• Awakening Isn't What You Think: Zen Master Henry Shukman on Kensho
    Dec 8 2025

    There is a profound difference between intellectual understanding and direct experience of non duality. Simon Mundie and Henry Shukman discuss how spiritual awakening transforms our perception of reality and how a kensho changes everything.


    Henry Shukman is an authorised Zen Master and Spiritual Director of the Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Over the years, Henry has taught meditation at organisations including Google, Harvard Business School and the Esalen Institute, AND he is also the co-founder of ‘The Way’ meditation app, which offers a unique pathway of training designed to help people deepen their practice. Henry is also an award-winning poet and the author of several books, including his latest ‘Original Love: The Four Inns on the Path of Awakening’, which explores meditation as a path to compassion, healing and presence.


    For 1:1 coaching with Simon book a consultation: https://calendly.com/simon-wgw/find-y...


    Simon's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@IAmSimonMundie


    For a gift of 30 free meditation sessions on Henry's app 'The Way' - click here: https://the-way.app.link/simon


    For more information on The Way head here: http://thewayapp.com/simon




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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • The Truth About AI (From Someone Who Actually Knows)
    Dec 1 2025

    This is a conversation about AI with Jason Tsai, an AI strategist who’s been working at the intersection of tech and people for years. We talk honestly about what AI is (and isn’t), how to use it properly, whaty might happen in future and how to stand out in a fast-changing world.


    Rather than getting lost in the hype or fear, we look at where creativity, emotional intelligence, and deeper self-awareness still matter — maybe more than ever.


    Jason Tsai leads the AI Implementation practice at Pivotal, where he helps companies, organisations and teams augment their capabilities through the effective use of AI.


    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasontsai88/

    https://www.thisispivotal.studio/

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    39 mins
  • 3 Ways to Reduce Overwhelm and Burnout (My Recent NHS Talk)
    Nov 17 2025

    In this solo episode I share the three key insights from a recent talk I gave for the NHS on burnout and overwhelm. We explore the “me mind,” active relaxation, and the importance of stillness — and how these simple shifts can bring real relief in daily life.


    Book a 15 minute 1:1 coaching consultation: https://calendly.com/simon-wgw/find-your-flow-intro-chat


    For speaking enquiries email info@simonmundie.com


    What others say about working with me:


    “If you want freedom from your stories and release from emotional pain you may be unconsciously holding, I encourage you to explore 1:1 coaching with Simon.

    Simon is an insightful and skilful coach who can guide you inward to experience the gold within.”

    — Virginia


    Speaking endorsements:


    “Working with Simon was incredible… he shared the insights in such a transformational way.” – Jo, UK Government


    “Mundie is a gem. He is endearingly boisterous with a deadpan manner that can deceive” - The Guardian

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    26 mins
  • How to Love Yourself (Even When There’s No Self)
    Nov 11 2025

    What does it mean to love yourself, when there’s no self to love?

    In this solo reflection, I explore the paradox at the heart of awakening — how deep self-love can arise once the illusion of a separate self begins to dissolve. I touch on fear, separation, intuition, truth, and what my two-year-old daughter is teaching me about unapologetic presence.


    If you want to work on living in presence with me book a 1:1 session here: https://calendly.com/simon-wgw/find-your-flow-intro-chat


    My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@IAmSimonMundie

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    13 mins
  • My Spiritual Awakening (Kensho): What Happened and How Things Have Changed
    Nov 3 2025

    From struggle to stillness. In this episode, I share the story of my recent awakening — what actually happened, how it felt, and what’s shifted since. It followed years of inner work, self-inquiry, and emotional processing, but the moment itself came unexpectedly during a retreat. There was a clear seeing that the sense of separation is an illusion — and with that, a deep peace, simplicity and humour. I talk about the build-up, the walking meditation that cracked it open, and how things have settled in the weeks since.


    Watch me talk about my shift on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpChLLskMM4

    And from my wife's point of view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5El4GO2Dtbs&t=33s


    Coaching: https://calendly.com/simon-wgw/find-your-flow-intro-chat

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    17 mins
  • Self-Obsession: Why You Suffer (And How to Stop)
    Oct 27 2025

    In this episode, I’m joined by Tom Davies — author of Self Obsession — for a profound exploration of why we suffer and how to stop. We unpack how our fixation on identity — career, relationships, even personality — traps us in anxiety, grief, and striving. Drawing from both Western psychology and Eastern spirituality, Tom offers a clear and compassionate path toward freedom: letting go of false identification and realising what we really are.


    Key Themes Highlighted
    • Self-Obsession & Identity: How our suffering arises from clinging to a sense of self that’s always under threat.
    • The Trap of Identification: Why tying our worth to external roles or internal narratives makes us vulnerable.
    • East Meets West: Blending psychology’s tools with spiritual insight for a more complete approach to healing.
    • Tom’s Personal Story: From anxiety and burnout as a medic to insight and clarity through inquiry and presence.
    • Meditation & Self-Inquiry: Practices that help dissolve the illusion of a separate, fixed self.
    • Impermanence & Clinging: Why resisting change and chasing stability only deepens suffering.
    • Beyond Self-Improvement: The trap of always trying to fix ourselves — and the freedom of radical acceptance.
    • Non-Dual Awareness: Realising our essence as awareness itself — not a separate self, but Being.


    If you want to work on living in presence with me book a 1:1 session here: https://calendly.com/simon-wgw/find-your-flow-intro-chat

    My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@IAmSimonMundie


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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Two Paths Up the Mountain: Meditation & Self-Inquiry – Ben Smith & Simon Mundie
    Oct 20 2025

    Many Practices, One Presence.

    Ben Smith started meditating aged six. I came to spiritual inquiry later. In this conversation, we explore the different paths we've taken — his through years of dedicated meditation, mine through self-inquiry and emotional integration.

    We talk about powerful experiences, awakening, the real purpose of spiritual practice, and how it all boils down to living with love, presence and humility. Two different routes up the same mountain.


    You can watch me talking about my shift on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpChLLskMM4&t=44s

    (Please subscribe while you are there)


    If you want to work on living in presence with me book a 1:1 session here: https://calendly.com/simon-wgw/find-your-flow-intro-chat

    My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@IAmSimonMundie


    Ben's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@bensmithreal

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • My Husband Had a Spiritual Awakening - Here's What It Was Like For Me
    Oct 13 2025

    Three weeks ago, something profound happened. While on retreat (which I will talk about in an upcoming interview), I had what’s often called a kensho — a clear and undeniable seeing into the true nature of reality. It wasn’t a peak state, or a passing insight: it was a shift in identity. In this episode, my wife Alex and I talk about what the shift has been like, from her perspective.


    You can watch me talking about my shift on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpChLLskMM4&t=44s

    (Please subscribe while you are there)


    If you want to work on living in presence with me book a 1:1 session here: https://calendly.com/simon-wgw/find-your-flow-intro-chat


    To explore working with Alex and me together, email info@simonmundie.com


    Please consider following my wife on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamalexandrawilby/

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    26 mins