In the fifth episode of A Walk On The Wise Side, we’re doing things a little bit differently. We've invited four experts from some great life wisdom traditions to give us some tastes of truth...
Dr Stephen McKenzie is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne. In this episode, Stephen and clinical psychologist Nicholas Van Dam will ask the experts the big questions:
What does the world really need now?
How can the traditions or systems like Christianity, Buddhism, Western Philosophy and so on really help people live well?
There’s no right or wrong way to practice mindfulness - but it can’t hurt to have a guide!
There is no guided mindfulness practice in this episode - if you are looking for one, we recommend going back to episodes 1, 2, 3, or 4 and using the timecode to skip ahead.
Links:
Mindfulness Techniques For Improving Wellbeing by Stephen McKenzie
Dr Craig Hassed publications
Carl Jung theory
Openground Mindfulness Training
A Bug Trapped In A Bowl, poem by Han Shan
Dharma Salon
School of Philosophy Melbourne
The Gawler Cancer Foundation
Microcert in Mindfulness (Starting Nov 9)
A Walk on the Wise Side is a University of Melbourne podcast, and it’s made on the lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to elders past & present.
Dr Stephen McKenzie is our host.
Production by Silvi Vann-Wall.
With audio engineering and editing by Arch Cuthbertson.
Our guests include Dr Nicholas Van Dam, Craig Hassed, Timothea Goddard, Marita Brewester and Patrick Kearney.
Music from Lee Rosevere and Miranda McKenzie.
https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/
You can find more great audio series wherever you get your podcasts, or by going to: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/community/nourish-your-mind/podcasts
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23:36
More on Mindfulness
A Walk On The Wise Side continues with more on mindfulness - that is, what mindfulness really is, and isn’t, and how it can really help you.
These podcasts are designed to help you gain insight into the practice of mindfulness, and include step-by-step guides on how to do it at home.
Dr Stephen McKenzie is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne, and a mindfulness researcher, course developer and author. In this episode, Stephen and our student guest Lucy will help answer the following questions:
o How can you improve your mindfulness practice?
o What has mindfulness got to do with knowing one’s self?
o Can mindfulness actually help us live well?
There’s no right or wrong way to practice mindfulness - but it can’t hurt to have a guide!
Jump to mindfulness practice: 16 minutes 27 seconds [00:16:27.342]
Links:
Mindfulness Techniques For Improving Wellbeing by Stephen McKenzie
The Oracle of Delphi
What is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)?
Microcert in Mindfulness (Starting Nov 9)
A Walk on the Wise Side is a University of Melbourne podcast, and it’s made on the lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to elders past & present.
Dr Stephen McKenzie is our host.
Production by Silvi Vann-Wall.
With audio engineering and editing by Arch Cuthbertson.
Our student guest is Lucy Williams.
Music from Lee Rosevere and Miranda McKenzie.
https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/
You can find more great audio series wherever you get your podcasts, or by going to: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/community/nourish-your-mind/podcasts
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33:41
Looking ahead
In this sixth and final episode of A Walk On The Wise Side, we pickup where we left off - by asking a brand new batch of wise minds what they think when they think of mindfulness.
Dr Stephen McKenzie is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne. In this episode, Stephen is once more joined by clinical psychologist Nicholas Van Dam to ask the experts the big questions:
What does the world really need now?
How can the traditions or systems like Zen Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Vedanta & Hindu Philosophies and so on really help people live well?
There’s no right or wrong way to practice mindfulness - but it can’t hurt to have a guide!
There is no guided mindfulness practice in this episode - if you are looking for one, we recommend going back to episodes 1, 2, 3, or 4 and using the timecode to skip ahead.
If you’ve been with us from the start, thanks for walking on the wise side with us!
Links:
Mindfulness Techniques For Improving Wellbeing by Stephen McKenzie
Confluence
The Contemplary
Mahabharata, Hindu Epic
National Center for Contemporary Islamic Studies
Pratītyasamutpāda, Buddhist teaching of dependent co-origination
Microcert in Mindfulness (Starting Nov 9)
A Walk on the Wise Side is a University of Melbourne podcast, and it’s made on the lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to elders past & present.
Dr Stephen McKenzie is our host.
Production by Silvi Vann-Wall.
With audio engineering and editing by Arch Cuthbertson.
Our guests include Melanie McKenzie and Miranda McKenzie, Sunim Bom Hyon, Purushottama Bilimoria, Cullan Joyce, Abdullah Saeed, and Dr Nicholas Van Dam.
Music from Lee Rosevere.
https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/
You can find more great audio series wherever you get your podcasts, or by going to: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/community/nourish-your-mind/podcasts
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21:21
Downloading mindfulness
In the fourth episode of A Walk On The Wise Side, we’re looking at the different mindfulness apps that can help people, the other resources that are available, and how you can make them work for you.
Dr Stephen McKenzie is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne, and a mindfulness researcher, course developer and author. In this episode, Stephen and clinical psychologist Nicholas Van Dam will help answer questions such as:
Are mindfulness and meditation the same thing?
What are the best apps for mindfulness?
Are all those products labeled with ‘mindfulness’ the real deal?
There’s no right or wrong way to practice mindfulness - but it can’t hurt to have a guide!
Jump to mindfulness practice: 15 minutes 37 seconds [00:15:37.229]
Links:
Mindfulness Techniques For Improving Wellbeing by Stephen McKenzie
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
The Insight Timer app
Sati (Buddhist mindfulness)
Smiling Mind app
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
Microcert in Mindfulness (Starting Nov 9)
A Walk on the Wise Side is a University of Melbourne podcast, and it’s made on the lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to elders past & present.
Dr Stephen McKenzie is our host.
Production by Silvi Vann-Wall.
With audio engineering and editing by Arch Cuthbertson.
Our guest is Nicholas Van Dam.
Music from Lee Rosevere and Miranda McKenzie.
https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/
You can find more great audio series wherever you get your podcasts, or by going to: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/community/nourish-your-mind/podcasts
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24:31
Beginning your mindfulness journey
Welcome to A Walk On The Wise Side, a 6 episode series on mindfulness in the modern era. If you’re feeling burned out, lost, or overwhelmed with current affairs, you’ve come to the right place.
These podcasts are designed to help you gain insight into the practice of mindfulness, and include step-by-step guides on how to do it at home.
Dr Stephen McKenzie is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne, and a mindfulness researcher, course developer and author. Together with a corral of mindfulness and life wisdom experts, Stephen will help answer the following questions:
o What is mindfulness?
o What are its benefits?
o Is it a fad or is it something deeper?
o Can it help me study/work/sleep?
There’s no right or wrong way to practice mindfulness - but it can’t hurt to have a guide!
Jump to mindfulness practice: 12 minutes and 28 seconds in [00:12:28.276]
Links:
Mindfulness Techniques For Improving Wellbeing by Stephen McKenzie
Mindfulness Meditation with Jon Kabat-Zinn
Do you do it, or does it do you? By Alan Watts
Microcert in Mindfulness (Starting Nov 9)
A Walk on the Wise Side is a University of Melbourne podcast, and it’s made on the lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to elders past & present.
Dr Stephen McKenzie is our host.
Production by Silvi Vann-Wall.
With audio engineering and editing by Arch Cuthbertson.
Our student guest is Lucy Williams.
Music from Lee Rosevere and Miranda McKenzie.
https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/
You can find more great audio series wherever you get your podcasts, or by going to: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/community/nourish-your-mind/podcasts
Mindfulness is a state of mind, or actually a state that’s beyond our minds and their limitations. To really understand mindfulness and its benefits, we need to practice it. That's where our podcast comes in.
Within these 6 episodes, senior lecturer and mindfulness expert Dr Stephen McKenzie will take you on a journey from where you think you are in life, to where you really are. Along the way he'll be helping you to answer your burning mindfulness questions, and guiding you in step-by-step practices that you can do at home.
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