Superpowered Mind with Clare Dimond

Many of us find ourselves wanting to do something, for example to write a book, or to get fit, or to build a business, but we just can’t get ourselves motivated to start on it.  

Where does our motivation come from? How can we get more motivation to do the things that we want to do? It's a great question that opens up the whole area of mind, desire, capacity and real world understanding that starts to make our mind the superpower asset that it really is.

So in this episode, we’re going to discuss and explore the three aspects of our experience of being, and how understanding them unlocks true motivation. 

What is Covered: 

-The Absolute, the Relative and the Illusory aspect of being

-The prerequisite of experiencing anything as a human being

-Motivation and desire to experience the world of form

-Why we can never find wholeness through separation

-Understanding true motivation

-How to find the intrinsic motivation to do things in life

-Unlocking the healthiest and the most sane kind of motivation 

Resources: 

-Download our exclusive recording Free Subliminal: Supporting the Enquiring Mind  bit.ly/podcastsubliminal 

-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 

-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 

-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 

-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/

This week, we are looking at healthy boundaries, and how the conversation about identity, self and reality can have an enormous effect on the sanity of our boundaries. 

One of the main dangers in setting healthy boundaries is that the confrontation involved in maintaining those boundaries and establishing deep relationships can be too much. If our earlier experiences taught us to avoid respecting our own space for the fear of being laughed at or shamed, we may even find ourselves spiritually bypassing boundaries, by claiming that there is no objective self and objective others. 

So in this episode, we’re going to navigate around this confusion and learn how to enable strong and healthy boundaries that are grounded in reality. 

What is Covered: 

-Different ways in which we avoid to set healthy boundaries

-Boundaries on the level of body and the overlay of boundaries within our mind

-When we are most vulnerable to other people’s offences 

-How we can start to set strong and healthy boundaries

-How to resist reacting in the moment of perceived attack on our boundaries

-The question to ask yourself when you’re choosing how to react to someone’s behaviour

Resources: 

-Download our exclusive recording Free Subliminal: Supporting the Enquiring Mind  bit.ly/podcastsubliminal 

-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 

-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 

-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 

-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/

Today’s topic is around focus, and in order to talk about focus, let’s first consider what focus is. Focus is pure attention. It is also called flow, the gap, deep presence, immersion and other names, but it is the fullness of attention given to something. So, focus has an object that our conscious mind illuminates like a spotlight. 

But what is the object of focus, and what controls where our attention goes? That’s what we are diving into today, because it takes us directly to what conscious mind is, and answers the question how we can have more focus. 

What is Covered: 

-The dynamics of focus and attention

-What controls where the spotlight of our focus goes

-What happens when the object of focus is identity threat

-Why our mind confuses and focus on the things that are not real

-Two questions to help you clear your focus 

-How we can liberate our attention and our mind  

Resources: 

-Download our exclusive recording Free Subliminal: Supporting the Enquiring Mind  bit.ly/podcastsubliminal 

-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 

-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 

-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 

-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/

Join our FREE Webinar on CAPACITY on Wednesday, August 28th at 8:30pm BST https://claredimond.simplero.com/page/567506

In this episode, we are looking at what capacity is and why it is the foundation of all experience of being. 

Capacity is the availability of resources from moment to moment. Resources such as attention, energy, compassion, endurance, creativity, time and money can make an enormous difference to what is experienced, what choices are available and what actions can be taken. 

It is not true to say though that the expansion of capacity is always a good thing. When the stakes are very high, human endeavour can be enormous. The problem is that the stakes are not always what they seem. Often what is at stake is the protection of the self identity and the threat is simply the mirror of that insecurity. 

So in this episode, which is the introduction to our free webinar on capacity this week, and then a course that is starting in September, we’re going to unpack and differentiate capacity as a driver of burnout and depletion versus capacity as a process of re-energising, creation and expansion. 

We are going to consider what aligns human capacity to human truth and why that is. 

What is Covered: 

-What we usually mean by capacity and why it is so misunderstood 

-How capacity can lead to burnout and exhaustion 

-Dysfunctional capacity and how it can create a lot of harm to society

-The power of sense-checking and reflecting on capacity 

-Capacity as a resource for learning, feedback and creation 

Resources: 

-Join our FREE Webinar on CAPACITY on Wednesday, August 28th at 8:30pm BST https://claredimond.simplero.com/page/567506 

-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 

-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 

-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 

-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/

Are constraints that we perceive real? 

It’s a vital question to explore, because our brilliant human mind, with its capacity for creating concepts and psychological devices, can very easily exit itself from reality. Our very ego is built on constraints and limitations. However, what we want is freedom to dive deeper into reality, we want to engage with our mind, body, talents, capacities, skills and abilities on a deeper level.

So that’s why we need to ask the question - is there such a thing as constraints?  

What is Covered: 

-Why our identity is built on limitations and separation

-Why we can’t find wholeness and piece from the premise of separation

-Attempting to secure the identity through constraints 

-Examples of constraints in real life

-Spiritual bypassing of the reality by denying the actual constraints

-How constraints can be used as an input to start creating something unique

-Pure intelligence in action through working with constraints

-How constraints can lead to liberation and bliss 

Resources: 

-Download our exclusive recording Free Subliminal: Supporting the Enquiring Mind  bit.ly/podcastsubliminal 

-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 

-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 

-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 

-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/

Welcome to our 25th episode! To celebrate 25, we’ll look at maturity, because the age 25 is the year when the frontal cortex reaches full maturity. Twenty five is also celebrated in many cultures as officially marking the move into adulthood.

However, spiritual maturity happens throughout our life, and is an ongoing invitation right up to moments before death. In this episode, we’re going to start by looking at the ego, which is actually the inner child, a naive collection of unquestioned beliefs, seeking and resistance. We’ll see how understanding this begins the process of spiritual maturing. 

What is Covered: 

-Why the ego identity represents the inner child

-What it means to say that someone has a big ego

-The child and the lack of responsibility or shame and guilt in place of it

-Stress response as a prompt for spiritual maturity process

-What the mature and healing response to stress situations is  

-How to step towards the ultimate freedom and ultimate spiritual maturity 

Resources: 

-Download our exclusive recording Free Subliminal: Supporting the Enquiring Mind  bit.ly/podcastsubliminal 

-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 

-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 

-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 

-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/

Today we are looking at self-esteem and why it is the end of self-reference. This flies in the face of what the entire self-help industry is telling us. From what we read and hear, self-esteem comes from a focus on me, my confidence, my sense of being, my purpose in life and what I contribute. So it looks like to have high self-esteem, everything has to be focused in on that self, that needs to be developed and that needs attention. 

But the highest self-esteem is something else entirely. It’s actually two things, and today we’re going to see what those two things are.  

What is Covered: 

-Why true self-esteem and self-reference can’t exist together

-The inaccurate basis of the whole wellness industry

-The connection between narcissism and self-esteem

-How an absence of any thought of the self can transform into self-esteem

-How to avoid the bypass of bad behaviour in the absence of self-reference

-What it means to have an absolute accountability for behaviour and perception

-What true, highest self-esteem really is 

Resources: 

-Download our exclusive recording Free Subliminal: Supporting the Enquiring Mind  bit.ly/podcastsubliminal 

-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 

-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 

-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 

-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/

What does it really mean to show up for someone? 

Is it being kind? No, because being kind is so fraught with what we think being kind is, which might not be what the other person has in mind at all. Is it giving them our opinion? Not really, because our opinions change all the time. Is it doing what they want? No, because doing what they want is then caught up in people pleasing and trying to get their love or their affection through manipulation.

So what is showing up for someone? 

What is Covered: 

-What stress or tension in a relationship with someone is showing us

-Why we keep trying to find unconditional love and acceptance in someone else

-How codependency in a relationship is created

-How to parent ourselves in a relationship

-Can you strategise showing up for someone? 

-Why showing up for someone is a solo enterprise

-How to set healthy boundaries in a relationship

-How to really show up for another person

Resources: 

-Download our exclusive recording Free Subliminal: Supporting the Enquiring Mind  bit.ly/podcastsubliminal 

-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 

-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 

-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 

-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/

This question comes from my current course on compassion, in which ‘resentment’ is one of our core topics. Resentment feels so awful because it is coming from the belief system that all behaviour is personally decided on and personally directed. Our identity goes into protection overdrive, creating the full lived experience of victim-villain.  

In these moments when resentment is running the show, there is one ultra-powerful question which ends the stress immediately. 

This question is “What is my equivalent?”. 

In this week’s podcast we are looking at how it relates to resentment, and why it is such a powerful tuning in device for the mind to come back into reality.

What is Covered: 

-What is resentment?

-Why resentment is so toxic and unproductive for the bodymind

-How to deal with the blame in resentment and why it is totally unfounded in reality

-What happens to our ego when we ask the question - What is my equivalent?

-What happens to the resentment when we find our equivalent

-The story from Dr. Edith Eger’s book “The Choice” 

Resources:

-Check out Dr. Edith Egger’s book “The Choice” https://www.amazon.com/Choice-Dr-Edith-Eva-Eger/dp/150113079X 

-Download our exclusive recording Free Subliminal: Supporting the Enquiring Mind  bit.ly/podcastsubliminal 

-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 

-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 

-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 

-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/

This week, we’re looking at the confusion around confidence. 

For decades, this was a confusion that I was completely lost in, suffering from paralysis around public speaking. It looked to me that if I could just have more confidence, then I would be okay. I read books on confidence, I went to courses on confidence, but none of it worked. And the reason it didn't work is because the understanding around what confidence is and what effect it has is completely misunderstood by our culture, our society and even by psychology itself. 

So in this episode, we’re going to dive into what confidence really is and what it truly means to be confident. 

What is Covered: 

-Why we are so obsessed with the self, with emotions and with the regard of others

-Why attempting to switch from insecure to secure self doesn’t work

-Where our focus should be if we want to be more confident

-What confidence looks like on the outside vs. what happens on the inside

-The benefits of deep attention into our passions and interests

-How to resolve the confusion around the confident self

Resources: 

-Download our exclusive recording Free Subliminal: Supporting the Enquiring Mind  bit.ly/podcastsubliminal 

-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 

-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 

-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 

-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/