How to connect to your higher self & escape the matrix.
Two software engineers deconstruct together what they learned about spirituality, non-duality and the human experience. We explore to sharpen our awareness, make life more enjoyable, be little kinder, become more authentic, less reactive, more present & ultimately expand our consciousness.
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The Father Wound: Masculinity, Suppressed Emotion, and Reparenting Yourself | Ep. 89
Nikolas and Michael get personal about masculinity and the father wound: how boys are quietly taught to suppress emotion, the difference between inheriting a parent's fear and reacting against it, and what it takes to change a pattern carried since childhood. They talk about parenting the way they wish they had been parented, loving a child for who they are rather than what they do, and the hard question of whether a relational wound can be completed without the parent. It ends on blame, grief, and the good memories worth holding onto.
00:00 Intro
00:45 Masculinity and the father wound
02:54 Looking at the father relationship for the first time
06:05 How boys get taught to suppress emotion
10:30 Masculinity as a denial of "soft" qualities
13:13 How suppression is passed down
16:40 Transmission, reaction, and the "shy kid" label
20:31 It took suffering and awareness to change
23:03 Parenting as a second-time father
26:57 Love for who you are vs what you do: the shame wound
31:47 Relational wounds and relational repair
34:23 Safety, TRE, and reparenting yourself
36:44 Can you complete a father wound without the father?
39:54 Letting go of blame
43:23 Grieving what you did not get
46:28 Wrap-up
15 Sept 2026
What Are We Afraid to Say? Self-Censorship, Honesty, and the True Mirror | Ep. 88
Nikolas and Michael turn the lens on themselves and the podcast itself: the quiet fear of saying the wrong thing, where self-censorship comes from, and what honest conversation actually costs. They trace their path from software engineering into psychology, move through charged territory like COVID and polarization, and get into the strange discomfort of hearing your own voice. Nikolas introduces the "true mirror," and they land on podcasting as a kind of shadow work and a practice in staying present.
00:00 Intro
00:45 The discomfort of putting yourself out there
04:29 From software engineering to psychology
08:14 Self-censorship and the fear of saying the wrong thing
09:56 Being apolitical, and the social cost of speaking
11:55 COVID as a charged entry point
16:07 Platforms, news, and whose interests
18:10 Relaxing the self-censorship
20:35 Intention and the casual, unscripted format
23:44 Hearing your own voice: the cringe
26:39 The "true mirror": seeing yourself unflipped
29:23 Self-observation and self-acceptance
31:55 Podcasting as working on yourself
37:21 Staying present and becoming a good conversationalist
43:19 Why this should be taught, and the joy in it
45:00 Wrap-up
12 Sept 2026
Unwinding the Body: Hakomi and the Somatic Art of Allowing | Ep. 87
Michael brings his first experience of Hakomi, a gentle, mindfulness-based somatic therapy, and the two of them unpack what actually happens when the body starts to unwind on its own. They get into following impulses instead of forcing them, why a guided container helps, the discipline of allowing rather than controlling, and how exaggerating a tension can be the thing that finally releases it. Along the way: repression and chronic pain, fascia and non-directive movement, and where Hakomi sits next to TRE.
00:00 Intro
00:45 Michael's first Hakomi session
06:45 Remote vs. in-person somatic work
09:48 The body unwinding on its own: following the impulse
12:30 Why a guided container helps
16:00 Allowing vs. controlling
19:00 Expectations, impatience, and resistance
22:15 Bringing what is below awareness back online
26:45 Exaggerating a tension to release it
30:45 Repression, chronic pain, and compartmentalization
35:15 Fascia, unwinding, and not needing to know why
40:15 Aftereffects and worse before better
42:45 When it is too much: TRE and overdoing it
46:05 Hakomi vs. TRE: a tool or a whole path
48:55 Wrap-up
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Spotify
4.5 / 5
10 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100
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Engagement
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