The Way Back
A Walk’n’Talk podcast about a man struggling with anxiety and depression, contemplating life and how to get better. Narrated by himself as a stream of consciousness, he walks every day letting his mind and mouth run free, talking about his journey back to happiness (hopefully).
Episodes
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
EP074 - Trying to navigate the family on vacation
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
While trying to stick to the intention of letting other peoples problems be their own problems, Thomas accidentally pisses his wife off. Luckily all is forgiven and he manages to navigate another difficult day with his family, and tries to stay awake late to go out for a fancy dinner with his father.
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
EP073 - Why do I have to make the decisions?!
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
It's the first day on vacation together with Thomas' parents, and he is struggling keeping track of everyone, and making decisions for the group. Why are both his wife and his parents looking to him for judgement calls and decisions, when he should be exempt from having to deal with that? Is this just group dynamics, or is something else at play?
Monday Jun 17, 2024
EP072 - Exited and exhausted about things to come
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Having slept very badly, Thomas is realizing how the future is holding a lot of promise and change! Both the very immediate future, but also the long term changes that he is starting to talk about with his wife. Hopefully it will be possible to salvage some sleep-time so it doesn’t influence the good vacation mood.
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
EP071 - The importance of REAL vacation
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
During the first day in Spain, Thomas realizes how immensely important it was for him to go in this trip, and how both he and his wife is calming down and staring to enjoy themselves and the hot Spanish summer. The bickering from yesterday seems to fade away, and they relax with their child in the sun.
Saturday Jun 15, 2024
EP070 - Be careful of the bickering
Saturday Jun 15, 2024
Saturday Jun 15, 2024
While traveling to their vacation home, Thomas is both struck with the beauty of the Spanish countryside, and the repeating bickering with his wife. Hopefully it is merely him and his wife letting off steam from a hard period, and a difficult trip to Spain with a three year old, and not a festering manifestation of a marriage and relationship being strained to the breaking point.
Friday Jun 14, 2024
EP069 - Exited for vacation!
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Friday Jun 14, 2024
For the first time in a very very long time, Thomas is exited about something. Feelings of happiness and joy have been hard to come by lately, but as the vacation to Spain approaches rapidly, those are the feelings that are coming to the surface!
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
EP068 - Coming home, and listening to emotions
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thomas completes the last day of teaching, and tries his very best to take it easy. It works and he seems to be recovering physically. Now he is home, and even though it is nice to come back and be wanted, he still has to set up boundaries to protect himself for being used as an emotional lifeboat.
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
EP067 - Still needing a lot of work
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
While recapping what happened today, Thomas realizes that things are impacting him more than he is realizing. He still have a lot of work to do in regards to insecurity, and separating his own emotions from other peoples. He is also noticing how his physical situation is further deteriorating.
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
EP066 - Warning signs and signs of progress
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Thomas is noticing how his body is showing signs that him being here teaching is stressful and making him feel sick. However he is doing well mentally and he is starting to show signs that the re-programming or changed attitude he wants to adapt towards work-related conflicts, is starting to take effect.
Monday Jun 10, 2024
EP065 - Doing the right thing at work and at home
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Even though it technically isn't really work, Thomas is still enjoying teaching and experimenting with giving the students more freedom, and being himself less hands on, while approaching a work-like situation. Unfortunately his personal life isn't as straight forward, and choosing between different evening activities at the hotel, makes the anxiety creep in, because what if there is a potential hidden conflict that can occur if he just relaxes!
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Walk 'n' Talk
In the spring of 2024 Thomas is hit hard by depression and anxiety, forcing him to stop working and start thinking about life. He starts an audio journal or maybe it's a podcast, that is recorded everyday during a walk, and then posted here, instead of it living in his pocket. This is not meant to entertain or educate ... it just is.