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The University of Life podcast has become my personal collection of fascinating learnings from the people I meet and experiences I have as I explore life and journey deeper in to the space of business mentoring & life coaching.

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  • The University of Life & Ryan Moresby-White
    Feb 26 2026

    Depth is earned, not posted.


    In this episode, we sit with Ryan to explore how a man becomes trustworthy by putting his message in his body — choosing to feel, to grieve, and to stay open when the nervous system wants to shut everything down. What begins as a story of childhood loneliness expands into a lived framework for modern masculinity, one that refuses the false choice between mission and love.


    We speak candidly about the pressure and velocity of online growth, and the nervous system cost of living under millions of eyes. Ryan shares the practices that keep him honest: breathwork, ritualised detachment from metrics, and the discipline of rest. Heartbreak emerges as an unskippable teacher, exposing where identity collapses into relationship — and how healthy shame (not toxic shame) can become the pause that changes everything.


    We unpack spread activation and implicit memory to explain why a small conflict can feel like a tidal wave, and how to meet that surge without being pulled under. From there, the conversation widens into provision beyond money: the capacity to hold tension, tell the truth, and create safety.


    Rigid stoicism and the chase narrative are challenged. We distinguish neediness from clean, masculine choosing. Selectivity becomes self-care. Boundaries become proof of respect. Ryan offers a simple pyramid for capacity — self at the top, supported by two equal foundations: mission and family.


    No one leaves childhood unmarked. We close with grief, forgiveness, and the relief of embracing imperfect humanity. Security doesn’t require perfection. It requires presence.


    If this conversation gave you language or courage, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs it, and leave a review to help more men find this work. And tell us — what will you choose fully this week: yourself, your mission, your love… or all three?

    Support the show

    If ever you'd like to connect, please don't hesitate to connect via my website www.jamiewhite.com.

    I am always open to feedback, reflections, guest / subject recommendations and anything else that might come up.

    Thank you for listening, Jamie x

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    1 h et 42 min
  • The University of Life & Edward Dangerfield
    Feb 19 2026

    What if your story could be read through the way you breathe?


    In this deeply grounded conversation, we sit down with a master facilitator who has spent over 13,000 hours observing human breath — and through it, the nervous system, hormonal patterns, and the unconscious loops we can’t see from the inside. The journey moves from early childhood survival strategies and an avalanche-triggered PTSD spiral to a profound recalibration through surrender, attunement, and the slow, precise art of completing unfinished reflexes.


    We explore safety as the first medicine. Why rapport consistently outperforms technique. Why real validation heals more than silver linings. And what becomes possible when a steady, regulated presence meets a body that’s finally ready to let go.


    You’ll hear how contraction becomes identity — tight shoulders, shallow breathing, constant vigilance — and how breathwork, somatic awareness, and compassionate holding begin to unwind the loop. We look at early development and how the years from zero to seven shape movement and breath, echoing later as burnout, people-pleasing, or the unconscious pull to recreate familiar pain in the hope of resolving it.


    From practical cues to deeper philosophy, we cover how to read posture and breath mechanics, recognise fidgets as signals of discharge, and work with rage as a protector of boundaries — without shaming it shut. We unpack the nuance of breath retentions, where diminishing returns appear, and why different bodies require different doorways.


    Intimacy emerges as a classroom of its own: co-regulation, resonance, and the quiet power of a regulated nervous system transmitting enough safety for the next breath to arrive. Forgiveness and boundaries are explored as twin practices — releasing without self-abandonment — while memory returns not as overwhelm, but as the body gently retires amnesia and allows a fuller life to emerge.


    If you’re looking for grounded healing rather than hacks, deep safety instead of quick fixes, and breath practices that meet you exactly where you are, this conversation will land.


    Subscribe, share it with someone who could use a steadier breath, and leave a review with the moment that shifted something for you.

    Support the show

    If ever you'd like to connect, please don't hesitate to connect via my website www.jamiewhite.com.

    I am always open to feedback, reflections, guest / subject recommendations and anything else that might come up.

    Thank you for listening, Jamie x

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    1 h et 15 min
  • The University of Life & Amanda Chabonier
    Feb 12 2026

    What if the life you’ve been building has been powered by someone else’s script?


    In this episode, we sit down with Crystal Clear to explore a journey that moves from Ashtanga rigor and IFBB stages into a radical experiment with stillness, plant medicine, and deep self-inquiry. The throughline is simple and deeply human: when you stop running, what you actually want can finally find you.


    We talk about the cost of living on autopilot — and the relief of naming it for what it is: conditioning, ego masks, and societal rewards that often disguise themselves as discipline. Crystal shares her concept of a soul blueprint — the authentic pattern of who you are beneath performance — and how desire naturally shifts when the false self stops being fed. Motivation doesn’t disappear; the wrong hunger does.


    From there, the conversation turns practical. Why dense cities can drain the nervous system. How nature restores coherence. What energetic hygiene really looks like. And why reducing inputs can feel like switching on a light inside your mind.


    Relationships are given the same reset. Sacred union begins with self-respect and clear boundaries — two whole circles meeting to form a living container, not a rescue mission. Heartbreak becomes an initiation rather than a failure when intimacy is allowed to bring exiled parts of you home.


    We explore surrender, trust, and divine will without the fluff — presence with direction, not drifting. The smallest acts reveal the most: making the bed with reverence for your future self, eating to nourish rather than punish, and creating daily rituals that gently return you to centre.


    If you’re navigating the messy middle — releasing what’s familiar while the next chapter hasn’t yet arrived — this conversation offers grounded guidance back to yourself.


    Slow down to speed up.

    Say yes when you mean yes.

    Say no when you mean no.

    Get clear on what restores you — and watch your life reorganise around that truth.


    If this resonated, follow the show, share it with someone who needs it, and leave a review to help others find their way home.


    Support the show

    If ever you'd like to connect, please don't hesitate to connect via my website www.jamiewhite.com.

    I am always open to feedback, reflections, guest / subject recommendations and anything else that might come up.

    Thank you for listening, Jamie x

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    1 h et 9 min
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