Difficult Conversations Pt 1

Ways the 'I' Learns From the 'We'

Today's podcast is Into the Golden Thread's first in-studio conversation and I'm joined by my friend Andrew Gibbens. Our conversation explores some of how individuation includes all the joys and trappings of being a part of and moving through all sorts of group experiences. As a lifelong artist, musician, former Hospice Chaplain and local agricultural steward, Andrew's range of experiences and humility continually enrich dialouges exploring creativity, getting to know historical and current influences on the state of our world, and candid sharing of the journey of coming to 'know thyself.'  Below are links to some of Andrew's current work: vimeo.com/lyberarchelulo  lyberarchelulo.bandcamp.com

Difficult Conversations Pt 1

In this episode I'm joined once again by Brandon Atkins; PHD Candidate in Psychology with a focus on Cognition and Instruction with a focus on Mindfulness.  Here we dive into a topic that will be revisited more in the future - Difficult Conversations.  What makes communicating so challenging? What are causes to the state of our heightened challenges to deeply understand one another?  We also explore and offer practices anchored in deepening your self-awareness, and in approaching difficult conversations with new perspectives.

Play: Innate Medicine, Nature of Relating.

In this episode I am once again joined by Brandon Atkins, where we openly explore elements of play and how it effects learning, growing, intimacy, connecting with self and others.  The Art of Life: (Queued to segment mentioned in the episode on play) https://youtu.be/7gUh8j5ui0o?t=1617 Jon Bredal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1_GiBIDMJg

Love Bricks: The Brilliance of the Heart's Defenses

In this Episode with my first (and to be recurring) guest, dear friend, teacher, and psychologist with a focus on cognition and instruction - Brandon Atkins, we explore the terrain of how the heart's defenses which we so often are entangled or disentangling from -  have and are operating from a very deep intelligence that can be moved closer to and more intimately known, personally.  Book Mentioned in Episode: Living from the Heart: Heart Rhythm Meditation for Energy, Clarity, Peace, Joy, and Inner Power. Author- Puran Bair Grief and Praise: Martin Prechtel (3 Parts): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUwewfPPSbE Grief, Ritual, Sacrifice: Malidoma Somé - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7I97ebNn0I

Pt.2: Cultural Cults in the Soup of Modernity - Exploring Causes

In this episode I offer some possible underlying contributions and causes to what we uncomfortably come to call cults.