Truth + Conversation http://garyjohnbishop.com 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 Mon, 02 Nov 2026 04:20:48 -0800 Mon, 02 Nov 2026 04:21:01 -0800 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 + Self-forgiveness 16 16 Truth + Self-forgiveness full aa389d10-af9b-40f1-8e5d-280445033c60 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5f853148 When does taking responsibility become a lifetime of punishment? A mother’s struggle with self-forgiveness opens a conversation about guilt, our fascination with the past, and the question that asks something new of us: who are you now?

]]> When does taking responsibility become a lifetime of punishment? A mother’s struggle with self-forgiveness opens a conversation about guilt, our fascination with the past, and the question that asks something new of us: who are you now?

]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2026 03:43:22 -0800 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 1469 When does taking responsibility become a lifetime of punishment? A mother’s struggle with self-forgiveness opens a conversation about guilt, our fascination with the past, and the question that asks something new of us: who are you now?

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop Yes Truth + What Matters 15 15 Truth + What Matters full eabd048d-5186-41b6-8803-a80081e25667 https://share.transistor.fm/s/882a48ac Through one listeners deeply personal struggle, we explore how the worlds we live in can consume us with fear, guilt, and regret, until we lose sight of the very thing that matters most. 

]]> Through one listeners deeply personal struggle, we explore how the worlds we live in can consume us with fear, guilt, and regret, until we lose sight of the very thing that matters most. 

]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:03:17 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 1658 Through one listeners deeply personal struggle, we explore how the worlds we live in can consume us with fear, guilt, and regret, until we lose sight of the very thing that matters most. 

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop No Truth + Story 14 14 Truth + Story full 354c27db-e817-46a6-90df-7ae9859eff0f https://share.transistor.fm/s/c7cd6c5e After a serious health crisis leaves a listener mourning who she used to be and uncertain how to begin again, Gary unpicks the story she believes is simply a description of what happened. This episode explores how language creates the world you experience—and why your future must begin with possibility rather than what happened to you. 

]]> After a serious health crisis leaves a listener mourning who she used to be and uncertain how to begin again, Gary unpicks the story she believes is simply a description of what happened. This episode explores how language creates the world you experience—and why your future must begin with possibility rather than what happened to you. 

]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:30:40 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 1023 After a serious health crisis leaves a listener mourning who she used to be and uncertain how to begin again, Gary unpicks the story she believes is simply a description of what happened. This episode explores how language creates the world you experience—and why your future must begin with possibility rather than what happened to you. 

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop No Truth + Relationship 13 13 Truth + Relationship full 885f4779-dab1-4c51-a456-2bfe47cd384e https://share.transistor.fm/s/810125de You can’t create a future relationship while remaining organized around the past. Gary explores who you’ve been, who you now say you are, and what it takes to live with integrity when old patterns return. 

]]> You can’t create a future relationship while remaining organized around the past. Gary explores who you’ve been, who you now say you are, and what it takes to live with integrity when old patterns return. 

]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 05:18:11 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 999 You can’t create a future relationship while remaining organized around the past. Gary explores who you’ve been, who you now say you are, and what it takes to live with integrity when old patterns return. 

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop No Truth + Being Complete 12 12 Truth + Being Complete full 903efd34-01f7-4b6e-ba32-0a35c9b5c261 https://share.transistor.fm/s/64581132 You say you're over it, you're past it, maybe even that it made you who you are. Or did it? This episode takes on the incompletions you’ve learned to live with, the rightness that keeps them alive, and the choice between being right about your past and being free to live your life.

]]> You say you're over it, you're past it, maybe even that it made you who you are. Or did it? This episode takes on the incompletions you’ve learned to live with, the rightness that keeps them alive, and the choice between being right about your past and being free to live your life.

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:00:00 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 1292 You say you're over it, you're past it, maybe even that it made you who you are. Or did it? This episode takes on the incompletions you’ve learned to live with, the rightness that keeps them alive, and the choice between being right about your past and being free to live your life.

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop No Truth + Reconciling 11 11 Truth + Reconciling full 68c841ad-f939-4a56-b845-44fd463e3f80 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d780128f You say you want to reconcile. But what exactly are you trying to get back? This conversation might change everything you think you know about putting a relationship back together. 

]]> You say you want to reconcile. But what exactly are you trying to get back? This conversation might change everything you think you know about putting a relationship back together. 

]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 1649 You say you want to reconcile. But what exactly are you trying to get back? This conversation might change everything you think you know about putting a relationship back together. 

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop Yes Truth + Acceptance 10 10 Truth + Acceptance full aa9338a3-d439-4a9f-b58d-ac66bca91330 https://share.transistor.fm/s/583fbee6 Acceptance isn't approval, surrender, or saying it was okay. It's confronting what happened without everything you've added to it—and finally taking responsibility for what happens next.

]]> Acceptance isn't approval, surrender, or saying it was okay. It's confronting what happened without everything you've added to it—and finally taking responsibility for what happens next.

]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0700 Gary John Bishop Gary John Bishop 1184 Acceptance isn't approval, surrender, or saying it was okay. It's confronting what happened without everything you've added to it—and finally taking responsibility for what happens next.

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop Yes 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 1016 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. 

]]> Personal Development Self Improvement Philosophy Psychology Mindset Personal Growth Responsibility Meaning Purpose Relationships Leadership Human Behavior Truth Conversation Gary John Bishop No