
What are your parts trying to protect?
An exploration of Internal Family Systems with Dr Richard Schwartz.
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Ideas, psychology, philosophy, relationships, culture, leadership, business and whatever else seems worth following.
I am not interested in interviewing somebody while they politely wait for my next question. I want the conversation neither of us could have planned before we sat down.
Come for the idea. Stay for where the conversation goes.


An exploration of Internal Family Systems with Dr Richard Schwartz.
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A conversation with philosopher Peter Singer about ethics, suffering and the choices we make.
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Talking business with Tony Nash, founder of Booktopia.
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Take me into the archiveThe archive follows my curiosity rather than one tidy niche.
Start with the question that has hold of you today.
What are our protective parts trying to prevent us from feeling, and why does understanding ourselves so rarely create change on its own?
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What do attachment, intimacy, parenting, conflict and endings reveal about who we become when another person matters deeply?
Explore:attachmentadult loveboundariesparentingrupture & repairrelationships
What do we owe one another? What makes a life meaningful? How should we think about time, culture, suffering, ambiguity and change?
Explore:ethicsphilosophymeaningculturepsychedelicssocial change
What happens inside the mind of someone who creates what did not previously exist, persists when it makes no sense and eventually makes it work?
Explore:entrepreneurshipleadershipbrandsriskthe long gamebuilding beyond yourself

Real coaching conversations, difficult questions and the moment when an explanation finally becomes an experience.
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Psychotherapist Dr David Richo on readiness, endings and adult love.
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Oliver Burkeman on time, distraction and cosmic insignificance.
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Michael E. GerberMichael E. Gerber on entrepreneurship, systems and building beyond yourself.
WatchA recognised name may bring us to the conversation. What matters is whether we leave seeing something we could not see before.
Pick the question, not the celebrity.
More relationships, philosophy, founders and very good rabbit holes continue below.
There is a deep archive waiting for you. Search for the question, person or subject that has your attention now.







I enjoy being interviewed just as much as hosting. A thoughtful interviewer can take my own ideas somewhere I had not expected them to go.
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New Perspectives conversations, thoughtful ideas and the occasional invitation. I will write when I have something worth saying.
No daily motivation. No relentless promotion. Just the next conversation worth having.