This week, I sat down to chat with Ricky Derisz, author of Mindsets for Mindfulness: Awakening From Crisis To Higher Consciousness and creator of MindThatEgo, a new paradigm for mental illness, spirituality, creativity, consciousness, and human potential. In this episode, he shares his insights on meditation, intrinsic motivation, ikigai, intentionality, intuition, interdependence, and intimacy.

Time stamps:
00:44 The enchanted worldview, meditation, perception, & the nature of reality
04:05 Mind-body connection, interconnected consciousness, metaphysics
07:22 Models of depression: chemical imbalance, root-cause analysis, biological vs spiritual, ego dissolution
14:51 Spiritual but not religious (SBNR) label, esoteric vs exoteric, spiritual narcissism
19:05 Self-compassion and self-criticism, suffering and empathy, self-awareness
24:15 Intrinsic motivation, permissionless leverage, creativity
29:19 Westernization of ikigai, meaning and purpose, non-attachment to ideas
32:56 Paradox of intentionality, specialists vs generalists, experimentation, shiny object syndrome
36:50 Committing to creative endeavors, self-honesty, intuition, sunk cost fallacy
40:13 Throwaway culture, paradox of choice, satisficers vs maximizers, healthy expectations
45:30 Effective communication vs protest behavior, ask vs guess culture, emotional reactivity
51:25 Equanimity, autonomy vs interdependence, attachment styles
53:49 Codependency, interabled relationships, gender roles, social conditioning
59:44 Emotional dependency vs intimacy, stability and security, mutual support
01:02:34 Understanding, empaths and sensitivity, responsibility, curiosity mindset
01:08:47 Growing through adversity, challenges, and forgiveness
01:11:02 Bearing witness, holding space, being present to diffuse emotional reactivity

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