Talk on seasonal depression and mood shifts, followed by a meditation to process difficult emotional states of being.
Entries from January 2019
SAD: Seasonal Depression and Processing Dispiriting Moods
January 30th, 2019 · Comments
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Understanding and Addressing Catastrophizing Thoughts and Hypochondria
January 23rd, 2019 · Comments
Talk exploring unconscious psychological factors contributing to intrusive ideations and methods to address these cognitions, both in the short and long term.
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Being Triggered: Why It Happens And What to Do About It
January 16th, 2019 · Comments
Talk and guided meditation; the talk presents an overview of early buddhist and contemporary clinical insights into the psychology processes underlying the sudden switch from a safe and confident state into a hypervigilant, survival mode; the meditation explores self-soothing during triggered states, and de-activating triggering individuals.
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Climbing the Ladder of Well-Being – The Psychological Processes Underpinning Helping Others Skillfully
January 9th, 2019 · Comments
Talk and Guided meditation on the three nervous system states and neural correlates underpinning helping others skillfully, without being dysregulated via emotion contagion.
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Reflecting on a Renewed Sense of Purpose for a New Year
January 1st, 2019 · Comments
Recorded December 31 2018 in Brooklyn NY, from 11pm to just before midnight (after which the sangha chanted the Buddhist refuges and precepts).
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