Why You’re Still Struggling (And How to Stop)Why You’re Still Struggling (And How to Stop)
Path to Peace with Todd Perelmuter
Todd Perelmuter explains why people stay trapped in negative mental loops and shares a simple gratitude and awareness practice to shift towards peace and connection. The episode blends everyday examples with spiritual ideas about oneness, consciousness and the deeper sources of suffering and joy.
24:54•15 Aug 2026
From Negative Loops to Oneness: Todd Perelmuter on Why You’re Still Struggling
Episode Overview
- Start with one favourite person or thing and keep asking what made it, building a chain of gratitude that expands beyond the original object.
- Shift attention from repetitive thoughts to something calm and steady, such as the breath, to build unshakable inner stillness.
- Practise expanding awareness to include the causes and conditions behind everything you see, rather than zooming in on one problem.
- Recognise that life’s difficulties often shape the people and art you love, helping you relate differently to past suffering.
- See yourself as part of a connected universe rather than an isolated individual, softening fear, bitterness and hopelessness.
“It is impossible to complain about anything when we live in expanded awareness.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? Path to Peace with Todd Perelmuter leans into that question by looking at why so many stay stuck in negative thinking, and how a simple shift in awareness can start to change everything. Speaking directly to anyone living with anxiety, depression, addiction or long-term low mood, Todd talks about the familiar loop of overthinking, replaying old pain and criticising yourself and others.
Instead of offering complicated routines, he shares what he calls the easiest way to snap out of that mindset: pick one favourite person or thing, then keep asking, “What made that?” As he traces this back through parents, makers, ancestors, raw materials, nature, the sun, and finally the source of the universe, gratitude starts to snowball.
In his words, “It is impossible to complain about anything when we live in expanded awareness.” You’ll hear him link this gratitude practice to a wider spiritual perspective: oneness, the “quantum field”, God, consciousness, and the idea that nothing is ever truly lost, only changing.
He brings it back down to earth with everyday examples, like being so lost in thought you could miss Tom Hanks walking by, versus choosing to rest your attention on your breath and finding unshakable calm there. For people rebuilding life without numbing out with alcohol or other substances, this episode points to a practical mental habit: expanding awareness so widely that dark, repetitive thoughts lose their grip.
Todd suggests that by seeing how “everything is in everything”, even past suffering can be folded into a larger sense of meaning, connection and peace. If you’re tired of feeling stuck in your head and want a gentle but challenging practice to try today, this one might be worth pressing play on—what happens if you follow your favourite thing all the way back?
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