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A Touch of GeniusGenetics and Your Family TreeIn this episode, I pose a few existential questions about our human potential based on genetics and the genealogy of our family tree. This is a first touch on this topic as it’s one we can expand on over time. In this episode:2:22 – The influences behind your family tree4:45 – Inherited family trauma6:40 – Mozart (but not the one you’re thinking of)7:50 – Mapping out your family influencers8:45 – 98% of your genetics are…10:50 – Epigenetics v. Eugenics12:16 – Dis-ease13:14 – “It runs in the family…” and changing your story2024-10-1618 min
A Touch of GeniusSelf-sabotage: Our Inner Roadblocks & How to Clear ThemIn this episode, we continue on the theme of Beliefs by exploring our negative self talk, and the ways in which this has been holding us back or causing us to self-sabotage any aspect of our lives. We'll go back in time to find out what the people around us said to us as children, and how this has become part of our self fulfilling prophecy that we explored in the previous episode.In this episode:3:05 - Deciphering how people think about themselves4:59 - This happens to all of us...5:53...2024-10-0224 min
A Touch of GeniusWhat You Believe About Yourself (The Self Fulfilling Prophecy)One of the greatest obstacles we will ever face is what we believe to be true about ourselves. In this episode, we discuss how we formed our core attitudes, values and beliefs, and what we can start doing to change them if we notice we’re undermining ourselves.We learn so much without realising as children, and most of it actually has nothing to do with what we’re taught in school. What we really anchor in mentally and emotionally are attitudes, values and beliefs.In this episode:2:45 – Origins of our attitu...2024-09-1822 min
TXTTXT - #13 ” Jag har läst världens bästa bok - men jag tänker inte säga vilken det är!”Avsnitt 13 – i vilket de båda vännerna och kulturarbetarna Niclas Forsgren och Daniel Gustavsson tittar närmare på novellen ”Cthulhu vaknar” samt övrig valfri novell av H. P. Lovecraft. Bland övriga kulturella storheter och fenomen som tas upp kan nämnas Leffe Grimwalker, Freddie Wadling, Robert Lagerström, Blue for Two, Cortex, Fläskkvartetten, Lädernunnan, James Bond, George Riedl, Plura, Trafik-Nostalgiska Förlaget, Vedettbåten Sprängaren, Teknikkuriosa på land till sjöss i luften, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Blodstormen, del 2: Rummet i jorden, Millenium, Jason Bourne, Stephen King, Johannes Pinter...2024-08-1458 min
A Touch of GeniusDeveloping Your Potential Under StressIt’s great when things are working out for us, but what happens when they’re not? In this episode we’re going to explore how to see the light through the darkness and come out victorious on the other side of it.In this episode:2:14 – What most of us were never taught3:12 – How my first book came to life6:24 – Our shared challenge7:57 – Social conditioning8:25 – Geniuses who lived through adversity10:18 – A strange shift…14:30 – Bread and circuses15:51 – The Four Oxen and the Lion (Aesop’s Fable...2024-07-3123 min
A Touch of GeniusWhen Genius Falls Asleep and How to Reawaken YoursWe're all born with a creative, resourceful spirit, which gets silenced over time. In this episode we explore what happens when our Genius falls asleep and we discover some fun ways to reawaken it. If you have children, you'll want to hear this episode!In this episode:3:25 - How our educational system stifles genius6:35 - Play9:28 - Our inner child10:35 - Daring to explore and develop critical thinking12:19 - Critical feeling13:26 - A Genius Little ExerciseLinks & Resources:George Land T...2024-07-1717 min
A Touch of GeniusThe Six Pillars of GeniusThis episode explores what I like to call The Six Pillars of Genius, six fundamental aspects that encourage our personal growth and unique abilities. There may also be some birds…In this episode:1:30 – A special dedication1:56 – The six pillars of Genius2:18 – Generosity3:08 – Simon Sechter5:08 – Enlightenment7:04 – The Age of Enlightenment8:23 – Nourishment12:29 – Artemisia Gentileschi14:48 – Imagination16:50 – Uniqueness21:08 – Queen21:45 – Sensitivity24:55 – A Genius Little ExerciseLinks & Resources:Artemisia Gentileschi | The Greatest Female Painter of the 17th Ce...2024-07-0326 min
A Touch of GeniusHow Energy Impacts Your Human Potential (Part 3)This episode wraps up our mini series on Energy. In it, we cover a more ethereal angle on how energy affects us mentally, physically and emotionally. We learn about internal blockages and how we can start to cleanse our own energy for higher and optimal performance. In this episode:2:03 – Our physical and etheric bodies2:41 – The etheric body5:10 – The nadis6:02 – The chakras16:58 – The aura20:46 – Semyon & Valentina KirlianLinks & Resources:Wheels of Life, by Anodea Judith PhD What is the etheric body and how to cle...2024-06-0523 min
A Touch of GeniusHow Energy Impacts Your Human Potential (Part 2)What do frequency and vibration have to do with helping you achieve your potential?In this episode, we explore the power of these two aspects have on our mental, emotional and physical wellbeing, as well as our performance.Everything is energy, and whilst your energy impacts ours, ours can impact yours too.In this episode:2:16 – Frequency and vibration6:43 – Like attracts like9:39 – Cymatics11:33 – The bells…13:43 – Brain wave activity15:52 – Music and neurosound16:51 – The heart’s code18:23 – Your energetic emiss...2024-05-2927 min
A Touch of GeniusHow Energy Impacts Your Human Potential (Part 1)What happens if your own physical energy is blocking your personal development, and how do you change that?It’s time to get a bit scientific in today’s episode as we explore Genius from a physics perspective. This is part one of a mini series dedicated to Energy and how this impacts our human potential. We’ll be looking at energy from different angles.In this episode we look into some of the connections between the smallest unit of matter known to us and our physical bodies themselves, and how this impacts our th...2024-05-2220 min
A Touch of GeniusCan You Program Genius?In this episode we get a little brainiac. We begin to explore the relationship between mind and brain in order to help us optimise and improve our personal Genius. We get curious about our magnificent brain and how we can program it to develop our potential.We also start to unpack how these two statements impact us, and how we can impact them:“Neurons that fire together, wire together,” and “If you don’t use it, you lose it.”Think of the brain as being the physical hardware, and the mind as being t...2024-05-1524 min
A Touch of GeniusNurturing The Gifts Within YouTo develop our personal ingenuity, it’s important to nurture the gifts we were born with. But if you don’t know what they are, how do you do that? Where do you start? In this episode, we start to answer these questions so that you can design your life around your personal gifts.I’ll also share some personal stories on how I got into this personal development world, and bust a myth that some people have about coaches and therapists.In this episode:1:17 – Thoughts on how we experience our world2024-05-0824 min
A Touch of GeniusGetting Comfortable with CuriosityDo you consider yourself to be curious or adventurous? Are you prone to exploring even when others caution you against it? Curiosity and Genius are good friends.Curiosity is a fascinating aspect of our personal development, because it's what drives us to learn, explore, dream and discover. In this episode we take a dive into its different aspects, how fear can often hold us back from being more curious, and how to apply in different areas of our lives.In this episode:2:25 - A cautionary tail...4:49 - The brain...2024-05-0125 min
A Touch of GeniusWhy You & Your Dreams MatterIn this episode, we start to explore why you matter and why your dreams matter too.We are nothing without dreams, and dreams don’t happen if we don’t feel that we matter. Because dreams need us to make them happen. It’s a symbiotic relationship of creation. That’s why it’s so important to feel that we matter. Without this, why get out of bed in the mornings?Let’s start to make every day count with this episode!In this episode:1:53 – Why are we here?2:43...2024-04-2424 min
A Touch of GeniusYou & Your ImaginationIn this episode, we’ll explore the importance of your imagination.Imagination is key for innovation, creation and inspiration. It’s key for imagining what your life can become, and then finding ways to make it happen. It’s crucial for imagining the kind of world you wish to live in, and then putting your time, resources and energy into realising it.I’ll share how a certain little owl came to life through the power of imagination, and the importance of giving children the mental space to imagine and create for themselves. You'll a...2024-04-1026 min
A Touch of GeniusWhat IS Genius & Why Should It Matter To You?In this first episode, you'll learn about the origins of the word Genius, how we've shaped our interpretation of it over time to fit evolving cultural and intellectual interpretations, and why the concept of Genius is so important for you and our shared future.I'll share the beginnings of my personal journey exploring this subject and I'll tell the story of how and why I created this podcast. You'll discover what one simple inquisitive thought can turn into. You'll also meet the most important Genius of all time!3:47 - The story of this p...2024-04-0328 min
A Touch of GeniusWelcome to A Touch of GeniusKarin Pinter is dedicated to creativity and helping people improve their lives. In A Touch of Genius, Karin dives into the things that help us shine brighter and develop our potential so that we can share a more fulfilling life experience, both individually and as a collective. Starting on April 3rd, join Karin every Wednesday for new episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-03-2701 min
VargtimmenÅret i bildVi summerar skräckåret 2021 genom att, som traditionen bjuder, utse årets det ena och årets det andra. Nytt är att slumpen styr oss genom ett manus som blivit uppklippt i bortåt sextio tunna pappersremsor - fram till det till synes ödesbestämda slutet. Kusligt, tycker vi. Tomas ställer upp sitt huvudbry inför James Wans senaste ansträngning i tre led - utan att lyckas få klart för sig om filmen är gjord på allvar eller inte - och Lars får fantomsmärtor av våldsskildringarna i den pågående litterära slashe...2022-02-131h 18
Det nya svartaTV-serie: The Handmaid's TaleAvsnitt 11: Dagens nya svarta är tv-serien The Handmaid's Tale. Lina, Karin och Anna resonerar kring makt, fertilitet och uppror, och konstaterar att seriens dystopiska framtid känns skrämmande nära. Vi pratar också om tv-serien Grey's Anatomy, podcasten Unladylike, samt dokumentären Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man.
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