A 2min Snippet: ''What do we mean by Awakening?''

Part of our 'Not Even 5 Mins Series'
Ep10:  "What is awakening?''
An excerpt from a conversation with Helen Amery on the episode ''Many Journeys Pointing to One Realisation - Why Are There Are So Many Different Approaches to Transformation & Human''
Link to the full episode  
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Many Journeys Pointing to One Realisation - Why Are There Are So Many Different Approaches to Transformation & Human Potential

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that operates ''before psychology'' - that exponentially increases the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation.
Many Journeys Pointing to One Realisation - Why Are There Are So Many Different Approaches to Transformation & Human Potential?
 
This episode is a conversation with show regular Helen Amery, a fellow coach of the understanding behind Quality of Mind. We describe  four doorways for transformation – psychological, emotional, physical, and spiritual (direct and indirect)  The discussion further explores the relationship between 'awakening' and 'enlightenment', viewing the former as grasping one's truest essence, and the latter denoting the continuous detangling of the human psychological condition after awakening. Whereas there are many approaches to transformation and human development there are also some we wouldn't recommend as much as others...
 
The discussion covers:
The Limitations of Traditional Psychology and the Search for Something More
The Awakening: Discovering the Non-Dual Landscape
Why Are There Such a Diverse Range of Approaches in Personal and Professional Development
The Common Goal of All Approaches: Uncovering the True Self
Disentangling the Human Experience
The Role of Awakening in the Enlightenment Process
Exploring Different Doorways to Enlightenment
The Intersection of Emotion and Physicality - The Body as a Signal for Attention
The Importance of Embracing the Full Gamut of Human Experience
The Cyclical Nature of the Journey of Awakening and Enlightenment
What We Wouldn't Recommend.....
Curious - want to know more?
Helen's The Enlightenment Event,  for all the info and to choose how you want to join. Doors open again 1st March 2024 for 6 days only
To find out about Helen’s work her Wild Fig Community, private sessions and free resources see wildfigsolutions.co.uk. And for everything relating to The Complete Book of Awakening on Thoughtful Raven
Listen to Helen and Piers on her journey back in 2019 as she starts to have realisations about the principles behind Quality of Mind in this special behind the scenes 3 part mini series
Find out more about Quality of Mind   
If you want to know more about 'becoming awake' check out our new 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙 𝗜𝗡𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗥𝗬 programme, which is a simple guide you to experience it direct for you.  
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
 
 

Seeing Through Solidity & Limitation - Transformational Coaching

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that operates ''before psychology'' - that exponentially increases the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation.
In this episode, Piers chats with corporate coach Dominic Scaffidi. Dominic and Piers did three episodes together back in 2020 exploring 'What is behind the magic of transformational coaching' and now they get back together to see what has been evolving in their own groundings and work.
This episode explores what is truly transformative about coaching from this understanding of Before Psychology and Quality of Mind. It is a deep and sometimes technical conversation about the nature of consciousness, self-limitation, and the essence of being.
They explore the idea of achieving versus allowing, noting that individuals can only experience the expansive nature of their being by dropping their resistance. They discuss how people often look for solutions outside themselves, forgetting that their real identity is infinite. The conversation also includes examples from business to illustrate their points effectively.
This Episode Covers:
The only challenge we ever have in business is our own mind
The appearance of solidity and limitation. There is nothing solid really to be dealing with
A simple business example of how we innocently look in the wrong place
The confusion between how it appears success is created and what is actually going on 
The utilitarian usefulness of definitions
The desire for more to overcome the illusion of scarcity
The nuance between allowing and revealing
The limitlessness to what is available
Why people really come to coaching, what we are all seeking
Curious - want to know more?
Have a listen to previous interviews with Dominic where we discuss 'The highest leverage point - A discussion to explore what really makes the difference' or How does this understanding transform the transformative effect of coaching.
Dominic runs his own executive and team coaching business HR Possibilities, and you can find him on LinkedIn 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

Waking Up the Education System to Pure Potential

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that operates ''before psychology'' - that exponentially increases the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation.
In this episode of the Quality of Mind Transforming Business podcast, Sarah and Michelle from Pure Potential join the show to discuss their wonderful work in schools and education. They share their backgrounds and explain how they got involved in this field. Tune in to hear their insights on the impact of their work and the potential for transformation in the education sector.
In this episode we discuss:
The evolution of a personal understanding that underpins professional development
How to curate the learning experience as a exploration 
Making the soil fertile - not providing prescriptive solutions
Understanding the mechanics of the human experience leading to practical solutions 
Is there really a learner to learn, the awesome power - when we get out of the way
The intelligence of the system - The learning extravaganza
The joy of being human and curiousity
Hope and possibility in education reform
Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Pure Potential and their work here
And more about  Michelle and Sarah on LinkedIn
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

A 5min Snippet: ”The Huge Case of Mistaken Identity’’

From the QUALITY OF MIND Podcast
Part of our new 'Not Even 5 Mins Series'
Ep9:  "The Huge Case of Mistaken Identity’’
An excerpt from a conversation with Clare Dimond on the episode ''If We Don’t Have Free Will, What is the Point?''
Link to the full episode  
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

If We Don’t Have Free will - What is the Point? A conversation with Clare Dimond

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that operates ''before psychology'' - that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation.
In this episode, Piers chats with Clare Dimond, a wonderful return guest to the show, and this time the topic is about free will and what our reality in any moment is 'showing us', and the availability of the  'learning extravaganza' that is available as the human experience. Clare is a skilled teacher of the understanding behind Quality of Mind, and a prolific and gifted author. 
 
In this episode we discuss:
Not having free will
Our innocent normalised misunderstand on the concept of the "I".
The mental construct as illusion
How we can explore via Direct inquiry
What we mean by witness and the innocent mistake in what witnessing means .
Distinguishing between 'isness' and conditioning.
The role of our 'Individuated' perception
Maximising the learning extravaganza that is available as the human experience 
An example in the workplace with your boss's reactions and overreactions.
Once we fully embrace the self-identified mind and recognises essential nature, the system returns to a state of flow and dynamism
Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Clare and her work here
Other episodes with Clare; What has this got to with how we communicate, lead and turn up at work?  and Wants, Desires, Resistance, and Tuning into the Optimum system.
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

Snippet: ’’5 Things to Consider About Our Minds & Exploring Potential’’

From the QUALITY OF MIND Podcast
 
Part of our new 'Not Even 5 Mins Series'
 
Ep8: ' "5 Things to Consider About Our Minds & Exploring Potential’’
An excerpt from an interview on the Limitless Lives podcast: A conversation with Nilesh Patel
Link to the full episode  
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

What is a Good Life?

This podcast series explores the 'before psychology' game-changing understanding of the human mind that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation.
This episode is taken from the podcast series What is a Good Life? where Mark McCartney is on a mission to explore the answer to that wonderful question. He ha already interviewed 150+ people, and now asks some excellent questions about the Before Psychology approach and Quality of Mind.  If you’re frustrated with your personal development endeavours or you find yourself clinging too tightly to your self-identity, at the cost of more fully connecting with others and life itself, this episode offers plenty of food for thought. 
Our discussion covers:
Piers takes us on his journey, from exploring counselling, NLP, and other modalities to direct path non-duality. 
We discuss the challenges often faced in personal development rooted in self-identification, breaking free from our addiction to focussing on our psychology, transcending the confines of the mind while fully embracing our emotions
How ultimately it about revealing a sense ease that can be experienced in life when we let go of our attachment to the separate self.
We discuss and explore the 'oneness' that you've perhaps long suspected, but resisted embracing, that can have a profound effect on how you perceive life.
Curious - want to know more?
Find out more about What is a Good Life project and subscribe to Mark's podcast here
You can find out more about Mark on LinkedIn here 
Find out more about Quality of Mind
If you want to experience more check out our new 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙 𝗜𝗡𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗥𝗬 programme, which is a simple guide you to experience it direct for you.  
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

No Trade Off Needed - Achievement AND Contentment: What the Corporate World Is Still Missing Out On...

This podcast series explores the 'before psychology' game-changing understanding of the human mind that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation.
This episode we talk to Rick Cotgreave. Rick has 12 years experience in corporate team and executive development previous to that he worked in the arena of elite sport. Rick has come to see what really makes the difference in human development and what is missing in many corporate programmes currently.
Our discussion covers:
Trapped in the pursuit of success - the apparent contradiction between betterment and contentment 
What is before psychology?
Resilience and separateness
The role of flow at work, and how we are missing joy and play in the workplace
Pressing pause and intellectual humility. - Getting curious about self-inquiry
Why is this understanding not more mainstream in business?
Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Rick on LinkedIn here and her website  here
Find out more about Quality of Mind
For a similar episode check out 'Why You Can’t Do Leadership Development! The Biggest Myths We Need to Unlearn'
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

Exploring Beyond the Illusion - The New Book

This podcast series explores the 'before psychology' game-changing understanding of the human mind that can exponentially increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being for any individual or organisation.
This episode we talk to regular contributor and friend of the show Katrijn Van Oudheusden on the day her new book is launched - Beyond Illusion: Exploring the Six Illusions that Cause Our Mistaken Belief in a Separate Self.' This is Katrijn's second book, and it lays down the foundation to exploring the illusion we are all innocently hoodwinked by - that we are a separate self. This book pieces together with insights from neuroscience and philosophy evidence that both directly and indirectly points us to recognise the true nature of what we are, and consciousness as the fabric of reality itself.
 
Our discussion covers:
- How come the second book is really the first book - foundations .v. implications
- How the book is aimed at those people with an inkling there must be a different way seeing the world and operating
- The relevance in today's world of need to point to something to 'keep the conceptual mind happy' before people will fall awake to something more 'spiritual'
- A brief explanation of the 6 illusions - and how they progress from most accessible to recognise to more hidden and harder to realise
- The relevance of chapter 7 - introducing the importance step of actual inquiring into this directly and for yourself
- What could happen if you read this book - the start of your journey
 
Curious - want to know more?
Buy the book here
You can find out more about Katrijn on LinkedIn here and her website  here
Find out more about Quality of Mind
If you want to experience more check out Piers and Katrijn's  new 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙 𝗜𝗡𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗥𝗬 programme, which is a simple guide you to experience it direct for you.  
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