Doug Kraft - Exploring Consciousness & Deep Awareness

Retired minister and psychotherapist, Doug Kraft, discusses the science of consciousness and how our minds construct reality.

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Ruben Laukkonen, PhD - Neuroplasticity, Meditation & the Predictive Brain

Cognitive neuroscientist Ruben Laukkonen talks about the rarest states of consciousness and how the mind builds itself through predictive processing.

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Donald Hoffman, PhD - Consciousness, Perception & Reality

Donald Hoffman, PhD, cognitive scientist and author, discusses how reality isn’t as it seems and why we should question everything.

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Andrew Holecek - Profound States of Mind

Andrew Holecek, author and meditation teacher with decades of experience, speaks about his 3-year silent retreat and what he’s learned about enlightenment

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Antonio Damasio, MD, PhD - Origins of the Mind

Antonio Damasio, MD, PhD, neurologist, psychologist and best-selling author, speaks about the evolution of the mind and the origin of consciousness.

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James Cooke, PhD - Neuroscience, Consciousness & Nonduality

James Cooke, PhD, neuroscientist, writer and speaker, discusses consciousness, nonduality and how psychedelics alter the brain.

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Rick Doblin, PhD - The Psychedelic Renaissance

Dr. Rick Doblin, Founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), talks about recent research into psychedelics and their use for exploring the mind.

Steven Kotler - Your Brain in Flow

Journalist, bestselling author, and entrepreneur Steven Kotler discusses flow states and peak human performance.

Jayne Gackenbach, PhD - Virtual Realities & the Mind

Dr. Gackenbach is a dream researcher whose focus is lucid dreaming and other altered states of consciousness. She holds a Ph.D in Experimental Psychology and her most recent research focuses on video game players and the development of consciousness. In this episode of the FitMind Podcast we discuss virtual worlds, like video games, dreams and VR, and the different effects they have on the mind.

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Richard Lang - Headless Way Meditation

Richard Lang is the primary teacher of a popular meditation technique known as Headless Way. He was a close friend of Douglas Harding, the philosopher who first invented this method, and is also coordinator of UK charity Shollond Trust.

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