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DV Brain Change Meditations
by Glenn Ostlund
Welcome to DVBrainChangeA meditation podcast project for anyone ready to rewire the brain, regulate the nervous system, and rediscover their power to choose.DVBrainChange is a guided meditation series created by therapist and storyteller Glenn Ostlund. Originally designed as a supportive tool for men in court-mandated domestic violence treatment groups, this project combines the therapeutic insights of the Brain Change curriculum with cutting-edge neuroscience, binaural audio beats, and poetic, hypnotic storytelling.But this series isn’t just for those in DV programs.If you’ve ever struggled with anger, anxiety, shame, or self-sabotaging patterns—if you’re curious about how your brain works and how it can change—you’re in the right place.Each episode offers a meditative experience built to:-Explore the difference between reaction and response-Calm the nervous system through neural entrainment-Foster inner awareness and emotional regulation-Create space for real, personal
Episodes
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Session 9: Imagining Empathy
In this 20-minute guided meditation, we explore the powerful skill of empathy—a transformative capacity that can be developed and refined by anyone. Using a gentle staircase deepening and evocative visual metaphors, you'll be guided to step into the inner world of another, suspend judgment, and...
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Session 8: Walking in Her Shoes
Episode Title: Session 8 – Walking in Her Shoes: The Felt Practice of Empathy This guided meditation invites listeners to take one of the most vital—and vulnerable—steps in the change process: imagining the experience of the person they hurt. In alignment with Session 8’s focus on reconstructing...
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Session 7: Facing the Mirror
Episode Title: Session 7 – Facing the Mirror: The Beginning of Doing Better This meditation invites you into stillness—not to escape—but to gently face what you’ve avoided. In step with Session 7’s work on cognitive interventions, “Facing the Mirror” guides you through a felt process of honest...
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Session 6: The River of Your Thoughts
Episode Title: Session 6 – The River of Your Thoughts With soft river sounds and foglike focus, this guided meditation invites you to step back from the noise of your thoughts and sit—quietly—on the riverbank. In harmony with Session 6, which introduces stress management and cognitive awareness,...
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Session 5: Cooling the System
Session 5 – Cooling the System: HALT and Nervous-System Reset Sink into slow ambient tones and let shoulders drop as we guide you through the Milton-Erickson–style “Cooling the System” meditation. The script uses a simple flame-turning metaphor to embody Session 5’s lesson: stress heats the…
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Session 4: Brain Change Prep: "I Am Rewiring"
Episode Title: Session 4 – Brain Change Prep: "I Am Rewiring" With ambient tones drifting from alpha into theta, this meditation guides you straight into the electrical heart of Session 4—brain change by deliberate practice. Eyes soft, breath slow, you’ll visualize two trails inside your mind’s...
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Session 3: Changing What you Do
Episode Title: Session 3 – Changing What you Do Description Sink the shoulders, loosen the jaw, let breathing find its own tempo—then picture a fork in the road. One track is the worn‑in route of old reactions; the other is an unmapped trail that begins with a single, different move. This...
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Session 2: Taking 100% Responsibility for What You Did and Are Doing Now
Episode Title: Session 2 – Taking 100% Responsibility for What You Did and Are Doing Now Description This session invites you into a slow‑tide breath and a mirror that shows only one thing: your own behavior. With eyes closed or softly focused, you’ll notice there’s nothing to fix, no one else to...
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Session 1: Series Introduction and Orientation
Episode 1: Orientation – What Is DV Brain Change? Welcome to the DV Brain Change Meditation Podcast Series. In this special orientation episode, therapist and creator Glenn Ostlund introduces the purpose, structure, and personal philosophy behind this unique fusion of neuroscience, sound therapy,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to DVBrainChangeA meditation podcast project for anyone ready to rewire the brain, regulate the nervous system, and rediscover their power to choose.DVBrainChange is a guided meditation series created by therapist and storyteller Glenn Ostlund. Originally designed as a supportive tool for men in court-mandated domestic violence treatment groups, this project combines the therapeutic insights of the Brain Change curriculum with cutting-edge neuroscience, binaural audio beats, and poetic, hypnotic storytelling.But this series isn’t just for those in DV programs.If you’ve ever struggled with anger, anxiety, shame, or self-sabotaging patterns—if you’re curious about how your brain works and how it can change—you’re in the right place.Each episode offers a meditative experience built to:-Explore the difference between reaction and response-Calm the nervous system through neural entrainment-Foster inner awareness and emotional regulation-Create space for real, personal
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