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Turning 50 – If I’m Calm, It’s the Jedi’s Fault! – Episode 138

Dara has just turned 50, and in this episode he lets his mind hover over the moment in an attempted stocktake. Even as he argues for gratitude, he acknowledges how challenging the world is right now. This leads him to consider whether enough weight is attached to softer impulses and emotions. In these times of fracture and isolation and estrangement, should we attach greater significance and worthiness to love and positivity and connection?

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Don’t Turn Off the Lights! or, Have You Made Room for Romance? – Episode 129

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In this episode Dara reveals that he is unaccustomed to the comfort of pajamas. This fact is relevant to a very recent late-night incident that he shares. That same incident concluded with an inherent contradiction relating to the presence of both love and rejection.

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Collective Heartbreak and Tears of a Clown, or How I Baptised my Baby Daughter – Episode 126

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In this pendulum swing of an episode, Dara is dancing between joy and pain. It is a journey that takes him from Ireland’s expulsion from the Rugby World Cup last week to the birth of his daughter 10 years ago.

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The Receptive Mind and Men Who Don’t Talk – Episode 125

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In this episode Dara looks at dynamics of giving and receiving in relationships. He argues that having a true exchange with someone is impossible unless that dynamic is present and healthy.

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The Voice of Truth and Anguish – Saying Farewell to Sinead O’Connor – Episode 115

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In this episode, Dara takes his time to say goodbye to Sinead O’Connor and speaks of her relevance to him from the early days of her career right up to more recent times when life presented her with a terrible burden to bear. He includes a clip from Ep 34 of the show when he spoke about the death by suicide of her son in January 2022.

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July Miscellany! Movies, Weddings, and Reading the Signs – Episode 114

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In this episode Dara reviews some recently watched movies, including William Friedkin’s To Live and Die in LA (1985), and Sidney Lumet’s Prince of the City (1981), two much-lauded cop thrillers that each have their strengths and weaknesses and are very much products of their time.

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The Importance of Orientation, or Why the Loss of Bearings is No Joke! – Episode 113

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In this episode, Dara’s aged cat has gone to the toilet in the wrong place, and the cause is not feline terrorism but dementia and disorientation. The loss of bearings is a very difficult thing to negotiate because it can result in dislocation. Dara argues that as fundamentally relational beings, we need landmarks and touchstones to position ourselves in the world.

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Survival, Transcendence, and the Myth of Whatever Doesn’t Kill You – Episode 108

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In this episode, Dara talks about the affection for survival narratives and considers the respective legacies of the recently deceased singers and songwriters Tina Turner and Christy Dignam. He wonders whether we should be defined by what we’ve overcome in life. He also questions the value of legacy and argues for the need to be more concerned with our present-tense impact.

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The Process Before The Prize: The Qualitative Approach to Life – Episode 106

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In this episode, Dara shares the realisation that he is not goal-oriented. He is all about the process. It’s not the destination, it’s the journey, man! He argues for the stabilising properties of having a process in place and tries to understand why it is that stability appeals so much.

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Safety First! – The Benefits of Safe Places, Safe People, and a Safe You – Episode 105

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In this episode Dara looks at the idea of safety as a keystone of wellness. In particular he concentrates on environmental and interpersonal safety. This pertains to the places we live and the people we share our lives with. Are they safe? How do we understand and recognise safety? And why is it so important, anyway?

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Turning 50 – If I’m Calm, It’s the Jedi’s Fault! – Episode 138

Don’t Turn Off the Lights! or, Have You Made Room for Romance? – Episode 129

Collective Heartbreak and Tears of a Clown, or How I Baptised my Baby Daughter – Episode 126

The Receptive Mind and Men Who Don’t Talk – Episode 125

July Miscellany! Movies, Weddings, and Reading the Signs – Episode 114

The Importance of Orientation, or Why the Loss of Bearings is No Joke! – Episode 113

Survival, Transcendence, and the Myth of Whatever Doesn’t Kill You – Episode 108

The Process Before The Prize: The Qualitative Approach to Life – Episode 106

Safety First! – The Benefits of Safe Places, Safe People, and a Safe You – Episode 105

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