S60E6 Love is unconditional

S60E6 Love is unconditional

Author: Rachel Wheeley November 10, 2025 Duration: 13:38
Escaped the park this lunchtime due to a leafblower going off all over the place. So I took to the local Tooting streets instead, to record my thoughts on unconditional love, prompted by a voicenote from Nige.

Rachel Wheeley hosts Walk the Pod: 10 minute walking, a daily companion built around the simple, transformative act of putting one foot in front of the other. This isn't just about physical steps; it's a practice woven into the rhythm of your day, designed to pull you away from the screen and into the air, even if just for a short while. Each episode is a gentle nudge to step outside, pairing practical, thoughtful tips on how to walk with a sense of reflection that makes those ten minutes truly your own. The podcast grows from a dedicated community of people who find that this brief daily pause does more than just get the blood moving-it clears the head and recenters the day's priorities. You'll hear ideas for noticing your surroundings, adjusting your pace, and connecting the physical motion with your mental landscape. The aim is consistency, offering a reliable slice of time where the only goal is to move and breathe, providing a foundation no matter what else is happening in life. Tune in for a straightforward, supportive guide that turns a simple walk into a small, sustaining ritual. New episodes arrive every day, ready whenever you are to take that short, vital break.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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Podcast Episodes
S63E4: Sleep deprivation and shift work [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 11:20
Walking my local streets amongst the lavender, discussing sleep deprivation and shift work. Whilst shifting your day around can enable an early or a late start, it is seriously incompatible with a young family. Your thou…
S63E3 Sleep and Learning [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:38
Walking in the woods this lunchtime, thinking about Matthew Walker’s book Why we Sleep, particulary the section on Sleep and Learning. Sleep, it seems, helps us prepare to learn, acts as a ‘save’ button for what we’ve le…
S63E2: Sleep cycles and Sleep Efficiency [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 12:39
Walking in my local woods at lunchtime today discussing our new theme: Sleep. Today, Robin’s voicenote prompts a discussion of circadian rhythms, sleep breathing and noradrenalin.
S63E1: Introducing Sleep [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 11:27
Welcome to a brand new series of Walk the Pod. This series our theme is Sleep! Invoting you to contribute your thoughts about sleep, and I’ll be introducing ideas from Matthew Walker’s ‘Why We Sleep’.
S62E10 Ego: thank you for listening [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 13:02
A final episode on Ego, closing our series. Walk the Pod will return on Monday 20th April. If you’d like to vote for our next theme, you can do so by joining the walk the Pod lunchtime walk club on Patreon. Join the Walk…
S62E9 Ego round up [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:27
A summary of some of what we’ve discussed this series plus an invitation to join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime Walk Club. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Wal…
S62E8 Ego is inevitable [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:47
In today’s episode, a walk in the woods discussing Ursula Le Guin’s discussion of ego in ‘The Dispossed’. On Le Guin’s fictional planet, Annares, humans in an egalitarian society are ostracised for ‘egoising’. Egoising i…
S62E7 Ego case study: Clyde Barrow [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:37
Considering different types of ego this lunchtime including Clyde Barrow’s inability to admit defeat. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the Pod artwork…
S62E6 Ego: a ‘dangerous hallucination’ [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 11:53
Discussing Alan Watts today who wrote that viewing ourselves inside the head, as an ego, is a ‘dangerous hallucination’. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful W…
S62E5 Ego week 1 round up [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:06
Everyth in g we’ve disxussed so far this week, plus an invitation to join the Walk the Pod lunchtime walk club. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime walk club for theme voting, private Discord server, and beautiful Walk the P…