Podcasts by Learning To Be Happy
What do we really want? To feel good of course! Can external things really make us happy? How are physical experiences translated into happiness and unhappiness? What is the relationship between our thoughts and feelings? How do our beliefs shape our reality? By reflecting on your own experience with curiosity, you can discover how to be happy. You already have everything you need. Come and discover yourself. Topics include mindfulness, meditation, psychology, journalling, dreaming, yoga and more!
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Spiritual Realisations: There Are No Bad People from 2021-10-05T11:00
This is a short story of a personal experience which illuminated for me the fact everyone is doing their best to be happy, even if their actions make little sense to us, and from this perspectiv...
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Healing Our Core Wounds from 2021-08-12T18:00
This episode introduces the concept of core wounds, of primary and secondary negative beliefs. The most common core wound being the feeling or belief 'I am not enough', but what is &ap...
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Exploring Fear and Anxiety in Depth from 2021-08-10T21:00
This episode explores the why, and how, behind healthy and unhealthy ways of responding to fear.
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The Source of Fear and Insecurity from 2021-08-10T20:00
This episode explores the psychological and spiritual cause of fear and insecurity.
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Exploring Hurt, Sadness and Disappointment in Depth from 2021-08-10T19:00
In this episode, I discuss healthy and unhealthy ways of responding to our own feelings of sadness, hurt and disappointment.
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Exploring Anger in Depth from 2021-08-10T18:00
In this episode, I discuss healthy and unhealthy ways of responding to our own feelings of anger, and different ways of relating to it.
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Navigating the Pyramid of Emotion from 2021-08-10T17:00
In this episode I discuss how mistaken beliefs cause us to leave the state of love and enter the state of fear; how fear leads to sadness and sadness to anger... and of course how we can navigat...
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Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable - Acupressure Mat from 2021-08-03T17:00
In this episode, I discuss how using an acupressure mat can help you build mental and emotional resiliency in addition to its beneficial physical effects.
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Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable - Cold Showers from 2021-08-02T16:00
In this episode, I discuss how having cold showers can help us to develop mental and emotional resilience in addition to its physical benefits.
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Getting Comfortable With Ourselves from 2021-08-01T12:00
This episode discusses why we fear our own emotions how we can practice recognising, naming and sitting with our feelings long enough to heal and better understand them.
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A True Source of Happiness: Appreciation (Beauty and Fascination) from 2021-05-21T20:00
We enjoy what we appreciate, and we don't enjoy, what we don't appreciate. Yet appreciation isn't something we ever feel we're "doing"... but there is a way to grow...
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#21 Practicing Acceptance and Non-Judgement from 2021-05-07T20:00
What does acceptance mean? Well it's not resignation, nor is it passivity. Acceptance is a recognition of the way things are combined with the understanding that wishing things things were ...
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#19 The Nature of Thought and Identity from 2021-04-25T13:00
The search for Truth necessitates questioning everything, and there are several things we never think to question as they seem self-evident. What is a thought and where does it come from? In thi...
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#18 Meditation: On The Nature of Identity / Reality from 2021-04-23T11:00
The ultimate goal of meditation is self-realisation. Who, or what, am I? That is the question we're here to answer. This episode introduces the idea of meditating on the nature of identity ...
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Understanding Negativity from 2021-04-17T11:00
This episode will introduce you to the practice of understanding negative thoughts and feelings by means of concentration and inquiry. When we understand someone else, our negative feelings towa...
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Exploring Anger from 2021-04-15T13:00
Not getting what we wanted can lead to disappointment but it's blaming other people, the situation, or some aspect of ourselves for that, that transforms sadness and disappointment into ang...
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The Pyramid of Emotion from 2021-04-13T12:00
In this episode, I discuss the 'pyramid of emotion' or the 'hierarchy of emotion'. This representation of our feelings can help us to explore our thoughts and emotions, in a ...
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#14 Feeling Good About Feeling Bad from 2021-04-11T23:00
What we really need, to work with negativity, is the realisation that it's there to guide us. To fear our feelings, is to fear ourselves. In truth our painful feelings are there to guide us...
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More on Exploring Negative Feelings from 2021-04-10T01:00
In this episode I explain how you can explore negative thoughts and emotions, through feeling and through questioning. Included are some tips on what attitude to have and what to do when it gets...
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#13 Meditation: The Exploration of Negative Feelings from 2021-04-09T14:00
This episode discusses how we can explore our negative feelings in a deep and meaningful way and the attitude we want to take when approaching ourselves.
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A Guided Meditation on Love from 2021-04-03T20:00
In this guided meditation we get to practice the art of 'cultivating positive' feelings. Deepen your appreciation of love, its meaning and power in this simple exercise that with only ...
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#12 Meditation: The Cultivation of Positive Feelings from 2021-04-02T11:00
How can we feel more joy, more love and more confidence? This episode will introduce you to the concept of cultivating positive feelings through correct imagination. By doing this correctly we d...
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A Guided Meditation on Sound from 2021-03-20T06:00
This is a guided meditation. It offers a new way or relating to sound, empowering you to feel capable of meditating anytime, anywhere. You don't need a quiet place to meditate... it's ...
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#11 Meditation: For Concentration and Relaxation from 2021-03-19T21:00
This episode discusses the most common practice of meditation: single pointed concentration. Again, meditation is less about control and more about understanding. It's absolute cultivating ...
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#9 A Summary of Episodes 1-8 from 2021-02-26T16:00
It's been nearly two years since I worked on this Podcast but I'm back! Starting with a summary of where we left off. You can never hear these thoughts too many times!
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#8 Journaling for Self-Awareness from 2021-02-19T08:00
In this episode we look at how to keep a useful journal for the purpose of questioning our beliefs and confronting our negative mental and emotional patterns.
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#7 Mindfulness in Daily Life from 2021-02-12T12:00
This episode introduces listeners to the practice of mindfulness in daily life. Mindfulness can be used to improve concentration and increase our enjoyment of everyday things. It can be relaxing...
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#6 The Habit of Wanting from 2021-02-05T04:00
This episode discusses habit and familiarity in relation to the way we think and feel. 'Wanting', as a thought and feeling is a habit like all others, and if we're ever going to f...
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#5 Happiness Is Not About Getting What We Want from 2021-01-29T01:00
This episode's a summary of the first three episodes, touching on important points, like what we really want, where our feelings come from and what will really make us happy. As we develop ...
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#4 What Really Makes Us Happy from 2021-01-22T23:00
A true cause of happiness should only make us feel good, never make us feel bad, and make us feel better the more we have of it. Do the things you crave and spend time pursuing really meet this ...
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#3"How", is The Magic Question from 2021-01-15T21:00
We tend to assume that events cause us to feel good or bad, that when someone compliments us and we have a nice feeling, that they have -made- us feel that way... but how? There are no feeling m...
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#2 What We Really Want from 2021-01-08T06:00
In this episode we ask ourselves... what do I want, and more importantly, why? Knowing what we really want is not so much a 'thing' but rather, a felt experience, puts us in a very pow...
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#2 What We Really Want from 2021-01-08T06:00
In this episode we ask ourselves... what do I want, and more importantly, why? Knowing what we really want is not so much a 'thing' but rather, a felt experience, puts us in a very pow...
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#2 What We Really Want from 2021-01-08T06:00
In this episode we ask ourselves... what do I want, and more importantly, why? Knowing what we really want is not so much a 'thing' but rather, a felt experience, puts us in a very pow...
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