Owning your Attention with Prof Larry Berger on The Living Process with Greg Madison, E045.

This is a packed episode with Larry Berger talking about ‘Attention’ and then ‘attention activism’ as an attempt for humans to regain some ownership over our attention. Larry talks about his correspondence with Gene, the ‘fracking of attention’ and the political implications of where we place our attention. There are a number of links below for further exploration of these topics.

Also check out Larry’s book, The Politics of Attention and the Promise of Mindfulness. “Lawrence Berger calls for the recognition of attention as indispensable for reshaping our traditional views of the body, self, and politics. Rigorous yet accessible, this book offers readers interested in hermeneutics, phenomenology, and political philosophy valuable new insights into the gathering power of attention for individual and community formation.”

Episode 45 - Owning Your Attention with Larry Berger: https://youtu.be/yn6qlgwqzCc

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Lawrence Berger is a former professor of business and currently teaches philosophy while writing about his main themes, including, “Being There: Heidegger on Why Our Presence Matters”. This article appeared in the New York Times philosophy blog and was the most shared article on the day of its publication in 2015. In addition to numerous articles on the philosophy of attention, Larry has recently published the book, The Politics of Attention and the Promise of Mindfulness, which gives Gendlin’s A Process Model a central role. Below are links to some of the groups Larry mentioned.

https://friendsofattention.org

https://deeptransformation.network/posts/96050390?utm_source=manual

www.belovedcommunitycircles.org

https://focusinginternational.org

(Community Wellness initiatives)

The Living Process with guest Mia Leijssen and host Greg Madison. In Episode 44, my guest Professor Mia Leijssen talks about the circumstances that led to her new book, Connecting with your Essence. A Path to Awareness and Healing.“At birth you are completely your pure self. The ability you then have to let your essence shine through your outer form gradually becomes overshadowed and buried ... This book encourages you to get back on track with your essence. “Mia talks movingly of the physical pain of illness and how that opened up a profound new awareness of life and its relation to the natural cycles around us. We talk about how helpful it was to find a Focusing partner who shared these physical challenges. She relates human psychological development to the given elements of air, water, fire and earth, and we discuss how this awareness connects us to the mystery of life and human meaning. Episode 44 - Connecting with your Essence with Prof. Mia Leijssen on The Living Process: https://youtu.be/Tcv5Xd_GqiMThe Living Process - all episodes and podcast links: https://www.londonfocusing.comTLP YouTube video channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC0TgN6iVu3n9d9q2l43z1xBMYY3p9FQLMia Leijssen, Ph.D. - Professor (Emeritus) Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Prof. Leijssen is well known in the worlds of Focusing and Client-centred Psychotherapy as well as existential wellbeing, Focusing microprocesses, spirituality, and professional ethics. She is a longtime Focusing Therapist, Teacher, and Coordinator for the International Focusing Institute, and the academic director of the massive Open Online Course: Existential Well-being Counseling: A Person-centered Experiential Approach. www.existentieelwelzijn.behttps://existentialwellbeing.com Publishers link https://www.lannoo.be/nl/connecting-your-essence (book contents, Introduction and Chapter 1, clickon 'Boek inkijken').Paperback 24,99€ or E-book 13,99€, on Bol.com or Amazon.

Dana Ganihar & Baruch Brenner on The Living Process with Greg Madison. A holy commitment to the unknown. Episode 043Dana and Baruch offer a reflective process to get beyond the paradigm that might still be implicit in our Focusing jargon. Their process guides us into what it actually is to be a human being; living on the edge of ‘co-creation’.

Their work crosses the insights and distinctions of A Process Model with the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah. Dana and Baruch are the founders of Shakio Institute, where they explore how Art, Focusing and Prayer can open us to the flow and wisdom of life beyond categories and perceptions.

They have been leading TAE workshops and Questions at the Edge in Israel and internationally, with an emphasis on working with artists, researchers and creators from varied backgrounds.Episode 43 - A Holy Commitment to the Unknown with Dana Ganihar & Baruch Brenner on The Living Process. Episode 43: https://youtu.be/EJg98Aw4Lv8The Living Process - all episodes and podcast links: https://www.londonfocusing.com/the-living-process/TLP YouTube video channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC0TgN6iVu3n9d9q2l43z1xBMYY3p9FQLDana Ganihar, M.Sc. is a Focusing Coordinator since 2007. Over the last couple decades she has taught Gendlin’s work and initiated cooperative research exploring the impact of Focusing and TAE on diverse fields at various universities.

Baruch Brenner is an Israeli theater director, actor, singer, teacher, focusing trainer and an ordained Orthodox Rabbi. He is a leading innovator integrating spiritual practices with experiential work in theater, movement and vocal arts. He facilitates workshops exploring religious and mystical traditions, with an emphasis on Jewish mysticism - Kabbalah and Hasidic philosophy - making them accessible to the general public.Their courses and teachings can be found at: https://shakio.org/en/focusing/

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