Why You ACTUALLY Feel Empty Inside (What Roberto Helou Did Differently)

The Beyond Tomorrow Podcast with Julian Issa

Roberto Helou is an explorer and documentary filmmaker who’s known for challenging the status quo - from how we learn to how we live

Roberto's work explores the intersections of identity, culture, education, and inner transformation. He's cycled the length of Africa and documented from some of the most remote areas of the world.

📌 Expect to learn:

Why school suppresses critical thinking and creativity

How identity, labels, and ego can quietly trap us

What makes us truly human—and how to return to it

How to live with curiosity, courage, and presence

And why choosing love over fear may be life’s deepest rebellion

⏱ Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Education nowadays is mainly memorizing

00:04:11 – Noticing school wasn’t working at age 13

00:08:23 – Becoming an outlier and questioning everything

00:12:35 – Why Roberto resists putting labels on himself

00:16:47 – Loving what you do is a virtuous circle

00:20:59 – Taking the risk to leave the system

00:25:11 – The mixed experiences that shaped his path

00:29:23 – Rediscovering what makes us deeply human

00:33:35 – Learning through philosophy and lived experience

00:37:47 – Nature, bushmen, and relearning how to feel

00:41:58 – A new worldview is starting to emerge

00:46:10 – Why modern life makes us poor hunters

00:50:22 – How Roberto studies human bias and culture

00:54:34 – The double-edged sword of identity

00:58:46 – Finding purpose through intuition and love

🎙 Hosted by Julian Issa

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🌍 Website: www.beyondtomorrowpodcast.com

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