New post at The Listening Room HQ. This one is about Winter Blues – Seasonal Affective Disorder, which I have, and affects many people.
This is Winter Blues
Equality & Equity – Round Table & Grail at The Polymath & The Listening Room HQ
There is another set of twin posts on The Polymath and The Listening Room HQ. Both speak of Equity and Equality, The Round Table, The Grail. Of seeds, of side by side.
Equality & Equity – Round Table & Grail: Planting Seeds of Balance at The Polymath
The Polymath and Equality & Equity – Round Table & Grail:
Living Side by Side The Listening Room HQ.
From The Listening Room HQ – Adrenaline Cycles and the Crash
I conclude the The Listening Room HQ triad exploring the hidden physiology behind men’s patterns, choices, and resilience. The third post, Adrenaline Cycles and the Crash, looks at how high-intensity states and the following recovery shape the nervous system, emotional patterns, and capacity for integration.
This note follows the first two posts in the series on the magazine:
- From The Listening Room HQ – Epigenetics: How the Environment Writes on Body and Brain (magazine)
- From The Listening Room HQ – Sound and Tempo as Environment (magazine)
And it completes the triad of posts on The Listening Room HQ:
- Epigenetics: How the Environment Writes on Body and Brain
- Sound and Tempo as Environment
- Adrenaline Cycles and the Crash (Listening Room HQ)
For more articles and ongoing notes from the practice, visit The Listening Room HQ.
Presence, Listening, Creation – A Polymath Manifesto | Listening Beyond the Noise – Twin Posts at The Polymath & The Listening Room HQ
Alongside the interview with Juliana Ferreira, we invite you to visit, read and explore The Polymath and The Listening Room HQ, me two new vessels that live on another frequency, and to read their recent twin posts.
Presence, Listening, Creation – A Polymath Manifesto where I write in The Polymath about being a Polymath in this time and age, creating a Polymath Manifesto.
And Listening Beyond the Noise, on The Listening Room HQ, that unveils the currents behind and beyond the relentless noise we are surrounded with. Here on a men’s practice vision, but that is transposable for everyone.
From the Listening to HQ – Sound and Tempo as Environment
From The Listening Room HQ – Sound and Tempo as Environment
The Listening Room HQ continues its new triad exploring the hidden physiology behind men’s patterns, choices, and resilience. The second post, Sound and Tempo as Environment, looks at how rhythm — from music BPM to daily routines — shapes the nervous system and emotional expression.
This note follows the first post in the series on the magazine:
And sets the stage for the final post in the triad:
For more articles and ongoing notes from the practice, visit The Listening Room HQ.
From The Listening Room HQ – Epigenetics: How the Environment Writes on Body and Brain
On The Listening Room HQ I continue the triad exploring the hidden physiology behind men’s patterns, choices, and resilience. The second post, Sound and Tempo as Environment, looks at how rhythm — from music BPM to daily routines — shapes the nervous system and emotional expression.
This note follows the first post in the series on the magazine:
- From The Listening Room HQ – Epigenetics: How the Environment Writes on Body and Brain (magazine)
- Epigenetics: How the Environment Writes on Body and Brain (Listening Room HQ)
And it sets the stage for the final post in the triad:
- Adrenaline Cycles and the Crash (Listening Room HQ)
For more articles and ongoing notes from the practice, visit The Listening Room HQ.
From the Listening Room – Mapping Midlife: A Practical Diagram of the Male Midlife Crisis
I close my four-part series on male midlife thresholds and midlife crisis with a practical, diagram-style guide
in The Listening Room HQ : Mapping Midlife: A Practical Diagram of the Male Midlife Crisis.
This final note gathers the series’ language and tools into an easy-to-scan map of stages and fork points — intended as a practical aid for noticing where you are, what choices appear, and how to move through midlife with clearer intention and integrity.
Earlier Mondo Bizarre Magazine notes in this series:
- From The Listening Room HQ – Living the Archetype of Unsupported Male Midlife
- The Universal Midlife Crisis Script | The Midlife Crisis Loop
- From The Listening Room HQ – The Midlife Crisis Decision Map
The full series as published on The Listening Room HQ:
- Living the Archetype of Unsupported Male Midlife
- The Universal Midlife Crisis Script | The Midlife Crisis Loop
- The Midlife Crisis Decision Map
- Mapping Midlife: A Practical Diagram of the Male Midlife Crisis
For the complete set and ongoing notes from the practice, visit The Listening Room HQ.
My site The Polymath – Me as a Polymath
On Being a Polymath is my first post on The Polymath my site on being a Polymath and all things Polymathic.
On Being a Polymath is a post about exploring curiosity, depth, and the art of connecting ideas at the heart of being a Polymath. Polymath is a space, for my endless curiosity on a number of subjects.
On Polymath creative lives, maps, and readings that illuminate threads often unseen are explored. Each reflection is an invitation—to expand perspective, engage intuition, and cultivate resonance across disciplines.
Whether you are a musician, writer, artist, or thinker, the journey is about integrating insight, practice, and imagination. Polymath journeys through tools, readings, and reflections that support your exploration and inspire your own creative path, as well as mine.Polymath is a companion of The Listening Room HQ, that also has a dedicated area to maps & readings.
From the Listening Room HQ – The Midlife Crisis Decision Map
I continue my four-part series on male midlife thresholds and male midlife crisis on The Listening Room HQ with the third piece: The Midlife Crisis Decision Map.
This magazine note links the conversation between the magazine and The Listening Room HQ — my men’s practice – carrying the series’ practical focus on stages, fork points, and the choices that either trap men in repetition or open a path toward integrity and real inner work.
Previously on Mondo Bizarre Magazine:
- From The Listening Room HQ – Living the Archetype of Unsupported Male Midlife
- The Universal Midlife Crisis Script | The Midlife Crisis Loop
On The Listening Room HQ the series reads as:
- Living the Archetype of Unsupported Male Midlife
- The Universal Midlife Crisis Script | The Midlife Crisis Loop
- The Midlife Crisis Decision Map (this post)
- Mapping Midlife: A Practical Diagram of the Male Midlife Crisis
For those who want to follow the full sequence, visit The Listening Room HQ or read the pieces above. Each post builds toward practical language and tools for noticing stages, choosing differently, and moving through midlife with presence, clarity, and accountability.
From the Listening Room HQ – The Universal Midlife Crisis Script | The Midlife Crisis Loop
In The Listening Room HQ, my men’s practice, I continue the deep dive into the male midlife journey with the second post in a four-part series: The Universal Midlife Crisis Script | The Midlife Crisis Loop.
This piece maps the repeating beats of midlife unraveling across psychology, mythology, addiction recovery, organizational burnout, and even astrology — showing how the same loop resurfaces in different guises.
It follows directly from our earlier feature on Mondo Bizarre Magazine: From The Listening Room HQ – Living the Archetype of Unsupported Male Midlife, where the groundwork for this series was laid.
The full four-part series on The Listening Room HQ:
- Living the Archetype of Unsupported Male Midlife
- The Universal Midlife Crisis Script | The Midlife Crisis Loop
- The Midlife Crisis Decision Map
- Mapping Midlife: A Practical Diagram of the Male Midlife Crisis
Each post builds on the last, offering practical language and tools for noticing stages, making clearer choices, and moving through midlife with integrity and care.
Mondo Bizarre Magazine 