The Ten Crutches Podcast
What prevents us from being present in our lives? What ideas, concepts, tools can we use as ”crutches” to help us walk more deeply in each moment?
This is my attempt to help people with being human. I try to avoid the issues people fight about, the surface conflicts, like who has the right opinion about this or that. Instead, I ask: what are the conditions that make it difficult for all of us to be human? How can we address them?
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download my free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
What are the ten crutches?
- There is no such thing as “the past.”
- There is no such thing as “the future.”
- All “things” (and “events”) are the same.
- All “things” (and “events”) are different.
- You will never find “it” outside of you.
- You will never find “it” inside of you.
- You are one with everything evil.
- You are one with everything good.
- You will never really know.
- Your senses are the gates to the present moment.
New episode drops every Monday at noon.
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Episodes
4 days ago
4 days ago
First description: A story about walking a dog and picking up poop.
Second description: A splashy dive into righteous anger and how I worked with it.
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you!
Monday Mar 09, 2026
Monday Mar 09, 2026
This is for anyone who feels they spend too much time on their phone.
Or for anyone who meditates and is concerned they spend too much time thinking.
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you!
Monday Mar 02, 2026
Monday Mar 02, 2026
While focused on "becoming more present," I found myself getting confused about what's in front of me. Obviously, I need my senses to experience what's in front of me. But what if my eyes/ears are seeing/hearing what is happening 1000s of miles away?
Our technology allows events on the other side of the world to "be in front of us" in real time. How to think about this?
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you!
Monday Feb 23, 2026
Monday Feb 23, 2026
Every parent has (and needs!) a good toolbox, a set of skills to handle each varied situation that manifests while you raise your child. I hope something here can help you.
Time Stamps for the 4 Tips
#1) Use "Mother" and "Father" archetypes (2:47)
#2) Interpret and articulate what your child is saying, so they are as intelligent as you (8:39)
#3) The scooter metaphor (14:23)
#4) Aim for the day you stop being a parent (16:33)
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you!
Monday Feb 16, 2026
Monday Feb 16, 2026
These two words are easily confused. Some people may even consider "eternity" and "forever" to be the same. (Horrors!)
Herein, I express my opinion of how different they are.
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you!
Monday Feb 09, 2026
Monday Feb 09, 2026
Part 2 of a two-part series on ritual.
Time Stamps
Introduction to the map: 3:05
Trust your intuition! 4:12
Overall view of the map 4:45
Entering the ritual 11:22
Being in the ritual 17:21
Leaving the ritual 22:41
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you!
Monday Feb 02, 2026
Monday Feb 02, 2026
A two-part series about ritual.
Part 1 is about “why?” Why have rituals at all? What reasons might we have to hold a ceremony? Our culture has forgotten many things about how important ritual is.
Part 2 is about how you can create ritual. What are the foundational principles behind creating ritual?
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you!
Monday Jan 26, 2026
Monday Jan 26, 2026
One more way of trying to say we are almost impossibly stuck inside our own personal views. How can we get loosen the grip of our interpretations of the world and exist more deeply in the actual reality?
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you!
Monday Jan 19, 2026
Monday Jan 19, 2026
I imagined a reality TV show where 100,000 people decide together: what should we all do with $10 million?
If you are interested in manifesting this idea, please see the show notes.
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you!
Monday Jan 12, 2026
Monday Jan 12, 2026
Definitions:
Physical fears: ultimately of annihilation, based on perceived existential threats to actual physical survival.
Mental fears: ultimately of annihilation, based on perceived threats to the mind's centrality in its self-created realm.
A slow-motion view of mental fear shows it's never about what the mind believes it to be about. But it can feel the exact same as a physical fear. Let's take a look.
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you!