Being Known Podcast

S2E10: We Didn’t Make This Up

Like all spiritual disciplines, when we attune to the eight domains of integration we introduced, transformation ensues. Not by might. Not by power. But by the Spirit of God.

 

You might think we’re kidding. Listen in as we explore the transpirational domain of the mind,  and you’ll see that, even though the word—transpiration—is one that is made up, what it points to is far from make believe.

S2E9: It’s Only a Matter of Time

We humans, as far as we can tell, are the only creatures to occupy a temporal domain of mental activity — the perceived awareness of our past and our future, and most importantly, that we will die. How does our awareness of time shape our mind, for good or for ill, and how does that awareness potentially prime us to be agents of beauty and goodness on the earth?

 

Join Pepper Sweeney and Curt Thompson, MD as we explore the notion of time — and we try not to lose track of it in the process.

S2E8: Life Would Be So Much Easier…

Life would be so much easier if...

…if it weren’t for… people. Or would it?

 

As it turns out, our minds depend far more on the minds of others than we may know. But once we do know, we’ll see why it’s not good for any of us to be alone, and why loving our enemies as much as our friends isn’t just a noble idea pulled off the pages of an ancient religious text.

 

In this episode, come explore with us the interpersonal domain of integration, and see why we so desperately need each other if flourishing is what we seek.

S2E7: Your Mind’s State of Affairs

Who knew that what state of mind you’re in really does, scientifically, refer to more than New York.

 

Join us as we discover the state domain of integration, and learn that it’s not only important to be aware of which state we’re in, but why so much of our troubles — and the potential for beauty and goodness — is to be found in moving from one state to another. And we don’t mean moving to Pennsylvania.

S2E6: What’s Your Story?

Storytellers. That’s what we are, and we can’t get away from it. But just how truly do we tell them?

 

It turns out that, just as important as the story you tell, is how you tell it. And that makes all the difference.

 

Join us as we explore the narrative domain of integration, and discover the interpersonal neurobiology of attachment. We can assure you: After you’ve listened in, you’ll have quite a story to tell.

S2E5: Remembering the Future

What is memory when it comes to the brain? When it comes to time? When it comes to relationships?

 

And how is it that our memory has as much to do with the future as it has to do with the past? Moreover, what does it have to do with changing our past and our future?

 

These are all important questions, so…don’t forget to tune in as Pepper and Curt try to recall the domain of memory. (Did you see what we did there?)

S2E4: You’re Right. You’re Left. And In That Order.

Who’s in charge here?

As it turns out, the way the right and left hemispheres of the brain work says a lot about how we answer that question. Be assured, that’ a question we need to answer — whether we know it or not.

 

Listen in as Pepper and Curt introduce the horizontal domain of the mind, and why, as it turns out, it really is important for the right hand to know what the left hand is doing.

S2E3: “And he formed the man from the dust of the earth…”

Dirt. Mud. Bodies.

God began with bodies, and the vertical domain of the mind reminds us that if we aren’t paying attention to our body (that’s right, our body) there will be a great deal of life — not least our relationship with God and others — that we’ll miss.

 

Join our conversation as we awaken to why the triune brain is so much more than just three-part harmony.

S2E2: Are You Paying Attention?

Awake.

Alert.

Attuned.

 

Join Pepper Sweeney and Curt Thompson, MD as they start at the beginning, exploring the domain of consciousness, and discovering why paying attention to what you’re paying attention to matters so much. Because if you don’t begin with consciousness, there won’t be as much to your ending as you would like.

S2E1: Be Ye Whole… Integration and the Symphony of New Creation

What does it mean to flourish — to be whole even as our Father in heaven is whole? How does becoming acquainted with the mind’s domains of integration help us get there? Join Pepper Sweeney and Curt Thompson, MD as they explore the notion of integration and why it matters so much — to everything.