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Discomfortable

104 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings

A Humorous Podcast About Shame

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Getting Discomfortable with Nail Polish

June 12, 2019 15:59 - 23 minutes - 5 MB

I painted my nails to thwart my inner bro.

Getting Discomfortable with Compassion

June 05, 2019 11:46 - 25 minutes - 5 MB

Sometimes the best way to help someone else is to help yourself.

Getting Discomfortable with Excess Baggage

May 29, 2019 08:24 - 29 minutes - 5 MB

I wrote a sitcom as a joke and it turned out to be the most satisfying artistic creation of my life.

Getting Discomfortable with Nonviolent Communication

May 22, 2019 09:10 - 39 minutes - 5 MB

Are you living for "aliveness" or are you "nice, but dead"?

Getting Discomfortable with Authentic Relating

May 15, 2019 07:50 - 33 minutes - 5 MB

Authentic Relating turned me straight.

Getting Discomfortable with Loneliness

May 08, 2019 11:48 - 14 minutes - 5 MB

I only feel lonely when I'm not alone.

Getting Discomfortable with Wisdom 2.0

May 01, 2019 07:19 - 17 minutes - 5 MB

I don't believe that everything happens for a reason, but I do believe there's a reason for everything that happens.

Getting Discomfortable with Attention

April 24, 2019 06:38 - 28 minutes - 5 MB

I've been shaming you this whole time.

Getting Discomfortable with Prison

April 17, 2019 17:27 - 1 hour - 75.4 MB

I interview an ex-inmate about the shame and redemption of going to prison.

Getting Discomfortable with Scarcity

April 10, 2019 17:38 - 28 minutes - 5 MB

Why we think there's not enough enoughness to go around.

Getting Discomfortable with Whiteness

April 05, 2019 14:52 - 54 minutes - 5 MB

Shame made me racist.

Getting Discomfortable with Simulation

March 28, 2019 14:21 - 15 minutes - 5 MB

We probably live in a simulation, but that doesn't mean we can't escape!

Getting Discomfortable with Fantasies

March 21, 2019 19:21 - 24 minutes - 5 MB

My ego is constantly stroking itself.

Getting Discomfortable with Remote Year

March 14, 2019 19:06 - 40 minutes - 5 MB

I traveled the world for a year with 50 strangers.

Getting Discomfortable with Circumcision

March 07, 2019 16:45 - 9 minutes - 5 MB

When I was 9 years old, the doctor said there was something wrong with my penis.

Getting Discomfortable with Silence: Day 3

March 02, 2019 00:42 - 27 minutes - 5 MB

On the final day of my silent meditation retreat, I discovered the source of all life.

Getting Discomfortable with Silence: Day 2

February 21, 2019 16:16 - 34 minutes - 5 MB

On my second day of silent meditation, I discovered that God is just an orgasm in your heart.

Getting Discomfortable with Silence: Day 1

February 14, 2019 19:06 - 42 minutes - 5 MB

On the first day of a silent meditation retreat, I discovered a mystery inside my own body.

Getting Discomfortable with Fear

February 07, 2019 15:52 - 25 minutes - 5 MB

After signing up for a week of volunteering in Mexico, I had the pleasure of being scared af.

Getting Discomfortable with Tradition

January 30, 2019 22:23 - 36 minutes - 5 MB

Tradition is dead, long live tradition!

Getting Discomfortable with Ecstatic ​Dance

January 23, 2019 13:50 - 18 minutes - 5 MB

Dance like no one is watching you have sex.

Getting Discomfortable with Sensory Deprivation

January 15, 2019 23:28 - 32 minutes - 5 MB

The best way to appreciate existence is to try not existing at all.

Getting Discomfortable with New Years

January 07, 2019 20:20 - 13 minutes - 5 MB

Your "purpose" is not a plan for the future, it's what you're doing right here and now.

Getting Discomfortable with Christmas

December 25, 2018 00:09 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MB

I found a Christmas album I recorded at age 8.

Getting Discomfortable with Sobriety

December 19, 2018 12:22 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB

I interview an alcoholic on her 19th anniversary of being sober.

Getting Discomfortable with a Flat Earther: Part 2

December 12, 2018 15:44 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MB

My theory on how you become a flat earther.

Getting Discomfortable with Dancing

December 05, 2018 07:12 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MB

How to secretly dance with closeted men.

Getting Discomfortable with a Flat Earther: Part 1

November 27, 2018 09:27 - 1 hour - 67.4 MB

How do you know what you think you know?

Getting Discomfortable with Family

November 14, 2018 08:13 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MB

We need to start parenting ourselves.

Getting Discomfortable with My Mother

November 08, 2018 05:33 - 40 minutes - 37 MB

Confronting the cult leader who brainwashed me.

Getting Discomfortable with Children

November 02, 2018 04:32 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

Kids dream the darnedest things.

Getting Discomfortable with “Crazy” People

October 26, 2018 16:11 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

Acting "crazy" might be the healthiest thing you've ever done.

Getting Discomfortable with Gay Sex

October 18, 2018 16:54 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MB

Casual sex is fun, but it's not as meaningful as our culture or our instincts want us to think it is.

Getting Discomfortable with Being Gay

October 11, 2018 17:47 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB

A magic scarf turned me gay.

Getting Discomfortable with Cults

October 05, 2018 20:19 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB

Is Discomfortable a cult? You decide...

Getting Discomfortable with Envy

September 27, 2018 21:24 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

You can't be envious of yourself.

Getting Discomfortable with Acting

September 21, 2018 18:12 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MB

When I was 7 years old, I discovered that I didn't know my own name.

Getting Discomfortable with The A.J. Tax

September 13, 2018 20:55 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB

Instead of getting upset when something goes wrong, I now see the direct connection between these disasters and being me.

Getting Discomfortable with Karma

September 07, 2018 17:12 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB

I had a strange encounter on Instagram that I think defines Karma.

Getting Discomfortable with Spontaneity

August 31, 2018 12:03 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MB

What would happen if I just sat down in front of the microphone and started speaking?

Getting Discomfortable with Shame: Part 7

August 22, 2018 13:48 - 10 minutes - 9.88 MB

Shame breakthroughs are both incredibly liberating and scary af.

Getting Discomfortable with Shame: Part 6

August 15, 2018 10:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MB

What is the opposite of shame?

Getting Discomfortable with Shame: Part 5

August 08, 2018 09:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MB

Tame Your Shame: A How-To Guide.

Getting Discomfortable with Shame: Part 4

August 01, 2018 12:44 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

What would it be like if you had no shame at all?

Getting Discomfortable with Shame: Part 3

July 25, 2018 20:22 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MB

No matter how "successful" you are, shame will try to convince you that the world is a hierarchy and you are at the bottom.

Getting Discomfortable with Shame: Part 2

July 18, 2018 12:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MB

Contrary to popular belief, there's nothing that you "should" be ashamed of.

Getting Discomfortable with Shame: Part 1

July 12, 2018 07:00 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MB

The greatest trick shame ever pulled was convincing the world it doesn’t have a problem with shame.

Getting Discomfortable with Ayahuasca

July 03, 2018 10:00 - 46 minutes - 63.5 MB

A psychedelic trip through my own stomach taught me to embrace my biggest fears, and myself.

Getting Discomfortable with Subjectivity: Part 2

June 27, 2018 09:00 - 25 minutes - 29.1 MB

Science gave us evolution, but evolution gave us faith.

Getting Discomfortable with Subjectivity: Part 1

June 20, 2018 10:00 - 23 minutes - 27.1 MB

You’ve been brainwashed to believe that what you believe is actually true.

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