Best BraveAwareness Podcasts (2025)

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The Shame Spiral — And How to Interrupt It 9:49

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9h ago9:49

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Have you ever reached for your phone, hoping for a little connection — and been met with silence? That quiet drop in your gut, that subtle ache... it's more than disappointment. It’s the early stirrings of shame. In this episode, we slow down and look closely at how the shame spiral begins — not when it’s overwhelming, but in those quiet, unnoticed…

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What You're Tuning Into Isn't Truth 9:40

9d ago9:40

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Everywhere you turn — the news, social media, even your own mind — someone’s telling you what to think and how to feel. But what if what you’re tuning into isn’t truth at all… just noise, bias, and fear disguised as facts? In this episode, we explore the concept of radical neutrality — the third channel of awareness that exists beyond pleasure and …

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This Isn’t Meditation—It’s Sedation 9:47

16d ago9:47

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Episode 4: This Isn’t Meditation—It’s Sedation Most of what’s sold as meditation is just branded relaxation. Calm voices. Soft music. Another numbing scroll through “good vibes only.” But here’s the truth: that’s not the practice. The real work is noticing. Catching yourself in the spiral. Interrupting the pattern. Choosing differently—on purpose, …

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Meditation Isn’t About Relaxing — It’s About Waking the F*ck Up 10:09

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Forget everything you’ve been told about meditation being just a way to relax. That’s not the point. In this episode, we get honest about what meditation really is: the radical moment you notice that you're lost in thought, and come back. This is about metacognition. Awareness. Interrupting the inner chaos with the clarity of presence. No fluff. No…

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Before the Fear Speaks: Finding Yourself Before the Panic Hits 7:44

29d ago7:44

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In a world drowning in outrage, distraction, and performance, fear has quietly taken the wheel. In this episode of Brave Awareness, Ronn Pawo McLane goes deeper into what fear really is—not weakness, not brokenness, but a pattern that began before we even had language. We explore fear not as something to conquer or eliminate, but something to see c…

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What If You’re Not Wrong—You’re Just Afraid? 7:38

1M ago7:38

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This is the first offering of the Brave Awareness podcast — a spoken transmission for anyone feeling overwhelmed by division, anger, or noise. In just over six minutes, Ronn Pawo McLane explores the uncomfortable truth that beneath much of our collective behavior—from cruelty to control—lives a single unspoken force: fear. But this isn't a takedown…

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Brave Awareness Begins: A Welcome from Ronn Pawo McLane 3:10

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In this welcome episode, Ronn Pawo McLane—meditation teacher, author, and former host of the Backyard Buddhist Podcast—returns with a new voice, a deeper message, and an invitation into a space where nothing needs to be performed. After a long, internal sabbatical, Brave Awareness is here—not as a rebrand, but as a radical shift. This is not a self…