The Integrated Self

On Waiting When it's Time to Wait. "The Master eats when it's time to eat, waits when it's time to wait, and moves when it's time to move." In this episode: • Attuning to timing • The gold of accepting when it's not the right time to do, but is the right time to wait. • Waiting as a way of widening vision and relating to what else is here. • Recognizing what opens up an...

A quick little process on the sometimes overwhelming amount of exciting new things in the world, and how slowing down can help you choose how to use and direct your will and energy in this sea of so much stuff!

Continuing from the previous episode (2. The Essence of Healing), here I describe one method and philosophy for how to meet life on its own terms, with your own authentic responses. Drawing from a foundational principle of improvisation, you can improvise with life, jumping in the current of reality as it is and choosing how to swim within it. Improvisation in Comedy, Theater, Dance, and Music Gri...

In this episode, I describe the fundamental cause of human suffering and its antidote. Avoidance, resistance, and meeting life on life’s terms. The intelligence of dissociation. Building capacity to tolerate the charge of a nervous system in a(n overly) stimulating world. Grief as an expression of love and a portal to a fuller life. The intrinsic movement towards healing. A guided practice for mee...

Who am I? Why am I here? How am I doing this? Why this way? All this and more, in less than 9 minutes