Soulful Insights

Soulful Insights

By Ruth Katerelos & Rebecca HarrisSociety & CultureHealth & FitnessMental HealthEducationSelf-ImprovementRelationships
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Soulful Insights episodes

  • Positioning pleasure
    In this episode Rebecca and Ruth chat about pleasure. What's our relationship to pleasure? Why is it important? What gets in the way? They discuss some of the things that shape our relationship to pleasure, and explore some of the boundaries between pleasure and addictive behaviours.

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    33 min
  • Inspecting identity
    In this episode Ruth and Rebecca inspect some of the components that make up our identity. What is our identity? How does it form? They chat about the interplay between image and identity, and explore some of the challenges that arise when we want to attach too strongly to identities that don't allow for expansion.

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    35 min
  • Around adult friendships
    In this episode Rebecca and Ruth respond to a listener request and delve into the topic of adult friendships. Why are they important and how do they impact our sense of self? Their conversation covers some of difficulties that can occur in friendship, how friendships can reflect habitual patterns of relating, and explores some of the different ways in which people 'do' friendship.

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    37 min
  • Surrender and submission
    In this episode Ruth and Rebecca discuss factors that relate to the states of submission and of surrender. They identify some of the differences, how these states might feel and in what situations we might be called to either submit, or to surrender. They also explore certain conditions that might enable us to surrender, and what this can mean for our personal growth.

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    31 min
  • Viewing the valued self

    In this episode Ruth and Rebecca explore the steps that are instrumental in valuing the self. They chat about self-awarenss, self-worth, self-esteem,

    self-confidence, self-love and self-realisation. They discuss their unnderstanding of these concepts, and explore what can lead us to embrace these various states, as well as the hurdles that might be encountered on the quest for the development of an actualised sense of self.

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    55 min
  • Critical communication


    Sound communication is often a critical component of good relationships. In this episode, Rebecca and Ruth explore some of the components, and patterns of communication that we develop. They discuss why good communication is important in fostering healthy relationships, and chat about barriers to effective communication, and why taking responsibility for what we're communicating is sometimes a challenge.

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    54 min
  • Building boundaries
    Rebecca and Ruth chat about boundaries in this episode of Soulful Insights. How do we learn them? How do we uphold them? They discuss boundaries that are both internal and external, and speak of some of the things that can lead to having boundaries transgressed. They also explore some of the steps to identifying, and then affirming your boundaries.

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    40 min
  • Garnering gratitude
    In this episode Rebecca and Ruth speak about gratitude. They explore why it's important as a state of being, and chat about ways to develop a mindset that leans towards gratitude. They chat about research conducted, some of their own experiences of gratitude and why cultivating a habit of gratitude can be an important and beneficial strategy in the living of our lives.

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    31 min
  • Pondering perfectionism
    In this episode Rebecca and Ruth explore what it can mean to be a perfectionist. They discuss why this tendency might originate, and why it can be problematic. Ruth and Rebecca chat about some of the ways in which perfectionism can manifest, and how it can impede the living of a happy and satisfying life. They also speak of ways in which one can begin to identify, and move beyond some of the traps of perfectionism.

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    32 min
  • In Intimate relationships
    In this episode Ruth and Rebecca discuss why intimate relationships are so important to our growth, how they are shaped by early connections and they explore ideas about how to shift patterns that are not serving us. Rebecca and Ruth chat about some of the components of, and challenges to intimacy, and discuss how our relationship with self impacts our capacity for intimacy.

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    42 min

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How do we connect more fully with ourselves and others? How do we unite the different parts of ourselves that don’t always seem to be in conversation? How do we shift some of the patterns and…