Words With Myself
Words With Myself is a solo podcast of quiet confrontation and honest exploration. Each episode is a spoken journal, unscripted, unfiltered, and unafraid to sit in the silence between thoughts. Host Luke Rixson doesn’t offer advice. He reflects aloud. Through themes like identity, ego, fear, stillness, and purpose, he invites listeners to eavesdrop on the kind of conversations most people only have with themselves. This is not self-help. It’s self-inquiry. A space to slow down, question deeply, and feel fully. Not to fix yourself, but to meet yourself.
Episodes
Imagine walking into a crowded restaurant, the clatter of plates like distant thunder, a laugh that should have been bright but felt dull in your chest. You describe the night in three tidy words—good atmosphere, cheap, friendly service—and tuck that snapshot into memory. This episode pulls that snapshot apart. It follows a listener who has spent a lifetime translating every tremor of the body into neat labels, and in doing so, has...
Picture a dinner table where voices rise and then retreat into separate rooms—one partner joins friends to complain, the other seeks kinship in a different circle—and the argument doesn't end, it multiplies. In this episode, we begin not with policy or pronouncements but with that private scene, the quiet echo of a dinner argument refracted back into the self.
Rather than debate what masculinity or femininity should be in the worl...
Step into a conversation that quietly pulls the rug out from under everything you think you know about strength. In this episode of Words With Myself, the host sits with a simple but radical idea: strength is not measured in muscle or menace, but in the steady courage of the gentle. Through vivid contrasts and intimate reflections, the episode opens with the image of the loud, imposing figure—someone who looks strong until you see ...
Imagine waking one morning and realizing you are not where you thought you’d be. That small misstep — a lost job, a harsh word, an unexpected grief — nudges a scale that keeps tipping. In this episode, we follow a life tilted by momentum: how one event becomes a cascade, how decisions made from pain deepen the fall, and how that same force can lift you back, stronger than before.
Through vivid examples — the unemployed person who ...
This episode explores how meaningful progress takes time but can be undone in an instant by impatience and self-sabotage.
It examines habits and fears that secretly destroy our efforts and offers a clear call to recognize and address those patterns so you can move forward and protect what you've built.
This episode examines why people avoid suffering and how trying to eliminate pain by hardening ourselves can create new problems. It advocates for balance, being strong when needed and soft when appropriate.
Instead of controlling outcomes, the host urges living in the present, accepting uncertainty, taking risks without attachment, and trusting that you can endure and thrive no matter what happens.
This episode explores whether our feelings truly belong to us or are often inherited from others, especially for empaths. The host discusses mirroring, social anxiety, and how external emotions shape our identity.
By recognizing how we pick up and return emotions, the episode shows how awareness and small changes can transform your life and help you reclaim who you are.
This episode explores where feelings come from, how they differ from identity, and why emotions are not absolute truth but valid signals about our experience.
It examines how perspectives, empathy, and past stories shape emotions, and why empaths may struggle to separate their own feelings from others'.
Ultimately it offers a reminder that feelings are temporary and you can choose who you are by changing the narrative and how you r...
This episode explores what true acceptance really means, not merely acknowledging trauma but fully integrating it into who you are so it no longer controls you.
It examines how anger can consume life, the difficult work of forgiveness and processing, and offers encouragement to make space, grieve, and grow toward freedom.
This episode explores how the Dunning-Kruger effect and self-deception lead us to overestimate abilities and build fragile identities. It explains why projecting an idealized self creates anxiety, depression, and a fear of being exposed.
The host argues that real confidence comes from honesty and alignment between who you are and how you act, not from maintaining flattering illusions. Authentic change requires deep introspection, t...
This episode explores why change is hard and how treating symptoms never solves the real issue. It explains the need to bring buried fears, shame, and habits into awareness, confront your inner 'monster', and accept all parts of yourself.
Through honest self-inquiry and difficult choices you can replace harmful patterns with supportive habits and relationships, building a foundation for lasting change and true healing.
This episode explores how severe depression and suicidal thoughts often come from a longing for spiritual or ego death rather than a wish to end life. It explains how rigid identities, shame, and unprocessed trauma can trap people and make suffering feel permanent.
The host argues that simply telling someone "don't kill yourself" is not enough and offers a path forward: face the darker parts of yourself, understand and forgive the ...
This episode uses the coin-toss scene from No Country For Old Men to explore how every day we unconsciously stake everything on our choices and how fear of loss can lead to a lifeless comfort.
It argues for intentional, present living: accept risk, be fully engaged in your actions, experiment to find what matters, and choose meaningful experiences over passive safety.
Do you believe that magic is real? Do you believe that God is real? Do you believe that numerology is real? Whether you believe all of those things or none of those things, what you decide your belief is, is what will dictate what you perceive.
Target fixation is a term used to describe when you focus on a certain point and it draws you closer towards it. If you focus on the negative, you will perceive the negative; if you focus on...
In this episode the host explores how every word we speak influences our beliefs, emotions, and how others perceive us, tracing language’s power from historical control to today’s everyday speech. The episode argues that words carry vibration and meaning, shaping reality both internally and externally, and encourages listeners to become more mindful and intentional with their language.
In this episode of Words With Myself, the host explores why change often leads to loss, the fear of being rejected for setting boundaries, and how trying to force others to change rarely works. The episode emphasizes accepting the sacrifice that comes with self-improvement, distinguishing between voluntary suffering for growth and remaining a victim, and trusting that the right people will stay in your life while others may fall aw...
This episode explores how we take everyday blessings for granted, why grounding yourself in gratitude matters, and how noticing your baseline can bring perspective and calm.
It also explains that wanting more or aiming for change doesn’t make you ungrateful—gratitude and ambition can coexist and both help attract abundance and presence.
This episode explores the belief that our traits are either fixed or changeable, and argues we have the power to change our perspective and habits. It examines confidence, self-ownership, and how reframing choices can help you grow.
Listeners are encouraged to take responsibility for their decisions, notice limiting beliefs, and use practical steps—like exposure and inner work—to become the person they want to be.
In this episode of Words With Myself, we explore why adults often struggle to imagine what they truly want, arguing that fear, ingrained defense mechanisms, and responsibilities suppress our dreams. Listeners are encouraged to dream without limitations while also realistically considering the full experience—the joys and hardships—of their desires. Through introspection and shadow work, the episode guides listeners to unearth burie...
In this episode of Words With Myself, we discuss quality vs quantity. Many of us pursue longevity and forgo experience quality for safety and comfort, but why live longer in a life you aren't happy with?
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