• Simon Goldberg – The Shape of Healing

  • Apr 4 2024
  • Length: 48 mins
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Simon Goldberg – The Shape of Healing

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  • In this episode, Wendy speaks with psychologist and contemplative researcher Simon Goldberg. Simon uses tools drawn from psychotherapy research to better understand the therapeutic processes and outcomes of mindfulness and meditation-based interventions. This conversation covers many topics, including:

    • coming to practice through one's own suffering;
    • what we know from science about whether and how meditation "works;"
    • the nuts and bolts of meditation research, and the importance of control groups;
    • the file drawer effect and publishing negative findings;
    • common factors in healing interventions;
    • working with the self in psychotherapy vs. Buddhism;
    • the critical role of acceptance;
    • some challenges when measuring effects of meditation;
    • individualizing contemplative practice to suit the person;
    • delivering and studying meditation interventions through apps;
    • and the possibilities of AI to help support meditation practice.

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