Soulful Insights

In their 22nd episode, Rebecca and Ruth chat about mindfulness. What is it? Why is it so important as a tool in managing our mental health? They discuss why it helps in being able to break automatic patterns of thought and reactivity, They also explore why noticing our responses, and shifting our focus can be so significant if we're wanting to respond in new ways to historic patterning.

People make many choices daily, but some of us agonise over them - why? In this episode Ruth and Rebecca discuss the significance of choice in our lives, its relationship to change, and why people sometimes experience decision fatigue. They discuss the relationship between the beliefs we hold, and how this impacts the range of choices we might perceive, and why we sometimes don't recognise the choices available to us. Rebecca and Ruth also chat about some of the factors that influence or impede our choices, and our ability to choose authentically.

Why is interrogating our beliefs so significant to our relationship with self and the world around us? In this episode Ruth and Rebecca discuss the importance of beliefs; how they arise, how they impact our attitudes, our feelings and thoughts. They chat about how to know when your beliefs aren't working for you, explore the relationship between beliefs and identity. Rebecca and Ruth discuss why having beliefs challenged can feel confronting, but why it's also integral to growth.

Are science and spirituality diametrically opposed, or are their ways in which certain elements of science can be seen to support some spiritual principles. In this episode, Rebecca and Ruth explore this question, and chat about some of the ways in which spirituality is significant in their lives. They chat about trust, about congruence and some spiritual practices that can be helpful to increase knowledge of Self, and to reduce symptoms of anxiety and distress.

In their 18th episode Ruth and Rebecca speak about their ideas of Spirituality, and why it's an important component of the synergy. They chat about their beliefs and the ways in which spirituality exists for them. Rebecca and Ruth explore various distinctions between Religion and Spirituality, and introduce the idea that many aspects of quantum physics seem to support the existence of spirituality ... and agree to chat more about that in a follow-up episode.

In this episode Ruth and Rebecca examine the ego, and explore some of its defensive mechanisms. They chat about how a negative ego might develop, how it may present in the world, and what defensive strategies it might utilise when it feels under attack. Bec and Ruth explore the distinction between ego and the Self, and speak about some of the ways in which we might transform our negative ego into a positive ally.

Sensitivity - a blessing or a curse? In this episode Rebecca and Ruth chat about the diversity with which we meet our respective worlds, and the difference between sensitivity and reactivity. They explore what it might be like to move through the world as a sensitive human, and pose some hypotheses about why we develop sensitively or conversely, why our responses may become dulled. Where do you sit on the continuum?

Self-compassion - why is it important? In this episode Rebecca and Ruth discuss the components of self compassion and why its impact is significant. They explore how we might identify when it's not in play, and what some of the barriers to being self-compassionate are. Ruth and Rebecca also chat about why our focus is more often on kindness to others and how this can buy into feelings of unworthiness, and lead us to behaviours which distance us from ourselves and the lives we might want to be living.