
Becoming Übermensch Podcast
The Becoming Übermensch Podcast is your practical guide to personal growth and transformation, inspired by the extraordinary teachings of Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Episodes
13 episodes
13. EXTRA: Technique for establishing positive habits
In this bonus episode, I share with you a proven, evidence-based technique for embedding positive behaviours in your life: the establishing of habits.In this bonus mini-episode of Becoming Übermensch, we explore the art of forming posi...
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Episode 13
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13:24

12. My attempted 100 mile hike
Something different this week. Join me as I re-attempt a 100 mile hike along the South Down's Way in Southern England in just three days, wild camping along the way. Naturally, there will be talk of Nietzsche and a little about your devoted hos...
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Episode 12
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35:21

11. Nietzsche's Will to Power and a new Hierarchy of Needs
In this episode of Becoming Übermensch, we plunge deeper into Nietzsche’s concept of will to power as the underlying principle of life, reinterpreting Maslow’s hierarchy of needs through this radical lens. We explore how ...
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Episode 11
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50:56

10. Nietzsche's Will to Power in nature
What is power? Is it dominance over others, or something deeper—an intrinsic force woven into the very fabric of life itself? Nietzsche famously declared that “life as such is will to power.” But what does that really mean?In this...
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Episode 10
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45:43

9. Nietzsche's Will to Power unpacked
“What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power itself. What is happiness? The feeling that power increases—that resistance is overcome.”Nietzsche’s Will to Power is perhaps his most compelling yet widely misund...
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Episode 9
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43:07

8. Wanting and getting
Why do we always yearn for more? Why does happiness seem forever out of reach? In this episode of Becoming Übermensch, we dive into the inescapable cycle of desire, fulfilment, and renewed longing—tracing its roots from the bleak...
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Episode 8
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47:46

7. The anatomy of desire
What do we really want when we say we want happiness? In this episode of Becoming Übermensch, we continue our deep dive into Nietzsche’s conception of happiness—not as a passive state of pleasure, but as something dynamic, something ea...
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Episode 7
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43:08

6. Nietzsche the storm cloud
There are few western philosophers that have had such an impact on our contemporary culture as Friedrich Nietzsche. Why, then, is his thought so often dismissed? Why does his philosophy, which continues to provoke and inspire, still invite and ...
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Episode 6
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37:23

5. What everyone really wants
Life itself forces us to posit values—this is Nietzsche’s insight, and it’s inescapable. Every desire, every choice, every “yes” and “no” reveals what we truly value. But have you ever questioned the structure of your desires? Have you peeled b...
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Episode 5
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32:25

4. Your wake up call
“He who cannot obey himself will be commanded.” In this episode of Becoming Übermensch, we share two practical exercises that build strength, self-control, and embodied awareness, including a simple but potent practice from Nietzsche’s...
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Episode 4
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43:09

3. Nietzsche's glad tidings
What is happiness, and how is it achieved? In this episode, we begin our exploration of Nietzsche’s provocative ideas of happiness, desire, and self-overcoming. Is happiness simply getting what we want? Or is it something dee...
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Episode 3
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29:25

2. Rate your life
Are you living a 10 out of 10 life? Or does that question strike you as crass, reductive, even absurd? And yet—indulge me—if you had to rate your life right now, what number would you choose? More importantly, what would it take to raise that n...
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Episode 2
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35:14

1. Series Preview for Becoming Übermensch
The Becoming Übermensch podcast invites you on an extraordinary journey of personal growth and transformation inspired by the radical teachings of Friedrich Nietzsche. Join Jimmy, a behaviour change expert with over 20 years of experie...
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Episode 1
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