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Dharmapunx NYC — 500 episodes · page 1 of 5
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
The Spectacular Illusion of Being Someone
How Emotions Are Constructed By the Brain
The Haunted Self: Ego States, Parts, Sub-Personalities (note: poor audio, recorded over zoom)
Obsession, Fixation and Infatuation. When Our Thoughts Revolve Around One Person.
The Profound Efficacy of Healing Rituals: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Neuroscience and Why the Nervous System Needs More Than Insight
Helping Others Without Losing Ourselves in the Process
Making the Most of the Time We Have
How Thoughts Affect Your Body—What Happens When We Chronically Activate Our Stress Response system Over Imaginary Worries
Playing Hide-and-Seek With Adult Reality
You Are Not Who You Think You Are
What Does It All Mean? (And Does It Really Matter If It Doesn't Mean Anything?)
Oops, I Did It Again! The Psychology of Repetition Compulsion
Filtering Out the Spam From Your Mind — Explaining Right Effort
The Spiritual Bypass [note: editing a little jumpy; I was sick while giving the talk, so edited out the coughing and sniffing as much as possible]
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
A World of Possibilities: Stepping Back Into Life with Curiosity, Courage, and Wonder
How Emotions Are Constructed By the Brain
Disillusionment—With Consumer Culture, Work and Country—And How to Move Forward
Unpacking the Four Stages of Grief
Stop Playing the Tapes: Allowing the Mind to Record New Material
The Smart Heart: Fascinating New Theoretical Insights Into Emotional Intelligence
Cruel Optimism, or What We Seek Can Make Us Suffer
Your Body Remembers What Your Mind Forgot
The Holidays: From Sometimes Just Surviving to Thriving
Wired, Tired and Tense: The Body That's Always Alert, Never Relaxed
If It's Hysterical It's Historical. (poor audio quality, recorded over zoom)
How Predictably You: The Manner in Which Personality Is Constructed
Shadow Selves & Hidden Scripts
When Our Models of the World Are Outdated And Need Updating
Wired for Worry: Why Our Brains Gravitate to Stress and What to Do About It
Your Mind Is Lying About You!
From Cave Fires to Instagram Likes: The Ancient Roots of Envy and Jealousy
Financial Insecurity
No Future: Don't be told what you want, Don't be told what you need.
STOP GOING TO THE HARDWARE STORE ... for orange juice.
Safe Enough to Love: A Journey from Insecure to Secure Attachment
Gut Reactions—Like Disgust—What They Teach Us
How Imagination and Feelings Shape Our Behaviors and Also How We Learn
The Validation Trap: Moving On From the Need for Acknowledgment
It's a Mad, Mad World: Mental Health in Neoliberal Capitalism
No One Is Watching — The Damaging Illusion of an Unseen Audience
The Dharma of the Absurd: The Nature of Awakening in an Indifferent Universe
Seeing Isn’t Believing: Why the Brain Isn’t Built for Truth And Nothing Is As It Seems
Reparenting Your Mind: Parts Work and Buddhist Practice
The Roots of Addiction: Contemporary Psychological and Buddhist Perspectives
When I, Then I'll, or the subtle ways avoidance disguises itself—talk only, meditation didn't record
The Body, Healing and Love (in person talk in NYC)
What's Beneath the Flames: Understanding Anger, Uncovering the Vulnerable Emotions It Conceals and the Path to Healing
EGO DEATH: The State Where We Lose Our Sense of Having a Separate Identity.
From Chaos to Calm—Ways to Help Others Who Are Emotionally Distressed
Catastrophizing: Ruminating on the Worst Possible Outcome, No Matter How Unlikely
Beyond the Hamster Wheel: Stillness in the Time of Acceleration
On the Purpose and Interpretation of Dreams, What We Can Learn from Them, and Employ in Our Meditation
NEW YEAR'S DAY TALK 2025: Breaking Free From the Despair of Capitalist Realism
The Gift of Being Known: Nurturing Our Well-Being Through Authentic Connection
Addressing and Lessening the Stressing
Seeing the Suffering Behind the Blowhard's Mask: The Psychology of and Buddhist Approach to Narcissism
When the Shit Hits the Fan (or Letting Go of What Never Was): The Path of Disappointment and Resilience
A MUTE BUTTON FOR THE MIND: Quieting Inner Chatter, Self Talk, Rumination
Breaking Free From Survival Mode: Buddhist Insights into Persistent Childhood Defense Mechanisms
EMPATHY: When It's Helpful and When It's Not
Internalizing Shame: The Psychological Tolls of Late Stage Capitalism and How to Protect Our Sense of Self
Nervous: A Brief Overview of the Autonomic Nervous System and Ways to Regulate Our Stress
The Buddha: A Revolutionary Who Fought Against the Class System
In Person at GSHP: Connection, Community and Well-Being (not great audio quality)
Is Closure Possible?
Make It Fun For a Change: Imagination, Creativity and Play in Meditation and Spiritual Practice
Doomscrolling: The persistent draw toward negative news, why its so alluring and how to disconnect
COULDA • WOULDA • SHOULDA • The Fascinating Implications of Counterfactual Thought
Cultivating a Secure Base in Adult Life: How We Can Repair Early Attachment Disturbancess To Create a Positive Sense of Self
Complaining versus Reframing: How to Process Bad Interactions Without Rumination or Lingering Resentments
RELAX & UNWIND: Addressing the Causes and Conditions That Support Well-Being
The Ick! An abrupt and unanticipated feeling of disgust toward someone we previously found enjoyable or attractive
The Unconscious Prcocesses That Choose Our Attachments (And How to Change Them For the Better)
Is There Really a True Self? Sub-Personalities, Impression Management And the Slippery Sense of Authenticity!
The Blame and Shame Spiral: An Alternative to Fault Finding and Self-Pity After Relationship Ruptures
Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: How Emotional Memories Create Obsessive Mental States
Retail Therapy: The Destructive Cycle of Relying on Shopping to Auto-Regulate Our Emotions
Victim Signaling, Competitive Victimization and the Role of Forgiveness
If This Were a Pill Everyone Would Be Taking It
Understanding and Addressing Toxic Shame, Including Practices That Build Our Self-Esteem
DENIAL (Don't Be In It). Understanding And Addressing Denial From Buddhist and Psychological Perspectives
The Path of Supporting Others By Listening Without Giving Advice
Understanding And Appreciating Our Most Challenging Attributes
Instant Karma, Long Term Karma: Why It Really Matters to Your Well-Being
Top Down and Bottom Up Processing: How Our Minds Create Our Sense of Self and the World and How to Re-Start the Process
The addictive Allure of Unreliable Relationships and Trauma Bonding
Burnout Culture: How the ‘Always On’ Digital Landscape of Connectivity and Convenience Inevitably Leads to States of Exhaustion; the Role of Meditation and Contemplation in Restoring Balance to Life
New Years Intention Setting Talk, Meditation and Ceremony for 2024
Balancing Comfort and Ease with Our Accountability to Others and the World
Accepting Versus Trying to Change Others in Core Relationships
The Hidden Allures of Suffering and the Ways Out of the Cycle of Self-Inflicted Despair
Being Seen In the Eye of the Other: On The Importance of Feeling Understood
DPXnyc Live: Relieving Overburdened Defenses & Establishing Harmonious Coping Strategies.mp3
The Fear of Death: What exacerbates It? Practices to Alleviate the Dread & Anxiety.
Living with the Unknown, or Ways to Respond WHen Life Ambushes Us With the Unexpected
The Addictions of Everyday Life: Common activities can produce bursts of dopamine in the brain that bring short term pleasures and longer term suffering
Insights & Meditations to Develop Secure Relationships (Dharma Punx NYC live)
Distress Tolerance Tools part 2: Reframing Life in Terms of Our Core Values