{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What is a Good Life?","title":"What is a Good Life? #21 - Beyond The Illusion of Self with Katrijn van Oudheusden","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3589,"description":"On the 21st episode of the \"What is a Good Life?\" podcast, I am joined by Katrijn van Oudheusden, who is the author of \"Selfless Leadership,\" a writer, coach, and guide. Her work focuses on helping you see through the illusion of the separate self.\nIn this episode, Katrijn takes us on an exploration and investigation of the paradigm of the separate self. She references neuroscience, physics, and the traditions of Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta, etc., which have been saying for centuries that there is no separate self.\n\nKatrijn shares her own path in coming to this realisation and how this awareness leads to a life of freedom, where everything has meaning, and where one doesn't take things so personally or feel small and disconnected.\n\nI found this conversation to be captivating, challenging, and enlivening. Regardless of the beliefs you hold, this episode will be a valuable tool in your own investigation of reality and what a good life means to you.\nSubscribe for weekly episodes, every Tuesday, and check out my YouTube channel (link below) for daily clips and reflections.\nContact me at mark@whatisagood.life to book a free 30 minute consultation for one-on-one coaching programs or to hear about corporate workshops I am offering around this question.\nRunning Order: \n01:25 The podcast begins\n02:35 What is the separate self?\n\n09:37 Duality of experience while knowing there’s no separate self\n\n12:25 Free Will - where is the decider or the doer?\n\n17:33 The paradox of personal consciousness\n\n21:40 Everything has meaning\n\n27:16 Personal path to seeing though the separate illusion\n\n31:57 There is only this experience - you are everything\n\n36:13 Life is no longer so personal - it simply occurs\n\n41:57 Attachments to wonder, judgement, awe and labels\n\n45:39 The mind’s role in separateness\n\n51:07 Keep making plans but know we are pretending\n\n57:11 What is a good life for Katrijn?\n\nFor further content and information check out the following: \n- For the podcast's YouTube page:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bmT8FMFAsdpL8YpCcl1-OrgjJf3IhVZ_KJftDu8Wgy8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM3NDg2LzE2NzI4/MzUxMDgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}