The mind is a dangerous neighborhood, and there are three ways we can skillfully 'deal with' the often problematic neighbor that lives in our heads. Rick and Forrest explore how we can be with our experience, let go of negative thoughts and feelings, and plant new flowers in the garden of the mind.

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Timestamps:

0:30: What do we mean by ‘dealing with the mind?’

3:00: The three ways to deal with the mind

4:50: Why the mind is like a garden

7:00: How mindfulness applies to dealing with the mind

9:30: Why intervention can be diagnostic

11:00: How to practically work through negative material

12:45: How is opening to your ‘experience’ different from opening to your ‘trip’?

14:45: Why the mind is like a septic tank

16:20: Sensing beneath the surface of the mind

19:45: Language, planning, and the brain

22:15: Experiencing things ‘out’

23:10: Being kind to yourself

24:00: How do we get ‘good things’ into the brain?

29:00: Recap

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