Walk with Wally

12/12/2023

I just started a podcast with a new friend. Check out the first episode:

Listen to Expanding Consciousness on Spotify. Two software engineers deconstruct what they learned about spirituality, non-duality and the human experience. We explore ways to sharpen our awareness, make life more enjoyable, be little kinder, become more authentic, less reactive, more present & ulti...

09/27/2023

Depression, anger, anxiety, worry - what do these emotions, and the thoughts which accompany them, have in common? 🤔

They all serve important evolutionary purposes in the context of survival❗

But we tend to experience these difficult thoughts and emotions even when our lives are not at stake, where did we go wrong❓

The problem is two-fold...

1. We've elevated day to day concerns, like overdue bills, to the level of immediate existential threat.

2. We reinforce this threat assessment through aversion towards the effects - the difficult thoughts and emotions.

So most of us are walking around stuck in a survival response...

The solution❓

Learn to recognize the state of our nervous system and skillfully respond to it...

rather than reacting to the undesirable effects.

Learn more 👇

Depression, anger, anxiety, worry - what do these emotions, and the thoughts which accompany them, have in common? They all serve important evolutionary purposes in the context of survival. Imagine being chased down by a hungry tiger, your nervous system in a hyper-aroused state. In this situation

09/20/2023

I recently appeared on my friend's podcast talking about my personal journey of transformation. You can check it out on Youtube, Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3rdbgvx3CYGZPZ8eL0Tbo6?si=2beed18bc35148cd) or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

In this episode of the Psychedelic Passage podcast, host Nicholas Levich is joined by Michael Wally, a former software engineer turned explorer of the inner ...

08/20/2023