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Ep.116 - Breaking the Rules (and Lowering the Stakes)
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- Well Being
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- Feb 6, 2026
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- 3292
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Summary
January finally let go of our ankles, and Well Being is back on the other side of the longest month known to humankind. This week’s Sparks of Inspiration are absolutely stacked: Kel somehow watches five movies in one week, we talk Sinners, Weapons, One Battle After Another, Superman (2025), and why modern stabilization might be robbing car chases of their soul. Andy revisits Schitt’s Creek and gets hyped for the Super Bowl halftime show, while Theo dives headfirst into Dungeon Crawler Carl, a book series that feels like Running Man meets Hitchhiker’s Guide with max chaos energy. From there, we roll straight into the mental health portion, pulling from Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act: A Way of Being to unpack one of the book’s biggest chapters: Rules. The rules we’re taught. The rules we inherit. The ones we don’t even realize we’re following. We talk perfectionism, lowering the stakes, creative pressure, and how unconscious rules can quietly suffocate joy, collaboration, and experimentation. We reflect on breaking out of rigid structures, rediscovering play, and why sometimes the best move is to throw away the old playbook—without losing the skills you earned along the way. Creativity, mental health, teamwork, and the radical idea that maybe you’re allowed to do things your way. No absolutes. No averages. Just testing the rules and seeing what happens. Theme by Affektivhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/2dkwCQLY61JvqMmiiBvps3?si=N97bAnDqQkqcSSxVZA0C0Q https://soundcloud.com/affektiv Email us:[email protected]:https://www.youtube.com/@WellBeingpod