Existential Flexibility: Brain Food for a Resilient and Healthy Mind with Shai Tubali, PhD: Part II

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In this bonus episode of More Mental Fitness by Harvesting Happiness, Lisa continues the conversation with a leading authority on mental flexibility and self-development, Shai Tubali. Shai shares the foundational building blocks to create a united world through the existential flexibility of the mind.

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Shai Tubali, PhD is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Leeds and a leading authority on mental flexibility and self-development. His work combines psychology, philosophy, Yogic traditions, and Eastern thought and practices. Shai is an award-winning author who has written 20 books published in more than 13 languages, the most recent of which are Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Meditation and The Transformative Philosophical Dialogue.

Shai blends intellectual rigor and spiritual insight, inviting us to examine existential questions and explore profound dimensions of the human experience.

Shai Tubali PhD — Existential Flexibility:

Question and negation is a type of spring cleaning for the mind. {2:32}
Existential questions are the greatest challenge for humanity. {7:11}
The perils of exposure to divisiveness to a healthy mind. {13:36}
Mental flexibility is the key to creating a resilient new world. {18:11}

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