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Short video created by Jeremiah Broadway.

What is the origin of individual behavior and personality? Stanislav Grof proposes that individuals have systems of condensed experience (COEX systems) which become anchored to aspects of the birth trauma. Here, he describes four different basic stages of the birth process and shows how they relate to attitudes developed later in life.

Here he describes his personal journey from a deeply abused and tormented child to becoming a specialist in cases of spirit possession.

In this video conversation from 2020, he describes research outcomes relating to the attainment of persistent states of well-being. His innovative approach has been to design the online Finder’s Course, exposing students to a variety of approaches to attaining higher states of consciousness. Hundreds of students have gone through this program and have also been [...]

What is the difference between management and leadership? While effective management is needed to maintain the status quo, it is leadership that moves us forward to a new vision of the future. The path to leadership, says James Kouzes, is an inner process much like the mythological hero’s journey.