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Proactive Mindfulness podcast
This podcast explores how mindful presence shapes personal growth, from healing trauma to living mindfully. It features short talks and conversations with thoughtful guests.
The Proactive Mindfulness podcast is available on all major podcast apps. You will also find every episode on this site, most of them as video. They are listed below in chronological order (most recent on top).
You can see separately: Exploring Mindfulness, | Exploring Therapy | Inspirational Talks. You can also see an Alphabetical list of all conversations
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Eric Wolterstorff: The Unconscious Drama of Trauma Transference
Eric Wolterstorff discusses trauma transference, somatic countertransference, and integrating hidden victim, perpetrator, and bystander roles in therapy.
Julie Nelson: A mindful exploration of power dynamics in spiritual communities
We delve into the importance of recognizing power dynamics and how they affect mindful living and spiritual growth.
How to truly engage with your life: A mindfulness experiment
In this video, people reflect on their inner experience when they have difficulty engaging compared to when they can engage more.
Steven C. Hayes: A process-based approach to therapy
Steve Hayes is a developer of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Here, we talk about going beyond the specifics of any given therapy
Brenda Shoshanna: an experiential conversation about authority
Brenda Shoshanna and I are having a conversation informed by Zen, being present with our experience, as we discuss authority.
Dan Clurman: Feldenkreis & the body as an organizing system
The Feldenkrais method teaches people to be aware of how they move so that they can change ineffective habits. Here, we’re using these tools to put the method into practice, live.
Active imagination: Leslie Ellis & Serge Prengel
I invited my friend and colleague Leslie Ellis to have a conversation about Active Imagination in therapy and in life.
Ven. Gendun: Buddhism & the practice of freedom
Ven. Losang Gendun tells the story of a Buddhist monk who had been put in jail and tortured. The point of the story was how he responded to the situation.
Jeff Warren: Coming into presence through connection
Jeff Warren has an iconoclastic approach to meditation and what it’s like to be human. Here, we discuss coming into the present, practicing what we preach.
Owen Flanagan: What it is like to be an addict
Owen Flanagan is an expert in the philosophy of mind and ethics. For many years, he was also an addict. Here, we talk about addiction from both perspectives.
Mindfulness journey
I share here what has shaped my understanding of what I now call Proactive Mindfulness.
Gregory Kramer: Not knowing, being present in the moment
Gregory Kramer and I set about to embody the attitude of not knowing as we stay present with what happens moment by moment.
Shared meditation informed by Focusing
This approach blends moments of meditation and moments of sharing our experiences of meditating.
A down-to-earth perspective on non-duality
I want to find a down-to-earth experience that helps me relate to non-duality.
One-minute mindfulness: Embodied presence
I am going to describe to you a one-minute practice. Now, when I say one minute, it could be 50 seconds or five minutes.
Koshin Paley Ellison: Connection as a spiritual practice
Koshin Paley Ellison and Serge Prengel talk about connecting with others as a healing spiritual practice.
Peter Levine reflects on his life and work
Peter Levine talks with Serge Prengel about his personal journey through trauma and how he came to develop Somatic Experiencing.
Pablo Márquez: Photography as a meditative process
Serge Prengel talks with photographer Pablo Márquez about his meditative approach to photography. Pablo describes how his art emerges from his being present.
Linda Modaro & Nelly Kaufer: Reflective Meditation
Serge Prengel talks with Linda Modaro and Nelly Kaufer about their gentle, inspiring approach to meditation practice and self-discovery.