Richard Gillett: The high cost of divisiveness and how to deal with it
we talk about how personal and social divisiveness manifests and its huge costs to our physical and mental well-being.
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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Understanding social myth: Why it’s so hard to find common ground & how to do it
A myth is anything but a quaint story. It is an organizing principle that makes it possible for a society to coalesce and function as a society.
Harbert Rice: How a felt sense functions in a group
In this conversation, you will learn how a felt sense functions in a Quaker Meeting’s gathering circle.
Victoria Ramos: Dance with the Divinity which is you (a guided meditation)
In this guided meditation, I will share with you how you can experience each breath as a gift from the Divine.
Deb Dana: How the nervous system affects our daily life
The nervous system is where our experience begins. In this conversation, Deb Dana describes how it works and how it affects our daily life.
Bruce Nayowith explores experiences of connection
In these two short conversations, Bruce Nayowith explores his inner experience in 2 situations:
Merete Holm Brantbjerg: A gentle, resource-oriented approach to stress & trauma
Merete Holm Brantbjerg talks about working with low energy states and our “invisible parts” in the context of Relational Trauma Therapy.
Eric Wolterstorff: Society under sustained stress
Eric Wolterstorff draws on a systems approach to describe how the pandemic has elicited a stress chain reaction
Faith as a human experience
I am not talking about faith in God or in religious beliefs. I am talking about the human capacity for the experience of faith.
Dave Berger & Joshua Sylvae: How COVID-19 is affecting our work as therapists
we talk about how the coronavirus and social distancing are affecting our work as therapists
Stephen Porges: Countering the effects of social distancing
To counter the effects of social distancing and separation, we need to be sensitive to our nervous system’s need to socially engage and connect.
Karyne Wilner: The plastic body
Karyne Wilner talks about how cell life and neuroplasticity of the brain and body can be enhanced through work with the bioenergetic field.
Kirk Schneider: Exploring the polarized mind
We touch upon the personal and embodied impact of the polarized mind (or fixation on a single point of view to the utter exclusion of competing points of view).
Leslie Ellis: The creative power of dreamwork
Leslie Ellis talks about how working with dreams engages client and therapist in a co-creative process from which much can emerge.
Sharon Stanley: Conversation about climate change
We explore Climate Change from a perspective informed by somatic psychotherapy.