The WATER Podcast

We have our second child coming. My thoughts before their arrival. Philosophical and practical.

Do not waste the remainder of your life in thoughts about others…

Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what you have at hand with perfect and simple dignity, and feeling of affection, and freedom, and justice…

Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and evil. But I who have seen the nature…

The importance of greeting one another. Why we no longer say hi and bye. Why we should bring it back.

Homo consumens is what Erich Fromm has coined the modern man. During this Christmas I wonder about the origins of this type of man within our society.

There’s a 20 minute interview with Erich Fromm from the 1950s on well being and mental health that is still relevant today. Listen and I’ll tell you why…

Part 2

The parenting journey continues. I got good stuff in here about stimulating learning physiologically and lots more!

Marshall Rosenberg is an American psychologist, mediator, author and teacher who has pioneered work in non-violent communication. His book I’ve been reading is Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Life. In this episode I go over what he calls life alienating communication. It’s great 😊

The Matrix introduced a new way to view the world and reality. What does it mean to take the red pill today?

A short introduction to Erich Fromm’s work. A call to look “under the hood.” Encouragement to live the vita contemplativa, the contemplative life.

We pick up where I was rudely interrupted by a lack of power in part 2 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️😆 We finish strong just as we started and continued through part 2. Great tidbits of wisdom in this three parter, thank you for listening 😊

We continue into the wisdom from this film. It ends abruptly, however the episode was so good I had to put it out.

One of my favorite movies. I delve into what I like. There’s gems on life in this film. I’ll tell you all about it.

I watched a documentary called Brain Matters about early childhood development. In it they spoke about an early childhood development program called Mind in the Making and the 7 skills they teach. I go over those 7 skills and how important they are for adults and children.

A quick half hour on Rio’s life and my thoughts.

A line by line interpretation of the poem Model Contentment from The Parent’s Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents by William Martin.

Because I was disconnected in the last episode here’s a short ten minutes on some final thoughts.

Tyson Fury attempts to avenge his loss against the undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Oleksandr Usyk. I discuss the first fight and preview the second. This podcast ends abruptly however what is said is enough.

Part 1 of a series I’m going to dedicate to my library. In this introduction I plead with you on why books are so important.

I recently went down a rabbit hole on the medicinal herb feverfew. This episode I share with you what i learned. I started with a PubMed article on feverfew. Then I had to look at a PubMed article on its active compounds sesquiterpene lactones. Sesquiterpene lactones are found in the asteraceae family. Had to go down the asteraceae rabbit hole. The specific sesquiterpene lactone they found to be a...

I share a dream I had. Why are dreams illogical, non sequential and hyper emotional? I have some answers from reading Robert Sapolsky’s “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers.” I go over some aspects of sleep and how they’re affected by stress. How worrying disrupts your sleep. How our immune system is affected by poor sleep.

We’re entering a big feeling stage. I love it. I talk about my demeanor with him. How important it is that we take the opportunities as they present themselves. Examples of him at the park falling and my philosophy behind my parenting.

I read something in Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky that I just had to share! Bear with my first five minutes as I discuss books. Then we get into how stress affects our memory. Enjoy the tidbits of knowledge that flow, including omega 3 fattys acids, stress reduction techniques and how to make periods symptoms less severe.