Why So Glum Chum?

Time To Break The Shackles

If something ended but you’re still carrying it, this episode is for you.
We talk about anger, grudges, and why holding on keeps you drained and tense long after it’s over.
This isn’t about forgiveness or forgetting - it’s about putting the weight down and calling your energy back.

I Wasn’t Broken - I Was Performing.

I spent years thinking something was wrong with me. Too sensitive. Too quiet. Too much. Not enough. But the truth was simpler and harder to face. I wasn’t broken. I was performing.
In this episode, I talk about how self-abandonment slowly disguises itself as strength, maturity, and “being understanding.”
How explaining yourself becomes a habit.
How shrinking starts to feel responsible.
And the moment you realise you’ve been living your life for approval instead of alignment.
This is about stopping the audition. Walking away without explaining. And choosing self-respect, even when it costs you people. If you’re exhausted from trying to be palatable, this one is for you.

Stop Downplaying Yourself

You do it without thinking.
You soften your answers.
You brush off compliments.
You shut things down before anyone else can question you.
I caught myself doing it at a dinner table - downplaying my work, my experience, my life and realised how automatic this habit really is.
This episode isn’t about confidence.
It’s about the quiet ways you disrespect yourself.
Why staying small doesn’t protect you.
Why self-doubt becomes normal.
And why confidence only shows up after self-respect.
There’s a short guided exercise to help you spot where you downplay yourself and choose not to.
If you’ve ever felt unseen, frustrated, or tired of shrinking, this episode will hit.

Anxiety: Is It Watching Me? What If It Goes Right?

Your mind keeps imagining disaster - learn how to rewrite the ending.
Anxiety doesn’t mean you’re broken, it means you’re alive.
In this episode, we dive into why anxiety feels so real, how the mind manufactures future fears your body reacts to, and the crucial difference between fear and anxiety. With simple grounding tools and a shift in perspective, you’ll learn to stop suffering in advance and ask a question that changes everything:
What if it goes right?
A raw, honest, and practical conversation about facing anxiety without judgment and discovering that you’re stronger than you think.

Stop Letting Your Inner Critic Run Your Life

The voice in your head is either helping you build your life or quietly tearing it down. In this raw, no-fluff episode, I break down where your inner critic comes from, why being hard on yourself isn’t working, and how to interrupt the pattern in real time. This isn’t about positive thinking - it’s about self-leadership, nervous system safety, and learning how to stop fighting yourself so you can actually move forward.

Pursue You

“If you don’t know what to pursue in your life right now, listen to me - pursue yourself. Not a relationship. Not a job. Not someone else’s expectations. You. Because staying the same has a cost, and most people don’t realise what it’s costing them until they’ve lost years.”

Comfortable Blindness

We walk past people every day without really seeing them.
In this episode, I share two real street encounters - man by the river living with loss and grief in plain sight, and a young woman on the street barely holding it together until someone asked how she was twice. Their lives look different on the surface, but the truth is the same: loneliness, struggle, and pain don’t come with warning labels.
This episode explores judgment, assumptions, presence, and the stories we tell ourselves about other people to feel safe. It’s not about fixing anyone. It’s about slowing down, noticing, and understanding the power of genuine human connection.
If you’ve ever felt unseen, misunderstood, or overlooked or if you want to see people more clearly, this conversation will challenge how you move through the world.
Because sometimes, being seen is enough to change a life.

Bah Humbug

I’m going to say this and it might ruffle a few feathers…
I don’t like Christmas.
Not the people or the connection but the pressure, the pretending, the forced cheer, and the quiet judgement disguised as small talk. The stress, the spending, the comparison, and the expectation that your life should look perfect by year’s end.
This special episode cuts through the noise to talk honestly about:
• Fake positivity and hidden exhaustion
• Financial and emotional pressure
• The myth of January as a “fresh start”
• Goals, self-worth, and why surviving still counts
If last year didn’t go to plan, this episode is for you. If you’re tired of being measured by what you’re doing instead of how you’re actually coping, this is for you.
No hype. No hustle. No “new you.”
Just a grounded reminder that you’re not broken, not behind and you can start again anytime, on your own terms.

Stop Expecting You From Other People

This episode breaks down a hard truth: most frustration comes from expecting others to think, react, and handle situations the way you would.
I share a personal experience that forced me to see how projecting my values, boundaries, and standards onto someone else was creating unnecessary tension.
Even now, when this situation comes up, I still have to pause and remind myself: I am not them. I haven’t lived their life, made their choices, or learned how they learned to survive certain situations.
Catching myself in that moment stops me from slipping into judgment and brings me back to responsibility for my own reactions.
We talk about responsibility versus control, respecting autonomy without excusing disrespect, and how to hold your own standards without forcing them on anyone else.
Short, grounded, honest, and practical, this is about dropping expectations and protecting your peace

Invisible Battles / Hidden Hearts

But what if…
that smile is a shield?
A mask they’ve mastered just to get through the day?
What if beneath it lives heartbreak, fear, or quiet loss?
In this episode, we explore the hidden stories people carry, the masks we wear 24/7, and how often we’re forced to act a certain way instead of being our true selves.
It’s a powerful reminder that we only ever see a fraction of one another — and that kindness, compassion, and awareness can change everything.
Listen in if you’re ready to see people differently…
and maybe take the mask off yourself.