John Welwood: Healing the Core Wound of the Heart

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2012

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Tami Simon speaks with Dr. John Welwood, a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, and practicing student of Buddhism and Eastern contemplative psychology. Dr. Welwood is an author whose books include Journey of the Heart and Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships, and with Sounds True he has created the audio learning program Conscious Relationships. In this episode, Tami speaks with Dr. Welwood about his understanding of the relationship between psychological work and the spiritual journey, as well as his view of the phenomenon of “spiritual bypassing.” He also spoke about committed relationships and the most common issue that couples present in couples therapy. (61 minutes) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:50.3	Many voices, one journey.
1:01.1	Thank you. Many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
1:03.5	Today my guest is Dr. John Wellwood.
1:06.0	John is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, teacher, and author.
1:13.1	He trained in existential psychology and has also been a practicing student of Buddhism and Eastern contemplative psychologies for 40 years.
1:20.8	John is the author of Journey of the Heart, Awakening the Heart, and Challenge of the Heart,
1:26.4	and most recently, a book called Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships.
1:32.9	With Sounds True, John has created an audio program called Conscious Relationships,
1:38.5	where he shows the listener how to look at their lover not as a block to their individual fulfillment, but as the pathfinder
1:46.9	to it. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, John and I spoke about the notion of the holding
1:54.9	environment in early childhood and how the spiritual path is opening to awareness as the ultimate holding space.
2:03.6	We also talked about how John understands the relationship between psychological work and spiritual work
2:10.6	and his notion of spiritual bypassing.
2:13.6	We also talked about committed relationships and the most common issue that couples present in couples therapy.
2:22.0	Here's my very illuminating conversation with Dr. John Wellwood.
2:31.4	John, your most recent book is called Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships.
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