Discover how to bridge Eastern spirituality with Western psychology through simple questions to ask to reveal your real Self.

Coming from her extensive experience guiding Wholeness Work, Erin shares insights on self-inquiry, awareness, and finding peace beyond the illusion of separation.

Chapters: 00:00 – Welcome Erin introduces herself, her background as a Wholeness Coach, and the purpose of bridging Eastern spirituality with Western psychology through Wholeness Work.

01:00 – A Personal Journey Through Darkness My story of overcoming depression, anxiety, and illness through the practice of Wholeness Work and self-inquiry.

02:15 – Donald Hoffman and the Science of Perception An overview of cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman's research showing that our perceptions are symbols, totally illusory—not reality itself.

03:45 – The Illusion of Separation and Materialism How modern science and philosophy challenge the belief that the world is made of separate, material things.

05:00 – Questioning the Self: What Am I Really? An invitation to explore the question "Who am I?" through direct experience rather than conceptual thought.

06:20 – Useful Pointers from The Headless Way Introduction to Douglas Harding's "Headless Way" experiments and how they reveal the nature of awareness.

07:40 – Guided Inquiry: Where Is the 'I'? A reflection on noticing where the sense of 'I' arises in experience and how to observe it directly.

09:10 – Using Your Own Direct Experience Distinguishing between the 'I' and awareness itself, exploring how awareness is known and experienced.

10:35 – A Quick Review of the Pointing Experiment A practical exercise pointing back to the source of seeing—discovering what is truly aware.

12:00 – Recognizing the Openness of Being I share my personal insights about awareness as an open, quality-less presence that transcends form.

13:20 – Living from Authenticity How self-inquiry leads to authenticity, peace, and presence in daily life and relationships.

14:30 – Invitation to Connect Encouragement to explore these questions personally and share reflections in conversation or comments.

15:30 – Upcoming Self Realization Course Details about Erin's upcoming online course beginning January 6, with live sessions and guided materials.

16:20 – Closing ---

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This short episode is a message of hope about the process of awakening - what to expect on the path of finding out who you really are regarding people, places, and things you used to enjoy. This isn't a pasttime! The process of individuation has its own moomentum, and we are designed to find more peace and freedom as changes in relationships take their natural couorse in this. Awakening to Who you Really Are isn't about leaving everything and everyone behind- actually, relationships tend to get a lot better when we feel safe and at peace as who we are! What happens for a lot of people at this stage is a new ability to discriminate what is helpful vs. what doesn't feel good. I include my own odd experiences of leaving certain things behind. Can you relate to this? Get a promo code here to save up to $200 by enrolling early in the Wheel of Wholeness Course. You still have time to sign up and prepare- our first live online group is Tuesday, January 6th and final enrollment ends January 1, 2026.

This online learning course offers 12 weeks of deep Self-Investigation on your own schedule, with zoom groups meeting twice per month. Details here Glad to be with you here, E

This episode explores two kinds of trust that we encounter on our path through life and awakening— one born of survival, and one born of maturity and a deeper unfolding of life itself.

The first is biological: the trust our ancestors needed to navigate danger and to ensure continuation of the species. It is conditional, shaped by instinctual impulse, and glued to the nervous system's memory of what feels predictable.

The second arises later, a maturity that sparks deep within each of us at some point or another... — a trust not in circumstances, but in Life itself. It is the quiet confidence that everything unfolding is held within something vast and intelligent. Carl Jung described this as a turning point on the natural course of Individuation and coming to Wholeness. Others may recognize this as how we awaken.

This trust does not depend on proof or news or heresay. It is born of remembering a fundamental aspect: awareness itself, Being expressing through a human life.

In this short episode, we explore both forms of trust as part of humanity's long evolution. When we begin to live from this deeper trust, love and expression flow naturally.

It is not the trust of the separate self, but the trust as Wholeness — the living recognition that even confusion or fear are part of the whole, and doorways to deeper love and ever-deepening freedom.

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This short episode describes what parts are and how this lines up with Carl Jung's description of archetypes. These are categories, or ways of understanding inner-parts of ourselves.

I personally thought the idea of this was so silly, I scoffed at the therapist that told me we would explore "my inner parts." It wasn't what I thought it was!

Now, the life changing benefits are SO overwhelmingly obvious to me, I coach people and together we integrate their "parts" in a way that Carl Jung speaks of relating to his process of individuation. Here, I offer for people like me who thought the idea of "inner parts" was make-believe a description of what parts really are and why it is useful to explore them - even necessary to finding lasting peace and freedom.

Plus, what are archetypes that people from Plato to Jung spoke of? How are they different from parts? I'll share in this video how using these useful metaphors can bring people to a life of peace and real lasting joy.

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This is the secnd installment of the author reading her 2025 book The Whole Self. This reading covers chapters 3-6 of The Whole Self: Awakening The Inner Wisdom To Live As Yourself by the author and Wholeness Wisdom Coach, Erin E. Brown.

Both paperback and ebook are available for global distribution on www.wholenesswisdom.com, Barnes & Noble, and amazon.

Amazon ranked this Kindle book #1 in August in the categories of Healthy Living, Zen Philosophy, and New-Age Self-Help

Full Description of this Book

The Whole Self is an invitation to go beyond self-improvement and rediscover the wholeness at center. Whether you're navigating desperation, burnout, truth seeking, or just interested in what meaning there is to life rather than managing the mind-this book will meet you where you are. With each chapter, you're invited back to your natural state: the whole Self.

The rest of the chapters will be published on youtube soon I hope you enjoy! Please subscribe and share this video if this work resonates with you to help the message of wholeness reach more people.

I would really love to hear from you if you have experience or insights to share!

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In this illuminating episode of The Wholeness Wisdom Podcast, Erin explores one of the most common and deeply rooted beliefs of the egoic mind: "I'm not safe." Through a compassionate and insightful lens, she unpacks how this belief emerges from the left-brain mode of thought — the part of our mind that categorizes, filters, and reacts for survival — and how we can begin to shift into the right-brain mode of openness, curiosity, and flow.

Erin explains how these two operating systems of thought influence our daily experiences and emotional reactions, and how awareness of them can begin to dissolve long-held patterns of fear and defense. She invites listeners to question the validity of the thought "I'm not safe," guiding them to recognize the deeper truth — that our essential nature, the consciousness in which all experience arises, is unthreatened and always safe.

Through her gentle teaching, Erin offers practical insight into retraining the mind, cultivating mindfulness, and living from the grounded awareness of the whole self. She also shares details about her upcoming course on dissolving egoic beliefs and embodying wholeness in everyday life.

If you've ever felt unsafe, unworthy, or limited by the mind's survival narratives, this episode is a profound reminder that what you truly are can never be harmed — because you are the space in which all experience unfolds.

• The belief "I'm not safe" and how it shapes perception

• Left-brain vs. right-brain modes of thought

• How to retrain awareness toward openness and flow

• The practice of disidentifying from thoughts

• Recognizing your true nature as consciousness itself

Here are the first two chapters of my newly published The Whole Self: Awakening The Inner Wisdom To Live As Yourself.

The paperback and ebook are available now, soon to be available for global distribution.

This was a Amazon #1 ranked Kindle book in August in the categories of Healthy Living, Zen Philosophy, and New-Age Self-Help Below is the full description of this book:

The Whole Self is an invitation to go beyond self-improvement and rediscover the wholeness at center. This book guides you through a practical and tangible investigation of self, supporting your own natural curiosity. Blending somatic inquiry, deep listening, and inspiration from timeless wisdom traditions, this book offers a clear and compassionate path for reconnecting with your true nature-one that is whole and available.

Written with clarity, depth, and gentleness, this book explores:

• How early identity and fragmentation shape our adult experience

• Jungian archetypes like the Persona and Shadow through a practical lens

• The drawbacks of traditional therapies and the benefits of direct-experiencing

• What awareness really is-and how to rest in it without effort

• Why the idea of fixing anything maintains tension

• The inclusive path to wholeness

Whether you're navigating desperation, burnout, truth seeking, or just interested in what meaning there is to life rather than managing the mind-this book will meet you where you are. With each chapter, you're invited back to your natural state: the whole Self.

If you're ready to stop striving and start being, The Whole Self offers not just insights-but a shift in how you see and experience life.

This revised second edition is printed in a more sustainable format and is aligned with the living practice of ahimsa, in light of current 2025 world conflicts and funding sources of militarization. A preface to the second edition is included.

Ranked #1 in Zen Philosophy, Healthy Living, and New-Age Self Help on Amazon for two consecutive days in August with over 600 downloads. The rest of the chapters will be published on youtube soon I hope you enjoy! Please subscribe and share this video if this work resonates with you to help the message of wholeness reach more people. I would really love to hear from you if you have experience or insights to share! Comment below or reach out directly. Course Early Enrollment is Open! www.wholenesswisdom.com/enroll Start date is January 6th, enroll now for a big discount Book: www.wholenesswisdom.com/the-whole-self-erin-brown

This 12-minute interview opens with David Hutt of Effective Heart-Based Business Networking With Integrity, introducing his new venture launching in North Carolina this January. From there, we explore what it means to run a business from the heart—placing humility, shared being, and real service at the center.

What we cover

• How clients might "rate" my business on humility—what that means in practice

• The biggest challenges I've faced in this work, what they revealed, and how they reshaped and enriched my experience

• A defining moment that called for humility—and how it guided my next steps

• If my business were a musical instrument: the qualities I aim to embody while serving clients

This conversation is an invitation to pause, listen within, and consider how integrity and humility can become a living framework for the way we create, serve, and relate—one relationship at a time.

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In this episode, I sit down with coach and spiritual practitioner John Prada to explore a deeply personal and transformative journey through chronic physical pain and into greater inner peace. John shares how two powerful modalities — The Wholeness Work and Core Transformation — became lifelines in his experience, not just for easing pain, but for meeting life with more presence, gentleness, and trust. With openness and grounded wisdom, John reflects on what it means to wade into wholeness, and how our suffering can become the very doorway to something much deeper. We also touch on the evolving understanding of "enlightenment" — not as an unreachable state, but as an invitation to see through the illusion of separation and meet life as it truly is.

We touch upon:

• The intersection of physical pain and spiritual insight

• How Wholeness Work offers a kind and precise path to deep change

• Moving beyond mindfulness into effortless awareness

• The spiritual path as daily inner hygiene, not self-fixing

• What it really means to "become your natural self"

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Being and Becoming — A Conversation with Shirley Elias

In this deeply moving episode of the Wholeness Wisdom Podcast, we sit down with poet, psychotherapist, and shining light Shirley Elias to explore what it means to wake up to our essential nature.

At 87, Shirley speaks with the clarity and depth of someone who has not only glimpsed the vastness of reality, but knows it. She recounts the moment of her spontaneous realization of I Am That—a stunning shift that redefined her experience, dissolved layers of false identity, and revealed a knowing that continues to be shared in her published works.

This moment of clarity that "answered every question I had been asking for 50 years", was not the end. In this conversation, we explore:

• What happened next—what dissolved, what remained, and what continues to arise

• Her recently published book of poetry, QuantaEssence, depicting the 7 years following her realization

• Her ongoing inquiry into the subtle layers of personality and energy

• The "dark night of the soul" and how it shaped her

• How her relationship with a psychoanalyst brought emotional wisdom and the necessity of inner work

• The power of meditation and Buddhist principles in anchoring her realization

• The books that quietly opened doors long before she knew where they led

• And an unpublished poem that expounds on her insight with stunning voice and momentum

On the Wholeness Wisdom Podcast, we explore not just the insight—but the integration of waking up to Self. What does it look like to live awake, in a body, in this society, with humility, patience, honesty and action? What tools help us remain open, responsive, and whole?

Whether you're on the path of self-inquiry, awakening, or simply curious about the nature of being, may Shirley's presence be a ray of light shining directly into your heart. Shirley Elias Books: QuantaEssence Book Sex, Soul, and Psyche Chogyam Trungpa Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism The Essence of Spiritual Instruction, Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi The Essence of Spiritual Instruction Wholeness Wisdom Integration work one-on-one https://www.wholenesswisdom.com Insight Timer Wholeness Wisdom: Free Meditations