kind.  Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishA Become a Patreon of the Po...

Send us Fan Mail With so many different thoughts, experiences, ideas and styles of church in the world, i want to invite you to engage with some thoughts on what i think Jesus might have had in mind when He called us to be church... many of these thoughts are from the book, 'iChurch' that i self-published in 2015...  Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @Br...

Send us Fan Mail Last week's episode was about nasty little trolls on the internet and the damage they can do and this week's takes a deeper look at well-intentioned, good-,meaning people who sometimes say stupid or unkind things from a place of ignorance and pa nic - so how can we use our voices better?  Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishA Bec...

Send us Fan Mail Back in Pandemic days the term 'maskhole' was coined to describe people who would be ridiculously awful when required to wear something as simple as a mask to prevent the spread of disease and so this episode looks at that as well as judging each other and with a bonus segment on how we find beautiful at the end...  Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @Fishbo...

Send us Fan Mail In a world - especially an online one - where you don't know what sorts of things people are carrying in the background and where you can choose to be a dick or something better, choose to be lekker! [Good/Cool/Rad]  Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishA Become a Patreon of the Podcast Thanks for listening and please share your though...

Send us Fan Mail In the busyness  and chaos of life, many of us rarely find or make times to pause and slow down and reflect and reconnect and just be and in this episode i invite you to be intentional about seeking a quiet pace...  Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishA Become a Patreon of the Podcast Thanks for listening and please share your thoughts and...

Send us Fan Mail A huge tragedy and an incredible celebration both happen on the same day... how are we supposed to hold on to and make any sense of these two contradictory seemingly paradoxical things without losing our minds. Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishA Become a Patreon of the Podcast Thanks for listening and please share your thoughts and refl...

Send us Fan Mail Super excited to announce that Season 4 is so close to being with us and in the meantime, while you are waiting for it, make sure you are all caught up and in particular have listened to these 3 episodes from each of the previous seasons.  With a special shoutout to Jeremy Koeries [sound] and Rico Schacherl [logo]... Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast...

Send us Fan Mail We started Season 3 of OOTFB with an invitation into Curiosity and we have used that framework to dive into a number of important issues and as we end off the Season, aware of the imploding world around us, the invitation is extended to become part of the solution by doing the one good thing that presents itself to you!  Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @FishbowlCod...

Send us Fan Mail Time is something we don't think or talk too much about and yet it is such a valuable asset that we have to play with. In this episode we look at using Time well.  Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishA Become a Patreon of the Podcast Thanks for listening and please share your thoughts and reflections on this episode... 

Send us Fan Mail This is an episode that talks about how aware we are of the others in the room - and maybe also those not in the room with regards to inclusion and belonging and more. Support the show Contact BrettFish: Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishA Become a Patreon of the Podcast Thanks for listening and please share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...