StillPoint Logic Podcast

Hila Eigner
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Some days your own head is the hardest place to be. You replay conversations, talk yourself out of things before you even try, and understand what you should feel while feeling something completely different. StillPoint Logic is a podcast for anyone who has been there. Each episode explores thought patterns that influence how you feel, and works through them with reflection and logic. The ideas are practical and meant to become tools you return to when you are stuck, overwhelmed, or doubting yourself. I am your reflection companion, and I hope this podcast makes you feel good.

  1. 6d ago

    Why Are We Quick to Judge (S3 E1)

    A close friend invited me to a dinner party. I walked in, everyone smiled, everyone was welcoming, and within three minutes my mind had already decided I wasn't dressed cool enough, her outfit was strange, and the whole group thought I was chubby. I stood at the edge of the room, then worried they would think I was a snob for standing there. In the end I hid in the washroom with my phone for fifteen minutes, found a little courage, walked back out, and had a wonderful night. Nobody at that party even really talked to me, and I still judged. This is the first episode of Season 3, and with gathering season coming, I want to share what those fifteen minutes taught me. We judge fastest when we know the least about a situation and have the least courage in front of the people around us. We do it to strangers, we do it to our partners and children, and we do it to ourselves. In this episode, I cover: Why most judgments start in us, with no trigger out there, and why the speed of a judgment is the tell.The magnifying glass we place over the people we love, and Gibran's image of two trees growing side by side.Confidence as a changing level of knowledge and courage.A five step checklist for the next time you start building a case at a family dinner.A guided reflection to turn the same questions toward yourself. Enjoy, Hila I'm not a therapist, think of this as guided reflection, and me as your reflection companion. #StillPointLogic #HilaEigner #QuickToJudge #Gibran #InnerWork #PersonalGrowth

    Why Are We Quick to Judge (S3 E1)

  2. Oct 7

    How Do You Know Your Inner Work Is Working?

    You spend months reading, learning, and doing the mental work, waiting for the big moment when everything clicks. When it never comes, you assume you are doing something wrong. This episode, the Season 2 finale, looks at what success in inner work feels like while it is happening. It explores why the breakthrough you picture keeps you waiting, what to look for instead, and what Tolstoy said about life happening in the smallest changes. You may be further along than you think. In this episode, I cover: Why you wait for one big moment of change, and overlook the small ones.What success looks like when it is happening, and why it is so easy to miss.Tolstoy's story of the painter Bryullov, and the power of the tiniest change.Everyday examples, from a familiar complaint at home to a one word reply.A step by step reflection to catch the spiral while it is happening.Why the good feeling it brings is what keeps you coming back. Enjoy,Hila I'm not a therapist, think of this as guided self-reflection, and me as your reflection companion. #StillPointLogic #HilaEigner #Tolstoy #InnerWork #PersonalGrowth

  3. Sep 25

    The Credit You Keep Giving Away (S2 E14)

    Taking credit for your success can feel harder than taking the blame for a mistake. We own every failure without question, yet give our achievements away to luck, timing, or circumstance. This episode looks at why we downplay our achievements. It explores why an even split with luck is the same old thought-rule wearing a more reasonable number, and what Nietzsche said about outgrowing an old version of yourself. Giving yourself credit for the work you did is a matter of fact, rather than ego. Luck can open a door, but you are the one who walks through it. In this episode, I cover: Why we downplay our achievements and credit luck instead of effortThe even split with luck that sounds fair and still shortchanges your hard workLearned smallness, and the disbelief it grows fromA step by step reflection to find the ambition underneath the thought-ruleNietzsche on outgrowing the version of you that learned to shrink Enjoy, Hila I'm not a therapist, think of this as guided self-reflection, and me as your reflection companion. #StillPointLogic #HilaEigner #Nietzsche #TakingCredit #Confidence

  4. Sep 8

    When Calm Feels Like A Problem (S2 E13)

    We treat conflict like proof that a relationship is alive, and calm like proof that something is missing. This episode looks at why we reach for tension, old arguments, and gossip even when things are fine, what Seneca had to say about how we spend our time, and why choosing ease over drama can be a fuller way to live. Sometimes it is the whole point. In this episode, I cover: Why calm can feel like proof something's missing, instead of proof something's working The pull toward gossip and conflict as a shortcut to closeness The myth that a blow up clears the air or strengthens a bond A step by step reflection to catch yourself manufacturing tension Seneca's insight on how we spend, and waste, our time Enjoy, Hila I'm not a therapist, think of this as guided self-reflection, and me as your reflection companion. #StillPointLogic #HilaEigner #Seneca #Overthinking #Calm #RelationshipReflection #SelfDoubt #InnerDialogue #PersonalGrowth

  5. Aug 26

    When Other People Make You Doubt Yourself (S2 E12)

    Why does a stranger's opinion influence you so much? In this episode I look at what happens when someone else's certainty starts working against your own, by wearing down the trust you had in a decision you'd made. I share my experience, about choosing to study Philosophy at university against pretty much everyone's advice, to walk through the difference between an opinion that adds something to your thinking and one that just erodes it. To help you reflect, I also suggest a way to tell, which kind of conversation you're in. (These are not new ideas but they are served in a way you might be able to really relate to them and implement). Enjoy, Hila I'm not a therapist. Think of this as guided self-reflection, and me as your reflection companion. #StillPointLogic #Podcast #Philosophy #SelfReflection #ThoughtPatterns #PersonalGrowth #MindfulThinking #InnerDialogue #Overthinking #ReflectionCompanion

  6. Aug 18

    The Checklist Isn't The Whole Picture (S2 E11)

    Have you ever done everything right in a day and still ended up feeling off by the end of it? This week I'm talking about a day that made no sense to me, nothing went wrong, I got through everything on my list. Cleaning, errands, a walk with my dog, dinner with a friend, and by evening there was a 50 kg weight pressing on my chest. We're taught that feeling okay comes down to a checklist, sleep, movement, food, time with the people who matter, but the checklist only tracks what you did, not what you took in. A screen, a headline, ten minutes of scrolling between two things you had planned, that's not included and sometimes we cannot avoid it, and your body can respond to it the same way it would respond to something that happened to you directly. Spinoza wrote about this, feelings follow their own logic, and you cannot argue yourself out of one, only confront it it with something stronger/logical than the feeling itself. I shared what happened to me that day, and how a feeling that started with something I saw on my feed turned into a much bigger decision by the time evening came around. What's a day that checked every box on your list, and still left you feeling like something was wrong? Enjoy, Hila #Mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #seflectionpodcast #stillpointlogic #decisions #logic

  7. Aug 4

    Make the Right Choice Closer to You (S2 E10)

    You order the pizza while already thinking about why you shouldn't, you keep scrolling past midnight while your body is begging for sleep, you keep putting off the conversation you know you need to have, why does this keep happening even when you know better? This isn't a willpower problem, it's a distance problem, the worse choice is almost always closer, easier, cheaper and faster to reach, while the better one requires more planning, patience, effort, more of you. Aristotle wrote about it over two thousand years ago, Akrasia, the strange and very human habit of knowing exactly what the better choice is and still choosing the other one. Today we are reflecting about how to make the better choice, and separating the choice from the side effects that run alongside it. What's the choice you keep making that you already know isn't the one you want? Enjoy, Hila #StillPointLogic #Akrasia #Aristotle #SelfReflection #Overthinking #DecisionMaking #Philosophy #PersonalGrowth #InnerDialogue #ReflectionPodcast

  8. Jul 22

    Shopping, Control, and the Difference Between the Two (S2 E9)

    Ever bought something hoping it would fix a feeling? Sometimes emotional spending feels like control, especially when a purchase happens in the middle of a hard week. For a few seconds, it works, but that feeling fades fast. An object might shift how you feel in the moment, but for how long can it preserve that feeling into the rest of your week? This episode reflects on the difference between a purchase that's compensating for something, standing in for control, and one that's complementing something already valid. The line between retail therapy and a purchase you needed isn't in the object itself, shoes are shoes either way, it's in what you're expecting that purchase to do. Epictetus and Seneca are the philosophers joining us, and the question just before the add to cart is what are you actually reaching for. Enjoy, Hila #Shopping #EmotionalSpending #RetailTherapy #SelfReflection #Stoicism #Epictetus #Seneca #ThoughtRule #Philosophy #StillPointLogic

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Some days your own head is the hardest place to be. You replay conversations, talk yourself out of things before you even try, and understand what you should feel while feeling something completely different. StillPoint Logic is a podcast for anyone who has been there. Each episode explores thought patterns that influence how you feel, and works through them with reflection and logic. The ideas are practical and meant to become tools you return to when you are stuck, overwhelmed, or doubting yourself. I am your reflection companion, and I hope this podcast makes you feel good.

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  • Creator
    Hila Eigner
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    31
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Hila Eigner
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    StillPoint Logic Podcast