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Naming the Real

In an era of polarization, confusion, and “fake news,” discerning and naming what is real—what satisfies, what has substance, what is meaningful—is more important than ever. The Naming the Real Podcast is about doing just that: rightly naming the beliefs, attitudes, practices, and behaviors that will help you transcend our cultural anxiety and lead a flourishing life, for the sake of the world.

info_outline The Yeah, But Fallacy: Why Moral Reasoning Is Breaking—and How to Stop It (A Third Way, Part I) 01/16/2026
info_outline Embodying What We Didn’t Know How: Using the Body’s Core Energy to Break the Stress and Trauma Loop (Somatics IV) 11/14/2025
info_outline Getting Unstuck: Navigating the Stress and Trauma Spectrum (Somatics III) 09/26/2025
info_outline Tracking Tigers: Polyvagal Theory and the Art of Navigating Your Nervous System (Somatics II) 08/29/2025
info_outline Your Body for a Change: Raising Your “Felt Sense” For Sustained Transformation (Somatics I) 08/19/2025
info_outline Finding the Light All Around Us: Reflections on the Lives of Rabindranath Tagore, Etty Hillesum, and Edwin Muir (A Final Conversation with John Phillip Newell) 06/09/2025
info_outline Dystopic Distortions: Grounding in Calm and Joy (No Matter How Many Facts Are Called Fake) (Our Cultural Crisis XXI) 05/27/2025
info_outline A Culture of Winners and Losers: Transcending the Animal Kingdom in President Trump’s America (Our Cultural Crisis XX) 04/21/2025
info_outline Blindness, Outrage, and the Quest for Power: The 9 Mechanisms Driving Our Cultural Crisis (Our Cultural Crisis XIX) 03/21/2025
info_outline A NtR Short: The 100 Glimmer Challenge 02/14/2025
info_outline A Psychologist, a Saint, and a Sufi Walk Into Oneness: Jung, Julian, and Rumi on Vibrant Spirituality (A Third Conversation with John Phillip Newell) 02/07/2025
info_outline A NtR Short: The Happiness Formula: The Tale of Abd al-Rahman III’s 14 Days 01/31/2025
info_outline Life and Breath: The Art and Science of Wim Hof Breathing, Cold Plunge, and Building New Neural Networks (A Conversation with Nolan Kim, Part II) 01/24/2025
info_outline Life and Breath: The Art and Science of Befriending the Body through Mindful Breathing (A Conversation with Nolan Kim) 01/17/2025
info_outline The End of All Stories: From Shame to Compassion (with Yelling and Groaning Along the Way) 01/10/2025
info_outline The Hardest Thing We Ever Do: Self-Compassion as a Core Practice (Storytelling V) 12/13/2024
info_outline A NtR Short: Four Characters in the Brain (and How to Talk to Them!) 09/20/2024
info_outline A NtR Short: Feeling Like a Fraud? Confronting Imposter Syndrome Head-On 09/13/2024
info_outline A NtR Short: Micro Mindfulness: Simple Practices for Living in the Abundant Present 09/06/2024
info_outline In Search of a New Story: Turning to Earth and Soul to Renew Spirituality (A Second Conversation with John Philip Newell) 08/30/2024
info_outline A NtR Short: The Freedom of “It’s Not About Me” 08/23/2024
info_outline A NtR Short: Left Brain/Right Brain: Meditation, Neurobiology, and the Power to Become Present (Becoming Present II) 08/09/2024
info_outline Dealing with Beliefs that Keep Us Stuck: Anger, Advocacy, and the Power of “Hell No” Energy (Storytelling IV) 08/02/2024
info_outline A NtR Short: The Problem with Meditation: Letting Go of the Small Self to Find the True Self (Becoming Present, Part I) 07/19/2024
info_outline Arousal is the Soul of Every Story: A Path for Naming Fulfilled and Frustrated Desire (Storytelling III) 07/05/2024
info_outline A NtR Short: Living Beyond Self-Protection (A Simple Embodiment Practice for Increasing Agency) 06/21/2024
info_outline A NtR Short: A Simple Gratitude Prompt for Radical Life Change 06/14/2024
info_outline A NtR Short: The Evil of "Should" (Freeing Your Life from the Tyranny of Who You Are Supposed to Be) 06/07/2024
info_outline Finding Agency: Cultivating Our Power to Choose (Storytelling Part III: A Conversation with Daphne Larkin and Christy Bauman) 05/24/2024
info_outline A NtR Short: Owning the Morning: Writing Your Grounding Story 05/17/2024
 
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