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Episode 115 – Dr. David B Wolf on Transforming Communication and Self Realization
A conversation with Dr. David B Wolf on Transforming Communication and Self Realization
Dr. David Wolf: Dr. Wolf is a transformative communication teacher who founded the Satvatove Institute (in 2002) and the Satvatove School of Transformative Coaching (in 2004). Satvatove is a non-profit…
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Dr. David Wolf: Dr. Wolf is a transformative communication teacher who founded the Satvatove Institute (in 2002) and the Satvatove School of Transformative Coaching (in 2004). Satvatove is a non-profit organization that teaches the spiritually-based transformational programs of David’s own design. He devised the Vedic Personality Inventory, a tool based on guna psychology, and has also researched topics such as the stress reducing properties of chanting ancient mantras, and the effects of meditation on life satisfaction. He has also been widely published in fields such as child protection. In this latter area, David established The Association for the Protection of Children in 1998 which he served as Director for more than six years.
In this episode we introduce some of Dr. Wolf’s work on communication, relationships and self realization.
Dr. David Wolf has been teaching transformative communication for more than thirty years. He has been featured as a communication expert on numerous media sources, including Fox News and CNN News. David developed the spiritually-based transformational programs of Satvatove Institute, which have become an emerging presence in the world of personal development. He has decades of experience in social and mental health services, including counselor training, children and family counseling, and medical social work. In 1998 he established the international child protection organization, The Association for the Protection of Children, and served as its Director for more than six years. David created the Vedic Personality Inventory, a personality assessment tool based on guna psychology, and has been widely published in top social science journals in fields such as child protection, speciesism, and the effects of meditation on mental health and life satisfaction. His doctoral dissertation included research on the effects of chanting ancient mantras on alleviating stress and depression, and increasing life satisfaction. Also, David is the founder of the Satvatove Institute School of Transformative Coaching, and is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF). Dr. Wolf has practiced bhakti-yoga since the early 1980s. He is the author of Relationships That Work: The Power of Conscious Living, How Transformative Communication Can Change Your Life.
Find Dr. David Wolf here:www.satvatove.com
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“As long as we are human, illness, death, relationship problems, business reversals, and financial setbacks will occur. An ideal life does not eliminate those events. It means responding appropriately while remaining anchored in a deep sense of well-being that circumstances can disturb but do not entirely control.”
From the conversation“We all use mental models, but we forget that they are models and mistake them for the world itself. The more strongly we believe a model, the more confirming evidence we notice. We build a silo and lock ourselves inside it, then experience the confinement as something that happened to us rather than something our assumptions helped construct.”
From the conversation“An outcome being outside our control does not excuse us from making our best effort. Human beings naturally carry a vision of how the world should be, and we are responsible for working toward it. Surrender means releasing our demand that reality produce a particular result, not abandoning purposeful action.”
From the conversation“Human beings become trapped in the mind’s demand that logic solve every problem. We repeatedly ask why something happened, what it means, why suffering exists, and why God made the world this way. Logic is valuable, but its answers remain limited when the questions concern the whole meaning of existence.”
From the conversation“The world is real, but it is not the only possible reality. We construct a reality through mental chatter and mental models. When parts of that construction no longer work, we can examine, dismantle, and rebuild them. The principle is simple to explain, but learning to practice it repeatedly is the real work.”
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Dr. David B Wolf on Transforming Communication and Self Realization
Dr. David Wolf: Dr. Wolf is a transformative communication teacher who founded the Satvatove Institute (in 2002) and the Satvatove School of Transformative Coaching (in 2004). Satvatove is a non-profit organization that teaches the spiritually-based transformational programs of David’s own design. He devised the Vedic Personality Inventory, a tool based on guna psychology, and has also researched topics such as the stress reducing properties of chanting ancient mantras, and the effects of meditation on life satisfaction. He has also been widely published in fields such as child protection. In this latter area, David established The Association for the Protection of Children in 1998 which he served as Director for more than six years.
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