Instinctual

Episode No. 21: Ego Challenges; Matter-Thoughts

Going in to challenges around the ego of late, and discussing the idea that thoughts are a type of matter or energy...

No. 20: The Five Steps to Heal

There are five steps you can do to heal almost any emotion you come across, as well as trauma and situational issues that arise. Stop, Observe, Accept, Breath, Release...

No. 19: Wanting For Others

When does wanting something for someone trap them in your own needs?

No. 18: Reflections of Greed, Using Focus

In this episode, I discuss how those we hate, or are angered by, may just be reflecting back at us something we dislike within ourselves. And how your focus is everything.

No. 17: Questioning How We Value Ourselves

Jonathan questions just how he values himself, and poses the question of how others value and justify their own existence, and if that justification is even needed...

No. 16: 2021 Check-In

No. 15 : Intimacy, Emotional Pain, Self-Valuation

After facing some hard rejection, Jonathan muses on the ideas of intimacy, vulnerability and sources of emotional pain.

No. 114b: Guided Meditation x2

No. 14a: Current Challenges

No. 14b: Guided Meditation x2

No. 114a: Current Challenges

Instinctual No. 114b: Guided Meditation x2

Instinctual No. 114a: Current Challenges

No. 13: Dreams (With Guests Ariana A. and Jocelyn B.)

Ariana and Jocelyn join me on this episode of Instinctual to discuss dreams, fantasies, fears, and choices.

No. 12: Checking In; A Prayer

Though it's been a while, and our world has changed, still here. Sharing a bit about how my world has changed and my perspective. At the end of the episode I share a prayer I encourage you to take and make your own.

No. 11: Guided Imagination Meditation

A guided meditation for using the imagination to feel at peace, lighter, and more harmonious with yourself.

No. 10: Passive Aggression & More Perspective

No. 9: Perception & Reality

When we perceive others, are we merely seeing reflections? How do we create our reality?

No. 8: Personal Experiences (Graphic Content)

No. 7: On Greed, and Victimhood

No. 6: Environment Creation

While you aren't responsible for other peoples feel, you are responsible for the environment you create...

No. 5: No Topic/Personal Update

With no real subject, I provide a personal update on what's been going on the past two weeks.

No. 4: Emotional Detachment/Suppression/Denial

No. 3: Projecting & Reflections

No. 2: Emotional Values

A talk on how we value our emotions and what we do with them.

No. 1: Taking It Personally

A talk on how talking things personally hurts, rather than helps. Taking It Personally is the first episode in the podcast Instinctual; a stream-of-consciousness podcast by Jonathan Schwimmer on spirituality, the self, sociology, philosophy, and life ideas. This episode focuses on how, in today's world, everything can be made to be personal for someone, creating an environment that chokes and entraps, rather than encouraging and freeing.