Sukha is a Sanskrit word that translates to inner ease and happiness. The Sukha Company is a website and app designed to help people attain flow states while working. The idea is to have all the tools in one place, activated by one button, to support this daily practice. In this conversation with founder and CEO Steven Puri we cover many topics including the epedemic of distraction and 'acedia' -a widespread sense of dissatisfaction and restlessness - and therefore Steven's purpose is not so much productivity increase, but increasing people's happiness and wellbeing. The app is a whole system of AI-informed aids including aural lanscapes (music and/or sound), a smart assistant that gently prods you if you surf the internet or pick up the phone; a pomodoro-type timer; a real-time task management system that also helps construct fewer, more practical goals; suggestions for break activities (stretches, walks, breathing etc) breaks, and an optional live community. This was an entertaining and really practical discussion.

This is a wonderful conversation with a deeply thoughtful and insightful artist, Luca Fogale. He is a Canadian singer/songwriter who hails from Burnaby, British Columbia. He's been twice nominated for Juno awards (Best Adult Contemporary Album). We discussed Luca's explorations of psychoolgical experience: the tension between light and dark, between apathy and optimism; we explored the therapeutic role that creative practice plays for him; we discussed the necessity of dropping of the ego, yet all the while recognizing that creativity comes from self; we talked about virtue and develping character, developing a better and more virtuous future self. In large part the conversation was about courage and a faith in moving forward. All in all, he's a delightful human being and it is a heart-warming and uplifting conversation.

This was a fascinating discussion about a challenging topic: Miles Spencer's 'Reflekta: - an AI generated avatar of one’s deceased loved ones. We explored the thorny ethical issues of whether this will prevent people from full acceptance and/or grieving successfully. This led to the distinction between sadness as accepted loss and grief as no-yet-accepted loss. We explored likely family issues about which is the 'true' reflection of people who have passed. We also agreed that everyone does grief differently and this resource may well be cathartic and help people build on their relationships with deceased loved ones. We also explored the other applications for Reflekta: for people to create their own Reflekta legacies before dying and for a range of uses in aged care homes. All in all, this fruitful discussion posed as many interesting questions as it answered.