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Hosted by Polly Young-Eisendrath · education · EN · 35 episodes
Welcome to Waking Up Is Not Enough: Flourishing in the Human Space!When you peek into the cosmic unity of existence and feel the love and inspiration of awakening, what happens next? Whether it’s through meditation, spiritual practice, Near-Death Experience (NDE), ingesting a mind-altering substance, or being born again, you don’t get a map for improving your messy life. In this podcast, Polly Young-Eisendrath and Michael Berger draw on expertise in science, psychology, adult development, psychedelics, NDEs, dreams, and Buddhist practice in conversations about compassion, resilience, responsibility, kindness, and development after awakening. You will learn how to chart a new path for flourishing in the human space in which waking up is important, but not enough, and growing up is never finished.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Waking Up Is Not Enough: Flourishing in the Human Space! When you peek into the cosmic unity of existence and feel the love and inspiration of awakening, what happens next? Whether it’s through meditation, spiritual practice, Near-Death Experience (NDE), ingesting a mind-altering substance, or being born again, you don’t get a map for improving your messy life.
Waking Up Is Not Enough: Flourishing in the Human Space is hosted by Polly Young-Eisendrath. The show has published 35 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Waking Up is Not Enough Episode 35 - The Myth of the Ethical Machine: Waking Up in the Age of AI” with B. Scot Rousse" (12 February 2026, 110 minutes), "Waking Up is Not Enough Episode 34 - Why Protecting Free Speech Matters, and What’s Happening Now in Europe a Conversation w/ Diana Johnstone" (19 September 2025, 74 minutes), and "Waking Up is Not Enough Episode 33 - Are You Coddling, Cancelling or Speaking Freely? A Conversation with Greg Lukianoff" (9 July 2025, 74 minutes).
Waking Up Is Not Enough: Flourishing in the Human Space publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 73 minutes across 35 episodes.
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Episode #35
As AI becomes more integrated into our lives, and calls grow louder for ethical guardrails on its development, whose ethics are we talking about? Polly Young-Eisendrath and Michael Berger join B. Scot Rousse to talk...
Episode #34
In this timely and eye-opening episode, American journalist Diana Johnstone joins us to unpack recent restrictions on free speech in Germany and France. She connects these developments to broader global dynamics...
Episode #33
If you want to learn more about how to speak freely and authentically without coddling or cancelling others, go to www.realdialogue.org and sign up for one of our online courses. Some of the courses carry APA-approved...
Episode #32
Why We Should Be at Ease With Ourselves and What Gets in the Way of It? Henry Shuman is a poet, author, and meditation teacher who has guided thousands of students from around the world in mindfulness and awakening...
Episode #31
You may be confused about the word “consciousness” because it is used broadly to mean anything that has awareness of any kind — from a fungus to a dolphin to a human being . Unfortunately, this has been the way that we...
Waking Up Is Not Enough: Flourishing in the Human Space
You may be confused about the word “consciousness” because it is used broadly to mean anything that has awareness of any kind — from a fungus to a dolphin to a human being . Unfortunately, this has been the way that we...
Episode #29
Most spiritual practice, especially Zen, emphasizes a kind of engaged curiosity – remaining aware of the present moment. Why? What can we get from this kind of awareness that we cannot get from just enjoying a warm...
Episode #28
Support the podcast: https://gofund.me/621e367c Dr. Dean Rickles and Dr. Harald Atmanspacher have together developed a new philosophical model called “dual-aspect monism.” This contemporary philosophy of physics...
Episode #27
Support the podcast: https://gofund.me/621e367c Dr. Dean Rickles and Dr. Harald Atmanspacher have together developed a new philosophical model called “dual-aspect monism.” This contemporary philosophy of physics...
Episode #26
Support the podcast: https://gofund.me/621e367c In this fascinating and rare conversation, Polly and Mike speak with psychologist and Zen teacher Seth Segall PhD whose recent book The House We Live In: Virtue, Wisdom...
Episode #25
GoFundMe Page - https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-real-dialogue-polly-mikes-podcast-on-awakening Polly and Mike talk with writer and speaker Terry Moore whose recent book Here.Now.One : A Practical Guide to Spiritual...
Episode #24
We need dialogue with others who think and feel differently from ourselves because we so easily deceive ourselves. Every project we develop, from science and technology, to art and culture, is a long conversation with...
Episode #23
In this lively and exploratory conversation, Mike and Polly talk with Buddhist teacher and author Gaylon Ferguson, Ph.D. Dr. Ferguson has led group meditation retreats since 1976 in many settings, but especially in...
Episode #22
How are awakening and adult development affected by widely different languages and cultures? Mike and Polly have a fascinating conversation with Bruce Knauft Ph.D, Professor of Anthropology at Emory University. He is a...
Episode #21
Bill Waldron PhD is professor of Religious Studies at Middlebury College where he teaches Indian religions, especially Buddhism. His recent book “Mind Only: Why Yogachara Buddhism Matters” is an important contribution...
Episode #20
Bill Waldron PhD is professor of Religious Studies at Middlebury College where he teaches Indian religions, especially Buddhism. His recent book “Mind Only: Why Yogachara Buddhism Matters” is an important contribution...
Episode #19
In this episode, Dr. Akomalafe warns against colonizing our minds in the ways of colonialism: assuming we know exactly what to do to bring our situation under control or that we know exactly who we are. In this...
Episode #18
In this podcast, Polly and Mike have a fascinating and frank conversation with Dr. Bolte Taylor about awakening and brain functions, as well as about the role played by psychedelics in today’s world. Jill raises...
Episode #17
At the later stages of Ego Development, people naturally encounter self-evaluated standards in place of group norms and begin to feel intensive responsibility for their own achievements, self-respect and creative...
Waking Up Is Not Enough: Flourishing in the Human Space
You may believe that conformity means compliance or popularity. In this podcast, Polly and Mike talk about conformity (in terms of Loevinger’s Stage Development) as the need to feel identified with a group in which you...
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