Deep Psychology
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- The Boundless Body: November Readings #12 · 5 min"The habitual body locks us into the sense of physicality, separation and limitation perhaps more so than any other set of sensations." The twelth episode of my Boundless Body…
- The Boundless Body: November Readings #11 · 4 min"Meditation leads to change in our thought-related neural circuitry and to a radically new experience of the mind, but we do not achieve this by attempting to shut off thinking."…
- The Boundless Body: November Readings #10 · 5 min"If we saw and heard our thoughts knowing they belonged to another person, even if they continued to be head-centred and incessant, I can almost guarantee they would hardly…
- The Boundless Body: November Readings #9 · 6 min"When we sit quietly, face to face with our own body and mind possibly for the first time in our lives, we are inevitably confronted with the harsh reality of our inner state."…
- The Boundless Body Meditation #1: November Series · 17 minSpirit Quest Tours: Save $500 on your next trip with discount code ROSS: https://www.spiritquesttours.com/destinations Our first meditation of four this month, taken from The…
- The Boundless Body: November Readings #7 · 5 min"This work is a matter of sensitisation, just like how after years of training a coffee connoisseur literally tastes coffee differently to us and can identify far more flavours."…
- The Boundless Body: November Readings #6 · 6 min"The great spiritual masters from all schools practice for thousands of hours." The sixth episode of my Boundless Body Readings series for November 2026. A practical and profound…
- The Boundless Body: November Readings #5 · 5 min"Your life is in your loving hands, right now. You are at the wheel, right now. How will you live it?" The fifth episode of my Boundless Body Readings series for November 2026. A…
- The Boundless Body: November Readings #4 · 6 min"All you ever experience is the ongoing flow of experience, which is your life, and this ongoing flow includes all conceptions of anything outside of it" The fourth episode of my…
- The Boundless Body: November Readings #3 · 6 min"I want to invite you to do something you may have never done before: to step into your present direct experience and see through the foundational assumptions that underlie our…
- The Boundless Body: November Readings #2 · 6 min"Your body is the entirety of all your felt experience in all directions, all at once." The second episode of my Boundless Body Readings series for November 2026. A practical and…
- The Boundless Body: November Readings #1 · 7 min"This timeless, spaceless, everpresent state is your own true condition. You are already this endless fullness that you seek." The first episode of my Boundless Body Readings…
- Unitive Stage of Ego Development (#168) · 41 min · Odcinek 168We have reached the last of the nine stages in Ego Development Theory, called the Unitive stage. This is where we consciously realise God, see through the temporary, limited and…
- The Great Developmental Arc · 3 minHuman ego development has an overall trajectory to it, and once you reach Ego-aware you have almost reached its end. This is a snippet from my 21/10 episode, The Ego-aware Stage…
- Bitesize Summary of the Ego-Aware Stage · 7 minThe defining features of the Ego-Aware stage of ego development, which we cover in great detail in my Wednesday 21/10 episode, The Ego-Aware Stage of Ego Development (#167)
- The Ego-Aware Stage of Ego Development (#167) · 1 godz. 6 min · Odcinek 167We discuss the Ego-Aware stage of ego development, AKA the Magician, which signifies another huge paradigm shift. This is the first postautonomous or post-postconventional stage…
- Your Field Guide for Identifying Strategists · 7 minHere are some key Strategist personality traits that will help you spot people operating from this stage. This is a snippet from my 14/10 episode Strategist Stage of Ego…
- Why The Strategist Stage Gets Its Name · 6 minThe Strategist stage of ego development gets its name primarily from the Strategist's complex, long-term, systemic thinking process, its sense of mission, and its ability to…
- How the Strategist & Pluralist Differ · 3 minThe Strategist and Pluralist levels, though both Postconventional, are rather different levels of development, with distinct senses of self, worldviews, motivations and…
- Strategist Stage of Ego Development (#166) · 55 min · Odcinek 166In this episode, we're exploring the seventh stage of ego development: the Strategist, also known as the Autonomous stage. This is where we begin to see the bigger picture: not…
- Opening Pandora's Box of Truth · 2 minAt the Pluralist level, we become open to many more truth systems than before. Until this level, truth is rather simple. We tend to adopt one truth system and reject all others…
- Beyond the Norm: Postconventional Ego Development · 6 minWhat does it mean to move beyond conventional development? In this snippet, I explain how postconventional development involves seeing through your cultural conditioning…
- The Great Postconventional Watershed · 5 minThe Pluralist stage marks both a stage shift and the Conventional-Postconventional shift AND the move into the second half of the developmental arc. This is a huge watershed in…
- Individualist Stage of Ego Development (#165) · 1 godz. 0 min · Odcinek 165In this episode, I explore the Pluralist/Individualist stage of development, the first truly post-conventional stage. We look at what happens when you begin questioning the…
- The Great Awakening to Self-Help · 5 minThe Achiever level is when we usually get involved - or obsessed - with self-help for the first time. This fits very well with the typical Achiever traits. This is a snippet from…
- The Achiever Level in a Nutshell · 1 minYou could sum up the Achiever level in the two points that I make here. This is the heart of this level's psyche and behaviour. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 30/9 episode…
- The Achiever: Stage 4 of Ego Development (#164) · 1 godz. 5 min · Odcinek 164The Achiever level of ego development is where our identity becomes fully differentiated from others and our environment. At this level, we derive meaning from achieving goals…
- Meet My Textbook EXPERT Family Member · 17 minI know a person who is a textbook, textbook example of the Expert. Here I give several examples of the Expert stage showing up in them. This makes the theory extremely concrete…
- The Heart of the Expert Mind: The Need to Know · 3 minThere is one simple driver behind the entire Expert stage of ego development: "I must know", "I should know". This one trait explains most of their personality and behaviour…
- The Expert Stage: Why It's Called "Expert" · 4 min"No one can tell an Expert anything they don't know already." Let's explain why the Expert stage gets its name. Perhaps Cook-Grueter said it best when she described the Expert's…
- The Expert, Stage 3/4 of Ego Development (#163) · 1 godz. 12 min · Odcinek 163This is the Expert stage of ego development - the second of three Conventional levels, and the fifth stage of 10 overall. We can best sum it up by saying that the Expert's…
- Conformist Stage of Ego Development: Key Personality Traits · 6 minSome telltale signs of the Conformist stage: sensitivity to criticism, dependence on authority, and they champion their chosen group's values and motifs. This is a snippet from…
- The Conformist Level of Ego Development - Part 2/2 (#162.2) · 46 min · Odcinek 162In this two-part episode, we describe the Conformist level of ego development, or Stage 3 in Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory. At this stage, we are defined by the groups we…
- What Does Conformist Mean? · 6 minHere we discuss why the "Conformist" Stage 3 of Ego Dev is called as such. Perhaps we could sum it up very simply by saying that at this stage we are defined by others. This is a…
- What is Conventional Development? · 5 minConventional levels describe the ego development of most adults in modern countries. This is the bulk of the bell curve, comprising 80% of the population. This is a snippet from…
- The Conformist Level of Ego Development - Part 1/2 (#162.1) · 58 min · Odcinek 162In this two-part episode, we describe the Conformist level of ego development, or Stage 3 in Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory. At this stage, we are defined by the groups we…
- It's Me vs The World: Stage 2/3 Ego Development · 5 minAt Stage 2/3 of Ego (the Opportunist), we become aware that others have their own needs and wants. As yet, we possess no real empathy or ability to cooperate, and see them as…
- Early Ego Development = Your Psyche's Foundation · 7 minYou might be wondering why bother learning about early, preconventional ego development if most adults are long past it. Here's why. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 9/9…
- What Really is Preconventional Ego Development? · 6 minPreconventional ego development takes us from being newborns with zero identity and zero meaning-making capacity to being functional members of the society. This is a huge…
- Pre-Conventional Stages of Ego Development by Cook-Greuter (#161) · 57 min · Odcinek 161We continue our series on Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory by covering the Pre-Conventional levels. These represent the base of the human being, the beginning of a self, the…
- Is Higher Development Always Better? · 7 minWe tend to think that higher ego development simply means being happier. Our logic is that greater self-awareness, motivations and flexibility, a more complex worldview, and a…
- What is Ego Development? · 6 minEgo development simply means how the ego (i.e. our meaning-making function) complexifies over time. As it complexifies, so do our autonomy, freedom, flexibility, self-awareness…
- What is the Ego? · 6 minThis month we are studying ego development as framed by Cook-Greuter, so we ought to know what the ego is. It probably isn't what you think. This is a snippet from my Wednesday…
- Intro to Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory (#160) · 1 godz. 3 min · Odcinek 160We see the world, explain things, make meaning and find coherence in predictable ways as we mentally develop. This is not a random process. This is a well-studied and understood…
- What Do Personality Typologies Really Tell Us? · 6 minBeyond the personality typology system we prefer, what do they really tell us about who we are? What are the deeper lessons? This is a snippet from my Wednesday 1/9 episode…
- Is Astrology Legit? · 5 minHere we explore whether or not astrology is legit as a system for understanding human personality. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 26/8, Making Sense of Personality Typology…
- How the Enneagram Illuminated Humans For Me · 5 minThe Enneagram is the personality typology that has shown me the most about myself and others. Here's how. This is a snippet from my 26/8 episode, Making Sense of Personality…
- Making Sense of Personality Typology Systems - Part 2/2 (#159) · 47 min · Odcinek 159In this mini-series, we’re going to look at the main personality typology systems and how to use them. Knowing your personality type helps you achieve a reliable snapshot of your…
- Intro to the Myers-Briggs System · 5 minHere are the keys to the Myers-Briggs system, among the most popular personality typology systems out there. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 19/8 episode, Making Sense of…
- Exploring the Masculine-Feminine Typology · 3 minThe masculine describes qualities typically embodied by biological males, and the feminine describes those embodied by biological females. But anyone – regardless of biological…
