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What if the path to collective healing begins with facing our inner wounds... not bypassing them?

In this episode, Sean Lee-Davies speaks with Buddhist psychotherapist, author, and teacher Dr. Miles Neale, who blends Tibetan Buddhism, depth psychology, and trauma healing to offer a radically grounded path toward inner transformation. From the crisis of meaning in the West to the commercialization of mindfulness, this is a sobering yet empowering exploration of what it means to truly wake up.

Miles is the author of Gradual Awakening and Return with Elixir, founder of the Contemplative Studies Program, and a long-time student of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. With over two decades of clinical and contemplative training, he is a sought-after voice at the intersection of Eastern wisdom and modern psychology.

In this conversation, Miles shares:

• Why spiritual growth requires staying present with your pain, not bypassing it
• The psychological costs of Western culture’s obsession with speed and avoidance
• How trauma fragments our sense of self and why storytelling is essential for repair
• The dangers of stripping Buddhist wisdom from its ethical and philosophical roots
• Why patience, practice, and inner narrative are the real keys to lasting healing
• How ancient myths offer a roadmap for the modern spiritual journey

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00:00 Episode Trailer

01:16 Why trauma, not pleasure, is the root of suffering

04:42 The “spiritual bypassing” trap in the West

09:31 The real purpose of mindfulness—and how it’s been distorted

13:54 Miles’ path from psychology to Tibetan Buddhism

17:45 The inner split: healing the fragmented self

22:09 Why our culture avoids the hero’s journey

25:34 Initiation, suffering, and transformation

29:12 What Tibetan Buddhism offers modern psychology

32:08 Facing discomfort vs. chasing enlightenment

35:17 Creating safe containers for emotional work

39:50 Reclaiming the wisdom in sacred myths

44:06 From therapy to dharma: integrating ancient maps

47:51 Why commercial mindfulness isn’t enough

51:10 The long arc of gradual awakening

55:44 Final thoughts: courage, compassion, and coming home

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What happens when you expose the hidden truth behind plastic pollution… and discover it’s not just killing the oceans, but changing your DNA? Environmental filmmaker Louie Psihoyos reveals the disturbing reality we’re all living in.

Louie Psihoyos is a visionary filmmaker, activist, and media strategist known for documentaries like The Game Changers and Racing Extinction. From launching global environmental campaigns to exploring the health effects of microplastics, Sean has spent his life using storytelling to shift systems.

In this conversation, Sean shares:

• The dark truth about how microplastics are already inside us
• Why the recycling movement needed a media revolution
• The hidden cost of our clothes, cosmetics, and canned drinks
• What eco-anxiety really means and how to survive it
• Why documentaries might be the last hope for saving our planet

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00:00 The dark truth about how microplastics

00:53 The Garbage Story That Changed His Life

02:01 The Role of Storytelling in Environmental Movements

02:47 Building Films and Campaigns in Sync

03:20 Plastic in Your Brain, Body and Children

05:04 The Truth About “Green” Choices Today

06:12 Microplastics in Your Makeup, Clothes and Bottles

07:35 What Can the Public Really Do?

08:20 How Films Build Global Movements

09:06 Why Most Chemicals in the U.S. Are Untested

09:41 Eco-Anxiety and How to Cope With It

10:36 Sean’s First Electric Car in 2002

11:08 People Laughed at Solar Power. Now Look at It

11:53 What Gives Him Hope for the Future

12:34 The Shocking Impact of The Game Changers

13:08 Why Media Still Has the Power to Save Us

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What if everything we know about time, space, the body & even death... is based on an illusion?Deepak Chopra is the founder of The Chopra Foundation and Chopra Global. With over 90 books translated into 43 languages and numerous bestsellers, he is one of the world’s most influential voices in mind-body medicine, spirituality, longevity & cultural technology.

In this conversation, Deepak shares:

• Why aging is a reversible program, not an inevitability
• How consciousness is the foundation of reality
• What modern science gets wrong about perception, truth, and the brain
• The role of language, AI, and quantum biology in shaping human experience
• The measurable effects of meditation and presence on genetic health
• Why your identity is a socially conditioned hallucination

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00:00 Can our minds really control our health?

01:25 Why Deepak Chopra is in Thailand

04:40 The biology of aging and how to slow it down

07:52 Consciousness as the source of healing

11:36 Debunking the myth of the separate self

14:22 What science gets wrong about reality

18:07 Consciousness vs naive realism

22:14 Are our senses hiding the truth?

26:30 AI, language models, and simulated awareness

30:50 Multiverse theories and ancient Vedic parallels

34:48 The illusion of time, space, and matter

38:59 Quantum health: how consciousness affects DNA

43:25 The measurable impact of meditation on telomerase

46:12 Cancer, cellular death, and conscious biology

48:45 Can we manifest our own health and vitality?

51:08 Deepak’s five stages from survival to flow

54:20 Why AI can never be truly conscious

56:03 Final reflections on reality and human potential

#longevity #spirituality #consciousness #podcast #ai