Paradox At Play

Jonathan Paradox Lee
  • 5.0 (3)
  • Mental Health

Jonathan Paradox thinks seriously about playfulness and how it's seeming contradictions can support mental health. And in season one they are exploring the paradox of ridiculousness. Could feeling awkward and silly lead us to a deeper understanding of ourselves and each other? Does giggling about butts have any place in meditation? And is Jonathan Paradox also a robot alien who sings? Find out in season one of Paradox At Play.

Episodes

  1. May 18

    Ridiculous Mindfulness: A Beautiful Day To Be Human

    Episode Transcript Do you ever not feel quite human? Like maybe you're running on slightly different software than everyone else, following the rules sometimes, crashing into things other times, not entirely sure you belong in the room? What does it mean to play when you feel like a misfit? What does it mean to feel things on a day that insists on being beautiful anyway? This episode is a greeting. Come as you are, you beautiful misfit, you.

    4 min

  2. May 18

    Ridiculous Mindfulness: Butts, Breath, and Boredom

    Episode Transcript Three words walk into a meditation. What do butts, breath, and boredom have in common? More than you'd think, and probably not what you'd expect. This episode, I explore three entry points into ridiculous mindfulness that are in your body, right now. One of them will make you giggle. And one of them might bore you half to death. And together, they might be the most honest meditation I know. I spent years pretending I wasn't bored by meditation, now I embrace it, keep sitting on my butt, and giggle a little. There is no perfect meditation, just the ridiculousness of the present moment. That's kind of the point.

    4 min

  3. May 18

    Ridiculous Mindfulness: Dog Tongue

    Episode Transcript   I get anxiety. Not as much as I used to, but it still shows up — in packed grocery stores, intense social situations, the usual suspects. Over time I've collected some tools for those moments. This episode is about one of them. It is strange. It involves your tongue. It is also, I'd argue, a legitimate practice of ridiculous mindfulness. Before I walk into something hard, I send in my dog tongue, a phantom pet made entirely of tongue, to lick the room for safety. It works.  And it is ridiculous. Come try it.

    4 min

  4. May 18

    Ridiculous Mindfulness: Introduction

    Episode Transcript What if the most profound practice of presence is also inherently, unavoidably absurd and silly? That's the paradox at the center of ridiculous mindfulness. A paradox holds two contradictory truths simultaneously, and ridiculous mindfulness is exactly that: deeply serious about silliness, earnestly committed to the foolish. This introduction is an invitation to sit with that contradiction, feel it in your body, and see what comes up when you let yourself say the words out loud. Ridiculous mindfulness. Go ahead. Notice what happens.

    3 min

  5. Season 1 Trailer

    Paradox At Play Teaser Trailer

    Episode Transcript I'm Jonathan Paradox, and this is Paradox at Play. A podcast and a place for play. This podcast has been brewing for a couple of years — a few false starts, a lot of learning the technical what-and-how, and finally: it's time. This is me saying hi, introducing the practice, and being honest that making this thing is at least partly how I soothe my own nervous system. The first season is all about ridiculousness and how it can be utilized for joyous play.

    3 min

Trailer

Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
3 Ratings

About

Jonathan Paradox thinks seriously about playfulness and how it's seeming contradictions can support mental health. And in season one they are exploring the paradox of ridiculousness. Could feeling awkward and silly lead us to a deeper understanding of ourselves and each other? Does giggling about butts have any place in meditation? And is Jonathan Paradox also a robot alien who sings? Find out in season one of Paradox At Play.

Information

  • Creator
    Jonathan Paradox Lee
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026
  • Show Website
    Paradox At Play