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Proactive MindfulnessMindful Presence & Embodiment: A Conversation with Andrew RosenstockAndrew Rosenstock and Serge Prengel explore the themes of mindful presence, embodiment, and the complexities of human interaction. They discuss the importance of self-regulation, the paradox of experience, and the negotiation that occurs in dialogue.
2025-12-0950 minProactive MindfulnessEmbracing mindful connection & its transformational powerSerge Prengel and Bruce Nayowith explore the power of mindful human connections and their vital role in personal growth.
2025-10-2428 minProactive MindfulnessActive imagination: Leslie Ellis & Serge PrengelI invited my friend and colleague Leslie Ellis to have a conversation about Active Imagination in therapy and in life.
2025-06-0237 min
The Mind Bod Adventure PodFocusing: A Practice of Presence & Listening | Serge PrengelThis week, we’re in conversation with therapist and longtime Focusing teacher Serge Prengel about the transformative power of slowing down and listening from the body.Serge is one of those rare people who seem to live from a deeper layer of presence. His work blends Focusing, Somatic Experiencing, Core Energetics, and Polyvagal Theory to support real, embodied change.What stood out for us was how relational this practice is. It brought us into a slower, softer place of deep listening, where we could fully meet each other’s nervous systems.We explore:
2025-05-0754 minProactive MindfulnessOwen Flanagan: What it is like to be an addictOwen Flanagan is an expert in the philosophy of mind and ethics. For many years, he was also an addict. Here, we talk about addiction from both perspectives.
2025-04-0948 minProactive MindfulnessRedefining mindfulness: the theory & practice of Proactive MindfulnessThe theory and practice of proactive mindfulness and related resources: how to be more present & engaged in your life.
2025-03-3119 minProactive MindfulnessGregory Kramer: Not knowing, being present in the momentGregory Kramer and I set about to embody the attitude of not knowing as we stay present with what happens moment by moment.
2025-02-2546 minProactive MindfulnessShared meditation informed by FocusingThis approach blends moments of meditation and moments of sharing our experiences of meditating.
2025-02-1003 minProactive MindfulnessA down-to-earth perspective on non-dualityI want to find a down-to-earth experience that helps me relate to non-duality.
2025-01-1607 min
The Secular Overeaters PodcastEp 069 - Serge Prengel, Speaker at Secular Overeaters Gathering111024 | Serge Prengel | Secular Overeaters Community Gathering #6
Serge Prengel, psychotherapist and author of The Proactive Twelve Steps, talks about willpower, god, cravings, and pausing.
2024-11-1944 minProactive MindfulnessOne-minute mindfulness: Embodied experienceI am going to describe to you a one-minute practice. Now, when I say one minute, it could be 50 seconds or five minutes.
2024-11-1504 minProactive MindfulnessKoshin Paley Ellison: Connection as a spiritual practiceKoshin Paley Ellison and Serge Prengel talk about connecting with others as a healing spiritual practice.
2024-11-0122 minProactive MindfulnessLeslie Ellis & Serge Prengel: Active ImaginationI invited my friend and colleague Leslie Ellis tohave a conversation about Active Imagination in therapy and in life.
2024-06-1837 minProactive MindfulnessPeter Levine reflects on his life and workPeter Levine talks with Serge Prengel about his personal journey through trauma and how he came to develop Somatic Experiencing.
2024-05-0143 minProactive MindfulnessHow to practice embodied meditationWhat does it mean to pay attention to our body? A lot opens up when we bring our awareness to the silent, invisible parts.
2024-03-2523 minProactive MindfulnessPablo Márquez: Photography as a meditative processSerge Prengel talks with photographer Pablo Márquez about his meditative approach to photography. Pablo describes how his art emerges from his being present.
2024-03-1836 min
Touching Into PresenceEpisode 71 - Conversations with Serge PrengelToday's conversation is with Serge Prengel
Serge Prengel is a therapist who has been exploring creative approaches to mindfulness in therapy and in everyday life. He invites you to join his explorations at ActivePause.com
Today's conversation is in a little different of a flow structure than usual. I have been wanting to try this style out for a while and will be giving it a shot here. I welcome your feedback about whether it’s working for you or not and why so.
In our conversation today Serge and I explored various top...
2024-02-2653 minProactive MindfulnessLinda Modaro & Nelly Kaufer: Reflective MeditationSerge Prengel talks with Linda Modaro and Nelly Kaufer about their gentle, inspiring approach to meditation practice and self-discovery.
2024-01-1432 minProactive MindfulnessRaja Selvam: Embodying emotionsSerge Prengel talks with Raja Selvam about developing the capacity for emotions by making more room for them in the body.
2023-12-0152 minProactive MindfulnessSeth Zuihō Segall: In praise of PluralismSerge Prengel talks with Seth Zuihō Segall about his journey, making sense of life through the practice of psychology, Buddhism, and philosophy.
2023-10-3145 min
Chapter X with Michael KayLiving Mindfully, Living Fully with Serge PrengelGood news: You don't have to become a meditation master to experience the benefits of mindfulness. In fact, you don't need any special skills or equipment at all. Today we dive into the realm of mindfulness and meaningful living with our guest, Serge Prengel. Serge is a therapist, life coach, and author who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our conversation. Serge Prengel has dedicated his career to exploring creative approaches to mindfulness, both within the therapeutic realm and in everyday existence. Drawing from his journey, which saw him transition from an advertising...
2023-05-2450 minProactive MindfulnessMaia Szalavitz: An inspiring perspective on addictionMaia Szalavitz blends personal experience and years of investigative research into an inspiring perspective on addiction. Conversation with Serge Prengel about her perspective on addiction.
2023-05-0122 minProactive MindfulnessKirk Schneider: Life-enhancing anxietyWe do our best to avoid anxiety, and in so doing, risk missing out on the best of the depth and mystery of existence. We also risk compounding the very anxiety we hoped to avoid and becoming destructive as a result.
2023-04-0146 min
Life of Love with Julie HilsenLife of Love Take a Pause for Ultimate Power with Serge PrengelSend us a textLife of Love with Serge Prengel Co-founder of Integrative Focusing Therapy an online training program. Author, Podcaster, and curious mind shares his expertise with us. He gives tips about how to be more present and mindful in our relationships from our pets to parenting and spouses. Active pause or just a mindful moment can change how you show up in relationships for the better. Active Pause: take a moment and ask: Where am I? Who am I? What do I want? A moment of intentionality connects us to what...
2023-02-2342 minProactive MindfulnessWhat is Polyvagal-informed Mindfulness?How does the Polyvagal Theory affect our understanding of mindfulness? Blake O'Connor, Education Director of the Polyvagal Institute, interviews Serge Prengel.
2023-02-0152 min
The Frankie Boyer ShowBest of Frankie Boyer Show w. Dr. Bryan Mark Rigg, Serge Prengel, and Melissa Febosoriginally aired 07.14.2022Dr. Bryan Mark Rigghttps://bryanmarkrigg.com/BOOKS: FLAMETHROWER: Iwo Jima Medal of Honor Recipient and U.S. Marine Woody Williams and His Controversial Award, Japan's Holocaust and the Pacific War andCONQUERING LEARNING DISABILITIES AT ANY AGE: How an ADHD/LD kid graduated from Yale and Cambridge, became a Marine officer, Military Historian, financial advisor and caring father.Dr. Bryan Mark Rigg, the Biographer of Woody Williams, the Last WWII Medal of Honor Recipient and author of Flamethrower. Dr. Rigg is a recipient of the 2002 William E. Colby award for his...
2022-09-1239 minProactive MindfulnessElizabeth English: Gentle mindfulnessWe talk about freeing meditation from pressures and welcoming every aspect of our inner experience.
2022-07-2224 minProactive MindfulnessNoga Arikha: The embodied mindAntonio Damasio described Nora Arikha as a poet and a painter with the soul of a scientist.
2022-07-0746 minProactive MindfulnessA mindful take on spirituality & philosophyWe discuss how we make sense of the world and our place in it, i.e. what is usually called spirituality & philosophy.
2022-06-2337 min
Sober.Coffee PodcastSpecial Guest: Serge Prengel - Author of “The Proactive Twelve Steps"Special Guest - Serge Prengel - Author of "The Proactive Twelve Steps" joins Mike & Glenn in the Sober Coffee shop as the explore tools for the sober path.
"Proactive Twelve Steps" This book reflects a deep understanding of behavior change, codependency, stress, and trauma. It presents a clear roadmap for self-compassion and mindful self-discovery. It provides specific step-by-step instructions and a broader context that helps readers make sense of the healing process.
2022-05-2529 minProactive MindfulnessBruce Gibbs: Finding the right distance from our experienceWe explore a concept that is very important to Bruce Gibbs, finding the right distance from our experience.
2022-04-1832 min
Coffin Talk#64 - A French Therapist - Serge Prengel - "The Experience of God"Serge Prengel has been a therapist for more than 30 years. He is also the editor of the "Active Pause" podcast and author of "The Proactive Twelve Steps: A Mindful Program For Lasting Change." For more, please check out his website: proactivechange.com and activepause.com.And please don't forget to find us, follow us, like us, and subscribe!Web: mikeyopp.comTwitter: @coffintalkpod IG: @coffintalkpodcastFB: coffintalkpodcastSupport the show This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes...
2022-04-1031 min
The Way Out | A Sobriety and Recovery PodcastThe Proactive 12-Steps: A Mindful Program for Lasting Change with Serge Prengel | The Way Out Podcast Episode 283In this edition of The Way Out, we have a tremendously insightful and beneficial interview with therapist and accomplished Author of numerous books, including The Proactive 12-Steps: A Mindful Program for Lasting Change, Serge Prengel. At the center of the work in Serge’s new book is two fundamental truths; the first is that in Recovery, indeed fundamentally as humans we will encounter counterproductive thought and behavior patterns that will interfere with our ability to experience moments of peace and happiness and a life that is marked with joy and serenity to the exact extent and proportion to the se...
2022-03-081h 28The Frankie Boyer ShowHarry Abrahamsen, Serge Prengel, Kaz OhtaFrankie Boyer is an award winning talk show host that empowers listeners to live healthy vibrant lives http://www.frankieboyer.comGuests:Harry Abrahamsen, author of the 2022 book Money Rules: 9 Rules to Smart Money Decisions, specializes in personal financial economics and serves the New York / New Jersey area. Harry was selected as one of the ten most dependable Wealth Managers in the Mid-Atlantic as published in Forbes magazine. He describes his 27-year business career as a process of “reinventing himself” and adapting to change. http://abrahamsenfinancial.com/Serge Prengel is a therapist and...
2022-03-0739 min
Optimal Self with Jeremy HeriderThe Proactive 12 Steps for Lasting Change with Serge PrengelSerge Prengel, a therapist and life coach, he has developed a proactive and mindful approach to personal growth.Join Jeremy and listen as Serge breaks down the twelve steps to a mindful practice that can lead to lasting change in your life. Take yourself to a place through this 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 that can help you build your own practice around raising your emotional intelligence and allow you to live 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗢𝗨. Serge is the author of: - 15 Minute Self-Motivation Workbook - 15 Minute Couples Communication Workbook - The Proactive Twelve Steps: A Mindful Program for Lasting Change Connect with Serge: Connect with Serge at www.activep...
2022-03-0434 minProactive MindfulnessKen Benau: Shame, Pride, and Relational TraumaThis conversation with Ken Benau serves as an introduction to shame and pride-informed psychotherapy with adult survivors of relational trauma
2022-03-0156 min
Positive Sobriety PodcastEpisode 119 -- Proactive Recovery with Serge PrengelDavid and Nate chat with Serge Prengel, the author of The Proactive Twelve Steps for Mindful Recovery.
2022-02-1548 minProactive MindfulnessAn experiential inquiry into the nature of inquiryWe share with you what we like about the notion of "inquiry," and to do so by giving you a flavor of what we mean by it.
2022-02-1416 min
The Addicted Mind Podcast167: The Virtuous Cycle of Healing the Trauma with Serge PrengelOn this episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane speaks with Serge Prengel, the author of The Proactive Twelve Steps for Mindful Recovery. They dive deep into the process of change and this concept of the virtuous cycle that creates a positive feedback loop in our lives so we can make the strategic change and create a meaningful life that feels good and is purposeful. Serge is a therapist who's big on experiential or somatic psychotherapy. He believes that everybody is very different and every situation is very different. Serge talks about how you can be proactive i...
2022-02-0735 minProactive MindfulnessLawrence Berger: A quest for meaningWe start this conversation from the perspective that human beings are self-interpreting animals, and go on to explore what gives us a sense of meaning.
2022-02-0143 min
Now Sober PodcastsSerge Prengel: A Rewriting of the 12-StepsIn this Episode:In this episode of Back Porch Chats, Vince and Jeanna talk to Serge Prengel who looks at the science behind 12-step programs in his book, The Proactive Twelve-Steps: A Mindful Program for Lasting Change.Serge is certified in Focusing, Core Energetics, and Somatic Experiencing. His work draws from Systems-Centered theory. He is a co-founder of the Integrative Focusing Therapy training program and the author of four books.Episode Highlights:How as a person not in recovery got involved in recovery work.How the 12-step program...
2022-01-2652 min
Inside Personal Growth with Greg VoisenPodcast 906: The Proactive Twelve Steps: A Mindful Program For Lasting Change with Serge PrengelI recently had the pleasure of speaking with Serge Prengel, the author of a new book entitled "The Proactive Twelve Steps: A Mindful Program For Lasting Change." Sense of hope is the biggest takeaway that our guest wants to share with our listeners. He believes that what is happening, what feels daunting, what feels impossible to get out of, is actually something that can be untangled the same way as a fully entangled chord, it can be disentangled.
2022-01-2534 minProactive MindfulnessJacqui Lewis: Fierce LoveJacqui Lewis & Serge Prengel talk about bringing a quality of fierce love to our life, as a person and as an agent of change.
2022-01-1924 minProactive MindfulnessJeffery Smith: How psychotherapy worksJeffery Smith describes a 5-step pathway to go beyond the fragmentation of the different schools of psychotherapy and define how psychotherapy works.
2022-01-1800 min
Braving the Journey.Learning how to make lasting change with Author Serge PrengelThis week on Braving the Journey I talk with Therapist and Author Serge Prengel about learning how to make lasting change in your life. Serge Prengel is the author of "The Proactive twelve steps" a mindful program for lasting change. It is a more proactive and mindful alternative to the traditional twelve steps. We talk about Trauma, Power of Choice, Learning to take a pause, and mindful change. proactive12steps.comhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1892482363/Support the show
2022-01-1747 min
Your Purpose, Your Power, A Journey to Authenticity -Previously Avoid the Maze-Avoid the Maze_Serge Prengel Mindfulness_1_4_22 -Podmatch.comPlease subscribe to our youtube page to get notices on all new podcasts as well helping us grow our audience. https://www.youtube.com/c/NewClevelandRadioSerge Prengel provided us with a t will be a stimulating conversation. Demystifying mindfulness, and opening up new horizons. He approaches mindfulness from a variety of perspectives: creative practices, embodied experience, interactive mindfulness, self-regulation and co-regulation, sense of self, phenomenology, etc. He has hosted several podcasts and spoken with hundreds of guests- this is for everyone."I see change as a creative process, driven by the depth and immediacy of felt-sense experience."
2022-01-0434 minAVOID THE MAZEAvoid the Maze_Serge Prengel Mindfulness_1_4_22 -Podmatch.comPlease subscribe to our youtube page to get notices on all new podcasts as well helping us grow our audience. https://www.youtube.com/c/NewClevelandRadioSerge Prengel provided us with a t will be a stimulating conversation. Demystifying mindfulness, and opening up new horizons. He approaches mindfulness from a variety of perspectives: creative practices, embodied experience, interactive mindfulness, self-regulation and co-regulation, sense of self, phenomenology, etc. He has hosted several podcasts and spoken with hundreds of guests- this is for everyone."I see change as a creative process, driven by the depth and immediacy of felt-sense experience."
2022-01-0434 min
Daily Reflection Podcast#272 Bonus Episode (Dec 30th) - The Proactive 12 Steps - Serge Prengel (New York City, NY)Join us as Serge Prengel, author of the book, The Proactive 12 Steps: A Mindful Program for Lasting Change, shares a different take on the 12 Steps. Please see links to resources below. *Note: for anyone in active addiction we encourage you to continue to attend your regular program meetings and work the steps with a sponsor. Click here to access the book, The Proactive 12 Steps: A Mindful Program for Lasting Change.Click here to access the online resources offered at Proactive12steps.com Click here to access ActivePause Podcast and other...
2021-12-3049 minProactive MindfulnessSalvador Moreno-Lopez: Sensing into life as a musical improvisationWe talk about metaphors that Salvador Moreno-López uses to understand and orient interaction in psychotherapy and daily life.
2021-12-0133 minProactive MindfulnessEmbodied spirituality: a felt sense of something largerSerge Prengel describes an embodied perspective on how we experience a sense of being (part of) something larger.
2021-11-2809 minProactive MindfulnessCherionna Menzam-Sills: Exploring pre- and perinatal experiencesThis conversation starts with a guided, experiential exploration. Then we talk about early developmental experiences, with a perspective informed by trauma therapy and mindfulness.
2021-11-0145 min
The Soul Science Nutrition PodcastThe Mindful Body - A Key To Lasting Positive Change With Serge Prengel, Mindset Coach and Integrative TherapistEp#076 Fed up with fad diets and fake wellness? Christine Okezie is on a mission to guide you to approach your food and self care challenges from a genuinely "whole-istic" perspective. She's passionate about you having the right tools to understand the deeper soul truths in your health challenges so you can feel empowered in your body and in your life.Training our minds to be more present, we can become more curious, less judgmental, less reactive. We can learn to be more trusting of ourselves and the innate wisdom of our body and mind. When it comes...
2021-10-0754 minProactive MindfulnessElliot Jurist on the process of mourningWe talk about the process of mourning and how it relates to the human condition
2021-10-0129 minProactive MindfulnessJan Winhall: Treating trauma & addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal modelJan Winhall describes how therapists can respectfully understand addiction and treat trauma responses with deep embodied listening.
2021-10-0135 minProactive MindfulnessPeter Afford: A neuroscience perspective on the felt sensePeter Afford & Serge Prengel we discuss the felt sense as the experience of living (i.e., interacting) from a neuroscience perspective.
2021-09-0143 minProactive MindfulnessPeter Afford: A neuroscience perspective on the felt sensePeter Afford & Serge Prengel we discuss the felt sense as the experience of living (i.e., interacting) from a neuroscience perspective.
2021-09-0143 minProactive MindfulnessRon Purser: Beyond McMindfulnessRon Purser & Serge Prengel talk about the limitations of "McMindfulness" and discuss what it feels like to explore a new sense of self in the context of interaction.
2021-08-0158 minProactive MindfulnessMonica Gomez Galaz & Özlem Mavis: A felt sense of faithWe explore faith as a human experience. That is, it need not be attached to any religious narrative.
2021-07-0142 min2021-06-0125 minProactive MindfulnessMark Schenker on addiction, part 1: What is addictionMark Schenker defines addiction and talks about his integrative model
2021-06-0134 minProactive MindfulnessSuzanne Noel: What Sustains MeSuzanne Noel talks about what sustains her: swimming, riding a motorbike, and connecting with others.
2021-05-0125 minProactive MindfulnessBruce Gibbs reflects on his experience with meditation & FocusingBruce Gibbs talks about what his practices of meditation and Focusing have in common, what is different about them, and how they can enhance each other.
2021-04-0128 minProactive MindfulnessMerete Holm Brantbjerg: What Sustains MeMerete Holm Brantbjerg talks about the deeply satisfying bodily experience of finding what sustains her.
2021-03-0847 minProactive MindfulnessGregory Kramer about Buddhism & psychotherapy
In this conversation, Gregory Kramer compares the perspectives that psychotherapy and Buddhism have on dealing with human suffering.
Gregory Kramer teaches, writes, and is the founding teacher of the Insight Dialogue Community. His primary focuses are sharing a relational understanding of the Dhamma and teaching Insight Dialogue, an interpersonal form of Buddhist insight meditation. He has been teaching worldwide since 1980.
In his new book A Whole-Life Path, Gregory invites us to see the noise, complexity, and challenges of today’s world as doorways to...
2021-03-0127 minProactive MindfulnessSusan Rudnick: Mindfulness within a broader contextSusan Rudnick talks about mindfulness within the broader context of Buddhism and the Zen tradition.
2021-03-0123 minProactive MindfulnessMerete Holm Brantbjerg: A gentle exploration of stressIn this conversation with Merete Holm Brantbjerg, we explore experientially what happens in our body when we get stressed.
2021-02-0135 min2021-01-0104 minProactive MindfulnessGregory Kramer: A Whole Life PathGregory Kramer talks about integrating Buddhist wisdom with our everyday life.
2020-12-0127 minProactive MindfulnessMichael Changaris: The power of mindful touch
In this conversation, Michael Changaris talks about how crucial touch is to our sense of self and our well-being. He refers to research as well as examples in clinical practice and in everyday life. The conversation concludes with an invitation to a simple way to experience this in your life.
Michael Changaris, PsyD. is the Chief Clinical Training Officer, health psychology groups program lead & psychopharmacology rotation lead for the Wright Institute, Integrated Health Psychology Training Program (IHPTP) an APA accredited internship in health psychology. He is...
2020-12-0128 minProactive MindfulnessFrancesca Maximé: Embodied anti-racism
Francesca Maximé talks about how to find mindful, embodied responses to racialization and racism.
Francesca Marguerite Maximé is a Haitian-Dominican Italian-American embodied antiracism educator, somatic psychotherapist, award-winning poet/author, certified mindfulness meditation teacher. She also hosts the ReRooted podcast on Ram Dass’s Be Here Now Network focusing on neuroscience, trauma healing, social justice, and the creative arts. Francesca integrates secular mindfulness wisdom practices on gratitude, forgiveness and compassion with Buddhist psychology, attachment theory, modern neuroscience, psychoeducation, positive neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, Focusing, narrative expression and somatic “bottom-up” approache...
2020-11-0148 minProactive MindfulnessDavid Allen: The implicit pressures that shape our clients
To be effective, therapy has to address the implicit pressures that shaped our clients and continue to shape them. This includes the implicit messages people derived from their upbringing (e.g. parent implicitly encouraging child to act out while explicitly not doing so). This also includes the social milieu which exerts implicit pressure for them to keep conforming.
David M. Allen, MD, is professor emeritus of psychiatry and former director of psychiatric residency training at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN. He has...
2020-10-0129 min2020-10-0114 minProactive MindfulnessRichard Gillett: The high cost of divisiveness and how to deal with itwe talk about how personal and social divisiveness manifests and its huge costs to our physical and mental well-being.
2020-10-0140 minProactive MindfulnessUnderstanding social myth: Why it’s so hard to find common ground & how to do itA myth is anything but a quaint story. It is an organizing principle that makes it possible for a society to coalesce and function as a society.
2020-09-0114 minProactive MindfulnessHarbert Rice: How a felt sense functions in a groupIn this conversation, you will learn how a felt sense functions in a Quaker Meeting’s gathering circle.
2020-08-0140 minProactive MindfulnessVictoria Ramos: Dance with the Divinity which is you (a guided meditation)In this guided meditation, I will share with you how you can experience each breath as a gift from the Divine.
2020-07-1616 minProactive MindfulnessDeb Dana: How the nervous system affects our daily lifeThe nervous system is where our experience begins. In this conversation, Deb Dana describes how it works and how it affects our daily life.
2020-07-0128 minProactive MindfulnessBruce Nayowith explores experiences of connectionIn these two short conversations, Bruce Nayowith explores his inner experience in 2 situations:
2020-07-0120 min2020-06-2049 min2020-06-2037 minProactive MindfulnessMerete Holm Brantbjerg: A gentle, resource-oriented approach to stress & traumaMerete Holm Brantbjerg talks about working with low energy states and our "invisible parts" in the context of Relational Trauma Therapy.
2020-06-1545 minProactive MindfulnessEric Wolterstorff: Society under sustained stress
In this conversation, Eric Wolterstorff draws on a systems approach to describe how the pandemic has elicited a “stress chain reaction.” He sees a parallel with the model mapped by Murray Bowen in the context of family dynamics. He also talks about how to dampen the chain reaction each time it passes through you. See also PDF transcript.
Dr. Eric Wolterstorff works at the intersection of psychology, trauma, culture, and group behavior (“A Speculative Model of How Groups Respond to Threats,” 2003). In the 1990s, Wolterstorff helped formalize Peter Le...
2020-06-0331 minProactive MindfulnessFaith as a human experienceI am not talking about faith in God or in religious beliefs. I am talking about the human capacity for the experience of faith.
2020-05-1611 minProactive MindfulnessDave Berger & Joshua Sylvae: How COVID-19 is affecting our work as therapists
In this conversation, we talk about how the coronavirus and social distancing are affecting our work as therapists. We discuss practical details, such as how we use video-conferencing, as well as putting things in a larger context.
Dave Berger, MFT, PT, LCMHC, MA, SEP is a senior faculty member of the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and on Dr. Peter Levine’s legacy faculty with Ergos Institute. He teaches SE and his own BASE work, Relational Bodywork and Somatic Education for trauma practitioners, internationally. As a so...
2020-04-1627 min2020-04-1603 min2020-04-0130 minProactive MindfulnessStephen Porges: Countering the effects of social distancingTo counter the effects of social distancing and separation, we need to be sensitive to our nervous system's need to socially engage and connect.
2020-03-1809 minProactive MindfulnessKaryne Wilner: The plastic body
This conversation is part of exploring the Somatic Implicit. Karyne Wilner talks about how cell life and neuroplasticity of the brain and body can be enhanced through work with the bioenergetic field.
Dr. Karyne Wilner is a licensed, clinical psychologist who practices in Connecticut and Rhode Island. She is director of the Core Energetics Academy, a training center for professionals who wish to add a bodymind and energy focus to their work. She worked closely with John Pierrakos, MD, the founder of Core Energetics. An a...
2020-03-0100 min2020-03-0146 minProactive MindfulnessPolarized Mind & Relational ImplicitWhat happens when we get polarized? How can we avoid polarization to engage in more enriching discussions?
2020-02-0718 minProactive MindfulnessKirk Schneider: Exploring the polarized mindWe touch upon the personal and embodied impact of the polarized mind (or fixation on a single point of view to the utter exclusion of competing points of view).
2020-02-0100 minProactive MindfulnessLeslie Ellis: The creative power of dreamworkLeslie Ellis talks about how working with dreams engages client and therapist in a co-creative process from which much can emerge.
2020-01-0121 minProactive MindfulnessSharon Stanley: Conversation about climate changeWe explore Climate Change from a perspective informed by somatic psychotherapy.
2019-12-0800 min2019-12-0136 minProactive MindfulnessDavid Mars: AEDP for couples
In this conversation, David Mars Ph.D. gives us an experiential sense of AEDP for Couples. Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy for Couples is a cutting edge approach that combines affective neuroscience and attachment research into a love-inspiring way for couples and the therapists who treat them to find refreshing, healing and restorative ways to bring about lasting and naturally satisfying change.
David Mars, Ph.D., is the developer of AEDP For Couples. He has specialized in the somatically focused treatment of couples and groups for four decades...
2019-11-0147 min2019-11-0115 minProactive MindfulnessSharon Stanley: What sustains meSharon Stanley talks about what sustains her: the delight of just being alive, and how she gets in touch with that.
2019-10-0436 minProactive MindfulnessStacy Reuille-Dupont: Using Exercise Science to Bridge Understanding in Therapy
In this conversation, we talk about a blending of disciplines – – specifically, using exercise science to bridge understanding in somatic psychology interventions. The goal is to bring together the science of the physical body with the science of the emotional body to go beyond symptom reduction and reconnect the self and body.
Stacy Reuille-Dupont, PhD, LAC, CPFT is a licensed clinical psychologist and addiction counselor. Her current integrated care clinical practice blends her training as an exercise scientist and psychologist to create individualized programs that include exercise, diet, and...
2019-09-0145 min
The Michael Ostrolenk ShowProactive change with Serge Prengel, #ORadioOstrolenk speaks with Serge Prengel, LMHC and author of Inspirational Fables: Bedtime Stories for Your Inner Child. Prengel details his experience guiding clients away from operating with a reactive mind, which is a primitive way of responding to stimuli. His view is that the mind can respond in a more positive and constructive way, and the body is involved in the process of response. Prengel discusses examples of relationship dynamics, in which one person plays the role of a pursuer and the other person plays the role of the distancer, which intrinsically involves fear and reactivity. Not only is the...
2019-08-1636 min