Out of the Fishbowl

Send us a textRevisiting a conversation i started in Season 1 when i spoke about An EXISTential crisis, i speak into a whole lot of Practical Examples about how we can live lives that are significant in a world that maybe suggests it is a waste of time to even try. Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textWhat if we got a little bit more Intentional with our Acts of Kindness and what if Kindness was the very thing that might just change this world...?Join me, Brett Fish as i explore how every single time the ants outnumber the crickets with an invitation to be Fiercely Kind. Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textWith so many different thoughts, experiences, ideas and styles of church in the world, i want to invite you to engage with some thoughts on what i think Jesus might have had in mind when He called us to be church... many of these thoughts are from the book, 'iChurch' that i self-published in 2015... Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textLast week's episode was about nasty little trolls on the internet and the damage they can do and this week's takes a deeper look at well-intentioned, good-,meaning people who sometimes say stupid or unkind things from a place of ignorance and pa nic - so how can we use our voices better? Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textBack in Pandemic days the term 'maskhole' was coined to describe people who would be ridiculously awful when required to wear something as simple as a mask to prevent the spread of disease and so this episode looks at that as well as judging each other and with a bonus segment on how we find beautiful at the end... Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textIn a world - especially an online one - where you don't know what sorts of things people are carrying in the background and where you can choose to be a dick or something better, choose to be lekker! [Good/Cool/Rad] Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textIn the busyness  and chaos of life, many of us rarely find or make times to pause and slow down and reflect and reconnect and just be and in this episode i invite you to be intentional about seeking a quiet pace... Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textA huge tragedy and an incredible celebration both happen on the same day... how are we supposed to hold on to and make any sense of these two contradictory seemingly paradoxical things without losing our minds.Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textSuper excited to announce that Season 4 is so close to being with us and in the meantime, while you are waiting for it, make sure you are all caught up and in particular have listened to these 3 episodes from each of the previous seasons. With a special shoutout to Jeremy Koeries [sound] and Rico Schacherl [logo]...Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textWe started Season 3 of OOTFB with an invitation into Curiosity and we have used that framework to dive into a number of important issues and as we end off the Season, aware of the imploding world around us, the invitation is extended to become part of the solution by doing the one good thing that presents itself to you! Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textTime is something we don't think or talk too much about and yet it is such a valuable asset that we have to play with. In this episode we look at using Time well. Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textThis is an episode that talks about how aware we are of the others in the room - and maybe also those not in the room with regards to inclusion and belonging and more.Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textBrett Fish takes a look at some different types of friends that he has in his life, inviting you to look around and see what you have around you, and more importantly evaluate what kind of a friend are you to your crew.Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textWhat happens when you reach the lowest point in your life and you are really struggling? How do we get beyond that? Who do we reach out to? Having just experienced the hardest year and a half of his own life, Brett Fish speaks to this space that might feel so broken and messed up, with some measure of hope. Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textWhat does it mean to be a real man? And how is the world and specifically South Africa doing when it comes to real men? Brett Fish takes a look in the mirror and then at the men around him and calls us to a new standard, far removed from where we are right now. Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textThis is an episode all about the importance of Representation and being able to see people who look like you as a way of dreaming dreams and pursuing them. Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textA few weeks ago i took part in the South African Nationals of Catan - a strategy and dice board game - and won and on the 14th of November i will be flying to Malta near Italy, to compete in the World Catan Champs... and so i chatted to Etienne from Solarpop who are sponsoring the trip. Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textYou know what they say about Curiosity and the cat? But what if we misunderstood that proverb all of these years and Curiosity is absolutely the way we should be approaching the world today?Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textAs i start to record Season III of Out of the Fishbowl i could not wait to share some thoughts and news about the upcoming Fathers Matter programme being run by Heartlines who i work for. Imagine a scenario where 5 million men around South Africa engage with a series of short movies created around themes of being positive present and active fathers in the lives of their children. This is going to be the conversation all of South Africa will be talking about in September and October so make sure you take some time to engage with this heads up introduction. And please SHARE this with your friends and followers! Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...

Send us a textA reflection on the mentoring we do and have done to us, whether we have been intentional about it or not. Did you ever want a mentor but were never able to find them? Are you someone who thinks you are not mentoring people right now? Are you scared that you don't have what it takes but find that you do have the skills to order a milkshake? Then this is for you...Support the showContact BrettFish:Tweet me at @FishbowlCodcast or @BrettFishABecome a Patreon of the PodcastThanks for listening and share your thoughts and reflections on this episode...