Humanitou: Exploring Humanness + Creativity

In this solo episode (ep 146), Adam Williams gives into the intruding thoughts that came to him during meditation. Thoughts on God, being "good/bad" at meditation, vulnerability and connecting with each other through sharing what we've got to share. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

In this short solo episode (ep 145), Adam Williams shares his failed attempt at collaboration with ChatGPT, and his fear that getting a Nintendo would be the death of his family. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

In this short solo episode (ep 144), Adam Williams relates the shared DNA of he and his son's habits of thinking time. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

Based on a listener's timely and meaningful email, this episode revisits a focus of building a path of purpose one step at a time by applying the Zen philosophy of chopping wood and carrying water. Humanitou creator Adam Williams digs into some thoughts, resources and ideas about recognizing life purpose and cultivating success through the Zen Buddhist koan, "chop wood, carry water." Along the way, he dips into the wisdom of sages like Jedi master Yoda and Michael Jordan, Baba Ram Dass and Pablo Picasso, an 8th century Buddhist poet and the lightbulb inventor Thomas Edison. Adam also shares the simplest of three-step action plans to create lasting success in your life. More at humanitou.com. ----MORE---- Humanitou is created, hosted and produced by Adam Williams. Show notes and transcript of this episode at humanitou.com/chop-wood-carry-water/. Follow on Instagram @humanitou About Humanitou: https://humanitou.com/about/

In this short solo episode (ep 142), Adam Williams considers the phrase "life practice" and why it's not more widely used in society. He considers how honoring the process of practicing at life creates space for learning, compassion and evolution. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

In this short solo episode (ep 141), Adam Williams reflects on a line poet Jorie Graham gave in a recent interview in The New Yorker and digs into his own mission of self-expression. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

In this short solo episode (ep 140), Adam Williams adds to his occasional series, "A Poet Was There," and features poet Brian Turner and work from his first collection, "Here, Bullet" (2005). He also reads three of Turner's poems from that book, including the title poem. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

In this short solo episode (ep 139), Adam Williams talks about the essential value in stepping up to our stories and vulnerably sharing them, with some inspiration from Fat Joe, Dax Shepard and Shaun White. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

In this short solo episode (ep 138), Adam Williams pulls out a helpful piece of the best-selling author Steven Pressfield's book, "The War of Art," noting key distinctions between worldviews of the artist and the fundamentalist. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

In this short episode (ep 137), Adam Williams shares forward a life-changing question. It's the key to breaking down our reactive, defensive postures when someone says something that triggers us. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

In this episode (ep 136), Adam Williams weaves stories of his two young sons throwing head locks and left hooks, and finding confidence amid their tears and rage, with his own challenges as a boy raised to never fight. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

In this episode (ep 135), Adam Williams shares his approach to self-expression, including as a podcaster. It's about self-study and facing fears, putting life questions and the things he thinks he thinks, for now, into the sunlight to see what's what. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

In this episode (ep 134), Adam Williams takes a positive life practice from David Choe and his Choe Show podcast. 5-3-1 ... That's five gratitudes, three things to work on today, and one positive thing about yourself. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

In this short solo episode (ep 133), Adam Williams steps further into self-honesty. He deviates from his usual Humanitou focus on creative expression, spirituality and so on with a semi-rant, airing some truths he feels in this era of fantastic social and political mindfuckery. He's also been making some simple artworks as a practice in facing blatant contradictions rather than glossing over the lies. Check out the artworks Adam refers to in the episode, and read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

In this short solo episode (ep 132), Adam Williams shares the pure gold of what we've been looking for and a way to get there, amid his reflections on Maya Angelou's line, "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

In this short solo episode (ep 131), Adam Williams shares a creative life practice he calls his Log Book of Doings (and other thoughts and practices). It's a practice of presence, accomplishment and motivation. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

In this short solo episode (ep 130), Adam Williams digs into why he shares what he creates as a writer, artist, podcaster and so on, even when no one is asking him to. He explores the value of being vulnerable over and over, and facing down the fear. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.

In this short solo episode, Adam Williams explores the mind-bogglingness of the Universe and our human arrogance to think it gives a fuck about what we give a foolish fuck about. He wades into our relatively insignificant places as humans in the vast universe and considers what our true significance actually can be. Bonus: Do you know the distance of a light-year? How many light-years across the universe reaches? How many galaxies are in it? Adam dug up those fun facts for this episode ... Not that he can fathom what any of them mean. Mind. Blowing. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.  _____ All things podcast creation and publishing by Adam Williams (humanitou.com) Music by Joe Johnson 

In this ultra-short solo episode, Adam Williams shares "a poem from somewhere, for whomever needs it." For anyone who knows feelings of loneliness, anxiety and depression, this short poem, "Spark Cloaked But Burning," is one of compassion and solidarity. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.  _____ All things podcast creation and publishing by Adam Williams (humanitou.com) Music by Joe Johnson 

In this short solo episode, Adam Williams thinks about a worthy question: What is the impact we have on others, and is it the impact we intend to have? Essentially, "Do I give them energy or drain their energy?" He explores this question and practice as one of self-awareness and compassion. Read and listen to more at humanitou.com.  _____ All things podcast creation and publishing by Adam Williams (humanitou.com) Music by Joe Johnson