What would you actually have to face if you couldn't reach for your phone for the next eight days?

Every time something gets uncomfortable, a tense moment with your wife, an emotion you don't want to feel, or just the weight of your own thoughts you grab your phone. You turn on the TV. You find a distraction. You've built an entire life around avoiding the hard stuff, and it's making you weaker by the day.

Alessandro brings on Hamid Ebadi, a counselor and silent retreat facilitator who strips away the noise and asks one simple question: what happens when you can't run? Hamid doesn't hand you answers wrapped in a bow.

Chapters:
02:18 – Silent retreats in a noisy, hyperconnected world
06:05 – Redefining religion as reconnection to reality
09:19 – Rivers, oceans, and the flavor of truth
11:31 – Why he refuses to give you answers
13:26 – When getting more confused is progress
19:03 – Socrates, not-knowing, and real wisdom
21:18 – For the man who “doesn’t want to think this hard”
25:21 – What actually happens during a silent retreat

Hamid shows you how to ask yourself the right questions. From poetry to philosophy to the raw experience of spending eight days in silence, you'll discover why your comfort zones have actually made you deeply uncomfortable.

If you fill every quiet moment with noise, if you fix problems instead of sitting with them, or if you think meditation is "too soft" you need to hear this.

You'll learn the difference between knowledge and wisdom, why the journey never ends, and how expanding your capacity to sit with hard things might be the most powerful move you make.

By the end, you'll see why discomfort isn't your enemy and why the journey home starts with staying exactly where you are.

Listen and learn why sitting still might be the bravest thing you do this year.

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for therapy. Always seek qualified guidance for your personal situation.

Views shared by Alessandro Frosali and his guests reflect their lived experiences and opinions. Every listener’s journey is unique, and no therapeutic relationship is created.