23 Lessons from 2025

Get my free End Of Year Review Template here - https://chriswillx.com/review/ It’s the end of 2025 and to celebrate I thought I’d run through some of the best lessons I’ve picked up over the last 12 months. This year has had over 10,000 minutes of episodes produced so there was a lot to choose from but I ended up settling on 23 insights from some of my favourite conversations, both inside and outside of the podcast. Expect to learn why I try to stay out of internet drama, how not to care about what other people think of you, why you shouldn't have shame in small fears, how to use vulnerability to your advantage and show true strength, why procrastination is often about fear, what the Atlas Complex, Input-Output Delusion and The Anorexic Hermit Crab are, and much more... - 0:00 Reflecting on 2025: Gratitude and Annual Review 1:15 The Parental Attribution Error 10:55 Advice Hyper-Responders 19:53 We Need to Embrace Our Vulnerabilities 34:56 How to Overcome Procrastination 50:27 The Input-Output Delusion 56:30 7 Key Lessons for a Strong Relationship 01:06:42 The Shame of Small Fears 01:15:20 The Atlas Complex 01:19:43 Hopes for 2026 - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Chris Williamsonhost

Dec 18, 20251h 21mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: December 18, 2025
Duration: 1h 21m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Get my free End Of Year Review Template here - https://chriswillx.com/review/ It’s the end of 2025 and to celebrate I thought I’d run through some of the best lessons I’ve picked up over the last 12 months. This year has had over 10,000 minutes of episodes produced so there was a lot to choose from but I ended up settling on 23 insights from some of my favourite conversations, both inside and outside of the podcast. Expect to learn why I try to stay out of internet drama, how not to care about what other people think of you, why you shouldn't have shame in small fears, how to use vulnerability to your advantage and show true strength, why procrastination is often about fear, what the Atlas Complex, Input-Output Delusion and The Anorexic Hermit Crab are, and much more... - 0:00 Reflecting on 2025: Gratitude and Annual Review 1:15 The Parental Attribution Error 10:55 Advice Hyper-Responders 19:53 We Need to Embrace Our Vulnerabilities 34:56 How to Overcome Procrastination 50:27 The Input-Output Delusion 56:30 7 Key Lessons for a Strong Relationship 01:06:42 The Shame of Small Fears 01:15:20 The Atlas Complex 01:19:43 Hopes for 2026 - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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Chris Williamson
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Chris Williamson, 23 Lessons from 2025 explores chris Williamson’s 2025 Lessons: Parents, Advice, Fear, and Truth Chris Williamson closes 2025 by unpacking a series of hard-won psychological and life lessons drawn from his year, his podcast, and his writing. He challenges common therapeutic and self‑help narratives, arguing for more nuance in how we see our parents, take advice, treat vulnerability, handle procrastination, and measure productivity. He also lays out concrete ideas about relationships, personality traits, and the emotional landscape of modern life—especially our shame around fear and our tendency to over-own blame. The episode is both philosophical and practical, framed by Chris’ own admission that this has been the hardest year of his life and an attempt to turn that pain into something useful for listeners.

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