Stillness in the Storms

About Stillness in the Storms

This is a podcast for anyone going through something hard. No quick fixes. No everything happens for a reason. No advice from a man who has never had a bad week. I am Steven Webb. In 1991, aged 18, I dived into a swimming pool in Truro and broke my neck. I have been paralysed from the chest down ever since. That is not the hard part of the story. It took another twenty two years, a bankruptcy, a spell homeless and a dark night at forty before I found anything that actually helped. What helped was Zen. Not the serene kind with the robes and the incense. The kind you do at three in the morning when your head will not shut up and there is nobody to ring. Every week I sit down and talk honestly about one thing. Anger, grief, pain, the mind that will not be quiet, the exhausting business of pretending you are fine. Sometimes there is an answer. Often there is just company, which turns out to be most of what people needed anyway. Around sixteen minutes an episode. Nothing to sign up for. Steven Webb is a meditation teacher, a Cornwall councillor and the former Mayor of Truro. He teaches from the mess, not from the mountaintop.

Publisher

Steven Webb

Category

health & fitness · religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Jun 2019

Latest episode

11 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

19 of 180 episodes have a transcript.

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   11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why Is Everyone So Tired Right Now? How Awe Shrinks Worry

   Host Steven Webb explores how experiencing awe can shrink worry and combat pervasive exhaustion in this insightful solo episode.

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   4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Overwhelmed by the News: Caring Without Drowning

   Steven Webb explores how to care about global events without becoming overwhelmed, offering practical strategies for mindful engagement and emotional resilience.

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   20 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   We're All Terrible Meditators: The Art of Doing Nothing on Purpose

   Host Steven Webb explores the art of doing nothing on purpose, revealing that struggling with meditation is normal and embracing the wandering mind leads to peace.

Inside a recent episode

Why Is Everyone So Tired Right Now? How Awe Shrinks Worry

Published 11 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] An illness, pain, poor sleep. looking after someone, grief. That's real. But this talk isn't saying it's all in your head. That's a slightly different thing. If you've been worn out for weeks, please go and see a doctor. What I'm talking about today is the extra tiredness, the kind of world piles on top. So why now? Well, there was a writer called Elvin Toffler, And it was back in 1970, before I was born. He wrote a book called Future Shock. And what he said is, when things change too much, too quickly, people get worn out. And that was in 1970. Nobody had a phone in their pockets. Nobody had 24-hour news then. […]

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

45,779

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

77 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

92 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100

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Quality

94

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

92

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