Changeable Podcast

Are you ready for some light, summer listening? You’re in the right place! Because this episode is all about the fact that you’re going to suffer in life. And you’re going to die. It’s a given. It’s also a given that you’ll not suffer in life. You’ll feel lots of stuff…some you like and some you don’t The post EP52: You’re Going to Suffer and Die appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson .

You might know that I’m a huge Lisa Esile fan. Lisa was essentially silent for a year or more of her life. In that time, she did very little and very little “input”.What she saw about how her mind works, and what’s there beyond her mind, is pretty awesome. I especially love the affection she has for The post EP51: What’s There When You Stop Moving with Lisa Esile appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson...

You are lived. Stuff occurs to you and you act on it, with very little input required by you. You see things. You know things. And, at the very same time that you’re being lived by life, your mind is narrating the whole thing in that opinionated way it often does. Your mind is making it all about The post EP50: We’re Lived. And then We Think. (Life is not a Riddle) appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnso...

This episode is a little different than most. In this episode, I talk with Nicola Bird. And we’re not talking to you. Nic and I have a conversation, practitioner-to-practitioner, about what it’s like to do what we do. Our “jobs” are essentially to point people toward an invisible realm. To gently turn them away from the physical, psychological The post EP49: A Day in the Life of an Anxiety Coach w...

Our experience almost always looks like it’s about something, right? It looks to us like we think about stuff. We feel emotions over what happened or about what’s coming up. Human brains love stories. Human experience typically includes a logical storyline and a bunch of reasons for why we’re thinking and feeling the way we are. But how accurate The post EP48: Your Experience isn’t About what it A...

It happens all the time. You hear something and your mind quiets. Maybe something falls away…a habit, a line of thinking, an obsession or worry is no longer there. Life looks and feels different and you’re thrilled. You’re changed! Cured! Fixed! And then--inevitably–thinking comes back. Why didn’t your insight last?!?If you’ve been there, this episode will help. Register for the The post EP46: Why...

Horizontal change starts with what you know, and moves you toward a place you can see.jobs – central casting metaprime how to do a perfect burpee (plus, 2 next-level add ons)It’s linear. Incremental. Often effortful. Horizontal change is you bettering, or improving upon something. Vertical change isn’t about what you know and it doesn’t take you The post EP45: Horizontal vs. Vertical Change (and W...

In this episode of Changeable, Jack and I talk about how life is an illusion. What does that mean? Jack and I explore what this great illusion means for our opinions of ourselves, our relationships, our habits…even those glimpses we catch of ourselves in store windows (you’ll see what I mean).Especially listen when Jack talks about his The post EP44: Life is an…illusion? With Jack Pransky appeared...

What is health? What is wellbeing? How do you know if you’re healthy and well? Turns out, the way we answer those questions has huge implications for how well we feel. I talk with John El-Mokadem in this episode about massively expanding our concept of what health and wellness really are. We talk about how we can be The post EP43: Being Well is Not the Same as Being Cured with John El-Mokadam appe...

Harry claims that all problems in life come from overthinking. All problems? Really? I play devil’s advocate a bit in this one as we discuss the single, common source of all suffering. I love Harry’s personality and the way he talks about this understanding. He is fun and light and always puts the feeling first. I hope you The post EP42: Do All Problems in Life Really Come from Overthinking? appea...

There are so many safety nets built into our human design. Seeing more about how we work…the forgiving, safe, self-correcting, can’t-be-damaged design we’ve all been blessed with…does a lot for us. But perhaps one of the most notable things it does is that it allows us to feel secure. When we feel secure, we are free. Free The post EP41: Having a Secure Attachment to Life appeared first on Dr. Amy...

Jen had trouble sleeping for a long time.  Seeing something about how her experienced worked helped...a lot. In this episode, Jen and I talk about some of the things she came to see about how her mind and body work, and the role the “insomnia” label played in her sleepless nights. Life is fluid. You aren’t an The post EP40: A New Look at Sleepless Nights with Jen Lucas appeared first on Dr. Amy Jo...

What if all of the stuff you think you think…is not really you at all? Your opinions, preferences, obsessions, worries… I know they take up a lot of room in your mind. They sound and feel like you. But when I’m listening to others go on and on about how they feel and what they care about The post EP39: Do You Really Think That? appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson .

In Part 2 of my conversation about guilt with John Flaherty, we go deeper into where guilt comes from, why it is so pervasive, and how guilt is ultimately changeable. This conversation can be so huge for all of us, but especially if guilt is something you feel weighing you down. If you missed Part 1 of The post EP38: How Guilt is Changeable. Part 2 of my Conversation with John Flaherty appeared fi...

Changeable is about the way humans work. The way we’re inherently free, inherently healthy and at peace. And how, in our every day lives, we don’t always feel those things.  We feel dis-ease, suffering, trapped. What traps us? It’s always thought-brought-to-life that appears personal and real. That thought takes many forms. In today’s conversation, I talk with John The post EP37: How Guilt is Chan...

Minds do some predictable things. They bring up regrets and past mistakes, they predict the future, they compare and contrast, they fear, they judge…These aren’t meaningful. It’s not personal to you when your mind is the one doing them. These are universal mental activities. That means you don’t have to tune in so closely. Really. What if you The post EP36: That’s Just What Minds Do appeared first...

Erika Bugbee is the teen whisperer. She’s also the parent-of-a-teen whisperer. Erika works with teens and their parents in ways that look like magic, but are deceptively simple and full of common sense. She talks about liking your teen when it sometime feels difficult.  Having goodwill in your relationship. And how understanding what a teen’s inner life The post EP35: How Teenage Angst and your Re...

In this episode, Jason shares a pretty incredible transformation. Jason was put on anti-depressants at age 9.In his teens and early 20s he was a heroin addict, in and out of jail, and homeless at times. Jason quit drugs with the help of a 12 step program, but swapped heroin for food and other addictions. It wasn’t The post EP34: From Addiction and Depression to True Inner Peace with Jason Shiers a...

Barb Patterson has coached business leaders, teams, and entrepreneurs for a long time. Originally from the Old Paradigm. And now from the New Paradigm. She helps people in business see what’s beyond and before their skills, business plans, personality types, and strategies. And she sees incredible transformation. Not just incremental change, but true transformation…higher levels of success, creati...

We’re at the end of February and I really hope you’re seeing feelings and emotions in a new way. A way that’s safe. Impersonal. Full of wisdom and intelligence. Kind. If you’re even a tiny bit less afraid of what moves through you than you were in January, that’s amazing. In this episode, I share a client story of how it The post EP32: What it’s like to NOT fear feelings. Part 4 in the Feelings Fe...

Amanda Jones is a coach in The Little School of Big Change who is now free of nearly two and a half decades of eating disorders and depression. As she shares in this episode, her entire 23+ year eating disorder was one giant attempt to manage her feelings. The more we attempt to not feel, the The post EP31: More Feeling Management = More Problems. Part 3 in the Feelings February Series with Amanda...

In Part 2 of this month about feelings, I talk with my friend and colleague Gail Brenner about what feelings actually are. That might sound like an odd topic. But have you ever stopped to really consider what feelings are? What they are made of? We know how they feel. We know what our mind tells us about The post EP30: What Are Feelings, Really? Part 2 in the Feelings February Series with Gail Bre...

In the October class of The Little School of Big Change, an innocent enough question was posted on our forum, meant for me to address in our upcoming group call. It said: “Can you say a bit about how feelings are safe?”On that particular November day, this super typical and relatable question blew my mind. How is The post EP29: Are Feelings Safe? (Part 1 in the Feelings February Series) appeared f...

Can you choose to see yourself as worthy, successful, competent? Can you choose what you believe? Can you consciously get yourself into a feeling or state where you’re experiencing and creating more of what you want in life? I’m sure the answer to these questions is ‘sometimes’.  That seems to be the answer to most questions about The post EP28: How Choosing what to Believe and Raising your Vibrat...

In this episode I talk with Lana Bastianutti and Linda Ford about a topic that affects everyone. It’s a topic that looks wildly different in the New Paradigm than in the Old Paradigm. Confidence. Who has it? Who doesn’t? From where does it originate? What does it look and feel like to be confident? Is confidence Changeable? Or are we born The post EP27: Confidence in the New Paradigm, and How Chan...