Emotional Compass

We experienced the book The Confidence Gap written by Russ Harris based on the work of Steven Hayes who created the ACT therapy. The book is a workbook that takes your through a journey of shedding your fears, building your confidence, destroying myths about self-esteem, and finally taking a mindfulness approach to your life.

We review the documentary called Superhuman where they demonstrate the extraordinary capabilities of our mind. You can watch the documentary at: https://www.superhumanfilm.com/. If you have seen it then please let us know what you thought about it. Bodhi was highly critical of it.

Discussing the findings of Dr. Andrew Huberman, a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. We saw couple of his podcasts on Youtube where he talks about the growth mindset, deep focus and the mechanisc of dopamine reward system. Here are links to some of his podcast interviews: https://youtu.be/SwQhKFMxmDY, https://youtu.be/OGa_jt3IncY

Bodhi recounts his air travel experience and how anxious he was prior and during the flight. Eventually, facing his fear of traveling during a pandemic resulted in an amazing trip and made him realize that it is not as scary as he thought it was going to be.

Mark Manson does not need any introduction because his book The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck has sold millions of copies. Moreover, his writing on happiness really touched us (https://markmanson.net/downloads/happiness). We explore some of the themes that compare pleasure vs happiness, and it means to be happy.

In this episode, we share our experience of The Untethered Soul Lecture Series: 5 - 8 by Michael A. Singer. We dive deeper into the analogies that he shared in this lecture series and drive home some of the concepts he touched. We share our experience and how these lecture have resonated with us. The lecture series can be downloaded on Audible, Apple Music or untetheredsoul.com

In this episode, we share our experience of The Untethered Soul Lecture Series: 1 - 4 by Michael A. Singer. The simple yet profound examples presented by Mr. Singer have touched our lives in many ways. The practice of not letting the outside noise dictate our inner experience has had far reaching consequences in our lives. We also briefly talk about his other book the Surrender Experiment where he practices what he preaches. Finally, if you want to visit Mr. Singer in person check out: https://tou.org/

In this episode, we discuss Marianne Williamson's most popular book A Return to Love, which is her take on the Course in Miracles. We draw parallels to the experience of the author Marianne Williamson on how she went from self-loathing, self-indulgence to self-realization when she found the course.

In this episode, we review the book Dark side of the light chasers by Debbie Ford. We discuss working on your shadow, which is a concept introduced by Carl Jung. The shadow is consists of all the negative aspects of ourselves which we suppress or deny.

We discuss how in the doing, the magic happens and not in the thinking. This episode is all about showing up and doing the work and falling in love with the process. Book recommendation: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards.ach