Tag Archives: mindfulness

#306 – The Now Effect with Elisha Goldstein PhD





Transcript Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is in private practice in West Los Angeles and is author of the 2012 book The Now Effect (Simon and Schuster, 2012) and co-author of, A Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Workbook, Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn. He synthesizes the pearls of traditional psychotherapy with a progressive integration of mindfulness to achieve mental [...]

#255 – Mindsight with Daniel Siegel, MD





Transcript 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, [...]

#252 – A Buddhist Perspective on Psychotherapy with Mark Epstein, MD





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





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





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, [...]

#239 – Awakening Joy with James Baraz





#232 – Mindfulness and The Art of Choice with Karen Sherman, PhD





Karen Sherman, Ph.D. a licensed psychologist in New York, has been in private practice for over 20 years. Her focus is relationships/marriage and helping people achieve their greatest potential. Karen is the author of “Mindfulness and The Art of Choice: Transform Your Life” which enables people to let go of conditioned responses and empower them [...]

#223 – Seeking Wisdom in Extreme Solitude with Robert Kull





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 [...]

#222 – Wise Mind Open MInd with Ron Alexander, PhD





#218 – Matrix Meditations with Victor and Kooch Daniels





Victor Daniels, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at Sonoma State University and co-author, along with his wife Kooch Daniels, M.A. of the 2009 book, Matrix Meditations: A 16-Week Program For Developing the Mind-Heart Connection. Victor was the first director of its India Studies program and is a past Chair of the Psychology Department. Zen Master [...]