I've spent a lot of my life keeping my past to myself. People see the life I've built, the coffee house, the creativity, the laughter, and understandably assume everything is okay. It is. I love my life. But there's a lot they don't see.

In this episode, I talk openly about growing up around violence, fear and instability, the lasting effects of trauma, and what it means to carry those experiences into adulthood.

It's not a sob story. No violins, just honesty. I don't have all the answers... just working things out as I go like all of us. But if there's one thing I've learned, it's that even when life takes you somewhere incredibly dark, there's still a way forward.

I never gave up. And if you're struggling, I can't pretend it is easy, but there is always hope.

Life's complicated, isn't it?

Be kind to yourselves and each other.

Coo to a pigeon.

Chaplin x

This week I'm talking about social media and how I found myself getting far too wrapped up in likes, views, followers and the dreaded algorithm while promoting 7 Hope Studio.

It led to a bit of a crash and a much-needed ego check. A reminder that our self-worth shouldn't be measured by numbers on a screen or the approval of strangers.

I've realized what matters is doing what I love for the sake of doing what I love. Making films, creating things and enjoying the process rather than seeking validation.

I also talk about my love of October and Halloween, its Celtic origins, and an upcoming trip to Warwick Castle. Then there's ghosts, the paranormal and my fascination with things we can't quite explain.

Finally, this week's record is Slipknot's Iowa on translucent green vinyl, picked up from Wayne's Lost Penguin Wax Shack in Bude.Thanks for listening!

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Love, self-acceptance, creativity and learning to give yourself time.

This week I’m trying to make sense of love — loving yourself, loving other people without abandoning your boundaries, and that bigger sense of connection we sometimes find through creativity, nature and spirituality.

I also talk about 7 Hope Studio, discovering filmmaking, learning to be patient with myself, and why getting good at something takes time.

The episode ends with one of my own songs, The Silence in Between.

Thanks for listening.— Chaplin

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