Better Beings

Real Humans with Dan Haggis

Apr 15, 2024

57:33

The wonderful Dan Haggis - from chart-topping band The Wombats - joins us to discuss creativity and commercialisation in the music business. In this fun and thoughtful episode we also discuss parenthood, wellbeing, mid-life-crises and what makes for a fulfilling and grounded life.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE

The appreciation & sense of wonder that parenthood brings - for the journey that all humans go through
Prioritising a creative career and navigating the school system
Holding onto the purity of making music vs being ‘successful’ in the industry
The mid-life crisis that comes when we turn 30; “slowly untethering from youth, accepting that you’re moving on to a new chapter”, and how yoga helped him through this process

QUOTES & SNIPPETS

“It’s like I’m seeing the pyramid of Egypt for the first time when I’m watching him (son), that sense of wonder, seeing his little personality grow”

“No matter how much work you do on yourself (e.g meditation, Wim Hof ice showers) - you can still fall into bad habits. We are all a work in progress”

“Keep the harmony. If you don’t get things ironed out with yourself and your band or business; there’s no longevity”

“Yoga was a revolutionary force in my life; the one place, apart from making music, that could go to be in the moment where no other thoughts exist”

REFERENCES

The Infinite Monkey Cage, Brian Cox

The Rest is Politics

Cold Reactor, Everything Everything

Doppelganger, Naomi Klein

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***, Mark Manson

The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle

CONNECT WITH DAN

Instagram (Dan)

Dan’s new album

FOLLOW THE WOMBATS

The Wombats