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 —...
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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...
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MIND CAKE PODCAST 13th JANUARY 2026 MIND CAKE What the Heck Is Neurofeedback? 🍰 Top Slice What we’ll learn this week: That neurofeedback isn’t talking therapy, meditation, or mind control… but your brain watching itself in real time and quietly sorting its life out. That sticking sensors on your head can look alarming, but feels surprisingly calm, focused and oddly satisfying. That ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma and even migraines might have more to do with brain regulation than willpower....
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MIND CAKE PODCAST 23rd DECEMBER 2025 MIND CAKE NEW(ISH) EPISODE: A REAL CHRISTMAS CRACKER – Mind Cake’s Festive Gathering 🍰 Top Slice What we’ll learn this week: That sometimes the best thing you can do at Christmas is not make anything new, but dust off something brilliant, chaotic and already hiding in the archives. That a pretend Christmas party at Paul’s house with a steady stream of oddballs at the front door is exactly the kind of “social event” introverts can handle. That festive small...
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MIND CAKE PODCAST 9th DECEMBER 2025 MIND CAKE 🍰 NEW EPISODE: From Burnout to Balance. 🍰 Top Slice What we’ll learn this week: That “global campaign manager for a multinational charity” sounds glamorous… until you’re spending every other week in Oxford, sleep-deprived and emotionally scorched by climate reports. Burnout isn’t always a dramatic collapse — sometimes it’s quietly crying in a hotel room in Utrecht because someone asked if you were okay. Parenting, purpose and politics do not form...
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MIND CAKE PODCAST 30th NOVEMBER 2025 MIND CAKE 👻 COMING SUNDAY ON MIND CAKE: Ghosts, Gongs & the Festival That Broke Lee 🍰 Top Slice What we’ll learn at 7.30pm on Sunday: The Mind, Body & Spirit Festival is 40% chanting, 40% crystals, 20% bongo drums … and approximately 0% good for Lee’s mental health. Cousin Carrie now owns more ghost-hunting equipment than the actual Ghostbusters. Paul is still rehearsing for panto and still looks like Eraserhead's lovechild. A singing bowl can, in fact,...
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MIND CAKE PODCAST 25th NOVEMBER 2025 MIND CAKE 🌿MIND CAKE: Natural Healing, Patches & Holistic Chaos 🍰 Top Slice What we’ve learned this week: You can now literally stick your vitamins where the sun don't shine. Paul is now terrified Lee will start patching him in his sleep. Nadine has somehow made holistic wellness sound less “woo woo” and more “oh yeah… that actually makes sense.” We now know what turkey tail mushrooms are, and no, they don’t gobble. “ Be careful what you put on your skin —...
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MIND CAKE PODCAST 5th NOVEMBER 2025 MIND CAKE 🌕 MIND CAKE: Vibes, Visualisation & the Universe 🍰 Top Slice What we’ve learned this week: You can’t just think a bike into existence — but you can steer yourself toward one. Lee is beginning to believe in vibes (send help). Paul is quietly manifesting a life where Lee stops mentioning Fiat 500s. And Amy Alexander has somehow made the law of attraction sound less like a TED Talk and more like basic neuroscience with a side of wonder. “ When you...
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MIND CAKE PODCAST 5th NOVEMBER 2025 MIND CAKE 🌕 MIND CAKE: Full Moons & Faulty Memories 🍰 Top Slice What we’ve learned this week: Not everything that goes bump in the night is a ghost – sometimes it’s just your terrible memory. Lee is still traumatised by Poltergeist and should not be left unsupervised with horror films. Paul is officially Fox Mulder. Lee is reluctantly Dana Scully. And Deborah Hyde manages to kill the spooky vibe and be fascinating at the same time. “ Strange experiences are...
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