The Hopeful Humanist Cafe

Nov 23 2024 86 ep. 26 mins 315
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Welcome to The Hopeful Humanist Cafe where I explore ideas in flow about the ”Good Life” and helpful resources to put in one’s mindfulness toolbox

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Episode 86 - Making a pitch for Generation Nexus

Nov 23 2024 18 mins  
Welcome to a windy day walk alongside the might Saugeen River near Denny's Dam in southern Ontario. In this episode, I cast an idea that I hope might catch your interest! Here, I propose a different name than the placeholder name Generation Beta for the generation after Gen Alpha. Who wants to be second to anyone else? For the next generation, that still has of yet to step onto the

Episode 85 - Effort

Aug 21 2024 16 mins  
Join me in episode 85 where I talk about hopes best companion effort! There are four directions we can apply effort for our wellness. A starting point is to ask the questions: 1) Why do I say what I say when I say it? and 2) Why do I do what I do when I do it? These questions allow one to "get conscious" so we can start to think about the different directions we can start to apply

Episode 84 - Hope and Openness for Healing and Recovery

Apr 01 2024 36 mins  
Welcome to another episode of The Hopeful Humanist Cafe. In this episode I attempt to tie a number of threads together from some of the pitfalls of self-care to the importance of hope, openness, and compassion for a healing or recovery journey. Quotes: 1) "Hope" is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all

Episode 83 - Pickleball Etiquette as an Allegory for Life

Dec 16 2023 48 mins  
In this episode, I provide articles for listeners to access who might be interested in learning the unwritten rules of etiquette for Pickleball. I then suggest that pickleball itself might be the meaning of life and offer ideas about what might constitute the good life. Quote: 1) "Pickleball is cheaper than therapy" - unknown 2) "Pickleball is the meaning of life -- why not?" - H

Episode 82 - Getting right with being wrong

Nov 18 2023 44 mins  
How well do you do with managing being wrong? Are you able to recognize internally when you are wrong? Are you able to acknowledge being wrong and take ownership for your thoughts and actions? Is there a difference between being wrong and making a mistake? Join me in this tip-of-the-iceberg conversation about one thread of the so many conversations that could take place on being wr

Episode 81 - The Novel First Sentence & Journal Prompt Project

Oct 24 2023 30 mins  
Welcome to another unedited, blithering episode of the Hopeful Humanist Cafe. In this episode, I share with you a leisure project I have been experimenting with on X (formerly Twitter) and Minds. I believe that everyone has within them one book to write. Having said that, however, it should be noted that writing is something that requires time, energy and talent. It is hard work. R

Episode 80 - Dreaming about the Hero’s Journey

Jul 03 2023 39 mins  
Salutations and welcome to episode 80 of the Hopeful Humanist Cafe. This episode starts with a question from Danielson about the Hero's Journey - How far must one travel from one's home before it is fair to call the experience a journey? Can simply stepping outside one's door of one's home constitute a journey? Furthermore, can framing the challenge of "getting through" a physical

Episode 79 - Locating Dawn, Activating Empathy

May 14 2023 51 mins  
This episode talks about an essential ingredient and starting point for being a "good mentor" for Dawn, the-every-young person-becoming-young-adult. Before sharing one's wisdom, one must know who one is sharing one's wisdom with. Hence the question, "Who is Dawn?" Only after activating the empathetic sensibility and stepping into Dawn's worlds can one open the treasure chest to sha

Episode 78 - Savouring Spring, Walden, and ChatGPT

Mar 26 2023 29 mins  
Many of us have so much on our plates and have been pulled in too many directions by the various greedy institutions in our lives that we might have lost sight of the fact that SPRING IS HERE. It is time to step outside and do some savouring. T-shirt Idea: "One Good Book" or "One Good Poem." Delving into our "internal spring," and finding a moment to savour the blessings of spring

Episode 77 - The Hard Case for Self-Care - A time to Notice

Jan 15 2023 21 mins  
What is the "Hard Case" for self-care? Why do we so often, when helping others, try to get to offering solutions instead of just being there to honour and validate another person's reality. Sometimes the first step in the change process is just taking time to notice. Quote for the year: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts o