Seamus Thinks

seamus oconnor
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Thoughts about living and other popular pursuits Emotions, Spirituality, Meaningful Life, Sobriety/Recovery

  1. 08/08/2021

    Spirituality and Emotions - Role in Therapy/Recovery

    These two words describe what may actually be two aspects of the same Life-Force. We look at how Spirituality differs from something that is often confused with it, Religion.  The talk also looks at several self-limiting ideas that prevent many from discovering and living a life " from the inside out" versus the rather toxic idea of deciding what to do and dragging the living organism along that agenda for which it has neither the talent or the passion.

  2. 08/26/2020

    LOVE - Seamus looks at love

    Love is more than a feeling. In this cast Seamus talks about some of the aspects of love as a transformative practice.

  3. 04/29/2020

    What on Earth is a Spiritual Remedy - and Why would someone need such a thing?

    The psychotherapist tells about his attempts to "get his mind" around the idea that some conditions may best be treated by a "spiritual" remedy. He describes:  His education in subjects he assumed he understood: the difference between religion and spirituality; the ancient wisdoms of the Greek and Roman philosophers; and the discoveries of Prince Siddhartha, of which he had been abysmally ignorant. How these wisdoms are so much more compatible with today's scientific understanding of life and energy in the Cosmos than his previous - rather superficial - approach.

  4. 04/15/2020

    Changing part 5 - Pushing Through Fear

    In this episode I look at time-tested ways of dealing with many common fears - whether we are calling them dreads, anxieties, worries, concerns, or insecurities. I look at how these are limiting our lives and undermining our good times. Overcoming these destructive and self-defeating tendencies is something humans have been pondering for thousands of years - leaving us their wisdoms.

  5. 04/01/2020

    Changing - Part 4 - Unfortunate Beliefs

    Sometimes we are unaware of the degree to which our narrative - how we are describing things - is affecting our mood/feelings. We can become aware that often our catastrophizing descriptions are coloring our reactions and change them. Pain is inevitable; Suffering (my protest at having pain) is optional.

  6. 03/25/2020

    Changing - Part 3 - Thinking

    We're not corks bobbing up and down on the waves of life. The important connection between how we are describing situations and our resultant feeling/moods.

  7. 03/18/2020

    Changing - Part 2 - Worry/Anxiety

    Given our tendency to worry in response to situations and often in response to our mere imaginings, is there anything we can do about this?  Is there some way of looking at things; some wisdom  - particularly in this Corona virus emergency - that will enable us to lead peaceful and productive lives while taking prudent measures recommended by health professionals?  It is a time to revisit wisdoms that have been available for thousands of years.

  8. 03/11/2020

    Changing - Part 1

    Most of us have aspects of our lives we would love to change. But we somehow never get around to the process of changing them. In this first of a series I take a look at change in general. In subsequent talks I will look at more specific changes, some voluntary and some thrust upon us by circumstances or stages of life.

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Thoughts about living and other popular pursuits Emotions, Spirituality, Meaningful Life, Sobriety/Recovery

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  • Creator
    seamus oconnor
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2021
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © seamus oconnor
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    Seamus Thinks