{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"029: Anahita Moghaddam - Transcendence, Transformation and Finding Purpose","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6100856531fd81f125b34dad/610085a690e69d001a26d095.jpg?height=200","description":" \nGuest Overview\n \nBorn in Iran, raised in Germany, a social anthropologist, an executive coach, organizational trainer and international speaker, founder of contemplative science focused Neural Beings, and long term resident of New York is this week’s guest, Anahita Moghaddam.\n \nIn this episode, Anahita tells the story of her troubled, anger-fueled and rebellious early years, the impact of her parents and upbringing and her struggles with sexual identity, purpose, and life direction.\n \nAnahita discusses the role and transformative power of dance in her growth and how a trip to India transformed her life and set her on her Buddhist Spiritual path.  \n \nShe explains how a serendipitous flight cancellation resulted in coming face to face with the Dalai Lama on the re-booked flight. We also discuss the happy accidents and chance encounters, that have defined her spiritual path in New York \n \nAnahita explains how her rigorous and experiential contemplative science methodology blends Eastern practices and wisdom, with the western fields of psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, and biology. \n \nWe discuss the damaging fragmentation of technology on our attention, on self and our communities and the practices we can all adopt to lead more balanced positive lives.  \n \nShe shares her perspective on the power of femininity in society and culture and ideas on new forms of education. \n \nI hope you’re inspired by this episode of powerful insights into the human experience, and her commitment to self-inquiry with Anahita Moghaddam. \n \n \nWhat We Discuss  \nBeing born in Iran and experiencing the traumas of the Iran-Iraq war \nMoving to London to study Marketing \nImmersing herself in the gay club scene to dance and feel safe\nHer drug abuse, inner dialogue, partying and hitting rock bottom\nThe bubble that was her school life, her self-harm, and her alienation \nThe duality of growing up in Germany and spending vacation time in Iran \nThe ambiguity of her upbringing \nThe wake-up call of her father dying\nThe end of her spiral of destruction \nHer spiritual awakening from a 3-month immersive retreat in India\nLeaving behind suffering, alienation, and abuse\nReturning to London to complete her Masters in SocioAnthropology \nHow consulting and interviewing third-world leaders opened her mind to her coaching abilities \nHer burning desire to move to New York\nThe serendipitous impact of having $10,000 deposited in her bank account.\nThe openness and potential of NYC \nHer search for purpose \nMigrating from Project Management to Coaching\nHer journaling and documentation of her inner life \nKnocking on Patti Smith's front door and what happened next \nStudying at Contemplative Science at Nalanda Institute \nExplaining Contemplative Science\nWhy she considers curiosity and kindness so powerful\nThe role of love\nHow she considers and views the mind vs the brain \nHow actions impact on world view and life \nHow the Dalai Lama became her teacher\nHer perspective on social media and technology and the fragmentation of attention\nThe role and power of mindfulness to regulate social media \nNegativity bias \nPower of a gratitude practice \nHer view on the imperative to increase the number of women in power \nNew innovations in education \nIdentifying and challenging self-limiting beliefs\nNeural Beings impact over the next 10 years\nWhen she realized purpose was her path\nHer quick-fire question answers \n \nSocial Links \nLinkedin \nInstagram \n \nLinks In The Show\nNeuralBeings\nIran Iraq War \nLenny Kaye\nPatti Smith \nNalanda Institute\nMind and Life Institute\nRumi\nDr. Robert Lustig Hacking the American Mind\nIain McGilchrist\nSee learning curriculum\nMandela\nSolve For Happy \nRoger Waters The Tide is Turning \nAbove Us Only Sky\nChef’s Table \n...","author_name":"Fabrica Collective"}