People often say they feel fully here while doing just three things: travel, exercise, and sex. In these moments, presence seems effortless. But why does it become so laboured in everyday life?

This episode asks why being in the moment feels hard outside heightened or novel experiences. I explore 'being in the moment' not as a maxim, but as a psychological skill and a philosophical stance. Drawing from cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and everyday observation, we will discuss how much of our lives are spent replaying the past or rehearsing the future, and what has slipped away from us.

Get ready for a reflective episode about noticing, grounding yourself, and about learning to return, again and again, to what is already there, without being haunted by the phantoms in our heads.

Why do the things we do “just for fun” feel so essential to who we are?

Whether we’re making small talk with strangers or trying to truly understand someone we love, we almost always end up asking the same question: What do you do in your free time?

Hobbies seem trivial, but they quietly reveal our desires, identities, and inner lives.

In this episode of we explore the surprising depth beneath our passions, from childhood curiosities to teenage self-definition, to the hobbies that rescue us in adulthood. We’ll look at why certain activities put us in a “flow state,” how hobbies offer emotional release, and why they can feel like tools of survival, not just leisure.

Because sometimes, the smallest acts like baking muffins, roller skating, or simply watching birds, are not escapes from life, but a way back into it.

T. S. Eliot once wrote, “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons,” and in many ways, that line captures the rhythm of modern life—how small rituals like drinking coffee come to define who we are.

From its legendary discovery by an Ethiopian goat herder to its journey through Sufi monasteries, Ottoman coffeehouses, and European “penny universities,” coffee has always fueled conversation, creativity, and culture. Today, it’s more than caffeine - it’s comfort, identity, and even a 'push'. We drink it to wake up, to think, to belong. It sharpens the mind, anchors the day, and symbolizes who we are or aspire to be.

In this episode, we explore how coffee is not just a beverage - it is a ritual, a cultural mirror, and a measure of modern existence.