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Pneuma with Daniel Finneran — 162 episodes

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Seedy business | Cherie Calbom

2

The fiber is in the feathers | Judy Morgan

3

The finest vintage: for the woman still waiting for love

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To the woman who fears she’s running out of time (a fertility reframe)

5

A quarter million erections | Elliot Justin

6

Harmony, not symmetry, is the essence of beauty | Nicholas Nikolov

7

A radiologist in search of a root | Kavin Mistry

8

George Washington’s peptide cocktail | Regan Archibald

9

A breath away from a better life | Tim Thomas

10

Your mattress, demystified | Derek Hales

11

Can hypnosis heal you? | Peter McLaughlin

12

Good as Goo! | Jodi Scott

13

Fertility - for the sake of our species | Kirsten Karchmer

14

Harmonize your voice. Liberate your soul | Deepak Chari

15

Overcoming AI Anxiety: A 20-Minute Meditation for Tranquility (and Humanity)

16

A will to live. A will to die | Jermaine Ee

17

Give voice to Grief | John Kammer

18

The Safe Harbor: Evening Affirmations to Release Anxiety and Rewire for Inner Peace

19

Are we DOOMED to decline? | Eileen Kopsaftis

20

Regain your focus. Reclaim your life | Steven Puri

21

The Slippery and Viscous: Why you don’t say what you mean

22

The saddest words: “It might have been”

23

How plants can heal you | David Crow

24

Longevity, AI, and the fast-approaching future of preventive health | Hunter Ziesing

25

Eat to Live, Don't Live to Eat: Molière’s Dietary Discipline

26

The Sistine Lesson: How Admiring an Adversary Can Elevate You

27

Luci and I chat about great art

28

Everyone else seems HAPPY. Why aren’t you?

29

Anger does more harm than the injury that caused it

30

Should you live like a SIMPLETON? A lesson from Alyosha the Pot

31

My early morning reflections on ITALY (recorded at 4:00 AM)

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Does fitness begin in the body? Does wisdom begin in the mind?

33

5 More Easy Ways to Boost your Daily STEPS - Part II

34

For someone who is overweight, where’s the best place to BEGIN — not just physically, but mentally?

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5 Easy Ways to Boost your Daily STEPS - Part I

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The spirit of the CHASE. Shakespeare, Dopamine, and the secret of DESIRE

37

Life in the shadow of death - A meditation

38

Avoid these common mistakes when wearing a WEIGHTED VEST

39

Can the KETO diet help relieve menstrual cramps?

40

We met on a dating app. In 2 weeks, we’ll be married.

41

What’s the SINGLE best thing you can do to improve your health?

42

Shakespeare the HERBALIST? How Ophelia’s flowers can heal you

43

How I built my CHEST. Simple, straightforward, actionable advice.

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The hour of TRUTH is (always) now

45

How to look SNATCHED for your wedding

46

Is fasting a FAD?

47

Grocery Guide - BEEF JERKY - How to Buy, What to Avoid, and How to Make your own

48

Your Intellect is an EMANATION from God.

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Everything that truly HAPPENS, happens to YOU

50

Why you must MOVE after meals

51

Do you have a DUTY to be happy?

52

Simple exercises for stronger EYES

53

Intermittent Fasting v. The "30-30-30" Protocol: Which is better?

54

Turning water into weight LOSS? The secret about SAUNAS

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Nutrient timing: It's not only what, but WHEN you eat that matters

56

A Lullaby for Lovers: SEX and sleep

57

The untold PERILS of Protein Powder

58

The MILL and the WATER: A meditation on memory, futility, and FLOW

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The drain snake of the SOUL

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Collagen: The protein (literally) holding you together!

61

They never taste, who always DRINK

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What your BRAIN really thinks about your GUT feelings

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Welcome to Pneuma

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How to become UNCLUTTERED

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Welcome back to Pneuma! (Renewed and Relaunched, 2025)

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How to Deal with DISTRACTION with TS Eliot

67

The “Burning Babe” Who Makes Your Heart GLOW (Christmas Episode!) | Pneuma Nuggets

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“A man travels the WORLD in search of what he needs and returns HOME to find it” | Pneuma Nugget

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Don't Live An IMAGINARY Life In The Mind of Others

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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad | Fall Asleep With Me

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A Reflection on FRIENDS & Remembrance of Things PAST

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A Meditation For A RAINY Day: Tracing The “History Of A Single Raindrop”

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Four Quartets by TS Eliot | The Great Poems Of All Time

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“Footfalls Echo In The Memory”: How To Think About And Deal With REGRET

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë | Fall Asleep With Me

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How to Think About and Deal with REMORSE, The “Poison Of Life”

77

Alternate Nostril Breathing: Simple and SOOTHING (Tutorial and Practice for BEGINNERS)

78

Middlemarch by George Eliot | Fall Asleep With Me

79

What If You Had to Relive Each Moment Of Your Life Again And Again (Forever?)

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Hidden Inside Each One of Us Is An Unimaginable “I”. Where Is Yours?

81

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh | Fall ASLEEP With Me

82

How To Breathe As Nature Intended: (Deeply) With Your DIAPHRAGM!

83

We’ve Surpassed 50k Downloads! And It's All Thanks to YOU!

84

How To MASTER Your EMOTIONS! (It's Easier Than You Think!)

85

A Guided GROUNDING Meditation | My Personal Technique (ADVANCED)

86

A SUPER SLEEPY Countdown From 100 To 0 To Help You Fall Asleep (More Effective Than Counting Sheep!)

87

Savor the Season: Learn How To Live In The HERE And NOW!

88

A DEVIL’S Response to HAMLET’S Big Question: “To Be Or Not To Be”?

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Where The Wild Things Are | Fall ASLEEP With Me

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“You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s GONE”: How Deprivation Sharpens Our Idea of Value

91

Goodnight Moon | A DREAM-inducing SLEEP STORY (Perfect for *KIDS* and ADULTS!)

92

Nourishment For The Body and Soul: Getting to the MARROW of Life

93

A Meditation on Life's BIGGEST Question: “To be, or not to be?”

94

20-Minute Morning Affirmations To Build Your CONFIDENCE

95

A Guided Meditation For Your TEA Time (As CALMING As Chamomile!)

96

How to Keep Calm in a Crazy World | A Gentle Guided Meditation

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Life Lessons From YouTube's SLEEP GURU | Jason Stephenson

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Sailing to Byzantium by WB Yeats | The Great Poems Of All Time

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A Celebration Of The Sun: Gratitude For Our Great Star Above

100

A Simple 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise | On The Beach

101

If-- by Rudyard Kipling | The Great Poems Of All Time

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A Quick, Calming Breathing Meditation At The Beach

103

Treat Your Feet Right! Basic Strength, Balance, and Grounding For A Healthier Base

104

Momotaro (The Peach Boy) | Fall Asleep With Me

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A Meditation on Human Nature with Machiavelli and The Buddha

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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens | Fall Asleep With Me

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Guided Meditation For When You're On An Airplane

108

How To Lose Weight Like a Stoic

109

Is Happiness Attainable in THIS Life?

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Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey | Fall Asleep With Me

111

How To Think About The Sublime And Beautiful: A Lesson In Aesthetics For Everyone

112

Gentle Stretches for the Relief of Neck Pain and Tension (Delivered to You by a Buttery-Smooth Voice!)

113

Food, Shelter, Clothing - How Our Most Basic Needs Become Our Undoing

114

Learn to Love and Celebrate the Morning! It's the Most Memorable Season of the Day

115

Walden by Henry David Thoreau | Fall Asleep With Me

116

Wisdom is The Mother of all Good Things: Let us Befriend Her

117

Guided Beach Meditation: The Sea, The Sand, And The Sublime

118

The Bible: Genesis | Fall Asleep with Me

119

The Promethean Diet | Eat Like a Titan!

120

Czeslaw Milosz; Unity in Multiplicity; E Pluribus Unum; Art; Personality; the Divine; Parmenides| Jog Your Mind - Episode 3

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Works and Days by Hesiod | Fall Asleep with Me

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Worldly Possessions: Do You Possess Them? Or Do THEY Possess You?

123

How to Perfect Your Posture - From Your Toes to Your Tongue

124

Why You Should Grow Into a Child; Jesus’ advice to do so; Nietzsche’s Three Stages of Spiritual Development, Ending in Childhood | Jog Your Mind - Episode 2

125

Faust by Goethe | Fall Asleep With Me

126

Perfect Happiness; Sublime Felicity; The Eternal; God and the Devil; Goethe; and the Faustian Pact | Jog Your Mind - Episode 1

127

Sun Yourself Like a Cynic - A Philosopher's Guide to Sunbathing

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Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli | Fall Asleep With Me

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen | Fall Asleep With Me

130

“An Honest Heart and a Knowing Head” | Lessons from Thomas Jefferson on How to Live Well

131

In The Garden Of Life, Sow Great Thoughts. A Great Destiny Will Blossom

132

Do You Want a Transcendent Experience? (For Free?!) Go Out Into Nature, and Connect with a Tree

133

Your Complete Guide to Sleep: From Sunrise to Sunset, How to Prepare for and Enjoy a Blissful, Restful Night

134

Shhhhh...For When You Awake In The Middle Of The Night, And You Can't Fall Back Asleep

135

How To Live A "Good Life", The Epicurean Way

136

Some Reflections on Mass Shootings - A Somber, But Necessary Meditation

137

Join Me! A Walking Meditation For a Beautiful Spring Day

138

To What Lofty Summits We Shall Climb! A Guided Hiking Meditation

139

Eudaimonia, the Secret to Happiness: What is it? And Where is it Found?

140

Thoughts in a Garden - A Meditation with Andrew Marvell

141

Guided Meditation for When You’re in the Checkout Aisle at the Grocery Store

142

O Walden, Where Art Thou? A Guided Walking Meditation, With Henry David Thoreau

143

How To Become A Morning Person

144

How to be Pure of Mind

145

Guided Meditation For When You're In the Shower

146

How To Be Unbothered By External Things

147

Why Are We Consumed By Stress?

148

How To Respond To Failure

149

Five Minute Morning Meditation

150

Guided Meditation For When You've Overeaten

151

Guided Meditation - Body Scan - Bedtime

152

Guided Meditation For When You're Driving

153

Guided Meditation For Gratitude

154

Guided Meditation For Dealing With Hunger

155

How To Benefit From Mean People

156

Join Me! A Walking Meditation on a Crisp, Autumn's Day

157

Tired of Political Bickering? Uncomfortable with the Hostility You Feel for an "Enemy" on the Other Side? Here's How To Think About Politics Without Becoming Angry

158

Guided Meditation For Mindful Eating

159

Guided Moderate Morning Stretch

160

How To Deal With Difficult People

161

How To Stop Fretting About Others

162

Guided Gentle Morning Stretch