Happy New Year! You can support this podcast at https://patreon.com/kindmind The theme is HOPE.  It stands out among other virtues because it requires negative circumstances and straddles over the present and towards the future.Charles Snyder was a psychologist and dedicated researcher of hope, who emphasized its relevance in the context of doing vs being.  Accordingly, hope is a motivational set of cognitive traits that give people a reason to continue pursuing their goals despite the...

Nadine Strossen is Professor of Constitutional Law at New York Law School and the first woman national President of the American Civil Liberties Union, where she served from 1991 through 2008.A frequent speaker on constitutional and civil liberties issues, her media appearances include 60 Minutes, CBS Sunday Morning, Today, Good Morning America, The Daily Show, and other news programs on CNN, C-SPAN, Fox, Al-Jazeera, and in Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Her...

Mutuality is the way of nature, and we can observe it in the ecosystems. Look at the circle of shelter and food chains as well as relocation and procreation among the stationary plants and mobile animals.Interdependence is a spiritual word because it makes room for the paradox of human life. It presupposes a relationship among parts but also implies oneness or unity.Can you ever be truly alone or independent from a single element, like air or water or light? Close your eyes and realize how...

Happy Thanksgiving! Wishing you love and light this holiday season. If you would like to pitch in a $5 pledge to help support this podcast and access bonus content, you can at https://patreon.com/kindmind send mail to: [email protected] or @michaeltoddfink Registration for “I Am Not My Anxeity” virtual course is here.Since nothing is permanent, what is it that we really see? In the Venn diagram of the unseen, some are invisible but some are merely overlooked or ignored.This episode...

Use the link below to test your cognitive flexibility at the 8:00 mark of this episode: “Interactive Stroop Effect Experiment”https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/ready.html One of the definitions of flexibility is spiritually pliant, indicating an attitude of openness and intellectual humility in order to learn or refine our vision. It also implies a readiness to meet the unexpected and without shock.Flexibility of mind serves us well under strain and mitigates the risks of rigidness,...

What is a ghost?? The concept is based on the ancient belief that there is a spirit or essence that continues to exist without the body after death and can in some cases interact or haunt the "living." This actually led to the development of funerals and rituals to help protect against this and encourage the soul's onward journey.This episode explores how despite the different spiritual beliefs that permeate the end of life ceremonies, the final disposition of the corpse happens initially...

Dr. Mark Hatala is a cognitive scientist and professor at Truman State University since 1994.  He is a member of the Midwestern Psychological Association, the Artificial Intelligence Foundation, and the American Association of University Professors.   He received a bachelor's in psychology and history from Miami University of Ohio, and earned both his master’s and doctorate in experimental psychology from Ohio University.  Dr. Hatala's current research interests include mental time travel...

You can support this podcast at https://patreon.com/kindmind to connect with Todd and access bonus content.Intuition is defined as the ability to know something immediately or to know something without proof.In the digital age, intuition may have taken a backseat to satellite GPS and Google searches. However, its philosophical significance for our personal life and psychological growth has not been diminished but rather overlooked.There is a good scientific reason to call it a "gut feeling."...

Sarah Durham Wilson is a women’s rites of passage leader and writer. She has taught courses and led retreats for thousands of women over the past decade. She previously worked as an arts and music writer in New York City, for Rolling Stone, VH1, GQ, Vanity Fair and Interview Magazine. Sarah is also the author of ‘Maiden to Mother’ - her first book, published by Sounds True in 2022.https://themotherspirit.com Live Free or Dialogue is a video conversation series within Michael Todd Fink's...

Please consider supporting this podcast via Patreon: https://patreon.com/kindmind Thank you!When you stop trying to get it, you got it.It may sound counterintuitive given the popularity of law of attraction.But doesn't the affirming and manifesting work also reinforce the sense of lack in the first place?Studies show that we are not accurate at predicting what would make us happy... because it is never really the thing but the feeling that we seek.Therefore, the pursuit of happiness can...

You can support this podcast and connect with me online and in-person for as little $5 via Patreon: https://patreon.com/kindmindThere are many famous failures that led to unexpected opportunities and wild success. In our own lives, how can we failure forward or understand the implications of defeat?This episode was a special collaboration with many reflections from the Kind Mind community during the live gathering recorded in May of 2022.Music intro “New Apartment” by Coldbrew and “The...

You can support this podcast on Patreon and access bonus content: https://patreon.com/kindmind There is a baseline of magic in life.But it can get covered up by routines and the illusion of control.Moments of uncertainty open up the space for it to manifest and new ways of being are possible.If we rush to resolve ourselves too soon, we may miss the opportunity for genuine psychological growth.Unfamiliar circumstances prompt the brain to dedicate more resources to the hippocampus for learning...

Jay L. Garfield chairs the Philosophy department and directs the Tibetan Studies in India program at Smith College. He is also visiting professor of Buddhist philosophy at Harvard Divinity School.Academicinfluence.com has identified him as one of the 50 most influential philosophers in the world over the past decade. https://jaygarfield.org "Live Free or Dialogue" is a video conversation series within Michael Todd Fink's "Kind Mind" podcast platform and based on the etymology of the word...

You can support this show and connect with me on Zoom via Patreon: https://patreon.com/kindmindOur relationship to food is often complex, especially with the rapid-changing nature of its production against the background of millions of years of evolution.Today there is much science around the benefits of different kinds of fasting - from water fasts and juice fasts for detoxing to intermittent fasting weekly.In many wisdom traditions, there are practices of fasting for enhancing awareness...

Todd gives an introduction to the podcast for new listeners. Additionally, the show now sometimes features dialogues with transformational thought leaders in the fields of art, music, science, philosophy, public service and beyond. Look for episodes with “Live Free or Dialogue” in the title.You can support this work and access bonus content via Patreon: https://patreon.com/kindmindand send mail to: [email protected]

from the Dawn Chorus artist retreat at the Grand Canyon, New Year's Eve 2020.you can join the virtual Kind Mind Gathering each month and access the Kind Mind Studio meditation page by becoming a patron of this podcast on Patreon for as little as $5/month:https://patreon.com/kindmind(music “Sunlight on Still Water” by The Lovely Moon and episode artwork on website by Emily Dawn Duforest)

Vitaliy Katsenelson was born in Murmansk, Russia, and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1991. After joining Denver-based value investment firm IMA in 1997, Vitaliy became Chief Investment Officer in 2007, and CEO in 2012. Vitaliy is also an award-winning writer. Known for his uncommon common sense, Forbes Magazine called him "The New Benjamin Graham." He's written for publications including Financial Times, Barron's, Institutional Investor and Foreign Policy. Soul in the...

Please consider supporting this podcast and accessing bonus content the Kind Mind Gatherings via https://patreon.com/kindmind Send feedback and mail to: [email protected] episode was recorded over 3 consecutive weeks 1 year ago in June 2021 at Speakeasy Spiritual Community. It’s called The Seahorse Series because of the uniqueness of the male seahorse and subtitled mending masculinity.This series is about the energy and quality of masculinity as distinct from manhood but then its...

send mail to: [email protected] support this show: https://patreon.com/kindmind An attitude is a lot like a musical score, a kind of outline or map for the potential expression or organization of sounds and rhythms.Similarly, an attitude, in the psychological sense is a set of thoughts, feelings and most importantly behavioral tendencies towards someone or something. So, both are mental constructs with the potential to manifest certain actions in the environment.When parts of the...

Kute Blackson is a transformational teacher, speaker, visionary, guide and national best-selling author of You.Are.The.One. and The Magic of Surrender. https://www.kuteblackson.com "Live Free or Dialogue" is a video conversation series within Michael Todd Fink's "Kind Mind" podcast platform and based on the qualities of dialogue: two individuals (di) communicating with openness, respect and mutual search for meaning (logos). https://www.michaeltoddfink.comSupport this podcast and access bonus...

You can support this podcast and access live virtual events and bonus content via Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/kindmind Send mail to: [email protected] Compared with other organisms, humans are born significantly underdeveloped physically and highly vulnerable for a considerable period of time.Therefore, trust and mistrust can be profoundly wired into our design as it is uniquely relevant in our survival.People may say they don't trust others much, but that might apply more to...

You can support this work and access live virtual events and bonus content via Patreon: https://patreon.com/kindmind mail to: [email protected] Why do we build and rebuild? It could be because of breakdown or breakthrough and the interpretation may be up to us. Sometimes there are setbacks where things fall apart and need repair. Other times, we learn, grow and envision a better way to add on or redo.We definitely encounter this on the individual level as in the arc of the hero's...

Todd talks with Sandy Gibson. Sandy Gibson is the Founder of Better Place Forests, America's first conservation memorial forest. Instead of graves, Better Places offers a sustainable alternative to cemeteries for families who choose cremation. Launching in 2017, the 130+ acre woodland based in San Francisco has raised more than $75M in venture capital! Better Place Forests has also been featured in the New York Times, and on the Today Show. https://www.betterplaceforests.com "Live Free or...

Join the Patreon community and access bonus content and live events: https://www.patreon.com/kindmind send mail to: [email protected] Sleep is really weird when you think about it. You get 16-24 hours of life out of a human and then they need 8 hours to fully charge.There are so many interpretations of dreams from psychology and spirituality. They include descriptions of our subconscious resolving conflicts and playing out fantasies to intuition and prophecies.fMRI studies of the...

Todd talks with Jose Hernandez.In 2004 Jose began creating art as a meditative tool. His art has now exhibited in galleries across the US and hangs in private and corporate collections worldwide. Jose founded Inner Immersion, LLC and Immersive Arts, LLP. He is a member of the Association of Transformational Leaders. Jose is featured in the Netflix docu-series, Surviving Death, and the Dr Oz show. He regularly speaks on his near-death experience, and on Art as a Conduit for Healing.More at...