Infants on Thrones

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileA listener reaches out after an unexpected conversation with a former bishop leaves her shaken, tearful, and wondering why old wounds still hurt. In this episode, we explore religious trauma through the lenses of Samskara, Polyvagal Theory, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Why does the body react long after the mind has moved on? What happens when old emotional grooves are triggered? And how can we cultivate peace, boundaries, and self-trust without needing to prove our experience to anyone?

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileA message from an old friend became an unexpected mirror. After a New Moon ritual, Glenn received a warning that he had opened demonic portals through witchcraft and that only repentance could save him. Rather than debating theology, this episode explores certainty, folklore, nervous systems, cult dynamics, spiritual identity, and the stories we use to make sense of reality. What happens when two people who once admired each other find themselves living inside entirely different worlds?

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileA binaural meditation examining anger through the lens of neuroscience and polyvagal theory.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileAfter watching Episode 8 first thing when I woke up this morning, I had to sit down and record my reflections -- set against a backdrop of a binaural audio soundscape intentionally designed to calm and soothe the nervous system (if you will allow that, Carol).

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileIn this binaural audio meditation, I offer reflections on Pluribus—not as claims about authorial intent, but as a personal response to what the story evokes in me. I don’t presume to know the intentions of Vince Gilligan, the creative team, or what Rhea Seehorn is aiming to convey. Listening to the show’s official podcast, you can hear the care, curiosity, and shared joy behind their process—a kind of pluribus, a many-as-one collaboration that I deeply respect. My reflections exist alongside that work, not over it.Using Carol Sterka’s resistance to the Joining as a case study, this episode explores perception as a “controlled hallucination,” shaped by memory, identity, and threat. The soundscape itself is intentionally open-ended: binaural beats move gently between theta and delta in a Fibonacci-inspired rhythm, forming a kaleidoscope of sound rather than a lesson.This podcast also gives me space to explore ideas I often hold quietly in therapy—ways of seeing people, trauma, and meaning that belong to reflection rather than intervention. I create these episodes for my own regulation and practice, trusting each listener will take from it exactly what their nervous system needs.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileGlenn became a mental health therapist largely as a result of his interactions with listeners and interviewees on Infants on Thrones. This is a previously published listener essays from 2014-2018, playfully resurrected to shine further light and knowledge on mental health and wellbeing.Glenn's Psychology Today Profile

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileGlenn became a mental health therapist largely as a result of his interactions with listeners and interviewees in Infants on Thrones. This is a newly written and submitted listener essay, summarily executed and resurrected to shine further light and knowledge on the inevitable perfection of mental health and wellbeing.Glenn's Psychology Today Profile

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileGlenn became a mental health therapist largely as a result of his interactions with listeners and interviewees in Infants on Thrones. These are previously published listener essays from 2014-2018, newly resurrected to shine further light and knowledge on mental health and wellbeing.Glenn's Psychology Today Profile

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileGlenn became a mental health therapist largely as a result of his interactions with listeners and interviewees in Infants on Thrones. These are previously published listener essays from 2014-2018, newly resurrected to shine further light and knowledge on mental health and wellbeing.Glenn's Psychology Today Profile

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileGlenn became a mental health therapist largely as a result of his interactions with listeners and interviewees in Infants on Thrones. These are previously published listener essays from 2014-2018, newly resurrected to shine further light and knowledge on mental health and wellbeing.Glenn's Psychology Today Profile

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileGlenn became a mental health therapist largely as a result of his interactions with listeners and interviewees in Infants on Thrones. These are previously published listener essays from 2014-2018, newly resurrected to shine further light and knowledge on mental health and wellbeing.Glenn's Psychology Today Profile

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileGlenn became a mental health therapist largely as a result of his interactions with listeners and interviewees in Infants on Thrones. These are previously published listener essays from 2014-2018, newly resurrected to shine further light and knowledge on mental health and wellbeing.Glenn's Psychology Today Profile

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileGlenn became a mental health therapist largely as a result of his interactions with listeners and interviewees in Infants on Thrones. These are previously published listener essays from 2014-2018, newly resurrected to shine further light and knowledge on mental health and wellbeing.Glenn's Psychology Today Profile

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileGlenn became a mental health therapist largely as a result of his interactions with listeners and interviewees in Infants on Thrones. These are previously published listener essays from 2014-2018, newly resurrected to shine further light and knowledge on mental health and wellbeing.Glenn's Psychology Today Profile

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileGlenn became a mental health therapist largely as a result of his interactions with listeners and interviewees in Infants on Thrones. These are previously published listener essays from 2014-2018, newly resurrected to shine further light and knowledge on mental health and wellbeing.Glenn's Psychology Today Profile

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileGlenn became a mental health therapist largely as a result of his interactions with listeners and interviewees in Infants on Thrones. These are previously published listener essays from 2014-2018, newly resurrected to shine further light and knowledge on mental health and wellbeing.Glenn's Psychology Today Profile

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileGlenn became a mental health therapist largely as a result of his interactions with listeners and interviewees in Infants on Thrones. These are previously published listener essays from 2014-2018, newly resurrected to shine further light and knowledge on mental health and wellbeing.Glenn's Psychology Today Profile

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileA man writes a letter to his younger self at the moment of birth. Dear Chip – Chapter Two is a fiction-as-self-therapy meditation: piercing cries, blossoming lungs, controlled hallucinations, attachment theory, and the first grooves of trust and independence. Blending neuroscience, modern folklore, and lived experience, this lyrical and provocative reflection explores how realities diverge, how belief seeps in unnoticed, and how early wounds echo as lifelong patterns. It invites listeners to reconsider their own first breath — not as a single cry, but as the opening chord of a lifelong symphony.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileBefore the Infant.  Before the Throne.  There was a sperm, an egg, a single cell then two.  This is a letter written to this two.A man writes a letter to his younger self at the point of conception. Dear Chip – Chapter One is a fiction-as-self-therapy origin story: zinc sparks, cosmic eggs, parts-work, and the simple compass to live and to love. Blending science, myth, and psychology, this intelligent and provocative meditation challenges how we think about beginnings and what it means to be alive. It invites listeners to reimagine their own origin story with curiosity, courage, and wonder.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileGlenn sits down with Mike Steed from Mormons on Mushrooms to discuss The Gene Keys and his experiences with agitation.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares the Epilogue from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfilePart IIIIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 18 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfilePart IIIIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 17 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfilePart IIIIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 16 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfilePart IIIIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 15 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfilePart IIIIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 14 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfilePart IIIIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 13 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfilePart IIIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 12 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfilePart IIIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 11 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfilePart IIIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 10 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfilePart IIIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 9 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfilePart IIIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 8 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfilePart IIIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 7 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 6 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 5 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 4 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 3 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 2 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares Chapter 1 from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileIn this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn shares the Introduction from his new book: You're Not Broken... You’re Just Rewiring: The Science and Mythology of Listening with New EarsYou can contact Glenn at [email protected] out Glenn's Psychology Today profile here.