The Ten Crutches Podcast

The Ten Crutches Podcast

What prevents us from being present in our lives? What ideas, concepts, tools can we use as ”crutches” to help us walk more deeply in each moment? This is my attempt to help people with being human. I try to avoid the issues people fight about, the surface conflicts, like who has the right opinion about this or that. Instead, I ask: what are the conditions that make it difficult for all of us to be human? How can we address them? Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download my free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present. What are the ten crutches? There is no such thing as “the past.” There is no such thing as “the future.” All “things” (and “events”) are the same. All “things” (and “events”) are different. You will never find “it” outside of you. You will never find “it” inside of you. You are one with everything evil. You are one with everything good. You will never really know. Your senses are the gates to the present moment. New episode drops every Monday at noon.

Episodes

December 29, 2025 17 mins

What is happening in your life?

Are you intimately "one," manifesting a unique aspect of this great universe? Are you a separate and existentially lonely individual?

Both?

Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.

Show notes are here.

Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you! 

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Creativity is a superpower and we all have it.

Why isn't it easier for all of us to own it? And use it in the midst of our lives?

I explore our ability to dream at night cultivating creativity that flourishes during the day.

Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.

Show notes are here.

Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send a...

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These aren't really "things:" they are more like conditions we find ourselves in, or perhaps polarities we must manage.

I identified five that are tough for me. I share them here with you.

1) Not Knowing What Size We Are (2:59)

2) Missing Out (6:15)

3) Needing To Be Certain In An Uncertain Universe (11:51)

4) Frontal Lobe Issues (14:16)

5) Fleeting vs Eternal (17:30)

Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the fre...

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Apparently, it's quite easy as a human to feel impatient. Many impatient people, in order to counter this tendency, try to cultivate patience. I used to do this all the time.

I now regard this as a mistake. In this episode, I present how I currently approach the situation.

Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.

Show notes are here.

Also: from the podcast's w...

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December 1, 2025 19 mins

I originally heard the phrase "aspiration precautions" during my nursing career. In that context, aspiration is swallowing food down the wrong tube; it can go inadvertently into the lungs. A nurse teaches aspiration precautions to help caretakers and family members avoid this difficulty for a patient or loved one.

Meanwhile: we all have hopes and dreams. When it comes to the "spiritual" realm, I  often find myself filled with aspir...

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November 25, 2025 23 mins

Sometimes we feel "unworthy." We may judge our entire being as just plain "not good enough."

Where do these judgements come from? Why would anyone try to be "perfect?"

Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.

Show notes are here.

Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you! 

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This episode is PART 5 of a 5-part series about the Subject-Object Split.

PART 1: Understanding The Split Itself

PART 2: Looking Outside

PART 3: Looking Inside

PART 4: When Troubles Create Troubles

PART 5: The Present As In-Between

Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.

Show notes are here.

Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or...

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This episode is PART 4 of a 5-part series about the Subject-Object Split.

PART 1: Understanding The Split Itself

PART 2: Looking Outside

PART 3: Looking Inside

PART 4: When Troubles Create Troubles

PART 5: The Present As In-Between

Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.

Show notes are here.

Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or...

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This episode is PART 3 of a 5-part series about the Subject-Object Split.

PART 1: Understanding The Split Itself

PART 2: Looking Outside

PART 3: Looking Inside

PART 4: When Troubles Create Troubles

PART 5: The Present As In-Between

Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.

Show notes are here.

Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or...

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This episode is PART 2 of a 5-part series about the Subject-Object Split.

PART 1: Understanding The Split Itself

PART 2: Looking Outside

PART 3: Looking Inside

PART 4: When Troubles Create Troubles

PART 5: The Present As In-Between

Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.

Show notes are here.

Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or...

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This episode is PART 1 of a 5-part series about the Subject-Object Split.

PART 1: Understanding The Split Itself

PART 2: Looking Outside

PART 3: Looking Inside

PART 4: When Troubles Create Troubles

PART 5: The Present As In-Between

Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.

Show notes are here.

Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or...

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October 13, 2025 11 mins

Wherein I assert this question is best discarded completely.

Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.

Show notes are here.

Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you! 

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October 6, 2025 13 mins

It's so easy to believe that 1) good and evil are separate and 2) we are on the "good side" and 3) the evil "side" is somewhere far from us.

Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.

Show notes are here.

Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you! 

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September 29, 2025 11 mins

It sure seems like there is a finite limit to each of our lives.

Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.

Show notes are here.

Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you! 

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September 22, 2025 13 mins

It's hard to be incredibly huge and incredibly tiny at the same time.

Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.

Show notes are here.

Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you! 

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September 15, 2025 8 mins

When it comes to time, us humans (mostly) make it up. Especially where we place the past and the future.

Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.

Show notes are here.

Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you! 

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