A MONTHLY PODCAST
Conversations on the
edge of modern life
Conversations on the edge of modern life
Human questions in an accelerating world
Long-form conversations on the deeper questions beneath wealth, work, technology and purpose. Not answers, but better questions — and the lives we are trying to build from them.
Long-form conversations on the deeper questions beneath wealth, work, technology and purpose. Not answers, but better questions — and the lives we are trying to build from them.
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Meet The Edge of Meaning
Meet The Edge of Meaning
A short introduction to the questions, conversations and people shaping The Edge of Meaning.
What you'll find
What you'll find
Our first monthly release available now
Money as a Mirror
for the Mind
with Dr. Thomas Mathar
Money & Identity
A conversation about how our financial lives reveal more than numbers: fear, freedom, agency, status, safety, and the stories we carry about what it means to live well.
Watch or listen: Video available on YouTube and audio in Apple Podcast and Spotify
Watch a preview
Our first monthly release available now
Money as a Mirror
for the Mind
with Dr. Thomas Mathar
Money & Identity
A conversation about how our financial lives reveal more than numbers: fear, freedom, agency, status, safety, and the stories we carry about what it means to live well.
Watch or listen: Video available on YouTube and audio in Apple Podcast and Spotify
Watch a preview
Our first monthly release available now
Money as a Mirror
for the Mind
with Dr. Thomas Mathar
Money & Identity
A conversation about how our financial lives reveal more than numbers: fear, freedom, agency, status, safety, and the stories we carry about what it means to live well.
Watch or listen: Video available on YouTube and audio in Apple Podcast and Spotify
Watch a preview
Our Why
We are fatigued by content residue…
We are fatigued by content residue…
63
%
of UK employees show at least one sign of burnout: exhaustion, disengagement or reduced performance, up from 51% in 2021. TEOM makes room for the conversations that speed and volume leave behind. (Deloitte, 2024)
63
%
of UK employees show at least one sign of burnout: exhaustion, disengagement or reduced performance, up from 51% in 2021. TEOM makes room for the conversations that speed and volume leave behind. (Deloitte, 2024)
63
%
of UK employees show at least one sign of burnout: exhaustion, disengagement or reduced performance, up from 51% in 2021. TEOM makes room for the conversations that speed and volume leave behind. (Deloitte, 2024)
90
%
of people say they have experienced "purpose anxiety" at some point in their lives. TEOM is a space for lived experience, for questioning inherited assumptions, and for finding a life that feels authentic. (Rainey, University of Pennsylvania, 2014)
90
%
of people say they have experienced "purpose anxiety" at some point in their lives. TEOM is a space for lived experience, for questioning inherited assumptions, and for finding a life that feels authentic. (Rainey, University of Pennsylvania, 2014)
90
%
of people say they have experienced "purpose anxiety" at some point in their lives. TEOM is a space for lived experience, for questioning inherited assumptions, and for finding a life that feels authentic. (Rainey, University of Pennsylvania, 2014)
15
minutes
of passive scrolling measurably reduces prefrontal activity and the focus you return to work with. TEOM leaves its audience with orientation rather than content residue. (fNIRS study, 2026)
15
minutes
of passive scrolling measurably reduces prefrontal activity and the focus you return to work with. TEOM leaves its audience with orientation rather than content residue. (fNIRS study, 2026)
15
minutes
of passive scrolling measurably reduces prefrontal activity and the focus you return to work with. TEOM leaves its audience with orientation rather than content residue. (fNIRS study, 2026)
The Edge of Meaning holds
intellect and humanity together.
The Edge of Meaning holds intellect and humanity together.
We’re guided by expertise earned through lived experience and unpack what shapes our choices, ambitions, and sense of self through conversations on technology, AI, wealth, leadership, psychology, and personal reinvention.
We’re guided by expertise earned through lived experience and unpack what shapes our choices, ambitions, and sense of self through conversations on technology, AI, wealth, leadership, psychology, and personal reinvention.
An emerging map of meaning
Money
Not only as income, investment or security, but as a mirror for fear, freedom, identity, aspiration and the stories we inherit about worth.
Trust
How we decide what is safe, who is credible, which institutions still feel legitimate, and what happens when trust is mediated by technology.
Work
The role ambition, leadership, exhaustion, reinvention and professional identity play in the search for a meaningful life.
Technology
How AI and digital systems shape attention, judgement, autonomy and the quiet architecture of everyday choices.
Life
The transitions we all move through: ageing, health, family, loss, belonging, renewal and the changing idea of a life well lived.
Spirituality
Not doctrine, but the human search for depth, presence, connection, awe and the part of life that cannot be reduced to productivity.
Nature
The living world as a source of grounding, humility and reconnection — especially in cities and accelerated modern environments.
Lived experience
Real stories of change, doubt, ambition, rupture and repair — because meaning is rarely understood in abstraction alone.
An emerging map of meaningful topics
Money
Not only as income, investment or security, but as a mirror for fear, freedom, identity, aspiration and the stories we inherit about worth.
Trust
How we decide what is safe, who is credible, which institutions still feel legitimate, and what happens when trust is mediated by technology.
Work
The role ambition, leadership, exhaustion, reinvention and professional identity play in the search for a meaningful life.
Technology
How AI and digital systems shape attention, judgement, autonomy and the quiet architecture of everyday choices.
Life
The transitions we all move through: ageing, health, family, loss, belonging, renewal and the changing idea of a life well lived.
Spirituality
Not doctrine, but the human search for depth, presence, connection, awe and the part of life that cannot be reduced to productivity.
Nature
The living world as a source of grounding, humility and reconnection — especially in cities and accelerated modern environments.
Lived experience
Real stories of change, doubt, ambition, rupture and repair — because meaning is rarely understood in abstraction alone.
About The Host
Hosted by Dr. Jocelyn Braun — Joy to most people — a fintech executive whose life and work cut across finance, technology and education. She is committed to learning, to health and vitality, and to reflective inquiry, and brings that experience, insight and curiosity to every conversation.
About The Host
Hosted by Dr. Jocelyn Braun — Joy to most people — a fintech executive whose life and work cut across finance, technology and education. She is committed to learning, to health and vitality, and to reflective inquiry, and brings that experience, insight and curiosity to every conversation.
What you’ll find here
An emerging map of meaning
Money
Not only as income, investment or security, but as a mirror for fear, freedom, identity, aspiration and the stories we inherit about worth.
Trust
How we decide what is safe, who is credible, which institutions still feel legitimate, and what happens when trust is mediated by technology.
Work
The role ambition, leadership, exhaustion, reinvention and professional identity play in the search for a meaningful life.
Technology
How AI and digital systems shape attention, judgement, autonomy and the quiet architecture of everyday choices.
Life
The transitions we all move through: ageing, health, family, loss, belonging, renewal and the changing idea of a life well lived.
Spirituality
Not doctrine, but the human search for depth, presence, connection, awe and the part of life that cannot be reduced to productivity.
Nature
The living world as a source of grounding, humility and reconnection — especially in cities and accelerated modern environments.
Lived experience
Real stories of change, doubt, ambition, rupture and repair — because meaning is rarely understood in abstraction alone.