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# Content We Loved in 2025
- URL: https://www.dojoactors.com/loved-content-2025/
- Published: 2025-12-12T01:11:21.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-12T01:11:20.000Z
- Author: Tahlia Norrish
- Tags: Reading Lists

The content we consume influences the person and performer we become. This is a drum we'll bang until the Dojo desists: [our content diet matters more than we think](https://www.dojoactors.com/content-diet/). 

Historically, we've published a round-up of our favourite reads at the end of each year. This year, however, we thought we'd mix in a few of our fave [podcasts](#podcasts), [TV series](#tv-series), and [films](#films) for a little extra variety. A conscious content diet doesn't have to be boring or restrictive. In fact, there's quite a range across our top 10 picks of 2025, so we're confident there will be a content Scooby snack for everyone🍿 

Full disclosure: we provide Amazon Associates links in the books section below. If you make a purchase using these links, we receive a few cents from Amazon (at no extra cost to you). Muchas gracias for helping keep the Dojo up and running! 

![Taylor Swift "Let's dive in" GIF](https://media.tenor.com/V7oYTGTe3goAAAAC/swifferpics-taylor-swift.gif)

## Books 

[The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes](https://amzn.to/48eX76z?ref=dojoactors.com)   
by Suzanne Collins   
👉 The "young adult" categorisation doesn't do this series justice. It's hard not to see the parallels to current events and recent history. 

[Sabbath](https://amzn.to/4ojkPER?ref=dojoactors.com)   
by Wayne Muller   
👉 If you could do with a compelling case for the value of rest and leisure, this will do it. Even the experience of reading this read is deeply restorative. 

[Wherever You Go, There You Are](https://amzn.to/4ptA3YP?ref=dojoactors.com)   
by Jon Kabat-Zinn   
👉 Kabat-Zinn is one of the OGs of Western mindfulness, and this is one of his most important – and most accessible – works. 

**Re-read**:   
[Your Money or Your Life](https://amzn.to/4ppLIb2?ref=dojoactors.com)   
by Vicki Robins   
👉 This acted as a profound wake-up call when we first read it in 2022, and it remains a strong reminder today. We've gifted this book to many an amigo over the last three years. 

## Podcasts 

[The 5 Types of Wealth: Sahil Bloom On Why Time, Friends, Mind & Body Always Come Before Money](https://www.richroll.com/podcast/sahil-bloom-886/?ref=dojoactors.com)   
from The Rich Roll Podcast   
👉 Another piece of content we've shared widely since consuming it. Wisdom we all know in theory, but can forget to embody in practice. 

[How to Find and Live by Your Values](https://solvedpodcast.com/values/?ref=dojoactors.com)   
from SOLVED with Mark Manson   
👉 Two years of reading research literature has led to values becoming increasingly central to the work we do at the Dojo. An accessible – occasionally irreverent – take on the topic. 

[Paul Graham (How To Do Great Work)](https://pod.link/founders/episode/MzExNDRjMjEtNmRkMC00ZDRmLTliZGUtMmY5NDBiMjllYmZj?ref=dojoactors.com)   
from Founders   
👉 We'll be re-listening to this episode, without a doubt. Equal parts encouraging and a kick in the booty. 

**Re-listen**:   
[Elizabeth Gilbert — How to Set Strong Boundaries, Overcome Purpose Anxiety, and Find Your Deep Inner Voice](https://tim.blog/2024/09/26/elizabeth-gilbert-2/?ref=dojoactors.com)   
from The Tim Ferriss Show   
👉 Elizabeth Gilbert at her finest. Need we say more? 

## TV series 

[Shrinking](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15677150/?ref=dojoactors.com) S2   
from Bill Lawrence, Jason Segel, and Brett Goldstein   
👉 An alternately heart-breaking and heart-warming depiction of relationships in today's world. 

## Films 

[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9362722/?ref=dojoactors.com)   
from Joaquim Dos Santos and Justin K. Thompson   
👉 Come for the animation, stay for the story. 

Have a related recommendation for us? We'd [love to hear](https://www.dojoactors.com/contact/)!