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Psychotherapist, Aikido teacher and writer/speaker Michael A. Gordon, MSc. brings 25 years experience in media and personal development. The Mindful Whisperer bridges neuroscience, spiritual psychology and mindfulness as they apply to a wide range of topics relating to daily life.

The Mind Whisperer Michael A Gordon

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Psychotherapist, Aikido teacher and writer/speaker Michael A. Gordon, MSc. brings 25 years experience in media and personal development. The Mindful Whisperer bridges neuroscience, spiritual psychology and mindfulness as they apply to a wide range of topics relating to daily life.

    What Is The One Thing No One Can Give Us, But The First Thing We Give Away?

    What Is The One Thing No One Can Give Us, But The First Thing We Give Away?

    We all want to feel self-love, self-acceptance. And yet we also crave approval, connection, belonging. Today we reveal a critical element to getting the balance right!

    • 16 min
    What Is Happiness?

    What Is Happiness?

    Emerging multidisciplinary research is giving us a lot clearer a picture of what defines truly happy individuals. The results may surprise you. It is certainly within all our reach.

    • 16 min
    Why Relationships Fail! Pt 1

    Why Relationships Fail! Pt 1

    With Valentine's Day approaching, it's timely to look at why so many relationships end up in breakup! How do we end up dating the same kind of person in a different package, and how do we change the pattern?!

    • 16 min
    Resolution....FAIL! Why Willpower Alone Doesn't Work

    Resolution....FAIL! Why Willpower Alone Doesn't Work

    It seems so straightforward: we make a resolution, plan and schedule it, and soon enough we fall back into old patterns. What drives this annoying, undermining phenomenon, and how to really make lasting change?

    • 16 min
    Addiction Is Not Rebellion. It's Self-Destruction

    Addiction Is Not Rebellion. It's Self-Destruction

    Rage, untethered and unfocused often points itself inwards, yet it masquerades as vengeful action. Truthfully, addiction is self-destructive; while seeming to mask the hurt, and buffer us from those that have hurt us, it really just turns us against ourselves.

    • 22 min
    Shutdown! Is Conservatism A Form Of Psychopathy?

    Shutdown! Is Conservatism A Form Of Psychopathy?

    As the US congress faces a full government shutdown over the budget, the extremism of the conservative agenda seems to invite this empirically-researched question. Find out how studies going back 60 years still stand up to suggest this hypothesis holds true.

    • 29 min

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