The Point of Now: Identity, Presence and Seeing Through the Busy Mind

The Point of Now: Presence, Identity and Seeing Through the Busy Mind

The podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that operates “Before Psychology” — the secret source that exponentially increases peace, performance, and potential for any individual or organisation.

A simple yet powerful way to see through the noisy mind

In this episode, Piers speaks with fellow coach and author Suzie Yeulett about her new book The Point of Now, and the simple but profound direction it points towards: the present moment, the nature of thought, and the resilience that is already available beneath the noise of the mind.

The conversation explores how much of our suffering comes from living in the mind’s projections of past and future, and how presence is not something we need to find, force or practise, but something that is already here. Suzie shares how her own experience of being with her mother at the end of life revealed a natural resilience that she had not created through tools, techniques or self-improvement.

Piers and Suzie also explore the deeper Quality of Mind theme of mistaken identity: what is the “self” actually made of, and what changes when identity is seen as thought, sensation and perception rather than something solid? The episode moves from practical examples of anxiety and overthinking into a deeper inquiry into presence, feeling, identity and the possibility of living with less striving and more natural clarity.

Key Discussion Takeaways

Presence is already here - it is not something we need to manufacture or force

Much of our pressure comes from thought travelling into past and future

Identity is not fixed or solid; it appears through thought, sensation and perception

The “self” may not be something to improve, but something to see through

Feeling is not a problem to fix - we are designed to feel