All Episodes

The Path to Awakening: Core Buddhist Teachings on the Nature of Enlightenment

Madness (Varied cultural models of madness, the fear of losing one's mind, hidden social agendas packed into the concept of insanity)

Psychological and Spiritual Implications of Internet Use

Understanding And Cultivating Love, Bonding, Exploration and Emotion-Regulation.

The Sublime—How States of Awe and Wonder Provide Refuge From Distress and Anxiety

Forbidden Thoughts: Coping with Distressing, Intrusive Impulses

Setting Skillful Boundaries: Transforming burdensome relationships without relying on maladaptive defensive strategies

Putting Your Head in the Demon's Jaw: Approaches to Trauma, Triggers and Distress Tolerance

Addressing Maladaptive Patterns in Relationships

Attention: How It Influences Our Emotional Well-being And How To Manage It

Addressing Anxiety After Social Distancing

Rituals, Faith, Placebos and Healing

Offering and Receiving Support: How Talking About Painful Events Can Help And How It Can Make Matters Worse

Life at the Crossroads: Making Important Life Decisions

Work Related Stress: Gaining Confidence Via Meditative and Somatic Practices

Getting Closure: What? When? How?

The Search For the True Self

Toning Down a Pathological Inner Critic

A Sense of Purpose

How to Feel Safe in Unstable Times

Determining and Stating Our Core Needs

New Years Eve Talk: Spirituality, Ultimate Concerns and a Meaningful Life

Self-Acceptance vs Self-Improvement: The Paths to Well-Being

Fine Tuning Intuition Through Mindfulness of Feelings

Cultivating a Balanced Life Free of Compulsive Distractions

Seasonal Affective Disorder in the Time of the Pandemic

Obsession. Infatuation. Fixation. Preoccupation.

Finding Moments of Relief in the Midst of Chaos

The Growth Choice: Evolving Beyond Avoidance Behaviors to Adult Coping Strategies

GUILT and SHAME

Unsettled: Living with the Unresolved

The Big Questions: Existentialist Psychology and the Dharma

Addiction and Recovery: Contemporary and Buddhist Theories & Treatments

A Pocket Guide To the Dharma — The Core Principles of Buddhist Psychology

Positive Emotions: Why We Have Them, Why We Need Them, How to Generate Them

The Process of Healing: Grieving Loss and Separation From the Loved

Transcendence and Ultimate Concerns: Some of the Profound Benefits of Spiritual Practice

Processing the Pandemic: How We Carry or Discharge Our Emotional Wounds & Stress

Cultivating the Resilience to Bounce Back After Losses, Setbacks and Disappointments

You Are Smarter Than You Think (But You Probably Don't Know Why)

Rewiring Our Old Circuitry: Overriding Outdated Behavioral Traits

Understanding and Addressing the State of Being Overwhelmed

Understanding and Connecting with the Inner Child in Mindfulness Meditation

How Minds and Bodies Interact in the Healing of Emotional Wounds

Pandemic Talk 9: Understanding and Addressing Situational Depression

Pandemic Talk 8: Taking Care of the Nervous System During Times of Stress

Pandemic Talk 7: A Spiritual Practice for These Times

Pandemic Talk 6—Communicating During the Pandemic: Stating Needs. Setting Boundaries. Working Through Conflict.

Pandemic Talk 5—Practices to Support Emotion Stability During Social Distancing

Pandemic Talk 4: Coming to Terms With Difficult Experiences

Pandemic Talk# 3: Tools for Self-Acceptance and Internal Integration

Pandemic Talk 2—Adapting to the New Normal Through Titration, Portioning and Mindfulness

Pandemic Talk 1 — Some Tools for the Times

a meaningful life with significant experiences

The Felt Sense of Security: Why Some People Respond to Challenges, While Others React

Terror Management: How We Accept Or Deny the Most Significant Truth of Existence

Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: Understanding Why They're So Sticky, And How To Alleviate Them

Mindful Communication During Conflict: The Process of Building Trust and Mutuality Amidst Tension

A Healthy Balance: Love Versus Codependency and Enmeshment

Relax & Unwind: How to Slow Down and Recuperate

Skillful Intentions for a New Decade of Well Being (with New Year's Eve Ceremony)

Inclining the Mind Toward Secure Attachment

object constancy and the psychology of protective spirits and persecutory delusions

Chronic Stress: Causes and Relief

Addressing the Fear of Social Rejection

Peak Experiences, Ego Transcendence and Self-Actualization: Some Tools and Insights from Transpersonal Psychology and the Human Potential Movement

Self Integration: Understanding the separate states of the psyche

Alleviating Distress: Buddhist and Contemporary Insights Into the Two Kinds of Suffering in Life

Repairing Attachment Wounds in Adults: A Summary of Five Practices

Contemplation of One's Mortality Meditation to Clarify Our Purpose in Life

Interacting Skillfully with Irrational People

Addressing Work Related Anxiety

Thoughts on Setting Boundaries and Stating Needs

Orienting Practice: Locating Safety Cues in Stressful Situations, Talk and Guided Visualization

Stop Making Sense: Retrieving the Felt Experience Before All Conceptualization and Meaning Making

Addressing Learned Helplessness, Fatalism, Resignation

Resilience, Bouncing Back From Setbacks and Going with the Flow

Procrastination, Perfectionism & Avoidance Coping: What Makes Us Drag Our Feet And How To Move Forward

Killing the Buddha: Infatuation with Big Ideas and the Fetishization of "The One Who Knows"

A Balanced Nervous System: Stress vs Shut Down vs Wellbeing

Preoccupation: Addressing the fixation on unreliable relationships that distract attention from embracing our life and moving forward.

Making Sense of Life: Processing Emotional Events & Attachment Wounds Through Storytelling

Taking Inventory: Reviewing the Quality of Our Actions Without Beating Ourselves Up

Repetition Compulsion: The Tendency to Wind Up in Unhealthy Interpersonal Dynamics, and How to Address These Patterns with Somatic Mindfulness

Attaining Trascendent & Altered States of Consciousness

Emotions: How Are They Made & Can They Be Changed?

managers, firefighters and exiles—Different Parts of the Self

Upgrading Your Mind's Operating System

Unseen Costs: How Social Media & Text Based Communication Contribute to Emotional Isolation

Self-Transcendence

Alleviating Loneliness

Getting Unhooked • How To Uncover the Nonconscious Complexes Underlying Current Struggles

Dharma 101: Understanding the Four Noble Truths

Connecting with Our Unmet Needs & Deepest Longings

The Four Foundations of Love

hungry ghosts & angry demons: recovery retreat talk 1

hungry ghosts & angry demons: recovery retreat talk 2

Balancing the Bilateral Brain

Soothing Guided Meditation (with relaxing ambient music)

Fulfillment in Life