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Pranab Sachithanandan
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Conversations about meditation, emotions, dharma, and how to apply them to our relationships and work. Curious, practical explorations on being and doing.

Episodes

  1. Aug 23

    Scott Britton: Conscious Accomplishment and Using Work to Deepen Your Growth

    Scott Britton and I explore how ambition and spiritual practice can become one path. We talk about using resistance at work as data, widening the choices we can see, and building a culture where inner development supports meaningful action. Learn more through Scott’s website, his book Conscious Accomplishment, his recruiting firm Conscious Talent, and the EvolutionFM podcast. 0:00 Integrating ambition and spiritual practice4:22 The limits of “succeed first, wake up later”8:05 How business coaches make spiritual ideas usable13:45 The outside-in paradigm behind achievement19:04 Resistance is data, not proof of misalignment22:24 How stress hides better options25:24 Better thinking inside the box versus expanding the box28:20 Awareness as a practical source of capacity31:50 Holding truth lightly in disagreement35:31 Hiring people who already value development40:24 Self-leadership makes flatter organizations possible41:52 AI raises the value of small, mature teams46:53 Pausing work can be the higher-leverage move48:54 Who Conscious Accomplishment is designed to help52:46 The inverse journey: from spirituality back to action

  2. Jan 20

    Michael Taft: Intro to His Meditations and the Stack Model

    Michael Taft is a meditation teacher, creator of the podcast Deconstructing Yourself, and co-founder of the Berkeley Alembic meditation center.  This podcast serves as an introduction to his teaching and how to engage with his hundreds of guided, nondual meditations on youtube. Resources:Michael's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelTaft108Deconstructing Yourself: https://deconstructingyourself.comMichael's Courses: https://deconstructingyourself.org- Hacking the Stack starts January 26, 2026 Timestamps:0:45 Why students come to Michael after other resources (apps like Waking Up, retreats like Goenka and Jhourney, and books like The Mind Illuminated)2:40 Where Michael fits in the meditation ecosystem5:34 Respecting traditions while being meta-systematic7:51 Where can practice actually go? The real goals9:23 A student with severe chronic pain (morphine pump story)14:38 Emotional pain uses the same brain circuitry15:02 The Stack model, and understanding "progress" in meditation16:47 Level 1: Conceptual (thinking about experience)17:06 Level 2: Phenomenological (qualia, direct sensation)21:36 Level 3: Flux (everything is changing)24:45 Level 4: Openness and emptiness28:14 Vast Sky Mind and applying the stack to all sense gates30:00 Why Michael uses mantra, chanting, and visualization31:45 The arc of Michael's guided meditations on YouTube33:02 How to engage with Michael's work35:00 The power of sangha and community

  3. 11/22/2025

    Anne Laure Le Cunff: The Fallacy of “Follow Your Passion” and the Power of Tiny Experiments

    Anne-Laure is the author of Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World. She also founded Ness Labs, a learning community for ambitious knowledge workers. You can learn more about her work at https://nesslabs.com 01:30 – Anne-Laure’s shift from Silicon Valley’s default success script03:30 – Critique of the “follow your passion” fallacy06:00 – Pranab’s personal experiment in meaningful work11:20 – Cynicism as emotional self-protection16:30 – Audience unpredictability and the paradox of online writing18:30 – Pact method and intentional habit formation24:00 – Four mindsets model: Cynicism, Escapism, Perfectionism, Experimentalism45:30 – ADHD, hyper-curiosity, and evolutionary perspectives53:10 – Mindful productivity and managing emotions in knowledge work56:00 – Emotional coping strategies, interstitial journaling, and metacognition

  4. 08/01/2025

    Becoming a Sane Saint with Tucker Peck

    Dr. Tucker Peck is a meditation teacher, therapist, and author of "Sanity and Sainthood: Integrating Meditation and Psychotherapy". Check out his website (https://meditatewithtucker.com/) and Twitter (https://x.com/tucker_peck) where you can learn about his upcoming retreats, teachings (eg. Motivational Interviewing course which I highly recommend), and more. We talk about:- "content and process" in meditation and therapy, and how to tell when you're imbalanced on either side (hazy vs crazy)- compassion, warmth, and parts work re: The Mind Illuminated- where distinctions break down at the deep end of practice (eg. 8th jhana, Awakening vs. Liberation referencing @shamilch's work) 00:41 - Content vs Process: The core distinction between therapy and meditation03:15 - Common traps: Going too hard in either direction06:23 - Parts work failure modes: When IFS becomes reactive and narcissistic09:03 - The role of warmth, compassion, and meta in practice12:15 - Self-hatred as the "common cold" of globalized mental health15:17 - View and intention: How dharma can become self-abuse18:17 - The Mind Illuminated: Control vs acceptance based on individual needs20:27 - Michael Taft's advice: "Cultivate more dullness"23:54 - Do-nothing practice: From literal non-action to ego recognition25:44 - When content and process blend together in advanced states28:50 - The uncertainty principle: You can't observe both simultaneously31:33 - Content exists at a "medium lens of analysis"34:26 - Journey meditation and jhana "junkies"37:03 - The unfabricated/deathless in Theravada tradition41:40 - Awakening vs Liberation: Shamil Chandaria's model45:26 - Going big vs going small: Different paths to awakening48:12 - Tucker's experience: Big path leading to small path work51:35 - Skillful refabrication: Buddhism vs New Age worldviews53:48 - Raw data vs conceptual overlay: The breath example55:47 - Staying grounded while gaining interpretive flexibility

  5. 08/06/2024

    Peter McEwan: Tummo, Dzogchen, Lineage, and Healing

    Peter McEwen is a meditation teacher in Boulder, Colorado. Visit his site (https://thefield.us) or https://x.com/techgnostic to learn more about his work. 00:00:00 Introduction and Upcoming Course on Tummo00:04:56 Fruitional View and Dzogchen Practice00:09:15 Self-Improvement vs. Self-Acceptance00:10:12 Role of Emotions in Teaching00:10:24 Emotional Healing in Practice00:13:10 Understanding Tummo Practice00:14:00 Explanation of Tummo Practice00:15:11 Trapping Air in Central Channel00:21:22 Healing Trauma with Tummo00:24:52 Influences and Trainings00:29:23 Secrecy in Lineages00:34:24 Value of Tibetan Lineages00:34:39 Monastic Safety and Structure00:41:28 Reflections on Trungpa’s Legacy00:45:39 Bruce Tift as a Teacher00:51:58 Unconditional Kindness vs. Relative Behavior00:56:12 Tolerance for Well-being00:59:21 Untangling Self-sabotage Patterns01:06:16 Upcoming Course Details

  6. 03/26/2023

    Christine (@christineist): Twitter, Journalling, IFS

    In this podcast, I talk to Christine about about the twitter community where we became friends, her experience with journalling, and our journeys with IFS (internal family systems therapy) as a lens on life. 0:00 Climbing & community6:20 How did Christine get into Twitter?11:30 Experiential difference between CBT & IFS (cognitive behavioral therapy & internal family systems)16:00 Impro, act before you think18:10 IFS & Journalling, relationship to journalling25:00 Documentation & 2nd Brain stuff28:00 Life Timeline, atheist to agnostic31:45 What are your values?34:30 On imaginal thinking & somatic vs. visual IFS41:00 Recurring IFS characters, parts constellations (“garlic cloves”)46:20 Journaling, IFS, & Existential Kink. Understanding shadow work & existential kink54:50 Being held by your Self, Self Love57:00 IFS as a helpful ontology & framework58:20 Should parts always exist or occupy a new role?1:00:30 Oneness with division, enjoying the journey. Feeling like an orchestra.1:06:20 IFS multiplicity of mind vs. Dissociative Identity Disorder Further links:Christine's twitter: twitter.com/christineistChristine's mega Google doc: bit.ly/3IpZDtl- Includes links to her "Intro to Twitter/TPOT" guide, IFS threads, "Life Timeline" doc, and moreShe's also building a cozy, project-focused alternative to twitter called 3'rd space. Check it out: 3rdspace.app -----Check out my Twitter (most active): twitter.com/nopranablemRead the newsletter (in progress): pranab.substack.com

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Conversations about meditation, emotions, dharma, and how to apply them to our relationships and work. Curious, practical explorations on being and doing.

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  • Creator
    Pranab Sachithanandan
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Explicit
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