I recapped the episode that I didn’t complete a month ago and talk about attachment to beliefs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/support

This one is a brainstorm resulting from the question of whether addiction requires behavior change or acceptance to overcome. And then it becomes about acceptamce and resistance being polar opposites on a spectrum of behavior change. Just a long thought exercise. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/support

I am working on a guided meditation to address the heart as a symbol of the authentic self and opening it up. That sentence doesn't adequately explain it. This episode intends to explain it, but it too may not do it adequately. Also, not sure what happened with my recording setup, but my voice came out sounding slowed down, pitch affected somehow. I caught it and recorded a introductory disclaimer using a different microphone. I don't always listen to the episodes before I publish them or...

My friend Kristen Williams joins me again for a discussion on self and ego and stuff. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/support

Is your mind open or closed? Do you have a growth or a fixed mindset? I explain these terms in the context of my personal experiences and life story. Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/support

Always rambling about something, here's another take on the terrain theory of health. You've likely been taught the germ theory, here's a haphazard explanation and contemplation on terrain theory. Regardless of how I say it, the message is of self-empowerment. You are in control of your own environment.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message

…so detach from your expectations of what should be. In this episode I consider a few ideas around expectations, “shoulds,” belief attachment and stuff. Sound good? Press play… --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message

Recently the theme of genocide has been popping up among sources I listen to. It has sparked some contemplation on my part. A random conversation and recollections of topics from college have all come together with the theme of genocide to yield this podcast episode. In my usual style I end up with more things to think about than complete thoughts. And that's just fine. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a...

I am still trying to figure out what I am doing with this podcast. What topics or themes do I want to cover? For what purpose? While I figure it out I will share some passages from books I have read and am currently reading, thought provoking passages. Not every episode, but in this one and maybe in the future. In this episode I read from Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut and Lord of the Flies by William Golding. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a...

Are you familiar with the story of the farmer by Alan Watts? I'd like to share it with you accompanied by my thoughts related to it. It's a topic I think I have more thinking to do on, this episode has just gotten me started. With connections with It's a Wonderful Life and Man's Search for Meaning, let's expand our awareness and understanding together.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message:...

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Bees have flowers and flowers have bees. Is there something we can learn about symbiosis, basic needs and overcoming addiction from nature? I bet there is. Listen to this episode to hear me try to figure it out (spoiler alert: I don't figure anything out, but the process is fun). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message Support this podcast:...

Musings on the purpose of life --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/support

I am rebranding or starting a new podcast soon. The new one will be called Imagine Moving On. In this episode I give the story behind my use of that phrase. I will be putting more attention towards my website as well, the URL is imaginemovingon.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/support

I missed recording an episode last week and i don’t feel like doing one this week so I’ll be back in a couple weeks from now thanks for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/support

I used to judge myself to some extent for quitting things, but sometimes quitting doesn’t seem bad, so is there a context where quitting is appropriate or is it semantics? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/support

I share some quotes from Alan Watts and commentary of my own --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/support

This is a buffet of awesome ideas. Pretend you like it. Ready or not, press play.... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/support

Contemplations on expectations, etc. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/support

From the book The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz I talk about the concept of not taking things personally. Easier said than done...or is it? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/support

A discussion on cognitive dissonance; what it is, some examples, how to resolve it, and how does it apply to addiction topics. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/support

Awareness and intention, right? That’s what I am hyper-fixated on, so here is more of it! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-brodie/support

Dana DeMartino is a friend and colleague who I have known for several years. She is a professional counselor and Yoga instructor. She operates a studio called Imagine Yoga. @imagineyoga on the social media, imagineyogavt.com on the general web. In this episode we have a fun discussion about Dana's experience with yoga and how it can be beneficial for anyone to practice. Have you ever done yoga before? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. ...

Another SRSL interview. This time I chat with friend and colleague Kristen Williams, LCMHC, LADC. Kristen is in the process of launching a program to address self-doubt and other challenges for those in helping professions. It is applicable information to all of us though as we are all in one role or another helping someone (including ourselves!). Kristen and I will need to have more conversations for thebpodcast in the future, this will just be the first one. --- This episode is...