Walk the Pod: 10 minute walking

Rachel Wheeley

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Join Rachel Wheeley for Walk the Pod. Built with a dedicated walking community, each episode provides thoughtful walking tips and reflection to keep putting one foot in front of the other, no matter what steps you’re taking in life.

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502 episodes

S45E10 Thank you for listening

Walking my local streets and thanking you for listening from the bottom of my heart. I’ll be back in April with Series 46. Join the Walk the Pod Lunchtime Walk Club: https://www.patreon.com/rachelwheeley

9m
Mar 22
S45E9 Stay with uncertainty part II

Walking around my local streets asking whether positively attacking uncertainty with plans is just as much an inability to cope with it as being scared and trying to get away, or hoping the uncertainty itself will go away.

15m
Mar 21
S45E8 Uncertainty and routine

A walk around my local streets this lunchtime and a chance encounter with a black and white cat.

10m
Mar 20
S45E7 Uncertainty and radical self-trust

Walking my local streets thinking about radical self-trust this lunchtime. Is uncertainty a consequence of doubt?

13m
Mar 19
S45E6 Opportunity and uncertainty

Walking around the park behind the hospital this lunchtime and thinking about whether uncertainty is always a negative thing, thanks to a prompt from Sam.

11m
Mar 18
S45E5 Stay in uncertainty

I very much enjoyed Heather Havrilesky’s latest ‘Ask Polly’ column about remaining in uncertainty, and recommend it whole-heartedly to you. I’ve published it in the Walk the Pod lunchtime walk club Discord this lunchtime. Access the post via walkthepod.com

11m
Mar 15
S45E4 Uncertainty and joy

Considering whether uncertainty might be a necessary precondition for joy as I walk round the park behind the hospital in South West London this lunchtime.

10m
Mar 14
S45E3 Uncertainty and grind

Pounding my local streets thinking about navigating a decade of ‘getting good’ at our craft.

14m
Mar 13
S45E2 Uncertainty is everywhere

Walking around the park behind the hospital and considering the yhoughts of Warren Buffet who said that uncertainty is everywhere.

9m
Mar 12
S45E1 Uncertainty and leadership

Walking around the park behind the hospital, thinking about uncertainty and leadership this lunchtime. Welcome to Series 45.

10m
Mar 11
S44E10 Constancy and breakthrough

Making commitments and re-committing regularly to them can be incredibly powerful and give us extra headspace to think beyond how to get from one end of the day to another. A little potter around the park.

10m
Mar 01
S44E9 Constancy - keeping things interesting

How can we enjoy the same walk over and over again, particularly when it’s grey, mis and raining? Some thoughts on constancy in difficult circumstances.

9m
Feb 29
S44E8 Constancy and other people

People can be tricky to know, love and work with. On today’s episode, as I walk around my local streets, I consider whether one of the challenges to constancy is other people, and how to turn up day after day for them with unconditional positive regard, love and kindness.

11m
Feb 28
S44E7 Constancy and proactivity

To do the things we want to do, we must work out what our priorities are and carve out space for our most important work. Not just once, but repeatedly. Today, constancy and proactivity.

8m
Feb 27
S44E6 Constancy and Iteration

Walking around the park behind the hospital and thinking about constancy and iteration

10m
Feb 26
Bonus episode - tales from the allotment shed

A bonus edition from my allotment in South West London. Using the Merlin app to identify the birds

7m
Feb 24
S44E5 Constancy and the lunchbreak

So few of us get away from our desks at lunchtime in the UK. What might be possible if we reinstated the lunchbreak?

11m
Feb 23
S44E4 Constancy and emotions

The biggest obstacles to recommitting to the same things and people are our emotions. A rainy and weary episode from the park behind the hospital.

10m
Feb 22
S44E3 Constancy and Nature

Walking around the park behind the hospital and thinking about constancy in nature—the daily rising of the sun, the seasonal cycles of trees, the weather and our own routines and habits all contribute to the constancy of nature.

8m
Feb 21
S44E2 Constancy and Flow

The flow researcher whose name I couldn’t remember is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pron: Mi-hi Chick-sent-mi-hi) in this episode of Walk the Pod: 10 minute walking. Music still too loud, I will adjust tomorrow. Thank you for bearing with, dear friends.

10m
Feb 20
S44E1 Constancy - the antithesis of grind culture

Welcome to Series 44 in which we’ll be discussing constancy. What does constancy mean, is the the same as consistency? Is it grind? Absolutely not.

10m
Feb 19
Bonus episode: birdsong at the allotment

Allotment update recorded in the shed at 14b Paddocks Allotments, in South West London.

2m
Feb 17
New series announcement

Announcing the new series 44 topic for your daily walking podcast - Constancy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/message

1m
Feb 07
S42E8 The Joy of Walking

The joy of walking. Thank you for walking with me this series, I’ll be back in February with Series 44. Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/message

14m
Jan 19
S43E7 Joy and nature

Why does nature spark joy? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/message

12m
Jan 18
S43E6 Joy is uncool

Remembering my favourite gif, and reflecting that joy is deeply uncool. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/message

11m
Jan 17
S43E5 Joy and service

The paradigmatic idea that joy can be derived from service, from Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/message

13m
Jan 16
S43E4 Joy is fleeting

Blink and you’ll miss it! Joy is moving because it is rare, or brief, or unusual at this time of year, or all three. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/message

13m
Jan 15
S43E3 Joy - an act of resistance

Joy is an act of resistance! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/message

11m
Jan 10
S43E2 Joy and gratitude

Devour your nice things! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkthepod/message

16m
Jan 09