The Dimension Approach

Welcome back to the Dimension Approach! This week's conversation is a dive into the nature of empathy - the different means by which we can empathize with ourselves and others. Lance goes into detail on the dynamics of beginning to empathize with physical parts of ourselves to begin to heal the splits in our psyche. Then the conversation turns to the subtle complexities when we try to empathize with others. Thank you for listening!

Welcome back to the Dimension Approach! In this episode Lance gives some examples and details around the paradigm shifts necessary to do physical body work in the Dimension Approach. What we're orienting to, where we're anchoring, and how we're identifying impact our ability to recover from injuries and traumas. Hope you enjoy the discussion! 

Happy holidays! This week's episode dives into interpersonal relationships and the imaginal realm. There's an interesting exercise towards the end that really brings home some aspects of the imaginal realm for Geoff. Thank you for listening! Please send any questions to dimensionsapproachmedia@gmail.com

Welcome back to the Dimension Approach! After a bit of a hiatus due to Geoff's work, the podcast is back. Hope you enjoy this discussion of ego mind vs conscious mind and some examples of Lance and Geoff's ego minds at work. Thank you for listening! Please send any questions to dimensionsapproachmedia@gmail.com

There's a shift that happens when you start to examine what you call self. One goal of the dimension approach is to help facilitate that shift. Thank you very much for listening! Please send any questions/comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

Hello, and welcome back! Re-releasing Geoff's story of his spiritual experience and subsequent work with Lance. Initially released in installments, the full story is here now. Thank you very much for listening! Please send any questions/comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

Apologies for the delay, we've had some technical issues this week! We continue discussing the dynamics of monads, dyads, and triads in relation to trauma. Lance uses this example to dive into how the Dimension Approach works and what some of the key aspects of the healing work are. Thank you for listening! Please send any questions or comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com

We start by discussing containers for experience which leads to tantrums. Tantrums takes us to developmental psychology, and that brings up monads and dyads. It's a fascinating dive into relationships and some interesting theories. Thank you for listening! Please send any questions or comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening! This week's episode is about personality, ego, and character structure. We've talked a bit about these topics before, but we focus more on how our relationship to each one within ourselves can impact our interactions and relationships with others. Please send any questions or comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

Spoilers in the title. We wrap our discussion on the child and dragon analogy. Lance goes into detail on the balance between love and hate in the psyche and the fear we have that love doesn't win, that the hate, the darkness, the evil will win in the end. Lance shares a deeply personal experience of grace in his life that revealed some truth about that struggle. Thank you for listening! Send any questions or comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com

Fun thoughts from this episode: When we orient to a duality, we're using our ego mind. Just because the light is turned on doesn't mean the darkness has gone away. Also, with our first in-person podcast we did our first in-person experiential exercise around consciousness and ego. Thanks for listening! 

For our first in-person podcast ever, we dive into one of Lance's favorite metaphors -  the child and the dragon. This one has been especially helpful to Geoff in his own journey and we'll get into that in future episodes. Part 1, though, will lay out how the child and the dragon exemplify two sides of a dialectic within ourselves that we may consciously or unconsciously inhabit depending on the content and context we find ourselves in. Thank you for listening! Please send any questions to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

As we dive deeper into the foundational assumptions of the Dimension Approach, Lance sheds some light on his understanding of consciousness. Consciousness, just like sunlight, has these powers. It doesn't just light our way; it effects the very thing it's looking at. Thank you for listening! If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

Throughout our time working on the podcast, Lance has been working to create written descriptions of the approach for the website. That ongoing work has been part of the conversations this season, and this week's episode focuses on some foundational assumptions about consciousness. They're not specific to the Dimension Approach, but they are essential to understanding it. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

This episode is a conversation that's a bit wide-ranging; we discuss dialectics, specifically love and hate. And then we get into a discussion of the concept of ideal blueprint on the Dimension Approach and somehow end at artificial intelligence. Hope you enjoy, and thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

Our final episode on the 0 chakra - we do an interesting experiential exercise around 0 chakra and the connection to ground. We also go into a bit more detail on what the individual experience was for each of us. Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

Wait, wait, we forgot one! It turns out chakras are more like integers than whole numbers, and there's a 0 chakra. Geoff gives Lance a hard time for leaving it out as it turns out it's pretty important to development. Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

The discussion of psychotherapy in the Dimension Approach continues, and we touch on some classic themes like anxiety and reprogramming vs deprogramming. Lance explains how anxiety is a system overwhelm when facing energy that can't be metabolized. Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

In this episode Lance discusses general theory about psychotherapy and how awareness of subtle energy is a key part of psychotherapy in the Dimension Approach. By bringing awareness to the energetic dynamics between client and practitioner, there is greater opportunity for change in existing patterns and structures. Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

Unconsciousness is the result of nonacceptance, and ego mind wants to destroy the thing that's not been accepted. But if you want to eradicate it, accept it via consciousness. Conscious contact is a celebration after the success of the process - an acknowledgement or a reunion. It's a kind of validation for the work put in. Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

Welcome back! We talk a bit about the dynamic between conscious mind and ego mind in the dimension approach before we discuss conscious mirroring in detail. Transference is a big part of mirroring - whatever is there is getting mirrored, however great or awful. But once it's mirrored we can begin to disidentify with it. Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

We talk conscious containment, and it gets a bit vulnerable at times. Conscious containment allows for the energy that's being allowed to move via conscious holding to begin to cohere. But that coherence can go in unexpected directions. Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

The methodology for the Dimension Approach, as we've discussed before, is 5 different ways of consciously attending to a dimension of experience. This week's conversation dives into conscious witnessing and differentiating being aware of something vs being conscious of it and the state shifts associated with that differentiation. Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com.

We continue our discussion of structures with some practical examples of The Dimension Approach at work in bringing conscious attention to the structures we live by. And we get a little more insight into the golf example Lance goes back to time and time again. It was consciousness all along. (Part 5) Thanks for listening! Please send any questions or comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com

As we continue defining the Dimension Approach we spend a little more time discussing structures - ego structures and conscious structures. One tag line for describing the Dimension Approach is "Conscious attention to the structures we live by." We are all operating out of structures, if we recognize it or not, and bringing conscious attention to those structures is key to awakening, development, healing, and performance (Part 4). Thanks for listening! Please send any questions or comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com

We continue our conversations defining the Dimension Approach, in the context of its aims (awakening, healing, development, and performance). This episode focuses on development especially in the context of ego and conscious structures. That leads, as it often does, to a lot more questions about structures, so the next couple episodes will dive into structural theory in more detail (Part 3). Thanks for listening! Please send any questions or comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com

Lance goes into further detail on the development of the Dimension Approach's aims and methodology as the conversation shifts from awakening to healing (Part 2). Thanks for listening! Please send any questions or comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com

We're diving into a multi-part discussion defining the dimension approach. After a year's worth of conversations, we try to lay out the key tenets of the approach - its aims (awakening, healing, development, and performance) and methodology (conscious witnessing, holding, containment, mirroring, and contact). (Part 1) Thanks for listening! Please send any questions or comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com

Our deep dive into subtle energy concludes with a discussion of the 5th, 6th, and 7th chakras (Part 5 of 5). Thanks for listening! Please send any questions or comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com

We continue our discussion of "waking up" vs "growing up" in relation to the chakras and development. That requires clarifying  nonpersonal vs transpersonal - concepts that can sometimes get conflated. In the context of personal vs transpersonal, we get back to discussing the "higher" 5th-7th chakras as well. (Part 4 of 5). Thanks for listening! Please send any questions or comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com

The shift from 3rd to 4th chakra merits a deeper discussion, so we revisit the idea of 4th dimension vs 3rd dimension (4th chakra vs 3rd chakra).  Lance describes some of his own 4th chakra experiences and the ways in which his visual field shifts. He also discusses how the approach shifts when working with clients' different chakras. (Part 3 of 5). Thanks for listening! Please send any questions or comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com

Lance and Geoff continue their discussion of subtle energy and the chakras. This episode touches on the 4th and 5th chakras, states vs stages, blocks in subtle energy, and waking up vs growing up (Part 2 of 4). Thanks for listening! Please send any questions or comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com

Welcome back to the Dimension Approach Podcast! The season begins with a deep dive into subtle energy and the role it plays in psychotherapy and healing. Geoff and Lance start with a discussion of the imaginal realm in pop culture before beginning an extended discussion of the subtle realm (Part 1 of 4). Thanks for listening! Please send any questions or comments to dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com

Welcome to Season 2 of the Dimension Approach Podcast - new episodes will begin airing January 29th.  This season will look a little different; Lance and Geoff lay out some of the changes in format in this introductory episode.  If you have any questions/comments about the podcast or recommendations for future discussions, please email: dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com 

It's the end of the first season of the Dimension Approach Podcast; thank you so much for listening! We recap some of the topics we've covered over the last 8 months or so, and we hope you enjoy it. If you have any questions/comments about the podcast or recommendations for future discussions, please email: dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com 

In the penultimate episode of Season 1 of the podcast, Lance shifts focus towards how practitioners can begin to incorporate the Dimension Approach into other modalities of treatment. As it's a relational approach, there's something to be said for the client side as well. Questions about the podcast? Email: dimensionapproachmedia@gmail.com 

Lance describes the Containment aspect of the Dimension Approach in more detail. It's a vital part of parenting and personal development. A lot of the conversation centers on the role of the parent in a child's development and the similar role of the therapist or healer in interacting with a client. Different parts of ourselves need different things at different times in their development. Photo by rfirman via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photo/lonely-explosion-1191657

Lance explains parts of the self described in structural psychology - ego, superego, and id. We also get into the idea of cathexis - investing id energies, libidinal energies, in an object. What we do with those energies in our object relations is fundamental to how we operate. (Part 2 of 2) Photo by Marcel Hol via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photo/enlightenment-1580467

We all focus our attention in one way or another, moving from one object to the next. The goal with object relating is to begin to be aware of what you're attending to (object to object, context to context). Because without that awareness, our idea of self can shift in ways entirely dependent on the objects and contexts around us. (Part 1 of 2) Photo by Marcel Hol via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photo/enlightenment-1580467

The truth of consciousness is that no reality on earth is going to destroy it. If you're looking from conscious mind, you are not vulnerable or in danger. That's an incredibly important grounding for self work. Lance discusses what that grounding makes possible through the dimension approach of witnessing, holding, and mirroring. (Part 2 of 2) Photo by Fabian Nick via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photo/enlightenment-1580467

We continue discussing the differences between ego awareness and conscious awareness. Describing consciousness with terms from the ego realm remains a challenge, but Lance discusses the vibratory difference between the experiences. Conscious awareness brings new meaning to the same experiences, revealing a new depth of experience and the layers/levels of experience that are inherently present. (Part 1 of 2) Photo by Fabian Nick via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photo/enlightenment-1580467

Lance uses acting as a metaphor for understanding our unconscious desires, motivations, and intents - how we can consciously become aware of parts of ourselves. Our unconscious motives drive us and influence our understanding of reality. But in our society today there's a trend towards understanding reality as a social construct which bypasses personal responsibility. (Part 2 of 2) Photo by Michael Kaufmann via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photographer/el_pulento-32315

Performance Work, the final pillar of the Dimension Approach, is the goal of performance enhancement in life, work, sports, and creative endeavors. Performance is determined by many of the various aspects of the dimension approach, and the goal is to stop getting stuck in certain states that impede our ability to perform.  (Part 1 of 2) Photo by Michael Kaufmann via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photographer/el_pulento-32315

It's the final episode on imaginal work, and we start with a continued discussion of the direct experience of and as consciousness. Imaginal and consciousness experiences can feel destabilizing, because they challenge our 3D understanding of the world and our selves. Lance breaks down the differences between imaginal and conscious experiences in a helpful way. (Part 3 of 3) Photo by Felipe G via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photographer/el_pulento-32315

What does successful imaginal work look like? You become conscious of an experience as an object instead of as subject/self. You realize and become aware of the fact that your actual self is bigger and more powerful than the thing you were possessed by. The Dimension Approach can facilitate those inner shifts in perspective and sense of self. (Part 2 of 3) Photo by Felipe G via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photographer/el_pulento-32315

Our discussion of the most "dangerous" aspects of the Dimension Approach, the Imaginal Realm, begins by contrasting the imaginal realm and the conscious. While it is potentially threatening, it can't be eliminated and turning back to it and looking at it consciously is essential to depth psychotherapy and shamanic/alchemical approaches.   (Part 1 of 3) Photo by Felipe G via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photographer/el_pulento-32315

It's the final installment on consciousness work before we wade into the imaginal realm. Lance distinguishes between ego awareness and consciousness. Our ego ends up becoming our biggest idol; we put it at the center of our universe, and its shoddy construction is the trap that leads to malaise and depression. The Dimension Approach creates space for the deconstruction of our identification with and as ego. (Part 6 of 6) Photo by Beatriz Chaim via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photographer/berka-42079

This week's episodes dives back into the "dark, bad things" we don't accept as part of ourselves and the cycle of projection and rejection we all find ourselves in. We are plagued by thoughts, feelings, and desires that don't match the cultural norm. The Dimension Approach works to bring consciousness to all of those parts of ourselves to break that cycle of projection and foster better relationships to ourselves and others. (Part 5 of 6) Photo by Beatriz Chaim via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photographer/berka-42079

We are stuck in a conceptual world, seemingly divorced from actual events and real time. The dimension approach focuses on working in real time by fostering the development of the conscious mind. Lance and Geoff discuss conscious mirroring and how it's used to bring awareness to parts of our psyches that we're split off from so that we can consciously choose what we focus on from day to day. (Part 4 of 6) Photo by Beatriz Chaim via FreeImages https://www.freeimages.com/photographer/berka-42079