Happiness, it's the goal. Or so we're lead to believe. It's easy to live a life where you do your work, have a bit of fun and then you die (maybe you have a kid or two on the way) but what happens when you ask yourself what happiness means to you? When you've reached that "goal" what happens when you ask, "Now what?" - this is my story of exactly that.

It's been 2 years since my mother's suicide and things are hitting kinda different this time. Is a whole year of lockdown partially to blame? Probably. Is Icarus doing his best to get some airtime? Absolutely.

The gremlins well and truly got stuck in with this one! Still - from the live stream (every Tuesday on my Facbook page/profile and YouTube channel at 10am UK time) we meander through the world of experiencing and living through "the suck". It's another brief flurry of martial arts hijinx then we settle into the March Metamorphosis challenge I got stuck into from the folks at Budokon. More about what they do is here: https://www.budokon.com

Episode 34! This episode was inspired by a conversation with a new client. We love labels, it helps us interact with the world around us. But are we reaching a point now where they may well start doing more harm than good? Let's see what my squirrel brain has to offer...

When Knowledge equals Death. A bit drastic? Yes. But I learned about PodFade recently and expanded those thoughts to many other times in my life where being overwhelmed in one fashion or another meant stopping that activity. Are your hobbies turning into jobs and dying too? There are some ways to manage this, in this episode.

It's not an April Fool's! Another episode is here for your listening pleasure. Weaving through the dicey terrain of Victimhood. Is it an either/or situation? Is it a both/and situation? How on earth do we navigate such nuance? Why did I make that comment about Robots on Mars. Help me.

Like a wounded donkey, the show will go on! This episode has been sitting on my hard drive waiting to see the light of day for about 3 weeks. And today (a random Friday) it finally lives. Lockdown 3 in the UK is ravaging on. Whilst work is great, my static state isn't. So episode 31 is a lyrical lamentation over mental wellness. I'm still experimenting with intros and outros - I think I'm getting there.You can find me on the usual socials:Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/elshigInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/elshigFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shiggimusor ping me a hello email at: hishiggi [at] shiggi.co.uk

Episode 30 brought to you by mostly going through the motions of processing my father's recent passing which brought up a lot of curious thoughts around my being adopted by him and what that actually now means. It's a touch more solemn than usual, but them's the breaks. This was streamed/recorded live on my youtube channel: https://youtu.be/POd3zKF-Y24You can find me on the usual socials:Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/elshigInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/elshigFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shiggimusor ping me a hello at: hishiggi [at] shiggi.co.uk

Good morrow! Fair listeners...it's been a while. A few months in fact, since the last episode. Life in the land of Shiggi got tough and I decided I needed to take some time away from basically everything and look after myself for a bit. That all worked out great as you discover in this super short 15min episode. The biggest takeaway is a short summary of a January challenge I did and had people do a few years ago that had you follow 3 basic mantras for a whole month:1. Speak no bullsh*t2. Eat no bullsh*t3. Move your body (just a little bit)Super simple, but a far easier and encouraging way to get yourself through the year than most. Get stuck in - let me know what you thought. New episodes are now up every Monday at 2pm GMT. You can find me on most socials:Facebook: Shiggi Pakter (Shiggimus)Twitter: @elshigInstagram: @elshigTikTok: @thatoneauntie

Once again, I thought I didn't have much to say - and once again the day before I found I was thinking about a multitude of things. This was helped by taking over Ex TeamGB climbing member Louis Parkinson's Instagram page for a day. I shared 4 long posts covering thoughts about rock climbing (whilst Black) which you can find as a collected article here: Contemplating Climbing whilst BlackThe second part, I wax lyrical about the spectrum of full-time work versus being self-employed and how it's ok to flip from one to another and back again if you want.If you want to see a bit of my podcast live or just reach out and have a natter, come say hi on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ShiggimusYou can find this podcast elsewhere:Getting Shiggi With...Podcast Available at:1. Anchor -  https://anchor.fm/shiggi2. Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id13394908783. Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2wkd01st2f4l3NJq9baScfBehind The Scenes video on youtube too - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChXFmnRSD8QoJKdzshiPutAAnd as ever, if you ever have a question find me on the social medias or email me at [email protected]