Underground Antics with Shane Pokroy

Alissa Jerud, PhD. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in the department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. Part of Alissa’s work centers around understanding the art and science of emotions. She specializes in working with evidence-based treatments to help with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), social anxiety, panic, phobias, generalized anxieties, and using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills training for those who have difficulties managing their emotions. In this episode, Shane and Alissa discuss a variety of topics relating to emotions, including what they are, their evolutionary origins and adaptive functions, how they influence our mental processes, their regulation mechanisms, and learning to ride the wave of emotional experiences. They also discuss the process of learning to accept, regulate, and tolerate emotions as a method of learning to have a healthy relationship with one’s emotions.  Check out Alissa’s podcast: The Anxiety Savvy Podcast https://www.alissajerud.com/the-anxiety-savvy-podcast  More of Alissa: 🙏🏽 Website: https://www.alissajerud.com/  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alissa-jerud-210764174  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emotionsavvydoc/  🙏🏽 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emotionsavvydoc  More of Shane:  🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website: https://undergroundantics.com  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/  🙏🏽 Facebook: https://facebook.com/UndergroundAnticsPodcast/  🙏🏽 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@undergroundantics  🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/underground-antics-with-shane-pokroy/id1516717778  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/001s4TUyZIrHhlH3jp0169  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@undergroundanticspodcast   Produced by: Jason Shapiro  https://shapirocreations.com/  🙏🏽 Thanks for tuning in! Share this episode with someone who might enjoy it! #podcast #psychology #emotions #mentalhealth #anxiety #depression #ptsd #ocd #resilience #emotionalawareness #emotionalregulation #emotionalwellbeing #exposuretherapy Disclaimer: The information and materials offered on this site, or in any messaging correspondence originating from this site, are intended for educational purposes only. This information is not meant to be a substitute or to replace psychological or professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment of any kind. Nothing on this site should be considered as practice of psychological or medical care and is not meant to provide professional advice or a psychological service of any kind. If you are seeking advice about your psychological well-being mental health, or general physical health, please seek the care of a regulated healthcare professional without delay. Your decision to use any of the information or materials provided on this site acknowledges your acceptance of these terms, and the use of information and material contained within is solely at your own risk.

Dr. Stan Steindl is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice at Psychology Consultants Pty Ltd and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He is also co-director of the UQ Compassionate Mind Research Group. Stan’s research interests are in the areas of motivation, behaviour change, compassion and compassion-based interventions, and especially the role of cultivating compassion and self-compassion in the context of trauma, shame, self-criticism and clinical disorders, as well as promoting psychological well-being. In this episode, Stan and Shane discuss how Compassion-Focused Therapy conceptualizes and works with anxiety and depression. The discussion begins with an overview of the central theory and tenets of CFT and then progresses to a conversation about the three emotional regulation systems.  If there is an imbalance between these three emotional regulation systems, mental distress and suffering can arise. People who are highly self-critical and self-shaming may not have had enough stimulation of the soothing system or too much activation of the threat system. This imbalance may lead people to find it difficult to feel and express kindness towards themselves. They may be highly sensitive to criticism or rejection, whether real or perceived and internalize that disapproval. The goal of CFT is to correct this imbalance in the emotion regulation systems. Check Out Stan’s YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCujCvGkc_TFF7KmA0Sk4E7A  Get a copy of Stan’s latest book, The Gifts of Compassion: How to Understand and Overcome  Suffering, https://www.amazon.com/Gifts-Compassion-understand-overcome-suffering/dp/1925644480/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Gifts+of+Compassion%3A+How+to+understand+and+overcome+suffering&qid=1659468355&sr=8-1  More of Stan:  🙏🏽 Website: https://www.stansteindl.com/  🙏🏽 YouTube Channel: https://www.stansteindl.com/  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_stan_steindl/  🙏🏽 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drstansteindl  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stan-steindl-150a5264/  More of Shane:  🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website: https://undergroundantics.com  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/  🙏🏽 Facebook: https://facebook.com/UndergroundAnticsPodcast/  🙏🏽 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@undergroundantics  🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/underground-antics-with-shane-pokroy/id1516717778  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/001s4TUyZIrHhlH3jp0169  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@undergroundanticspodcast   Produced by: Jason Shapiro  https://shapirocreations.com/  🙏🏽 Thanks for tuning in! Share this episode with someone who might enjoy it! #podcast #psychology #therapy #compassion #mind #cft #healing #emotions #brain #compassionfocusedtherapy #motivation #threat #drive #soothing #shame #selfcriticism #emotionregulation #affectregulation #wellbeing Disclaimer: The information and materials offered on this site, or in any messaging correspondence originating from this site, are intended for educational purposes only. This information is not meant to be a substitute or to replace psychological or professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment of any kind. Nothing on this site should be considered as practice of psychological or medical care and is not meant to provide professional advice or a psychological service of any kind. If you are seeking advice about your psychological well-being mental health, or general physical health, please seek the care of a regulated healthcare professional without delay. Your decision to use any of the information or materials provided on this site acknowledges your acceptance of these terms, and the use of information and material contained within is solely at your own risk.

Elise Micheals is trauma-informed executive coach focused on men’s mental health. Her coaching program is designed to help men gain clarity on their subconscious blocks to heal trauma and create better lives, businesses, and relationships. “With the combination of Trauma therapy, REBT, CBT, Relationship Science, and Neuroscience, I've created easy-to-follow actionable steps that allow you to understand, and heal, quicker.” In this episode, Shane and Elise discuss why so many men struggle with mental health, the internal and external roadblocks they face in trying to get help, and some ways we can work to improve these areas. They discuss common cycles of shame, suffering in isolation, being silenced and ignored by society, difficulties when opening up to their partners, the conflict of vulnerability and emotional intelligence. More of Elise : 🙏🏽 Website: https://www.elisemicheals.com/ 🙏🏽 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elisemicheals 🙏🏽 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisemicheals_ 🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elise-micheals/ More of Shane: 🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website: https://undergroundantics.com 🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/ 🙏🏽 Instagram: https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/ 🙏🏽 Facebook: https://facebook.com/UndergroundAnticsPodcast/ 🙏🏽 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@undergroundantics 🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/underground-antics-with-shane-pokroy/id1516717778 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/001s4TUyZIrHhlH3jp0169 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@undergroundanticspodcast Produced by: Jason Shapiro https://shapirocreations.com/ 🙏🏽 Thanks for tuning in! Share this episode with someone who might enjoy it! #podcast #psychology #men #mentalhealth #mensmentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #shame #guilt #relationships #suffering #strength #vulnerability #communication #couples  #coaching #coach #executivecoach #traumacoach Disclaimer: The information and materials offered on this site, or in any messaging correspondence originating from this site, are intended for educational purposes only. This information is not meant to be a substitute or to replace psychological or professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment of any kind. Nothing on this site should be considered as practice of psychological or medical care and is not meant to provide professional advice or a psychological service of any kind. If you are seeking advice about your psychological well-being mental health, or general physical health, please seek the care of a regulated healthcare professional without delay. Your decision to use any of the information or materials provided on this site acknowledges your acceptance of these terms, and the use of information and material contained within is solely at your own risk.

Vladislav (Vlado) Šolc (pronounced “Schultz”) is a professional psychotherapist and Jungian analyst practicing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Vlado received training from the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago and Charles University in Prague. He is the author of five depth-psychology-oriented books: Psyche, Matrix, Reality; The Father Archetype; In the Name of God—Fanaticism from the Perspective of Depth Psychology; Dark Religion: Fundamentalism from the Perspective of Jungian Psychology and most recently Democracy and Individuation in the Times of Conspiracy Theories. In this episode, Vlado and Shane explore a Jungian perspective on a variety of mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, addiction, and trauma. They discuss how Jungian Analysis facilitates the process of recovery, healing, and individuation.  More of Vlado:  🙏🏽 Vlado’s Website: https://therapyvlado.com/  🙏🏽 Vlado’s Publications: https://therapyvlado.com/publications/  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vlado-%C5%A1-91847728/    More of Shane:  🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website: https://undergroundantics.com  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/  🙏🏽 Facebook: https://facebook.com/UndergroundAnticsPodcast/  🙏🏽 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@undergroundantics    🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/underground-antics-with-shane-pokroy/id1516717778  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/001s4TUyZIrHhlH3jp0169  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@undergroundanticspodcast   Produced by: Jason Shapiro  https://shapirocreations.com/  🙏🏽 Thanks for tuning in! Share this episode with someone who might enjoy it! Disclaimer: The information and materials offered on this site, or in any messaging correspondence originating from this site, are intended for educational purposes only. This information is not meant to be a substitute or to replace psychological or professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment of any kind. Nothing on this site should be considered as practice of psychological or medical care and is not meant to provide professional advice or a psychological service of any kind. If you are seeking advice about your psychological well-being mental health, or general physical health, please seek the care of a regulated healthcare professional without delay. Your decision to use any of the information or materials provided on this site acknowledges your acceptance of these terms, and the use of information and material contained within is solely at your own risk.

Prudence Leung is a psychotherapist and online content creator based in Ontario, Canada. She uses her platforms to educate on a variety of psychological concepts including relationship dynamics, stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and more. In this episode, we discuss Prudence’s journey of becoming a content creator, including what she has learned, challenges she has faced, and the types of people she interacts with online. We also discuss the current state of mental health and how social media has the power to influence our mental health and psychological care. Furthermore, we discuss the personality profiles of people who leave hateful comments and what they are really trying to communicate to the world. More of Prudence: 🙏🏽 Website: https://prudenceleung.co/ 🙏🏽 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therapywithprudence/ 🙏🏽 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therapywithprudence More of Shane: 🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website: https://undergroundantics.com 🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/ 🙏🏽 Instagram: https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/ 🙏🏽 Facebook: https://facebook.com/UndergroundAnticsPodcast/ 🙏🏽 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@undergroundantics 🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/underground-antics-with-shane-pokroy/id1516717778 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/001s4TUyZIrHhlH3jp0169 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@undergroundanticspodcast Produced by: Jason Shapiro https://shapirocreations.com/ 🙏🏽 Thanks for tuning in! Share this episode with someone who might enjoy it! #podcast #psychology #therapy #psychotherapy #psychotherapist #holistic #mentalhealth #personality #tiktok #therapist #counseling #relationships #anxiety #trauma #depression #stress Disclaimer: The information and materials offered on this site, or in any messaging correspondence originating from this site, are intended for educational purposes only. This information is not meant to be a substitute or to replace psychological or professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment of any kind. Nothing on this site should be considered as practice of psychological or medical care and is not meant to provide professional advice or a psychological service of any kind. If you are seeking advice about your psychological well-being mental health, or general physical health, please seek the care of a regulated healthcare professional without delay. Your decision to use any of the information or materials provided on this site acknowledges your acceptance of these terms, and the use of information and material contained within is solely at your own risk.

Avigail Gimpel is an Author, Researcher, Special Educator, Coach and Founder of Hyper Healing - a program dedicated to helping children and adults with ADHD symptoms.  “Reversing ADHD symptoms became my personal mission. I have dedicated the last twenty plus years to research, development, and implementation of programs for children, adults, and couples struggling with ADHD symptoms. My major discovery was that ADHD symptoms have many different causes, and once we identify the cause of ADHD symptoms, we would be well on our way to reversing them. The program worked!  My children, students, and clients were rocking it.” “I became passionate about helping every person diagnosed with ADHD identify the causes of their symptoms and choose their personal productivity plan for success. I strongly believe that healing ADHD symptoms should not cost you your life savings. Therefore, my full program is now accessible to anyone looking for guidance through my Best-Selling HyperHealing book series.” “You, your story, and your lived experience in every detail are important to me, and my understanding of your challenges.  Since ADHD symptoms can be triggered by so many factors including a clash between your healthy personality and your environment, trauma, gut dysbiosis, sleep disturbances, lack of exercise and outdoor exposure, and screen addiction, to name a few, we must identify WHY you are struggling and then carefully craft an intervention plan for you. We will succeed and learn together, one healing intervention at a time.” Get the Books: HyperHealing, The Empowered Parent's Complete Guide to Raising a Healthy Child with ADHD symptoms: https://a.co/d/g7r8xRG  HyperHealing - Show me the science: https://a.co/d/g7r8xRG    Work with Avigail:  https://www.hyperhealing.org/    More of Avigail:  🙏🏽 Website: https://www.hyperhealing.org/  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avigail-gimpel-4a2a4bb9/  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hyperhealing.adhd/  🙏🏽 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HyperHealing-1661343943926037  🙏🏽 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtLqv5e5yQ2LeQ6qdYQ4DyQ    More of Shane:  🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website: https://undergroundantics.com  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/  🙏🏽 Facebook:

Maddie Thompson is the Founder of the Mad Social Agency. Maddie’s entrepreneurial roots stem back to high school where she piloted her first business, Social Clothing. Mad Social Agency is a social media marketing agency that specializes in social media management for businesses and personal brands. Founded during Covid-19 in 2020 as a side hustle, Mad Social Agency (previously Spark Media) quickly grew as many realized that having a social media presence is of importance for marketing. Now, Mad Social Agency has grown to six part-time employees and has managed over 70+ social media accounts. In this episode, Maddie and Shane discuss the ins and outs of entrepreneurship and the world of social media marketing. Maddie walks us through her journey of becoming an entrepreneur from 13 to becoming the founder of a successful digital agency. We also discuss some tips, tricks and insights that benefit small businesses regarding social media marketing and the crazy world of social media and its impact on us. More of : 🙏🏽 Website: https://madsocialagency.com/ 🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/madsocialagency/ 🙏🏽 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maddie.theresa/ 🙏🏽 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madsocialagency 🙏🏽 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madsocialagency 🙏🏽 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@maddietheresa More of Shane: 🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website: https://undergroundantics.com 🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/ 🙏🏽 Instagram: https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/ 🙏🏽 Facebook: https://facebook.com/UndergroundAnticsPodcast/ 🙏🏽 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@undergroundantics 🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/underground-antics-with-shane-pokroy/id1516717778 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/001s4TUyZIrHhlH3jp0169 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@undergroundanticspodcast Produced by: Jason Shapiro https://shapirocreations.com/ 🙏🏽 Thanks for tuning in! Share this episode with someone who might enjoy it! #podcast #marketing #entrepreneur #socialmedia #socialmediamarketing #digitalmarketing #contentmarketing #socialmediatips #marketingtips #branding #viral #business #smm #smallbusiness #mindset

Dr. Joli Hamilton is a Relationship Coach, TEDx Speaker, Jealousy Expert, Research Psychologist, Professor, Author, and Podcast Host. The Relationship Coach for Couples Who Color Outside the Lines! Joli helps people experience the freedom, deep security, and sexual fulfillment that comes when they shift from plain-old monogamy to MORE. More WHAT exactly? Polyamory, ethical nonmonogamy, creative monogamy- Joli guides you out of the standard script and into the life you were meant to have!   “Your relationship can be both open and secure. It is possible. I help people do it every.single.day. Action-takers can have this life. Intentionally designed love, whether it is creatively monogamous or consensually non-monogamous, doesn't mean sacrificing stability or depth of connection.  But the rules you learned about love won't get you where you want to go. You need a masterful coach to guide you. This is your most profound connection- you don't want to risk losing it just to get laid- you're an adult. But you also don't want a walking-dead life just because someone else said buttoned-up was the only way to do love. It's time to flip over tables and toss the rule books. My signature process gives you the skills you need to take full creative power over your love life!”   In this episode, Joli and Shane discuss her work and studies on polyamory - the practice of having more than one romantic or sexual partner. What exactly does polyamory entail? Who is polyamorous? What are some of the major challenges? What are the benefits? What about jealousy? Is polyamory a pathway to individuation? These are just a few of the topics up for discussion in this episode.    Check out Joli’s Podcast Playing With Fire: Non-Monogamy & Individuation: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-with-fire/id1540852334    More of Dr Joli:  🙏🏽 Website: https://www.jolihamilton.com/  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joli-hamilton-phd/  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjoli_hamilton/  🙏🏽 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dr.joli.hamilton  🙏🏽 Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-with-fire/id1540852334    More of Shane:  🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website: https://undergroundantics.com  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/  🙏🏽 Facebook:

Cody Byrns is an award-winning speaker and performer with over 16 years of professional experience. Cody’s life underwent a major shift in 2013 after a horrific traffic accident left his body burned and scarred. After years of countless surgeries, and innumerable physical and emotional hurdles, Cody has since founded his own nonprofit Burn Foundation, and is on a mission to spread his story of inspiration, hope, and recovery to everyone he meets. Cody does not let his scars dictate his identity. He encourages a life of freedom, and wants to help people live free from the bonds of scars “The good you tend to forget as time goes on, but the challenges and triggers linger around longer than we care to admit. Life presents many challenges that are either a result of your own, or someone else’s doing. But your character is only built inside of your ability to embrace challenges. There’s no way around… only through. Through these experiences, you are tested physically, emotionally, and spiritually. They reveal to you who you truly are at your core and speak to the areas in which you need self-improvement. But you have to be open, to “listen” for the lesson. Let me show you how to rise above challenges and use them as a launching pad to achieve your vision, to move past your perceived limitations. It is time. Be prepared to transform your life.” - Cody    Get a copy of Scar Release: Breaking Free of Yesterday’s Troubles  https://www.amazon.com/Scar-Release-Breaking-Yesterdays-Troubles-ebook/dp/B079H8RPZH/    More of Cody:  🙏🏽 Website: https://codybyrns.com/  🙏🏽 Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/thecodybyrns  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecodybyrns/  🙏🏽 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCodyByrns/  🙏🏽 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCodyByrns  🙏🏽 Foundation: https://thecbfoundation.org/    More of Shane:  🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website: https://undergroundantics.com  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/  🙏🏽 Facebook: https://facebook.com/UndergroundAnticsPodcast/  🙏🏽 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@undergroundantics    🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform  s

John David Latta is a mystic, author, teacher, humorist, story-teller and founder & CEO of a multimillion-dollar consumer products company. Terrified and stalked by an oppressive fear of death, John David Latta was a single dad with two children facing rock bottom, loneliness and bankruptcy. Hard work, arguments and logic were getting him nowhere, the competition was tough, and he was in over his head. In his new book, The Synchronicity of Love, John shares his extraordinary stories of what happened when, while at rock bottom, he threw himself into Unconditional Love with sincerity and earnestness. His stories about his journey inspire, uplift, heal, shock, awaken and transform. They contain the seeds of potential to change habits, beliefs and one’s deepest assumptions about what is possible and have the power to radically transform anyone’s life. John is sharing his very personal stories about his journey and of the supreme value in embracing deep and lasting personal transformation – in love, in business, in money, in relationships, in health and so much more. And John is sharing his message that even the most stuck, rigid and logical people can transform in unimaginable ways. Get a copy of John’s Book, The Synchronicity of Love:  https://www.amazon.com/Synchronicity-Love-Stories-Transform-Awaken/dp/195527214X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1656686693&sr=1-1 More of John: 🙏🏽 Website: https://johndavidlatta.com/  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johndavidlatta/  🙏🏽 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johndavidlatta  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-latta-006431232/    More of Shane:  🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website: https://undergroundantics.com  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/  🙏🏽 Facebook: https://facebook.com/UndergroundAnticsPodcast/  🙏🏽 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@undergroundantics    🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/underground-antics-with-shane-pokroy/id1516717778  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/001s4TUyZIrHhlH3jp0169  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@undergroundanticspodcast     Produced by: Jason Shapiro  https://shapirocreations.com/    🙏🏽 Thanks for tuning in!   Share this episode with someone who might enjoy it!   #podcast #spirituality #synchronicity #love #unconditionallove #meditation #heart #heartcentre #transformation #journey #rockbottom #mystic #author #teacher #CEO #wisdom #awakening #inspiration  

Deborah Lukovich holds a Ph.D. in Depth Psychology which focuses on understanding the nature of the unconscious. She is a coach, author, blogger, and podcaster where she offers insights and teachings to help people explore the deeper meaning of life through stories, conversation, and education.    Deborah is back to discuss her latest framework for understanding relationships from a depth psychology perspective using the 3 P’s: Purpose, Projection, and Permanence. “These three words capture every aspect of relationship between all human beings, but they just play out more dramatically in those of a romantic nature.” Looking at relationship dynamics and interactions through the lens of purpose, projection, and permanence provide a deep way of understanding what is really going on and together they can work towards a deeper connection, growth, and fulfillment.    In this episode, Deb and Shane discuss the hidden purpose and deeper meaning of relationships, how projection largely determines the way we relate to each other, and how clinging to the idea of permanence can be destructive.    “We often don’t discover the deeper purpose of a relationship until after one has ended. Or, if we’re lucky, we get a little glimpse when we have the humility to explore a conflict or dissatisfaction rather than avoid it. It can feel mind-blowing to discover this ulterior motive that has been hiding from the ego, which thinks it knows exactly why we do what we do.”    Get a copy of Deborah’s latest book:  Your Soul is Talking. Are You Listening? 5 Steps to Uncovering Your Hidden Purpose https://www.amazon.com/Your-Soul-Talking-Are-Listening/dp/B09KNGDGGX/   Listen to Deborah Podcast: Dose of Depth https://doseofdepth.buzzsprout.com/    More of Deborah:  🙏🏽 Website https://www.deborahlukovich.com/  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dlukovich/  🙏🏽 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dlukovich  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-lukovich-phd-5322953/  🙏🏽 Twitter: https://twitter.com/DebLukovich    More of Shane:  🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website: https://undergroundantics.com  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/ 

Reema Patel holds a B.A. from McGill University and a J.D. from the University of Windsor. After working in Mumbai in the youth non-profit sector and in human rights advocacy, she has spent the last ten years working in provincial and municipal government. Such Big Dreams is her first novel, an excerpt of which won the Penguin Random House Student Award for Fiction at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies. She lives in Toronto, where she works as a lawyer. In this episode, Shane and Reema discuss her experiences of returning back to India that inspired the writing of her novel, Such Big Dreams. They discuss topics of identity, social norms, colonialism, and subjective experience. Our perspectives and experiences change depending on the context in a world filled with identity politics. One’s experience in Canada is distinctly different from one’s experience in India - despite you remaining the same. Social context and subjective perception and experience shape how we interact with others and experience the world. Get a copy of Such Big Dreams: https://www.amazon.com/Such-Big-Dreams-Reema-Patel/dp/0593499506/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= “A savvy former street child working at a law office in Mumbai fights for redemption and a chance to live life on her own terms in this “smart, haunting, and compulsively readable” (Amy Jones, author of We’re All in This Together) debut novel about fortune and survival.” More of Reema: 🙏🏽 Website: https://www.reemapatel.com/ 🙏🏽 Instagram: http://instagram.com/reemapatelwriter 🙏🏽 Twitter: http://twitter.com/reemajpatel 🙏🏽 Other Writing: https://www.reemapatel.com/other-writing More of Shane: 🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website: https://undergroundantics.com 🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/ 🙏🏽 Instagram: https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/ 🙏🏽 Facebook: https://facebook.com/UndergroundAnticsPodcast/ 🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/underground-antics-with-shane-pokroy/id1516717778 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/001s4TUyZIrHhlH3jp0169 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIEWZDdppF99C5CrFsE5YtQ Produced by: Jason Shapiro https://shapirocreations.com/ 🙏🏽 Thanks for tuning in! Share this episode with someone who might enjoy it! #podcast #Identity #subjective #experience #volunteer #race #class #caste #stereotype #novel #author #Canada #India

Vladislav (Vlado) Šolc (pronounced “Schultz”) is a professional psychotherapist and Jungian analyst practicing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Vlado received training from the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago and Charles University in Prague. He is the author of five depth-psychology-oriented books: Psyche, Matrix, Reality; The Father Archetype; In the Name of God—Fanaticism from the Perspective of Depth Psychology; Dark Religion: Fundamentalism from the Perspective of Jungian Psychology and most recently Democracy and Individuation in the Times of Conspiracy Theories.   In this episode, Shane and Vlado discuss the psychology behind conspiracism, fundamentalism, and mythologies. Using a Jungian framework, they examine how and why conspiracy theories become powerful psychological tools. Other topics include the religious instinct, the unconscious, morality, individuation, purpose, meaning, and psychological defense mechanisms.    To understand the profound rise in conspiracy theories in recent times, Vlado explores how conspiracies function as an unconscious protective mechanism against the inferiority of consciousness and subsequently also inflates the ego. Conspiracy theory adoption is archetypal in nature and parallels mythological structures. The strong resistance of conspiracism to rational correction can be understood by examining how the “Inadequate and noncredible representations of numinous energies in consciousness unwittingly contribute to the creation of structures with notable mythological parallels” (Šolc, 2019).   “Thinking is free from the unconscious influence of the Self only to the extent that it is able to recognize and to relate to numinous contents, on one hand, and to withdraw projections from the object, on the other. A symbolic perspective offers a nondismissive understanding of the reasons for strong adherence to conspiracy theories. Exploring conspiracy theories as symbols rather than rational constructs offers more fruitful solutions to our current social problems.” (Šolc, 2019)   Get a Copy of  Dark Religion: Fundamentalism from the Perspective of Jungian Psychology: https://www.amazon.com/Vlado-Solc/e/B07KGJYKH3    Reference Šolc, V. (2019). Dark Religion and Conspiracy Theories: An Analytical Viewpoint. Jung Journal, 13(4), 14-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/19342039.2019.1676142    More of Vlado:  🙏🏽 Vlado’s Website: https://therapyvlado.com/  🙏🏽 Vlado’s Publications: https://therapyvlado.com/publications/  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vlado-%C5%A1-91847728/    More of Shane:  🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website: https://undergroundantics.com  🙏🏽 Linked

Kim Wheatley is an Ojibwe Anishinaabe Grandmother from Shawanaga First Nation Reserve who carries the spirit name Head or Leader of the Fireflower and who is Turtle Clan. She has appeared on TV, radio and in many news articles connected to her passion for Indigenous Knowledge sharing. Kim has worked with over 34 First Nation communities, having organized many Indigenous events, and she has authored 4 books, and has received multiple awards.  She also volunteers on a variety of boards as an Indigenous Advisor. She also works as a Anishinaabe Cultural Consultant. In this episode, Shane and Kim discuss Kim’s way of life and way of knowing. Kim spends much of her time educating people about First Nation wisdom, heritage, and integration into the world. We discuss the historical gap in knowledge about the First Nation peoples and how we can utilize ancient traditional wisdom to make the world a better place for everyone.  Kim highlights that there is a strong rise of truths in the world, where people are now getting to write their own stories and tell their truths. We discuss some of Kim’s traditional healing systems, governance systems, and way of life as a part of nature - not separate from it. Kim shares some ancient wisdom about balance and harmony - understanding that there is a place in creation for us to be a part of and not apart from nature in order to have a good life. Understanding the seasonal cycles of relationship and responsibility. Understanding that all parts of creation are beautiful and sentient, with a job and a purpose that benefits the greater good. Understanding that the Earth is a life-giver who gives birth to us and everything we need to lead a good, long life. Kim shows us how and where we have lost our way in this world and how we are making decisions that lead to the destruction and damage to our life-giving planet.  We can make different choices to change our relationship with nature, hopefully providing some restitution and positive impact to return to a better state of balance and harmony. More of Kim: 🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-wheatley-0bb089236/ More of Shane: 🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website: https://undergroundantics.com 🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/ 🙏🏽 Instagram: https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/ 🙏🏽 Facebook: https://facebook.com/UndergroundAnticsPodcast/ 🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/underground-antics-with-shane-pokroy/id1516717778 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/001s4TUyZIrHhlH3jp0169 Produced by: Jason Shapiro https://shapirocreations.com/ 🙏🏽 Thanks for tuning in! Share this episode with someone who might enjoy it! #podcast #wisdom #firstnation #anishinaabe #tradition #culture #healing #motherearth #change #education #history #nature #environment

Ian Morris is a sound engineer, sound healer and multi-instrumentalist. Ian is the founder of Listening To Smile, a frequency-based meditation production company. Listening to Smile creates unique healing mediations designed to facilitate positive wellness transformations. “The majority of mainstream meditation music is created for entertainment and not true healing. During an urgent need to heal my body, I didn’t want any of that music in my consciousness, so I began to create it for myself. Now I create frequency minded music for others to heal. What makes LtS music unique and effective is that it is always made with frequency in mind and the intentions to heal.” - Ian Morris “Frequency-minded music is a simple and enjoyable path to a healthier lifestyle. Listening just 20 minutes a day helps support the following: Focus & Memory, Creativity, Clearing Energetic Blocks, Calm Anxieties, Improve Sleep” - ListeningToSmile In this episode, Ian and Shane discuss the transformative power of sound (frequency). They discuss how the universe can be understood in terms of frequency - everything resonates and vibrates (string theory). Sound has the potential for great healing and change in a person’s life. Other topics discussed include the nature of the universe, social interactional patterns, and individual and collective transformation. Access Listen to Smile’s albums: https://listeningtosmile1.bandcamp.com/ More of Ian: 🙏🏽 Listening to Smile: https://www.listeningtosmile.com/ 🙏🏽 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/listeningtosmile/ 🙏🏽 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgKg8GohfyirzZeOW92Aeag 🙏🏽 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianmorrisonline/ More of Shane: 🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website: https://undergroundantics.com 🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/ 🙏🏽 Instagram: https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/ 🙏🏽 Facebook: https://facebook.com/UndergroundAnticsPodcast/ 🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/underground-antics-with-shane-pokroy/id1516717778 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/001s4TUyZIrHhlH3jp0169 Produced by: Jason Shapiro https://shapirocreations.com/ 🙏🏽 Thanks for tuning in! Share this episode with someone who might enjoy it! #podcast #sound #healing #vibration #frequency #binaural #solfeggio #meditation #relaxation #focus #transformation #alchemy #release #unwind #listening #smile #focus #memory #creativity #sleep #stress #wellness

Matt Hudson is a Health Coach with over 25 years studying the human mind in different forms including neuroscience and quantum physics. The main principles of Matt’s work are based around these models: Biofield Science, External Screen Model, The Sub-conscious Mind, General Adaption Syndrome, & Non-verbal Communication. “Split-second Unlearning – A rapid way to clear fear. Like other theories of mind, the SSU model provides a scaffold to support potential explanations of physical ill health. The model combines several psychological and neurological theories to offer a new perspective on the treatment of common mental health issues such as stress and anxiety, as well as more nebulous conditions, such as unexplained pain or fibromyalgia (i.e., chronic primary pain). In brief, SSU proposes that a traumatic past experience is linked with a physiological response. When a person encounters subsequent ‘reminders’ of that experience, consciously or unconsciously, that physiological response is re-triggered. Over time, the cumulative effect of this low-level yet persistent physical and psychological stress leads to a wide range of symptoms. If the connection between the trigger memory, or ‘reminder’, and the response can be severed, then the symptoms may improve. Having the ability to neutralize a traumatic memory and its associated stress response has significant implications for an individuals’ allostatic load (Peters et al., 2017) and consequently for a wide range of physical and mental health conditions.” Get the Mind-Reset App: https://mindreset.app/ More of Matt: 🙏🏽 Website: https://matthudson.com/ 🙏🏽 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matthudsoncoach/ 🙏🏽 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXhH96Di25Sk4077r0xPwCA 🙏🏽 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ematthudson/?hl=en 🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/matthudsoncoach   More of Shane: 🙏🏽 Underground Antics: https://undergroundantics.com 🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/ 🙏🏽 Instagram:https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/ 🙏🏽 Facebook: https://facebook.com/UndergroundAnticsPodcast/   🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/underground-antics-with-shane-pokroy/id1516717778 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/001s4TUyZIrHhlH3jp0169 Produced by: Jason Shapiro https://shapirocreations.com/   🙏🏽 Thanks for tuning in! Share this episode with someone who might enjoy it! #podcast #psychology #neuroscience #physics #trauma #anxiety #mentalhealth #emotionalmemoryimages #stress #psychophysiological #disease #EMDR #MindReset #App   Disclaimer: The information and materials offered on this site, or in any messaging correspondence originating from this site, are intended for educational purposes only. This information is not meant to be a substitute or to replace psychological or professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment of any kind. Nothing on this site should be considered as practice of psychological or medical care and is not meant to provide professional advice or a psychological service of any kind. If you are seeking advice about your psychological well-being mental health, or general physical health, please seek the care of a regulated healthcare professional without delay. Your decision to use any of the information or materials provided on this site acknowledges your acceptance of these terms, and the use of information and material contained within is solely at your own risk.

Stacey Shelby, Ph.D., is an author, educator, and depth psychotherapist. She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) in BC, Canada, a certified clinical dream tender, and she has studied folk medicines and yoga traditions. She is adjunct faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California. She holds a master's and Ph.D. in Depth Psychology with a specialization in Jungian and Archetypal Studies. She is gifted at working with the symbolic language of the soul, and she is dedicated to honoring the soul as it presents in the lived experience of daily life.   In this episode, Stacey and Shane discuss the psychology of love, relationships, suffering, flourishing, and divinity. Using the myth of Eros (love) and Psyche (soul), we explore the transcendental, archetypal energies of love as the central power of life that inspires creativity, meaning, growth, and connection.    The book Love and Soul-Making explores various relationship themes and dynamics, including love, passion, desire, beauty, sex, marriage, and the union of outer and inner reality. People in relationships are often confronted with challenges and hardships. If we willingly engage with and surrender to these hardships, we may find a roadmap to a life of authenticity, creativity, meaning and purpose. Ultimately, love and relationships are a calling from your soul to live an inspired life aligned with the great power/soul of the universe.    Get a copy of Dr. Stacey Shelby’s latest book: Love and Soul-Making: Searching the Depths of Romantic Love  https://www.amazon.com/Love-Soul-Making-Searching-Depths-Romantic-ebook/dp/B09ZDML2VD/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+and+soul-making+stacey+shelby&qid=1660580909&sr=8-1    More of Dr. Stacey: 🙏🏽 Website: https://drstaceyshelby.com/  🙏🏽 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrStaceyShelby/  🙏🏽 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstaceyshelby/  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-stacey-shelby-ph-d-rcc-8b249560/    More of Shane:  🙏🏽 Website: https://undergroundantics.com  🙏🏽 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-pokroy/  🙏🏽 Instagram:  https://instagram.com/shanepokroy/  🙏🏽 Facebook: https://facebook.com/UndergroundAnticsPodcast/    🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/underground-antics-with-shane-pokroy/id1516717778  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/001s4TUyZIrHhlH3jp0169    Produced by: Jason Shapiro  https://shapirocreations.com/    🙏🏽 Thanks for tuning in!   Share this episode with someone who might enjoy it!   #podcast #psychology #depthpsychology #archetype #love #relationships #soul #energy #meaning #creativity #mythology #eros #psyche #suffering #flourishing #vitality #virality #individuation  #corecomplex #therapy 

Simon Prentis has spent a lifetime working with other cultures and languages in over fifty countries. A veteran translator and interpreter of Japanese, his clients have ranged from national and academic institutions to cultural icons like Paul McCartney, Stanley Kubrick, Frank Zappa and Yoko Ono. A graduate of Oxford University, and a member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting since 1990, he has worked extensively with the broadcast media, given expert testimony in high-profile intellectual property disputes, translated four books and reams of technical documents, and presented papers on translation and interpreting at international conferences. In this episode, Simon and I discuss some amazing insights about language development and its impact on our evolution. We explore the origins of language and how this mode of communication ultimately catalyzed culture as we know it today. Language development is essential for cognitive development as we know it. There is great power in our words. Our ability to speak and understand speech is fundamental to understanding how our civilizations came to be. Language allows us to share ideas, express our thoughts and emotions, and ultimately propagate a growth in consciousness.  Given the fundamental power of language, the question of its origin is paramount. Simon argues that language evolved from analogue grunts (noises) to digital (compound) sounds/words. By combining a short string of individual sounds (phones), suddenly, there is exponential growth in the availability of ‘words’ that can exist to represent so many different things. However, this development has not come without great challenges - challenges in belief, identity, application, and knowledge.  Get a copy of SPEECH! How Language Made Us Human More of Simon:  🙏🏽 Website More of Shane:  🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website   🙏🏽 LinkedIn: Shane Pokroy   🙏🏽 Instagram: @shanepokroy 🙏🏽 Facebook: @UndergroundAnticsPodcast 🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform  Apple Podcasts Spotify Produced by: Jason Shapiro  https://shapirocreations.com/  🙏🏽 Thanks for tuning in! Share this episode with someone who might enjoy it! #podcast #language #evolution #speech #culture #mind #intelligence #society #phonemes #thought #identity #relationships #knowledge

Dr. Stan Steindl is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice at Psychology Consultants Pty Ltd and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He is also co-director of the UQ Compassionate Mind Research Group. Stan’s research interests are in the areas of motivation, behaviour change, compassion and compassion-based interventions, and especially the role of cultivating compassion and self-compassion in the context of trauma, shame, self-criticism and clinical disorders, as well as promoting psychological well-being. In this episode, Stan and I discuss the healing and transformative power of compassion. We discuss cultivating a compassionate mind and working towards living a more balanced, kind, and peaceful life. According to the Compassion-Focused Therapy psychological model, humans have at least three emotional regulation systems. (1) A threat and self-protection system that, when activated, manifests emotionally in the form of anger, disgust, fear, anxiety, and shame. (2) A drive and excitement system that motivates people to find and acquire food, mates, resources and status. (3) A soothing and social-safety system which regulates our feelings of contentment, peacefulness, and safety.  If there is an imbalance between these three emotional regulation systems, mental distress and suffering can arise. People who are highly self-critical and self-shaming may not have had enough stimulation of the soothing system or too much activation of the threat system. This imbalance may lead people to find it difficult to feel and express kindness towards themselves. They may be highly sensitive to criticism or rejection, whether real or perceived and internalize that disapproval. The goal of CFT is to correct this imbalance in the emotion regulation systems.   Check Out Stan’s YouTube Channel    Get a copy of Stan’s latest book, The Gifts of Compassion: How to Understand and Overcome Suffering   More of Stan:  🙏🏽 Website 🙏🏽 YouTube Channel 🙏🏽 Instagram: @dr_stan_steindl 🙏🏽 Facebook: DrStanSteindl 🙏🏽 LinkedIn: Dr Stan Steindl   More of Shane:  🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website   🙏🏽 LinkedIn: Shane Pokroy   🙏🏽 Instagram: @shanepokroy 🙏🏽 Facebook: @UndergroundAnticsPodcast   🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform  Apple Podcasts Spotify   Produced by: Jason Shapiro  https://shapirocreations.com/    🙏🏽 Thanks for tuning in! Share this episode with someone who might enjoy it! #podcast #psychology #therapy #compassion #mind #cft #healing #emotions #brain #compassionfocusedtherapy #motivation #threat #drive #soothing #shame #selfcriticism #emotionregulation #affectregulation #wellbeing

Steven C. Hayes is a Nevada Foundation Professor of Psychology in the Behavior Analysis program at the University of Nevada. An author of 47 books and nearly 670 scientific articles, his career has focused on an analysis of the nature of human language and cognition and the application of this to the understanding and alleviation of human suffering. He is the developer of Relational Frame Theory, an account of human higher cognition, and has guided its extension to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a popular evidence-based form of psychotherapy that uses mindfulness, acceptance, and values-based methods. He is a co-developer of Process-Based Therapy (PBT), a new approach to evidence-based therapies more generally. In this episode, Steven and Shane discuss the nature of human consciousness, our experience of it, and how an understanding of it connects us to something much greater. Steven’s life work has been dedicated, at least in part, to understanding human psychology. Consciousness is an essential feature of our life - it is that by which, and from which, we experience everything. Self-consciousness is a phenomenon which appears to be uniquely human (as far as we know). Our knowledge of our own consciousness places us in a remarkable position to explore, question, and try to understand it. Furthermore, we discuss the relationship between our understanding of human psychology, consciousness, and suffering. How can we work to alleviate suffering, both in our own lives and in those of other people is a fundamental question of our time.  Get a copy of A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters   More of Steven: 🙏🏽 Website 🙏🏽 Steven’s Research 🙏🏽 Wikipedia   More of Shane:  🙏🏽 Underground Antics Website   🙏🏽 LinkedIn: Shane Pokroy   🙏🏽 Instagram: @shanepokroy 🙏🏽 Facebook: @UndergroundAnticsPodcast   🎧 Listen and subscribe to Underground Antics on your favourite podcast platform  Apple Podcasts Spotify Produced by: Jason Shapiro  https://shapirocreations.com/    🙏🏽 Thanks for tuning in!   Share this episode with someone who might enjoy it!   #podcast #psychology #consciousness #experience #cognition #act #acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy #insight #evolution #suffering #liberated #mind #self #flourishing