Communication Episodes
166
Sept. 22, 2023
The Transformative Potential of Understanding Attachment Styles
In this episode of The Light Inside, host Jeffrey Besecker explores the importance of healthy connections in our lives. He delves into the spiritual journey of forming these connections and the mental obstacles that can hinder them. By examining the influence of early childhood associations and conditioning, Jeffrey and his guests shed light on how they shape our perceptions of love, trust, and emotional security. Additionally, he highlights the wisdom of a monk and a retired neurosurgeon in t...
Guests: Madhu Dasa , Gary Simonds
159
July 28, 2023
The Unity of Opposites: How both things can be true
In this podcast, we look at how a concept of logic known as the Unity of Opposites can empower us to see the truth within us all. Host, Jeffrey Besecker explores this topic today with author, and wise sage, Troy Hadeed. In Sanskrit, the word Samhita literally means “put together; to join; union.” Yet, as humans, we often struggle to put things together. Nowhere is this more true than within our concepts surrounding truth. All of us have heard the old saying that every story has three sides, y...
Guest: Troy Hadeed
150
May 17, 2023
The Things We Love: How Our Passions Connect Us and Make Us Who We Are
Marketing Professor, Dr. Aaron Ahuvia and host, Jeffrey Besecker discussed the psychology of love and how it applies to why people love 'things', with Aaron being the first to publish empirical work on the topic. They discussed how pleasure and identity are two factors that guide people to the things they love, and how love is connected to bonding in other mammals. Aaron Ahuvia suggests that loving something is finding it to be so excellent that you want to make it part of who you are. He exp...
Guest: Aaron Ahuvia