Socials! @omgmikehoffman @d0ug7a5 podpondpods@gmail.com  In Buddhism, the main duality considered is generally "suffering" and "enlightenment". Quite different to "good" and "evil" or the ...

Socials, you say!? @omgmikehoffman @d0ug7a5 podpondpods@gmail.com Issue: - The traditional Buddhist notion of "metta" is often translated as 'loving kindness' or 'compassion'. If you do Hea...

Socials: @d0ug7a5 @omgmikehoffman News and social media are more divisive than ever.  Covid has exposed a lot of mis- and disinformation and conspiracy theorists. It's a natural response to be reactive and combative. T...

With so much flux right now, the world can feel like it's getting on top of us. How many of these problems are actually truly ours? Are we defined by our problems? Concepts:Ego (See season 1 episode Big Ego)Inner and outer probl...

Mike: @omgmikehoffmanDougie: @d0ug7a5A lot of people have found themselves suffering from conditions and situations they didn't expect, such as long covid, the loss of many loved ones, other health issues and personal catastrophes ....

Mike: @omgmikehoffmanDougie: @d0ug7a5Issue:Everything is changing all the time! Mike and Dougie talk about letting go in the face of disappointment and we have a tough listener question about the shootings in Plymouth and the tu...

*Spoiler - we never really do move on. Recorded before the covid-19 pandemic hit the West hard, but more relevant now than ever, Dougie and Mike examine what it means to accept the death of a loved one, as well as how to face up to your own mor...

Mindfulness - what's it all about? Turns out its about your brain. Dougie and Mike explore mindfulness, meditation, and the observable changes that they can bring about in the human body.

...or: how to stay sane in the apocalypse! Mike and Dougie take apart their own neuroses and put their brains back together using buddhist principles and practical techniques.

What goes around comes around... or does it? Mike and Dougie take a look at one of Buddhism's best-known ideas - the principle of Karma, and the Eightfold Path.

Mike and Dougie explore the Four Noble Truths, what suffering is and how to avoid it (clue: we can't) and consider what we can do to start questioning the stories we tell ourselves. Can we be more flexible about how we perceive ourselves?

Mike and Doug give you a taste of what's to come.