A new review by Robert M Ellis is now up of Daniel Siegel’s
‘Mindsight’ – an inspiring account of integration changing people’s lives through psychotherapy, together with an explanation of the working of integration in the brain. Go to this page to read the review.
Category Archives: Psychology
Self and ego
A new talk edited from the 2014 retreat. It discusses how we need to distinguish the ideas of self and ego – to avoid beliefs about the self whether positive or negative, but nevertheless work with the experience of ego as we find it.
Middle Way Philosophy 4: The Integration of Belief – now available
Now available! The final volume in Robert’s ‘Middle Way Philosophy’ series, ‘The Integration of Belief’. This includes discussion of what belief is, how we can avoid delusions and how we can develop provisionality of belief. It draws on extensive evidence from psychology (cognitive bias theory) as well as philosophy,
and includes quite a comprehensive survey of cognitive biases, fallacies and metaphysical beliefs that make us absolutise our beliefs and thus make errors. The front cover is reproduced right and the back cover below. Please go to this link if you’re interested in purchasing a copy.
Dan Siegel on integration
Dan Siegel, author of ‘Mindsight’, here offers a scientifically precise take on integration, and on the kind of view of the mind that is needed to make sense of integration. This is well worth a view if you are interested in understanding the working of integration more clearly. We’re not just talking vague psychobabble here, but something that can be understood quite precisely both in terms of brains and in terms of experience. There is also an interesting transcribed interview with him here.
The MWS Podcast 49: Elizabeth English on Focusing
Elizabeth English (Locana) is the founder Life at Work, a professional and personal development organisation. She has a Masters and Doctorate from Oxford University in Buddhology. She’s a certified Nonviolent Communication trainer and, a teacher in Focusing with the British Focusing Teachers’ Association and the Focusing Institute. She’s going to talk to us today about Focusing, what it is, how you practice it, what are its benefits and how it might relate to the Middle Way.
MWS Podcast 49: Elizabeth English as audio only:
Download audio: MWS_Podcast_49_Elizabeth English