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Your Body Remembers What Your Mind Forgot
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Dec 5
The Holidays: From Sometimes Just Surviving to Thriving
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Nov 13
Wired, Tired and Tense: The Body That's Always Alert, Never Relaxed
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Nov 6
If It's Hysterical It's Historical. (poor audio quality, recorded over zoom)
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Oct 22
How Predictably You: The Manner in Which Personality Is Constructed
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Oct 1
When Our Models of the World Are Outdated And Need Updating
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Sep 22
Wired for Worry: Why Our Brains Gravitate to Stress and What to Do About It
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Aug 13
From Cave Fires to Instagram Likes: The Ancient Roots of Envy and Jealousy
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Jul 23
No Future: Don't be told what you want, Don't be told what you need.
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Jul 16
STOP GOING TO THE HARDWARE STORE ... for orange juice.
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Jun 25
Safe Enough to Love: A Journey from Insecure to Secure Attachment
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Jun 18
Gut Reactions—Like Disgust—What They Teach Us
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Jun 9
How Imagination and Feelings Shape Our Behaviors and Also How We Learn
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May 21
The Validation Trap: Moving On From the Need for Acknowledgment
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May 20
It's a Mad, Mad World: Mental Health in Neoliberal Capitalism
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May 14
No One Is Watching — The Damaging Illusion of an Unseen Audience
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May 3
The Dharma of the Absurd: The Nature of Awakening in an Indifferent Universe
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Apr 30
Seeing Isn’t Believing: Why the Brain Isn’t Built for Truth And Nothing Is As It Seems
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Apr 23
Reparenting Your Mind: Parts Work and Buddhist Practice
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Apr 21
The Roots of Addiction: Contemporary Psychological and Buddhist Perspectives
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Apr 9
When I, Then I'll, or the subtle ways avoidance disguises itself—talk only, meditation didn't record
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Apr 6
The Body, Healing and Love (in person talk in NYC)
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Mar 26
What's Beneath the Flames: Understanding Anger, Uncovering the Vulnerable Emotions It Conceals and the Path to Healing
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Mar 19
EGO DEATH: The State Where We Lose Our Sense of Having a Separate Identity.
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Mar 12
From Chaos to Calm—Ways to Help Others Who Are Emotionally Distressed
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Feb 18
Catastrophizing: Ruminating on the Worst Possible Outcome, No Matter How Unlikely
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Jan 29
Beyond the Hamster Wheel: Stillness in the Time of Acceleration
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Jan 22
On the Purpose and Interpretation of Dreams, What We Can Learn from Them, and Employ in Our Meditation
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Jan 12
NEW YEAR'S DAY TALK 2025: Breaking Free From the Despair of Capitalist Realism
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Dec 18, 2024
The Gift of Being Known: Nurturing Our Well-Being Through Authentic Connection
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Dec 16, 2024
Addressing and Lessening the Stressing
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Nov 28, 2024
Seeing the Suffering Behind the Blowhard's Mask: The Psychology of and Buddhist Approach to Narcissism
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Nov 20, 2024
When the Shit Hits the Fan (or Letting Go of What Never Was): The Path of Disappointment and Resilience
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Oct 30, 2024
A MUTE BUTTON FOR THE MIND: Quieting Inner Chatter, Self Talk, Rumination
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Oct 23, 2024
Breaking Free From Survival Mode: Buddhist Insights into Persistent Childhood Defense Mechanisms
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Oct 16, 2024
EMPATHY: When It's Helpful and When It's Not
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Oct 9, 2024
Internalizing Shame: The Psychological Tolls of Late Stage Capitalism and How to Protect Our Sense of Self
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Sep 26, 2024
Nervous: A Brief Overview of the Autonomic Nervous System and Ways to Regulate Our Stress
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Aug 28, 2024
The Buddha: A Revolutionary Who Fought Against the Class System
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Aug 21, 2024
In Person at GSHP: Connection, Community and Well-Being (not great audio quality)
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Jul 31, 2024
Make It Fun For a Change: Imagination, Creativity and Play in Meditation and Spiritual Practice
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Jul 26, 2024
Doomscrolling: The persistent draw toward negative news, why its so alluring and how to disconnect
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Jul 17, 2024
COULDA • WOULDA • SHOULDA • The Fascinating Implications of Counterfactual Thought
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Jul 17, 2024
Cultivating a Secure Base in Adult Life: How We Can Repair Early Attachment Disturbancess To Create a Positive Sense of Self
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Jul 3, 2024
Complaining versus Reframing: How to Process Bad Interactions Without Rumination or Lingering Resentments
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Jun 24, 2024
RELAX & UNWIND: Addressing the Causes and Conditions That Support Well-Being
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Jun 18, 2024
The Ick! An abrupt and unanticipated feeling of disgust toward someone we previously found enjoyable or attractive
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Jun 6, 2024
The Unconscious Prcocesses That Choose Our Attachments (And How to Change Them For the Better)
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May 29, 2024
Is There Really a True Self? Sub-Personalities, Impression Management And the Slippery Sense of Authenticity!
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May 22, 2024
The Blame and Shame Spiral: An Alternative to Fault Finding and Self-Pity After Relationship Ruptures
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May 13, 2024
Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: How Emotional Memories Create Obsessive Mental States
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May 13, 2024
Retail Therapy: The Destructive Cycle of Relying on Shopping to Auto-Regulate Our Emotions
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Apr 24, 2024
Victim Signaling, Competitive Victimization and the Role of Forgiveness
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Apr 24, 2024
If This Were a Pill Everyone Would Be Taking It
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Apr 15, 2024
Understanding and Addressing Toxic Shame, Including Practices That Build Our Self-Esteem
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Mar 29, 2024
DENIAL (Don't Be In It). Understanding And Addressing Denial From Buddhist and Psychological Perspectives
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Mar 15, 2024
The Path of Supporting Others By Listening Without Giving Advice
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Mar 15, 2024
Understanding And Appreciating Our Most Challenging Attributes
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Feb 9, 2024
Instant Karma, Long Term Karma: Why It Really Matters to Your Well-Being
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Jan 31, 2024
Top Down and Bottom Up Processing: How Our Minds Create Our Sense of Self and the World and How to Re-Start the Process
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Jan 24, 2024
The addictive Allure of Unreliable Relationships and Trauma Bonding
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Jan 14, 2024
Burnout Culture: How the ‘Always On’ Digital Landscape of Connectivity and Convenience Inevitably Leads to States of Exhaustion; the Role of Meditation and Contemplation in Restoring Balance to Life
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Jan 8, 2024
New Years Intention Setting Talk, Meditation and Ceremony for 2024
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Dec 28, 2023
Balancing Comfort and Ease with Our Accountability to Others and the World
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Dec 18, 2023
Accepting Versus Trying to Change Others in Core Relationships
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Dec 3, 2023
The Hidden Allures of Suffering and the Ways Out of the Cycle of Self-Inflicted Despair
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Nov 26, 2023
Being Seen In the Eye of the Other: On The Importance of Feeling Understood
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Nov 15, 2023
DPXnyc Live: Relieving Overburdened Defenses & Establishing Harmonious Coping Strategies.mp3
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Nov 1, 2023
The Fear of Death: What exacerbates It? Practices to Alleviate the Dread & Anxiety.
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Oct 27, 2023
Living with the Unknown, or Ways to Respond WHen Life Ambushes Us With the Unexpected
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Oct 18, 2023
The Addictions of Everyday Life: Common activities can produce bursts of dopamine in the brain that bring short term pleasures and longer term suffering
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Oct 12, 2023
Insights & Meditations to Develop Secure Relationships (Dharma Punx NYC live)
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Oct 10, 2023
Distress Tolerance Tools part 2: Reframing Life in Terms of Our Core Values
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Sep 27, 2023
Distress Tolerance Tools part 1: Effective Engagement versus Avoidance Coping
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Sep 20, 2023
Dharma Punx NYC Live in Williamsburg: Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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Sep 11, 2023
understanding and attaining transcedent non-dual states of mind via early buddhist meditation strategies
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Sep 6, 2023
Complicated Grief talk & meditation. Please note: the meditation might be painful for those with cPTSD or attachment traumas, so don’t practice if you feel vulnerable.
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Aug 31, 2023
Memory Reconsolidation: Rewriting the Unconscious Emotional Beliefs That Activate Fast Automatic Bevahiors
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Aug 22, 2023
Basics of Neurotransmitters And Their Role in Mood Disorders and Natural Ways to Address Imbalances
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Aug 7, 2023
The Universe as a Simulation: The brain lacks direct access to the outside world, so it must guess what’s out there. How can we change the predictive models we live in?
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Aug 5, 2023
Anger Mgmt: How to Process and Safely Metabolize Frustration, Resentment and Rage
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Jul 23, 2023
FAWNING: The fourth “F” of threat reactions: Fight, Flight, Freeze and Fawn; Accommodating, Appeasing and Deferring to Those Who Have Harmed Us
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Jun 28, 2023
Setting Boundaries to Maintain Relationships: An Overview and Strategies
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Jun 14, 2023
How Right Effort in Buddhism Overlaps with Metacognition and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; How Changing the Way We Frame Experience Changes How We Feel and Addresses Our Moods
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Jun 7, 2023
Conflict Avoidance: Addressing maladaptive tendencies, moving forward to face our fears and disclose needs authentically
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May 31, 2023
Addressing Unresolved Buried Memories and Feelings from the Forgotten Past
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May 23, 2023
You’re not who you think you are, nor is anyone else: The biases that distort our sense of self and others
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May 9, 2023
Practicing Contentment: Positive Psychology and Tools for Peace of Mind
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Apr 29, 2023
Emotion Contagion: What It Is & How to Limit the Influence of Other People’s Anger, Anxiety & Gloom
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Apr 19, 2023
Addiction and Recovery: An Overview of Insights and Tools for Sobriety
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Apr 12, 2023
Managing Stress: A Set of Tools to Reset Your Alarm System
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Apr 5, 2023
The Mind & The Body: How physiological changes in both body and brain states guide our choices and behaviors
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Mar 27, 2023
Cultivating Feelings of Safety in Our Core Relationships
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Mar 19, 2023
Denial and Acceptance: How the Mind Can Hold Two Contradictory Beliefs and Perceptions at the Same Time
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Mar 19, 2023
Altered States: How We Create What We Experience, Spiritual Endeavors, Meditation, Plant Medicine
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Feb 16, 2023
Mind Over Matter: Rituals and Placebos, Some of the Science Behind the Magic
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Feb 8, 2023
The Revolution Within: Some of the Ways Capitalism Colonizes the Mind And the Tools For Liberation
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Jan 29, 2023
Sleep, Dreaming and Insomnia: A Concise Overview
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Jan 17, 2023
The Simulation of Reality We Live In And The Aha! Moment of the Experiential Shift
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Jan 11, 2023
Radical Buddhist Intentions for the New Year (2023)
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Jan 3, 2023
Reparenting Oneself in a Meditation Practice
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Dec 21, 2022
Seasonal Affective Disorder and the Holiday Blues
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Dec 15, 2022
Self-Rumination and Depression
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Dec 7, 2022
Building Durable Relationships That Are Resilient Under External Stress
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Nov 30, 2022
An Array of Practices and Insights to Address Social Discomfort
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Nov 20, 2022
Unconscious Memories and Automatic Behaviors
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Nov 9, 2022
Transcendent and Transformational Peak Experiences
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Nov 2, 2022
On People Pleasing, Impression Management and the Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
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Oct 27, 2022
Resetting the Nervous System to Calm, Confident, Curious and Creative
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Oct 27, 2022
Core Insights of the Dharma: Impermanence (Anicca), the Nature of Existence
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Oct 11, 2022
Fixing a Broken Picker: Changing How We Choose People For Relationships
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Oct 5, 2022
Indecision—Drawbacks, Benefits, and Ways To Make a Decision When the Clock’s Run Out
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Sep 24, 2022
Contemporary Insights into the Psychology of Envy, and Some Meditative Strategies to Address It
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Sep 12, 2022
A Sense of Purpose Versus Languishing: The Activities That Keep Us Sane, Healthy and Motivated
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Sep 12, 2022
Too Much Stuff: Understanding Hoarding and Accumulation
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Sep 1, 2022
Getting Unstuck: Both/And (Dialectical) Thinking Versus Either/Or (Black or White) Thinking
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Aug 20, 2022
Anger → Resentments → Suffering; Mindfulness → Boundaries → Forgiveness → Relief
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Jul 28, 2022
Reading Other People’s Minds: Mentalization, Understanding Other’s Intentions, and Why It’s Vital Coping Skill For Peace of Mind
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Jul 24, 2022
Thriving in Relationships: Acceptance versus the Fantasy of Changing One’s Partner
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Jul 19, 2022
The Role of Expressed Delight in Developing Healthy a Sense of Self
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Letting Go and Moving on: Skillful Grieving After Rejection, Separation and Loss
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Jul 4, 2022
Persevering Despite Setbacks, Obstacles and a Bombardment of Bad News
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Jun 27, 2022
Self-Therapy: A Meditation Strategy to Orchestrate Impulses And Drives Towards Healthy Goals
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Jun 20, 2022
Trauma Informed: Some Basic Insights And Strategies To Address in a Meditation Practice
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Jun 5, 2022
Right Livelihood: The Pressures of Late Stage Capitalism While Seeking Fulfilling Work.
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May 9, 2022
Attaining States of Flow, being fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus or “in the zone”
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Apr 28, 2022
Dependency, Co-Dependency and Interdependency: Understanding the Differences and Addressing the Concerns
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Cognitive Overload and Mental Fatigue: Understanding and Alleviating
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Brief Meditation to Prepare for Anxiety Inducing Situations and Interactions
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News Flash: How Much News Do We Really Need?
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Buddhism and Attachment Theory Part 1: The Types of Attachment And How Early Bonds Influence Everything
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Transforming Our Greatest Fears Into a Tool For Spiritual Growth
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Jan 16, 2022
Self- Destructive Impulses: The Buddha & Freud’s insights into our inclinations toward self-sabotaging behaviors.
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Dec 18, 2021
Discerning Our Unmet Needs When Orienting Towards Self-Actualization
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Why We Do the Things We Do: The Possibility of Change Amidst the Demise of Free Will
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On the Removal of Intrusive Thoughts: Insights, Tools and Buddhist Contemplative Strategies
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Upgrading Our Operating Systems: How Evolutionary Mismatch Effects Your Life And What To Do About It
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Fawning: Avoiding Conflict At All Cost By Performing Placating Behaviors
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The Stress of Secrets and Skillful Ways to Disclose Painful Experiences
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Creating Space for Other People‘s Emotional States
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It‘s Not What You Think, But What You Feel That Really Matters
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Oceanic Boundless: Achieving Transformative, Mind-Expanding Altered States of Consciousness in Meditation
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Effective Early Buddhist Strategies for Addressing Compulsions, Addictions and Bad Habits
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Easing Loneliness and Feeling More Connected
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Aug 5, 2021
Hacking Your Brain: Neurotransmitters, why you should care, and how to balance their levels
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Aug 1, 2021
The Shadow Self: Understanding the nature of unconscious, disowned feelings, impulses and memories that we often fail to acknowledge and accept.
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Jul 25, 2021
Incompatible Relationships—Why some pairings create conflict and instability no matter how much we try to compromise and practice tolerance and understanding.
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Jul 15, 2021
Karma: How our present intentions and actions influence our future emotional well-being.
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Jul 8, 2021
Negativity Bias: focusing on negative experiences has resulted in severe consequences for our psychological well-being.
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Jul 1, 2021
The Fear of Missing Out—How to Address the Concern That Other People Are Doing Life Better.
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Jul 1, 2021
The Path to Awakening: Core Buddhist Teachings on the Nature of Enlightenment
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Jun 19, 2021
Madness (Varied cultural models of madness, the fear of losing one's mind, hidden social agendas packed into the concept of insanity)
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Jun 10, 2021
Psychological and Spiritual Implications of Internet Use
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Jun 10, 2021
Understanding And Cultivating Love, Bonding, Exploration and Emotion-Regulation.
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Jun 2, 2021
The Sublime—How States of Awe and Wonder Provide Refuge From Distress and Anxiety
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May 20, 2021
Forbidden Thoughts: Coping with Distressing, Intrusive Impulses
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May 16, 2021
Setting Skillful Boundaries: Transforming burdensome relationships without relying on maladaptive defensive strategies
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May 5, 2021
Putting Your Head in the Demon's Jaw: Approaches to Trauma, Triggers and Distress Tolerance
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May 2, 2021
Addressing Maladaptive Patterns in Relationships
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Apr 25, 2021
Attention: How It Influences Our Emotional Well-being And How To Manage It
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Apr 9, 2021
Rituals, Faith, Placebos and Healing
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Apr 2, 2021
Offering and Receiving Support: How Talking About Painful Events Can Help And How It Can Make Matters Worse
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Mar 11, 2021
Life at the Crossroads: Making Important Life Decisions
Talk reviewing some contemporary theories into the different processes involved in making decisions, how we get stuck, and new approaches towards being decisive. venmo: dhamapunxnyc
Mar 3, 2021
Work Related Stress: Gaining Confidence Via Meditative and Somatic Practices
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Feb 25, 2021
Getting Closure: What? When? How?
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Feb 3, 2021
Toning Down a Pathological Inner Critic
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Jan 29, 2021
A Sense of Purpose
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Jan 21, 2021
How to Feel Safe in Unstable Times
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Jan 9, 2021
Determining and Stating Our Core Needs
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Jan 1, 2021
New Years Eve Talk: Spirituality, Ultimate Concerns and a Meaningful Life
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Dec 23, 2020
Self-Acceptance vs Self-Improvement: The Paths to Well-Being
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Dec 9, 2020
Fine Tuning Intuition Through Mindfulness of Feelings
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Dec 2, 2020
Cultivating a Balanced Life Free of Compulsive Distractions
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Nov 25, 2020
Seasonal Affective Disorder in the Time of the Pandemic
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Nov 19, 2020
Obsession. Infatuation. Fixation. Preoccupation.
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Nov 12, 2020
Finding Moments of Relief in the Midst of Chaos
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Oct 30, 2020
The Growth Choice: Evolving Beyond Avoidance Behaviors to Adult Coping Strategies
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Oct 9, 2020
Unsettled: Living with the Unresolved
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Oct 4, 2020
The Big Questions: Existentialist Psychology and the Dharma
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Sep 24, 2020
Addiction and Recovery: Contemporary and Buddhist Theories & Treatments
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Sep 16, 2020
A Pocket Guide To the Dharma — The Core Principles of Buddhist Psychology
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Sep 9, 2020
Positive Emotions: Why We Have Them, Why We Need Them, How to Generate Them
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Sep 3, 2020
The Process of Healing: Grieving Loss and Separation From the Loved
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Aug 26, 2020
Transcendence and Ultimate Concerns: Some of the Profound Benefits of Spiritual Practice
Talk given August 25, 2020 on some of the more profound benefits of spiritual practice. to support the teacher, venmo: dharmapunxnyc
Aug 12, 2020
Processing the Pandemic: How We Carry or Discharge Our Emotional Wounds & Stress
Talk given August 11th, 2020 for our Tuesday Evening Class. All talks supported entirely by donation. Please consider supporting my Buddhist Pastoral work; venmo: dharmapunxnyc
Jul 30, 2020
Cultivating the Resilience to Bounce Back After Losses, Setbacks and Disappointments
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Jul 22, 2020
You Are Smarter Than You Think (But You Probably Don't Know Why)
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Jul 8, 2020
Rewiring Our Old Circuitry: Overriding Outdated Behavioral Traits
Talk on evolutionary priming and how it creates evolutionary mismatches, where our behaviors no longer fit our world nor contribute to well-being. Venmo: dharmapunxnyc
Jul 4, 2020
Understanding and Addressing the State of Being Overwhelmed
Being overwhelmed can be a normal reaction to an overload of daily stresses, obligations or especially difficult circumstances, such as being a doctor during a pandemic. However, underlying, psychological causes can make challenging situations appear far more paralyzing than they really are. If you'd like to support my work, please use the paypal button or venmo: dharmapunxnyc
Jun 26, 2020
Understanding and Connecting with the Inner Child in Mindfulness Meditation
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Jun 17, 2020
How Minds and Bodies Interact in the Healing of Emotional Wounds
How to process and release emotional experiences through embodied awareness. Please consider supporting my Buddhist Pastoral work, which is sustained entirely by your donations. Venmo: @dharmapunxnyc
May 27, 2020
Pandemic Talk 9: Understanding and Addressing Situational Depression
Talk on zoom May 19, 2020. If you'd like to support my Buddhist pastoral work in New York, please use the paypal button to the right or Venmo: dharmapunxnyc.
May 20, 2020
Pandemic Talk 8: Taking Care of the Nervous System During Times of Stress
Talk on zoom May 19, 2020. If you'd like to support my Buddhist pastoral work in New York, please use the paypal button to the right or Venmo: dharmapunxnyc.
May 13, 2020
Pandemic Talk 7: A Spiritual Practice for These Times
Talk on zoom May 12, 2020. If you'd like to support my Buddhist pastoral work in New York, please use the paypal button to the right or Venmo: dharmapunxnyc.
May 6, 2020
Pandemic Talk 6—Communicating During the Pandemic: Stating Needs. Setting Boundaries. Working Through Conflict.
Talk on zoom May 5, 2020. If you'd like to support my Buddhist pastoral work in New York, please use the paypal button to the right or Venmo: dharmapunxnyc.
Apr 29, 2020
Pandemic Talk 5—Practices to Support Emotion Stability During Social Distancing
Talk on zoom April 28, 2020. If you'd like to support my Buddhist pastoral work in New York, please use the paypal button to the right or Venmo: dharmapunxnyc.
Apr 23, 2020
Pandemic Talk 4: Coming to Terms With Difficult Experiences
Talk on zoom April 21, 2020. If you'd like to support my Buddhist pastoral work in New York City, please use the paypal button to the right or Venmo: dharmapunxnyc. Thank you!
Apr 17, 2020
Pandemic Talk# 3: Tools for Self-Acceptance and Internal Integration
Talk on zoom April 14, 2020. If you'd like to support my Buddhist pastoral work in New York, please use the paypal button to the right or Venmo: dharmapunxnyc. Thank you!
Apr 9, 2020
Pandemic Talk 2—Adapting to the New Normal Through Titration, Portioning and Mindfulness
Talk on zoom April 7, 2020. If you can support my Buddhist pastoral work in New York, please use the paypal button to the right or Venmo: dharmapunxnyc. Thank you!
Apr 9, 2020
Pandemic Talk 1 — Some Tools for the Times
Talk given on zoom March 29, 2020. If you'd like to support my Buddhist pastoral work in New York, please use the paypal button to the right or Venmo: dharmapunxnyc. Thank you!
Mar 16, 2020
a meaningful life with significant experiences
live talk from march 9, before we closed down live meetings due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Mar 4, 2020
The Felt Sense of Security: Why Some People Respond to Challenges, While Others React
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Feb 5, 2020
Terror Management: How We Accept Or Deny the Most Significant Truth of Existence
Talk and guided meditation on the beneficial practices and outcomes of mortality awareness.
Jan 29, 2020
Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: Understanding Why They're So Sticky, And How To Alleviate Them
Talk and guided meditation covering both modern and ancient perspectives into the ‘ironic process’ that makes certain thoughts so sticky and repetitive, and how to stem the flow of such obsessive ideations. Please consider supporting the teacher, whose teachings are entirely sustained by donations. Thanks!
Jan 22, 2020
Mindful Communication During Conflict: The Process of Building Trust and Mutuality Amidst Tension
A dharma talk on the theories behind and practices employed in developing interacting skillfully in relationships. Please consider supporting the teachings, thanks!
Jan 15, 2020
A Healthy Balance: Love Versus Codependency and Enmeshment
In secure attachment and love, a relationship is flexible, balancing times of deep intimacy and attunement, with times where partners can be separate without preoccupied anxiety over the moods and impulses of their partner; each partner has a healthy sense of self and supportive friends outside of their core relationship; in co-dependency, the bond is often rooted in feelings insecurity, a damaged sense of self, inflexibility and separation anxiety. This episode dives into the distinctions, then leads to a meditation that explores some of the talk's tehems.
Jan 8, 2020
Relax & Unwind: How to Slow Down and Recuperate
Dharma talk and guided meditation on the theme.
Jan 1, 2020
Skillful Intentions for a New Decade of Well Being (with New Year's Eve Ceremony)
Talk given at our annual New Year's Eve Event in Brooklyn NYC, Dec 31, 2019. Recording includes the 2,500 year old refuges and precepts chant in english.
Dec 18, 2019
Inclining the Mind Toward Secure Attachment
Talk on how physiological states associated with early relational events influence our choices and behaviors in adult attachments and friendships, as well as ways to change our attachment patterns. Guided visualization follows exploring the theme. Please consider supporting the teacher by making a donation.
Dec 11, 2019
object constancy and the psychology of protective spirits and persecutory delusions
Object constancy is not just the ability to believe that core relationships are stable despite conflicts, but also the ability to internalize the soothing attributes of a secure attachment figure. In this talk will discuss how the mind can create agents as compensations during times of isolation and loneliness; we'll employ the early Buddhist practice of devanusati, or conjuring the felt sense of protective entities. Please consider contributing to support the teacher, whose work is offered freely and entirely sustained by the donations.
Dec 4, 2019
Chronic Stress: Causes and Relief
33 minute talk exploring some physiological and psychological perspectives, along with classic contemplative and mindfulness tools to alleviate chronic stress. All teachings offered freely, the teacher is supported by your donations. Thanks!
Nov 27, 2019
Addressing the Fear of Social Rejection
Talk and guided meditation on the theme. In the 2,500 year old tradition of dana, these teachings are offered without charge and are entirely supported by the generosity of the those who find them to be of value. Thank you for your support.
Nov 20, 2019
Peak Experiences, Ego Transcendence and Self-Actualization: Some Tools and Insights from Transpersonal Psychology and the Human Potential Movement
Talk and guided meditation about Transpersonal Psychology integrated the spiritual and transcendent aspects of buddhist practice within the framework of therapy. Please support the teacher's work by donating—thanks for your kindness! j
Nov 15, 2019
Self Integration: Understanding the separate states of the psyche
Although our sense of is that we inhabit a singular, unified self that changes little across time, in fact all humans experience a wide multiplicity of self - states, ie traits , capabilities, perceptions and behaviors that differ from one situation to the next. This talk explores the origins of self-states and how to gain a greater sense of self-acceptance through connecting with these states in meditation practice. Please consider supporting the teachings by making a donation. Thanks! J
Nov 7, 2019
Alleviating Distress: Buddhist and Contemporary Insights Into the Two Kinds of Suffering in Life
Dharma talk on the difference between inevitable pain and avoidable suffering, along with a guided meditation on the theme. Please consider supporting the teachings by making a donation. Thanks! J
Oct 30, 2019
Repairing Attachment Wounds in Adults: A Summary of Five Practices
An overview of attachment patterns in adults, followed by a review of ways to address damaging relational issues. Please consider donating to support the teacher, as my work is entirely sustained by donations.
Oct 30, 2019
Contemplation of One's Mortality Meditation to Clarify Our Purpose in Life
The mindfulness of mortality, Maraṇasati in Pali, is a 2,500 year old Buddhist meditation that provides a manner in which we can usefully and serenly contemplate the inevitabilities of old age, sickness, death and loss; the practice employs these reflections to discern our most authentic purpose in life, condusive to establishing one's highest sense of self-worth.
Oct 24, 2019
Interacting Skillfully with Irrational People
Dharma talk on a variety tools to emotionally regulate angry, depressed, triggered, shut down individuals. Meditation follows that explores some of the talk's themes. Please consider supporting the teachings by making a donation. Thanks! J
Oct 17, 2019
Addressing Work Related Anxiety
Dharma talk on the underlying psychological structures resulting in chronic work related anxiety and guided meditation on the theme. Please consider supporting the teachings by making a donation. Thanks! J
Oct 9, 2019
Thoughts on Setting Boundaries and Stating Needs
Talk, meditation and guided reflection on the theme. In the 2,500 year old Buddhist Tradition all teachings offered free of charge, supported entirely by donation only. Please consider supporting the teacher—thanks! J
Oct 2, 2019
Orienting Practice: Locating Safety Cues in Stressful Situations, Talk and Guided Visualization
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Sep 19, 2019
Stop Making Sense: Retrieving the Felt Experience Before All Conceptualization and Meaning Making
Talk and guided meditation on the theme. If you find something of merit in these talks, please consider supporting the teacher by donating. Thanks!
Sep 11, 2019
Addressing Learned Helplessness, Fatalism, Resignation
31 minute talk followed by 29 minute guided meditation. Donating with paypal button on this page supports the teacher; thanks for your contributions.
Sep 5, 2019
Resilience, Bouncing Back From Setbacks and Going with the Flow
Dharma talks and guided meditation on the theme. If possible, please donate to help support this podcast.
Aug 21, 2019
Procrastination, Perfectionism & Avoidance Coping: What Makes Us Drag Our Feet And How To Move Forward
33 minute talk, 27 minute guided meditation on the theme
Aug 14, 2019
Killing the Buddha: Infatuation with Big Ideas and the Fetishization of "The One Who Knows"
39 minute talk and 28 minute guided meditation
Aug 8, 2019
A Balanced Nervous System: Stress vs Shut Down vs Wellbeing
34 minute talk, 30 minute guided meditation addressing both stress and tiredness
Jul 31, 2019
Preoccupation: Addressing the fixation on unreliable relationships that distract attention from embracing our life and moving forward.
33 minute talk on preoccupation followed by 27 minute guided meditation on the theme
Jul 24, 2019
Making Sense of Life: Processing Emotional Events & Attachment Wounds Through Storytelling
30 minute talk + 30 minute guided meditation on the theme.
Jul 17, 2019
Taking Inventory: Reviewing the Quality of Our Actions Without Beating Ourselves Up
32 minute talk, 27 minute meditation on the theme
Jul 10, 2019
Repetition Compulsion: The Tendency to Wind Up in Unhealthy Interpersonal Dynamics, and How to Address These Patterns with Somatic Mindfulness
33 minute talk and 28 minute guided meditation on the theme
Jul 4, 2019
Attaining Trascendent & Altered States of Consciousness
Talk and guided meditation on the psychology of transcendent states and how to attain them without using psychoactive substances.
Jun 28, 2019
Emotions: How Are They Made & Can They Be Changed?
A talk giving an overview of some fascinating new insights regarding the theory of emotions and affect regulation, focusing on the work of Lisa Feldman Barrett. The talk explores how these ideas fit into the core teachings of the Buddha, followed by a meditation exploring new techniques in regulating emotions.
Jun 20, 2019
managers, firefighters and exiles—Different Parts of the Self
32 minute talk + 27 minute guided meditation on the theme
Jun 15, 2019
Upgrading Your Mind's Operating System
35 minute talk • 25 minute guided meditation on the theme
Jun 5, 2019
Unseen Costs: How Social Media & Text Based Communication Contribute to Emotional Isolation
talk and guided meditation on the theme
May 8, 2019
Getting Unhooked • How To Uncover the Nonconscious Complexes Underlying Current Struggles
Dharma talk + meditation exploring the theme.
May 1, 2019
Dharma 101: Understanding the Four Noble Truths
Celebrating 2,500,000 downloads of dharmapunxnyc talks with a focus on a foundational insight of the Buddha's teachings.
Apr 24, 2019
Connecting with Our Unmet Needs & Deepest Longings
Talk and guided meditation on the theme.
Apr 17, 2019
hungry ghosts & angry demons: recovery retreat talk 1
talk on the damaged relational patterns that underlie addictive and compulsive behaviors, along with a guided meditation that addresses these wounds to the human psyche.
Apr 17, 2019
hungry ghosts & angry demons: recovery retreat talk 2
talk on relationship between core shame and addiction and building self-esteem in recovery
Mar 29, 2019
Soothing Guided Meditation (with relaxing ambient music)
30 minute guided meditation with relaxing ambient music
Mar 27, 2019
Fulfillment in Life
Talk and guided meditation. (Recorded at the last meeting at 302 Bowery; Tuesday evening meeting moving to Williamsburg Brooklyn.)
Mar 20, 2019
Self-Soothing in Triggering Social Settings
Talk and guided meditation exploring self-soothing techniques.
Mar 13, 2019
Relationships: Tools For Establishing a Secure Bond
Talk and guided meditation on the theme.
Mar 6, 2019
Entering the Bardos: The Hidden Wisdom of Buddhist Mysticism
Note: Due to a recording malfunction only an abridged version of the meditation's was recorded.
Feb 12, 2019
hacking your brain: neurotransmitters, hormones and using meditation to cultivate states of well-being
34 minute talk + 25 minute meditation
Feb 6, 2019
On Releasing Resentments and Processing Anger
Talk exploring the underlying two keys to address frustration and outrage, taking adaptive actions, and finally starting the process of forgiveness.
Jan 30, 2019
SAD: Seasonal Depression and Processing Dispiriting Moods
Talk on seasonal depression and mood shifts, followed by a meditation to process difficult emotional states of being.
Jan 23, 2019
Understanding and Addressing Catastrophizing Thoughts and Hypochondria
Talk exploring unconscious psychological factors contributing to intrusive ideations and methods to address these cognitions, both in the short and long term.
Jan 16, 2019
Being Triggered: Why It Happens And What to Do About It
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.
Jan 9, 2019
Climbing the Ladder of Well-Being – The Psychological Processes Underpinning Helping Others Skillfully
Talk and Guided meditation on the three nervous system states and neural correlates underpinning helping others skillfully, without being dysregulated via emotion contagion.
Jan 1, 2019
Reflecting on a Renewed Sense of Purpose for a New Year
Recorded December 31 2018 in Brooklyn NY, from 11pm to just before midnight (after which the sangha chanted the Buddhist refuges and precepts).
Dec 19, 2018
Safe vs Alert vs At Risk: How Our Nervous System Influences How We Think, Act and Perceive Others
34 minute talk and 26 minute guided meditation on the theme.
Dec 12, 2018
Developing Awareness of Feelings as a Way to Transform Ingrained Behaviors
30 minute talk and 29 minute guided meditation on transforming ingrained behaviors and perceptions through developing a sustained awareness of underlying feelings.
Dec 5, 2018
Loosening the Grip of False Perceptions Through Skillful Acts of Non-Compliance
Dharma talk and guided meditation exploring the theme. Hour long episode.
Nov 28, 2018
the myth of self-improvement vs the healing journey of self-care
A talk summarizing the Buddha's insights into one of the most pernicious catalysts of suffering, why self-improvement regimes invariably leave us disappointed and often with even more damaged states of inner esteem, and the psychologically sound practices to process emotional wounds.
Nov 21, 2018
Social Discomfort: What Behaviors Exacerbate and Alleviate Interpersonal Awkwardness
Talk and Guided meditation exploring alleviating social anxiety
Nov 14, 2018
Imagination and Creativity in Meditation as a Form of Self-Therapy
26 minute talk + 28 minute guided meditation developing creative visualization practice Also: Join us for our last retreat of the year!
Nov 14, 2018
Surviving Toxic Relationships with Narcissists and Sociopaths
35 minute talk + 24 minute guided meditation on developing a secure base And join us for our last retreat of the year!
Oct 31, 2018
Two Talks and Meditations from 2018 Dharma Punx Retreat on Secure Attachment
Talks and guided Meditations from the October 25 - 28 Won Dharma Retreat on Secure Attachment
Oct 25, 2018
Unlearning Fear: Reviewing neural processes underlying fear and meditation strategies to alleviate avoidance coping
Talk and guided meditation on the process of overriding fear through visualization process.
Oct 17, 2018
Cultivating A Spiritual Path to Survive Shitty Times
33 minute dharma talk followed by 29 minute guided meditation on the theme
Oct 10, 2018
Healing Core Shame By Developing Self-Worth and Confidence While in a Meditation Practice
Talk on the concept of core shame, what causes it, how it leads to self-doubt, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, vulnerability and avoidant coping patterns, and a guided meditation demonstrating how to alleviate core shame in practice.
Oct 4, 2018
How to Understand and Alleviate Those Distressing Thoughts
30 minute talk followed by guided meditation on the theme
Oct 4, 2018
Self-Retreat: On the Transformative Power of Emotions
Extended talk on the efficacy of emotions followed by meditation exploring the theme. Recorded September 28 2018 at Garrison Institute
Sep 26, 2018
The Emotional Wounds Underlying Envy & Jealousy
28 minute talk + 28 minute guided meditation
Sep 23, 2018
A Basic Process for Making Difficult Decisions
30 minute talk + 30 minute guided meditation where we practice making a difficult decision
Sep 12, 2018
Core Feelings, Defensive Impulses and Resilience
39 minute talk followed by 25 minute guided meditation on themes introduced in the talk.
Sep 5, 2018
The Social Brain and Shaping One's Self to Achieve Acceptance from Others
33 minute talk, 27 minute guided meditaiton practicing the tools described in the talk
Aug 29, 2018
Five ways to Use Attention in Meditation to Reduce Agitation & Build Distress Tolerance
33 minute talk + 30 minute meditation reviewing different techniques
Aug 22, 2018
What Hides Behind the Curtain
25 minute talk + 25 minute meditation which further investigates the theme.
Aug 15, 2018
Addiction. Attachment. Dharma. Recovery.
36 minute talk, 27 minute guided meditation on the theme. This talk expands on ideas found in the clinical books of 'Addiction as an Attachment Disorder' by Philip Flores, 'Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self' by Allan Schore Along with these other studies: Caspers, K. M., Troutman, B., & Spinks, R. (2006). Attachment as an organizer of behavior: implications for substance abuse problems and willingness to seek treatment . Padykula, N.L. & Conklin, P. (2010). The self-regulation model of attachment trauma and addiction. Clinical Social Work Journal Reis, S., Curtis, J. & Reid, A. (2012). Attachment styles and alcohol problems in emerging adulthood Schindler, A., TSack, P. M., Kustner, U. & Eckert, J. (2005). Attachment and substance use disorders. Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction’ (2008) Gabor Mate Substance Abuse and Insecure Attachment Styles: A Relational Study Yasmin Borhani University of California, Irvine Research by Thorberg and Lyvers (2006)
Aug 1, 2018
the repair of emotional wounds and core shame in meditation practice
32 minute talk + 26 minute guided meditation on the theme.
Jul 25, 2018
The Fear of Insignificance, Transcendence and the final process in Buddhism, Atammayata
33 minute talk + 27 minute guided Atammayata meditation
Jul 12, 2018
The Whys & Hows of Setting Boundaries with Foolish People
34 minute talk, 26 minute guided meditation
Jul 12, 2018
Defining Depression and Alleviating the Intrusive Thoughts That Trigger Relapses
27 minute talk followed by 30 minute meditation
Jul 5, 2018
Each of us is a crowd: Defensive Sub-Personalities and the Wounded Child
31 minute talk, 29 minute meditation exploring the theme.
Jun 28, 2018
UNDERSTANDING THE DECENTRALIZED SELF AND HOW ONE CAN INTEGRATE IMPULSES INTO AN ADAPTABLE PSYCHE
37 minute talk, 27 minute meditation, followed by brief addendum
Jun 20, 2018
Standing Up to Bullies Without Freezing: Using Spiritual Tools to Protect Ourselves
28 minute talk, 27 minute meditation practicing the concepts + brief conclusion.
Jun 14, 2018
Invitation to a Spacious and Open Mind
33 minute talk + 27 minute guided meditation on the theme
Jun 7, 2018
NO BIG IDEA - Don't Believe the Hype
25 minute talk followed by 30 minute guided meditation
May 30, 2018
Sometimes All You Need Is a New Perspective (or A Different View)
32 minute talk • 27 minute guided meditation on the theme • thanks for listening
May 23, 2018
Mending Important Relationships with Mindful and Mirroring Dialogue Strategies
34 minute talk followed by 26 minute meditation related to the theme. Remember to check out the six part, filmed Dharma Punx NYC series now showing at: learn.tricycle.org/courses/feeling-secure-in-an-unstable-world
May 16, 2018
Talk on Core Shame and Low Self-Esteem, With Inner Child Meditation Exploring How to Ease Old Emotional Wounds
27 minute talk +30 minute guided meditation exploring the topic, including exploring how the brahma viharas can heal early emotional wounds.
May 2, 2018
Existential Well-Being: Cultivating Insights Steering Us Towards a Meaningful Life
30 minute talk followed by 30 minute guided meditation on the theme.
Apr 25, 2018
How to Fire Your Inner Prosecutor: Deflating the Inflated Superego
Talk followed by guided meditation exploring ways to address the inflated superego
Apr 18, 2018
how early life experiences, now long forgotten, still influence our lives and what we can do about them
35 minute talk, 25 minute meditation on the theme.
Apr 11, 2018
two paths to liberation: samadhi and vipassana
26 minute talk followed by 30 minute guided meditation on the topic
Apr 4, 2018
i just dont know what to make of it and that's ok
26 minute talk + 30 minute guided meditation
Mar 26, 2018
memory reconsolidation—the intersection of a core buddhist insight practice with contemporary neuropsychology
30 minute talk, 30 minute meditation on the topic
Mar 7, 2018
Turning Towards, Rather than Running from, Discomfort: Observing and Learning from Difficult Experiences
35 minute talk followed by 28 minute guided meditation exploring the tools discussed.
Feb 28, 2018
Dual Talk Noah Levine & Josh Korda: Healing through Community
42 minute spontaneous talk given by Noah Levine and Josh Korda at Against the Stream Meditation Center, Febuary 26, 2018.
Feb 21, 2018
The Psychology of Resistance: Sustaining Action in the Era of Trumpism
Talk given at Against the Stream Santa Monica, February 18, 2018 31 minute talk + 30 minute meditation on the theme.
Feb 7, 2018
Limitless Expansive Awareness Meditation (recorded outdoors at Autumn 2017 retreat)
37 minute long guided meditation from dharma punx nyc retreat.
Jan 31, 2018
Mentalization: Discerning What Motivates the Behaviors of Oneself and Others
32 minute talk + 29 minute meditation + 8 minutes of answers to various questions.
Jan 24, 2018
Primary Emotions versus Secondary Emotions and the Dharma
26 minute talk, followed by 30 minute meditation on the theme
Jan 19, 2018
Moving on, letting go and getting over it—An Overview
26 minute talk followed by 27 minute meditation on the theme
Jan 10, 2018
Taking Care of Others While Taking Care of Oneself
11th Annual Talk at New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care
Jan 3, 2018
Ideas on the Role of Consciousness in Adaptive Behaviour
25 minute talk followed by guided meditation on the theme.
Jan 3, 2018
guided meditation for coping with stressful situations
27 minute guided meditation developing tools for coping with stressful contexts and challenges. Meditation excerpted from the talk on the role of consciousness in behavior.
Jan 1, 2018
New Year's Eve Reflection, Dharma Talk & Buddhist Refuge Ceremony
Recording starts with the last four minutes of a 30 minute meditation, featuring reflections on previous year, followed by a talk on setting appropriate intentions and how to keep them, followed by Buddhist Refuge and Precepts Ceremony.
Dec 21, 2017
The Psychological Insights Inspiring Early Buddhist Teachings on Ghosts & Spirits
27 minute talk + 27 minute meditation on the theme (concluding with brief metta chant)
Dec 13, 2017
Addressing arguments, fights, hostility, conflict, spats, misunderstandings, tension, Ill feelings & falling outs without conflict avoidnace
34 minute talk + 25 minute guided meditation on the topic
Dec 7, 2017
The Delusions of Everyday Life, or Learning to See Through Appearances
31 minute talk, 26 minute guided meditation on the talk's theme
Nov 29, 2017
Making Sense of it All: How to Process Emotionally Resonant Experiences
30.5 minute talk followed by 28 minute guided meditation exploring the themes of the talk
Nov 22, 2017
Live at Against the Stream San Francico... “Unsubscribe: Opt Out of Delusion, Tune into the Truth"
34 minute talk on the main themes of "Unsubscribe: Opt Out of Delusion, Tune Into the Truth."
Nov 22, 2017
Surviving Social Gatherings & Facing Conflicts
34 minute talk followed by a 24 minute meditation on the themes in the talk
Nov 8, 2017
Establishing Secure Connection in the Age of Tinder & Facebook
30 minute tak covering some basic psychological considerations.
Nov 5, 2017
Pursuing Worthwhile Long Term Goals Without Procrastinating
30 minute talk, 25 minute meditation on the theme
Oct 26, 2017
the importance of creativity in developing wellbeing
33 minute talk + 25 minute guided meditation on the topic
Oct 26, 2017
Understanding maladaptive coping strategies
33 minute talk 27 minute guided meditation on the theme
Oct 16, 2017
The Dharma of Attachment Theory 1 (Mindfulness & Reparenting Oneself)
Talk from a Dharma Punx NYC retreat, October 2017.
Oct 16, 2017
The Dharma of Attachment Theory 2 (Heart Practices for a Secure Base)
Talk from a Dharma Punx NYC retreat, October 2017.
Oct 16, 2017
Alleviating Guilt
35 minute talk. 25 minute guided meditation on alleviating guilt. thanks for donating if you can contribute.
Oct 8, 2017
Self-Retreat Talk 2017: Understanding Self-States
44 minute talk + 40 minute guided meditation from Garrison Retreat please consider supporting the teachings
Oct 7, 2017
Wiring the Brain to Override Compulsive Behaviors
32.5 minute talk + 27 minute guided meditation please consider supporting the teachings
Sep 29, 2017
A Secure Base (Cultivating the Inner Qualities We Need to Thrive in Life)
32 minute talk + 28 minute guided meditation use paypal button to support the teachings
Sep 20, 2017
Resilience: Bouncing Back After Setbacks (31 minute talk, 30 minute meditation)
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Sep 13, 2017
The Buddha the Bilateral Brain (31 minute talk followed by 26 minute guided meditation)
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Aug 30, 2017
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love • (1) 27 minute talk (2) 27 minute guided meditaton
Using a variety of insights* I propose a definition of Love, why it has efficacy, and how to create some of the benefits of love during meditation, using traditional Buddha's Metta practice. — Josh *A General Theory of Love (Thomas et al), Love 2.0 (Frederickson), Affect Regulation (Schore), Emotion Focused Therapy (Greenberg), Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of the Self (Fonagy).
Aug 23, 2017
Reflections on White Privilege and the Dharma
Some reflections on how white privilege, myself very much included, can lead to simplistic presentations of the dharma.—Josh
Aug 23, 2017
Creating & Experiencing a Felt Shift in Life (Focusing in Meditation)
This talk explores how focusing , a method of insight developed by the late psychiatrist Eugene Gendlin—especially when used as a meditation practice similar to the Buddha's Vedananusati, or awareness of feelings—can create an important shift in the way we somatically process experience, which in turn can lead to real behavioral change. NOTE: During the same week I gave this talk Tricycle Magazine appeared with an excellent article on the same subject by David Rome. It can be found here: article on focusing
Aug 10, 2017
How to Let Go When Plans Go Awry, Reprioritize & Set New Goals
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Aug 10, 2017
How to Use Attention to Regulate Emotions
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Jul 28, 2017
Overcoming Obstacles and Fear By Developing Stress Tolerance
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Jul 19, 2017
learning from anger & resentments (with meditation)
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Jul 16, 2017
Talks at Garrison Institute: How do I know Who I am When I'm Not Even Supposed to Ask?
One of four talks given at a 5 day retreat led by Josh Korda & Heather Sundberg at Garrison Institute, July 11 - 16, 2017. Feel invited to donate using the button in the right margin.
Jul 15, 2017
Talks at Garrison Institute: Unearthing the Mind's Hidden beliefs
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Jul 15, 2017
Talks at Garrison Institute: Orchestrating the Mind
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Jul 15, 2017
Talks at Garrison Institute: Techniques for Quieting the Mind
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Jul 11, 2017
Pessimism & Cynicism & Nihilism vs. Buddhism
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Jul 4, 2017
How Awareness of the Body Helps Us Improve Our Social & Interpersonal Experience
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Jun 28, 2017
Attaining the Spiritual in a Material World
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Jun 21, 2017
Talk with Dr. Stephen Dansiger: Addressing Addiction & Trauma with Mindfulness (also: Refuge Recovery & EMDR)
Josh Korda and Dr. Stephen Dansiger, co-founder of Refuge Recovery Treatment Centers and developer of addiction treatment modalities discuss the causes and treatment approaches to addiction and trauma. —>Note, due to low microphone battery the recording quality is less than palatable, but the talks' merits make it worth posting nonetheless. In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana, scraping by on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation button is in the right margin.
Jun 21, 2017
The Hidden Message of Depression
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Jun 14, 2017
Building Confidence: Dharma Talk followed by Meditation
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Jun 7, 2017
Learning From Life: How & When to Transform Experience into Insight
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May 31, 2017
Inducing Positivity Meditation (30 minutes)
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May 31, 2017
Inducing Positivity to Flourish in Life
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May 24, 2017
Meditation for Working with Trauma & Painful Memories (with Introduction)
8 Minute Introduction followed by 24 minute meditation. In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana, scraping by on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation button is in the right margin of this page.
May 24, 2017
Addressing Trauma (With Overview of Trauma, Treatment Modalities & Meditation)
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May 17, 2017
How Awareness of Moods & Mind States Helps Us Survive in the World
Talk on the third foundation of mindfulness. In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana, scraping by on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation button is in the right margin of this page.
May 10, 2017
The Courage to Make Big Life Changes
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May 3, 2017
Letting Go of Control in Life
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Apr 26, 2017
Stating Needs & Setting Boundaries
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Apr 25, 2017
Guided meditation - Choiceless Awareness
29 minute guided meditation introducing a basic 'choiceless awareness' practice.
Apr 19, 2017
Introduction to a Buddhist Psychology of Addiction
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Apr 12, 2017
Alleviating Anxiety (with a Guided Meditation)
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Apr 5, 2017
Understanding & Attaining the Sublime & Mystical (with Guided Meditation)
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Mar 29, 2017
Insecurity in Relationships and How to Move Towards Secure Attachment
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Mar 22, 2017
Knowing Thyself: Skillful and Unskillful Forms of Self-Awareness
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Mar 14, 2017
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road
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Mar 8, 2017
Overthrowing the Inner Tyrant
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Mar 3, 2017
How to Connect and When to Let Go
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Feb 21, 2017
Approaching the Bardo (talk & meditation)
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Jan 31, 2017
Staying Sane in a Sh*t SHow (with meditation)
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Jan 28, 2017
Processing Emotional Experiences with Mindfulness
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Jan 18, 2017
The Psychology of Peak Experiences (with Guided Meditation)
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Jan 11, 2017
Understanding and Addressing Obsessive Ideations & Compulsive Behaviors
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Jan 11, 2017
A Basic Summary of the Dharma
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Jan 2, 2017
New Year's Eve Message
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Dec 28, 2016
Understanding Craving & Suffering
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Dec 21, 2016
what is a meaningful life?
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Dec 15, 2016
How to think about yourself skillfully (followed by guided meditation)
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Dec 7, 2016
Getting to Know the Different Parts of Yourself
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Nov 30, 2016
Tools to Heal and Sustain Important Relationships
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Nov 23, 2016
Surviving Social Gatherings
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Nov 17, 2016
When the Fit Hits the Shan (Some Reflections on the Election)
Please consider donating to any organization that will protect beings imperiled by the election of a bigoted, right wing nutcase, including any of the following: aclu.org, nrdc.org, thetrevorproject.org, sacredstonecamp.org/supply-list, earthjustice.org,reproductiverights.org, amnestyusa.org, and the list goes on... much metta, j
Nov 8, 2016
Understanding and Alleviating Dread
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Oct 28, 2016
Addressing Negative Self-Talk
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Oct 28, 2016
Harnessing Our Anger and Fear (Wesleyan University Talk)
Talk given at Downey House, Wesleyan University, October 26, 2016 on the topic of skillfully harnessing the emotions of anger and fear. Thanks to Kate Gilbert, Rabbi David Teva, Gregory Besek of Wesleyan for arranging the evening.
Oct 19, 2016
Settling the Wandering Mind (tools to develop present time awareness)
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Oct 19, 2016
Self-Integration of the Divided Brain via Mindfulness (2 talks DPxNYC 2016 Autumn Retreat)
Talks given at the 4th Annual Dharma Punx NYC autumn retreat on using mindfulness to develop self-integration of the divided brain. In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: scraping by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about our classes & retreats. The donation button is in the right margin of this page; if you'd like to support the teachings in smaller, monthly donations, on dharmapunxnyc.com there's a monthly subscription available.
Oct 12, 2016
the value and attainment of the sublime state of awe
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Oct 9, 2016
three ways to address maladaptive behaviors
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Oct 2, 2016
Two Talks in Philadelphia September 2016
Two talks given at a day long retreat in Philadelphia, September 24, 2016. These talks are similar to those given at Garrison Institute, focusing on emotion awareness and integration. The donation button is in the right margin of this page; if you'd like to support the teachings in smaller, monthly donations, on dharmapunxnyc.com there's a monthly subscription available.
Sep 25, 2016
Little Known Paths Leading to Deep Spiritual Insights
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Sep 18, 2016
Exploring & Expressing Emotions (Retreat at Garrison Institute 2016)
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Sep 8, 2016
The Imposter Syndrome & Low Self-Esteem
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Aug 31, 2016
It Doesn't Have to Make Any Sense At All
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Aug 25, 2016
Explanation of Rain Meditation with Guided Practice
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Aug 19, 2016
Taking Good Care of Your Tripartite Brain
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Aug 10, 2016
From Self-Delusion to Self-Awareness
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Aug 10, 2016
Emotions talk at Garrison institute
Talk at Garrison Institute on emotion awareness and integration. In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: scraping by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about our classes & retreats. The donation button is in the right margin of this page; if you'd like to support the teachings in smaller, monthly donations, on dharmapunxnyc.com there's a monthly subscription available.
Aug 3, 2016
Metacognition - How to Determine Which Thoughts are Useful, Which Aren't, And What to Do About It
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Jul 27, 2016
Towards a Psychological Understanding of Karma
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Jul 20, 2016
Moving Towards A Balanced Life That Addresses All Our Needs
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Jul 13, 2016
Overview of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness
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Jul 13, 2016
The Third and Fourth Fourth Foundations of Mindfulness (Awareness of Emotional Settings & Contents of the Cognitive Mind)
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Jul 13, 2016
The Second Foundation of Mindfulness (Feelings)
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Jul 13, 2016
The First Foundation of Mindfulness (The Breath and Body)
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Jun 22, 2016
Tools for Healing Relationship Issues
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Jun 15, 2016
Processing the Incomprehensible
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Jun 8, 2016
Buddhist Insights into the Causes of Suffering and Craving
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Jun 1, 2016
Ways to Address & Heal the Hidden Causes of Shame
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May 25, 2016
The Essential Role of Creative Play and Imagination in Spiritual Practice
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May 18, 2016
Addressing Maladaptive Behaviors with Visualization Meditation
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May 17, 2016
Parts of the Mind Retreat talk 2-Understanding and Addressing Unconscious Beliefs
This talk, followed by a meditation and instructions for group interactions, was given at the Second DharmaPunx NYC Spring Retreat at Garrison Institute on May 14, 2016. If you like this talk, please consider donating: In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: scraping by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and retreats, etc.
May 17, 2016
Parts of the Mind Retreat talk 1 - Connecting with the Minds Different Parts
This talk, followed by a short meditation, was given at the Second DharmaPunx NYC Spring Retreat at Garrison Institute on May 13, 2016. If you like this talk, please consider donating: In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: scraping by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and retreats, etc.
May 11, 2016
An End to Low Self Esteem and Self-Consciousness
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Apr 27, 2016
Why Do I Feel the Way That I Do?
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Apr 20, 2016
Healing After the Heartbreaking, or The Risk of Keeping It All Together
Talk given in the memory of our friend Lauren Davis, killed age 34, on April 15, 2016. If you like this talk, please consider donating: I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page. For info on retreats and meetings, check out dharmapunxnyc.com .
Apr 14, 2016
Changing the Perceptions that Keep Us Trapped in Repetitive Patterns
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Apr 6, 2016
On the Spiritual Journey from People Pleasing to Authenticity
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Mar 30, 2016
alleviating anger
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Mar 30, 2016
freedom starts in your practice
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Mar 24, 2016
Addressing the Underlying Causes of Addiction - Josh Korda with Dr. Stephen Dansiger
Listen in to special, widely attended evening at Dharma Punx New York, during which old friends Dr. Stephen Dansiger, clinical director of Refuge Recovery and Josh Korda, guiding teacher of DPxNYC, discussed and unpacked the underlying causes of addiction from the perspectives of attachment disorders and trauma; the talks then moved on to a review of available treatments, wherein the 12 step, refuge recovery, therapeutic and EMDR approaches were discussed. Steve and Josh field a number of questions from the floor as well on this subject.
Mar 16, 2016
Attaining Moments of Clarity—Understanding the States of Survival Mode and Homestasis
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Mar 9, 2016
can you keep a secret?
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Feb 26, 2016
Thailand talk 8 - Changing Self-Destructive Habits by Addressing Unconscious Beliefs
This series of talks were given from february 20 - 25, 2016 at a retreat in New Life Foundation (newlifethaifoundation.com), a mindfulness based recovery center near Chiang Ria, Northern Thailand, not far from the border with Laos. To support these teachings, please donate using the paypal button.
Feb 25, 2016
Thailand talk 7 - Interpersonal Practices Explored In Depth
This series of talks were given from february 20 - 25, 2016 at a retreat in New Life Foundation (newlifethaifoundation.com), a mindfulness based recovery center near Chiang Ria, Northern Thailand, not far from the border with Laos. To support these teachings, please donate using the paypal button.
Feb 25, 2016
Thailand talk 6 -- How to Connect with Others to Heal Emotional Wounds
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Feb 25, 2016
Thailand talk 5 - Relieving Shame & Blame Spirals
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Feb 25, 2016
Thailand talk 4 - Understanding & Orchestrating the Mind's Sub-personalities
This series of talks were given from february 20 - 25, 2016 at a retreat in New Life Foundation (newlifethaifoundation.com), a mindfulness based recovery center near Chiang Ria, Northern Thailand, not far from the border with Laos. To support these teachings, please donate using the paypal button.
Feb 25, 2016
Thailand talk 3 - Processing Emotions Further Explored
This series of talks were given from february 20 - 25, 2016 at a retreat in New Life Foundation, a mindfulness based recovery center near Chiang Ria, Northern Thailand, not far from the border with Laos. To support these teachings, please donate using the paypal button. NOTE: Talks 2 - 4 have significant background noise, as a nearby buddhist wat was celebrating the adding of a dragon statue to the top of the monastery roof; for such a small village it was a big deal.
Feb 25, 2016
Thailand talk 2 - Overview of Emotion Processing
This series of talks were given from february 20 - 25, 2016 at a retreat in New Life Foundation, a mindfulness based recovery center near Chiang Ria, Northern Thailand, not far from the border with Laos. To support these teachings, please donate using the paypal button. NOTE: Talks 2 - 4 have significant background noise, as a nearby buddhist wat was celebrating the adding of a dragon statue to the top of the monastery roof; for such a small village it was a big deal.
Feb 25, 2016
Thailand talk 1 - relieving obsessive thoughts
This series of talks were given from february 20 - 25, 2016 at a retreat in New Life Foundation, a mindfulness based recovery center near Chiang Ria, Northern Thailand, not far from the border with Laos. To support these teachings, please donate using the paypal button. NOTE: Talks 2 - 4 have significant background noise, as a nearby buddhist wat was celebrating the adding of a dragon statue to the top of the monastery roof; for such a small village it was a big deal.
Feb 3, 2016
The Role of Death in a Meaningful Life
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Jan 28, 2016
Developing Feelings of Security Through Five Spiritual Faculties
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Jan 28, 2016
Self-Compassion as a Tool to Heal Emotional Wounds
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Jan 17, 2016
Helping Others & Sobriety—01/09/2016 Talk at zencare
Note: The quality of this recording is marred at times by fabric rustling against iphone microphone, but I'm uploading it to the podcast site as the topic may be of enough interest to make it worth listening to for some. Talk given at Zencare, january 9, 2016.
Jan 14, 2016
addressing bad moods
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Jan 7, 2016
Facing the unknown and overwhelming
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Jan 1, 2016
DharmaPunxNYC New Year's Eve Talk and Ceremony 12-31-2015
This talk, short meditation and intention setting chant was presented December 31st, 2015 at Maha Rose Studio in Greenpoint Brooklyn in front of a full house. If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: scraping by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I cannot promise to reply to emails, I do read them: korda.josh@gmail.com
Jan 1, 2016
Setting and Keeping Intentions for the New Year
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Dec 22, 2015
modern psychology & the dharma 3: alternatives to repression, denial & avoidance
This is the third in a series of self-contained talks covering some of the major ideas of modern psychology and how they intersect with the insights of the dharma. This talk introduces some of Anna Freud's ideas about defense mechanisms—repression, denial, deflection, intellectualization, etc—and useful ways to live with challenging impulses and energies. If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I cannot promise to reply to emails, I do read them: korda.josh@gmail.com
Dec 17, 2015
modern psychology & the dharma 2: irrational thoughts and beliefs
This is the second in a series of self-contained talks covering some of the major ideas of modern psychology and how they intersect with the insights of the dharma. This talk introduces Albert Ellis ABC Model of how irrational thoughts and beliefs cause needless suffering, and how this theory overlaps with the Buddha's four noble truths. If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I cannot promise to reply to emails, I do read them: korda.josh@gmail.com
Dec 10, 2015
modern psychology and the dharma 1: the true & false self
This is the first in a series of self-contained talks on some of the major ideas of modern psychology and how they intersect with the insights of the dharma. The first talk introduces a few of the great DW Winnicott's theories concerning the true and false self, the good enough mother and the transitional object. If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I cannot promise to reply to emails, I do read them: korda.josh@gmail.com
Nov 26, 2015
How to Prepare for Triggering Social Gatherings
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Nov 17, 2015
Head and Heart Together 2 (reflective practices)
This is the second of two talks given November 14 during a daylong workshop at Philadelphia Insight 2015. The two talks present an overview to using basic reflective practices as a way to integrate the emotional and rational minds. If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I cannot promise to reply to emails, I do read them: korda.josh@gmail.com
Nov 17, 2015
Head and Heart Together 1 (basic practices)
This is the first of two talks given November 14 during a daylong workshop at Philadelphia Insight 2015. The two talks present an overview to using basic reflective practices as a way to integrate the emotional and rational minds. If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I cannot promise to reply to emails, I do read them: korda.josh@gmail.com
Nov 13, 2015
Resolving Conflicts with Confidence
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Nov 8, 2015
guided sunyata (emptying the mind) meditation
The following meditation is my interpretation of the Buddha's wonderful teaching known as The Shorter Teaching on Emptiness. It describes how, though a series of patient reflections, we can gradually shift our attention from the busy world around us to realms of serenity and emptiness. I find it a wonderful practice, and have lead many practitioners through it on retreats. I've made it as streamlined and concrete as possible (the original teaching struck me as somewhat abstract and vague.) It was recorded live on at Dharmapunx NYC, Greenpoint meeting, Monday November 2nd, 2015.
Nov 4, 2015
finding a meaning for life despite pessimism
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Nov 4, 2015
understanding and addressing stress
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Oct 25, 2015
The Psychology of Presence
This talk was given October 24 at the DharmaPunx NYC 2015 Fall Retreat at Won Dharma Cntr If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I cannot promise to reply to emails, I do read them: korda.josh@gmail.com
Oct 25, 2015
Understanding Concentration and Insight
This talk was given October 23 at the DharmaPunx NYC 2015 Fall Retreat at Won Dharma Cntr If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I cannot promise to reply to emails, I do read them: korda.josh@gmail.com
Oct 10, 2015
Dharma in the Desert - Josh Talk at ATS West Coast Retreat 2015
This talk was given October 8 at the Against the Stream 2015 West Coast Retreat If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I cannot promise to reply to emails, I do read them: korda.josh@gmail.com
Sep 30, 2015
what is an authentic life—talk and guided reflection
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Sep 23, 2015
the foundations of buddhist wisdom
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Sep 16, 2015
Shedding Light on Awakening—Understanding Early Buddhist Thoughts on Enlightenment
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Sep 9, 2015
understanding and addressing anxiety
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Sep 3, 2015
nowhere to go, nothing to do, no one to become
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Sep 3, 2015
ways to change bad habits
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Aug 27, 2015
Atammayata: The Meditation That Leads to Transcendence
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Aug 19, 2015
Misperceptions that Sabotage Relationships and How to Correct Them
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Aug 19, 2015
Buddhist & Psychological Tools to Maintain Stable Relationships
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Aug 19, 2015
Karma, Self-Forgiveness and Detaching with Love, a Talk & Meditation
This talk and guided meditation was given on Tuesday, August 4th, 2015, at the Againstthestream East Coast 8 day buddhist retreat. If you like this talk, please consider donating using the paypal button; I teach and survive in the Buddhist tradition, making do entirely by donations. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc.
Aug 7, 2015
Talk at ATS: Managers, Firefighters and Exiles
This talk was given on Thursday Evening, August 6th, 2015, at the Againstthestream East Coast 8 day buddhist retreat. I'm posting a few of the talks so those who were unable to attend could listen in. If you like this talk, please consider donating using the paypal button; I teach and survive in the Buddhist tradition, making do entirely by donations. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc.
Aug 3, 2015
Retreat Talk: Opening to emotions using RAIN
This talk was given on monday morning, August 3rd, 2015, the Againstthestream east coast 8 day buddhist retreat. Those who were unable to attend the retreat can listen in to one or two of my talks. Metta, josh
Jul 29, 2015
making smart choices using mindfulness
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Jul 29, 2015
ways to develop control over impulses and thoughts
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Jul 15, 2015
How to Read Other People's Minds (Mentalizing)
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Jul 15, 2015
Identity Construction—How to Develop a Strategic Sense of Self
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Jul 1, 2015
Emotion Integration: How to Listen to the Heart
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Jul 1, 2015
recognizing safe desires and thoughts
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Jun 17, 2015
guided 25 minute meditation developing concentration and insight
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Jun 17, 2015
How to Emotionally Process Life's Difficult Experiences
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Jun 17, 2015
simplifying life by separating wants from needs
If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page. Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I cannot promise to reply to emails, I do read them: korda.josh@gmail.com