Deep Psychology

I've been practicing meditation consistently for nearly a decade and now teach dozens of meditators every week. What I've found is that beginners tend to come into meditation with all sorts of misconceptions. These misconceptions are unhelpful and even damaging. They jeopardise our efforts to establish a regular practice and start seeing its power. So here are my three best meditation tips for beg...

MIND is my bespoke 10-week online mindfulness coaching programme that empowers you to bring mindfulness into your day-to-day and have it transform how you face life’s challenges, overcome your blocks, and gain greater authenticity and fulfilment. I'm Ross Edwards BSc DipBSoM, founder, teacher and coach. In my 10-week online coaching programme, you not only learn essential mindfulness techniques –...

Jean Gebser's work on the structures of consciousness illuminates the deep emergent structures of human psychology and how they play out in culture, society, religion, science and systems of meaning across human history, back to time immemorial. This is psychoactive philosophy. We're not analysing these structures of consciousness as separate entities far removed from them. We're steeped in these...

Ken Wilber ’s Four Quadrants sound nice in the abstract, but how do we apply them in practice? Let's discuss some of the on-the-ground applications of this theory, with a focus on our wellbeing, values, desires, and our developmental journey. By doing so we see the power of Ken Wilber's Four Quadrants and can begin applying them to find greater balance in our lives. Keep in mind one principle for...

We tend to emphasise some perspectives over others. When we do this, we’re blind, we’re biased. We’re not seeing the full picture, the fullness and complexity of life, and we create weak explanations and weak solutions. What if we could go beyond all this dichotomising and reductionism to a complete picture of reality? Enter The Four Quadrants. In his Integral Theory, Ken Wilber proposes his Four...

Let’s talk about the Pygmalion Effect and the self-fulfilling prophecy. The beauty of these concepts is that they reveal the power of thought, belief and emotion. We’re creators, and our primary medium is our imagination. And though we tend to abuse this power and create like drunkards, it’s possible to retrain ourselves to get our mind working in our favour. We look at common examples of this eff...

Learn about the sneaky snares of Spiral Dynamics that blindside most people. Yes, believe it or not, Spiral Dynamics can TRAP you and make you slide backwards in your self-transformation journey. I want to show you the traps you may be falling into as you learn and apply Spiral Dynamics. Learn very practical solutions for these pernicious problems so that learning this framework helps you rather t...

The connection between mindfulness meditation and life purpose might not be apparent, but when it comes to aligning our career with our authentic passions and desires, we need the tools of mindfulness both to get started and see us through the process. I teamed up with Grace for a chat on Instagram Live. Grace and I discussed our career journeys, how to become more aware of what’s going on in our...

Often we see personal development as a sea of people disagreeing and giving advice that seems to be completely disconnected or even contradictory. But it doesn't have to be that way! I show you that all of personal development is really arranged in a series of layers that address different levels of our wellbeing. These are not so much stepping stones as repeating themes, each of which builds on t...

I've had some pretty traumatic moments as a member of various spiritual communities, and it's inspired me to share my experiences and expose the dark side of spiritual communities. I hope to shine a light on these issues so that we can clean up spiritual communities. Budding meditators or yogis can spot these toxic aspects in advance, the perpetrators can realise what they've done wrong and grow a...

Often we talk about Spiral Dynamics from an external point of view, as though observing it in the world and those around us. But here I want to turn the tables – how are our personal lives actually impacted by living at Spiral Dynamics Stage Yellow? I reached out to experts in the field and Spiral Dynamics enthusiasts to tell me their stories, and they shared some excellent insights with me. In th...

Today we’re going to look at the good and the bad of Spiral Dynamics Stage Green in our personal lives. This is a super practical video packed with insights from my own life, my engagement with the Spiral Dynamics community, and my observations of the successes and failures of friends at this stage. My intention is to help you skillfully embody Stage Green – incorporating the healthy and construct...

The 8 stages of human development in career. What are they? And how do we embody the highest ones, transforming ourselves and our career lives to the benefit of all? – What Are The Stages of Human Development? Levels of complexity, a series of operating systems, each including the prior one but improving on it in crucial ways. – What Do They Mean For Our Career? The higher the levels we embody in...

"All of this is God." In this episode I speak with my partner and best friend, Inés Isern, about spirituality, God, spiritual awakening, and her amazing sacred gardens. And yes, we talk candidly about our experiences of spirituality, how it has developed, and how it currently impacts our life. Inés tells us what inspires her to create her unique spaces and how she makes the spiritual manifest in h...

Let’s look have a comprehensive look at James Fowler’s 7 Stages of Faith Development, which describe how we satisfy our basic need for meaning in ever more elaborate ways as we grow and mature. Learning what James Fowler about the stages of faith discovered can seriously alter how you view yourself, others and human culture. One of James Fowler’s greatest contributions was to show us that faith is...

In this video, we’re going to look at practical habits for maintaining a healthy mind and cover incredible insights into how the mind works. In watching this, you’re becoming a student of your own mind! These cover some of the best tips you’ll find out there from the best teachers. AND I have a tonne of case studies. I reached to folks on social media and they shared their wonderful stories of the...

If you're a newbie meditator, this breathing meditation is a great practice. That said, this technique works wherever you are in the journey, and it has endless depth for advanced meditators. Before you do the meditation: – Setup: It's best you find a quiet spot so you can hear the instructions and fully focus on the exercise. – Mouth Position: keep the mouth relaxed, with the lips gently touching...

What is the ego? Is it real or illusory? If it is illusory, how does it perpetuate itself? We'll explore these questions and more as I take you on a whirlwind tour of your ego's biggest self-deception mechanisms. These make you inauthentic, obnoxious and forever unfulfilled. We also cover very practical solutions you can begin to implement right now to free yourself from the ego's seductive grip,...

Spiral Dynamics is a simple but powerful theory describing how human beings evolve through eight major stages, both historically, individually, and collectively. Learning this theory has permanently changed how I view and treat myself, others, and the world at large. What really is Spiral Dynamics? What levels of human development does it propose? How do we skillfully apply it to our lives? We loo...

Let’s talk about the subjective benefits of meditation. What I mean is the kind of benefits we can see in our lives, rather than the neurological benefits, although they are really two sides of the same coin. I’ve also met dozens of people who say that meditation has transformed their lives. And there is mounting gold-standard scientific evidence that confirms their reports. After ten years of pra...