Between the Ears Podcast

#46 Better for All Collective

In this episode, Arnold Beekes zooms in on the better for all collectives he is setting up. He describes one as a community of care where participants design and implemen

#45 Conformity Is Like Gravity

In this Question and Quote episode, Arnold Beekes asks: what experience has changed your perspective? It can be from yesterday, this week or years ago, and he asks what y

#44 Creativity: The How

In this follow-up to the what of creativity, Arnold Beekes covers the how, starting from the fact that our creativity is suppressed from a young age, so the first step is

#43 Honesty Hurts, Hearts and Heals

In this Question and Quote episode, Arnold Beekes asks: what makes you change your thinking? He invites you to look at times in the past when your thinking changed, and a

#42 Creativity: The What

In this episode, Arnold Beekes splits creativity into two sessions, starting with the what, with the how to follow next time. His definition is that creativity is connect

#41 Which Activities Make Time Disappear

In this Question and Quote episode, Arnold Beekes asks: which activities in your real life make time disappear and leave you feeling more like yourself? He suggests start

#40 Between the Ears - AI Impact

In this episode, Arnold Beekes looks at what happens when we use AI heavily, as work shifts from humans using software to humans managing autonomous agents that do the wr

#39 What Motivates Me?

In this Question and Quote episode, Arnold Beekes asks: what motivates me? He is looking for your intrinsic, inner motivation rather than the external kind. Most people u

#38 Rudeness Contagion

In this episode, Arnold Beekes talks about rudeness contagion, a video his business partner Roy shared with him. The idea is that low-level rudeness doesn’t just feel bad

#37 What Gives You Fulfillment?

In this Question and Quote episode, Arnold Beekes asks: what gives you fulfillment? The answer doesn’t matter as long as you give one, or a couple. He suggests giving you

#36 What do you Want?

In this episode, Arnold Beekes asks what seems like an easy question: what do you want? He remembers being asked it by a coach 25 years ago, after he had lost his job, wa

#35 What do I Value?

In this Question and Quote episode, Arnold Beekes asks: what do I value? He suggests making a list of three to five things that feel right to your heart brain, anything f

#34 Responsibility

In this episode, Arnold Beekes takes up responsibility, which links back to the starting point he shared a few episodes ago: you are good enough, and it’s not your fault

#33 What are you Most Excited about lately?

In this Question and Quote episode, Arnold Beekes asks: what are you most excited about lately? It can be small, moderate or big, as long as it excites you. He admits it

#32 If you go out to a Restaurant, where do you go and what do you Eat?

In this Question and Quote episode, Arnold Beekes starts with a simple question: if you go out to a restaurant, where do you go and what do you eat? He won’t say what the

#31 First Aid Kit for your Brain Fitness

In this episode, Arnold Beekes shares what he calls a first aid kit for your brain fitness, for days when your mood is low, your energy is gone and everything feels negat

#30 Attention as One of the Most Valuable Currencies we have

In this episode, Arnold Beekes talks about attention as one of the most valuable currencies we have. Where your attention goes, your energy flows, and he argues that far

#29 What are you Curious about?

In this episode, Arnold Beekes asks a simple question: what are you curious about? He points out that most of us were taught the opposite, with “curiosity killed the cat”

#28 Inside Out

In this episode, Arnold Beekes contrasts two fundamentally different ways of living: from the outside in, where you're constantly reacting to what other people say, what

#27 Q&Q — What Does Your Heart Say?

In this question-and-quote episode, Arnold Beekes asks a question that sounds poetic but is meant literally: what does your heart say? He points back to the idea of our t