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This episode is about what the fuck is going on?! The world's a little topsy-turvey at the moment and so I discuss an idea that emerged in Europe out of the uncertainty and confusion of WWII in the 1940's in the hopes it might help us with some perspectives on the confusion of today.Thank you as always for listening!The Authors and Books I mention are:Søren KierkegaardFriedrich NietzscheJean Paul Sartre – Words, Being and NothingnessAlbert Camus – The Plague, The StrangerPlease subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Stitcher, Android, Email, or wherever you like to hear your podcasts and help this thing grow. If you’re on an Android device, I’ve found that Podcast Addict works the best. Thank you for listening, as always.This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.Closure optional Theme is created by Kurt Chatfield. See acas

This episode is about the good and bad of confidence, how being insecure can lead to over-confidence, and why I'm the best and worst person in the whole world all at once. I talk a lot about how difficult it is learning to do stand-up comedy, some of my worst moments lately and how I'm trying to be less of an idiot.Thank you as always for listening!Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Stitcher, Android, Email, or wherever you like to hear your podcasts and help this thing grow. If you’re on an Android device, I’ve found that Podcast Addict works the best. Thank you for listening, as always.This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.Closure optional Theme is created by Kurt Chatfield. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode I get harsh, cry a little, and say fuck a lot. I'm talking about what happens when we hold onto insecurity as a personality trait, through constant negative self-talk and stories, and how that kind of thinking has turned into self-destructive cycles in my own life over the years.At the end it sounds like I'm doing an ad for the Artist's Way, I'm not – no one has paid me to mention it, I just think its a great book  Thank you as always for listening!Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Stitcher, Android, Email, or wherever you like to hear your podcasts and help this thing grow. If you’re on an Android device, I’ve found that Podcast Addict works the best. Thank you for listening, as always.This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.Closure optional Theme is created by Kurt Chatfield. See acast.com/privacy

Danny is the Senior Provisional Psychologist at Mirikai, a live-in Rehab facility on the Gold Coast for people who are struggling with Addiction, or as they say, ‘Substance Use Disorder'. He provides and coordinates psychotherapy services for clients and residents, and also, casually, flies to Africa to stop illegal poachers from killing wildlife…This is a really cool conversation about the nature of addiction and mental health in general, and he gives a great overview of what services are available, right now, for people who are struggling with substance use, including support for their families.To stay at one of these facilities, run by a company called “Lives Lived Well“, it only costs 85% of the Centrelink Benefit, so it's absolutely affordable for those in need. But not everyone wants or needs to go to a live-in centre, so it was cool to know that there are a bunch of different options available through Lives Lived Well for anyone impacted by addiction.If you'd like to know more, you can chec

Jenny is a Cannabis Activist, and is probably best known for the 3-year court battle she recently faced for supplying free Cannabis Oil to sick people in Australia. She learned how to make the oil in order to manage her own chronic pain, and because the benefits were so tangible, she started helping others with a whole variety of other medical issues.Word spread fast and eventually she was overwhelmed with demand from desperate people all over the country looking for help until her home was raided by police in 2017.This is a great conversation about what she learned, the kinds of healing she saw, and some ideas about why Cannabis legalisation is met with so much resistance in Australia.To learn more about Jenny's story, you can find her on Facebook or Instagram here.Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Stitcher, Android, Email, or wherever you like to hear your podcasts and help this thing grow. If you’re on an Android device, I’ve found that Podcast Addict wor

In this episode I'm talking about a neat little set of guidelines called “The Four Agreements” which are supposed to help you ease some of the needless suffering and self-limiting beliefs created inside your head. They come from a book called “The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz, who says this wisdom comes from the ancient Toltec people of Mexico – and though it's a bit self-helpy, theres some very good shit at the core of it.I also give a little background on the Toltecs themselves, describe their mental creation story (which one isn't mental?!) and talk a little bit about applying these agreements to my own psychology. Thank you as always for listening!Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Stitcher, Android, Email, or wherever you like to hear your podcasts and help this thing grow. If you’re on an Android device, I’ve found that Podcast Addict works the best. Thank you for listening, as always.This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Head

Ah Jesus sorry I've been away for so long! Man it's been a wonderful few weeks, but fuck, it's time to pull my head out of the clouds and get back to this podcast! I've been missing because I've been in love and that has come with a whole incredible pile of interesting nonsense attached to it, which I'm discussing in this week's episode. Today I'm talking about what happens to us when we fall in love, both psychologically and neurologically, and what impact that can have on creating a meaningful life.Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Stitcher, Android, Email, or wherever you like to hear your podcasts and help this thing grow. If you’re on an Android device, I’ve found that Podcast Addict works the best. Thank you for listening, as always.This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.Closure optional Theme is created by Kurt C

Ooooh this episode is all about how I (or, possibly, we) react to change, and how I've managed to get myself out of chaos through chanting nonsense in my bedroom. I ramble about how we mislead ourselves, how strong our minds are, and one way of possibly getting away from the suffering of our minds through a Buddhist idea called the Lotus Sutra. Reference LINKS:The Middle Way https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_WayEight Fold Path https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path Lotus Sutra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_SutraUpaya – adjusting to the student – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upaya Slideshow Nammyohorengekyo – https://player.slideplayer.com/25/8069204/#Chant https://www.sgi.org/about-us/videos/chanting-nam-myoho-renge-kyo-a-pronunciation-guide.htmlPeace Preservation Law (Japan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Preservation_Law#Public_Security_Preservation_Law_of_1925Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Stitcher, Android,

Julie is a Professor at Bond University, where she specialises in philosophy, feminist philosophy, religion and literature. This is a wonderful conversation about the nature of being, from a person who has spent her life so far trying to understand it philosophically. We discuss sexuality, what real feminism looks like, and some of the dangers of falling into ideological traps that deter from the original message. For more information about Julie, you can check out her Bond Research Profile here: https://research.bond.edu.au/en/persons/julie-anne-kelsoPlease subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Stitcher, Android, Email, or wherever you like to hear your podcasts and help this thing grow. If you’re on an Android device, I’ve found that Podcast Addict works the best. Thank you for listening, as always.This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.Closure opt

Lucas is a Musician, currently the guitarist for a band called Hammers, and since he's back from touring the country in front of thousands of people, it was a perfect time to come discuss what it means to be a person. He's been on the podcast before in Episode 13, and Episode 46, and he's back for the third time with an epic rolling philosophical discussion about the nature of being and not being. Also, if you want to hear Lucas and his mates playing some great music, check out the Hammers EP here. Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Stitcher, Android, Email, or wherever you like to hear your podcasts and help this thing grow. If you’re on an Android device, I’ve found that Podcast Addict works the best. Thank you for listening, as always.This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.Closure optional Theme is created by Kurt Cha

Justin is a Graphic Artist and a Musician from New Zealand; he played in a punk band called Not OK for 10 years, and when that came to an end, he put himself through school to become a Graphic Designer. He, with the rest of his family, have taken care of me over the last 12 years, basically adopting me into their family, and this is a great conversation between the two of us about what's going on in (my) life at the moment.This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.Closure optional Theme is created by Kurt Chatfield.Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Android, Email, or wherever you like to hear your podcasts and help this thing grow. If you’re on an Android device, I’ve found that Podcast Addict works the best. Thank you for listening, as always. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out informati

In this episode I'm talking about the construction of a Fuckwit inside our heads (I only know for sure about mine, but I've met a few of yours too) through stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, other people, and the world.This is an extension on an idea that I talked briefly about in the Airport Podcast that a few people had asked me to expand upon, so here it is!Show Notes:The books I mention at the start are:Memories, Dreams and Reflections by Carl JungWaking Up by Sam HarrisBe Here Now by Ram DaasThis is a video explaining Dan Harmon's Story Circle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XGUVkOmPTAThank you as always for listening!!!!This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.Closure optional Theme is created by Kurt Chatfield.Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Android, Email, or wherever you like to hear your podcasts

This is a bloody wonderful and intense conversation about some full-on stuff. We discuss drug addiction and the long dark road back from it, facing Cancer, beating it, and then learning how to re-navigate life after everything you've learned.Though it's intense, we uncover some very beautiful little ideas on how to take better care of ourselves, each other, and how to find understanding and solace in communication.This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.Closure optional Theme is created by Kurt Chatfield.Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Android, Email, or wherever you like to hear your podcasts and help this thing grow. Thank you for listening, as always. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Oliver is a Comedian, currently based in Sydney, but luckily we had a chance to chat while he's up here to perform his solo show, “Love” for the Bris Funny Fest (Thursday, 21st of August at Heya Bar). This is a great conversation about Oliver's life both in Africa and in Australia, how our decisions impact the world at large, and how selling porn in a refugee camp led him to become a Stand-up Comedian.This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.Closure optional Theme is created by Kurt Chatfield.Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Android, Email, or wherever you like to hear your podcasts and help this thing grow. Thank you for listening, as always. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode I answer a bunch of your questions while I'm waiting at the airport to fly back to the US to see my brother get married. I answer things like what to do when you think someone's boring but has a big dick, what's the hardest part of making a Humanoid robot, and why people are just dicks sometimes.Thank you as always for listening!!!!Family and GrandmaThis podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.Closure optional Theme is created by Kurt Chatfield.Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Android, Email, or wherever you like to hear your podcasts and help this thing grow. If you’re on an Android device, I’ve found that Podcast Addict works the best. Thank you for listening, as always. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nick is back to talk some more about Creativity, Philosophy, Psychedelics, and Cumming in people's faces. This is a very silly conversation about the nature of being that we recorded while laying the in the grass of a lovely meadow at sundown. Sounds romantic, but Nick forgot his Tazer so nothing kinky happened…To find out more about Nick, please visit his facebook page here, see his standup and other very silly videos on youtube here, and you can read about all his adventures in his blog here: https://medium.com/@nicksunThis podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.Closure optional Theme is created by Kurt Chatfield.Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Android, Email, or wherever you like to hear your podcasts and help this thing grow. Thank you for listening, as always. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and

Ah man what a great conversation! Paul is the singer and guitarist for Tijuana Cartel, a Gold Coast band that he created with Carey O'sullivan. This is a wonderfully tangential conversation about the nature of music, creativity, and how to create and destroy yourself all at once.If you'd like to check out more of what they've got to offer, please go to their bandcamp here: https://tijuanacartel.bandcamp.com/They also have a website here, facebook here, and Instagram here.Also the video below is one of the singles from their latest release and it was animated by none other than Carey O'sullivan himself, and it's fucking amazing.Thank you as always for listening!!!!Music Video for Tijuana Cartel's IshtarThis podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.Closure optional Theme is created by Kurt Chatfield.Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Spotify, Stitcher,&n

Well this is different, but certainly not unexpected for the ol' Closure Optional Podcast… Susan is a Psychic Medium who helps people see the best versions of themselves in order to help them get out of their own way, and she also sometimes sees dead people. Who knows what's going on here, but Susan is a lovely, kind, and interesting person and it was really neat to hear her ideas about the nature of the universe we live in.Whether you think this stuff is real or horseshit, it's good to hear it straight from the source and you can make up your own mind any time you want.If you'd like to see more of what Susan does, please check out her website here.Thank you as always for listening!!!!This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.Closure optional Theme is created by Kurt Chatfield.Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Android

In this episode I discuss some of the real life bullshit that gets in the way of “being authentic” whatever that means. I discuss the psychology of skirting the truth, and how I came to the realisation that basically everything I've done up to this point is an attempt to fill an insatiable blackhole of existential homesickness in my chest. And, just like an angry zoo ape being oogled by snotty fuckwit teenagers, the more shit I throw at the void the more it laughs in my face.Thank you as always for listening!!!!Family and GrandmaMom and MeThis podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.Closure optional Theme is created by Kurt Chatfield.Please subscribe to Closure Optional here: itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Android, Email, or wherever you like to hear your podcasts and help this thing grow. If you’re on an Android device, I’ve found that Podcast Addict 

Oooooooh sexy, this week's episode is all about rope bondage, sex stuff, and polyamory. Angel and Basanos performed a very beautiful rope show when I went to the BDSM Party a few episodes back, and I was very happy to have them in the studio to talk about all the in's and outs, ups and downs, of Bondage and Sex.The video edit I did of their performance is below, please have a look at it before listening to the episode because it puts things a bit more into context :).If you'd like to see more of what these guys do, please check them out on instagram at @basanos_shibari and @shibariangel.Thank you as always for listening!!!!Image Credit: Georgia@ExitGirlsHQImage Credit Shibari BacklitImage Credit Shibari BacklitImage Credit Shibari BacklitImage Credit Shibari BacklitImage Credit: Georgia@ExitGirlsHQImage Credit: Georgia@ExitGirlsHQImage Credit: Georgia@ExitGirlsHQImage Credit Shibari BacklitAngelAfterDark blacklight shibari photoshoot at Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Wednesday, April 25, 2