RedCircle VERIFY_TOKEN_471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e -- Rendered At Sun, 13 Sep 2026 06:48:12 +0000 The Integrated Self https://redcircle.com/shows/the-integrated-self en-US All rights reserved. Somatic Healing and Spiritual Growth Dan Halpern Guidance for living a more connected, embodied, and flowing life. Join Dan Halpern—somatic trauma therapist, spiritual counselor, and poet—share questions, wisdom, and inspirations for living a fully human life in current times. Topics include: paths of healing and wellness, paths of spiritual growth and awareness, animism and connecting to the more-than-human world, relationships, art, beauty, music, improvisation, integrative and applied philosophy, and much more. Come, let's grow and live together. I'd love to hear from you. Let me know how the show resonates with you, what doesn't, any questions or comments you'd like to share. Let's let this be a conversation. email: dan@integratedselfcounseling.org For more from me or if you'd like to work together, visit www.integratedselfcounseling.org 471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e Guidance for living a more connected, embodied, and flowing life.

Join Dan Halpern—somatic trauma therapist, spiritual counselor, and poet—share questions, wisdom, and inspirations for living a fully human life in current times. Topics include: paths of healing and wellness, paths of spiritual growth and awareness, animism and connecting to the more-than-human world, relationships, art, beauty, music, improvisation, integrative and applied philosophy, and much more. Come, let's grow and live together.

I'd love to hear from you. Let me know how the show resonates with you, what doesn't, any questions or comments you'd like to share. Let's let this be a conversation.

email: dan@integratedselfcounseling.org

For more from me or if you'd like to work together, visit www.integratedselfcounseling.org

]]> episodic no Dan Halpern danahalpern@gmail.com false full 28. Forgiveness 28. Forgiveness Dan Halpern Forgiveness is not something we do to let someone else off the hook, it's something we do for ourselves to allow more love into our lives. We can still maintain boundaries and discernment of what we're not okay with while we forgive, while we stop continuing to poison ourselves with the stuck energy of a grudge.

In this episode:

  • Preambles before we get to the point
  • A Course in Miracles
  • Forgiveness is a tool that transform poison into Light
  • A personal example I felt regret for and the need for forgiveness
  • Necessary and unnecessary suffering
  • Grudges create walls between ourself and life / love
  • Forgiveness as grace
  • The paradox of unconditional love and things that aren't okay
  • Resisting and accepting life
  • A guided practice to actualize and experience forgiveness
  • - Feel the effect in you of the thing you don't like
  • - The mind opens to a wider understanding
  • - Our pain around it sequences, digests, and releases
  • - Love comes in and through us
  • How a long, developmental view of life supports forgiveness 
]]> <p>Forgiveness is not something we do to let someone else off the hook, it&#39;s something we do for ourselves to allow more love into our lives. We can still maintain boundaries and discernment of what we&#39;re not okay with while we forgive, while we stop continuing to poison ourselves with the stuck energy of a grudge. </p><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li>Preambles before we get to the point</li><li>A Course in Miracles</li><li>Forgiveness is a tool that transform poison into Light</li><li>A personal example I felt regret for and the need for forgiveness</li><li>Necessary and unnecessary suffering</li><li>Grudges create walls between ourself and life / love</li><li>Forgiveness as grace</li><li>The paradox of unconditional love and things that aren&#39;t okay</li><li>Resisting and accepting life</li><li>A guided practice to actualize and experience forgiveness</li><li>- Feel the effect in you of the thing you don&#39;t like</li><li>- The mind opens to a wider understanding </li><li>- Our pain around it sequences, digests, and releases</li><li>- Love comes in and through us</li><li>How a long, developmental view of life supports forgiveness </li></ul> 29c12c25-2761-4b5f-99a2-a62b1f9f25d1 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/514f77b5-9bf8-446b-8e22-08b7c413cc34 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:58:51 +0000 1849 false full 27. Phish Pt. 3 - The Cosmic Joke 27. Phish Pt. 3 - The Cosmic Joke Dan Halpern Providing an encore to the last two episodes, we round out our deep dive into the spirituality of Phish by focusing on the profundity of playing with humor.

In this episode:

  • The lineage of humility, humor, and light-heartedness of Phish and the sometimes heaviness of The Grateful Dead
  • The cosmic joke of seriously mattering and simultaneously not mattering
  • Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig on music critics' valuing serious art more than lighthearted art
  • Grown ups standing still talking at each other
  • Everything Everywhere All At Once
]]> <p>Providing an encore to the last two episodes, we round out our deep dive into the spirituality of Phish by focusing on the profundity of playing with humor. </p><p>In this episode: </p><ul><li>The lineage of humility, humor, and light-heartedness of Phish and the sometimes heaviness of The Grateful Dead</li><li>The cosmic joke of seriously mattering and simultaneously not mattering </li><li>Vampire Weekend&#39;s Ezra Koenig on music critics&#39; valuing serious art more than lighthearted art</li><li>Grown ups standing still talking at each other</li><li>Everything Everywhere All At Once</li></ul> b566ca5e-3c28-4717-b261-a58eea1e0a34 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/e089d8e4-879f-4e48-b5f6-9c340e5bef6a Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:39:02 +0000 791 false full 26. Spirituality - Phish Pt. 2 26. Spirituality - Phish Pt. 2 Dan Halpern The living spiritual path I'm most connected to, present in and transcending many different traditions, is the path of leaning into life, leaning into the body, the challenges, the relationships, the experiences, the boring and mundane, and awakening the transcendent miracle of life in all things. The band Phish embodies this praxis through the ways they listen humbly to each other and the energy in the room of their concerts; through saying "yes, and" to whatever arises; and through playing with form and freedom to create a cohesive third force of engagement, a relational field in which all who listen to and participate in their music can connect with the paradoxical fullness of life. Their art also expresses a consciousness to these qualities, acknowledging the seriousness of life and the cosmic joke of it all simultaneously. At the core, Phish create a symbolic language I resonate with to connect to higher frequencies of life.

After last episode's introduction to the band, this episode uses the band as a springboard to focus more on these spiritual qualities. The episode goes a little "type 2" (Phish speak for when a jam completely leaves the song structure and starts making up new spontaneous compositions) and rambley exploratory, not unlike an exciting Phish jam. I hope you enjoy it, and use it to connect to the higher potential in yourself and your life.

  • a preramble on interpreting life symbolically, finding the high teachings in any phenomena.
  • connecting with a conversation you resonate with. I resonate with the conversation and sense of humor of Phish.
  • how "yes, and" and improvising with life is a spiritual practice
  • the animism of humble listening
  • listening as respecting transpersonal experience and personal feelings, needs, and under the surface realities
  • humility dissolves the ego
  • grief rituals hold relational humility in recognition of a larger whole
  • form and freedom, songs and jams, duality and non-duality, and the third creation behind the binaries
  • honoring the transcendence of the mundane life experiences
  • a quick encore to focus on safely leaning into the body to access the depth of your spirituality
]]> <p>The living spiritual path I&#39;m most connected to, present in and transcending many different traditions, is the path of leaning into life, leaning into the body, the challenges, the relationships, the experiences, the boring and mundane, and awakening the transcendent miracle of life in all things. The band Phish embodies this praxis through the ways they listen humbly to each other and the energy in the room of their concerts; through saying &#34;yes, and&#34; to whatever arises; and through playing with form and freedom to create a cohesive third force of engagement, a relational field in which all who listen to and participate in their music can connect with the paradoxical fullness of life. Their art also expresses a consciousness to these qualities, acknowledging the seriousness of life and the cosmic joke of it all simultaneously. At the core, Phish create a symbolic language I resonate with to connect to higher frequencies of life. </p><p>After last episode&#39;s introduction to the band, this episode uses the band as a springboard to focus more on these spiritual qualities. The episode goes a little &#34;type 2&#34; (Phish speak for when a jam completely leaves the song structure and starts making up new spontaneous compositions) and rambley exploratory, not unlike an exciting Phish jam. I hope you enjoy it, and use it to connect to the higher potential in yourself and your life.</p><ul><li>a preramble on interpreting life symbolically, finding the high teachings in any phenomena. </li><li>connecting with a conversation you resonate with. I resonate with the conversation and sense of humor of Phish.</li><li>how &#34;yes, and&#34; and improvising with life is a spiritual practice </li><li>the animism of humble listening </li><li>listening as respecting transpersonal experience and personal feelings, needs, and under the surface realities</li><li>humility dissolves the ego </li><li>grief rituals hold relational humility in recognition of a larger whole</li><li>form and freedom, songs and jams, duality and non-duality, and the third creation behind the binaries</li><li>honoring the transcendence of the mundane life experiences </li><li>a quick encore to focus on safely leaning into the body to access the depth of your spirituality</li></ul> dbddbe58-9555-4b0f-ab9c-1d5c112aa41e https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/e8c14cbe-850d-4aa1-93fd-35101293fac0 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:34:33 +0000 1983 false full 25. The Spirituality of Phish 25. The Spirituality of Phish 25 2 Dan Halpern Why 43 years of friendship, humor, intelligence, and creativity is so meaningful to so many. In this episode, I describe how being present (i.e. surrendering to the flow) is a key ingredient to spiritual experiences. The band Phish offers A LOT to be present with, in caring, inclusive, and endlessly playful ways. Among many insights and experiences, three of the core teachings I've learned from Phish are:

1. Listening humbly and responding powerfully,

2. Balancing form and freedom,

3. Saying "Yes, And" to whatever's happening.

This is the Spirituality of Phish.


In this episode:

  • What is and isn't "spiritual"?
  • Sustained Presence is a key aspect of spirituality and ceremony
  • Containers you need to fit into, and containers that naturally fit all of you
  • Phish is 4 friends - humble, kind, genuine, and inviting
  • How dancing can widen and support listening and understanding what you're hearing
  • The blended unity of difference
  • Phish are master teachers of listening
  • Music as presentation and music as participatory journey
  • Humility in listening, and sharing the lead
  • Balancing form and freedom, earth and sky
  • The multi-meaninged abstract nature of Phish's lyrics
  • Bringing your personal process into the music listening experience
  • Phish's expertise at "Yes, And"
  • Jamming awkward and any mood (I referenced them playing a song and mistakenly said it was Cannonball, meant to say it was Catapult)
  • Tension and release
  • Phish's career-long and ongoing evolution, musically and personally
  • Ghosts of the Forest and Phish fans' widely varying opinions and criticisms of the band
  • The full freedom of the open channel Phish creates
  • Phish's psychically attuned light show
  • The art of listening and responding simultaneously
  • Listening to each band member and widening your awareness - teaching owl eyes practice to relax mental fixations
  • Specific Phish listening recommendations
  • "Hose" and channeling spiritual experience through music
  • Letting the surreal lyrics and music work on you from the inside over time
  • Growing presence and spiritual awareness by surrendering to the flow of whatever is happening
  • Find and play your notes in the already present music of life
]]> <p>Why 43 years of friendship, humor, intelligence, and creativity is so meaningful to so many. In this episode, I describe how being present (i.e. surrendering to the flow) is a key ingredient to spiritual experiences. The band Phish offers A LOT to be present with, in caring, inclusive, and endlessly playful ways. Among many insights and experiences, three of the core teachings I&#39;ve learned from Phish are:</p><p>1. Listening humbly and responding powerfully,</p><p>2. Balancing form and freedom,</p><p>3. Saying &#34;Yes, And&#34; to whatever&#39;s happening.</p><p>This is the Spirituality of Phish.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode: </p><ul><li>What is and isn&#39;t &#34;spiritual&#34;?</li><li>Sustained Presence is a key aspect of spirituality and ceremony</li><li>Containers you need to fit into, and containers that naturally fit all of you</li><li>Phish is 4 friends - humble, kind, genuine, and inviting</li><li>How dancing can widen and support listening and understanding what you&#39;re hearing</li><li>The blended unity of difference </li><li>Phish are master teachers of listening</li><li>Music as presentation and music as participatory journey</li><li>Humility in listening, and sharing the lead</li><li>Balancing form and freedom, earth and sky</li><li>The multi-meaninged abstract nature of Phish&#39;s lyrics</li><li>Bringing your personal process into the music listening experience </li><li>Phish&#39;s expertise at &#34;Yes, And&#34;</li><li>Jamming awkward and any mood (I referenced them playing a song and mistakenly said it was Cannonball, meant to say it was Catapult)</li><li>Tension and release </li><li>Phish&#39;s career-long and ongoing evolution, musically and personally</li><li>Ghosts of the Forest and Phish fans&#39; widely varying opinions and criticisms of the band</li><li>The full freedom of the open channel Phish creates</li><li>Phish&#39;s psychically attuned light show</li><li>The art of listening and responding simultaneously</li><li>Listening to each band member and widening your awareness - teaching owl eyes practice to relax mental fixations</li><li>Specific Phish listening recommendations </li><li>&#34;Hose&#34; and channeling spiritual experience through music </li><li>Letting the surreal lyrics and music work on you from the inside over time </li><li>Growing presence and spiritual awareness by surrendering to the flow of whatever is happening </li><li>Find and play your notes in the already present music of life</li></ul> 2eb20f1b-e799-4d7a-a340-9af98affb613 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/771c3a80-9821-463a-bc46-780605060049 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:57:29 +0000 2543 false full 24. To Death! 24. To Death! Dan Halpern Most of Modern Western culture abhors, shuns, and deeply fears Death. But what if Death is holding the key to the full unblemished experience of Life, and by turning away from Death, we are limiting our ability to live as the full, complete, perfect beings we deep down know ourselves to be? Continuing the contemplation started in Episode 14: Death is Safe, this episode ventures, safely in our breathing bodies, to the doorway that honoring Death can lead us through. When we allow Death to sit at our table... or rather, when we recognize that Death is the one who prepared and is in fact the table, we can relax into more of the fullness and grandeur of life, here and now, than we may have ever thought possible when we tried to live without Death.

In this episode:

  • Embracing and honoring death to fully embrace and honor life.
  • A story of a compassionate chicken slaughter.
  • The natural necessity of death in life.
  • Death's portal into ahierarchical freedom.
  • Duality, Binaries, and Masculine / Feminine Energies.
  • Death as a feminine force.
  • The purpose of life is to fully participate in life.
  • The Western approach to hiding death and a more participatory approach to celebrating it.
  • On loving through grief, and grieving as the most appropriate response to life.
  • We're already living and loving through a field cleared and made by death.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King's teachings on death.
  • Embracing the great battle of your time.
  • Beyond binaries, good / bad, into pure engagement with the dance of life and death.
]]> <p>Most of Modern Western culture abhors, shuns, and deeply fears Death. But what if Death is holding the key to the full unblemished experience of Life, and by turning away from Death, we are limiting our ability to live as the full, complete, perfect beings we deep down know ourselves to be? Continuing the contemplation started in Episode 14: Death is Safe, this episode ventures, safely in our breathing bodies, to the doorway that honoring Death can lead us through. When we allow Death to sit at our table... or rather, when we recognize that Death is the one who prepared and is in fact the table, we can relax into more of the fullness and grandeur of life, here and now, than we may have ever thought possible when we tried to live without Death.</p><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li>Embracing and honoring death to fully embrace and honor life.</li><li>A story of a compassionate chicken slaughter.</li><li>The natural necessity of death in life.</li><li>Death&#39;s portal into ahierarchical freedom.</li><li>Duality, Binaries, and Masculine / Feminine Energies.</li><li>Death as a feminine force.</li><li>The purpose of life is to fully participate in life.</li><li>The Western approach to hiding death and a more participatory approach to celebrating it.</li><li>On loving through grief, and grieving as the most appropriate response to life.</li><li>We&#39;re already living and loving through a field cleared and made by death.</li><li>The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King&#39;s teachings on death.</li><li>Embracing the great battle of your time.</li><li>Beyond binaries, good / bad, into pure engagement with the dance of life and death.</li></ul> 60566b1d-e1e6-4409-9754-5d2148bb9619 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/f643314f-13c2-4e22-8a09-fcc2f4c35615 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:41:56 +0000 1260 false full 23. Contemplation - The Gene Keys pt. 2 23. Contemplation - The Gene Keys pt. 2 Dan Halpern The essence of The Gene Keys path of wisdom, discussed in the last episode, is the art of Contemplation. This episode dives deeper into this central practice.

Contemplation is a spiritual practice that can easily integrate into modern lifestyles. It can help busy homemakers, parents, workers, and anyone access a deep wellspring of wisdom and dynamic truth by entering into relationship with the now in an open, curious, and playful way.

Contemplation is not just a new technique to try. You might hear about it listening with your left brain, listening for something to do. But contemplation is not something to do, it's a completely different way of experiencing, a way of engaging with reality that is fundamentally unlike our usual left brain way of living. It's living into a right brain, relational process of unfolding.

In this episode:

- Meditation as a monastic practice, and modern lifestyles collapsing meditation time

- Living spirituality that evolves with life and you

- Contemplation is not a technique but a way of being and becoming

- The three phases of contemplation:

- Pausing - dropping into the eternal essence of existence and Allowing life to be what it is

- Pivoting - engaging with what's arising in your life and Accepting the effect it has on you

- Merging - Embracing the unity and dance of yourself and your experiences

- Contemplation is a playful and dynamic living relationship with life that includes and transcends protocol

- How contemplation allows wisdom and insights to emerge over time

- Create your own contemplative practice

- Containers to hold your practices 

]]> <p>The essence of The Gene Keys path of wisdom, discussed in the last episode, is the art of Contemplation. This episode dives deeper into this central practice. </p><p>Contemplation is a spiritual practice that can easily integrate into modern lifestyles. It can help busy homemakers, parents, workers, and anyone access a deep wellspring of wisdom and dynamic truth by entering into relationship with the now in an open, curious, and playful way.</p><p>Contemplation is not just a new technique to try. You might hear about it listening with your left brain, listening for something to do. But contemplation is not something to do, it&#39;s a completely different way of experiencing, a way of engaging with reality that is fundamentally unlike our usual left brain way of living. It&#39;s living into a right brain, relational process of unfolding.</p><p>In this episode:</p><p>- Meditation as a monastic practice, and modern lifestyles collapsing meditation time</p><p>- Living spirituality that evolves with life and you</p><p>- Contemplation is not a technique but a way of being and becoming</p><p>- The three phases of contemplation:</p><p>- Pausing - dropping into the eternal essence of existence and Allowing life to be what it is</p><p>- Pivoting - engaging with what&#39;s arising in your life and Accepting the effect it has on you</p><p>- Merging - Embracing the unity and dance of yourself and your experiences</p><p>- Contemplation is a playful and dynamic living relationship with life that includes and transcends protocol </p><p>- How contemplation allows wisdom and insights to emerge over time</p><p>- Create your own contemplative practice </p><p>- Containers to hold your practices </p> 37f46902-6d60-40ad-af0f-5fd4de151a87 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/5f19ee4f-b224-48f8-b72b-e352f87bfd67 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:00:12 +0000 1193 false full 22. Human Design and The Gene Keys 22. Human Design and The Gene Keys Dan Halpern This episode provides an introduction, an overview, and key take ways from two systems of self awareness I've been connecting with: Human Design (the first 13 minutes) and The Gene Keys. These systems provide practical knowledge for your optimal functioning as a unique individual, and a path of inner awakening for your personal evolution.

Discussed in the episode:

  • Human Design's mapping of the 64 archetypes of the I Ching along the Zodiac
  • The reality of astrology (we are porous and affected by external realities)
  • Key Human Design Takeaway: Every person's optimal functioning is unique and different, specific to each person's design
  • Different decision making styles (Human Design "Authority")
  • Similarities between Human Design and neurodivergent awareness
  • How The Gene Keys branched off of Human Design
  • Human Design as a more left brain path of knowledge, Gene Keys as a more right brain path of wisdom
  • Working with the Gene Keys if you don't know your birth date, time, and location
  • Key Gene Keys Takeaway: "Every shadow contains a Gift." - Softening into the gold of the stuck and suffering places
  • How the Gene Keys relate to genetics
  • Three frequencies of each Gene Key: the shadow, gift, and siddhi
  • The Golden Path's three areas of focus: Purpose, Emotions, and Prosperity
  • The technology and art of Contemplation as distinct from meditation and concentration
  • Conversing with Living Teachings, and entering into Spiritual Paths like entering into different relationships
  • Focusing on one spiritual tradition or synthesizing many
  • Know Thy Self
  • My biggest Gene Keys Takeaway: Trust in myself, life, in slowing down, and being.
]]> <p>This episode provides an introduction, an overview, and key take ways from two systems of self awareness I&#39;ve been connecting with: Human Design (the first 13 minutes) and The Gene Keys. These systems provide practical knowledge for your optimal functioning as a unique individual, and a path of inner awakening for your personal evolution.</p><p>Discussed in the episode:</p><ul><li>Human Design&#39;s mapping of the 64 archetypes of the I Ching along the Zodiac</li><li>The reality of astrology (we are porous and affected by external realities)</li><li>Key Human Design Takeaway: Every person&#39;s optimal functioning is unique and different, specific to each person&#39;s design</li><li>Different decision making styles (Human Design &#34;Authority&#34;)</li><li>Similarities between Human Design and neurodivergent awareness</li><li>How The Gene Keys branched off of Human Design</li><li>Human Design as a more left brain path of knowledge, Gene Keys as a more right brain path of wisdom</li><li>Working with the Gene Keys if you don&#39;t know your birth date, time, and location</li><li>Key Gene Keys Takeaway: &#34;Every shadow contains a Gift.&#34; - Softening into the gold of the stuck and suffering places</li><li>How the Gene Keys relate to genetics</li><li>Three frequencies of each Gene Key: the shadow, gift, and siddhi</li><li>The Golden Path&#39;s three areas of focus: Purpose, Emotions, and Prosperity</li><li>The technology and art of Contemplation as distinct from meditation and concentration</li><li>Conversing with Living Teachings, and entering into Spiritual Paths like entering into different relationships</li><li>Focusing on one spiritual tradition or synthesizing many</li><li>Know Thy Self</li><li>My biggest Gene Keys Takeaway: Trust in myself, life, in slowing down, and being.</li></ul> 1301a0b8-5ae5-4c8c-8b61-e7941da4743b https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/215ff26a-c9e4-4d63-b333-4ecd36b1d6f3 Fri, 22 May 2026 22:30:39 +0000 2406 false full 21. Circumstances Pt. 2 - Living from the Ink 21. Circumstances Pt. 2 - Living from the Ink Dan Halpern Continuing the discussion on differing circumstances from the last episode, today we go deeper into our Kabbalistic contemplation of the common life force present in all people, things, and circumstances.

  • Review of the 4 levels of reality through the metaphor of the Torah scroll
  • The true nature of esoteric teachings and why they're secretive
  • How perceiving and relating with the shared life force (the ink) makes it impossible to hate
  • The difference between electric light and starlight
  • What is natural?
  • Seeing the same ink in both a tyrant and their victim(s)
  • What we're doing here: Awareness becoming aware of itself
  • Integrating dual and non-dual
  • Chinese landscape paintings, and exercising restraint with the expressions of our ink
]]> <p>Continuing the discussion on differing circumstances from the last episode, today we go deeper into our Kabbalistic contemplation of the common life force present in all people, things, and circumstances.</p><ul><li>Review of the 4 levels of reality through the metaphor of the Torah scroll</li><li>The true nature of esoteric teachings and why they&#39;re secretive </li><li>How perceiving and relating with the shared life force (the ink) makes it impossible to hate</li><li>The difference between electric light and starlight </li><li>What is natural? </li><li>Seeing the same ink in both a tyrant and their victim(s)</li><li>What we&#39;re doing here: Awareness becoming aware of itself</li><li>Integrating dual and non-dual </li><li>Chinese landscape paintings, and exercising restraint with the expressions of our ink</li></ul> 973d68f3-4266-4aeb-abd1-6e511e121d68 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/049ad4b7-61e2-42a1-95a9-23e2bf2669be Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:43:52 +0000 1154 false full 20. Circumstances Pt. 1 20. Circumstances Pt. 1 Dan Halpern Coming in in a very weird mood, this episode is a real time process of living in a world of inequality and astronomically different situations. I also share an unplanned Kabbalistic teaching on 4 levels of interpreting the Torah Scroll and reality, which I learned from my teacher Zvi Ish-Shalom. It's not about finding a neat answer to inequality and living with differences, but about feeling our way through the complexity and multidimensionality at play in all our circumstances.


In this episode:


- The weirdness of all of us living together, all with different circumstances

- The 4 Layers of the Torah: Words, Letters, Ink, and Parchment

- The heartbreaking gift of Life in all circumstances

]]> <p>Coming in in a very <em>weird</em> mood, this episode is a real time process of living in a world of inequality and astronomically different situations. I also share an unplanned Kabbalistic teaching on 4 levels of interpreting the Torah Scroll and reality, which I learned from my teacher Zvi Ish-Shalom. It&#39;s not about finding a neat answer to inequality and living with differences, but about feeling our way through the complexity and multidimensionality at play in all our circumstances.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode:</p><p><br></p><p>- The weirdness of all of us living together, all with different circumstances</p><p>- The 4 Layers of the Torah: Words, Letters, Ink, and Parchment </p><p>- The heartbreaking gift of Life in all circumstances</p> 011d91b7-1cf4-4827-995a-53ffe1fe3116 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/9951acec-0bc0-46bd-8554-8ed774cb45e7 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:00:32 +0000 970 false full 19. Cleaning House with Marie Kondo 19. Cleaning House with Marie Kondo Dan Halpern In this first episode of Season 2, I share my key insights from studying and practicing the KonMari method of tidying up a physical home as a spiritual practice.


Covered in this episode:

- A thanks to listeners and a technical note on my recording technique

- Overview of Marie Kondo and the KonMari method of tidying up your life

- Marie Kondo as a role model for living one's life authentically

- How to decide how much stuff you need, what to keep and what to throw away

- Possession as an honoring practice

- Sparking Joy, and living a life aligned with your personal and intuitive sense of Joy, aligned with your unique nature and life purpose

- Acknowledging and appreciating when things have served their purpose and are complete for you

- Discarding papers

- The dangers of too much good storeage

- How and where to store things you want to keep

- Living spaciously

- The Animism of living intentionally with freer energy in the material world

- The difference between daily cleaning and the tidying marathon

- The Click Point - what you need to be happy


Footnote: one thing I'd like to emphasize is that the point of tidying up is not to live with the least amount of things. The point is to live only with things that you love, to live a life of greater and greater Love, physically and beyond. And in that sense it's okay to keep sentimental things and other stuff; this process helps clarify what you really love now, in the current version of yourself.

]]> <p>In this first episode of Season 2, I share my key insights from studying and practicing the KonMari method of tidying up a physical home as a spiritual practice.</p><p><br></p><p>Covered in this episode: </p><p>- A thanks to listeners and a technical note on my recording technique</p><p>- Overview of Marie Kondo and the KonMari method of tidying up your life</p><p>- Marie Kondo as a role model for living one&#39;s life authentically </p><p>- How to decide how much stuff you need, what to keep and what to throw away</p><p>- Possession as an honoring practice </p><p>- Sparking Joy, and living a life aligned with your personal and intuitive sense of Joy, aligned with your unique nature and life purpose </p><p>- Acknowledging and appreciating when things have served their purpose and are complete for you</p><p>- Discarding papers</p><p>- The dangers of too much good storeage</p><p>- How and where to store things you want to keep</p><p>- Living spaciously</p><p>- The Animism of living intentionally with freer energy in the material world</p><p>- The difference between daily cleaning and the tidying marathon</p><p>- The Click Point - what you need to be happy</p><p><br></p><p>Footnote: one thing I&#39;d like to emphasize is that the point of tidying up is not to live with the least amount of things. The point is to live only with things that you love, to live a life of greater and greater Love, physically and beyond. And in that sense it&#39;s okay to keep sentimental things and other stuff; this process helps clarify what you really love now, in the current version of yourself. </p> 0af00c4b-60bf-4b32-a443-f3bee2883484 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/e909ddbb-da15-4c36-9a55-9443a61d7924 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:01:25 +0000 1700 false full 18. Meditating with Life (Listening Pt. 2) 18. Meditating with Life (Listening Pt. 2) Dan Halpern In our 18th Episode Spectacular (!), join me in a living meditation. You don't have to be sitting still, but to get the full effect, you are warmly invited to listen, not just to me, but to the full energy of Life as it moves through you throughout this episode. Preceded by a short left-brain (rational) talk, we then drop into a direct right-brain (experiential) relationship with Life itself. Including some guidance and spontaneous teachings throughout, this episode speaks to:

• The Hebrew word for life (chai) and its relationship to the number 18.

• The typical podcast (and modern living) left-brain orientation and an invitation into a right-brain experience of living. (This is referencing the left and right hemispheres of the brain and their general functions.)

• Songs versus musical improvisation.

• Labeling what you're doing in categories (i.e. worrying, judging, reliving, planning... Appreciating, breathing, listening, etc.).

• Forgiveness - what it really is and does.

• Gratitude.


Thanks for listening to this show.

With infinite Love,

Dan

]]> <p>In our 18th Episode Spectacular (!), join me in a living meditation. You don&#39;t have to be sitting still, but to get the full effect, you are warmly invited to listen, not just to me, but to the full energy of Life as it moves through you throughout this episode. Preceded by a short left-brain (rational) talk, we then drop into a direct right-brain (experiential) relationship with Life itself. Including some guidance and spontaneous teachings throughout, this episode speaks to: </p><p>• The Hebrew word for life (chai) and its relationship to the number 18. </p><p>• The typical podcast (and modern living) left-brain orientation and an invitation into a right-brain experience of living. (This is referencing the left and right hemispheres of the brain and their general functions.) </p><p>• Songs versus musical improvisation. </p><p>• Labeling what you&#39;re doing in categories (i.e. worrying, judging, reliving, planning... Appreciating, breathing, listening, etc.). </p><p>• Forgiveness - what it really is and does. </p><p>• Gratitude. </p><p><br></p><p>Thanks for listening to this show. </p><p>With infinite Love,</p><p>Dan</p> 91746a23-2f7d-48e3-8030-b02871543527 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/687e4b61-aca1-4436-9706-d26ced1ed474 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:51:17 +0000 2625 false full 17. Mundane Appreciation (Off-Demand Entertainment) 17. Mundane Appreciation (Off-Demand Entertainment) Dan Halpern Listening to the radio sparked a contemplation on the side effects of having so many choices of on-demand experiences, namely the difficulty of staying present with what's happening.

  • Sifting through and discarding genius
  • The difficulty of being just fine
  • Financial wealth and spiritual poverty
  • True fulfillment will never come from an external impermanent thing
  • Eternal satisfaction in the complete process of never-ending nows
  • The addiction to seeking the perfect high
  • Appreciating the normal any day
]]> <p>Listening to the radio sparked a contemplation on the side effects of having so many choices of on-demand experiences, namely the difficulty of staying present with what&#39;s happening.</p><ul><li>Sifting through and discarding genius</li><li>The difficulty of being just fine</li><li>Financial wealth and spiritual poverty</li><li>True fulfillment will never come from an external impermanent <em>thing </em></li><li>Eternal satisfaction in the complete process of never-ending nows</li><li>The addiction to seeking the perfect high</li><li>Appreciating the normal any day</li></ul> f427ce74-4898-4e6c-8b62-d7a0c968ef79 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/39b44d7d-48f3-4e1f-9b8a-ff906fbe273c Tue, 16 Dec 2025 23:50:12 +0000 890 false full 16. Listen 16. Listen Dan Halpern This episode is an invitation to take time throughout your life to pause your habitual activity and open to something else—the mystery of what's beyond our personal fixations. In pausing and listening, you can enter into a personal relationship with Life itself. In my experience, and in that of countless streams of wisdom, Life is unceasingly generous and intelligent; so give her a chance. Put down your phone, pick up the silence, and listen.

  • Pausing
  • How self-obsession plays out through our plans and agendas
  • Not-doing and at first hearing the echoes of our recent inputs and ourselves
  • Opening to something greater than yourself
  • Living in relationship with Life itself
  • Intellectually knowing about vs experientially knowing what actually is
  • Connecting with Eternity, the Eternal Now.
]]> <p>This episode is an invitation to take time throughout your life to pause your habitual activity and open to something else—the mystery of what&#39;s beyond our personal fixations. In pausing and listening, you can enter into a personal relationship with Life itself. In my experience, and in that of countless streams of wisdom, Life is unceasingly generous and intelligent; so give her a chance. Put down your phone, pick up the silence, and listen.</p><ul><li>Pausing</li><li>How self-obsession plays out through our plans and agendas</li><li>Not-doing and at first hearing the echoes of our recent inputs and ourselves</li><li>Opening to something greater than yourself</li><li>Living in relationship with Life itself</li><li>Intellectually knowing <em>about</em> vs experientially knowing what actually <em>is</em></li><li>Connecting with Eternity, the Eternal Now.</li></ul> fe7f845f-de74-4e0b-853d-18a1badbbe46 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/27465aa8-e823-4785-bc17-1ef7d15cffcf Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:01:17 +0000 1230 false full 15. Trusting: Death and Life's Needs (13 and 14 Part 2's) 15. Trusting: Death and Life's Needs (13 and 14 Part 2's) Dan Halpern This episode is a continuation of the threads explored in episodes 14 and 13.

  • How recognizing the safety of Death enables greater trust with Life
  • How Life's needs moved through me at a recent concert
  • Dancing and standing still at general admission shows
  • Dancing with the variety of life's needs expressed through different people at different times
  • A prayer and a blessing for your Trusting this moment
]]> <p>This episode is a continuation of the threads explored in episodes 14 and 13.</p><ul><li>How recognizing the safety of Death enables greater trust with Life</li><li>How Life&#39;s needs moved through me at a recent concert</li><li>Dancing and standing still at general admission shows</li><li>Dancing with the variety of life&#39;s needs expressed through different people at different times</li><li>A prayer and a blessing for your Trusting this moment</li></ul> f5d94a06-7d9e-40bf-91e0-7aa703fd65cb https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/13db0283-c0a6-4490-b41c-dcaf984f62bd Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:38:43 +0000 789 false full 14. Death is Safe 14. Death is Safe Dan Halpern From a narrow and constricted view of reality, death can be a scary end.

From a wider openness to all of existence, death is safe.

  • Death will not kill us
  • A song of birth and death
]]> <p>From a narrow and constricted view of reality, death can be a scary end. </p><p>From a wider openness to all of existence, death is safe.</p><ul><li>Death will not kill us</li><li>A song of birth and death </li></ul> db09230f-2cd1-4161-ae9e-5cd500fbe9cc https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/96f0a84a-e75d-40c1-bdd4-398c1dca9042 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:32:28 +0000 648 false full 13. Nonviolent Communication Pt. 2 - Life's Needs 13. Nonviolent Communication Pt. 2 - Life's Needs Dan Halpern Beyond the techniques of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) (explored in the last episode), I find a deep spiritual connection to life that NVC can bring us into greater contact with. When we connect with our needs, we are connecting with the dynamic edge of life's evolution. In this episode, I contemplate some of the juiciest and most interesting aspects of the philosophy underpinning NVC.

  • How blaming others disempowers us
  • Reclaiming power and responsibility for our emotional states no matter the circumstances
  • Recognizing alignment - working with right/wrong in a way that doesn't violently divide life
  • How Spirit speaks through needs - yours and every other individuation of life
]]> <p>Beyond the techniques of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) (explored in the last episode), I find a deep spiritual connection to life that NVC can bring us into greater contact with. When we connect with our needs, we are connecting with the dynamic edge of life&#39;s evolution. In this episode, I contemplate some of the juiciest and most interesting aspects of the philosophy underpinning NVC.</p><ul><li>How blaming others disempowers us</li><li>Reclaiming power and responsibility for our emotional states no matter the circumstances</li><li>Recognizing alignment - working with right/wrong in a way that doesn&#39;t violently divide life</li><li>How Spirit speaks through needs - yours and every other individuation of life</li></ul> 939a8030-cd92-4028-a901-604f08da1ef5 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/86fe1927-fc1a-491a-8772-891f644ec291 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:30:53 +0000 2015 false full 12. Nonviolent Communication Pt. 1 - Technique 12. Nonviolent Communication Pt. 1 - Technique Dan Halpern Nonviolent Communication (NVC), developed by Marshall Rosenberg, has been used to foster peace, reconciliation, understanding, empathy, and collaboration in settings from warzones to personal relationships. It's also an incredibly helpful framework to develop self-understanding when you're feeling disturbed by an inner or outer conflict. In this episode, I explain the simple 4-step process of NVC so you can begin using it to create more inner and outer peace in your life.

  • How to build a stronger connection with someone when you're upset with them, rather than a larger divide
  • How to speak in a conflict without making the other person defensive
  • How to tune into and take responsibility for what's really happening under the surface for you in a challenging situation
]]> <p>Nonviolent Communication (NVC), developed by Marshall Rosenberg, has been used to foster peace, reconciliation, understanding, empathy, and collaboration in settings from warzones to personal relationships. It&#39;s also an incredibly helpful framework to develop self-understanding when you&#39;re feeling disturbed by an inner or outer conflict. In this episode, I explain the simple 4-step process of NVC so you can begin using it to create more inner and outer peace in your life.</p><ul><li>How to build a stronger connection with someone when you&#39;re upset with them, rather than a larger divide</li><li>How to speak in a conflict without making the other person defensive</li><li>How to tune into and take responsibility for what&#39;s really happening under the surface for you in a challenging situation</li></ul> b2088048-9b83-4f61-8d63-4b9d17bbb560 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/04b8ffdd-b249-4c6a-9cda-f7313f7cd709 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:34:19 +0000 862 false full 11. Outsourcing Expertise and Agency 11. Outsourcing Expertise and Agency Dan Halpern This episode largely focuses on Western Medicine and is inspired by Gabor Mate's book The Myth of Normal. This episode is not about taking a black or white stance for or against any particular strategy of health, it's about being informed and thinking critically about the decisions you make for your health.

  • How Western Medicine can be a force of oppression and colonization (especially through birth)
  • Colonization as "one right way" and the Borg
  • Bias in expertise
  • Working with alternative medicine
]]> <p>This episode largely focuses on Western Medicine and is inspired by Gabor Mate&#39;s book <em>The Myth of Normal</em>. This episode is not about taking a black or white stance for or against any particular strategy of health, it&#39;s about being informed and thinking critically about the decisions you make for your health. </p><ul><li>How Western Medicine can be a force of oppression and colonization (especially through birth)</li><li>Colonization as &#34;one right way&#34; and the Borg</li><li>Bias in expertise </li><li>Working with alternative medicine</li></ul> 737c5098-0060-4993-b181-d6b37ac97700 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/f88c4142-ff87-4815-981c-3c489c1f8048 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:04:43 +0000 1006 false full 10. Neurodiversity 10. Neurodiversity 10 Dan Halpern A working theory on the spectrum of "normalcy" and "neurodiversity."

  • What is normal?
  • Neurodiversity as a way of acknowledging needs
  • Highly sensitive people and highly numb people
  • The difficulty and magic of life on the spectrum in the modern world
  • Weird blessings on blessed weirdness
]]> <p>A working theory on the spectrum of &#34;normalcy&#34; and &#34;neurodiversity.&#34;</p><ul><li>What is normal?</li><li>Neurodiversity as a way of acknowledging needs</li><li>Highly sensitive people and highly numb people</li><li>The difficulty and magic of life on the spectrum in the modern world</li><li>Weird blessings on blessed weirdness </li></ul> 2b5803af-46b9-4689-8b07-88824e7e9b4e https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/f26fa1b4-7deb-495c-bcd2-3b0b78769c99 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:03:05 +0000 1274 false full 9. Falling With No Parachute 9. Falling With No Parachute 9 Dan Halpern "The bad news is you're falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute.

The good news is, there's no ground."

- Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

In this episode:

- The Western tendency to solidify concepts

- All life as a verb

- Addressing anxiety about the past and the future through the Eternal Now

]]> <p>&#34;The bad news is you&#39;re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. </p><p>The good news is, there&#39;s no ground.&#34; </p><p> - Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.</p><p>In this episode:</p><p>- The Western tendency to solidify concepts</p><p>- All life as a verb</p><p>- Addressing anxiety about the past and the future through the Eternal Now</p> 1c8f32e6-b1aa-4c4a-a263-351625133675 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/b62da3f9-f547-4ac7-b509-a2c181fb4835 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 05:21:52 +0000 460 false full 8. Wanting Something Else 8. Wanting Something Else Dan Halpern Desire is a driving force of life. It can be so helpful to clarify what your desires are. But what happens when you get stuck on wanting something other than what's happening?

In this episode, we address:

- the suffering of life

- how attachment to results causes much suffering

- what happens when you loosen your attachments to the specific results you want

- not getting the job you want

- wanting something else while parenting and being present with your kids

]]> <p>Desire is a driving force of life. It can be so helpful to clarify what your desires are. But what happens when you get stuck on wanting something other than what&#39;s happening?</p><p>In this episode, we address: </p><p> - the suffering of life </p><p> - how attachment to results causes much suffering </p><p> - what happens when you loosen your attachments to the specific results you want</p><p> - not getting the job you want </p><p> - wanting something else while parenting and being present with your kids</p> e15243a1-d6d6-40c8-8c2c-6e0fd3bc993c https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/1be0644e-3b84-4f32-8e0a-5406456f41fa Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 689 false full 7. Into Reality 7. Into Reality Dan Halpern From the Mind to Emotions to Embodiment This episode is an invitation to deepen into your own experience of your life. Including:

  • A quick vent about the crunchy pressure of capitalism
  • Three dimensions of reality: thoughts, emotions, and sensations
  • The difference between stories and direct experience
  • Feeling the body's sensations as an invitation into the unconditionally supportive presence of being
]]> <p>This episode is an invitation to deepen into your own experience of your life. Including:</p><ul><li>A quick vent about the crunchy pressure of capitalism </li><li>Three dimensions of reality: thoughts, emotions, and sensations</li><li>The difference between stories and direct experience </li><li>Feeling the body&#39;s sensations as an invitation into the unconditionally supportive presence of being</li></ul> 1cbdecd4-6b51-4f38-b8c0-9417c398d270 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/29a507f6-43dc-45ed-aab9-31ec68c3d00f Mon, 05 May 2025 19:28:31 +0000 470 false full 6. Back to Being 6. Back to Being Dan Halpern This episode is meant to help you move through Doing to come back to Being, and bring your Being into all you're Doing.

]]> <p>This episode is meant to help you move through Doing to come back to Being, and bring your Being into all you&#39;re Doing. </p> 095298ad-1ffb-43ed-8972-6c54a8f85047 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/5af2f869-7287-4acb-8209-2a9de753996a Fri, 11 Apr 2025 23:28:07 +0000 757 false full 5. Waiting 5. Waiting 5 Dan Halpern 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 and becomes possible by waiting when it's time to wait.

]]> <p>On Waiting When it&#39;s Time to Wait.</p><p>&#34;The Master eats when it&#39;s time to eat, waits when it&#39;s time to wait, and moves when it&#39;s time to move.&#34;</p><p>In this episode:</p><p>• Attuning to timing</p><p>• The gold of accepting when it&#39;s not the right time to do, but is the right time to wait.</p><p>• Waiting as a way of widening vision and relating to what else is here. </p><p>• Recognizing what opens up and becomes possible by waiting when it&#39;s time to wait.</p> 6589eb53-9179-4710-acb9-281c47965b0c https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/4825a32a-756f-4e31-b55d-27eeecbb3422 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:15:00 +0000 526 false full 4. So Much Stuff! 4. So Much Stuff! 4 Dan Halpern 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!

]]> <p>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!</p> d2ac0875-b83b-478a-bdbf-214fda1c583b https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/59b9b628-a501-4b12-af1e-0352b5aed95f Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:26:49 +0000 292 false full 3. Yes, And... 3. Yes, And... 3 Dan Halpern 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
  • Grief as a portal to a richer and fuller life
  • Empowering yourself through agency and choice
  • Life Lessons from Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis
  • How does suffering fit into reality?
  • Buddhism's First Noble Truth
  • A simple guided practice to work through irritations using Yes, And.
]]> <p>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.</p><ul><li>Improvisation in Comedy, Theater, Dance, and Music</li><li>Grief as a portal to a richer and fuller life</li><li>Empowering yourself through agency and choice</li><li>Life Lessons from Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis</li><li>How does suffering fit into reality?</li><li>Buddhism&#39;s First Noble Truth</li><li>A simple guided practice to work through irritations using Yes, And.</li></ul> 9217a0ba-2b74-432d-a6d7-2d7f5b66adad https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/055641cd-da41-4927-bff3-8380f6987b82 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:04:58 +0000 1340 false full 2. The Essence of Healing 2. The Essence of Healing 2 Dan Halpern 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 meeting your life as it is.
]]> <p>In this episode, I describe the fundamental cause of human suffering and its antidote. </p><ul><li>Avoidance, resistance, and meeting life on life’s terms. </li><li>The intelligence of dissociation. </li><li>Building capacity to tolerate the charge of a nervous system in a(n overly) stimulating world. </li><li>Grief as an expression of love and a portal to a fuller life. </li><li>The intrinsic movement towards healing. </li><li>A guided practice for meeting your life as it is. </li></ul> 3f923e08-327d-487f-a01d-f038a1f52ada https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/5bb211a9-9efc-4403-b406-bbc863ecc345 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 05:02:02 +0000 1598 false full 1. Introduction 1. Introduction 1 1 Dan Halpern Who am I? Why am I here? How am I doing this? Why this way? All this and more, in less than 9 minutes

]]> <p>Who am I? Why am I here? How am I doing this? Why this way? All this and more, in less than 9 minutes</p> 985ea0e6-4bfa-44eb-846d-2734e560b5c0 https://redcircle.com/shows/471d7194-2285-45a1-b095-b82a2c068d7e/episodes/394104d6-583c-4b33-9a9d-b0eae4e8b5dd Thu, 02 Jan 2025 05:55:04 +0000 531 false