HeyJaredThe Ecstasy Project
Queer spirituality and wellbeing. A pod cast for gay, bi, trans and queer men questioning how to be happy and fulfilled. Nick Kientsch has 30 years experience of meditation, 7 as a Buddhist monk, and now explores spirituality through Sacred Intimacy, Tantra and non duality.
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Meditation, Madness or Awakening? Exploring the Dark Side of Mindfulness (opens the original)
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Can meditation sometimes make things worse rather than better? And if practice brings up panic, dissociation, fear or even a loss of our familiar sense of self, is something going wrong — or could it point towards something deeper?In this conversation, Nick and Grant explore the increasingly discussed “dark side of mindfulness”, drawing on decades of personal experience within Buddhist and Tantric traditions.Both share times when intensive meditation left them surprisingly less grounded rather t
Imposter Syndrome, Enlightenment & the Search for Self (opens the original)
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In this deeply personal and thought-provoking conversation, Nick Kientsch and Grant Shepherd explore the hidden inner world that so many of us carry but rarely speak about. Beginning with Nick's own experience of imposter syndrome, the discussion unfolds into a rich exploration of spiritual awakening, self-worth, enlightenment, and what it means to live authentically in a culture obsessed with success, status and achievement. In this episode we explore: - Why imposter syndrome affects even exper
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