A million downloads, so here is who the voice belongs to. Broken neck at 18, rock bottom at 40, and still cannot meditate to save my life.

About 8 minutes. Not a meditation, just me talking.

I was the kid told to sit on his hands. My granddad took his own life when I was twelve, we lived in a caravan for a while, and I took an overdose the same year I broke my neck. At 40 I was suffering far too much, and every book I opened told me to meditate. I do not care much about the number. I am still that seven year old who wants to help.

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Okay, you're not going to believe what's just happened. I have just passed the 1 million downloads

on my podcast.

Now then, this is the Inner Peace Meditations podcast that is my guided meditations. And two years ago,

I decided to give them free. Because they helped me so much. and I thought I would record a

quick podcast for you to tell you who the voice is behind all these meditations.

And the gift I have in putting people to sleep is, well, I think it's a gift.

So I've got a talent. I can put people to sleep. What more can I say? Hey, look, I'm Steven

Webb and I'm going to briefly tell you some of my story because I think it would be helpful.

I cannot meditate to save my life. Literally, I sit down to meditate my mind goes, hey, let's do

all these other things. Let's check Facebook. Let's do all these other things and And it comes up with the

most not important things that are the most important things to my mind at that time. And I sit down

and I fidget. I'm the person that was told at school to sit on my hands. And being paralysed,

you would think that I'd find easier to meditate. Not at all. I'm paralysed just below my neck and my

arms paralysed and my

Well not entirely my arms, partially my arms and my hands are paralysed. And I suffered a lot from

pain and suffered through so many things in life. At 18 years old, I broke my neck. That's how I

ended up paralysed. And sorry if this story is a bit everywhere. I haven't scripted this. I just wanted to

tell you a bit about my story, why I do this. And through a really difficult childhood,

not always difficult, it wasn't all bad, but it was good times. But through my granddad committing suicide with us

12 we were homeless as children for a while we lived in a caravan. For my mum, that was really

terrible. For me, that was an adventure um Different perspectives there. And we moved schools and

I was kicked out of sixth form and Yeah I took an overdose when I was 18. And in that

year, I ended up breaking my neck and ended up paralysed. It's now 32 years on. Since then, I hit

rock bottom. I lost everything. I lost my partner. And just so many things happened to me in my life

that I turned 40 and I was suffering way too much. And I tried to reduce my suffering. And every

book told me I had to meditate. And I couldn't meditate. Couldn't that They would say, sit down, take a

deep breath, quiet in your mind. I was like, yeah, that shit's not working on me. And I ended up

with meditation friends. I went to meditation groups and It just did not work. I would sit there one eye

open and looking at everybody else thinking, what the hell are you all doing? My mind's as wake as anything

and you're all going home So I ended up thinking that that meditation is not for me, but

there must be something in it. There must be. So I don't think I'm got anything new when

it comes to meditation all that, but I don't see it as meditation. Although Inner Peace Meditations kind of gives

it away. Just sit, take a deep breath. You know, if you want to look at the clouds, look of

the clouds. If you want to think of other things, allow it to do that. But just, ah, soften itself.

And by doing this, I found that it helped me anyway. I had a more peaceful life.

And just by doing that and having a more peaceful life, I thought, well, I could record this and just

what I'm doing. And that's what I did with a small group of us. That's what I did. And I

put it on Insight Timer and Aura. And I'll put links to my teachings on there. And it's very similar

to one here. And for some reason, people like my voice. I have no reason why. I think my voice

is terrible. But yeah. And now I do it and people donate a coffee to me. And

there's been more than a million downloads. Primarily by you guys in Australia. I will say that. You guys

are awesome in Australia. On Spotify, it seems to have just completely taken off there. I'm number two on the

religious charts on there or something. So I don't know quite who's singing my praises over there.

I know a few of you have emailed me and said hello and introduced yourself. And any of you can

message me, ask me questions. Just go to StevenWebb.uk. You can also donate a coffee if you want or anything

like that. It's totally up to you. If I can ask you to do one thing, leave a review. Just

leave a review on this podcast. That would be amazing. Just if it helps you, leave a review. If it's

something I can improve, leave a review. Just a really brief update as well. In the last couple of years,

I've been quite poorly and I didn't realise how poorly I've been. So in December, I was rushed into hospital

on my birthday actually, having bled a lot and I had an emergency operation. The recovery has not been

as quick as I would like it to be. It never is. But I'm now doing a lot better. I

ended up getting a couple of other infections and things like that, but I'm now doing a lot better. So

there will be more meditations uploaded and there will be more. So yeah, here's to 2024 and

a little more inner peace for us all. Do you know what? I just want to say I don't really

care about the numbers, but

I do care if I will reduce someone's suffering. As a seven-year-old boy, I began my suffering.

And whenever I'm choking up a bit here now, but whenever I think about that there's suffering in the

world, I am that seven-year-old boy that wants to help. Then I know it will never be enough. I know

I can never achieve that. And I'm wrestling with that every day. And there's more on that on my sister

podcast, Stillness in the Storms, which is also a link in the show notes, which I talk deeper. I don't

go into meditation on that one, but I talk deeper about life and newer, different perspectives. But I

am still that seven year old that wants to reduce your suffering. And if I help in any way, just

let you know that I'm so grateful that it's helped. That's enough for me. One million

downloads. Thank you to each and every one of you um I don't know what else to say apart from

the world cares about numbers. I don't necessarily, but I think it's something to be grateful for and celebrate.

I love you guys. Take care. Don't forget to check out Stillness in the Storms and leave a review if

you can, whatever platform you listen on.

Take care. See

you soon.