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Conversations With The MindEpisode 55 - Lauren Ciovacco - Many Levels of The MindToday we talk with very special guest and fellow Mental Health Practitioner, Lauren Ciovacco about his education at Purdue in Neuropsychology and Naropa University in Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology. He and I talk at length about a variety of concepts in Buddhism that help to map Consciousness. Lauren talks about the various paradigm shifts in his mind and perceptions of reality as he transitioned through addiction, violence, and self-deception into scholarship, innovation, compassion, fatherhood, and Truth. We go really deep on this one so buckle up! You may want to listen to it a number of times to get...2019-09-202h 54
Mindful U at Naropa University18. Lauren Ciovacco: A Journey of Discovering SanityI remember it was after the first year I came back to Naropa–I was actually upset with my professors. I was like, "What did you all do? Whatever you offered me, I see the world in a new way now!" I was upset because I saw the world in its fullness. There were things I saw then–when I came to Naropa I was all sunshine and rainbows. It was all "...the world is beautiful and the world is great, and I am going to study Buddhism, and I'm going to be one!" It was an 'absolute' kind of t...2018-03-2034 min