The Better Humans Project

Life on the Pale Blue Dot - My story of living with Depression and the Suicidal Moments

In this episode, Greg talks about his mental health issues and describes what it was like living with depression.
Greg also talks about what led up to his suicidal events, and the feelings associated with them.
The tiredness from holding up a positive façade.Various thoughts and feelings.Why sleep was good and yet bad.The slide into suicidal thoughts.Good times and bad times.Being medicated.This is the final episode of this series.
Look for a new podcast launching in a month or two - The Better Humans Project. It's something I am really excited about!
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Life on the Pale Blue Dot - Skin Deep. A look at the rise of superficial relationships.

This episode looks at the rise of superficial relationships, partly due to the effects of social media. Are we killing of quality deep relationships in order to have a greater quantity of superficial relationships?Are people changing their behaviour to get more "likes"?Are we seeking too many dopamine hits?Can we service all our connections?Do we spread ourselves too thin overt too many people to enable the development of deep relationships?Do we lose control of our lives be seeking external validation?Why we should continue to be real and authentic.Leave comments with your thoughts and start a conversation! I love hearing from you!
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Life on the Pale Blue Dot - Conducting a Life Audit to show where you are in life.

In this episode, we are asked to think about where are we in life? This follows up asking the question Who am I?The idea of conducting a Life Audit to help you answer this question is discussed.
What is a life audit?What questions to ask?What to do with the outcome?Why should you do one?Why you need to repeat the audit regularly?What is the value of looking backwards?When can a regression be a progression?How does knowing where you are help you track your life journey and self development?Why might some people may avoid this task?Leave comments with your thoughts and start a conversation! I love hearing from you!
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Life on the Pale Blue Dot - Who are your role models and why?

In this episode, we are asked to think about who we choose as our role models in life, and why?Are we caught up in a "success" culture?Are we choosing our role models wisely?Are we too heavily influenced by people in the media and social media?Does "Idol worship" cloud our judgement?Choosing role models closer to home that we can connect withWhy young men, in particular, may make the choices of role models that they do
Humanity has no role models in the Universe, so our behaviour is our responsibility and something we have to figure out for ourselves!
 
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Life on the Pale Blue Dot - Who Am I?

In this episode, we are asked to ask ourselves the question Who Am I?
This question is the basis of all growth and self-development!Why asking Who Am I is fundamental to personal growth and development.
Why we should keep asking Who Am I?
Why asking Who Am I can help track our growth and development.
Why you need to ask Who Am I to start any journey of self improvement.
How asking Who Am I relates to being authentic.
How answering the question honestly can help with our relationships.
 
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Life on the Pale Blue Dot - I’ll be there for you

In this episode, Greg enters the Friendzone and examines aspects of friends and friendship. You are asked to think about the nature of your friendships and how you define and choose friends.How do you define a friend?Do you have rules and boundaries for friends? If so, why?How do you make friends?Friends vs transactional relationshipsThe role of being vulnerable in developing friendshipsHow do you handle fractured friendships?What does ghosting indicate?If you found this podcast of value, and can think of some other people who might benefit form hearing it, please share and mention on your socials. As always, feedback and comments are welcome!
 

Life on the Pale Blue Dot - Gossip Girls

In this episode, Greg talks about the paparazzi, gossip, rumours and allegations.
We are asked to examine our reactions to rumours and gossips and to consider the outcomes of spreading rumours.
Questions to ask and consider when somebody shares some gossip with you.
What is the motivation for spreading rumours?
How is gossip a sign of weakness?
How can we use our curiosity to stop rumours instead of spreading them?
Can we do better than to feed the rumour-mill?
 
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Life on the Pale Blue Dot - It’s so funny, we don’t talk anymore

In this episode, Greg talks about the role of talking to one another and having hard conversations with one another, and whether this is a dying art.- Physiology of speech and language
- The role of talking in communication
- Personal communication
- AI and conversations
- Our move to text based communication
- Our resilience in having conversations
- The emotional connections made by talking
- The SETI project and humanity's yearning to find another species to talk to
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Life on the Pale Blue Dot - All the lonely people, where do they all come from?

In this episode, Greg examines the concept of loneliness, and seeks to answer the question “all the lonely people, where do they all come from?”, as per the song from The Beatles, Eleanor Rigby. The answer may surprise you!
Greg talks about his personal experiences of loneliness, and discusses some of the ways that people can be made to experience loneliness.
Loneliness is also discussed in terms of the negative health effects of loneliness.
Is society to blame for creating loneliness? How are people put into the position of being lonely? How can anyone be lonely on a planet with billions of people on it?
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Life on the Pale Blue Dot - Unpretty Hatred

A cathartic episode where Greg talks about experiencing hate in his life at an early age through schoolyard bullying and the lasting effects of it, and life experiences of not being one of the "beautiful people". Emotional, raw and honest, uncomfortable but thought provoking.
Schoolyard bullying
Being judgemental
Not being pretty