May 01, 2018

Mark Epstein on the Intersection of Buddhism and Psychotherapy

41 minutes

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Mark Epstein is a psychiatrist in private practice in NYC and the author of many books about the intersection of Buddhism and psychotherapy. He's currently the clinical assistant professor in the postdoctoral program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University. His most recent book, Advice Not Given; A Guide to Getting Over Yourself is what he talks about in this episode. His wisdom is so incredibly practical, applicable, and helpful. Ideas like whether or not naming your feelings would be a helpful strategy for you and how to work with clinging in its many forms - even the clinging to inner peace - abound in this discussion. Take a listen and enrich your inner life.

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In This Interview, Mark Epstein and I Discuss...

The Wolf Parable

His book, Advice Not Given; A Guide to Getting Over Yourself

The duality that we all struggle with

Freud and the Buddha's nearly identical conclusion

What it means to take personal responsibility for our selfish concerns

The clinging to that which gives us a sense of control over life

The clinging to that which nurtures our ego

The eightfold path of the Buddha

The conversation with his terminally ill father that inspired this book

Right View - being realistic about one's self and the nature of things

How change and death is happening all of the time, moment to moment

Trying not to try as it relates to meditation

"Take the backward step" in meditation

FInding balance in "right effort"

Exploring the feelings that we are otherwise afraid of through psychotherapy

The link between being with uncomfortable feelings and empathy to others

How anything that's happening in the body or mind can be the object of meditation

How useful it is to name a feeling

Making a feeling "intelligible" by naming it

How useful it can be to find where feelings show up in the body

When your mind is not aware of what's making you act this way (in addiction, compulsive behaviors etc) it's important to put the words on the feelings

Whether or not all emotions show up in the body

How clinging takes many forms - even the desire for inner peace

"Don't chase her, let her find you."

That our lives are made dull by our efforts to over control things

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May 01, 2018

Mark Epstein on the Intersection of Buddhism and Psychotherapy

41 minutes

Please Support The Show with a Donation

Visit oneyoufeed.net/transform to learn more about our personal transformation program.

In This Interview, Mark Epstein and I Discuss...

The Wolf Parable

His book, Advice Not Given; A Guide to Getting Over Yourself

The duality that we all struggle with

Freud and the Buddha's nearly identical conclusion

What it means to take personal responsibility for our selfish concerns

The clinging to that which gives us a sense of control over life

The clinging to that which nurtures our ego

The eightfold path of the Buddha

The conversation with his terminally ill father that inspired this book

Right View - being realistic about one's self and the nature of things

How change and death is happening all of the time, moment to moment

Trying not to try as it relates to meditation

"Take the backward step" in meditation

FInding balance in "right effort"

Exploring the feelings that we are otherwise afraid of through psychotherapy

The link between being with uncomfortable feelings and empathy to others

How anything that's happening in the body or mind can be the object of meditation

How useful it is to name a feeling

Making a feeling "intelligible" by naming it

How useful it can be to find where feelings show up in the body

When your mind is not aware of what's making you act this way (in addiction, compulsive behaviors etc) it's important to put the words on the feelings

Whether or not all emotions show up in the body

How clinging takes many forms - even the desire for inner peace

"Don't chase her, let her find you."

That our lives are made dull by our efforts to over control things

Please Support The Show with a Donation

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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