Truth + Conversation Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/truth-conversation Truth + Conversation - where real-lfe problems and practical philosophy collide. Without the fluff. © 2026 Gary John Bishop 5ee5dc86-cf39-53b2-8e94-b1eb8a9a7e8a yes Episode 6 Trailer! en Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:19:45 -0700 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:20:10 -0700 http://garyjohnbishop.com https://img.transistorcdn.com/bwYrPYXoEY6b5LJARirKcRnKD2ptW_bkD7nB4pK1V7Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81ZGRl/Mjg1NGM1NGQ3N2Jh/MWMyZGRlYWUxNGI0/NDI1ZS5qcGVn.jpg Truth + Conversation http://garyjohnbishop.com episodic Gary John Bishop Truth + Conversation - where real-lfe problems and practical philosophy collide. Without the fluff. Truth + Conversation - where real-lfe problems and practical philosophy collide. Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop connect@garyjohnbishop.com No No Truth + Resentment 9 9 Truth + Resentment full b0422be2-7a24-444f-a428-e3333e165695 https://share.transistor.fm/s/643c9609 Resentment has a payoff—and that’s part of why you keep feeding it. This conversation gets underneath the righteousness, resistance and indulgence that keep resentment alive—and confronts the things you do to keep yourself trapped there.

]]> Resentment has a payoff—and that’s part of why you keep feeding it. This conversation gets underneath the righteousness, resistance and indulgence that keep resentment alive—and confronts the things you do to keep yourself trapped there.

]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 1286 Resentment has a payoff—and that’s part of why you keep feeding it. This conversation gets underneath the righteousness, resistance and indulgence that keep resentment alive—and confronts the things you do to keep yourself trapped there.

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop No Truth + The Past 8 8 Truth + The Past full 846afffb-3c14-49ff-8ff1-3de4ac0062c2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ab0d3a7f When the past becomes the thing holding your life together, calling it bullshit won’t set you free.

In this episode, Gary responds to a listener who can see the old explanation no longer works, but is now confronted by who she has become.

A raw conversation about ontology, self-deception, vulnerability, and the truth required to stop living in the image of what happened.

]]> When the past becomes the thing holding your life together, calling it bullshit won’t set you free.

In this episode, Gary responds to a listener who can see the old explanation no longer works, but is now confronted by who she has become.

A raw conversation about ontology, self-deception, vulnerability, and the truth required to stop living in the image of what happened.

]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 1090 When the past becomes the thing holding your life together, calling it bullshit won’t set you free.

In this episode, Gary responds to a listener who can see the old explanation no longer works, but is now confronted by who she has become.

A raw conversation about ontology, self-deception, vulnerability, and the truth required to stop living in the image of what happened.

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop Yes Truth + Justifications 7 7 Truth + Justifications full 99cde6ba-0581-4bad-b488-d2909ca6c1e1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c94af310 It's much easier to justify yourself than deal with yourself. This week, we get into why we do it, how those justifications follow us long after the damage is done, and what it actually takes to clean up the self-imposed messes we make.

]]> It's much easier to justify yourself than deal with yourself. This week, we get into why we do it, how those justifications follow us long after the damage is done, and what it actually takes to clean up the self-imposed messes we make.

]]> Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 1137 It's much easier to justify yourself than deal with yourself. This week, we get into why we do it, how those justifications follow us long after the damage is done, and what it actually takes to clean up the self-imposed messes we make.

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop Yes Truth + Crisis 6 6 Truth + Crisis full d2a09fc2-d955-4953-8fb6-53b9377bf85e https://share.transistor.fm/s/f11c71a8  What happens when the life you built no longer works? In this episode, Gary explores the crisis that comes when relationships, careers, purpose and the things through which we've known ourselves run out of road—and why what looks like the bankruptcy of self might actually be the greatest possibility of your life. 

]]>  What happens when the life you built no longer works? In this episode, Gary explores the crisis that comes when relationships, careers, purpose and the things through which we've known ourselves run out of road—and why what looks like the bankruptcy of self might actually be the greatest possibility of your life. 

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 1321  What happens when the life you built no longer works? In this episode, Gary explores the crisis that comes when relationships, careers, purpose and the things through which we've known ourselves run out of road—and why what looks like the bankruptcy of self might actually be the greatest possibility of your life. 

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop Yes Episode 6 Trailer! 6 6 Episode 6 Trailer! trailer 9253e7d9-f540-4caa-a66e-5ff30f829478 https://share.transistor.fm/s/51319d18 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:57:01 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 41 Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop No Truth + Shame 5 5 Truth + Shame full 7d768ab5-b80e-48de-a25a-8c03cfa0d20d https://share.transistor.fm/s/c75e1bdb Most people ask, "Why do I feel shame?" This episode asks a far more dangerous question: "Why shame now?"

Through a listener's email, Gary explores how shame quietly becomes certainty, familiarity, and a way of life. This isn't about fixing your feelings. It's about exposing the world those feelings have built - and the simple course of action that begins to take you beyond it. 

]]> Most people ask, "Why do I feel shame?" This episode asks a far more dangerous question: "Why shame now?"

Through a listener's email, Gary explores how shame quietly becomes certainty, familiarity, and a way of life. This isn't about fixing your feelings. It's about exposing the world those feelings have built - and the simple course of action that begins to take you beyond it. 

]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 1694 Most people ask, "Why do I feel shame?" This episode asks a far more dangerous question: "Why shame now?"

Through a listener's email, Gary explores how shame quietly becomes certainty, familiarity, and a way of life. This isn't about fixing your feelings. It's about exposing the world those feelings have built - and the simple course of action that begins to take you beyond it. 

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop Yes Truth + Making Choices 4 4 Truth + Making Choices full 16e352d2-acdd-4e7f-b825-e5b5825f919e https://share.transistor.fm/s/dcb82048 Choice isn't simply picking the future you prefer. It's also embracing the future you cannot control. This episode explores inauthenticity, the explanations doing the heavy lifting in our lives, and why trying to guarantee tomorrow often keeps us trapped in the life we already have. 

]]> Choice isn't simply picking the future you prefer. It's also embracing the future you cannot control. This episode explores inauthenticity, the explanations doing the heavy lifting in our lives, and why trying to guarantee tomorrow often keeps us trapped in the life we already have. 

]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 1076 Choice isn't simply picking the future you prefer. It's also embracing the future you cannot control. This episode explores inauthenticity, the explanations doing the heavy lifting in our lives, and why trying to guarantee tomorrow often keeps us trapped in the life we already have. 

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop Yes Truth + Results 3 3 Truth + Results full f2876384-605a-4ada-8cf4-bb95932fffe1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/623724c4 You've been working hard. You've been doing everything you know to do. So why isn't it working? This episode explores the hidden conversation that turns effort into desperation, why reality is never arguing with you, and the one question that opens the door to new possibilities. 

]]> You've been working hard. You've been doing everything you know to do. So why isn't it working? This episode explores the hidden conversation that turns effort into desperation, why reality is never arguing with you, and the one question that opens the door to new possibilities. 

]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 1200 You've been working hard. You've been doing everything you know to do. So why isn't it working? This episode explores the hidden conversation that turns effort into desperation, why reality is never arguing with you, and the one question that opens the door to new possibilities. 

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop No Truth + Being Ready 2 2 Truth + Being Ready full d8fb1e26-b62b-47fe-a7f0-8c3b1b39468b https://share.transistor.fm/s/888f5548  What if you've confused feeling ready with being ready? In this episode, a listener's question opens the door to a deeper conversation about fear, uncertainty, and the hidden cost of waiting for yourself to become someone else before you begin. 

]]>  What if you've confused feeling ready with being ready? In this episode, a listener's question opens the door to a deeper conversation about fear, uncertainty, and the hidden cost of waiting for yourself to become someone else before you begin. 

]]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 1140  What if you've confused feeling ready with being ready? In this episode, a listener's question opens the door to a deeper conversation about fear, uncertainty, and the hidden cost of waiting for yourself to become someone else before you begin. 

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop Yes Truth + Conversation - The Beginning 1 1 Truth + Conversation - The Beginning full a6df9526-f109-4146-aed2-e38ceafe4dc9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/19358a88 New to Truth + Conversation? Start here. No matter which episode brought you to the podcast, this is the conversation that sets the foundation for everything that follows. 

]]> New to Truth + Conversation? Start here. No matter which episode brought you to the podcast, this is the conversation that sets the foundation for everything that follows. 

]]> Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:21:54 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 1008 New to Truth + Conversation? Start here. No matter which episode brought you to the podcast, this is the conversation that sets the foundation for everything that follows. 

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