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Big Ball of Twine

by Big Ball of Twine

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In each episode, we explore the ways we suffer and how we can recognize and take responsibility for our suffering. How do you wrap yourself up in your ball of suffering? How do you unwrap yourself? For questions or comments, contact me at [email protected]. This podcast is recorded on walks. Expect the sound quality to be such; not polished, possibly with wind noise, birds, dogs barking, and sniffles, etc. BTW, the podcast is not edited or bleeped for language. Listen on Anchor, Audible, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or RSS.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 56: 2 Darts, 2 Arrows.

    How we make ourselves suffer by continuing to jab ourselves with our own thoughts...losing a wallet and not stopping at the line. #twodarts #twoarrows #bigballoftwinepodcast Link to all episodes in my IG profile or Spotify for Podcasters. In each episode, we explore the ways we suffer and how we...

  2. Episode 55: Expectations & Hope.

    Expectations & hope fill our minds…or clutter them. #expectations #bigballoftwinepodcast Link to all episodes in my IG profile or Spotify for Podcasters. In each episode, we explore the ways we suffer and how we can recognize and take responsibility for our suffering. How do you wrap yourself up…

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  3. Episode 54: The Comment Section in Our Heads

    Let’s look at how the comment section of our mind can totally mess us up. #commentsection; #bigballoftwinepodcast Link to all episodes in my IG profile or Spotify for Podcasters. In each episode, we explore the ways we suffer and how we can recognize and take responsibility for our suffering. How...

  4. Episode 53: The inventor’s mind; yours & mine.

    The idea of our minds as inventors of our reality along with other thoughts about thoughts. #inventorsmind #bigballoftwinepodcast Link to all episodes in my IG profile or Spotify for Podcasters. In each episode, we explore the ways we suffer and how we can recognize and take responsibility for…

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  5. Episode 52: Spacious Mind; Finding More Space in the Mind.

    A lesson for me in how much mind-space was occupied by several big events in my life & the spaciousness as those events subsided. #spaciousness #bigballoftwinepodcast Link to all episodes in my IG profile or Spotify for Podcasters. In each episode, we explore the ways we suffer and how we can...

  6. Episode 51: When Thoughts Bang on the Door with Two Fists.

    How many times has a thought tried to get your attention? Maybe it’s time to investigate that thought. Link to all episodes in my IG profile or Spotify for Podcasters. #takingfeelingsforgranted #twofistsknockingatthedoor #bigballoftwinepodcast In each episode, we explore the ways we suffer and…

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  7. Episode 50: Equanimity, Reactivity, Dependent Arising, & Demands.

    Equanimity defined as “situations have circumstances, not demands.” We put a ton of crap on our stories when in fact a thing isn’t a thing until we make it a thing. Link to all episodes in my IG profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine. #equanimity #reactivity #nodemands #bigballoftwinepodcast...

  8. Episode 49: Karma & Our Agreements Around Our Thoughts.

    How do we let ourselves be driven by our agreements around our thoughts…and Karma, and more about thoughts. Link to all episodes in my IG profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine. #agreementwithourthoughts #karma #bigballoftwinepodcast In each episode, we explore the ways we suffer and how we...

  9. Episode 48: What is Suffering…a Revisiting.

    Coming back around to talking directly about what is suffering. Since we only understand reality as we see it and then interpret it, we are suffering from that place. Link to all episodes in my IG profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine. #whatissuffering #bigballoftwinepodcast In each…

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  10. Episode 47: The Dilemma of Right & Wrong.

    Right & wrong and the moral & ethical issues we find ourselves in; how they create suffering. Link to all episodes in my IG profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine. #rightandwrong #bigballoftwinepodcast In each episode, we explore the ways we suffer and how we can recognize and take...

  11. Episode 46: Cabbage Patch Dolls; Being Right; Choosing Peace Over Chaos.

    Let’s look at being right and not choosing it, therefore creating chaos instead of peace. Link to all episodes in my IG profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine. #beingright #choosingpeaceoverchaos #bigballoftwinepodcast In each episode, we explore the ways we suffer and how we can recognize…

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  12. Episode 45: Stories in Our Heads.

    Noticing our stories and how we respond to them; how they shape our lives, in the past, now, and in the future. Link to all episodes in my IG profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine. #storiesinourheads #bigballoftwinepodcast In each episode, we explore the ways we suffer and how we can...

  13. Episode 44: Pay Attention to the Tail Wagging the Dog.

    How often are you aware of the tail that is wagging you and your life? Link to all episodes in my IG profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine. #tailwaggingthedog #bigballoftwinepodcast Listen on: Anchor at https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine Audible at https://a.co/d/2lJqlXn Amazon Music at...

  14. Episode 43: Change Your Thinking & Change Your Life; WTH!

    Looking at the cliche and the reality that it actually works. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  15. Episode 42: Everything You Know is Based on the Thoughts You Subscribe To

    If you think you know what's going on...I have news for you. You do & you don't. Everything you know is based on the thoughts you subscribe to. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  16. Episode 41: Thinking & How Different We All Think

    You think differently than I do. No two of us think the same about anything, ever. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  17. Episode 40: Waiting & the Suffering of It.

    Why is waiting so painful? Why do you or I wait? Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  18. Episode 39: Allowing & How We React or Respond.

    Allowing everything; pushing nothing away. How would that look for you? Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  19. Episode 38: Thoughts, Then Judgement, Then Reaction, or Not.

    We judge our thoughts and then we react. What would it look like to not react, but instead see them for what they are? Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  20. Episode 37: The Suffering We Would Die For.

    There is suffering we learn and are willing to die for rather than free ourselves from. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  21. Episode 36: Propping Up Our Suffering.

    There must be several billion ways to prop up our suffering. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  22. Episode 35: Finding Enlightenment.

    It's here somewhere, dang it!!!! Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  23. Episode 34: Gaslighting Ourselves.

    Ahhh, this overused word, and how we convince ourselves of all manner of shit; thus the suffering continues. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  24. Episode 33: Taking Shit Personally.

    Can you imagine a world where what others say & do has nothing to do with you? Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine

  25. Episode 32: Selling Our Souls for Others; the Long Bag We Drag Behind Us.

    How can we be the essential and real us when we have been pummeled by so many negative and self-defeating messages all our lives? Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine. The Long Bag We Drag Behind Us.

  26. Episode 31: What is Suffering; Unexplored & Explored Suffering.

    Biting an elephant, onions, & outing our suffering. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  27. Episode 30: Thinking While Observing Our Thinking.

    With the help of Grandpa Jess, let's look at what it means to think about our thoughts...to step back and use those observations to heal; to suffer less. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  28. Episode 29: Mental Health Awareness & the Golden Ball.

    Talking about mental health and the hidden place we find our answers. If you need help with a mental health issue, I can help guide you in a direction ([email protected]) or you get help at the following: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) @ https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help...

  29. Episode 28: You Hurt My Feelings!

    Let's explore our feelings, thoughts, emotions, & reactions and who is responsible for them. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  30. Episode 27: Impermanence.

    Impermanence is the way of everything, but we resist it at almost every turn. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  31. Episode 26: Doing the Best We Can.

    Doing the best we can, or we would do better. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  32. Episode 25: Right Place, Right Time, & Wrong Place, Wrong Time.

    Let's talk about these two cliches and how suffering occurs when we buy into them. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  33. Episode 24: Change is Hard. WTH?

    Change is hard, and other statements that keep us choosing suffering. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  34. Episode 23: Long-Standing Beliefs & Asking Suffering a Question.

    Long-standing beliefs, paying attention to suffering, & listening to the suffering. Asking our suffering, "What can I do for you, today?" Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  35. Episode 22: Reality is Like a Cake; Part 2.

    It is...in my world, anyway. Let's revisit the idea. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  36. Episode 21: Projection & Story Played Out Live.

    The 2022 Oscars played center stage for perfect example of how projection and story can run your life when you aren't looking. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  37. Episode 20: What is Story and Cars & Coffee.

    The title says it all. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  38. Episode 19: Everything is a Story.

    If that is true, what now? Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  39. Episode 18: Attachment, Grasping, Clinging, & a Beautiful day.

    Call it what you want, but attachment keeps us so limited, even on a beautiful day. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  40. Episode 17: Unsubscribing to Suffering.

    Let's talk about the idea that we subscribe to suffering and how we can choose to unsubscribe. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  41. Episode 16: Bullying Takes Center Stage.

    Let's talk about doing the work of reducing suffering while I do some unintentional work. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  42. Episode 15: What Does Unnatural Mean?

    Can unnatural lead to suffering? Let's explore how that is even possible; it may be more obvious than you think. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  43. Episode 14: Gravity as Suffering.

    How can gravity have anything to do with suffering? Take a walk with me in the pre-dawn cold to find out. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  44. Episode 13: Grasping & Clinging, Again.

    Walking while wondering about grasping & clinging...yet, again. Link to all episodes in my profile or https://anchor.fm/bigballoftwine.

  45. Episode 12: Everything is Sacred & Connected.

    Let's explore "everything is scared & connected" while we breathe. What does that mean and how is that even possible?

  46. Episode 11: Reality is Like a Cake.

    Today I am walking in a giant circle talking about my story, your story, and reality. How do we see what goes on around us and how do we react or respond? And, yes, reality is like a cake!

  47. Episode 10: Second Arrows.

    On my walk today, let's talk about Second Arrows and how we can work on noticing the suffering we create with them.

  48. Episode 9: 2021, EMDR, & Reactivity.

    Let's take a walk and talk about things I learned about reactivity over the past several years, EMDR, and 2021.

  49. Episode 8: Why Are We Here?

    Yep, that age-old question. Why are we here and how can we reduce our suffering on this journey.

  50. Episode 7: Suffering by Comparison.

    Starting a new way of doing the podcast, today. Going on a walk to talk about suffering through comparison. How we, & I, do that and maybe a bit of help by way of sharing my modified version of Byron Katie's "the Work."

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About this show

In each episode, we explore the ways we suffer and how we can recognize and take responsibility for our suffering. How do you wrap yourself up in your ball of suffering? How do you unwrap yourself? For questions or comments, contact me at [email protected]. This podcast is recorded on walks. Expect the sound quality to be such; not polished, possibly with wind noise, birds, dogs barking, and sniffles, etc. BTW, the podcast is not edited or bleeped for language. Listen on Anchor, Audible, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or RSS.

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Big Ball of Twine

Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Big Ball of Twine have?

Big Ball of Twine has 56 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on August 7, 2023.

What is Big Ball of Twine about?

In each episode, we explore the ways we suffer and how we can recognize and take responsibility for our suffering. How do you wrap yourself up in your ball of suffering? How do you unwrap yourself? For questions or comments, contact me at [email protected]. This podcast is recorded on walks....

How often does Big Ball of Twine release new episodes?

Big Ball of Twine publishes every two weeks, based on its 56 episodes since November 2021.

Who hosts Big Ball of Twine?

Big Ball of Twine is created and hosted by Big Ball of Twine.
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