Must We Suffer Emotional Pain?

Eels are pretty much objectively unsettling. They’re not quite fish (although they are) and if they’re snakes, they’re messed up snakes (they aren’t). But they’re fascinating too! There are even little cute eels. It’s time you got acquainted with eels!See omnystudio.com/listener ...  Show more

George Mallory was a member of the first three European expeditions to Everest, world’s tallest mountain. He wanted to summit it so badly, he gave his life trying. Since that fateful day in 1924, climbers have wondered – was Mallory the first to summit? Listen as Josh and Chuck e ...  Show more

Qu’est-ce qu’on dit quand on dit “j’ai mal” ? Exprimer sa douleur, que ce soit en s’adressant à un proche ou à un médecin, c'est faire confiance à l’autre pour vous écouter. Cela demande du courage : on peut avoir peur de demander de l'attention, de déranger. En français, l’expre ...  Show more

One cultivates spaciousness or awareness which allows you to acknowledge the emotions and see them as part of the human condition. Emotions are like subtle thought forms and they all arise in response to something outside yourself. They are all reactions. You cultivate a quietnes ...  Show more

Why do we feel pain when we get hurt? What is pain? Why do we cry when we get hurt? Why do we say ow or ouch? We’re learning about how pain works with Joshua Pate. He’s a physical therapist and author of a f ...

You know the old question, "if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it, did it make a sound?"

What if we asked a similar question about pain, suffering, anxiety or any other "experience or emotion" that exists only in the space between our ears?

W ...