Education as Awakening. Consciousness & Human Potential Podcast Ep 2 with Molly Beauregard

Molly Beauregard explores how modern education—and modern life—can leave us “out of tune” with ourselves. The conversation challenges the mechanistic view of learning, pointing instead to a more human-centered approach that includes both knowledge and inner experience. Anxiety and attention issues are reframed as understandable responses to a high-stress culture, rather than signs of a “broken” individual. Ultimately, it asks: what would a more nurturing form of education look like?Molly Beauregard holds master’s degrees in both public administration and sociology. She has been a professor of sociology for twenty-one years at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. Her book, Tuning the Student Mind, follows Molly and her students on their intellectual and spiritual journey over the course of a semester in her groundbreaking class, Consciousness, Creativity, and Identity, which offered students the chance to experience meditation first-hand. Molly has also been a visiting instructor at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. She is a member of the Society of Consciousness Studies.Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and YouTube.The Consciousness & Human Potential podcast explores the deep questions of human life and their connection to the development of our inner potential. Each episode brings together researchers, scholars, and experts from across fields — those applying the insights of consciousness to their work and those expanding our understanding of what human development can really mean.Produced by the Maharishi Vedic Science Department at Maharishi International University, the podcast is rooted in an ancient tradition of knowledge about consciousness — and seeks to build bridges between the diverse thinkers and experts shaping this field today.For more information and episodes, check out our website: miu.edu/consciousness-and-human-potential-podcast/To keep up to date on the podcast and other department activities, follow our official Instagram account: instagram.com/maharishi_vedic_science