Keith JonesMay 11, 2017

In this episode the guys discuss the importance of gratitude in this installment of the Rick & Keith podcast. Learn how expressing gratitude expands your capacity to give and receive love.

Keith’s reference:

Wayne Dyer, see www.waynedyer.com. Dyer told readers to pursue self-actualization calling reliance on the self a guide to “religious” experience. Dyer criticized societal focus on guilt, which he saw as an unhealthy immobilization in the present due to actions taken in the past. He encouraged readers to see how parents, institutions, and even they, themselves, had imposed guilt trips upon themselves.  Although Dyer initially resisted the spiritual tag, by the 1990s he had altered his message to include more components of spirituality when he wrote the book Real Magic and discussed higher consciousness in the book Your Sacred Self. He passed away at age 75.

Tara Brach, see www.tarabrach.com American psychologist and proponent of Buddhist meditation. She is a guiding teacher and founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. (IMCW). Dr. Brach teaches their Wednesday night meeting in Bethesda, Maryland. Her colleagues include Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Joseph Goldstein and others in the Vipassana or Insight meditation tradition. Brach also teaches about Buddhist meditation at centers for meditation and yoga in the United States and Europe including Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California, the Kripalu Center,  and the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies.

Meditations lead by Tara Brach, see www.tarabrach.com

The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts, Gary Chapman.  While working as a marriage counselor for more than 30 years, he identified five love languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch. In a friendly, often humorous style, he unpacks each one. Some husbands or wives may crave focused attention; another needs regular praise. Gifts are highly important to one spouse, while another sees fixing a leaky faucet, ironing a shirt, or cooking a meal as filling their “love tank.” Some partners might find physical touch makes them feel valued: holding hands, giving back rubs, and sexual contact. Chapman illustrates each love language with real-life examples from his counseling practice.

Rick’s Reference:

Landmark was founded in January 1991 by several of the presenters of a training program known as “The Forum”.  Landmark licensed the intellectual property rights to The Forum from Werner Erhard and Associates. The new company offered similar courses and re-employed many of the staff. The Forum was updated and reduced in length from four days to three, and this revised course was named “The Landmark Forum”, which has been further updated over the years. It has since developed around 55 additional training courses and seminar programs, which it delivers in 20 countries around the world. The core concepts center around self improvement and self- empowerment. www.landmarkworldwide.com.