The Seth Forgets Podcast

I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pain is something we should avoid, right? Wrong. Pain is a teacher. It shows us the things we don't want to see so we might learn from them. We should love our pain not scorn it. I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trauma and emotions I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Relationships I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I was thinking today about loss. When we lose everything it feels like the end of the world but it can also be an opportunity. What possessions do we take with us when go to zero? I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Endings For the season finale I took it to the streets. Instead of just talking to myself in this episode I asked my friends what they thought about endings. Why should I do all the heavy lifting??? Thank you to Nika, Bryan, Jed, Vincent and Andy. You are all more special than you know. Please enjoy the end of season 1. See you next year. I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear me. Hosted...

Contradictions are not what we think. Two things can be truth even if they appear to negate each other because we're asking the wrong questions. When we look at the world through a binary lens (right wrong good bad) we will see contradictions. But they aren't opposites at all. Our POV sometimes distorts what we see. I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

It's so easy to hold a grudge. When someone hurts us we never want to let them off the hook. But people are not their actions. It might seem counter intuitive but even if a person does a bad thing that might not make them a bad person. And when we find the ability to forgive someone that has wronged us, we also find the ability to forgive ourselves. I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear...

Healing is nonlinear and backwards and tough. There is no wrong way to heal. We can numb ourselves. We can talk to people. We can distract ourselves. The only wrong way to heal is by doing nothing. I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Change is always happening. Good change and bad. When we fight it our worlds fall apart. I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dancing alone is the best way to meet yourself. I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lifeboats save us from disaster but they're not meant to be a forever home. I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Balance to me is not happy or comfortable. It's neutral. I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hobbies are important. We need things in our lives that have little or no stakes. We need to enjoy just being. A hobby is just that. Why do we do things that have no value other than enjoyment? Because our value is not our productivity. I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We can all help prevent suicide. The 988 Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States. Today’s topic is taboo. We’re not supposed to think about it or talk about it. But it’s necessary. We all have dark thoughts and hiding them is never a good thing...

Crying is a physical reaction to the emotion stored inside of us. As men we're told not to cry. Crying as weakness. And it causes so many problems. We can be strong and be sad and cry all at the same time. I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Addiction is such a powerful experience. It feels so good. There is no part of it that feels wrong. At first. I went down the Benzo rabbit hole in my 30s. I loved those pills. I didn't feel high. I felt nothing which is all I wanted. I didn't want to feel anything and these little gifts from god solved everything. At first. Then my body started to breakdown. My panic attacks became near constant a...

"Loving Kindness" - The Wisdom of No Escape by Pema Chodron I record myself as I walk. Sometimes people hear me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Change. It seems like a good thing. If I change something, I’ll be better. If I can just learn from my mistakes, I’ll be better. But change is weird. The goal should not be to change ourselves. The goal should be to accept ourselves. The only thing that ever actually changes is our point of view, our opinions. What does it tell us about changes? The change we need is not about ourselves, but in ou...

All ghosts love each other. I started working on this concept in 2018. I came up with the idea when I noticed that the only romantic partners I was connecting with was through trauma. We were trauma bonding (although at the time I didn’t know that term). When two ghosts haunt a house they can sometimes fall in love. They’ve gone unseen for so long that when someone finally notices them they might...

Spinning out. We all have moments where we get so overwhelmed that we lose our ability for rational thought. I think some of us do it more than others but there’s always something that sends us down a rabbit hole. The most important thing I’ve learned in the last six years that I can weather a lot of storms. Not all of them, but most of them. I haven’t failed yet. But I see how I spend so much ene...

Guilt and shame. These two terms are often confused with each other. I know I didn’t understand the difference for years. Guilt is the belief you did something wrong, shame is the belief you are the thing that is wrong. For me, I always default to shame. It’s something I struggle with a lot. I think a lot of us do. It’s important to know that we are never the thing that is wrong. It’s our actions...

Years ago I worked on a job in Mexico and I fell in love with a woman. We got married and created a life together. Along the way I found I not only loved her, I loved her country as well. That marriage ended earlier this year. I have to figure out what my relationship is to Mexico. What’s left for me? Twenty years of visiting a place that I have no real connection to anymore but I still feel in my...

Like attracts like. It's ironic that sometimes the thing we hate is the thing we invited in. What I found over the years of trying to right my ship was that I usually caused the issue I was struggling with. If we are in a bad space, generally speaking, we will only have access to people on our same level. It's up to us to make the changes so we can meet different energy. I record myself as I walk....

Trust is a hard one for me. I grew up in a love insecure environment and that set me off on a path of a lifetime struggle to figure out how to let people in. My love life has always been a mess. I think my marriage is the only bright and shining moment... so far. But every other relationship I’ve ever had has been fraught with insecurity and doubt and protectionism. I always see walls. In this epi...