In our podcasts, we have defined “self” as an “interactional process” with others. Self becomes a habitual set of dynamics with others, connected to narratives about identity, body, family and tribe. The ways we talk to ourselves and to others about ourselves are often imbued with negativity and aversion. In this podcast, we will talk about how we can develop an attitude of love, acceptance and witnessing of ourselves, and how we lose that attitude when we talk to ourselves in ways that are fundamentally untruthful about who we are and what we are doing.
In the arena of entangled and often painful human relationships, the mother-daughter relationship may be paramount. If you think about it for a moment,...
What is the meaning of conflict? Why do the exact same conflicts often recur repeatedly and not lead to any solutions? In this episode,...
On earlier podcasts, we have talked about what it means to be a human being, an individual person who has a complex experience of...