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MIND CAKE The newsletter that's slightly more helpful than doing nothing 🍰 This week: The Crack Is A Repair A few years ago, a Philadelphia Phillies fan made a social media post. He asked 45,000 fellow fans to do something that went against every instinct they had — to give a standing ovation to a player they'd been booing for months. What happened next became a Netflix documentary. What happened before it — a breakdown, a mental institution, two parents who refused to give up on their son —...
MIND CAKE The newsletter that's slightly more helpful than doing nothing 🍰 This week: How An Ewok Saved My Life Five years ago a very calm, very kind consultant sat across from me in a Glasgow hospital and told me I had six months to live. Last week I sat across from him with a cup of tea and talked about it. I wasn't sure how I'd feel recording this one. Turns out — surprisingly okay. Mostly because Omar Hilmi is one of the most quietly remarkable people I've ever met. And partly because we...
MIND CAKE PODCAST 12th MAY 2026 MIND CAKE The Messy Truth About Happiness 🍰 Top Slice What we’ll learn this week: That happiness isn’t something you “arrive at”… it’s the whole messy buffet of life 🍗 That most of us aren’t broken — we’ve just picked up some weird beliefs along the way That therapy isn’t about fixing you… it’s about understanding how you got here That grief, anxiety, joy and chaos all belong at the same table “ Happiness isn’t just the good bits… it’s all of it." — Jo, The...