We’ve all been in rooms that suddenly feel heavier.

Not because anything has gone wrong.

Not because someone has done something deliberately.

Just… heavier.

In today’s Sunday episode, Keith reflects on a phrase he heard recently, “mood hoover” and gently explores what it reveals about how sensitive we are to the emotional weather other people bring with them.

This isn’t about blaming or labelling anyone.

It’s about recognising that most people who arrive heavily are simply carrying something unseen, and that, at different moments in our lives, we’ve probably all been that person.

A quiet reflection on presence, awareness, and the difference between intention and impact, and an invitation to notice what we’re carrying before we hand it to everyone else.

Daily Think:
“We all change rooms — sometimes without meaning to.”

If this episode helps you arrive into the week a little more gently, then it’s done its job.

Today’s Saturday episode is about community, the quiet, shared understanding that brings people into this space.

It’s a reflection on belonging without performance, recognition without fixing, and the reassurance of knowing you’re not alone with what you’re carrying.

Key themes:

• Community and shared space
• Belonging without contribution or performance
• Recognition as relief
• Quiet connection over commentary

Listener takeaway:
You don’t need to show up with answers, energy, or explanations to belong here.

Daily Think:
“Belonging doesn’t require performance.”

Fridays aren’t for verdicts, they’re for noticing.

In this episode, Keith reflects on the small things that helped this week. Not the things that fixed everything or changed the outcome, but the modest moments that softened the edges and made the days a little easier to live inside.

There’s a gentle reminder that help doesn’t always arrive loudly, and that simply not getting worse can sometimes count as progress.

A kind, unpressured way to end the week, and an invitation to notice what helped you too.

In this episode of Lighter Than You Started, Keith steps back to gently explore the absurdities of modern life, our devices, our habits, and the way seriousness has quietly attached itself to things that don’t always deserve it.

With wry humour and perspective, this is an invitation to loosen your grip just a little, to smile at the world we’ve built, and to remember that not everything needs your full emotional attention.

A lighter episode, without becoming flippant.

Most of our days are shaped by systems we didn’t design and rarely think about, until we feel worn down by them.

In this episode, Keith reflects on what it feels like to be human inside modern systems: work, healthcare, bureaucracy, and the quiet exhaustion that comes from navigating processes that weren’t built with full humanity in mind.

This isn’t about blame or fixing anything. It’s about recognising a particular kind of tiredness, and reminding ourselves that feeling drained by systems doesn’t mean we’ve failed, it means we’re human.

A calm, reflective pause in the middle of the week.

Some moments don’t arrive with significance attached. They don’t demand attention or announce themselves as important, they simply happen, quietly, while life carries on.

In this episode of Lighter Than You Started, Keith shares a small, ordinary moment that stayed with him longer than expected. Not because it changed anything, but because it softened something.

This is a story about interruption, recognition, and the understated ways we’re reminded that other people are living their lives alongside ours.

No advice. No conclusions. Just a moment, and the space to notice it.

This is the first full weekday episode of Lighter Than You Started, and the template for what weekdays sound like here.

In this episode, Keith reflects on the pressure Mondays carry, the quiet effort most of life requires, and why starting gently isn’t a lack of ambition but a realistic way to begin.

With a glance at the world, a human moment, a touch of wry humour, and a daily thought to carry with you, this episode sets the tone for the weeks ahead: no rushing, no fixing, no performance.

Just a steady voice, a familiar space, and the hope of ending the day a little lighter than it began.

Before the week begins, this episode gently explains the rhythm of Lighter Than You Started.

Rather than a schedule or a set of expectations, this is about familiarity and comfort.

Mondays are for grounding.
Tuesdays for stories.
Wednesdays for the systems we live inside.
Thursdays for perspective and absurdity.
Fridays for what helped.
Saturdays stay loose.
Sundays slow everything down again.

This episode is a quiet reassurance that routine doesn’t cage us, it holds us. That predictability can be kind. And that this space is designed to feel familiar, not demanding.

Tomorrow, the first full weekday episode begins. Same voice. Same warmth. Same space.