It is the end (or the start) of yet another year according to a calendar that we all seem to live by. And at this time of the year, it seems there are revelers, and celebrations, and rituals, and traditions that go on. Many of us live in hope of a new year bringing something special or at least being “better” than the previous year! But I’d like to question why we accept every year as being mediocre in many senses, and hope for a better one?

In part 2, we look at how we can end fear so that we have released the brain's energy of being burdened with thoughts about fear, so that the brain is free to use that energy to heal the body.

In part 1, we attempt to start understanding fear and the role it plays in our everyday life as we become aware of how we react to pain, fear of sickness, and panic and how it’s contributing to the psyche of all humanity.

Why does the human being suffer? And more importantly, we do we accept suffering as a way of life? Why do we suffer in life? We seem to be trapped in the idea that one must work hard to be rewarded and like all ideas, we embrace them along with the implications for which one is suffering. Humanity has been trying to solve this problem for thousands of years. Why is it that suffering never seems to go away?

For those interested in workplace happiness, this episode will make you re-think all the current efforts which barely scratch the surface. Are you able to question the difference between happiness and pleasure? Are you able to understand how structure implies authority and control? Can one truly be free in the workplace if structure exists? Can you be free from self interest?

Do you have a spiritual practice? Will being more “spiritual” really make me happy?

In this episode (also available in video format on our YouTube channel), I "steer" the conversation towards an inner understanding of spirituality, and if it has any link whatsoever to happiness.

In this episode, for the first time ever also available in video format, we talk to a 'mystery guest' to look at the problem of attachment: attachment to others; attachment to life; and the insecurity that comes from it. After all, in order to understand life, we must be willing, almost insistent to oneself, to take a neutral look at understanding death.