I listen to tons of podcasts and can truly say this is my absolute favorite!!

I was having a bad day and a friend recommended this podcast. What a wonderful reminder of what life is suppose to feel like despite the daily things that bring us down. Calm guidance on how to make little changes that can start you back on the right path!

This podcast is excellent. Brandon artfully delivers profound messages that are thought provoking, educational and inspiring. It’s gritty, beautiful, and offers wise guidance for living a meaningful and present life. I wish there were even more episodes to absorb because they help center me and get through the days.

I love this podcast. The topics are fascinating. It allows me to take a deeper dive into psychology and learn not only how brains work but also feel connected to other people, knowing they have the same tendencies as me. I pair this podcast with my Calm app (meditation) and find it really relaxing and energizing as we begin our seasonal change into wintering: darker nights, colder days. This podcast is warm and cozy, like a wood fire in a cabin. Thank you for creating this podcast! 🍁

One of the most solid, helpful, and honest podcasts without the fluff. A must “listen to” if you desire wholeness in your life

This is the stuff that maters to me about relationship and meaning, encouraging a learners perspective. Invitational, encouraging, informative presented with spiritual responsibly. I also enjoy the book references.

Every podcast I listen to is well thought out, interesting and definitely challenging (in a good way). If you understand the wisdom in naming what’s real you will experience transformation.

When I find the world overwhelming, when I feel the temptation to withdraw and incubate, Brandon’s words continually inspire me to press in and engage. I’ve left each podcast feeling more grounded, connected, and embodied, with a desire to fully show up to my life and do good in the world.

I’m very thankful for this thoughtful, intellectual yet deeply spiritual, podcast. I appreciate the presentation of each subject. It’s thorough, but doesn’t convince you to believe something specific. It lays out topics and examines them in an honest, vulnerable and informative way.

So thankful to have found this podcast! It challenges why I do what I do and why I believe what I believe. It’s so articulate and expresses exactly what I’ve been thinking but couldn’t find the words. I find myself sharing it with others after every podcast!

I thoroughly enjoy listening to Brandon. He is very wise, insightful, and an amazing communicator. I have had so many thoughts, questions, curiosities that have swirled around in my head these past several years. He brings words to my thoughts, and is an excellent communicator of what is happening in our culture as well as in my heart and mind. I look forward to each episode. I highly recommend this podcast.

Brandon has a way of communicating that teaches new ideas in a way that’s easy to understand. He can tell stories that are engaging and relatable. The topics that he picks are current and need to be discussed. It’s new, it’s intriguing and it’s needed.

Cook is one of the lifesavers, diving to the core of how our times train virtually all of us to react to things ideologically instead of to learn about them. And he exposes the crisis without ever inviting despair. I listen most weeks.

Brandon‘s teaching is conversational and yet compelling. He has a way of communicating coherently in a non-condescending manner that still puts the cookies on the lower shelf for consumption. In consuming his podcast material, I am finding the experience transformative. What a blessing… Thank you, Brandon.

This is my favorite podcast. It is just the right amount of information in a perfect little package that he pulls together for us from his lifetime of learning. No seconds are wasted. His points are presented clearly and concisely. I highly recommend!

Loved the series he did on “Good Grief.” It helped me to have a conversation with my widowed mother. I feel like I need to listen to them repeatedly so I can really internalize the points he makes- they were so good. I love the idea of not shying away from grief even though it feels like it will destroy you, and also that grief and joy are the two halves of a circle and that they kiss at the top. Also, loved the concept of naming things- feelings, especially- without judgment, helping to reduce the power that feelings have over us, or at least put them in their proper context.

Honestly I’d listen to Brandon reading instructional manuals - because he’d figure out a way to make it insightful, heartfelt and funny.

Couldn’t be more excited to rate this beautiful project by Brandon Cook! Thank you for putting together a podcast that is so generous, open, and thoughtful. It is truly a breath of fresh air. Thank you Brandon!

Naming the Real is a great jolt to the sometimes hum drum rhythm of life! Brandon shares great perspective in a clear easy to listen format! And after 20 minutes of massaging my soul to life, I feel energized, enlightened, and encouraged with actual how-to tools I can immediately put into practice! This podcast is a valuable reservoir for anyone seeking to grow inwardly and in everyday life! I look forward to my next Naming the Real cup of joe!

Brandon has a way of speaking that really made me think about what is holding me back in life. And he gives practical, easy to implement advice on how to create change.

Very insightful and thought provoking podcast. Brandon is intentional with his delivery and this podcast is helping me reframe multiple areas of my life.