Deep Psychology

Here 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 Personality Typology Systems - Part 2/2 (#158)

The masculine describes qualities typically embodied by biological males, and the feminine describes those embodied by biological females.

But anyone – regardless of biological sex or gender identification – embodies both the masculine and the feminine to a certain ratio. Think of them as two forces or poles within us.

When harnessed correctly, they each bring certain capacities. When allowed to coexist and dance together, we have a much greater repertoire.

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 19/8 episode, Making Sense of Personality Typology Systems, Part 1/2 (#158).

Are you an introvert? Use these key markers of introversion to find out.

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 19/8 episode, Making Sense of Personality Typology Systems - Part 1/2 (#158)

In 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 personality and tendencies, boosting your self-understanding and ability to navigate others.

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One of the key markers of transpersonal development is that our identity becomes permanently decoupled from the limited sense of personal self.

This is a snippet from my 12/8 episode, The Transpersonal 3rd-tier Levels of Consciousness (#157)

When it comes to the transpersonal, 3rd-tier levels of human consciousness, we're operating mostly on speculation rather than hard research data.

This is a snippet from my 12/8 episode, The Transpersonal 3rd-tier Levels of Consciousness (#157)

Today we discuss the 3rd tier of consciousness development, or the Transpersonal levels. These are very rare levels beyond Turquoise Construct-Aware that few reach.

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Today we discuss the 3rd tier of consciousness development, or the Transpersonal levels. These are very rare levels beyond Turquoise Construct-Aware that few reach.

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At Turquoise Construct-Aware, enlightenment or spiritual awakening loses its mythic glow and starts to become ordinary, direct, immediate.

You stop making spirit an object to be pursued.

That is, the enlightenment project collapses.

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 5/8 episode, The Post-conventional Levels of Consciousness [Turquoise Construct Aware] (#156).

The move to Turquoise Construct-Aware heralds the end of teleological living, or goal-oriented living.

Every single prior level of consciousness is organised around goals and outcomes, essentially delaying fulfillment until later - until we finally see through and drop this mechanism.

These are the key features of the Turquoise Construct-Aware level in outline.

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 5/8 episode, Postconventional Levels of Consciousness - 3/3 (#156)

Today we discuss the 3rd postconventional level of consciousness, Turquoise Construct-Aware.

This level sits on the verge of the Transpersonal levels and is starkly different to the Yellow/Teal Integral level that precedes it.

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At the Yellow/Teal level of consciousness, we begin to tap into systems thinking. Let's explore what it means and why it's powerful.

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 29/7 episode, The Postconventional Levels of Consciousness - 2/3 (#155)

At Integral, we become multiperspectival for the first time. This is a radical shift in cognitive development and worldview, and here we explore its implications through practical examples.

This is a snippet from my 29/7 episode, The Postconventional Levels of Consciousness - 2/3 (#155)

The shift to Integral consciousness marks the first stage at which you see yourself, others and humanity developmentally. Here, we explore just what that means.

This is a snippet from my 29/7 episode, The Postconventional Levels of Consciousness - 2/3 (#155)

Let's discuss "the monumental leap in meaning" that occurs when we transition from 1st tier to 2nd tier in our development.

This is a snippet from my 29/7 episode, The Postconventional Levels of Consciousness - 2/3 (#155).

A bitesize overview of the Yellow/Teal Integral stage of development or level of consciousness, which Graves called "a monumental leap in meaning".

This is a snippet from my 29/7 episode, The Postconventional Levels of Consciousness - 2/3 (#155).

We continue our Levels of Consciousness series by looking at the Post-Conventional levels of consciousness, the leading edge of human development that discloses our future.

Today we focus on the second such level, Yellow Integral (also given the colour teal).

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At Green Postmodern, you revive or rediscover your spiritual life in a post-rational, non-dogmatic form. This is the beginning of true spiritual wisdom.

This is a snippet from my 22/7 episode, The Postconventional Levels of Consciousness - 1/2 (#154).

A critical feature of the Green Postmodern stage is that it looks back and criticises the Orange Achiever stage with its rationality, scientific mind and focus on success.

This is a snippet from my 22/7 episode, The Postconventional Levels of Consciousness - 1/2 (#154).

Some of the defining features of what it means to be postconventional, a metalevel of development that only 15-20% of humans ever reach.

This is a snippet from my 22/7 episode, The Postconventional Levels of Consciousness - 1/2 (#154).

The move from Orange Rational to Green Postmodern is not just a stage change, but a meta-stage change - from Conventional to Postconventional. This transition can be deeply destabilising, confusing and lonely.

This is a snippet from my 22/7 episode, The Post-Conventional Levels of Consciousness - 1/2 (#154)

We continue our Levels of Consciousness series by looking at the Post-Conventional levels of consciousness, the leading edge of human development that discloses our future.

Today we focus on the common features of Postconventional levels and the first such level, Green Postmodern.

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Here's a quick overview of Blue Conformist, the first Conventional level of consciousness.

This is a snippet from my Tuesday 14/7 episode, The Conventional Levels of Consciousness.

Today we’re continuing our Levels of Consciousness series by looking at the Conventional levels of consciousness, the home stages for most people across the world.

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The existence of the levels suggest to me that there is no default world that we either perceive accurately or not. The way the world "is" is defined by your level of development.

This is a snippet from my Tuesday 14/7 episode, The Pre-Conventional Levels of Consciousness.

The existence of Pre-Conventional levels of consciousness throws up a huge existential question regarding what the world actually is. Here we discuss it.

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 8/7 episode, The Pre-Conventional Levels of Consciousness.

Do not underestimate the importance of pre-conventional development: we go from newborns in the "primordial matrix" to participants in conventional society.

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 8/7 episode, The Pre-Conventional Levels of Consciousness.

Today we’re continuing our Levels of Consciousness series by looking at the Pre-conventional levels of consciousness, the first building blocks in the human psyche.

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If you asked me, "What do the levels of consciousness guide in our lives?", my short answer would be, "Everything".

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 1/7 episode, What Are The Levels of Consciousness?

If we're going to spend a whole month learning about the levels of consciousness, we should know why.

Put simply, absorbing this knowledge can dramatically change how you see yourself, others and humanity at large.

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 1/7 episode, What are The Levels of Consciousness, no. 151.

The levels of consciousness are a critical tool for understanding yourself, others and the human condition.

Today and this month you’re going to understand this fundamental trajectory that is guiding our lives.

Our lives are not random or aimless: we're all on a journey, for which the levels of consciousness form a timeless blueprint.

Understand them, and it will greatly enhance your understanding of yourself, others and all human affairs.

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The medical system tries to reduce our problems down to simple, pragmatic descriptions and solutions. But does this always help?

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 24/6 episode, The Diagnosis Obsession Part 2.

Diagnoses are always trying to describe a state, which is more real than any diagnosis applied to it, and is independent of it: your state is not the diagnosis, and the diagnosis is not your state.

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 24/6 episode, The Diagnosis Obsession Part 2.

We tend to think diagnoses are absolute, when really they are practical tools that professionals use to attempt to improve your health.

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 24/6 episode, The Diagnosis Obsession Part 2.

How many people are walking around right now with diagnoses for ADHD, depression, anxiety or other similar conditions that are unnecessary and useless - with dodgy diagnoses?

In part 2 of The Diagnosis Obsession, we explore why diagnoses are a heuristic, why our state is primary and our diagnosis is secondary, and some do's and don'ts when it comes to diagnoses.

Disclaimer: I am not qualified to diagnose or treat medical conditions.

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There's a lot of money in medicine and pharmaceuticals, and this puts a huge survival pressure on the industry.

This is not a countercultural slur, just a basic structural fact of healthcare.

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 17/6 episode, The Diagnosis Obsession Part 1.

Healthcare professionals' priority is to diagnose you. That is what they are trying to do. But is it necessary? Is it functional? Is it right?

And what's more - patients themselves are often biased towards obtaining a diagnosis.

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 17/6 episode, The DIagnosis Imperative Part 1.

How many people have you heard saying "I think I have autism/ADHD/anxiety/depression because of x, y or z"? I'm sure you've heard someone, because diagnoses of this kind have become trendy.

We're so quick to diagnose ourselves and others with psychological illnesses.

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 17/6 episode, The Diagnosis Obsession Part 1.

How many people are walking around right now with diagnoses for ADHD, depression, anxiety or other similar conditions that are unnecessary and useless - with dodgy diagnoses?

In part 1 of The Diagnosis Obsession, we explore why the health system runs on diagnoses, why this biases how we understand health, and why ordinary health-system realities reveal the obvious problem.

Disclaimer: I am not qualified to diagnose or treat medical conditions.

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