Filtering through the bullshit to find your truth

Ian Dowling | Thinking out loud

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Living together in a group is a strategy many animals use to survive and thrive. And a big part of what makes that living situation successful is listening. In this episode, we explore the collaborative world of the naked mole-rat. Threshold is nonprofit, listener-supported, and independently produced. You can support Threshold by donating today . To stay connected, sign up for our newsletter . Operation frog sound! Send us your frog sounds for an upcoming episode. We want you to go out, listen for frogs and toads, and record them. Just find someone croaking, and hit record on your phone. It doesn’t matter if there’s background noise. It doesn’t even matter if you’re not sure whether or not you’re hearing an amphibian—if you think you are, we would love to get a recording from you. Please also say your name and where you are in the world, and then email the recording to us at outreach@thresholdpodcast.org…

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Ian Dowling | Thinking out loud

Filtering through the bullshit to find your truth

Ian Dowling | Thinking out loud

published 5 anni fa

M4A•Pagina principale dell'episodio

Please leave a review and subscribe if you enjoy it :-)

Feel free to email any comments to iantdowling@gmail.com

41 episodi

#Ian Dowling #Fitness #Mental Health

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Ian Dowling | Thinking out loud

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Spiritual healing / Childhood trauma healing 6:38

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"Ready to dive deep into real healing? In this episode, we're breaking down the hard truth about childhood trauma and why true healing doesn’t happen in those 'love and light' moments. While meditation on the beach and positive vibes are helpful, they’re just practice . Real transformation happens when life knocks us down and forces us into the shadows of our own pain. Join us as we unpack how to bring awareness and resilience to those raw, uncomfortable moments where real growth happens. If you're ready to get real about healing, this episode is for you."…

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The feeling of progress 3:16

48 weeks fa3:16

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Getting braces on recently I realised that I didn't need to wait a year and a half to feel good about my teeth but I immediately started feeling good, more confidence smiling in the knowing that I have taken action and am on my way to my goal. It was an important reminder to me how this is the same with starting all those big things we've been putting off such as saving money, starting exercising or anything that we keep putting off starting. The feeling of progress from the first action is a pleasure worthy of action.…

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Spiritual Awakening 6:05

1 year fa6:05

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"Awakening" at least for me is just the beginning, an exciting new beginning but a beginning none the less. Its easy to allow the ego to jump into the driver seat when we have some form of Spiritual awakening but its only an opportunity to start fresh and see the the world anew.

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Treat your Thoughts like music 1:33

2 years fa1:33

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We don't have to take our thoughts personally and hang on to them, just like the way we don't take music personally and hang on to it if we do not like it.

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Momentum in the present moment 6:02

4 years fa6:02

6:02

You know that energy of water spinning when you stir water in a bucket? You know the way it pulls everything towards it, the center stay the center and the focus of energy pulls everything to the middle. Well what if the present moment is like that and all we need to do is focus so much on this moment that everything can be drawn towards this center. I don't mean sitting and not taking action but our thoughts being so focused here, now in this moment that our thought only change when a more important thought comes and we don't need to go against the flow looking for unnecessary thoughts. Thanks for listening :-) iantdowling@gmail.com Insta - @dowling_ian…

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A quote from Plato 4:41

4 years fa4:41

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I love quotes and I thought I would start a serious of episodes where I discuss quotes I like. This week its a quote from Plato Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another Instagram @dowling_ian Thanks for listening :-) Please subscribe or follow and please leave a review…

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Life is like Surfing 9:43

4 years fa9:43

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I haven't made one of these Podcasts for a long time. I started doing Standup Comedy and my attention has been there but I want to start posting these ideas/brain dumps again as I feel like its important to share anything that could potentially be positive for even one person out there. The analogy of Surfing in relation to life I think is a good one because often the biggest question in my mind is whether we have control over our life or is the Universe/God of whatever you call the thing that created us in control. But when we look at life using the analogy of surfing it atleast for me makes more sense because when surfing we have no control over what the wave does or where it goes or when it comes but if we decide to take that wave we then have the choice of what decisions we make on that wave, what move or turn we do etc. And if or when that wave smashes us we have the choice of being angry or upset or just shaking it off and paddling back out for the next one. Life seems to be like this if we except that opportunities come unexpectedly but when they come we then have the choice of how we respond to it. I'm on Instagram @dowling_ian Thanks for listening :-)…

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The freedom in the truth 6:42

5 years fa6:42

6:42

2019 was my most honest year and then I realised I still was not honest in intimate relationships. I thought I could not feel free in a Monogamous relationship and then while in a relationship a couple months ago I noticed a massive shift in me and I noticed that when I was more honest than I had ever been in a relationship that the feeling of freedom was the same as how id felt in the past when I became single. Being true in our words and actions gives us a freedom that for me at least is super exciting and has opened my mind to so many new possibilities in relationships, work and all of life…

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Dealing with the current uncertainty and who do we trust 10:37

5 years fa10:37

10:37

We have never actually had certainty in life and we never will except its just more obvious now than before. We have never had a guarantee that the sun will rise each day or that we will even wake up today, but we just take it for granted. Maybe nature needs to recover just like a muscle needs to recover after a workout. Maybe we should not choose a side to trust 100% during this Coronavirus chaos, maybe we should listen to all the sides and see what feels true to us. In this podcast I am talking about all these things and I hope you enjoy 😊…

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Where can we find light during this dark (COVID-19) cloud? 10:51

5 years fa10:51

10:51

"Ships don’t sink because of the water around them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them. Don’t let what’s happening around you get inside you and weigh you down." ( author unknown) We can always find light in every area of darkness although we can not remove darkness from a room we can only fill it with light. Its similar in life when we are in the middle of a dark period of life we can not expel the negative energy but we can radiate as much positive energy as possible which in turn lights the world around us. Today I just wanted to touch on a couple helpful activities such as Gratitude journaling to help deal with the stress.…

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Being ok through a transition period 3:45

5 years fa3:45

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You know how it can be uncomfortable waiting at a bus stop or at an airport.......and you know how there seems to be chaos when you throw a rock in the water until it settles again ........ ........ Well maybe when we are feeling uncomfortable in a life transition such as between jobs or any other uncertain period, maybe then we have to focus on our visualisation of our desired future as it’s just a transition. Maybe it’s an important time to have faith and not decide to go backwards as our next exciting adventure can be closer than we could ever imagine…

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Using Logic as a Spiritual practice 6:10

5 years fa6:10

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On today's podcast I offer the possibility of using Logic as a Spiritual practice. When we get used to incorporating “Spiritual” practices into our life such as meditation, visualization etc it becomes easy to rule out using basic techniques such as Logically thinking about our exact current situation in this very moment and often when we do this we realize that our stresses are based on the thought of something possibly happening. It can be a great mindfulness practice to step out of stress and the feeling of anxiety. If you enjoy the episode please subscribe and leave a review or send me an email 😊…

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The power of including desired feelings in your visualization practice 11:05

5 years fa11:05

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In this podcast my girlfriend Linsy joins me to share a valuable and easily actionable technique to implement into our visualization/meditation practice. Before meditating together one morning this week Linsy asked me about my practice and I described how I spend a couple minutes before or after meditating visualizing goals such as a successful podcast, flying my family from Ireland to Australia for Christmas and other material goals. Linsy then shared her visualization technique of meditating on the desired feelings associated with goals or situations and this instantly resonated with me. When we consider and focus on the feelings associated with our goals, not only do we attract what we need to bring those feelings and achieve our goals, we can also feel if our goals are aligned with what will truly serve us. I hope you enjoy the podcast and please help us reach more ears by subscribing or leaving a review :-) Wishing you an awesome weekend!!!!…

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Setbacks are part of the process 8:37

5 years fa8:37

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What if maybe setbacks are a necessary part of any process whether that be a Fitness plan, a new healthy eating plan, a spiritual journey where we feel like we are going backwards when we feel old patterns arising or maybe setbacks in career form. In this podcast I give the analogy of climbing Mt Everest because when climbing a mountain with this altitude it requires first timers to constantly retreat to Base Camp after reaching each check point to allow the body to acclimate to the altitude.…

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Filtering through the bullshit to find your truth 5:29

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