Out of My Head: June Recap Episode 478

 

 

In this episode, Ted recaps the Ted in Your Head Podcast episodes for June 2025.

He also discusses various observations, obstacles, and obsessions that are in his head that you might identify with.

 

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Here we are at the end of June. It’s been quite a busy month.

I’ve decided to end each month with a podcast that recaps not only the episodes that I’ve dropped for that month, but also with a discussion of observations, obstacles and obsessions that are in my head that you might resonate with.

The first episode of June was 475, “I Have Become…Numb.” I was jamming with a buddy to Comfortably Numb, A Pink Floyd song from the album The Wall. I was intrigued by the lyrics do did a deep dive into the origin of the song and came to understand that the song describes a tendency we all have which is to “check out” or become numb when confronted with the challenges and obstacles we face in life. There are many ways to numb ourselves, but the problem is that we end up numbing ourselves to the joy of life as well.

Episode 476 was my interview with Rohini Walker, mentor, consultant and writer about such things as soul-body liberation.

This episode had one of the most interesting interviews I’ve ever done as far as my own resonance with the subject matter, which I would say is liberating oneself from the hypnosis of our culture as well as cultivating a greater connection not only with the physical body but with the body’s native wisdom. Rohini just dropped the first three episodes of her podcast called Root + Rise which I really enjoyed and recommend that you check it out too. Her content is excellent as well as her delivery.

Episode 477 addressed “The Hidden Fear that You May Have but Don’t Know It.” I’ll spill the beans: it’s the fear of stopping, pausing, resting, being still, and doing nothing. I discuss how this obsessive need to always be doing something can result in burnout, fatigue, and anxiety.

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Moving on to observations, obstacles and obsessions:

I’ve been on a news and social media fast since last Friday and it feels so good that I may do it for another week. I do admit that I scan the headlines once a day but am refraining from reading commercial news sources, listening to the news, and listening to podcasts or watching videos about politics. I haven’t decided how I will consume social media and the news when I come off this break, but I am much more aware of how overwhelming this glut of information is and how it makes me feel. I suggest you try a news fast, a break from social media or both.

Remember that many commercial news outlets are not trying to give you information but influence your point of view. This is a form of hypnosis. And not the good kind. I’ll be doing a podcast soon about the hypnosis of our culture.

This month I’m being called to pay attention to the subject of transitions. I find it interesting how these topics come in waves, alerting me to pay more attention to certain life challenges.  June is a month of transition. Not only the transition to summer, but transitions like graduations. I have a child graduating from high school, but also one graduating from community college with the prospect of both going off to live away from home.

I hadn’t realized how this transition was affecting me until I had other people, both clients and personal relations, discuss with me the challenges they were having from their own transitions.

One person contacted me seeking support for caregiver burnout. The transition was from being a married person to being a caretaker of an aging spouse who is at the end of life. They spoke of overwhelm, resentment and the inability to  take care of themselves.

Another person I spoke with is looking at the prospect of closing a business they’ve had for over 50 years and possibly selling their house.

These life transitions can be quite difficult to navigate. Our subconscious mind likes things to stay the same. It doesn’t want to change but we all know that the only constant is change. The key is to stay centered and grounded in our bodies, accept the change, and move through fear without the tendency to catastrophize. I’ll be doing a podcast on this subject soon.

My latest obsession, if you want to call it that, is the series True Detective. I’ve just finished the first season and it’s quite good. I try to limit my television viewing to 3 or four hours a week. I don’t binge and I only watch one thing at a time.

What I prefer to do in the evenings is read. I’m currently reading two books that I’ve read before and I’m sure I will continue to re-read into the future.

One is a famous book from 1972 by Carlos Castaneda titled Journey to Ixtlan, The Lessons of Don Juan. If you are not familiar with the books of Carlos Castaneda and you are interested in shamanism and indigenous wisdom or into just a really good read, check out Castaneda’s books. There is so much to say about them, I won’t go into here, but Castaneda caused quite a sensation with these books in the late 60s and early 70s.

The other book is by a guy who goes by the name of Jed McKenna, called Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment. This book is part of a trilogy of books that McKenna has written on enlightenment or what he calls truth realization. However, it is very much not a warm and fuzzy candles and incense approach to Truth. It is more of an invitation to set everything on fire and see what is left that is True. Intriguing? Yes, but also very confronting.

One final observation: as I was on my walk around the local lake, I spotted a group of runners running up a very steep hill. Someone was shouting at them to keep running so I’m guessing it was a local high school cross country team in training.

It reminded me of when I ran cross country in high school and trained by running up steep hills over and over again. Our team went on to become the one of the best cross country teams in California. That training, as hard as it was, gave me an incredible confidence in my body and the ability to have endurance in all areas of my life. But I owe it all to the two coaches I had because they believed in my ability to do things that I didn’t believe I could. And I did.

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Ted