An episode on a difficult but improvable exercise: using someone’s opposing ideology as a way to see their humanity rather than a reason to divide, part of the Stage Six connecting-to-others work.
An episode on why relatives provoke such deep reactions—the psychology of the side door family seems to have into your subconscious, the difference between family and blood, and how to approach holidays and family interactions better.
A Stage Five episode on moving toward Stage Six by learning to read opposing ideas without anger or offense and updating your own ideology—an exercise the teacher calls among the most needed in the world today.
An episode on optimizing your environment for each of the six senses—designing the surroundings, information sources, interactions and energies that support your goals, and identifying what should not be present.
A Stage Four episode on converting a debt-payoff engine into a savings engine—dreaming about what financial independence would make possible and mapping the concrete steps toward making money work for you.
A Stage Four episode on defining your ideology—its political, religious, social and moral components—writing it all down, aggregating it into a small set of guiding principles, and resolving any inconsistencies you find.
A Stage Four episode on recognizing your own negative behaviors and three methods for stopping them—removing the self-defeating patterns that hold you back through this stage and every stage after it.
A Stage Four episode on turning the work of meeting your own and others’ needs into a regular routine—prioritizing and scheduling needs into daily, weekly and monthly life to avoid slipping back into Stage Three.
A Stage Three episode on connecting with your money by getting out of debt—walking through Dave Ramsey’s baby steps, exactly how to do it, and why to prioritize it within your personal development.
A Stage Three episode on concrete methods for recognizing your energy and connecting with your feelings—learning to listen to these inner advisors, dissipate negative feelings and multiply positive ones; it contains some sexual discussion.
A Stage Three episode on seeing yourself as having needs and attending to them while defining yourself in larger terms—moving beyond your needs and wants into the next phase of development.
A Stage Three teaching episode on connecting with others by seeing their humanity through their needs, offering a simple thought exercise that builds empathy for yourself and others and a concrete method for genuine connection.
An explicit, adults-only Stage Three teaching on connecting to your sexuality through mind, energy and body, and bringing these together with a partner, with practical exercises and homework for deeper intimacy.
A Stage Two teaching on what it means to connect with your body through sleep, regenerative activities and movement, with many practical ideas for each and guidance on getting creative with physical self-care.
A Stage Two exercise in identifying and listing your needs across several categories you may not have considered, and why consistently meeting those needs matters for self-understanding.
A Stage Two exercise on connecting to your past experiences: how to let them go, analyze what they taught you, and avoid living in the past.
A playful thought experiment drawing on quantum mechanics, astrophysics and oceanography to reach the conclusion that there is a single consciousness and that we are all extensions of it.
A discussion of fear of missing out: how it feeds addiction to social media and email, and how to break the cycle to reconnect, in reality, with your own humanity and with others.
An examination of expectation: what you expect of yourself, what you expect of others, and what others expect of you, and how those expectations reveal the current self you are trying to validate.
An exploration of the psychology of hate and anger, what makes people lash out, and how listening to anger reveals the detailed truth of a person’s subconscious beliefs, applied to others and to yourself.
A reflective exercise on being forgotten after death, reframed as a liberation available while still alive, examining what you truly know about your ancestors and what you will and won’t be remembered for.
A practical technique for connecting to the infinite silence or divine within, drawing on somatic meditation and the concept of internal divine and subtle energies in the body.
A detailed technique for connecting to the Silent Observer within, drawing on methods inspired by KRS-One with added perspectives and twists.
A menu of prayer and meditation techniques to help you craft, adapt and optimize a spiritual routine that works for you.
A discussion of the human need to know what has happened, what will happen, and the answers to life’s bigger questions, with practical techniques for letting go of the need to know.