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Instinctual is a stream-of-consciousness podcast by Jonathan Schwimmer on spirituality, the self, sociology, philosophy, and life ideas.

Jonathan Schwimmer


    • Mar 1, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 24m AVG DURATION
    • 24 EPISODES


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    No 22: Worthiness and Deservedness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 20:06


    Talk about when things go well! Maybe too well? Ever feel like you don't deserve the good times?

    Episode No. 21: Ego Challenges; Matter-Thoughts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022 35:40


    Going in to challenges around the ego of late, and discussing the idea that thoughts are a type of matter or energy...

    No. 20: The Five Steps to Heal

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 25:52


    There are five steps you can do to heal almost any emotion you come across, as well as trauma and situational issues that arise. Stop, Observe, Accept, Breath, Release...

    No. 20: The Five Steps to Heal

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 20:24


    The five steps here are a way of healing and/or working through emotions, trauma, or situations  of life.

    No. 19: Wanting For Others

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2021 21:04


    When does wanting something for someone trap them in your own needs?

    No. 18: Reflections of Greed, Using Focus

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 23:43


    In this episode, I discuss how those we hate, or are angered by, may just be reflecting back at us something we dislike within ourselves. And how your focus is everything.

    No. 17: Questioning How We Value Ourselves

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 46:42


    Jonathan questions just how he values himself, and poses the question of how others value and justify their own existence, and if that justification is even needed...

    No. 16: 2021 Check-In

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 28:54


    No. 15 : Intimacy, Emotional Pain, Self-Valuation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2020 20:41


    After facing some hard rejection, Jonathan muses on the ideas of intimacy, vulnerability and sources of emotional pain.

    Instinctual No. 114b: Guided Meditation x2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 23:12


    Instinctual No. 114a: Current Challenges

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 13:32


    No. 13: Dreams (With Guests Ariana A. and Jocelyn B.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2020 36:49


    Ariana and Jocelyn join me on this episode of Instinctual to discuss dreams, fantasies, fears, and choices.

    No. 12: Checking In; A Prayer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 15:16


    Though it's been a while, and our world has changed, still here. Sharing a bit about how my world has changed and my perspective. At the end of the episode I share a prayer I encourage you to take and make your own.

    No. 11: Guided Imagination Meditation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 31:39


    A guided meditation for using the imagination to feel at peace, lighter, and more harmonious with yourself.

    No. 10: Passive Aggression & More Perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 28:39


    No. 9: Perception & Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2019 19:40


    When we perceive others, are we merely seeing reflections? How do we create our reality?

    No. 6: Environment Creation

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2019 18:04


    While you aren't responsible for other peoples feel, you are responsible for the environment you create...

    No. 5: No Topic/Personal Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 15:28


    With no real subject, I provide a personal update on what's been going on the past two weeks.

    No. 4: Emotional Detachment/Suppression/Denial

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2019 14:06


    No. 3: Projecting & Reflections

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 11:31


    No. 2: Emotional Values

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019 22:26


    A talk on how we value our emotions and what we do with them.

    No. 1: Taking It Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2019 12:54


    A talk on how talking things personally hurts, rather than helps.Taking It Personally is the first episode in the podcast Instinctual; a stream-of-consciousness podcast by Jonathan Schwimmer on spirituality, the self, sociology, philosophy, and life ideas.This episode focuses on how, in today's world, everything can be made to be personal for someone, creating an environment that chokes and entraps, rather than encouraging and freeing.

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