The Unlearning

Bill Newgent
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🎙️Welcome to The Unlearning Podcast — a soulful space for those ready to release the roles, beliefs, and identities that no longer feel like home. Hosted by transformational guide and writer Bill Newgent, this podcast offers grounded reflections, raw insights, and spiritual clarity for those waking up to the quiet truth: what you've been seeking has always been within you. Each episode is a companion to Bill's written work on Substack — not a repetition, but a living extension. These spoken-word explorations help you unlearn what's false, remember what's true, and return to the wisdom you never lost. If you've achieved success yet still feel something missing — if you're questioning who it feels like you are or your place in this life — this podcast is for you. 💠 Rooted in years of training, personal practice, Jungian psychology, spiritual principles, and lived experience. 💠 Vulnerable. Poetic. Practical. Sacred. 💠 For those ready to walk a different path — one inward, not outward. You're not here to become more. You're here to remember who you already are.

  1. May 28

    Walk With Me page audio

    Audio for Walk With Me page.

    3 min

  2. May 12

    The Freedom That Was Always There

    In this episode, I talk about freedom — not political, not the kind people argue about, but the kind that lives or gets forgotten inside a life. I talk about what unfreedom actually feels like from the inside. The squeeze. The slow persistent pressure that starts early and eventually becomes just the air you breathe. The contract we make — give enough, get enough. The hunt for the degree, the job, the relationship, the life that looks like the life we were supposed to build. And I talk about the moment the question surfaces that we didn't plan for. Is this all there is? That question isn't a problem. It's a door. If you're willing for it to be. This is a conversation from someone still walking the path — to someone I believe is ready to walk it too. The book: Unlearning Myself: A Journey Back to Inner Wisdom and Peace Available June 30, 2026 Get the book when it lands→ unlearningmyself.com/book Connect with Bill: → theunlearning.substack.com → unlearningmyself.com

    12 min

  3. May 4

    Unlearning Myself book excerpt reading by Bill Newgent- Banyan Tree

    The Unlearning

    3 min

  4. 11/07/2025

    Unlearning Myself Community Welcome

    🌿 Welcome to the Unlearning Myself Community 🌿 Unlearning Myself — a space created for those ready to walk together beyond performance, fear, and striving… and back toward inner wisdom, love, and peace. This community isn't about fixing or achieving. It's about remembering or if you prefer revealing truth. It's about unlearning the roles we were taught to play, the beliefs we took on to survive, and the stories that once defined who we thought we were. Here, we listen deeply. We honor our experiences as both students and teachers on this path we walk together. We remember that love, not fear, is the foundation of who we are. If you've felt something — something true, grounded, and free — you're in the right place. ✨ Welcome home. 🕊️ — Bill Newgent Bill@UnlearningMyself.com

    3 min

  5. 06/06/2025

    🎙️Confusion Isn't the Problem — It's the Turning Point That's Asking to Be Seen

    🎙️ Confusion Isn't the Problem — It's the Turning Point That's Asking to Be Seen A Spoken Word Reflection from The Unlearning by Bill Newgent There are moments when something stirs inside us: a phrase, a question, a reflection. It touches something deep—but doesn't quite make sense. This episode begins there. Drawing from The Way of Mastery, Bill Newgent offers a spoken-word reflection on the sacred role of confusion—not as a mistake to fix, but as a doorway into deeper truth. If life feels unclear, uncertain, or inwardly off… this is your signal to pause, breathe, and listen. 🌀 Key Themes: – Why confusion isn't failure—it's an invitation – How "not knowing" can be a sacred pause, not a problem – The difference between bypassing and true unlearning – What it means to let go of the need to understand – Why confusion often shows up just before transformation Confusion isn't chaos. It's a sacred nudge. Not saying you're lost— but whispering: "You're about to see something you've never seen before." 🧘🏽‍♀️ Reflection Prompt: Where in your life is confusion showing up right now? 🌱 Micro-Practice: Let it breathe for 24 hours. No fixing. No forcing. Just curiosity. — 🔗 More Resources: → Read the written companion post: Confusion Isn't the Problem — It's the Turning Point That's Asking to Be Seen → Subscribe for weekly reflections at theunlearning.substack.com → Reach out directly: bill@unlearningmyself.com This is not a reading of the post. It's a different doorway into the same truth.

    8 min

  6. 06/06/2025

    🎙️Why Life Feels Off Even When You're Doing Everything Right

    🎙️ When Everything Looks Right… But Feels Off A Spoken Word Reflection by Bill Newgent You've done the things. Followed the map. Built the life you thought would bring peace. But beneath the striving, something still feels… off. This isn't a breakdown. It's a turning point. In this intimate spoken word reflection, Bill Newgent offers a compassionate doorway back to presence. If your outer life looks good—but your inner life feels misaligned—this episode is for you. You're not lost. You're being invited… home. 🌿 This reflection explores: – Why life can feel empty even when you're "doing everything right" – How performance and perfectionism quietly disconnect us from our true self – The power of gentle noticing over constant fixing – Why unlearning begins when we stop pretending we're fine This isn't a how-to. It's an invitation. Let this be a breath. A pause. A return. Not to who you think you should be… But to who you've always been. — 🌀 If this stirred something in you… keep walking with us: → Read the companion post: "Why Life Feels Off Even When You're Doing Everything Right" → Subscribe for reflections at: theunlearning.substack.com → Reach out directly: bill@unlearningmyself.com

    4 min

  7. 06/05/2025

    🎙️What Fierce Love Really Means

    🎙️What Fierce Love Really Means by Bill Newgent We're taught love is something we earn—by becoming who others want us to be. Love between parent and child. Love between friends. Romantic love. All categorized. All ranked. As if love comes in levels, as if we must agree to its hierarchy to receive it. But what if those frameworks are only echoes? What if there is a deeper kind of love— one that existed before the roles… and will remain when the body no longer does? That's what fierce love remembers. In this soul-level spoken word reflection, Bill Newgent unpacks what fierce love really means. Not performance. Not perfection. But presence. Fierce love doesn't climb. It doesn't prove, or bend, or barter. It stands in quiet truth. It says, "I will not abandon myself to be accepted by you." And "I will not disappear to be loved." This isn't rebellion. It's remembering who you were before you believed you had to become someone else to be safe. 🌿 In This Episode, You'll Hear: Why we chase love through identity, roles, and approval How the ego builds a survival-based ladder we're taught to climb What it means to unlearn love-as-performance The quiet clarity of fierce love rooted in soul-truth An invitation to stop climbing—and come home 💌 This Is for You If: You've shaped yourself to be accepted, loved, or chosen You've stayed silent to keep the peace You're ready to remember the love that was always yours You want love that doesn't require you to disappear ✨ Go Deeper with Bill Newgent Receive more spoken reflections on sacred return, identity unlearning, and real-world spiritual growth: 🔗 theunlearning.substack.com Work with Bill 1:1 or explore sacred guidance: 📩 Email: Bill@unlearningmyself.com

    8 min

  8. 06/05/2025

    🎙️The Hidden Cost of Being the Strong One

    🎙️ The Hidden Cost of Being the Strong One  by Bill Newgent | The Unlearning You're the one everyone turns to. The steady one. The strong one. The one who holds it all together—until the weight starts holding you. In this powerful spoken word reflection, Bill Newgent explores the emotional cost of always being "the strong one." The hidden toll of strength-as-survival. The exhaustion behind the mask. The ache beneath the armor. If you've ever felt like you have to be okay for everyone else—while quietly falling apart inside—this is for you. You don't have to earn rest. You don't have to perform your worth. And you don't have to do it alone anymore. 🌿 In This Episode, You'll Hear: The origin of emotional self-containment and how it becomes identity The subtle ways unacknowledged pain shows up as tension, hyper-productivity, and isolation What real strength looks and sounds like—without the mask Permission to release the performance and remember the self beneath it 🌀 This Reflection Is For You If: You've been the one everyone leans on—but don't feel seen yourself You struggle to ask for help or express your own needs You've learned to mask pain with productivity, silence, or strength You're ready to unlearn the belief that love must be earned through self-denial 💌 Go Deeper with Bill Newgent This reflection is part of The Unlearning—a home for real-world spiritual growth, sacred return, and living from what's always been true within you. Subscribe for more reflections: 🔗 theunlearning.substack.com Explore sacred guidance and one-on-one support: 📩 Email Bill directly at: Bill@unlearningmyself.com You're not alone. You're welcome here. Just as you are.

    6 min
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🎙️Welcome to The Unlearning Podcast — a soulful space for those ready to release the roles, beliefs, and identities that no longer feel like home. Hosted by transformational guide and writer Bill Newgent, this podcast offers grounded reflections, raw insights, and spiritual clarity for those waking up to the quiet truth: what you've been seeking has always been within you. Each episode is a companion to Bill's written work on Substack — not a repetition, but a living extension. These spoken-word explorations help you unlearn what's false, remember what's true, and return to the wisdom you never lost. If you've achieved success yet still feel something missing — if you're questioning who it feels like you are or your place in this life — this podcast is for you. 💠 Rooted in years of training, personal practice, Jungian psychology, spiritual principles, and lived experience. 💠 Vulnerable. Poetic. Practical. Sacred. 💠 For those ready to walk a different path — one inward, not outward. You're not here to become more. You're here to remember who you already are.

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  • Creator
    Bill Newgent
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All Rights Bill Newgent, The Unlearning, Unlearning Myself 2026
  • Show Website
    The Unlearning