All Episodes
We learn a lot by trying
An episode meant to be about experimentation that really did turn more meta, but still delivers the point.
The question to ponder more often than not.
I've spent my days recently thinking really really hard. Asking myself questions. So I thought I'd bring the one that most often comes to mind to the podcast more expl...
What nourishes you?
I'll share what was nourishing for me today, in hopes that you go do something nourishing for yourself. :)
The vision isn’t set in stone
Our goals are aspirations not perfect pictures. They can't be, otherwise they wouldn't be goals, they'd just be things we do again.
Supporting Hooks
Sometimes I just sit and breathe as I observe and trace the pothos plant in my house with my eyes. So today's piece is inspired at least in part by the pothos I have. :)
What’s even more important than communication?
Do you sometimes wake up with questions that are burrowed in your mind and refuse to get out? That happens to me sometimes. And today's question has literally hounded ...
Some musings about fate.
We all have some underlying beliefs about fate wired into us from childhood. And I found myself think and talking about that with some folks today.
On honesty
I'm back after being sick for a while! And today we're talking about honesty and how I interpret honesty.
On doing what needs doing; on leadership
Something about power, influence, doing what needs to be done, morphed into a pondering on leadership today.
What is the role of evaluation?
I started one place and got to another. Sometimes that happens. Today it was about the meaning of evaluation.
There IS an ideal amount of stress.
Too much stress can make something snap. Not enough stress stops growth.
Finish something everyday
The satisfaction of completing something, even if it's small, is perhaps underrated.
The mental adjustment of habit formation
Come on a condensed adventure of how I arrived at a different hypothesis than I originally started with around the success and failure in habit formation.
On healthy ways to release feelings
The scene I reference is Grey's Anatomy, Season 16, Episode 5, about 30 minutes in.
Change of scenery and complacency
The original blog post: https://aurooba.com/notes/change-of-scenery-and-complacency/
The stories we tell ourselves
Welcome to my favourite time of the year (not the gregorian year, mind you), let's talk about self-discipline, agency, and narratives.
Knowledge work is communication
This is definitely a rant on the value of clear communication. :D Also I definitely got a little career-y today.
Showing up when you don’t want to
You can probably skip this episode if you want to. It is here to not break the chain, and that's the honest truth.
What we think we need vs what others think we need
This episode is heavy on Gilmore Girls references, fair warning.
The people we surround ourselves with
"Ordinary things can become extraordinary when you do them with the right people and the right attitude."