Proactive Mindfulness
Serge Prengel
Exploring personal growth as a living process of mindful change. Talks and thoughtful conversations with therapists and mindfulness practitioners.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jun 22, 2025 • 26min
Brenda Shoshanna: an experiential conversation about authority
Brenda Shoshanna and I are having a conversation informed by Zen, being present with our experience, as we discuss authority.
Jun 3, 2025 • 44min
Dan Clurman: Feldenkreis & the body as an organizing system
The Feldenkrais method teaches people to be aware of how they move so that they can change ineffective habits. Here, we're using these tools to put the method into practice, live.
Jun 2, 2025 • 37min
Active imagination: Leslie Ellis & Serge Prengel
I invited my friend and colleague Leslie Ellis to have a conversation about Active Imagination in therapy and in life.
May 24, 2025 • 4min
Ven. Gendun: Buddhism & the practice of freedom
Ven. Losang Gendun tells the story of a Buddhist monk who had been put in jail and tortured. The point of the story was how he responded to the situation.
May 1, 2025 • 51min
Jeff Warren: Coming into presence through connection
Jeff Warren has an iconoclastic approach to meditation and what it's like to be human. Here, we discuss coming into the present, practicing what we preach.
Apr 9, 2025 • 48min
Owen Flanagan: What it is like to be an addict
Owen Flanagan is an expert in the philosophy of mind and ethics. For many years, he was also an addict. Here, we talk about addiction from both perspectives.
Mar 30, 2025 • 20min
Mindfulness journey
I share here what has shaped my understanding of what I now call Proactive Mindfulness.
Feb 25, 2025 • 46min
Gregory Kramer: Not knowing, being present in the moment
Gregory Kramer and I set about to embody the attitude of not knowing as we stay present with what happens moment by moment.
Feb 10, 2025 • 4min
Relational meditation informed by Focusing
This approach blends moments of meditation and moments of sharing our experiences of meditating.
Jan 16, 2025 • 8min
A down-to-earth perspective on non-duality
I want to find a down-to-earth experience that helps me relate to non-duality.


