Eddy Smits spent years as a hospital clown working with terminally ill and palliative children. What he learned in those rooms became a complete philosophy for living — about authenticity, honesty, resilience, human connection, and real success.
In this conversation we talk about:
• How to walk into the hardest rooms in life
• Why connection must come before comedy (or performance)
• The difference between being a clown and acting like one• Why honesty (even when it hurts) builds stronger people
• The danger of shortcuts and blueprints
• Why most fears are taught, not real
• Human connection in a world obsessed with AI and automation
• Why you need the downs to experience the highs.
This is one of the most honest and grounded conversations we’ve had on Unwritten.
Chapters:
00:00 – The quote that started everything
04:00 – How Eddy became a hospital clown
08:30 – Connection before comedy
17:00 – Honesty that actually helps people grow
28:00 – Spirituality, God & the circle of life
38:00 – How Model C was written
40:00 – What Model C really means
50:00 – What it means to truly live
52:00 – The dehumanization of modern life (AI & automation)
01:09:00 – Can a clown be taken seriously?
01:14:00 – Why shortcuts almost never work
01:18:00 – The only two real fears we are born with
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