Show Notes
"My heart is an open book,
Torn open by my story.
Tell them you learned the lesson.
You’ll learn it every time,
You seek completion in the incomplete.
You sought refuge in a straw house.
Then when the storm came,
You were bare and alone.
Exposed.
You spent years swallowing…
But it was only air.
And you wondered why it left you empty.
They told you stories
And you believed them…
Then waited for the tooth fairy
To bring you change.
And yet still you’d give anything
To make the story real.
Let it go.
There’s a better story.
That isn’t a story.
It’s Real.
But in it the hero never dies
Or bleeds or cries.
Find the Real version.
Memorize it.
Write it on your heart.
And then,
Give it to the world to read.
Your heart is an open book."
Poetry by Yasmin Mogahed, from her book Reclaim Your Heart
Also, did you know that I have another podcast called Chill Pills. It features the same quality of mixing craftmanship but focuses on more genres of downtempo music spanning chillout, lofi chill hop and lounge.
Tracklist
00:00
Gallery Six ― Sweeping
04:00
Silent Travelers ― Behind a Curtain of Leaves
06:48
Bing Satellites ― Again At A Distance
07:42
Christopher Galovan ― Dependent
10:18
Tonepoet & CloudFall ― Lost In The Sound Of Shadows
14:56
Matt Tondut ― Damask
17:29
Hellbach ― Usha
23:32
Ships On Fire ― Before I Wake
28:30
marine eyes ― roses all alone (veiled)
31:22
Human Is Alive ― Underwater
34:24
anthéne ― grey
39:37
Adam Fielding ― The Sight of a Familiar Face
43:30
Soothing Soundwave Records, Lofi Bee, Sleepy Teddy Chillez ― Dreaming In Clouds
45:24
Altus ― Reflection
50:48
Nest ― Far From Land
55:01
Human Is Alive ― Perfect Now
56:33
Law of Meditation ― Deep Healing
59:29
The Monk by the Sea feat. Zeitfaktor ― Sunrise
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