Category: Podcast

EP216: Willpower and Shame

Trying to change through willpower has a massive downside that’s rarely discussed: shame. If we believe that change is up to us–we simply need to work hard enough or want it badly enough–that means it’s also on us when our change attempts don’t work. Believing that we make things happen in life through effort or will

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EP215: Saying hello to what arises with Christina Brittain

Christina Brittain is a Change Coach who loves to notice, feel, look at, and talk about energy. She notices that there is an energy of moving experience and a somehow different, more stable and subtle energy that she calls “the energy of me”.Christina loves to swim in the energy that’s arising. She loves to say

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EP214: How habits and anxiety change the no-willpower way

The Little School of Big Change celebrated its 5th birthday this summer. So much change has happened in 5 years, both for the school, for the no-willpower movement, and for the 100,000 or so people who have been impacted by the no-willpower approach shared in the school.Today’s podcast shares a free class I recently taught

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EP211: Other people don’t have opinions. Only you do. 

Do other people’s opinions bring you down? You’re doing great, but their opinions threaten that. Do other people trigger you? You don’t agree with what they say at all, but you can’t help but feel triggered by their words. Guess what? Other people only exist as thought showing up within you. If “they” aren’t in your

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EP210: Spiritual Constipation with Stephen Ladd

In this episode, I speak with Stephen Ladd in conversation inspired by his new book, Spiritual Constipation: Discover your True Nature & Get Shift Moving. We talk about how to know the difference between truth and a belief, how oneness is radically different from connectedness, and how sensing our unity with all things is a

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EP209: There is no reason

Are there reasons for things?  Your mind definitely thinks there are. Not only does everything have a reason (according to your mind), it’s very important that you know the reasons. Reasons equal control, and control equals survival. So, yes…we often seem to reside in a world full of separate things with lots of reasons that explain

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