The Constructed Awareness Podcast

Episode 6: CA and Nonviolence


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  • 00:00 – Welcome and introduction to Jandita Zaki
  • 02:40 – Overview of CA and its first principle: awareness brings change
  • 04:55 – Ron Kurtz’s influence and the concept of “violence” in therapy
  • 07:20 – Jandita’s personal experience discovering nonviolence in CA training
  • 12:05 – Filling vs holding space: therapist discomfort and the urge to help
  • 19:10 – Sitting with silence vs holding silence in session
  • 23:30 – Resistance, duality, and how advice-giving creates tension
  • 25:50 – Helping interns move from fixing to presence
  • 28:10 – Mindfulness as repression vs mindfulness as presence
  • 32:40 – Sitting with emotions without promising outcomes
  • 37:05 – Nonviolent language: “I want you to” vs invitational phrasing
  • 41:40 – Co-regulation, childhood experiences, and emotions as involuntary
  • 46:10 – Cultural perspectives on emotions like anger
  • 50:40 – Eurocentric therapy vs CA’s flexible building blocks of experience
  • 55:40 – How CA helps clients discover their own inner wisdom
  • 58:00 – How to connect with Jandita and resources on Constructed Awareness
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The Constructed Awareness PodcastBy Tyler Orr