Naming the Real
By Brandon Cook
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In an era of polarization, confusion, and "fake news," discerning and naming what is real—what satisfies, what has substance, what is meaningful—is more important than ever. The Naming the Real Podcast is about doing just that: rightly naming the beliefs, attitudes, practices, and behaviors that will help you transcend our cultural anxiety and lead a flourishing life, for the sake of the world.
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Virtue Over Viewpoint
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Oct 19, 2026 |
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We Killed Jesus
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Oct 05, 2026 |
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Exposing Fallen Powers
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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Powers, Scapegoating & Evangelicalism
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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How Theology Fails
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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Idolizing Power
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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Season 4 Episodes 11-19, Spirituality over Purity Recap
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Both / And (Spirituality over Purity Pt. 9)
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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What we do to Jesus Pt. 2 (Spirituality over Purity Pt. 8)
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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What We Do To Jesus (Spirituality over Purity Pt.7)
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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The Purity Trap (Spirituality over Purity Part 6)
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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When Certainty Blinds (Spirituality over Purity Part 5)
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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The Righteous Trap (Spirituality over Purity Part 4)
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Religion's Necessary Failure (Spirituality over Purity Pt. 3)
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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The Glimmer Path (Spirituality over Purity Pt. 2)
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May 25, 2026 |
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Unitive Centrism & its Enemy (Spirituality over Purity Part I)
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May 18, 2026 |
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Season 4 Episodes 1-7. Unitive Centrism Recap.
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May 15, 2026 |
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In Dialogue: Growing up Evangelical Part II
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May 04, 2026 |
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In Dialogue: Growing up Evangelical Part I
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Unitive Centrism: Appreciating Right & Left
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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The Case for Unitive Centrism (A Third Way, Pt. 6)
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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The Center of Distortion (A Third Way, Pt. 5)
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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World Without Facts (A Third Way, Part IV)
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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When Decency Dies: The Third Moral Fallacy
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Might Makes Right? (A Third Way, Part II)
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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The Yeah, But Fallacy: Why Moral Reasoning Is Breaking—and How to Stop It (A Third Way, Part I)
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Embodying What We Didn't Know How: Using the Body's Core Energy to Break the Stress and Trauma Loop (Somatics IV)
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Getting Unstuck: Navigating the Stress and Trauma Spectrum (Somatics III)
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Tracking Tigers: Polyvagal Theory and the Art of Navigating Your Nervous System (Somatics II)
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Your Body for a Change: Raising Your "Felt Sense" For Sustained Transformation (Somatics I)
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Finding the Light All Around Us: Reflections on the Lives of Rabindranath Tagore, Etty Hillesum, and Edwin Muir (A Final Conversation with John Phillip Newell)
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Dystopic Distortions: Grounding in Calm and Joy (No Matter How Many Facts Are Called Fake) (Our Cultural Crisis XXI)
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May 27, 2025 |
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A Culture of Winners and Losers: Transcending the Animal Kingdom in President Trump's America (Our Cultural Crisis XX)
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Blindness, Outrage, and the Quest for Power: The 9 Mechanisms Driving Our Cultural Crisis (Our Cultural Crisis XIX)
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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A NtR Short: The 100 Glimmer Challenge
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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A Psychologist, a Saint, and a Sufi Walk Into Oneness: Jung, Julian, and Rumi on Vibrant Spirituality (A Third Conversation with John Phillip Newell)
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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A NtR Short: The Happiness Formula: The Tale of Abd al-Rahman III's 14 Days
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Life and Breath: The Art and Science of Wim Hof Breathing, Cold Plunge, and Building New Neural Networks (A Conversation with Nolan Kim, Part II)
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Life and Breath: The Art and Science of Befriending the Body through Mindful Breathing (A Conversation with Nolan Kim)
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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The End of All Stories: From Shame to Compassion (with Yelling and Groaning Along the Way)
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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The Hardest Thing We Ever Do: Self-Compassion as a Core Practice (Storytelling V)
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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A NtR Short: Four Characters in the Brain (and How to Talk to Them!)
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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A NtR Short: Feeling Like a Fraud? Confronting Imposter Syndrome Head-On
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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A NtR Short: Micro Mindfulness: Simple Practices for Living in the Abundant Present
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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In Search of a New Story: Turning to Earth and Soul to Renew Spirituality (A Second Conversation with John Philip Newell)
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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A NtR Short: The Freedom of "It's Not About Me"
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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A NtR Short: Left Brain/Right Brain: Meditation, Neurobiology, and the Power to Become Present (Becoming Present II)
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Dealing with Beliefs that Keep Us Stuck: Anger, Advocacy, and the Power of "Hell No" Energy (Storytelling IV)
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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A NtR Short: The Problem with Meditation: Letting Go of the Small Self to Find the True Self (Becoming Present, Part I)
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Arousal is the Soul of Every Story: A Path for Naming Fulfilled and Frustrated Desire (Storytelling III)
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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A NtR Short: Living Beyond Self-Protection (A Simple Embodiment Practice for Increasing Agency)
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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A NtR Short: A Simple Gratitude Prompt for Radical Life Change
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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A NtR Short: The Evil of "Should" (Freeing Your Life from the Tyranny of Who You Are Supposed to Be)
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Finding Agency: Cultivating Our Power to Choose (Storytelling Part III: A Conversation with Daphne Larkin and Christy Bauman)
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May 24, 2024 |
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A NtR Short: Owning the Morning: Writing Your Grounding Story
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May 17, 2024 |
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A NtR Short: "Discharging a Loyal Soldier": How to Release Parts of Us That Once Kept Us Safe…and Now Keep Us Stuck
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May 10, 2024 |
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You're Not Crazy for Talking to Yourself: How to Dialogue with All Your Parts (Storytelling Part II)
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May 03, 2024 |
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A NtR Short: Far From Rome (How Celtic Spirituality Changes How We See the World)
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Telling Hard Stories: The Power to Heal Our Bodies and Transform Our Souls (Storytelling Part I)
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Finding the Garden Within: Dealing with the Brain's Inner Voices of Accusation (Science, Scripture, and Spirituality Part IV)
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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The Feminine, The Uterus, and the Divine: A Conversation with Dr. Christy Bauman
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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New Course Announcement- "The Art of Anger" with Jessica Lacy
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Celtic Spirituality and New/Ancient Ways Forward: A Conversation with John Philip Newell
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Is There a God?: Why How We Talk About God Matters, Whatever Our Belief (Scripture, Science, and Spirituality III)
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Discharging Shame: Energizing Our Bodies to Live in Freedom
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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To Change Your Life? Sit With Discomfort: A Conversation with Dr. Anna Lembke
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Christian Nationalism Part II, with Dr. Stephen Backhouse: How American Christians Are Trained to be Anti-Christ
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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The Rise of Christian Nationalism with Dr. Stephen Backhouse
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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No Arrival, Only Balance: Living in a World of Flow (Science, Spirituality, and Scripture II)
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Living in Balance and Connection (Scripture, Science, and Spirituality I)
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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New Episodes Coming Soon! And Restoried Group Coaching Process Launching in November
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Vanessa Trine about Internal Family Systems: Unburdening, Healing, and the Process of Ongoing Wholeness
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Megan Dietrick: Transcending Religious Trauma and Fear-Based Cultures
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Don't Believe Everything You Think: How Understanding Collective Illusions Can Lead to Flourishing (Our Cultural Crisis Ep XVIII)
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Transcending the Dopamine Trap: The Neurobiology of Pain and Pleasure and How to Balance Your Life (Our Cultural Crisis Ep XVII)
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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How Sight Comes from Slowing Down: Interpersonal Neurobiology and the Fine Art of Unhurried Living (Interpersonal Neurobiology Part II)
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May 31, 2023 |
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Recovering Lost Connections: Trees, Bees, and the Miracles of Interpersonal Neurobiology (Part I)
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May 18, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Barbara Sunofsky: The Myth of "Healed" and the Process of "Endless Healing"
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May 03, 2023 |
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RE-POST: Are You Happy Now? (Ep 21)
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Making the Unconscious Conscious: How the Brain Works and How Knowing Can Change Your Life (World of Emotions, Part III)
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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The Bio-Spirituality of Emotions: Why Being Honest Can Literally Save Your Life (World of Emotions, Part II)
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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World of Emotions I: Choosing Our Emotions, Changing Our Lives
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Telling Stories and Transcending Trauma, Together: (Another) Conversation with Dr. Alex Gee
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Dr. Alex Gee: Race, Trauma, and What "Woke" Actually Means
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Anger as Advocacy: Unfreezing Our Bodies as a Path to Flourishing
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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The Path to Whole Brain Living: Understanding the Brain Science Behind the 4 Characters in Our Heads
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Truth Versus Social Justice: The Conflict in the American University and in American Culture (Our Cultural Crisis Ep XVI)
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Trauma, the Breath, and the Body (Mindful Living, Part III)
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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The Power to Change Our Thinking (Mindful Living, Part II)
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Season 3 Preview
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Mindful Living: Simple Practices to Develop Life-Changing Awareness, Part 1
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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The Roots of Racism: Transcending Systemic Evil and Violence (The Barbaric Impulse, Part VII)
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Naming Rackets: Living in Agency Over Victimhood
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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How We Actually Become Good: Beyond Ego and the Pursuit of Power (A Critique of Evangelical Christianity, Part VII)
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Beyond Certainty: Embracing Mystery, Mysticism, and the Path to Holy Imagination (A Critique of Evangelical Christianity, Part VI)
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Christianity Can Only Be Understood from the Margins (A Critique of Evangelical Christianity, Part V)
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May 18, 2022 |
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Saving Spirituality from Religion (A Critique of Evangelical Christianity, Part IV)
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May 04, 2022 |
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Terrible Readings of Scripture and How to Stop Them (A Critique of Evangelical Christianity, Part III)
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Two Big Announcements
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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The Gospel Americana (A Critique of Evangelical Christianity, Part II)
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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A Critique of Evangelical Christianity, Part I: Hyper-Individualism and the Philosophizing of Evangelical Theology
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Transcending Rigidity: Religious, Political, and Otherwise (The Four Stages of Spiritual Development, Part VI)
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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What is a Non-Dual Mind? (The Four Stages of Spiritual Development, Part V)
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Understanding the Pattern of Scripture (The Four Stages of Spiritual Development, Part IV)
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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The Four Stages of Spiritual Development, Part III (The Ego and the Shadow)
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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A Brief Word On Embracing Limits
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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The Four Stages of Spiritual Development, Part II (Transcending the Obstacles to Maturity)
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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The Four Stages of Spiritual Development, Part I
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Our Cultural Crisis XVI: Critical Race Theory, Part I
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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The Barbaric Impulse VI: How Do We Become Good? (The Purity Culture Trap, Part 2)
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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The Barbaric Impulse, Part V: The Purity Culture Trap
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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The Barbaric Impulse, Part IV: Greek Philosophy, Hebraic Thought, and the Need to Re-Claim the Goodness of Desire
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Internal Family Systems, Part II: Facing Dragons and Integrating Exiles
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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The Power of Gratitude: A Rubric for Giving Thanks and Transforming Your Mind
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Internal Family Systems, Part I: Exiles, Managers, and Firefighters (Oh my!)
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Family Systems Theory, Part II: A Rubric for Practicing Differentiation and Living in Courage and Freedom
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Family Systems Theory, Part I: Transcending Anxiety and Codependency in Communities, Families, and Organizations
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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The Barbaric Impulse, Part III: Where Culture Comes From (And How it Helps Make Sense of Our Lives)
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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The Barbaric Impulse, Part II: The Power of Storytelling to Transform Politics (and Everything Else)
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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The Barbaric Impulse, Part I: How Understanding Human Desire Changes Everything
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Our Cultural Crisis Ep XV: Amusing Ourselves to Death, Part III (Mass Psychosis, Totalitarianism, and the Path to Hope)
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Our Cultural Crisis Ep XIV: Amusing Ourselves to Death, Part II (From Flight to Fight, the Evolution of Fear)
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Our Cultural Crisis Ep XIII: Amusing Ourselves to Death, Part I
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Red Pill Blue Pill, Part II: Imposter Syndrome and Life Beyond a Winning Strategy
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Red Pill, Blue Pill: From Survival to Flourishing, Part I
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Are You Happy Now? (And How to be Truly, Actually So)
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Our Cultural Crisis Ep XII: Virtue Signaling and its Discontents
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Our Cultural Crisis Ep XI: How Loneliness Drives Tribalism (and Why We Are Obsessed with Hypocrisy)
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Our Cultural Crisis Ep X: Why the New "Morality" Creates Confusion and Dogmatism
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Our Cultural Crisis Ep IX: "Morality" by Rule-Keeping
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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New Episodes Coming in Two Weeks
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Our Cultural Crisis Ep VIII: The Rise of Scapegoating
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Good Grief III: The Necessity of Anger
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Good Grief II: A Rubric for Grieving Well
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Good Grief I: Where Joy and Sorrow Meet
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May 27, 2021 |
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Our Cultural Crisis Ep VII: Honor, Dignity, and Victimhood Cultures
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May 19, 2021 |
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Our Cultural Crisis Ep VI: From Either-Or to Both-And
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May 12, 2021 |
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Every Bush is Burning (5 Practices to Train Your Brain and Raise Your Awareness)
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May 05, 2021 |
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Our Cultural Crisis V: The Amish Don't Have Insurance
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Our Cultural Crisis Ep IV: Is Michael Jordan Happy?
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Navigating Regret
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Our Cultural Crisis Ep III: The Rise of the Enthroned Self
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Our Cultural Crisis Ep II: Same Words, Different Language
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Our Cultural Crisis Ep I: What Is Happening Here?
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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How Do We Change Our Habits?
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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How Do We Change Our Thinking?
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Coming Soon: The Naming the Real Podcast
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Feb 28, 2021 |