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The Insightful Neurotic: Episode 201

The Insightful Neurotic: Episode 201

Episode 201 The Insightful NeuroticWe might think of maturity or self-actualization as having three phases. The first phase is where a person mostly believes a model of the world as it has been presented to him by his elders, his teachers, the media. He can’t escape...

Thank You for Being Good: Episode 200

Thank You for Being Good: Episode 200

Episode 200 Thank You for Being GoodSay you’re sitting in a café and you ask for the bill. You notice they haven’t added on your second latte. In that moment you have the option of being actively honest and letting them know their error, or letting it slide, saving $3...

Stories of Pain: Episode 199

Stories of Pain: Episode 199

Episode 199 Stories of PainMany musicians, artists, comedians and other creative types will tell you they hold onto their emotional pain, that it’s necessary to keep their edge. Perhaps they’re overlooking the vastness of their sources of inspiration. Being in pain or...

Mysterious and Puzzling: Episode 198

Mysterious and Puzzling: Episode 198

Episode 198 Mysterious and PuzzlingIn the movie Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, Natalie Portman’s character Mahoney accuses Jason Bateman’s character of being a “just guy”. “I knew it as soon as I saw that suit… You’re a just guy. A guy just like you, same hair, same...

Nothing is Hard, Nothing is Easy: Episode 196

Nothing is Hard, Nothing is Easy: Episode 196

Episode 196 Nothing is Hard, Nothing is EasyIf you have never meditated, then you might think the idea of sitting and observing your own thoughts for 10 minutes is extremely difficult - perhaps even insurmountable. We are so used to struggling, that to set some time...

Your Peace Serves the World: Episode 195

Your Peace Serves the World: Episode 195

Episode 195 Your Peace Serves the WorldIn many cultures, we have the attitude that our worth is only measured by doing or achieving. We demand so much of ourselves that we think that by allowing ourselves to be at peace, we are wasting time. In fact, often it is our...

Peak Experiences: Episode 194

Peak Experiences: Episode 194

Episode 194 Peak ExperiencesIn Toward A Psychology Of Being, Abraham Maslow includes this quote from the poet Samuel Coleridge: “If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if...

What Are You: Episode 193

What Are You: Episode 193

Episode 193 What Are YouIn religious circles, it’s often said that acts will not get you into heaven. There must be something more than acts, some faith or devotion, or perhaps some transformation. To a god, acts are like pieces on a chessboard, easily rearranged,...

Waiting for You to Ask: Episode 191

Waiting for You to Ask: Episode 191

Episode 191 Waiting for You to AskWhen we look for opportunities to help people, we might find that they complain about their struggle. Then we go out of our way to find some information or contact for them, only to find that they didn’t really want help. We might...

Love Actualizes: Episode 190

Love Actualizes: Episode 190

Episode 190 Love ActualizesIn Abraham Maslow’s Toward a Psychology of Being, he writes: “The lover perceives in his beloved what no one else can, and again, there is no question about the intrinsic value of his inner experience, and of the many good consequences for...

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