Conversations for the Good

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Conversations for the Good is a dialogue dedicated to providing information and techniques to deepen awareness and understanding of how we as individuals can make desired changes that serve the greater good.

Ana Betro and Dr. Jane Eckert


    • May 6, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 24m AVG DURATION
    • 117 EPISODES


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    Guided Mini Practice #10 Begin Still and Know

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 29:25


    Our “felt sense” is another way of knowing that includes hunches, gut feelings, intuition, creative ideas, and wisdom.  Join us for an experience of quieting ourselves and listening in as we access the “felt sense” and allow it to  guide and empower us to be our best and highest selves.

    Begin with Loving-Kindness and Finish with Loving-Kindness

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 29:25


    We've been immersing ourselves in love-related feelings to foster a sense of balance and harmony.Join us as we move into a loving-kindness meditation that we may extend our love and blessings to ourselves, to others, and to all sentient beings in this world.Enjoy the moment when giving and receiving become one.

    Guided Mini Practices #8 The Alchemy of Love, Appreciation, Gratitude and Compassion

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 29:25


    Because negative reactivity is fear-based, it sends danger signals to the brain setting off the survival instincts of fight-flight-freeze.Join us as we explore how love related experiences provide the best antidote for this toxic reactivity.

    Opening and Allowing as a Path to Acceptance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 29:25


    As we observe ourselves in difficult moments, we're witnessing our reactivity and our attachment to the outcome…getting our way, needing to be right, or fixing something.Join us as we explore the path to acceptance and allow our unpleasant experiences, the facts and feelings, to be just as we find them…without denial, resistance, or judgement.

    Guided Mini Practice #6 - Harvesting the Gifts of Our Discomfort

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 29:25


    Our perceptions consist of streams of information in the form of thoughts, feelings, body sensations, impulses from the past, mixed with current experiences. These influences predict how we operate in present times. Tired of the same old patterns disrupting your quest for health and wellbeing?Join us as we unpack uncomfortable situations and discover the habits that keep us stuck in negative reactivity and self-defeating behaviors.

    Guided Mini Practices #5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 17:52


    So many gifts are available in present moment awareness…insights, gratitude, courage, resilience…the list goes on. Yet negative thought patterns often interfere with these gifts.Join us as we review how thinking patterns are created and how we might identify and neutralize them.

    Detecting Our Thought Patterns... Stories, Rumors & Guesses

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 17:52


    So many gifts are available in present moment awareness…insights, gratitude, courage, resilience…the list goes on. Yet negative thought patterns often interfere with these gifts.Join us as we review how thinking patterns are created and how we might identify and neutralize them.

    Mini Practice #4 Mindful Awareness 911

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 17:58


    We all have times when we're swept away into the stories and reactivity of our conditioned lives.Join us for this mini practice that provides the opportunity to quickly refocus into present moment awareness where we can make the conscious choice to be our best self.

    Keeping the Body in Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 22:17


    Join us as we bring our awareness to the sensations of our bodies. Experience this internal guidance system that offers us another way of knowing and is the gateway to our intuition and wisdom.

    Guided Mini Practice #2 Befriending the Light and Letting It Be Our Guide

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 16:27


    Join us as we continue in this season of extended light to be open to the experience of our inner light and radiance. We're allowing it to reveal the any old patterns that trip and trigger us on path to the best version of ourselves. 

    Guided Mini Practice #1 - Turning Toward the Light Within

    Play Episode Play 56 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 11:54


    The Summer Solstice brings the nourishing gift of extended light.Join us for a guided practice that supports the felt sense of our inner light, the radiance within that fuels the intentions and commitment to be the best version of ourselves.

    Skills to Nourish and Sustain Us in the Change Process

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 38:57


    We're in the process of consciously choosing to live life differently yet situations arise unexpectedly that can derail our best efforts.Join us as we review five techniques that keep us focused and positively engaged in our commitment to the best version of ourselves.

    Embracing Change VI—Living from Conscious Choice

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 26:01


    The hero within us, that best version of ourselves, realizes the importance of living life in new ways. The hero sees through all the unhealthy patterns and the excuses that keep us stuck.Join us as we review the dynamics of a change process of kindness, compassion and conscious choice.

    Embracing Change V—The Alchemy of Grace and Gratitude

    Play Episode Play 31 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 22:29


    Grace and gratitude form a dynamic relationship that fuels the change process from a place of openheartedness. Join us as we explore this remarkable dynamism and its impact on how we engage in the world.

    Embracing Change IV: Commitment, The Pledge of Integrity

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 21:50


    We're in the change process and want to maintain our enthusiasm and energy even when confronted by the unpredictable.Join us as we explore commitment as the glue that holds our intentions steady and secure in the face of life's challenges.

    Embracing Change III: From Intention to Inspired Action

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 23:45


    We have the desire to change and have allowed our imagination to fine tune it. Now we must bring this creation into real time. Join us as we explore how to energize our intentions in ways that inspire us to take action.

    Embracing Change - The Launch and the Long Haul

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 24:16


    As we move into our change process, we call upon the best version of ourselves to guide us to our heart's desire.Join us as we explore a formula to overcome our resistance and energize our intentions to fulfill our desire.

    Embracing Change II/Letting the Hero Lead

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2024 28:48


    So often we want to make changes in our lives yet parts of us resist it or sabotages our best efforts. Join us as we explore how accessing the hero within can keep us on a positive track to the change we desire.

    Embracing Change in 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2024 30:05


    Have your New Year resolutions already gone down the tubes? Join us as we explore a process to initiate and maintain the change that you desire.

    Harvesting the Lessons of Our Discomfort

    Play Episode Play 58 sec Highlight Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 29:24


    Join us as we explore how to step out of current mindless living and experience a deeper wisdom and understanding. Choose the road less traveled and befriend your body-mind by learning the language of your embodied self.

    A Slow Dance with the Body-Mind

    Play Episode Play 43 sec Highlight Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 29:35


    So what is this body-mind, mind-body thing anyway??? Join us as we explore the exquisite merging of our mind and body's intelligence in somatic awareness.

    Unpacking the Emotional Bundle

    Play Episode Play 53 sec Highlight Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 27:04


    Who's in the driver's seat of your life? Your past or the present? Join us as we explore the mind-body dance of thoughts, feelings, body sensations and impulses…and find out!

    Uncovering More Treasures in the Portal

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 26:14


    As we continue to observe our thought patterns we recognize their importance in creating our personal reality. Join us as we experience opening up to present moment awareness and discover how our thinking seems to have a life of its own.

    Discovering Our Self Awareness

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 23, 2023 25:04


    Our self awareness knows our tendencies and habits and is honest about our actions and inactions. Join us as we follow the process of present moment awareness and discover what makes us tick!

    Observing the Train of Our Mind

    Play Episode Play 58 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 9, 2023 27:13


    Everything is in motion…our mind is a runaway train!Join us as we explore the practice of setting up a point of focus so that we might step off the train and have the life we want.

    Manifesting the Pause

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 27:02


    Awareness in the moment is always an option and we often miss it. Most days we're entangled in the jungle of our thinking.Join us as we explore some of the dynamics of our thought stream and the simple shifts we can make to access awareness. Bring a raisin or a small piece of chocolate for our practice. 

    Following The Thread

    Play Episode Play 37 sec Highlight Listen Later Jul 24, 2023 28:11


    We're back and ready to dive in!Join us as we take up the “hero's call” to be the best version of ourselves.

    The Power is You!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2023 18:50


    We covered a lot of territory in 2022 and as we trust our call, we have access to a bounty we didn't realize was present…the power within us that always operates for the greater good. 

    Following the Path to Forgiveness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2023 24:25


    Forgiveness is a conscious choice which involves a process of letting go of our grudges and grievances.Join us as we explore this process and a technique that supports our intention to accept what has happened and release the past.

    A Conscious Choice to Forgive…Or Not!

    Play Episode Play 56 sec Highlight Listen Later Jan 11, 2023 23:20


    Whether feeling the pain and injury of someone's mean or thoughtless behavior or the guilt of our own indiscretions…our continuous replay of our hurt, anger and resentment keeps us a prisoner in our grievance.Join us as we explore seeking freedom through forgiveness…it may not be what you think!

    Coping with the Upsides and Downsides of Relationships

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Dec 4, 2022 22:54


    Relationships come in various categories, depending upon their importance to us.Join us as we explore  the dynamics of acquaintances, fair-weather friends, family and trusted confidants.

    The Making of Healthy Relationships

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2022 23:09


    In our ever changing world, our relationship to people, places, ideas, and things has a powerful impact on us. Join us as we explore what it takes to connect with others from the best version of ourselves. 

    Accepting the Change We Cannot Control

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 20:28


    Coping with change that we didn't anticipate can be challenging.Join us as we explore ways to cope with life's impermanence which promote strength and endurance.

    Fuel for Change -Self Esteem, Self-Worth, and Self-Confidence

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 20:24


    We sometimes forget that making changes in our life is a process. We can't always rely on our initial enthusiasm to carry us to the finish line.Join us as we explore key elements in creating a successful change process.

    Balancing Life with Better Boundaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 23:31


    To write a healthy life script we must learn from the past, anchor into our core values, and set boundaries that support new choices. Join us as we explore the importance of healthy boundaries.

    The Hero Does Politics and a Pandemic

    Play Episode Play 55 sec Highlight Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 23:35


    These are challenging times…times of great uncertainty, loss and political conflict. Yet the hero within refuses succumb to the negativity.Join us as we explore how acceptance and courage mobilize the hero for right action.

    Refusing to Give Up on Ourselves

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 19:01


    We've all experienced losing our desire, enthusiasm,  and willingness to stay the course in a process of change.Join us as we explore how even moments such as these offer gifts that guide us to our best and highest self.

    Considering the Metaverse on the Hero's Journey

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2022 23:07


    The Metaverse, that grand futuristic adventure is now available…for a fee.Join us as we explore how the hero's journey might be derailed by the enticements of virtual reality.

    Discerning the Call to a Adventure in Our Mundane Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2022 24:51


    We're asleep in our busyness and distractions and may miss our call to adventure.Join us as we explore who we are, what's important, and open up to possibilities that could change our lives.

    The Hero's Trip to Oz

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2022 23:22


    We've been exploring the hero's journey as a path to personal transformation.Join us as we follow Dorothy as she is called to adventure through Oz where she discovers hidden gifts and talents.

    The Hero's Call to Heal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 21:12


    When life throws curveballs that challenge us, it can be the grit that polishes the diamond within.Join us as we explore how a health crisis becomes a call to the hero's journey.

    Another Look at the Hero's Journey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 21:55


    Our own hero's journey may start with the call to live with more integrity in our personal life.Join us as we explore how we might break through old habits that block the best version of ourselves.

    Life as a Hero

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2022 24:19


    Join us as we track our quest to the best version of ourselves with Joseph Campbell's “hero's journey”.

    The Way Out of Sticky Emotions

    Play Episode Play 47 sec Highlight Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 26:57


    Negative emotions can be sticking points. Join us as we explore three simple techniques that help move us out of reactivity.

    Let's Celebrate Our Shortfalls!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2022 19:40


    We are perfectly imperfect beings with the potential to be heroes and heroines!Join us as we explore how we can use the grit of our perceived shortfalls and failures as lessons that polish the diamond that we are.

    Putting A Positive Frame On The Change Process

    Play Episode Play 55 sec Highlight Listen Later May 31, 2022 25:50


    The science of changing habits involves multiple elements…starting with a positive growth mindset, incremental improvements, and the ability to self-correct when we veer off course.Join us as we explore our patterns with curiosity and kindness.

    Inquiring into Our Hidden Aspects

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 26:17


    We're curious about the unrealized parts of our life. Join us as we peel back the barriers that prevent us from being the best version of ourselves.

    Gifts From The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2022 25:25


    Our choices feel like free will…but are they?Join us as we explore the disowned part of our personality that may be driving the bus of our life.

    Uncovering the Hidden Saboteurs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2022 25:28


    We continue to reveal hidden aspects that impact our quest to be the best version of ourselves. Join us as we explore our core and self-limiting beliefs.

    Unpacking Our Past Conditioning

    Play Episode Play 45 sec Highlight Listen Later May 1, 2022 27:00


    Ever wonder who's really driving the bus of your life?Join us as we explore the external influences and inner mechanisms that guide and control our daily lives.

    Mindful Awareness-A Path of Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 24:26


    With mindful awareness practices we learn to see things differently and recognize new possibilities.Join us as we explore the process of regular practices to deepen our experiences in awareness.

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