A 3 Min Snippet - ’’Am I Just a Thought?’’’ (3min)

From the QUALITY OF MIND Podcast
 
Part of our new 'Not Even 5 Mins Series'  -
 
Ep2: Piers talks about the self and 'Am I just a thought?' (3min)
 
If you are curious and want to mind find more about what this snippet is refering to then listen to this episode  Self & I: the case of Mistaken Identity 
 
Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!!
 
Curious - want to know more?
Check out our other podcast episodes; a curated list here
Watch past clients talk about the power of Quality of Mind here
For a more in depth looking into the nondual understanding behind Quality of Mind  listen here  or here
Find out more about the relevance of Quality of Mind  
Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of posts
 

A 3 Min Snippet - About the Game Changing Nature of Quality of Mind

From the QUALITY OF MIND Podcast
 
Part of our new 'Not Even 5 Mins Series'  -
 
Ep1: Kate Adey is asked About the Game Changing Nature of Quality of Mind  (3min)
 
Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!!
 
Curious - want to know more?
Check out our other podcast episodes; a curated list here
Watch past clients talk about the power of Quality of Mind here
For a more in depth looking into the nondual understanding behind Quality of Mind  listen here  or here
Find out more about the relevance of Quality of Mind  
Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind
Kate Adey regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of posts

Global Change - It Is Not What You Think....

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind 'before psychology' that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation.
This episode is a conversation with fellow coach and author, Naphtali Visser. Naphtali is author of 'Humans Workings - Why culture and Mindset beat Strategy' 
The discussion covers:
- What is this understanding of the 'human operating system'  
- How the understanding behind Quality of Mind can make a difference to society and the systems we live in
- We are all psychologically innocent - We are accountable but also can forgive ourselves and others
- We make stories up about the world, and forget we made them up, and it becomes ''that's reality''
- How quickly a judging and fearful mind can become one that is from love and understanding
- The difference of acting from insights and an open aperture as to from the 'self' 
- How making a difference to society is a natural symptom and implication of a shift how you see the nature of what we are.
 
Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!!
 
Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Naphtali on LinkedIn and his website and great book here
For another episode on societal change and Quality of Mind listen here 
Watch past clients talk about the power of Quality of Mind here
For a more in depth looking into the nondual understanding behind Quality of Mind  listen here  or here
Find out more about the relevance of Quality of Mind  
Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind
Check out our other episodes, a curated list here
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of articles and posts
 
 

Why You Can’t Do Leadership Development! The Biggest Myths We Need to Unlearn

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind 'before psychology' that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation.
This episode is a conversation with fellow coach and author Katrijn Van Oudheudsen. Katrijn points to the direct path non-dual understanding in her work around Servant and Selfless Leadership. We point to why conventional approaches to leadership development, are never going to really unlock the true leverage point to leadership development, until the more foundational inquiry and realisation about 'what we are essentially' and the very nature of reality has been realised/
The discussion covers:
- Why we can't do leadership development 
- The implications of trying to reverse engineer personal development 
- What is servant leadership development, from the 'self less' perspective
- What do we become in life if we realise there is no doer
- The difference between conceptual inquiry and sensing inquiry
- Do we really have a body?
- Some simple freewill thought experiments
 
Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!!
Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Katrijn on LinkedIn here and her website and great book here
For another episode on Leadership and Quality of Mind listen here 
Watch past clients talk about the power of Quality of Mind here
For a more in depth looking into the nondual understanding behind Quality of Mind  listen here  or here
Find out more about the relevance of Quality of Mind  
Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind
Check out our other episodes, a curated list here
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of articles and posts
 
 
 

A Trauma Therapist and a Quality of Mind Coach; What’s similar- What’s different - When it comes to psychological safety?

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind 'before psychology' that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation.
This episode is a conversation with trauma therapist and coach Lou Lebentz. Lou & Piers have similar backgrounds in how they worked with clients, and now Lou specialises with clients suffering trauma. After they had a couple of interesting exchanges on LinkedIn about psychological safety, they decided to do a podcast exploring the difference and similarities.... 
The discussion covers:
What we mean by trauma?
The relevance of seeing psychological safety via the nervous system. The polyvagal theory
Can you point directly, or do people need to go through a 'journey' - can it be that simple?
The issue of 'spiritual bypassing'
The self and it's narratives -  what are they, and how do they dissolve? The 'real and never true' nature of reality. 
The importance of 'relational repair' 
Relationships - who is doing the relating?
The power of holding space
Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!!
Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Lou on LinkedIn here and her website here 
For shorter resources to share on  Quality of Mind and Psychological Safety a) short 10min podcast   b) a 3min video
For a more in depth looking into the nondual understanding behind Quality of Mind and it's relevance for psychological safety listen here  
Find out more about Quality of Mind 
Check out all our other podcast episodes, via a curated list here
Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of articles and posts

Our Innocent Mistake with Psychological Safety - Seeking Stability in an Unstable World - A conversation with Joel Drazner

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind 'before psychology' that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation.
This episode is a conversation with fellow coach and teacher Joel Drazner. 
The discussion covers:
The innocent mistake we make when seeking stability in an unstable world
How that turns up in our search for Psychological Safety 
What is it that we can rely on? What is the source of happiness and contentment
How come it is so easy to misunderstand that, our seeking.
What am I really?
Is this just a tautology? 
A little experiment - a practical way to start to see what is really going.....
Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!!
Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Joel on LinkedIn here and subscribe to his excellent weekly newsletter here 
For shorter resources to share on  Quality of Mind and Psychological Safety a) short 10min podcast   b) a 3min video
Find out more about Quality of Mind 
Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind
Check out our other episodes, a curated list here
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of articles and posts

Understanding what is behind your core as a leader - A conversation with coach and author Obi Abuchi

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind 'before psychology' that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation.
This episode is a conversation with leadership coach, trainer and author Obi Abuchi. 
The discussion covers:
What is core to leadership
How often we get sucked into the rat race and the nature of organisations and a leaders role, draws us away from recognise what is fundamental about leadership.
The ego games and what is behind them
How we look in the wrong place to find the solutions
The power of surrendering and letting go - versus - controlling and managing 
The pressure paradox
What triggers us to to try a different way, and how we don't need for it to get bad before it gets better
Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!!
Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Obi on his personal website  and his corporate work at CORE Leader International
Obi's new book 'Leading from Your Core' is available here
Find out more about Quality of Mind 
Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind
Check out our other episodes, a curated list here
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of articles and posts

Looking At... What is PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY all about? Quality of Mind explores...

Part of the series of short episodes from the Quality of Mind podcast taking common business and workplace topics and exploring them through the lens of the principles of Quality of Mind. 'Looking at....'
This episode: 'Looking at... What is behind Psychological Safety?' is a short 10min podcast, there is a deeper more comprehensive exploration with this episode
This episode explores:
What is Psychological Safety ?
What is core attributes are behind Psychological Safety ?
How Psychological Safety is a natural symptom of Quality of Mind
Why we don't need to reverse engineer Psychological Safety?
Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!!
 
 Still Curious - want to know more?
A 3 minute video on Psychological Safety, share with someone busy
A Youtube playlist of short 2min videos Exploring Quality of Mind tips
What is this new understanding of the mind that has huge implications for Psychological Safety, link to a 45min episode, or link to 100 min episode with Rupert Spira
You can find out more on our website about Quality of Mind,
Don't forget to check out the other short LOOKING AT episodes on DECISION MAKING  PRODUCTIVITY & LEADERSHIP & RESILIENCE
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on Linkedin and has a large collection of articles and post

Looking at….3. LISTENING: How does Quality of Mind see the role and key foundations of Listening?

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being in any business or organisation.
 
Part of the series of short episodes from the Quality of Mind podcast taking common business and workplace topics and exploring them through the lens of the principles of Quality of Mind. 'Looking at....'
 
'Looking at....3. LISTENING'
 
This episode explores:
How we generally lack respect and narrow the role, relevance and value of Listening
The difference between 'listening for communication' and 'listening for connection'
How listening is your barometer of a far greater invisible power
How we are conditioned to listen using the mind
How intuitive deep listening doesn't require any effort
 Still Curious - want to know more?
 You can find out more about Quality of Mind 
Don't forget to check out the other 'LOOKING AT' episodes on DECISION MAKING  PRODUCTIVITY & LEADERSHIP & RESILIENCE 
Check out this short podcast: What are the principles behind Quality of Mind?
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on Linkedin and has a large collection of articles and post

Is there really no such thing as a difficult relationship in the business world - what are we not seeing? A conversation with Kate Adey

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind 'before psychology' that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation.
This episode is a conversation with Quality of Mind colleague Kate Adey. Kate has over 20 years experience in the corporate world - as a consultant and coach.
The episodes covers:
How we as 'conventional' coaches used to approach relationships and communication with leaders in the workplace, and what is different now.
Are other people really 'a problem'?
How effortless it is to relate and have effective communication from a more expanded aperture and when in flow
Our shared being, what is it?  And is it relevant for the workplace?
How a relationship or communication feels is just an indicator to our aperture in the moment.
How we get to addicted to psychological efforting - fixing, and trying to work it out.
How our misunderstanding of who we are affects how we relate to others.
Please leave any feedback or comments on the podcast, and if you want to ask a question please do so here https://sayhi.chat/QoM - we'd love to hear from you!!
Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Kate and her website 
Find out more about Quality of Mind 
Subscribe to our Quality of Mind Youtube channel for a series of 2 min videos all about Quality of Mind
Check out our other episodes, a curated list here
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on LinkedIn and has a large collection of articles and posts