Deep Psychology

This is the Sunday Sit with Deep Psychology. In July, we get together every Sunday at 8pm CET, 7pm UK, 2pm Eastern and practice a new meditation technique together.I encourage you to practice today's technique every day until next Sunday, and to continue this habit for the entire month to get a proper taste of this work.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

We continue learning about the enneagram, the 9 personality types it proposes, and the power of learning this typology.We also cover what it means to have a personality type and how we can use this knowledge to grow in psyche and spirit.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

If you’re struggling to get things done in life, you spend money on a whim, binge eat, binge drink and are always looking for that next high, check out this video. You cannot flourish in life without self-control.Here I share the secrets of SELF-CONTROL and the crucial role it plays in your self-transformation. I'm going to help you overcome those dog-like desires for good.Here you'll learn:– what self-control is: – what self-control is not! (hint: it is not Puritanism)– the scientific basis for it– the pernicious effects a lack of it has on your life (scary)– 5 strategies for developing crazy-high levels of self-control.I’ve experienced self-control as a snowball effect. The more bad habits I eliminate and the more I delay gratification, the easier it is for me to do so. Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

Learn about the enneagram, the 9 personality types it proposes, and the power of learning this typology.We cover what it means to have a personality type and how we can use this knowledge to deepen our understanding of self and others.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

Let's learn about magical thinking, carefully tease it apart from deep psychological insight, and discuss how to healthily integrate it.Know that we all pass through a Magical period in our early childhood, the Magic stage of development, and come out the other end at age 4 or 5.From then, all the way through adult life, our relationship to magical thinking can go one of two ways: we become completely allergic to it and be unable to consciously integrate any of it, or we remain addicted to it.In spiritual communities and personal-development circles, I often see an addiction to magic and a basic inability to really understand what magical thinking is and why it's fundamentally flawed in very mundane ways.Our goal as growing people is to skillfully integrate magical thinking into our psyche, and that's our goal in this episode.The result? Re-enchantment of our world, a connection to mystery and wonder, and a new psychological empowerment. Enjoy.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

Learn what Spiral Dynamics Stage Blue is, why it appears, when it appears, and how to healthily integrate it in your life.This stage of psychological development is perhaps THE most dominant globally: learning about it will supercharge your understanding of current affairs and the perpetual human problems.AND it will bring remarkable clarity to your past and your ongoing life story.Let's talk Spiral Dynamics Stage Blue.Get my Master Spiral Dynamics Ebook: https://deep-psychology.com/master-spiral-dynamics-ebook/Train With Me: https://deep-psychology.com

Every society unwittingly programmes newborns with ideas, beliefs, values and norms, to the extent that we can get an idea of a person’s personality just based on their nationality.What ideas are we programmed with as 21st-century westerners living in modern society? What are the most limiting ideas we have?How does this jeopardise our self-transformation efforts?In this video we'll explore all these questions, and you learn 5 sustainable, long-term strategies for undoing all your unhealthy programming.Live a more authentic life based on your real choices and desires, not those you absorb from your society.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

Learn what Spiral Dynamics Stage Blue is, why it appears, when it appears, and how to healthily integrate it in your life.This stage of psychological development is perhaps THE most dominant globally: learning about it will supercharge your understanding of current affairs and the perpetual human problems.AND it will bring remarkable clarity to your past and your ongoing life story.Let's talk Spiral Dynamics Stage Blue.Get my Master Spiral Dynamics Ebook: https://deep-psychology.com/master-spiral-dynamics-ebook/Train With Me: https://deep-psychology.com

If you want to master skills and reach high levels in your pursuits, you'd do very well to apply the 10,000-hour rule ASAP.What is the 10,000-hour rule? How can we use it to master skills and get really damn good? And what are some the common pitfalls involved with this way of looking at excellence?We cover all these questions in this episode.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

It’s my humble opinion that in meditation, as in any other pursuit, progress is guaranteed so long as you have the right method and are persistent with it.Unfortunately, many people who come to me to learn meditation report not making progress with it, even people who’ve been meditating for a long time.So let’s look at the most important points for progressing with your meditation practice.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

We tend to think that dreams are nothing but random neural firings, and most people never develop the capacity to decode them and exploit them to understand their own hidden inner pain and unrealised potential. Our dreams are a portal into the deepest layers of our psychology and identity. No exaggeration: they enable you to map out your subconscious mind.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

This is Spiral Dynamics Explained, from within. Here I share what it was like to move into stage Green and experience its peak phase.Train with me via my classes and coaching: https://deep-psychology.comGet my Spiral Dynamics Embodied Ebook: https://deep-psychology.com/spiral-dynamics-embodied-ebook/

We are ALL overthinkers, I guarantee it, so how do we work with our overthinking? In mediation, we train ourselves to dissolve our addiction to overthinking, and we destroy its power over us. We realise we are something much deeper, more fundamental and more peaceful than our thinking mind.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

Today we discuss my new vision for Deep Psychology, which is to democratise psychospiritual training and growth.We discuss why psychology needs spirituality and vice versa, and how my classes, coaching and website will change.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

Let's discuss Spiral Dynamics Stage Orange in depth, including the characteristics of this stage, how to identify it in yourself and others, and how to integrate it.This is the fifth stage in the Spiral Dynamics model.Get my Master Spiral Dynamics Ebook: https://deep-psychology.com/master-spiral-dynamics-ebook/

Let's discuss Spiral Dynamics Stage Turquoise in depth, including the characteristics of this stage, how to identify it in yourself and others, and the difficulties with discussing it.This is the eighth stage in the Spiral Dynamics model, and possibly the least understood one.Get my Spiral Dynamics Embodied ebook: https://deep-psychology.com/spiral-dynamics-embodied-ebook/

In part 2 of this talk, we continue carefully describing the real meaning of easter, beyond superstition, myth, hearsay and history.In essence, Easter is about YOU and your own spiritual awakening. All of Easter is a symbol for that: nothing more, nothing less.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

In this two-part episode, we carefully describe the real meaning of easter: beyond superstition, myth, hearsay and history.In ultimate instance, Easter is one great symbol for your own spiritual awakening.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

Here I explain how to forge success from nowhere. I’ll share a method I’ve used many times, sometimes knowingly, sometimes unknowingly, to achieve great things in several areas.The remarkable thing is that this method is fundamentally psychological. Consider it the key mental strategy that you require to forge success in any pursuit, whether you’re just starting out, or are already successful and want to continue your growth trajectory.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

In this episode, I discuss what an integral approach to depression looks like.In short, any all-inclusive approach takes into account as many as factors as possible. Not just medicine, or genetics, or neuroscience, but all factors that affect the individual.This differs wildly from our current approach to mental health, yet most of my suggestions are commonsense and even obvious.Get my ebook Integral Theory: Your Concise Guide - https://deep-psychology.com/integral-theory/

I share my experience of being diagnosed with depression and the severe weaknesses in the medical health system.I challenge our assumed, unconscious assumptions about the causes and treatment of this widespread illness.This episode sets the scene for next week, when I'll talk about an integral approach to depression diagnosis and treatment.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

Let's talk about how to live fearlessly.This is a hugely personal topic, and a hugely personal episode! I share my challenges with fear and resistance, and discuss how reading a book in my favourite coffee shop precipitated a life-changing realisation.At the end, I share my declaration for a new life.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

Don't settle for mediocrity: In this episode, we talk about how to achieve excellence instead of being stuck in mediocrity.In my experience, I've observed that there is one simple factor that keeps you from success in any pursuit, and here I share it.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

Learn what's wrong with modern meditation, why you're selling yourself very short by focusing on relaxation, and how to go deep with this practice.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

Let's talk about how to stop negative self-talk... without having to stop it or alter it. You'll learn a mindfulness-based method that will show you deeply how your mind works, potentially changing your relationship to it for good.Head to deep-psychology.com and search "negative self-talk" for the extra article and free guided audio.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

It's essential you start to clearly see your negative self-talk to live a fulfilling life. As we discuss here, negative self-talk is something we all experience throughout the day.Sometimes it's subtle, sometimes it's completely overpowering, and its effect is always predictable: it brings us down, turns us into victims, and skews our self-image and self-worth.To learn more, find the accompanying article What is Negative Self Talk? on my website.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

This video explains one of the fundamental truths of life: that your psychology = your life. Understand this, and your world will turn inside out.Accompanying article: https://deep-psychology.com/non-dual-therapy/Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

Are you falling into the trap of reading about, talking about, fantasising about spirituality while never really making any progress? In this episode we discuss the problem of spiritual walk v spiritual talk and cover the top tips for avoiding it.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

This is the fundamental illusion we are all stuck in.Isn't it mind-blowing that something so basic and essential can be right before us, and we can spend our entire lives unaware of it?Seeing through this illusion is completely transformative, as spiritual traditions have known and taught us for hundreds of years.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

Today I discuss whether babies are enlightened, compassionate, self-expressive and altruistic, and whether they're the ultimate model for the human growth process. I hope you find this both amusing and informative.Cook-Greuter's 9 Stages of Ego Development:https://deep-psychology.com/the-9-stages-of-ego-development/Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

Spiritual enlightenment is the damnedest thing: it's both better than you think and not at all what it's made out to be, it's shrouded in mystery, and there's a huge paradox at the heart of it.FYI I honestly didn't know Jed McKenna had a book by this name before I made the episode. You may wish to read it!Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

An unorthodox view of learning and mastery: nothing is inherently difficult to learn. Huh? I explain all.Be a Prolific Learner: https://deep-psychology.com/category/be-a-prolific-learner/Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

Here I share a simple experiment you can use to glimpse your true self. This is a direct pointer to your real essence.It cuts through all your habitual identification and shows you the secret at the heart of all mystical teachings.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

I want you to realise that you filter other people through your own self bias, meaning that your view of them is highly skewed and limited.Overcoming this self bias is the first step towards healthy relationships and deep self-awareness.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com

There is so much confusion around the Christian cross and what it means.In this episode, I discuss why it is really a pointer to your true self, your inner christ.I am not a Christian, but I have deep respect for and affinity with the symbolism and pointers of Christianity.Train with me: https://deep-psychology.com