The Constructed Awareness Podcast
The Constructed Awareness Podcast
Podcast Description
The Constructed Awareness Podcast explores the principles of Constructed Awareness (CA) and how they apply to therapy, personal growth, and everyday life. Hosted by CA founder, Tyler Orr, this podcast delves into topics like mindfulness-based and trauma-informed therapy. Whether you're a CA-trained therapist or simply curious about deepening your self-awareness, each episode offers practical insights and thought-provoking discussions to deepen your understanding of the CA model.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on principles of Constructed Awareness, mindfulness, and trauma-informed therapy, with episodes exploring topics such as the origin of CA, its core principles, and its evolution from EMDR therapy. Specific examples include discussions on the roles of awareness in transformation, the three building blocks of experience, and the dynamic understanding of personality within CA.
The Constructed Awareness Podcast explores the principles of Constructed Awareness (CA) and how they apply to therapy, personal growth, and everyday life. Hosted by CA founder, Tyler Orr, this podcast delves into topics like mindfulness-based and trauma-informed therapy. Whether you’re a CA-trained therapist or simply curious about deepening your self-awareness, each episode offers practical insights and thought-provoking discussions to deepen your understanding of the CA model.
- 00:00 – Welcome and introduction to Jandita Zaki
- 02:40 – Overview of CA and its first principle: awareness brings change
- 04:55 – Ron Kurtz’s influence and the concept of “violence” in therapy
- 07:20 – Jandita’s personal experience discovering nonviolence in CA training
- 12:05 – Filling vs holding space: therapist discomfort and the urge to help
- 19:10 – Sitting with silence vs holding silence in session
- 23:30 – Resistance, duality, and how advice-giving creates tension
- 25:50 – Helping interns move from fixing to presence
- 28:10 – Mindfulness as repression vs mindfulness as presence
- 32:40 – Sitting with emotions without promising outcomes
- 37:05 – Nonviolent language: “I want you to” vs invitational phrasing
- 41:40 – Co-regulation, childhood experiences, and emotions as involuntary
- 46:10 – Cultural perspectives on emotions like anger
- 50:40 – Eurocentric therapy vs CA’s flexible building blocks of experience
- 55:40 – How CA helps clients discover their own inner wisdom
- 58:00 – How to connect with Jandita and resources on Constructed Awareness
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