HeyJaredThe Brian O'Loughlin Podcast
Join Brian as he explores how to live a life of meaning. If you want to live a large life, truly make change long term and deepen the connection with yourself. This podcast is for you.
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#46 - Why Is Happiness So Elusive? (opens the original)
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We spend so much of our lives believing happiness exists somewhere just ahead of us , after the next achievement, the next change, or when life finally looks the way we think it should. In this episode, I explore why happiness can remain elusive even when we get many of the things we thought would make us happy, and how our constant movement towards something else can quietly prevent us from inhabiting the life that's already here. Perhaps happiness isn't something we eventually arrive at. Perha
#45 - When Peace Feels Uncomfortable (opens the original)
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You say you want life to calm down. Less pressure. Less responsibility. Less to think about. A chance to finally switch off. In this episode, I explore why the very peace we say we want can initially feel so unfamiliar, why we can unconsciously recreate pressure when it disappears, and what becomes possible when we stop needing something to fight, fix or achieve in order to feel alive. Maybe you don't need another goal. Maybe you're learning how to live when there's nothing left to chase.
#44 - What If I Never Feel Like Myself Again? (opens the original)
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There’s a particular fear that can appear somewhere in the middle of life. “What if I never feel like myself again?” You’re exhausted. Your motivation has changed. You don’t enjoy things in quite the same way. You’re more anxious or unsettled than you used to be. You can have a successful career, a family you love and a life you’re grateful for, yet privately wonder why you feel so disconnected from it. And naturally, you want to get back to the person you were. But what if that isn’t the task?
#43 - Why You Can't Rest (opens the original)
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You can finish work, sit on the couch, go on holiday or spend the weekend doing very little and still never really rest. For years, I thought I simply struggled to switch off. What I eventually realised was that my entire system had learned not to. In this episode, I explore what can sit underneath our need to keep moving, thinking, planning and achieving and why slowing down can sometimes feel more uncomfortable than being busy. Because for some of us, achievement hasn't just been something we'
#42 - Emotions Vs Feelings (opens the original)
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What’s the Difference Between an Emotion and a Feeling? We often use the words emotion and feeling interchangeably, but what if they’re not quite the same thing? In this short episode, I explore a distinction that can completely change how we relate to difficult emotional experiences. An emotion is somatic. It happens in the body. Tightness in the chest. Heat in the face. A knot in the stomach. A heaviness we can’t quite explain. Often, what the emotion is asking for is surprisingly simple: to b
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