The Curious Mind

There is still a lot to learn about psychology from Hegel. He created complex maps of the mind. And we can use these to understand “where we are,” psychologically speaking. And we can also use these maps to locate ourselves in meditation. In this podcast I focus primarily on Buddhist Vipassana meditation and how a Hegelian positioning can help us to correctly align our practice again. If you want to look it up, I mainly refer to paragraphs §448-§450 in Part Three of Hegel's “Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences” from 1830.Free discovery call: https://calendly.com/gabriel-ellis/30minYoutube: https://youtu.be/dl42TQzhjkEHomepage: https://www.gabriel-ellis.comPhoto by Max on Unsplash

What is more relevant for me: virtue or needs orientation? And how do I get out of self-avoidance? I answer these and other questions about the three approaches to life I laid out in the previous episodes.Free discovery call: https://calendly.com/gabriel-ellis/30minhttps://youtu.be/w9gWqBAmN6ohttps://www.gabriel-ellis.comPhoto by Towfiqu Barbhuiya on Unsplash

Anyone who doesn't know themselves and their needs is doomed to be anxious, depressed or aggressive. This is what I call the “self-avoidant type.” We are all somewhat self-avoidant, but when we are too blind to ourselves it leads to suffering and psychological disorder. In this video I describe this approach and what consequences it has. Free discovery call: https://calendly.com/gabriel-ellis/30min

"Who am I?” and “What do I want"? A needs-oriented life should answer these questions. Like the virtue orientation of the last episode, also a needs-orientation comes with its own opportunities, problems and dangers. The goal is happiness, the dangers are isolation and anxious navel-gazing.Free discovery call: https://calendly.com/gabriel-ellis/30minhttps://www.gabriel-ellis.comPhoto by Tea Heftiba on Unsplash

Dissatisfaction with one's own life is like a forest without a clearing: there is often a lack of clarity, joy, and self-determination. In order to shed some light on the darkness, I distinguish between three approaches to life in therapeutic practice. In this episode I examine a virtue-oriented life, its psychological benefits and dangers.Free discovery call: https://calendly.com/gabriel-ellis/30minhttps://www.gabriel-ellis.comPhoto by Mick Haupt on Unsplash

Exploring the influence of interpretations and self-evaluation on our well-being, the podcast discusses the impact of negative self-talk and imperceptible feelings. It highlights the importance of recognizing the distinction between events and interpretations in non-violent communication and provides therapeutic methods for overcoming negative self-assessments.

In early Buddhism, body awareness is a precursor to meditation. But also psychologically it is important to integrate body awareness into normal life in order to cleanse and heal the mind beyond modern, more elaborate, methods. Free discovery call: https://calendly.com/gabriel-ellis/30minhttps://www.gabriel-ellis.com/ Photo by Meiying Ng on Unsplash

Strong will is essential to Buddhism, otherwise we are at the mercy of the machine part of being human: the judgments, feelings, attachments and habits. Original Buddhism seems to have taught the suppression of feelings, but today we rightly do not see this as healthy. Rather, we should satisfy our needs smartly and thereby create degrees of freedom for ourselves so that we suffer as little as possible from the machine aspect of our humanity.Free discovery call: https://calendly.com/gabriel-ellis/30minhttps://www.gabriel-ellis.com/Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash

Many people would like to trust their gut feeling. A nice wish, but we hardly have a good understanding of what “gut feeling” or intuition actually are, or how we can make them more reliable guides in our lives. In this video essay I examine mood, intuition and gut feeling from a Buddhist and psychological perspective. In original Buddhism, correct ethics were developed to transform the sense of self and prepare it for meditation. In psychological practice, I use this perspective to remove the breeding ground for depression and anxiety. Free discovery call: https://calendly.com/gabriel-ellis/30minFor more information see https://www.gabriel-ellis.com

Psychedelika im Rahmen therapeutischer Selbstentwicklung erleben zur Zeit eine Renaissance - eine Entwicklung, die wir in diesem Gespräch kritisch beleuchten.  Mein Gesprächspartner ist Joachim Wehnelt, der online in seiner gestalt-therapeutischen Praxis mit Männern und mit Gruppen arbeitet. Mehr über seine Arbeit erfahrt ihr hier: https://www.siebensinne.net/Hiermit beginne ich einen deutschsprachigen Podcast, den ihr hier separat findet:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYYy4a_T4Mza29vKD_IAWnAhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/7ol4tU0upyYQPz3Kx9LbAlFree discovery call: https://calendly.com/gabriel-ellis/30minWeitere Informationen und Kontakt zu mir: https://www.gabriel-ellis.com