Teachings & Practices
This free resource represents over 55 years of shared experience, offered through short videos, guided meditations, audio teachings, and podcasts. The comprehensive guidance includes areas such as the relationship with oneself, intimate relationships, the world situation, and the relationship between money and self.
Teaching Modules
New here? Modules 1–3 — Introspective Guides, Essential Needs, and Elements of Compassion — are a natural place to begin. But there’s no required order: every module stands on its own, so feel free to jump straight to whatever speaks to you.
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Introspective Guides
Our Guides are an invaluable resource for therapists, clients, and anyone wanting to understand and take better care of themselves.
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Understanding Essential Needs
Identifying and understanding our essential needs is fundamental to personal growth and harmony in our relationships and in the world.
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Specific Elements of Compassion
In-depth exploration of the specific elements of compassion, including strength, tenderness, presence, empathy, and patience.
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Caring For and Responding To Anger
Anger is such a vital emotion that it deserves its own category due to its significance in both personal and global contexts.
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Caring for & Responding to Anxiety
A six-part series focused on feelings of anxiety — unique methods to respond to anxiety and develop the necessary self-compassion.
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Caring for and Responding to Inadequacy Feelings
Exploring how you can benefit from recognizing and learning from your feelings of inadequacy.
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Caring for and Responding to Insecurity Feelings
Feelings of insecurity can lead us down one of two main paths — repression or revealing how much you care about something…
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Using Tone of Voice to Enhance Healing and Growth
Explores the often-overlooked impact of tone of voice in client care. Our tone reflects subconscious emotions and can either improve or hinder…
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Moving From Self-Judgement to Self Compassion
Moving from self-rejection to self-compassion — often emotions like anger or anxiety come with a second layer of rejection about the emotion…
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How to Use Inquiry
Exploring the inspiring potential of living in a way that benefits ourselves and others through guiding thoughts, attitudes, and actions through questions…
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Wisdom Guidance
Wisdom seems unattainable for many; however, through asking questions from your most sincere heart, it is accessible in a very grounded way.
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Friendly Mind
Designed for those facing the most challenging areas of life — illness, trauma, mental health struggles, dying, loss, financial hardship, and other…
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Using Fear to Awaken Courage
Fear can signal real danger or be imagined. The first step is identifying it, which isn't always easy since fear often hides…
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Paradox of Confusion
For those with deep curiosity and meaningful relationships, confusion is a powerful sign of growth rather than something to fear.
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Comprehensive Guidance to Pain/Sleep Medications and Psychological Support
Addressing the opioid crisis and the overcorrection that has left millions suffering, especially those with chronic pain, post-surgery needs, or severe conditions.
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Redefining Success
Wanting success is natural, but problems arise when it becomes the primary focus, overshadowing intimacy, integrity, and kindness.
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Gaining Wisdom Through The Music from "Fearless Soul"
Truly unique — presented in musical form, offering both the joy of listening and profound life lessons.
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Love & Relationships
An honest look at where the loves in our lives have thrived and where significant limitations may exist.
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Psycho-Politics
A synthesis of psychology and politics that addresses how individual and collective mental states shape political landscapes.
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The Immense Potential of Deep Friendships
Among all areas explored, this one offers the greatest potential for full communication and growth.
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The Four Levels of Awareness
We see that awareness in the beginning stages lacks the depth of commitment to act on it. We will learn how to…
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Psycho-Economics
Explores the psychological underpinnings of our relationship to money and economic decisions.
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Addiction to Wealth
In society today, the pursuit of wealth often transcends basic survival needs and turns into an insatiable desire that can dominate one's…
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Compassionate Development in Dealing with Death and Dying
Death and dying remain taboo topics in Western culture, creating an illusion of immortality that disconnects us from life's preciousness.
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Expanding Traditions
In our rapidly changing world, many traditional systems — education, parenting, spirituality, politics, psychology — need greater connection and balance to reach…
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Expansions to Traditional Therapy
In therapy, a 'values-neutral' approach is meant to avoid imposing the therapist's values onto clients, while also guiding toward foundational values like…
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Authentic Life Education
Explores how emotional intelligence and psychological awareness can be integrated into education, parenting, counseling, and daily life.
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Expansions to Foster Balance in Religion & Spirituality
Religion and spirituality offer profound opportunities for a fulfilling life, but spiritual paths also come with potential pitfalls that require discernment to…
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International Agreements for World Survival
Many of us are alarmed by threats to democracy, global warming, nuclear risks, terrorism, and corruption.
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Regenerative Agriculture
Regenerative agriculture is one of the most important developments of recent decades — creating healthy vegetation, eliminating toxic chemicals, and pulling extra…
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The Challenges and Potential Breakthroughs for Homelessness
Examines the causes, blocks, and breakthroughs in addressing homelessness, emphasizing that it is a solvable problem with fundamental changes.
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Presence
Presence is the art of being fully here — with yourself, others, and life. This module explores the nuances and paradoxes of…
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Undiagnosed Illness of Civilization
An exploration of the deeper, often unrecognized patterns of suffering that pervade modern civilization, and how awareness can serve as a path…
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