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Welcome back to Not A Bomb, the podcast where we resurrect cinema's most infamous box office disasters and ask the burning question: is it a bomb? This week, Troy and Brad shrink down, suit up, and dive headfirst into the wild, high‑concept sci‑fi comedy Innerspace from 1987. It's one of those movies that sounds absolutely unhinged when you describe it out loud, yet somehow becomes charming, energetic, and weirdly heartfelt once you hit play.That's the Joe Dante magic. In the hands of a less capable director, Innerspace could've been a complete mess. The premise alone, a hotshot pilot miniaturized and accidentally injected into a hypochondriac grocery store clerk, is the kind of thing that could collapse under its own absurdity. But Dante threads the needle, blending cartoon logic, sci‑fi spectacle, slapstick comedy, and genuine sweetness into a film that shouldn't work but absolutely does. It's insane in the best way, and charming in a way only Dante seems able to pull off.Troy and Brad dig into the film's chaotic energy, its inventive effects, and the pitch‑perfect performances from Dennis Quaid and Martin Short, who somehow make the whole thing feel grounded even as it spirals into sci‑fi lunacy. And of course, they take a moment to appreciate Meg Ryan, because 1987 Meg Ryan was peak Meg Ryan. She lights up every scene she's in, adding warmth and charisma that elevate the movie even further.The guys also explore how Innerspace has evolved from a modest box office performer into a beloved cult favorite, why its blend of genres feels so unique today, and how Dante's playful filmmaking style keeps the movie from ever tipping into chaos.Grab your lab coat, avoid the rogue scientists, and prepare to get very, very small.Want to help support the show? Head over to the Not A Bomb Tee Public store and check our merchandise. Special thanks to Ted Blair for the amazing designs!We're committed to hearing your feedback and suggestions. If there's a cinematic flop you'd like us to delve into, please reach out to us at NotABombPod@gmail.com or through our contact page. Your reviews and feedback are what drive us. If y
On this week's Thursday Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking all about confidence and how to build more of it.We share why we prefer to think of confidence as a verb rather than a noun. Confidence isn't something you magically have before you start – it's something you create. It grows when you find a little courage, get comfortable with being uncomfortable, and take action anyway.Only then does confidence begin to grow. As you keep showing up, you build competence, which in turn fuels even more confidence.We hope you enjoy this episode.Love,Polly & Lucy xxDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
On today's Thursday Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking about comparison.As the saying goes, comparison is the thief of joy, but we can all be guilty of it to a greater or lesser extent. And it's even harder to keep it under control in this age of screens and social media.Rather than comparing ourselves to others and allowing them to make us feel bad about ourselves, let's use comparison as motivation and inspiration to improve and evolve in our own lives.Because the truth is that the only person we should really be comparing ourselves to is the person we were yesterday.We hope you'll find something helpful in here.Love,Polly & Lucy xDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
Give It Up writer/star Gareth Reynolds breaks down some of the movies about comedians that made him with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Give it Up (2026) The Aristocats (1970) The Aristocrats (2005) Funny People (2009) This is 40 (2012) Man on the Moon (1999) Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond (2017) I'm From Hollywood (1989) Comedian (2002) American Movie (1999) Joan Rivers: Piece of Work (2010) A History of Violence (2005) Rabbit Test (1978) George Carlin: Jammin' in New York (1990) George Carlin's American Dream (2022) George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya (2008) Punchline (1988) The Omen (1976) Bill Hicks: Relentless (1992) American Splendor (2003) American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009) Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979) Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982) Blue Collar (1978) The King of Comedy (1982) Meet the Parents (2000) Taxi Driver (1976) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Pee-wee as Himself (2025) Innerspace (1987) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Air New Zealand The Dollop Podcast Peter Jackson Weta Workshop The Lord of the Rings film franchise Dave Anthony Our first podcast with The Dollop John Lennon Paul McCartney Our Glenn Howerton podcast episode Harlan Ellison New York Friars Club in New York The Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles Judd Apatow Adam Sandler Scott Alexander TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski Andy Kaufman Jim Carrey Comedy Central ABC's Wide World of Comedy TV series (1973-76) Elvis Presley Bob Zmuda Fridays TV series (1980-82) Mark Blankfield Lawrence Welk The Pretenders Late Night with David Letterman TV series (1982-93) Kyle Anderson Jerry Seinfeld Gary Shandling Orny Adams Dane Cook Joan Rivers Don Rickles The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV series (1962-92) The Dewey Decimal System Dick Clark Russell Crowe Edgar Allan Poe Billy Crystal Gareth and Dave's Past Times Podcast George Carlin Johnny Carson Tom Hanks Sally Field John Goodman David Seltzer Bill Hicks Paul Giamatti HBO MC Hammer Vanilla Ice Rush Limbaugh The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV series (1992-2014) David Letterman David Cronenberg Denis Leary Richard Pryor Paul Schrader Yaphet Kotto Harvey Keitel Robert De Niro Jerry Lewis Sandra Bernhardt Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film book by Mark Binelli (2026) Paul Reubens Thomas Jane Our Martin Short podcast episode Gareth and Jake Johnson's podcast We're Here To Help SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We're a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You climb the mountain, the money, the awards, the deals, and then you look around and realize it's not filling you up anymore. So what does?In this episode, Bart Berkey sits down with Brett Kaufman - entrepreneur, advisor, investor, and founder of Inner Space. After nearly 30 years in business and building, managing, and selling billions of dollars of real estate (including The Gravity Project in Columbus, Ohio, described as the world's largest conscious community), Brett hit the wall that so many high performers hit: "not enough-ness." The belief that more money and more things would finally make him feel like enough, and the hard-won discovery that they never do.Brett shares why the real work isn't out there but inside, how his simple framework - awaken, align, expand - helps founders let go of what no longer serves them, and why the people who most need this are often the ones who look most successful from the outside. It's a short, rich first conversation (with a deeper one already promised).Bart welcomes Brett Kaufman, founder and CEO of a real estate development company and the founder and host of Inner Space, for a candid conversation about what happens after you "make it." Brett draws on nearly three decades as a founder, employer, husband, and father, and 15+ years building intentional mixed-use communities, to explain why he now devotes himself to helping high-performing founders and executives navigate life's hard transitions.Key Takeaways:More doesn't make you happier. Brett's pursuit of "more" came from "not enough-ness" — a belief he needed external validation to feel worthy. Accumulation has a diminishing return.The real work is inward. It's called Inner Space, not outer space, on purpose. Clearing out old conditioning and inner chatter is where real growth happens.Money is a tool, not the goal. Brett enjoys money for the freedom, security, generosity, and ease it creates — but it's not what fills him up. Being of service is.Episode DetailsShow: Most People Don't… But You Do!Season 4, Episode 241Host: Bart BerkeyGuest: Brett Kaufman — Entrepreneur, Advisor & Investor; Founder & CEO of a real estate development company; Founder & Host of Inner Space (and the Inner Space Podcast)Notable: Developed The Gravity Project in Columbus, Ohio — described as the world's largest conscious communityConnect with Brett: joininnerspace.com · brettkauffman.comNote: A shorter first conversation — Bart and Brett agreed to record a deeper follow-up.
On this week's Thursday's Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking about taking responsibility.How often do you avoid doing the hard thing, even though you know it's exactly what needs to be done?The truth is, no one else can do it for us. We all have to choose our hard.Taking responsibility isn't about blame or pressure – it's about recognising the incredible power you already have to shape your life.And that's a far more empowering way to live.We hope there's something in this conversation that resonates with you and supports you this week.Love Polly & Lucy xxDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
Episode: 3391 In which Project Mohole looks inside Earth while Sputnik reaches outside. Today, Inner Space versus Outer Space.
For this episode Dan, Michael and Helena are joined by JR McCormick (@scruffygoldfish) from The Bad Articles and Felbryn Studios to look back at a movie JR loved as a kid in his days renting from the video shop, Innerspace. Nominee for the ‘Grower, Not A Shower' Golden Lobe Award 2025 and 2026. Theme music by @themenniss. Follow @HiltMpod on social media https://linktr.ee/hiltmpod Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/hiltmpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mike Fiorito returns to the show and Joshua Cutchin and Seriah speak with him about his latest book, The Innerspace of Outerspace, a book that deals with Music, Altered States, Channeling Music, and much more.This conversation is also continued in a Pateron segment...Become a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/SeriahAzkath for extra content, commercial free shows, early access, and bonus content as well! All this for only $3 a month!Outro Music is Morpheus V2.1 by Psyche Corporation
On this week's Thursday's Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking about the mistake that so many of us make which is thinking that things will be better when…We've all done it, haven't we? Things will better when I'm earning more money; things will be better when I've started the new job; things will be better once I move into the new home.Ultimately, those ‘big' moments in life are fleeting, and the trick is learning how to enjoy all of the moments in between.We hope you'll find something useful in here.Love,Polly & Lucy xDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
When you're the one everyone relies on, it's easy to believe your own needs can wait. You keep going. You juggle work, family, the mental load and everyone else's expectations, telling yourself you'll slow down when life gets quieter. But what if looking after yourself isn't selfish at all? What if it's the very thing that allows you to keep showing up without losing yourself in the process?In this episode, I'm joined by Alex Smallman, founder of Ubermummies, personal trainer and mum to three-year-old identical twin boys. Alex shares her fertility journey of six and a half years, IVF, and becoming a first-time mum at 40. We also talk about the challenges of perimenopause, the chronic joint pain that left her searching for answers, and how HRT, movement and simple lifestyle changes helped her feel like herself again.This conversation is an honest reminder that taking care of yourself isn't something to squeeze in once everything else is done. It's the foundation that allows you to show up for your life and care for the people you love without constantly running on empty.In this episode, we discuss:Alex's infertility journey, IVF, and becoming a first-time mum at 40.The realities of balancing motherhood, business and perimenopause.What helped Alex regain her energy, confidence and quality of life.Why consistency and commitment matter more than perfection.Simple ways to support your wellbeing without adding more pressure.Whether you're navigating perimenopause, motherhood, or simply feeling stretched by the demands of everyday life, this episode will remind you that your wellbeing matters. Because the more supported your body and nervous system feel, the more capacity you have to enjoy your life instead of simply getting through it.To find out more about Alex go to:https://www.instagram.com/ubermummiesDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
We're shrinking down to check out Arrow Video's big box 4K of Innerspace. Directed by the great Joe Dante and starring Martin Short, Dennis Quaid, & Meg Ryan, this 80's cult classic has never looked better. Plus confessions, announcements, recommendations, and more! Movie @ 17min 11sec Find us on Instagram! We're on Letterboxed!
Gregory, Justin, and Dan crack open the messy reality of finishing big creative projects. From Greg's graphic novel projectsThe Year Away and Space Dracula, to Dan's feature‑length horror script Meathouse, they discuss procrastination, worldbuilding rabbit holes, self‑imposed vs. real deadlines, and why accountability to other humans often beats “being disciplined.” Transition clips are from Inner Space (1987) - https://youtu.be/7kQDIosuZuo?si=2p5VRao2WRof3ZqYBuy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/superpulpscienceFollow the gang online:https://www.instagram.com/gmbchomichuk/https://www.instagram.com/jonathanballcom/https://www.tiktok.com/danwatchesmoviesGMB Chomichuk's online store: https://www.gmbchomichuk.caChasing Artwork's online store: https://www.chasingartwork.com/Production: Dan VadeboncoeurTitles: Jesse Hamel & Nick Smalley
On this week's Tuesday Motivation, Lucyband I are chatting about the importance of movement.As we get older, we naturally lose both muscle and bone mass, so keeping our bodies moving is one of the best investments we can make in our long term health and wellbeing.We talk about how consistency matters more than perfection, how to make movement enjoyable, and simple ways to fit it into your everyday life.It's so easy to find reasons not to exercise but the benefits for your body, mind and future self are enormous.We hope this conversation gives you the nudge you need to get moving.Love Polly & Lucy xxDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
This week, Thomas shares a teaching on creating conscious inner spaciousness to process life's challenges and use them as engines for personal and spiritual growth.By opening up space for a larger “cup” to hold our wounds and traumas, we can address and understand them without being defined by them. Having this space also allows us to shift from a state of habitual, past-focused attention to one of conscious presence.Thomas shares how integrating the past in this way brings in new light and new possibilities, enables us to mature and grow (both personally and collectively), and disrupts patterns of intergenerational trauma.✨ Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube:
On today's Thursday's Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking about how important it is to find the joy in life, rather than being constantly weighed down by all of the ‘shoulds'.The truth is that life is short, and we sometimes forget to enjoy the ride. Instead of taking it all so seriously, let's remember that we're all travelling on a giant sphere hurtling through space - so we might as well enjoy it while we're here!We hope you'll find something useful in here.Love,Polly & Lucy xDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
Have you ever stopped and wondered, Who am I now? Midlife has a way of prompting those questions. As our lives, priorities and responsibilities change, many of us begin to realise that the identities we've carried for years no longer feel like the right fit.In this week's episode of Take a Breath, I'm joined by Jen O'Brien, who shares her inspiring journey from aeronautical engineer to founder of Music Broth, Scotland's musical instrument library. But this conversation goes far beyond changing careers. Together, we explore identity, intuition, creativity and what it really means to live in alignment with yourself. We talk about learning to trust your inner voice, letting go of old labels, embracing change, and giving yourself permission to create a life that feels authentic and deeply fulfilling.In this episode, you'll discover:Why midlife can be the perfect opportunity to question old identities and reconnect with who you really are.How learning to pause and listen to your intuition can help you make decisions with greater confidence and clarity.Why creativity isn't just for artists or musicians, but a powerful way to regulate your nervous system, express yourself and experience more joy.How to let go of the expectations, labels and self-beliefs that may be keeping you stuck.Why it's never too late to make meaningful changes and create a life that feels more aligned with the person you're becoming.To connect with Jen go to: https://www.musicbroth.org/https://jenobrien.net/https://linktr.ee/steeljoyDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
Joe talks with filmmaker Joe Dante ("Gremlins," "Innerspace," "The 'Burbs") about growing up in Livingston, watching atomic-age monster movies as a kid, and what the success of films like "Obsession" and "Backrooms" means for the future of moviegoing. Plus, Hongmei talks about music to get you in the spirit of the World Cup, and Kerri discusses some of the most anticipated books hitting our shelves in July.
On this week's Monday Motivation, Lucy and I are talking all about sleep.Sleep is one of the foundations of good health, yet it's something so many of us struggle to get enough of.In this episode, we chat about some of the simple things we've found really help us sleep better, from creating a healthier sleep environment to small habits that can make a big difference.We hope there's something in this conversation that helps you get a better night's sleep.Love,Polly & Lucy xxDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
For years, I never considered myself an anxious person. Then, during perimenopause, something shifted. I found myself worrying in ways I never had before, feeling overwhelmed by things I'd always coped with and wondering why I suddenly didn't feel like myself anymore.In this episode, I'm sharing everything I've learnt about anxiety through my own experience, my work with hundreds of women, and the latest science on the nervous system.In this episode, I'll share: Why anxiety can appear for the first time during perimenopause, even if you've never thought of yourself as an anxious person. How hormonal changes affect your nervous system and why your capacity to cope with stress changes during midlife. Why I've stopped seeing anxiety as something to fight, and started seeing it as a message from my body. The surprising reason we can get stuck in cycles of anxiety, and why trying to get rid of it often makes it louder. How I communicate safety to my nervous system and gently return to a place of calm, clarity and harmony.Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
Imagine you have been invited to a futuristic discovery center, a lavishly funded facility that has pioneered the ability to shrink people and objects many orders of magnitude. What if you could climb aboard an incredible shrinking submarine and travel into the heart of a living cell? This would be a tour like no other, to be sure! You'd get a glimpse of DNA, molecular machines, and cellular architecture, certainly, but you'd also bear witness to the workings of a hidden world of information and epigenetic controls operating beyond the physical structures of life. On this ID The Future, historian of science Dr. Tom Woodward reads an excerpt from his new book Epigenetics and the Architect, co-authored with Dr. James Gills. And rather than beginning with definitions and diagrams, he invites us on an imaginative journey inspired by sci-fi movie classics like Fantastic Voyage, Innerspace, or Honey I Shrunk the Kids. Source
What better way to win back an old flame than to be miniaturized and injected into the body of a random guy that will win her over at your command, while escaping ruthless competitors, a robot-handed hitman, the Feds, and run-on sentences? The makers of Innerspace explored that premise inside Martin Short's nervous body. Avoid shrinkage with The Brains! You can also watch this and many more episodes on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFilmWithThreeBrains
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On this week's Thursday Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking all about boundaries.Women in particular have been conditioned to believe that they should give OF themselves long before they should give TO themselves. But this can lead to burnout and resentment. And this is where boundaries come in.The truth is that if we don't implement boundaries, we'll forever end up saying yes to things we don't want to do, tolerating behaviour we shouldn't put up with, and generally feeling depleted and frustrated.Boundaries can be uncomfortable to implement - especially with the people we love - but they are not only important for our own wellbeing, but also for those same people. Because when we prioritise ourselves instead of everybody else, we show up better for our family and friends.We hope you'll find something useful in this conversation.Love,Polly & Lucy xDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
I've just returned from Self Love Camp, a retreat where I spent a few days guiding breathwork, listening to inspiring speakers, learning new things, and stepping away from the routines of everyday life.As I drove home, I found myself reflecting on something I always notice after retreats and intentional breaks: I come back feeling different. Clearer. More creative. More connected to myself. And it got me wondering - what is it about stepping away that feels so powerful?In this episode of Take a Breath, I explore how to give your nervous system a real breath and what I believe is one of the missing ingredients in modern life: space. Space to think, feel, reflect and hear yourself again. Drawing on neuroscience, nervous system science, and my own experiences of attending and hosting retreats, I share why creating intentional space isn't a luxury - it's something our brains and bodies genuinely need.In this episode, I share:
On this week's Monday Motivation, Lucy and I are chatting about the importance of checking in on your goals now that we're nearly halfway through the year.As always, we wander off into a few interesting tangents along the way! But at its heart, this conversation is a gentle reminder to pause, reflect, and ask yourself:Are you heading in the direction you want to go? And are you getting there in a way that feels good?We hope there's something in here for you.Love Polly & Lucy xxDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
In this episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed Doherty welcomes back Jen De Oliveira to celebrate her early reader graphic novel, Pip and Pals Otter Space. Jen shares how Pip, a river otter, went through many iterations—from the youngest of three siblings, to a tinkering kid with a "fix-it" dad, to the green-furred "space otter" readers meet today. Guided (and sometimes challenged) by her editor Esther Hernandez, Jen describes the emotional roller coaster of being told a story "isn't quite working" and having to return to the sketchbook to discover something better. Jen explains how she thinks in both words and pictures, making comics the perfect medium for her storytelling. She traces her journey from wanting to work in animation, to teaching elementary school, to rediscovering comics as a classroom teacher building a more diverse library for her students. Jen also dives into craft—outlining like a screenwriter, thumbnailing pages, and learning to let images replace unnecessary dialogue. Beneath the silly "otter space" premise, the book explores identity, belonging, and the idea of home. Pip wonders whether she truly belongs where she is or if there's a distant "home planet," opening rich opportunities for family conversations about community, multiple homes, and feeling like you don't quite fit in. Jen also makes a strong case for graphic novels as real reading, emphasizing visual literacy and the power of "reading as thinking." In the final segment, author and longtime educator Melanie Padgett joins the show to discuss Aikens River Rat, a middle-grade novel inspired by her late husband's 1970s South Carolina childhood. Centered on twelve-year-old Adrian and his beloved Paw Paw, the book celebrates intergenerational relationships, outdoor adventures, and the beauty of South Carolina's rivers. Melanie highlights how stories like these can both meet classroom learning goals and spark meaningful family conversations about nature, history, music, and shared memories.
Pelvic floor issues are often seen as an inevitable part of getting older, having children, or going through menopause. But what if many of the symptoms women experience are actually signs that the body is asking for support rather than something we simply have to accept?In this episode, I chat to Jana Shirley, a pelvic floor and women's health specialist, Pilates practitioner and founder of The Vitality Method. With more than 21 years of experience helping women overcome chronic pain, pelvic floor dysfunction and movement challenges, Jana brings both professional expertise and personal insight to this conversation.Together, we explore the often-overlooked connection between the pelvic floor, breathing patterns, nervous system regulation and overall wellbeing. Jana explains why leaking, prolapse symptoms and back pain aren't always caused by weakness, why chronic tension can sometimes be the hidden issue, and how creating safety in the body is often a crucial first step towards healing.In this episode you'll learn:Why leaking when you cough, sneeze, laugh or exercise doesn't always mean your pelvic floor is weakThe difference between a weak pelvic floor and a chronically tight pelvic floor, and why it mattersHow your breathing patterns influence pelvic floor function, posture and core stabilityWhy activating the parasympathetic nervous system can support healing, recovery and strengthSimple exercises and practical tools you can use to begin supporting your pelvic floor and reconnecting with your bodyIf you've ever felt confused about pelvic floor health, frustrated by symptoms, or curious about how breath, movement and nervous system regulation work together, this episode offers a compassionate and empowering place to start.To find out more about Jana:https://www.instagram.com/vitality_method/https://pilateshuddersfield.co.uk/Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
Hailing Frequencies Open - Send us a message!The gang get up inside Voyager's "The Cloud's" guts! We discuss Inner Space, prison wallets, the best animals, and how Tom Paris might be able to power all of Voyager. Engage!
On this week's Thursday Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking about radio stations. More specifically, what metaphorical radio station you are tuning into.Before you tune into a specific radio station, every single station is available to you. And it's the same with life. Every day, we have a choice about what we want to tune into. It's all available to us - Joy FM, Anger FM, Hope FM, Hate FM, Zen FM. The only question is: which station will you choose?We hope you'll find something useful in here.Love,Polly & Lucy xDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
In this week's episode of Take a Breath, I'm joined by chef and chocolatier Lisa Clarke, a member of my breathwork community, who shares her honest and inspiring story of how breathwork helped her through one of the most difficult periods of her life.Within the space of just six days, Lisa experienced a series of traumatic events, including a car accident involving her son, the loss of close friends and a house fire. While trying to stay strong for everyone around her, she found herself carrying an enormous amount of stress, grief and anxiety.Lisa shares how discovering breathwork became a turning point, giving her a safe space to process emotions, calm her nervous system and regain a sense of control. We also discuss her recent ADHD diagnosis and how breathwork has helped her manage racing thoughts, anxiety and her tendency to catastrophise.In this episode, you'll learn:How breathwork can support you through periods of stress, grief and overwhelmWhy being "the strong one" can take a toll on your own wellbeingHow gentle, consistent breathing practices can help regulate the nervous systemThe role breathwork can play in managing ADHD symptoms, anxious thinking and catastrophisingWhy simple daily practices often create the biggest shifts in how we feelA quote from Lisa:"Breathwork has become my secret weapon. It's something I can use wherever I am, whenever I need it, and it's helped me more than I ever imagined."To connect with Lisa go to: https://www.instagram.com/theclevedoncookeryclub/and https://www.instagram.com/thechocolatetartuk/ or https://www.thechocolatetart.co.uk/Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
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Thank you and enjoy the episode!Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Substackhttps://substack.com/@theoccultrejects?r=7auau0&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-pageCash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsWORKS CITEDArnold van Gennep. The Rites of Passage. 1909; English translation, University of Chicago Press, 1960. Use for: separation, transition, incorporation, initiatory structure, and the candidate's movement through old identity, liminal state, and return.Victor Turner. “Betwixt and Between: The Liminal Period in Rites of Passage.” In The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual. Cornell University Press, 1967. Use for: liminality, threshold identity, the candidate as “betwixt and between,” and darkness as embodied transition.Victor Turner. The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure. Aldine Publishing, 1969. Use for: liminality, communitas, anti-structure, social transformation, and the ritual pressure placed on ordinary identity.Catherine Bell. Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice. Oxford University Press, 1992. Use for: ritualization, ritual power, the ritualized body, and the temple as a structured environment that trains perception and action.Catherine Bell. “The Ritual Body and the Dynamics of Ritual Power.” Journal of Ritual Studies 4, no. 2 (1990): 299–313. Use for: ritualized bodies, spatial discipline, gesture, power, and the way ritual arrangements shape action.John C. Lilly. The Deep Self: Profound Relaxation and the Tank Isolation Technique. Simon & Schuster, 1977. Use for: the isolation tank, reduced stimulation, altered consciousness, and the modern technological black room.John C. Lilly. The Center of the Cyclone: Looking into Inner Space. Julian Press, 1972. Use carefully for: Lilly's altered-state/counterculture context, isolation tank work, consciousness exploration, and the bridge between research and psychedelic-era experimentation.Justin S. Feinstein et al. “Examining the Short-Term Anxiolytic and Antidepressant Effect of Floatation-REST.” PLOS ONE 13, no. 2 (2018): e0190292. Use for: Floatation-REST, reduced environmental stimulation, anxiety reduction, mood change, and the clinical side of float tanks.Hannah Hruby et al. “Induction of Altered States of Consciousness During Floatation-REST Is Associated With the Dissolution of Body Boundaries and the Distortion of Subjective Time.” Scientific Reports 14 (2024). Use for: float tanks, altered states, body-boundary dissolution, and subjective time distortion.Madison K. M. Garland et al. “A Randomized Controlled Safety and Feasibility Trial of Floatation-REST in Anxious and Depressed Individuals.” PLOS ONE 18, no. 6 (2023): e0286899. Use for: safety, tolerability, repeated Floatation-REST, and caution against overclaiming.Lashgari et al. “Floatation-REST Systematic Review.” 2025. Use for: the broad current state of Floatation-REST research, including anxiety, pain, stress, sleep, well-being, and the need for stronger standardization and larger studies.Michael T. H. Do. “Melanopsin and the Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells.” Neuron 104, no. 2 (2019): 205–226. Use for: ipRGCs, melanopsin, non-image-forming vision, circadian entrainment, pupil response, sleep, and light as biological timing information.Lorenzo Lazzerini Ospri, Glen Prusky, and Samer Hattar. “Mood, the Circadian System, and Melanopsin Retinal Ganglion Cells.” Annual Review of Neuroscience 40 (2017): 539–556. Use for: light, mood, circadian rhythm, melanopsin, and the biological consequences of light exposure.Charles A. Czeisler and related circadian medicine research. Use for: artificial light, circadian disruption, melatonin suppression, shift work, and modern light exposure as a biological intervention.Anne-Marie Chang, Daniel Aeschbach, Jeanne F. Duffy, and Charles A. Czeisler. “Evening Use of Light-Emitting eReaders Negatively Affects Sleep, Circadian Timing, and Next-Morning Alertness.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112, no. 4 (2015): 1232–1237. Use for: screens, evening light, melatonin suppression, delayed circadian timing, altered sleep, and modern light's effect on the body.A. Roger Ekirch. At Day's Close: Night in Times Past. W. W. Norton, 2005. Use for: premodern night, darkness before electric light, nocturnal fear, dreams, prayer, crime, labor, and the cultural history of darkness.A. Roger Ekirch. “Sleep We Have Lost: Pre-Industrial Slumber in the British Isles.” The American Historical Review 106, no. 2 (2001): 343–386. Use for: segmented sleep, first sleep and second sleep, night waking, dreams, prayer, and premodern sleep culture.Craig Koslofsky. Evening's Empire: A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2011. Use for: early modern night culture, artificial lighting, urban night, public space, and the transformation of darkness.Elisabeth Bronfen. Night Passages: Philosophy, Literature, and Film. Columbia University Press, 2013. Use for: symbolic and cultural readings of night, dream, fear, darkness, passage, and the imagination.Robert F. Taft. The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West: The Origins of the Divine Office and Its Meaning for Today. Liturgical Press, 1993. Use for: night offices, vigils, prayer through darkness, sacred time, and Christian ritual use of night.Bernard McGinn. The Foundations of Mysticism: Origins to the Fifth Century. Crossroad, 1991. Use for: Christian mystical traditions, contemplative darkness, early mystical theology, and the development of mystical language.Pseudo-Dionysius. The Complete Works. Translated by Colm Luibheid. Paulist Press, 1987. Use for: divine darkness, apophatic theology, mystical unknowing, and darkness as a theological category.John of the Cross. Dark Night of the Soul. Various editions. Use carefully for: spiritual darkness, purification, absence, mystical trial, and transformation.“The Neophyte Initiation Ritual.” Public Golden Dawn ritual material. Use carefully for: hoodwink, darkness, “Light dawning in darkness,” staged revelation, and the candidate being brought from night into day.Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. The Crystal and the Way of Light: Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen. Routledge, 1986. Use for: Dzogchen context, light, vision, and the broader framework around contemplative perception.Christopher Hatchell. Naked Seeing: The Great Perfection, the Wheel of Time, and Visionary Buddhism in Renaissance Tibet. Oxford University Press, 2014. Use for: visionary practice, Great Perfection, Tibetan contemplative contexts, and careful treatment of luminosity and appearance.R. Shane Burns. “Dark Retreat in Tibetan Buddhist Practice.” Use for: dark retreat, preparation, disciplined context, and the difference between contemplative practice and casual sensory deprivation.Raymond Moody. Reunions: Visionary Encounters with Departed Loved Ones. Villard, 1993. Use for: modern psychomanteum practice, grief, mirror-gazing, and encounters with the dead.Arthur Hastings. “The Psychomanteum: A Modern Oracle of the Dead.” Use for: psychomanteum procedure, grief, memory, mirror-gazing, and structured encounter.Marcia K. Johnson, Shahin Hashtroudi, and D. Stephen Lindsay. “Source Monitoring.” Psychological Bulletin 114, no. 1 (1993): 3–28. Use for: inside/outside ambiguity, origin judgments, memory, imagination, and how dark or altered environments complicate interpretation.Shahar Arzy et al. “Induction of an Illusory Shadow Person.” Nature 443 (2006): 287. Use for: sensed presence, body-self disruption, temporoparietal junction, and the feeling of another being nearby.Olaf Blanke et al. “Neurological and Robot-Controlled Induction of an Apparition.” Current Biology 24, no. 22 (2014): 2681–2686. Use for: sensorimotor conflict, apparition-like presence, body-boundary disturbance, and the embodied basis of sensed presence.Also want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball. A
This week we'll be defying convention and going out of our way to look for the beauty hidden inside a person, while also proving they have guts, seeing the world through their eyes, and admiring their balls.Yes, it's Innerspace.Joining me to spend an hour in Meg Ryan is Dr. Dean Burnett and Dan Thomas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this week's Thursday's Thoughts, Lucy and I are asking the question ‘How well do you know yourself?So many of us spend our lives reacting to what's happening around us that we lose touch with what we actually need.We discuss what gives us energy, what drains us and the importance of living a life which is authentic to who we truly are.We hope you find something useful to you in here.Love Polly & Lucy xxDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
Have you been feeling a little out of balance lately?In this special episode of Take a Breath, I'm sharing one of the guided breathwork sessions from my REWIRE programme—a course designed to help you gently retrain your nervous system and create a calmer, steadier baseline.Before we begin, I'll walk you through the structure of the session so you know exactly what to expect. Then, when you're ready, I invite you to find a quiet space, get comfortable, and press play.This 20-minute practice is designed to help you:• Release mental and physical tension• Regulate your nervous system• Create a greater sense of balance and steadiness• Reconnect with yourself and the present moment• Move from overwhelm towards calm clarityPlease don't listen while driving. Give yourself these 20 minutes as a gift—an opportunity to pause, breathe, and return to yourself.If you enjoy this session and would like more support, The REWIRE offers a deeper journey into nervous system regulation through breathwork, awareness, and simple body-based practices designed to help you feel calmer, clearer, and more resilient in everyday life.Take a breath, settle in, and enjoy the session.Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
It's a packed line-up of directors this week on The Interviews, folks. Directorpalooza? First up, we bring you an extended excerpt from our spoiler special interview with The Mandalorian And Grogu, Jon Favreau, who tells Chris Hewitt about his intentions behind the first big-screen Star Wars film in seven years. Then Chris leaps onto Zoom to have a lovely natter with the great Joe Dante about his beloved (eventually) 1987 sci-fi comedy, InnerSpace, which is out now on 4K UHD, and English director Mike Figgis about his hard-hitting, Oscar-winning drama, Leaving Las Vegas, which has also received the 4K UHD treatment. The Figgis chat is an extended excerpt from an hour-long deep dive into the movie which, like the Favreau interview and Team Empire diving deep into The Mandalorian And Grogu, can be found over on our spoiler special feed. empirespoilerspecials.com, if you haven't already taken the plunge. Enjoy!
"We meet Mike Katz, a 31-year-old balding haystack haircut guy, who used to be bullied by little kids, but now he's bullied by enormous men"Josh is gonna make us sweat by making us talk sports documentaries!0:00 -- Intro8:29 -- Pumping Iron26:09 -- Icarus54:57 -- The Dawn Wall1:17:50 -- Contact information1:20:25 -- Awards and rankings2:10:44 -- Future business (with no horn!)2:22:50 -- Outro and outtakes {194}!Hey! Be sure to watch Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Innerspace, and Ant-Man for next time! Hey! We have a Patreon (Ours, Ours, & Ours))!Hey! DON'T leave us a voicemail at (801) 896-####!Hey! Shop the Zazzle store! Hey!
Mike is an author, journalist, and Adjunct Professor of English at City Tech (CUNY). This podcast will focus on his new book: The Innerspace of Outerspace--Exploring Other Worlds Through Music. His other works include: UFO Symphonic-Journeys Into Sound (2025 Finalist in the Miscellaneous category for the 2025 Indie Excellence Awards); For All We Know (2025 Eric Hoffer Category Finalist Award); Mescalito Riding His White Horse (2024 Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Award in Spirituality); Falling From Trees (2022 Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Award in Short Stories). To reach out and connect with Mike in this space time dimension, please see: https://mikefiorito.com/ This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-345-mike-fiorito-the-innerspace-of-outerspace-exploring-other-worlds-through-music Have a blessed weekend!
On this week's Thursday Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking about three little words…mind, mouth, and mood.Ultimately, those three things - our thoughts, our words, and our emotions - are the building blocks of our reality. But most of us spend our lives trying to change what's going on in the outside world, instead of prioritising our inner world. And the outer world is simply a reflection of our inner world. So…master your mind (the stories you're telling yourself, the thoughts you repeat etc); master your mouth (are you constantly moaning and complaining?); and master your mood (by becoming aware of how you feel and learning how to gently shift into a better feeling state.) We really hope you'll find something useful in here.Love,Polly & Lucy xDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
We are delighted to host Marieke McKenna on this episode of the Mangu.tv podcast. Marieke McKenna (London, 1994) is a Scottish-Dutch philosopher, historian, artistic researcher, and performance artist. Her work explores metaphysics, phenomenology, consciousness studies, spirituality, ecology, and philosophies of nature through interdisciplinary research and embodied practice. She is an expert on cross-cultural perspectives on dreaming and other altered states of consciousness.For the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, she led the research project History of Lucid Dreaming Research, the first oral-historical examination of the emergence of lucid dreaming as an object of scientific inquiry. In collaboration with the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, the project combined oral history, philosophy, and cross-cultural anthropological research into how different cultures and traditions understand dreaming, with hands-on experience in neuroscience sleep laboratories conducting EEG and fMRI research on the dreaming brain.Outside academia, Marieke, who is based in The Netherlands, is an award-winning artist and curator, with performances and lectures at institutions including the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum. She is the host of her own national radio show on NPO Radio 2, for which she selects music from across the globe, and has taught at various universities, conservatoires, and institutes, including Advaya and the Embassy of the Free Mind.Giancarlo and Marieke discuss idealism, interconnectedness, and how dreamwork nurtures healing and belonging. They speak about lucid dreaming in therapy, indigenous perspectives, and technology's encroachment into “inner space,” debating AI, advertising in dreams, collective consciousness, telepathy, quantum theory, and the mind's creative potential.
You breathe more than 20,000 times a day.But if your breathing is shallow, fast, noisy, or stuck high in your chest, your nervous system may be receiving a constant signal that you're not safe yet.Which means your body can stay stuck in stress mode even when you're desperately trying to relax.And over time, that can look like:
Cam Cooksey shows up with the question every kid secretly wants to ask. Is space real? And if it is, what even is it? Lt Gen (Ret.) Steven L. Kwast pulls out a scale-of-the-universe chart and walks Cam from the size of a sunflower out to Andromeda, then all the way down to quarks and quantum strings. The takeaway: you are connected to all of it, top to bottom. From there the conversation gets philosophical in the best way. Kwast lays out the decision-making framework he teaches future leaders. Start with an opinion, hold it with humility, then test it against the facts. His own starting opinion is that there is one God who made an infinite universe so we could love, explore, and grow. They tackle time travel (probably possible, probably unwise), the early 90s vertical takeoff rocket technology that will let you fly New York to Singapore in 37 minutes, and the deep state lie that the planet is too full. The closer, from Cam, is the line of the episode. Before you try to figure out outer space, focus on inner space first.
This week on Thursday Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking about complaining.We all love a good vent now and again, and sometimes it's healthy to let those emotions out. But when we stay stuck there, replaying the same thoughts over and over, it can keep us trapped in a really low-energy state.In this episode, we share our thoughts on the difference between releasing emotions and ruminating, plus some simple ways we try to catch ourselves before getting pulled into the cycle of constant complaining.Because sometimes the most powerful shift is asking: “Do I want to stay here… or do I want to move forward?”We hope you find something useful in here.Love, Polly & Lucy xDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
In this episode, I'm sharing a big realisation I've had recently, one that feels like a real full-circle moment for me. Nearly 10 years ago, I left my teaching career feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, anxious and completely disconnected from myself… although at the time, I had no idea that perimenopause was playing such a huge role in how I was feeling. Looking back now, I can see that this was the beginning of a much deeper journey into understanding stress, the nervous system and what my body was really trying to tell me.Over the years, I immersed myself in learning - from coaching to breathwork and nervous system regulation - while also supporting hunderes of other women navigating midlife. And the one thing I kept seeing over and over again was that so many women weren't simply struggling with hormones alone… they were living with chronically overwhelmed nervous systems.In this episode, I explore why perimenopause can suddenly make life feel harder to cope with, why so many women feel like they've “lost themselves”, and how hormonal changes can make the nervous system far more sensitive to stress. I also share why learning to regulate my nervous system changed everything for me, and why I now believe this is one of the missing pieces in the perimenopause conversation. In this episode, I share: How hormonal changes affect the nervous system and our ability to cope with stress Why anxiety, overwhelm, irritability and exhaustion often intensify during midlife The connection between chronic stress, survival mode and feeling “not like yourself anymore” How breathwork and nervous system regulation helped me feel calmer, steadier and more like myself againDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
On this week's Thursday Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking about something every single one of us experiences at some point…self-doubt.We discuss why it's so common and why it stops us speaking up, going for things, or trusting ourselves fully.We also share some of the things that have genuinely helped us quiet our inner critic and build more self-trust over time.Because life is far too short to spend it constantly second-guessing yourself, shrinking yourself, or waiting until you feel “ready.”We hope you find something useful in here.Love Polly & Lucy xDownload 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at: info@pollywarren.comhttps://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/
Arrow UK's Neil Snowdon walks hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through five movies he's proud to have released via Arrow, and five he wishes he could release. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The Warriors (1979) Innerspace (1987) Excalibur (1981) The Emerald Forest (1985) Deliverance (1972) Hope and Glory (1987) Where the Heart Is (1990) Zardoz (1974) The Devils (1971) First Knight (1995) The Exorcist (1973) Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) Boorman and the Devil (2026) The Shootist (1976) The Cowboys (1972) Dirty Harry (1971) Taxi Driver (1976) True Grit (1976) Targets (1968) Sleep (2020) Suspiria (2018) Suspiria (1977) Ms. 45 (1981) Irreversible (2002) The Boy Friend (1971) Women in Love (1969) Altered States (1981) The Music Lovers (1970) Lisztomania (1975) Tommy (1975) Trapped Ashes (2008) Gothic (1986) The Lair of the White Worm (1988) Crimes of Passion (1984) Whore (1991) Salome's Last Dance (1988) Robin and Marian (1976) Unforgiven (1992) Nuits Rogues (1974) Judex (1963) Eyes Without a Face (1960) Petulia (1968) Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979) Cuba (1979) Citizen Kane (1941) The Three Musketeers (1973) The Four Musketeers (1974) Fantomas (1913-14) Les Vampires (1915) The Hunger (1983) Unstoppable (2010) True Romance (1994) Domino (2005) Deja Vu (2006) The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) Loving Memory (1970) Performance (1970) Little Big Man (1970) Top Gun (1986) The Last Boy Scout (1991) Mademoiselle Fifi (1944) Isle of the Dead (1945) Cat People (1943) The Body Snatcher (1945) Bedlam (1946) I Walked with a Zombie (1943) The Seventh Victim (1943) Marlowe (1969) The Long Goodbye (1973) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Arrow Video UK Harlan Ellison John Boorman Powers Boothe Dabney Coleman Neil Jordan Walt Disney Pictures 20th Century Studios Warner Bros. Paramount Pictures Warner Bros. Clockwork The Cannes Film Festival Ken Russell The Parade's Gone By… book by Kevin Brownlow (1976) Mike Hodges Anthony Pratt Boris Karloff King Arthur Robin Hood The Once and Future King novel by T.H. White (1958) Arthur Rex novel by Anthony Burgess (1978) David Kittredge Our William Friedkin podcast episode William A. Fraker BJ and Harmony Colangelo Lee Gambin Jim Hemphill Glenn Kenny Don Siegel John Wayne Robert Mitchum John Carradine Letterboxd TFH Guru Jonathan Kaplan Dino De Laurentiis Sam Peckinpah Pauline Kael Howard Hawks John Ford Ron Howard Howard S. Berger Sandra Hüller Michael Venus Walter Hill Ms. 45 (Cultographies) by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (2017) Abel Ferrara Richard Howorth Zoë Lund Gaspar Noé The Warner Archive Collection Richard Lester Robert Shaw Nicol Williamson Richard Harris Sean Connery Audrey Hepburn Georges Franju BFI The Criterion Collection Jacques Champreux Louis Feuillade Tony Scott Denzel Washington Christopher Walken Dennis Hopper Nicholas Roeg “Bela Lugosi's Dead” song by Bauhaus (1979) Dick Smith Carl Fullerton Griffith Park in Los Angeles Val Lewton Henry Daniell Bela Lugosi Columbia Pictures The Body Snatcher short story by Robert Louis Stevenson (1884) James Garner Bruce Lee The Rockford Files TV series (1974-80) Mike Mignola Tony Stella SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We're a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mike Fiorito returns to the show and Joshua Cutchin and Seriah speak with him about his latest book, The Innerspace of Outerspace, a book that deals with Music, Altered States, Channeling Music, and much more. This conversation is also continued in a Pateron segment...Become a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/SeriahAzkath for extra content, commercial free shows, early access, and bonus content as well! All this for only $3 a month! Outro Music is Morpheus V2.1 by Psyche Corporation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.