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#300 On The Neuroscience of Dreaming with Robert Hoss
April 12, 2012
the upcoming 29th annual conference of the International Association for The Study of Dreams “Sailing on the Sea of Dreams” at the Berkeley Marina Doubletree, June 22 – 26m 2012, and you are invited to attend!
#295 Mythology and the Spiritual Journey with Richard Naegle, PhD
March 2, 2012
Richard Naegle PhD describes himself in the following terms: “I have always been interested in the unfolding of soul—as found in culture, art, ecology, and individuals. Having studied international relations at Occidental College and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, I returned from Europe in 1968 to a United States torn by the escalation [...]
#289 – Jung and Holding The Opposites with Jon Jackson MD
December 8, 2011
It was only after his psychiatric residency that Dr. Jon Jackson discovered Carl Jung. More specifically, he first discovered Marie-Louise von Franz, who remains one of his major influences to this day. He sees himself as an intuitive introvert who has somehow learned to be extroverted in the “real” world. He worked for 15 years [...]
#281 – Short Interviews from Positive Psychology Congress and A Laughter Yoga Session
October 2, 2011
Today’s episode is a two-parter. First it features short interviews with attendees at the Second World Congress on Positive Psychology, held in Philadelphia earlier this summer. The second part features brief interviews with the teacher and students at a local Laughter Yoga session, I recently attended in Petaluma, California. The photo is a picture of [...]
#269 – The Power of Relationship in Psychoanalysis and Buddhism with Pilar Jennings, Ph.D.
July 8, 2011
Pilar Jennings, Ph.D. is a writer and researcher who has focused on the clinical applications of Buddhist meditation practice. She received her Ph.D. in Psychiatry and Religion from Union Theological Seminary, and has been working with patients and their families through the Harlem Family Institute since 2004. Dr. Jennings is also a researcher at the [...]
#264 – Beyond Forgiveness, Reflections on Atonement with Phil Cousineau
May 19, 2011
Phil Cousineau is editor of the 2011 book Beyond Forgiveness: Reflections on Atonement. Phil is an award-winning writer and filmmaker, teacher and editor, lecturer and travel leader, storyteller and TV host. His fascination with the art, literature, and history of culture has taken him from Michigan to Marrakesh, Iceland to the Amazon, in a worldwide [...]
#256 – Mindful Sleep, Mindful Dreams with Rubin Naiman PhD
January 27, 2011
Rubin Naiman, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in integrative sleep and dream medicine. He is director of Circadian Health Associates, an organization that provides information, goods and services in support of sleep health. Dr. Naiman completed his undergraduate studies at Rutgers University and the University of Arizona where he received a B.A. in Anthropology [...]
#255 – Mindsight with Daniel Siegel, MD
January 14, 2011
Daniel J. Siegel, MD received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. He served as a National Institute of Mental Health Research Fellow at UCLA, studying family interactions with an emphasis on how attachment experiences influence emotions, behavior, [...]
#252 – A Buddhist Perspective on Psychotherapy with Mark Epstein, MD
November 25, 2010
Mark Epstein, M.D., is a psychiatrist and author of Psychotherapy Without The Self: A Buddhist Perspective (Yale University Press, 2007), Going to Pieces: Without Falling Apart (Broadway Books, 1999), and Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective (Basic Books, 1995). Dr. Epstein is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Medical School. [...]
#251 – Mindfulness and Psychotherapy with Patrick Thornton
November 11, 2010
Patrick Thornton, PhD, who had been an evangelical clergy at the time, left the church because, as he often will say—quoting the Hebrew Prophet Isaiah— “the bed [was] too short to stretch out on, and the covering so narrow that [he could not] wrap himself in it.” He applies this quote to the doctrine and [...]
#249 – Buddha’s Brain: The Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, & Wisdom with Rick Hanson
October 16, 2010
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA, he teaches at universities and meditation centers in Europe, Australia, and North America. His work has been featured on the BBC and in Consumer Reports Health, U.S. News and World Report, [...]
#240 – Unconscious Mental Factors in HIV Infection with Peter B. Todd
June 25, 2010
Peter B. Todd B.A. (Honors, Psychology), MAPS graduated from Sydney University in 1968, becoming a member of the Australian Psychological Society in 1975. He started to work as a post graduate research psychologist at the School of Surgery, St. George Hospital (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) after his undergraduate degree in 1973. This [...]
#223 – Seeking Wisdom in Extreme Solitude with Robert Kull
November 13, 2009
Robert Kull, Ph.D. teaches through an online university and is author of the 2009 book, Solitutde: Seeking Wisdom in Extremes. Transcript Years after a motorcycle accident left him with one leg, Bob Kull traveled to a remote island in the Patagonia wilderness with supplies to live completely alone for a year. He sought to explore [...]
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