Words With Myself is a solo podcast of quiet confrontation and honest exploration. Each episode is a spoken journal, unscripted, unfiltered, and unafraid to sit in the silence between thoughts. Host Luke Rixson doesn’t offer advice. He reflects aloud. Through themes like identity, ego, fear, stillness, and purpose, he invites listeners to eavesdrop on the kind of conversations most people only have with themselves.
This is not self-help. It’s self-inquiry. A space to slow down, question deeply, and feel fully. Not to fix yourself, but to meet yourself.
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Luke Rixson
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health & fitness · religion & spirituality · society & culture
How to Get Your Confidence Back: Understanding the Masks You Wear
What does it really mean to be confident? Is confidence something we have, something we develop, or simply another character we learn to play?
We often think of confidence as being strong, capable, attractive or comfortable in our own skin. But what happens when the person we present to the world is very different from the person we believe ourselves to be?
In this episode, I explore the relationship between confidence, authenticity, self-image and the masks we wear to navigate the world. How we create identities around our strengths and weaknesses, how our relationships expose the parts of ourselves we try to hide, and why our attempts to become the best version of ourselves can sometimes take us further away from who we really are.
We look at the dangers of self-criticism, the limitations of the 'fake it till you make it' mentality, and how our beliefs about ourselves are often shaped by experiences, other people's opinions and perspectives we've accepted as truth.
Because real confidence isn't about believing you're perfect, eliminating your weaknesses or convincing the world that you're somebody extraordinary. It's about being able to see yourself clearly, acknowledging both the good and the bad, and understanding that neither tells the whole story.
And towards the end, I leave you with a practical exercise to challenge your self-image, question the identity you've created and perhaps discover parts of yourself you've overlooked.
After all, how can you truly be yourself if you don't really know who you are?
1 Nov 2026
Becoming Your Own Best Friend
The stories we tell ourselves shape how we experience the world, yet so often we're completely unaware of the conversations happening within our own minds.
In this episode, I explore how our beliefs shape our perception of reality, how negative self-talk and self-sabotage keep us stuck in patterns of anger, guilt and shame, and why sometimes we can become our own worst enemy.
Drawing on my own experiences with depression and learning to change the way I spoke to myself, I look at the importance of self-forgiveness, understanding our emotions and developing a healthier relationship with ourselves.
Self-love isn't simply telling yourself that you love yourself. It's fundamentally changing how you treat yourself, how you respond to your mistakes and whether you offer yourself the same compassion and understanding that you would give to somebody you truly care about.
25 Oct 2026
Embracing the Mundane: The Grass Isn’t Greener
Comparison is the thief of joy, yet so many people spend their lives wishing they had somebody else's.
In this episode, I explore why we tend to idolise other people's lives, how films and entertainment distort our perception of success, and why the mundane, repetitive parts of life are often what it takes to achieve anything meaningful.
We look at the relationship between discipline, boredom and success, why constantly chasing excitement and material things rarely leads to lasting fulfilment, and how gratitude can fundamentally change our experience of life without anything around us needing to change.
The grass isn't always greener on the other side. Learning to appreciate what you have, rather than focusing on what you don't, might be the most important change you can make.
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