Benevolent Brainwashing

Glenn Ostlund, MS, MA, LAC
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Benevolent Brainwashing is a meditative storytelling podcast designed to quiet the noise of modern life and guide listeners into deep states of relaxation and therapeutic self-discovery. Created by Glenn Ostlund, MS, MA, LAC—a practicing therapist with master’s degrees in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and in Folklore and Mythology—this series blends ancient wisdom with modern science, drawing from world religions, creation myths, and cosmology. Each episode features immersive soundscapes and binaural audio beats to support nervous system regulation and expanded awareness. These aren’t just meditations—they’re gentle rituals of remembering who and what we really are.

Episodes

  1. 05/18/2025

    Releasing Fear

    The ANTs go marching 24x7,7 Wanna know why?When?How? And other such reflective riddles… (Yes, you’re getting closer.Remember when kids used sometimes play these kinds of games?)

    20 min

  2. 05/16/2025

    Forgiveness – Returning to Safety

    Because…Maybe…The idea of Letting Go… (might sometimes first mean Letting In)

    20 min

  3. 05/15/2025

    In the Beginning

    If you were not here right now, who would be here to read this? In this awe-filled episode of Benevolent Brainwashing, we journey back—not to a single origin, but to the shared hum beneath every creation story ever told. From the Hindu Rigveda’s breathing without breath, to the Hebrew God hovering over primordial waters… from the Tao that cannot be spoken, to the Big Bang that unfolded not in space, but as space—this meditation weaves scripture, myth, and science into a single thread of memory. The memory of a beginning that still echoes in your breath, your blood, your being. You are stardust formed from ancient stars. You are a ripple of the first vibration, still unfolding. You are not separate from the beginning. You are the beginning—in motion, in thought, in love. This is not a meditation to make you forget what you’ve learned. It’s one to help you remember what you’ve always known. Wear headphones. Close your eyes. And listen for the story still being told… through you.

    20 min
  4. The Sound of Healing Sound

    05/15/2025

    The Sound of Healing Sound

    The journey continues… becoming the calm once more, and seeing it through. Each step.A breadcrumb along the pathway.A clue.

    20 min

  5. 05/14/2025

    And So It Begins…

    In this poetic and powerful opening episode, Benevolent Brainwashing invites you into a new kind of meditation—one that doesn't tell you what to believe, but gently dissolves the noise around belief. Blending sacred texts, ancient wisdom, and scientific wonder, this immersive 10-minute experience speaks directly to the body, the breath, and the quiet place beneath thought. You’ll be guided through a soft unraveling: from inherited labels and roles to a deeper awareness of the living intelligence within you—your cells, your rhythms, your connection to something vast and intimate. With echoes of the Bible, the Tao, the Qur’an, the Upanishads, and the Dharma, this meditation reveals not division, but unity. This is not about brainwashing in the manipulative sense. This is benevolent brainwashing: a cleansing of fear, shame, and separation. A remembering. A returning. A first step into the sound and silence that heal. Headphones recommended. Breath required. Belief optional.

    20 min

  6. 05/12/2025

    The Mind Body Connection

    “The Mind-Body Connection”Benevolent Brainwashing with Glenn Ostlund, MA, MS, LAC In this calming and science-informed meditation, Glenn Ostlund invites you to experience the power of sound as a catalyst for healing. Designed to gently soothe the nervous system, this episode explores how binaural beats can lower stress hormones like cortisol while boosting dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin—your body's own mood-shifting messengers. Through the metaphor of a living, layered pie, Glenn introduces the mind-body connection as a vital but often invisible ingredient in your overall well-being. Let this soft recalibration unfold inside you—no effort required. Just sit, breathe, and allow the journey to begin.

    20 min

  7. 05/12/2025

    Benevolent (kind) Brainwashing (cleansing)

    Welcome to The Benevolent Brainwashing Podcast — a meditation series designed to soothe the nervous system, slow the mind, and invite gentle change. This first episode, “Benevolent (kind) Brainwashing (cleansing),” is an orientation — a soft, trauma-sensitive introduction to how your brain encodes experience and how it can begin to heal through awareness, rhythm, and suggestion. It draws from NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), hypnosis, and the neuroscience of brainwave states — especially theta, the realm of memory, imagination, and integration. Each episode uses binaural beats — subtle frequencies that guide your brain into calmer states. For the best experience, please use headphones or earbuds while listening. While this podcast is not therapy in the clinical sense, it is designed to be therapeutic — in the original meaning of the word. From the Greek therapeia, meaning “to attend, to care, to serve,” these sessions offer support in that spirit: to gently accompany you as you reconnect with yourself… with safety, pacing, and permission. There’s nothing you have to figure out. Just press play. Let your nervous system listen. Let this be a beginning. Be alert. The clues are hidden everywhere in plain sight. What do they tell you?

    20 min
  • 7 Episodes

About

Benevolent Brainwashing is a meditative storytelling podcast designed to quiet the noise of modern life and guide listeners into deep states of relaxation and therapeutic self-discovery. Created by Glenn Ostlund, MS, MA, LAC—a practicing therapist with master’s degrees in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and in Folklore and Mythology—this series blends ancient wisdom with modern science, drawing from world religions, creation myths, and cosmology. Each episode features immersive soundscapes and binaural audio beats to support nervous system regulation and expanded awareness. These aren’t just meditations—they’re gentle rituals of remembering who and what we really are.

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  • Creator
    Glenn Ostlund, MS, MA, LAC
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
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