#150 | Who Am I? w/ Paul McDonald

Our workplace, household, and organizational cultures don’t exist in a vacuum, but they are created. This week, Dr. Michael Brown revisits a conversation with Dr. Russell Catania about an essential characteristic of exceptional leaders. 

It is difficult to see a way out of our perpetual polarization, perhaps even more than the first time this episode was released. This week, Dr. Michael Brown and Amy Seiffert revisit a practice that could heal our relationships and save our world. 

This week Scott is joined by author, former monk, spiritual mindfulness guide, and friend Cory Muscara. Scott and Cory discuss the value of self-connection, whether or not there is a "true self", and the role of mindfulness in the self actualization journey.See omnystudio.com/lis ...  Show more

Often in life, we find ourselves wrestling with a decision. But in running these mental calculations, there's something we rarely consider about the future: we might not be the same person when we get there. This week, philosopher <a href="https://psychology.yale.edu/people/la ...

From the brain’s point of view, what is the self? How do 30 trillion cells come to feel like a single entity? Does the "self" of a blind person include the tip of her walking stick? How flexible is our sense of self? And what does any of this have to do with psychedelics, trauma, ...  Show more

In this week's episode, Michael shares his experience of living in higher states of consciousness and a simple shift in understanding that allows us to access and spend more time in those states than we may have thought possible!