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The Reality Check Podcast

Zachary Phillips

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Frequency: 1 episode/13d. Total Eps: 288

Short talks on meaning, mental health, and what it actually takes to live a more examined life.

With Zachary Phillips

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - spirituality
03/08/2026
#37
🇬🇧 Great Britain - spirituality
02/08/2026
#82

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Discovering Your Calling | Ep 281

Sunday, July 19, 2026 • Duration 25:53

What is your calling?

This episode explores what it means to discover your calling and why living in alignment with your deepest values can transform your mental health and sense of purpose.

Drawing on my own journey from teaching to psychotherapy, I reflect on trauma, uncertainty, and the search for meaningful work, sharing practical frameworks like Ikigai and my ‘3A process of healing’ Awareness, Acceptance, and Action.

We explore the fears and inner blocks that keep us stuck, the courage required to leave the comfortable rut, and how deep introspection can reveal the direction you were always meant to follow.

It is imperative that you find your calling, because if you don’t you are withholding your full value from the world.

Links Mentioned:
Free Courses
Client & Practitioner Toolbox
Live Daily Meditations on Insight Timer

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The Importance Of Agency | Ep 280

Sunday, June 21, 2026 • Duration 14:53

Agency is your belief in your ability to influence your life.

Effort + Time = Results.

I’ve been reflecting on this a lot lately, as I’m in the midst of some major life changes. I recently received my Graduate Diploma of Counselling and I am updating my website, books, and offerings to reflect this next chapter. I’m also continuing to show up each day, facilitating daily guided meditations on Insight Timer and working to expand my reach and impact.

On the personal front, I’m training Jiu Jitsu more than ever, confronting the excuses that once held me back from competing, and proving to myself that growth comes from action, not intention.

Positive change rarely happens overnight. It takes, consistent actions repeated daily. The key is believing that your actions matter and then acting accordingly.

I encourage you to believe in your ability to create positive change in your own life, and then to ACT!

In this session, I also introduce 'The Flame & The Void' meditation from Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. You can listen to a guided version here, with separate recordings available for both adults and children.

Resources Mentioned:The Flame & The Void guided meditation

How Language Is Keeping Us From The Divine | Ep 271

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 • Duration 15:45

Language is flawed, and it keeps us from touching the divine.

Every time we try to communicate, we start with a felt sense (thoughts, emotions, sensations) and we’re forced to translate that into code. Words. Sounds. Symbols. Then we hope the signal survives the noise. That nothing gets lost through misunderstanding, projection, or the limits of whatever medium we’re using.

And on the other side, the listener has to decode it all back into their own thoughts, emotions, and sensations.

Which means we never really say exactly what we mean. We only ever say what someone else is able to hear.

All knowledge, scientific, religious, spiritual, personal, is filtered through this imperfect system. Our minds shape it, distort it, give it meaning it never had. Even the texts we call sacred are interpreted through an imperfect interpreter.

So the only real move is to step back from the words and feel what’s underneath. The raw experience. The connection between things. The truth before we try to pin it down.

Every theory is just a model. A map. Never the thing itself. And the human condition is the same across traditions: infinite desire, finite resources, suffering, loss, growth, and everything we do to navigate the in-between.

The moment we set a theory in stone, it stops being alive. It becomes dogma. And the second we read it, we filter it through our own biases anyway.

Which means the real truth isn’t in the language.
It’s in the experience the language is pointing toward.

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#188 What Happens When A Society Has No Memory?

Sunday, October 31, 2021 • Duration 31:51

What happens when a society has no memory? When every issue feels just as important to every other issue? When we are so over saturated with conflict and controversy that we lose the ability to discern real problems from surface level irritations?

In this episode of The Reality Check Podcast I break down how technology, the news cycle, and social media is warping the social fabric of our society and creating a never ending roller coaster of conflict - all for profit.

Resources mentioned:
Mindfulness, A Guidebook To The Present Moment
Insight Timer - Meditation Talks
Skillshare - Meditation Courses

If this episode has resonated with you, I would love your support.

Click here to find out more about my 1:1 coaching & counselling sessions.

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#187 Why You Have A Moral Imperative To Share Your Story

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 • Duration 20:33

Unless we speak our truth, our narrative will be created for us. People will believe what they see online, pushed by the curators of their individual echo chambers.

Thus other’s perception of you, and the people belonging to your groups, will not be correct. Quotes will be mined, small disagreements emphasised and conflicts stoked.

All for profit.

In this episode of The Reality Check Podcast I break down our moral imperative to share our unique stories.

The Share Your Story Project: zachary-phillips.com/shareyourstory

If this episode has resonated with you, I would love your support.

Click here to find out more about my 1:1 coaching & counselling sessions.

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#186 The Impact of Neglect on Every Aspect of my Life

Monday, October 18, 2021 • Duration 23:37

Neglect is the absence of love, support and guidance. It’s impact is multifaceted, spanning every aspect of a sufferers life.

I have started blogging on the topic in the hopes to reduce the stigma, explain the impact, and to connect with fellow suffers.

Two of my recent posts received a lot of comments and engagement, so I decided to feature and expand upon them here.

1: The Impact of Neglect on Every Aspect of my Life
2: What Friendship Looks Like When You Have A Mental Illness

If this episode has resonated with you, I would love your support.

Click here to find out more about my 1:1 coaching & counselling sessions.

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#185 I Wrote Some Erotica! - Introducing KINK Volume 1

Monday, October 11, 2021 • Duration 21:41

I have just released KINK Volume 1.

A collection of 33 erotic poems and short stories. The reception has been amazing, with some incredible reviews, responses and readings.

In this episode I introduce the book, share some of the feedback, talk about the writing process, and discuss the connection between mental health and sexual expression.

This episode is NSFW!

Read KINK Volume 1, or grab a copy: zachary-phillips.com/projects/kink

If this episode has resonated with you, I would love your support.

Click here to find out more about my 1:1 coaching & counselling sessions.

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#184 Explaining Death To My 4 Year Old

Monday, September 20, 2021 • Duration 10:17

When my 4 year old son asked me about death, I decided to be honest with him. In this episode I break down how I responded and why.

The reality is that we will all pass. The fact that this all ends gives life meaning.

If you are struggling to explain death to your children, or even to yourself, this short talk will help. It isn’t an easy conversation to have, but it is worth having - before someone close passes. That way they will have some conception of their loss, as well as an appreciation for the present moment.

If this episode has resonated with you, I would love your support.

Click here to find out more about my 1:1 coaching & counselling sessions.

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#183 The 75 HARD Challenge & Introducing KINK, Volume 1

Thursday, September 9, 2021 • Duration 16:55

To combat lockdown fatigue and build mental toughness, I have started the 75HARD challenge.

For 75 days I will be:
- Exercising 1.5 hrs
- No sugar, fast food, or alcohol
- Drinking 3l + water
- Reading 10+ pages non-fiction
- Cold showers
- Daily progress pics

Follow my progress on instagram.com/zacpphillips/.

I am also introducing KINK, Volume 1:
“Discover your hidden desires.

Get ready to be enticed, aroused, and intrigued as you make your way through this collection of short fiction and poetry.

KINK is erotica at its finest - an exploration of sexuality, relationships, and desire, blended with sharp social commentary on the nature of romantic connection in the modern world.

It will engage all your of senses. You will find yourself both fantasising and contemplating the various kinds of debauchery found within.

No matter your KINK, this book has something for you.”

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#182 Breathing During Transitions - 3 Minutes To Release Anxiety & Sleep Better

Wednesday, September 1, 2021 • Duration 12:31

I have taken to doing 3-minutes of slow calm breathing during transitions as a way to reduce resting anxiety.

In This episode I share how this simple intervention has had a profound impact on my mental state as well as my ability to fall asleep at night. Try it, take a just one slow calm breath and see how you feel!

I also introduce my kids meditation series 'Silent Superheroes' - a collection of guided meditations available on Insight Timer and on YouTube

https://www.zachary-phillips.com/projects/silent-superheroes

If this episode has resonated with you, I would love your support.

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