This Is Sparta

0: Prologue: The Do-Over / I: To Love and Conquer / II: Australian Gothic / III: Sleep / IV: Wake In Fright / V: Spartan Mirage --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/this-is-sparta/message

My fears certainly don't love me, but they haven't conquered me either. And right now - that's OK. At least that's OK until something forces us to fight to the death. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/this-is-sparta/message

I looked inwards, and it was so dark that not even black couldn't escape. It was just a devil's dust bowl of words:  “Cutting off pieces of yourself to find yourself. Like you always do.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/this-is-sparta/message

If nothing else, after years of sleeping so badly, I'm about to have the deepest sleep I've had in some time. “You've earned this.”  I think to myself. “At least this.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/this-is-sparta/message

If you've ever had a lifelong battle with a personal problem, chances are you have taken a few weird - maybe drastic - measures to come out on top. For me that was in 2012 when I went to a health retreat that was hosted by a fundamentalist religious sect, deep in the Southern Highlands of NSW... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/this-is-sparta/message

Let me tell you all a story about one of the most important moments of my life: my gastric sleeve surgery. Or rather, let me tell you my story about why an otherwise common, life-saving procedure was, and still is, such an earth-shattering experience for me... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/this-is-sparta/message

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