Superpowered Mind with Clare Dimond Clare Dimond

I want to start this episode by introducing a thought that the way we've been looking at resilience is completely wrong and confusing. It’s actually creating a foundation in our lives that is profoundly unhelpful.

So how about we start with this: consider that resilience is there to the extent that the focus is on the activity or the situation, rather than being about the identity. Because when the whole experience is about me and my self-esteem, my worth and what other people think of me, there is zero resilience. So let’s look at resilience in a different way in this episode. 

What is Covered: 
-Why it’s unhelpful to search for resilience within one’s identity
-The power of focusing the attention on an activity or situation
-The lessons on resilience we can learn from sport coaches 
-The key to transforming the current mental health crisis
-Two reasons why securing the identity is the end of resilience
-The liberation we can find in learning and failures

Resources: 
-Download our exclusive recording Free Subliminal: Supporting the Enquiring Mind  bit.ly/podcastsubliminal 
-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 
-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 
-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 
-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/

Psychology could be playing an enormous role in understanding what we are. And yet it's falling short, and that fact is contributing to the mental health crisis that we are finding ourselves in.The statistics are dire: in the last 20 years, antidepressant use in the U.S. has increased fourfold. 25% of people in Europe now suffer from depression or anxiety. Worldwide, depression is now the #1 cause of disability. 300 million people suffer from anxiety and $8 billion a year are spent on mental health medication. 
There is clearly something wrong. It shouldn't be the case that human bodyminds need medication to live and flourish. So what's going on? In this episode, we’re going to look at what psychology is, its shortcomings and ways to overcome them.

What is Covered: 
-What psychology is and how it currently looks at identity
-Why psychology is falling short of understanding how the mind works
-The dangers of unquestioning identity
-How securing the unquestioned identity contributes to the mental health crisis
-Why the absolute focus on feelings is so unhelpful in the healing process
-The role of medication in this confusion about the mind
-The path to revolutionising mental health 

Resources: 
-Download our exclusive recording Free Subliminal: Supporting the Enquiring Mind  bit.ly/podcastsubliminal 
-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 
-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 
-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 
-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/

Free will, choice, decisions, doership, control - however we call it, the real question behind all these things is, does free will exist at all?
And the answer is that the "I" that I think I am, the "I" that thinks it has free will, the "I" that  thinks it should be in control, that "I" doesn't exist. I know it sounds a bit crazy, because the lived experience of being is of a separate individual, but that’s the fundamental confusion of the mind. 
So in this episode, I’m going to explore this idea of free will and the quest for control which is completely unfulfillable, and how we can approach it with more sanity and understanding. 
What is Covered:
-Why the idea of free will is the epicenter of the confusion of the mind 
-Where our behaviour really comes from
-How the belief structure that gives us an idea of what we are is formed 
-How to settle the mind into the space of inquiry and observation instead of control
-Where to find the space of actual change and genuine transformation

Resources: 
-Download our exclusive recording Free Subliminal: Supporting the Enquiring Mind  bit.ly/podcastsubliminal 
-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 
-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 
-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 
-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/

Today we're looking at the biggest question of all, the question at the heart of mental freedom and sanity.  
What is reality?  
To unpack this question, we’re going to analyse some quotes about reality by Albert Einstein, Deepak Chopra and Steve Chandler. We’re also going to explore the notion of “objective” reality, our self-understanding, the content of our mind and the learned beliefs of what we are. We’re going to strip off the layers from these ideas in order to see what reality really is.  

What is Covered: 
-Is there an objective reality?
- What makes the content of our mind 
- The essence of who we really are
- Why we can’t secure our identity and why the ego is so vulnerable
- How we can manipulate and spiritually bypass our understanding of reality
- What true accountability is
- Exploration and co-evolving our reality as a result of self-interactions 

Resources: 
-Download our exclusive recording Free Subliminal: Supporting the Enquiring Mind  bit.ly/podcastsubliminal 
-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 
-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 
-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 
-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/

What is security is an enormous question. As security is explored, we can start to see that the more the mind associates security in either external circumstances or an inner realm of experiences being a certain way, the more the mind becomes confused and our lives become disrupted when things change beyond our control. That sets up existence as being vulnerable and shaky, and our lives become smaller, more rigid and more dependent as the mind becomes lost in the grip of factors being the source of security.

So in this episode, we’re going to dive into security and consider that the only source of genuine security is in whatever doesn't change. So what is that that doesn’t change and that helps us feel secure? 

What is Covered: 
-What we normally consider as the sources of security and why that brings us suffering 
-Why the bodymind system that is programmed to react to perceived threats is at the same time normal and insane
-Physical survival vs. identity survival
-What really doesn’t change and what is there prior to life and to content?
-How we can stop the blind search for security and cultivate a more open mind

Resources: 
-Download our exclusive recording Free Subliminal: Supporting the Enquiring Mind  bit.ly/podcastsubliminal 
-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 
-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 
-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 
-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/

The search for peace is at the heart of so much of what we do. Our actions, our words and relationships are all done in order to try to bring about peace and ease of emotional and situational being. It’s all very understandable and logical, because as a baby, we live completely in the present, with no concept of past and future, so peace is actually what we are. Once our mind develops and starts learning, planning, and understanding, it starts creating concepts and beliefs about our identity, and so our search for peace begins from that place of belief and conviction of separation. 
But when we start exploring the search for peace for what it really is, it starts a transformation in everything, from our motivation to our relationships and desires. So in this episode, we’re going to start unpacking what peace is and how to look at the search for peace from a place of openness and inquiry. 

What is Covered: 

-What peace is and why our mind is conditioned to search for it
-Why our search for peace seems to be unsuccessful 
-How to get excited about not being peaceful
-How to build capacity for discomfort when we’re experiencing suffering
-The egoic challenge and confusion of constantly looking for peace
-How to let go of control and start cultivating an inquiring mind  
 
Resources: 
-Download our exclusive recording Free Subliminal: Supporting the Enquiring Mind  bit.ly/podcastsubliminal 
-Learn more about me and my work at https://claredimond.simplero.com/ 
-Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/claredimondreal 
-Let’s connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dimond-b533007/ 
-Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clare_v_dimond/