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Religion & Spirituality
Spirituality
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How to Stop Chasing Happiness and Make a Meanin...
What is the meaning of life? You can find out by making your own life meaningful...
47 min
152
Theodora Wildcroft, "Post-lineage Yoga: From Gu...
An interview with Theodora Wildcroft
74 min
153
J. A. Gosetti-Ferencei, "On Being and Becoming:...
An interview with Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei
44 min
154
Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, "Ars Vitae: The Fate of ...
An interview with Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn
67 min
155
Michal Pagis, "Inward: Vipassana Meditation and...
Pagis explores in depth one school of mindfulness, or vipassana, founded by the Indian teacher S.N. Goenka and now established in countries around the world...
61 min
156
Richard S. Balkin, "Practicing Forgiveness: A P...
In this book the author presents a model for forgiveness that addresses how we either repair relationships when someone has harmed us...
51 min
157
Melissa Steginus, "Everyday Mindfulness: 108 Si...
Steginus guides you through the most powerful daily mindfulness practices that help you rewire your habits and rewrite your life....
54 min
158
Dealing with the Fs (Fear and Failure)
A Discussion with Alice Connor
57 min
159
Daniel Simpson, "The Truth of Yoga: A Comprehen...
Much of what is said about yoga is misleading.,.
69 min
160
S. Newcombe and K. O'Brien-Kop, "Routledge Hand...
This book offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary resource, which frames and contextualises the rapidly expanding fields that explore yoga and meditative techniques...
46 min
161
Andrea Jain, "Peace Love Yoga: The Politics of ...
Jain examines the interconnectedness between global spirituality and neoliberal capitalism through an examination of the global yoga and self-care industries...
36 min
162
Finishing Your Book When Life Is A Disaster
In this episode you’ll hear disaster stories, finishing a book project, poetry, and what resilience is and isn’t...
44 min
163
Christophe Morin, "The Serenity Code: How Brain...
Christophe Morin explains how you can rewire your brains to escape stress and anxiety...
34 min
164
Should I Quit My Ph.D. Program?
What happens when graduate school doesn’t go as you’d planned, and what happens to your degree and your career if you leave school before you complete your PhD.
46 min
165
Beth Kurland, "Dancing on the Tightrope: Transc...
Kurland reveals five common obstacles--habits of the mind that get in the way of living your fullest life--and five tools to transform these obstacles into lasting inner resources for resilience, peace, and joy...
58 min
166
Pilar Jennings, "To Heal a Wounded Heart: The T...
Early on in her clinical practice, psychoanalyst Pilar Jennings was presented with a particularly difficult case: a six-year-old girl who, traumatized by loss, had stopped speaking...
53 min
167
Marta Zaraska, "Growing Young: How Friendship, ...
Now you may be thinking to yourself, “100? I’m not sure how appealing that is.” In our interview, Zaraska has a surprising response for you...
38 min
168
Rita D. Sherma, "Contemplative Studies in Hindu...
What counts as contemplative practices in Hinduism? What can Hindu Studies offer Contemplative Studies as a discipline?
56 min
169
Carly Israel, "Seconds and Inches" (Jaded Ibis ...
In the opening sentence of her introduction, Israel writes, “My last name, Israel, means one who wrestles with God. And wrestling is all I know.”
57 min
170
Linville Meadows, "A Spiritual Pathway to Recov...
Addiction occurs among physicians at the same rate as in the general population, about 10%. Unlike the general population, however, an intensive rehabilitation program, geared specifically for their profession, vastly improves their chances of finding long-term sobriety...
55 min
171
Sue Stuart-Smith, "The Well-Gardened Mind: The ...
Stuart-Smith, who is a distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener, offers an inspiring and consoling work about the healing effects of gardening and its ability to decrease stress and foster mental well-being in our everyday lives....
65 min
172
Yehoshua November, "Two Worlds Exist" (Orison B...
Yehoshua November's second poetry collection, Two Worlds Exist (Orison Books), movingly examines the harmonies and dissonances involved in practicing an ancient religious tradition in contemporary America...
53 min
173
Mel Schwartz, "The Possibility Principle: How Q...
How would you like to experience your life? It’s an intriguing question, and yet we’ve been conditioned to believe our life visions and goals are often unattainable—until now....
55 min
174
Andrew Seaton, "Spiritual Awakening Made Simpl...
In this inspiring and, above all, practical book, Andrew Seaton guides us to our true nature, the peace-filled observing awareness beyond the mind...
73 min
175
Monica Coleman, "Bipolar Faith: A Black Woman’s...
Monica A. Coleman's great-grandfather asked his two young sons to lift him up and pull out the chair when he hanged himself, and that noose stayed in the family shed for years...
47 min