The Difference Between Caretaking and Caregiving - a conversation with Abdi Assadi

In this seventh episode we talk about a delicate theme: our mortality and the opportunity it gives us to live our lives with more richness and sense of purpose. Here I talk about a recent heart surgery I received and what could’ve been my choices and their consequences, hence how we can prepare ourselves for this eventuality and take care of ourselves as that time grows closer.

In this sixth episode we talk about the difference between caretaking and caregiving. These two ways to approach relationships are apparently identical, but they’re very different from various points of view, especially considering that one is healthy, while the other is very unhealthy.

In this fifth episode we deal with how we tend to take on other people’s emotional baggage, where this tendency comes from, why it leads us to choose certain professions and certain partners, how this influences our lives and how we can find healthier ways to be caregiving with those we love and work with, without taking on their discomfort.

In this fourth episode we talk about healing our ancestral lineage. It’s a touching recount of what Abdi experienced following his father’s passing and how Abdi helped him deal with parts of him that still needed healing.

In this second episode we talk about how to take care of one's needs in a relationship. We will talk about which needs we can ask the other person to meet and which we cannot, make distinctions between adult and child needs, explain how to notice when it is one rather than the other type of need that is asking to be met, talk about codependency, and more.

In this first episode we talk about the dark night of the soul, that particularly harrowing time in everyone's life where there seems to be no way out and we are filled with a sense of hopelessness. In those moments our faith in what we believe on a spiritual level can falter, but it can also be the beginning of a new way of living one's spirituality. We will talk about the dark night of the soul I experienced a decade ago, how I coped with it, how we are used to live our spirituality, what our beliefs are based on, how psychology and spirituality are intertwined in those moments, the role of our childhood ego and adolescent ego, control, false beliefs, and much more.

This is beautiful talk given by spiritual teacher Gangaji several decades ago is profoundly fitting to the times we’re living today. She underlines how, in order to create a peaceful world, we must first find peace within ourselves.

Taken from Gangaji's beautiful words, this audio talks about how the definition and perception of who we are is almost always determined by what we were taught as children and how society tells us we should be. Only by taking a journey inward and choosing to meet the deeper parts of us do we truly have the opportunity to connect with who we truly are.

Sleeping is a precious and delicate moment of our lives, in which sometimes we have a hard time letting go for numerous reasons. In order to effectively benefit from our essential hours of rest, this meditation will help you relax and safely abandon yourself to a deep slumber. With specifically composed music using frequencies that help calm the mind and body, you will be guided step by step into a state of total relaxation.

Anger doesn't have a good reputation and it's rare to hear it spoken of as a natural and healthy emotion. If expressed in the right way, it not only doesn't have to hurt anyone, but it can also be a great source of energy and a valuable asset in our everyday lives. In this episode I talk about how we are used to managing anger and how we can transform it so that it becomes a precious ally.