Over-consumption in the present can lead to an undesireable future. Whether excess eating or drinking is caused by stress or anything else, there's no point in devaluing your future, risking the loss of energy or confidence and increased exposure to illness and medical problems. So in this episode Adam sets a new cross-roads symbolism for weighing up those choices, and helps to build a more positive outlook. In a sense, that's what the whole country needs to do as we struggle with the legacy of having committed £400 billion for getting through the pandemic. All that money spent on furlough and other measures have escalated the public sector debt pile to levels which point to a seriously undesirable future for the years ahead, but are stealth taxes the way to build a more positive outlook?
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Do you have an ambition for growth but are held back by procrastination, perhaps challenged by the belief system 'Growth is Pain'? Adam Cox helps listeners consider alternative, more positive approaches to growth. If you're stuck in a rut, moving forward means that you need growth: of course, Adam is addressing personal challenges here, but perhaps the Chancellor could also take inspiration from this episode for the country as a whole ..
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A feeling of irritation or annoyance is more often than not linked to an emotional trigger: something or someone which provokes a sudden change of mood. This episode helps you to develop different psychological and emotional strategies to reduce that prospect, by diluting the impact of those emotions. In their place, it encourages a positive and optimistic mindset through which you can defuse that trigger of exasperation.
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Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
A polymath is someone who can excel in multiple fields, and there's possibly no better example than Leonardo da Vinci — scientist, artist, inventor .. So how can you tap into your potential in order to unlock your inner polymath? Adam Cox discusses using Leonardo as such a role model, but goes on to show how your focus can be diluted across different areas. You need to pick your preferences and choose carefully to deliver achievable, fulfilling and valuable results.
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Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
Forgiveness is generally known as a two-way process: asking for it, and giving it. However, stress, resentment and anger can be bottled up inside you, and if the other party is not around — or perhaps has died leaving that unfinished business — it may be wise to move on from the emotional turbulence which can get in the way of a better quality of life. Adam Cox uses the Hooponopono prayer as the basis finding forgiveness and compassion based on love.
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Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
Although it rarely feels like it at the time, stressful and anxious times don't last for ever. Dealing with challenging circumstances or with emotionally-draining issues puts us on edge, as the brain gets focused on what might happen next, and as it struggles to find a way of coping. Adam Cox helps you to build a sense of perspective by drawing on those times when life was — and will be — more settled, and using that experience to find a way through today's strains and stresses.
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Original Broadcast: Thought for the Week
Unbridled revenge just leads to an escalation of the cycle of violence: in a world which possesses such an arsenal for mass destruction, we have to learn how to deal with national insecurity in ways which promote rather than destroy international harmony. In this episode of Share Radio's Thought for the Week, we set out realistic routes by which this can be achieved. Background music: 'Sarabande' by Joel Cummins
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Aggression very often arises from insecurity, as the desire to take an imagined reality of absolute control seeks to level the playing field: as if strength and dominance might provide a solution. It never does, in the long run. The route forward is by building personal responsibility and self-discipline, and Adam Cox helps to build this new outlook on life in this episode, rejecting 'the warrior' as the route to power and showing how to dispel intrusive, obsessive thoughts about seizing control.
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Adam Cox uses the extreme transformation of the caterpillar into a butterfly in order to inspire a radical transformation in attitude: leaving behind a difficult past to step into a new future of hope and opportunity.
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This episode is about inter-generational scarring, how it's possible to come to terms with it — and how to be aware of the risk that it can cascade through the generations if left unresolved. The challenges experienced by those with disrupted childhoods can result in undesirable coping strategies and constant struggles to prove one's worth. Adam Cox discusses how to contend with the absence of guidance or role models, using the imagery of the tesseract (the generalization of a cube to four dimensions: a concept in geometry and mathematics that serves to illustrate higher dimensions. Tesseracts are a way of showing how the fourth dimension relates to the third). Image source: Wikipedia
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