Enter The Mind

What do children do better than adults? Do they have more psychic freedom? Are adults more miserable than they need to be? Is it because of responsibilities? Does improvisation get us more in touch with our childhood mind? Did we learn certain patterns as child because we got attention? What can we learn from Ebeneezer Scrooge? How can we be the best adult we can be? How does this all relate to ma...

In this episode we EXPLODE the concept of identity. What is your real self? What is your imagined self? How do you let go of the past? Can you create a new self by relocating geographically? How about by changing your name? What’s the best technique for imagining your ideal self? What should you do if friends hold you to your old self? Why do groups hold individuals to their old identities? Can yo...

Does a vegan diet help the mind as well as the body? Does meal prep help to reduce decision fatigue? How do people react you to differently when you’re vegan? What’s glycemic index? Is junk food similar to drugs? Is diet a matter of delay of gratification?  How do you discipline the mind just like you would train a dog?  Find out more in this week’s episode of the most real-talk, no-nonsense podca...

How does your relation with yourself affect your relationships with others? How do you relate to your thoughts? Will your relationships improve if you improve your relationship with yourself? How are the voices in your head like a cast of characters? What’s the right way to be the observer to your own emotions? If you like yourself more, will you attract better friends? If you’re always changing,...

What do dreams mean? Do they come up when there are issues we have neglected? What is an evil presence? Are there energies we can’t observe with our own senses? What happens if we don’t express our truth? What are parallel universes? Can we use parallel universes to achieve our goals? If you saw your character in a video game, would you want to be that character? Are you living a reality you’re ex...

How do we truly express ourselves? How we do get conditioned to hold back? What’s the difference between being self-expressive and being socially inappropriate? How does your friends and family affect your self-expression? Can we self-express through our clothing? What’s the strategy for self-expression? How can we tell if a thought is our own or someone else’s? Where do we get our internal dialog...

Do we hold ourselves back because of guilt? Should you ever feel guilty for moving on with your life and leaving others behind? When is the right time to feel guilt? And is logical problem solving the best way to respond? Find out more in this week’s episode of the most real-talk, no-nonsense podcast on the empowering of the mind. Robert Nelson Instagram @ExistenceFirst Kyra Carlin Instagram @tryt...

The #1 regret of the dying: “I wish I had lived a life true to myself, not the life others wanted me to live.” This regret, along with 4 others, is detailed in Bronnie Ware’s book, The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying.  How do we live with no regrets? How do we not give into peer pressure? What’s really important to you? What do you want your life to make up? What if you could direct your mind with the...

People love to give advice, which leads to a society full of advice from others.  But is it good advice?  Should we be positive all the time?  Should we never be the first person to text?  Should we tackle the most difficult task first?  Should we always be proactive and never passive? Find out more in this week’s episode of the most real-talk, no-nonsense podcast on the empowering of the mind. Ky...

What is anxiety? Most people will tell you that it's nervousness or worry, but this is not about being a thesaurus--this is about understanding ourselves. How about resistance and attachment? Do those play a role in anxiety? Most of all, what about our first experience of separation--the very act of being born and separating from one's mother? Find out more in this week’s episode of the...

What is narcissism? Why should we protect ourselves? At a more philosophical level, how does narcissism even develop? Find out more in this very brief, abridged episode. The most real-talk, no-nonsense podcast on empowerment of the mind. Robert Nelson Instagram @ExistenceFirst Kyra Carlin Instagram @trytragedy Disclaimer: This content is neither medical advice nor therapy. Consumer assumes respons...

Language can reveal a lot about the mind. What if we examined the word "matter"? Does it just mean things or objects? Does it include ideas? What determines whether something matters or not? Find out more in this week’s episode of the most real-talk, no-nonsense podcast on the empowering of the mind. Robert Nelson Instagram @ExistenceFirst Kyra Carlin Instagram @trytragedy Disclaimer: Th...

What exactly is the devil? Is the devil an energy? Is it the opposite of truth? What is God? Most importantly, what does all of this have to do with the human species, with self-help, and with self-actualization? Learn more about the mind in the most down-to-earth, real-talk, no-nonsense way in this episode of Enter The Mind. Robert Nelson @ExistenceFirst  Kyra Carlin @trytragedy Shareable clips a...

What is identity? What is the self? Does the self change over time? How does our view of the self impact our speed of personal development? Learn more about the mind in the most down-to-earth, real-talk, no-nonsense way in this episode of Enter The Mind. Robert Nelson @ExistenceFirst Kyra Carlin @trytragedy Shareable clips are available on our Instagrams: @existencefirst @souldesignedfuture Join o...

How do you get into a peak state? Can this be done quickly? Can you be tranced into underperforming your abilities? To answer these questions will mean understanding the mind in a very concrete way. In this episode, Robert and Kyra discuss the answers. Robert Nelson @ExistenceFirst Kyra Carlin @trytragedy Shareable clips are available on our Instagrams: @existencefirst @souldesignedfuture Join our...

Where does your attention go? Tony Robbins says that "where attention goes, energy flows." So how about when you resist something? How about when you resist someone else's opinion and get angry that they said something? Aren't you giving them too much of your energy? The truth is that attention is a scarce resource, and to take back control of our mind, we need to take back con...

"Drinking this coffee will bring me riches." The manifestation and law of attraction movement sometimes gets a bad rap. However, as with most things, there is some truth to it. If we want to understand the mind, we must understand that a lot of what it does is outside our control. A lot of our thoughts and feelings are conditioned. Nonetheless, as homo sapiens, being the intelligent spec...

Watch out for mental health advice from weak people. A common mistake is to overly focus on stress, the effect of stress on us, etc. A true practitioner of mental health will notice the underlying frame of thinking here, which is that it frames the person as small compared to the world. An ant has to worry about being stepped on by a human. A human, on the other hand, doesn't have to worry ab...

Why enter the mind? Because you're not in it. Your mind sits behind your eyes while you stare at everything in your external environment. This leads to people worrying about how nice their environment will be to them today, trying not to create a disturbance in their environment, and following the lead of the environment. At best, this will lead to an okay life. At worst, this will lead to an...