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The Zen Gateway's Podcast

Martin Goodson

Welcome to Zen Bites, a series of discussions on Zen Buddhism, mindfulness, comparative spirituality and psychology. Zen Bites features Zen Buddhist teacher Martin Goodson and mindfulness-ba...

Episodes

20 of 33 episodes

Transcending Mindfulness 12 - Digging up the Past

In this podcast, Jamie and Martin discuss how the past conditions the present and what we do now reinforces the future. How fateful is our b...

51:51Oct 21, 2026

Transcending Mindfulness 11: Objects of Meditation

In this podcast: What are the different subjects that we can meditate upon? Developing the skill of one-pointed meditation. Moving onto diff...

44:27Jul 28, 2026

The Digital Ego

How do we as conscious beings best interact with new technology? In this episode: Outsourcing labout is a major benefit of technology but wh...

49:49Mar 17, 2026

Transcending Mindfulness 9: Daily Grind Mindfulness

In this podcast: How do we take mindfulness off the cushion and into the Monday morning commute? How might we transition from a retreat envi...

46:20Feb 17, 2026

Transcending Mindfulness #8: Crisis, Chaos & Uncertainty

In this podcast: What is the role of Chaos in spiritual development. The reaction against rationalism & chaos as a creative force - Dadaism...

48:45Sep 9, 2025

Transcending Mindfulness #7: Trauma & Healing

In this podcast: What is trauma? The link between trauma and psychological dissociation as a defence mechanism. Symptoms of trauma & alienat...

55:55May 24, 2025

Transcending Mindfulness #6: Deeper Down into the Shadow

Jamie and Martin return to discuss 'shadow work' a term now popular referring to the need for genuine transformation of consciousness throug...

55:43Feb 26, 2025

Transcending Mindfulness #5: Reviewing The Awakened Ape by Jevan Pradas

In this episode Psychotherapist and musician, Jamie Shavdia and Zen teacher Martin Goodson review Jevan Pradas's book - The Awakened Ape: A...

36:47Jan 12, 2025

Transcending Mindfulness : Self-Esteem v. No-Self

Modern psychology talks about the importance of self-esteem and yet the Buddha talked taught about No-Self. Are these two approaches reconci...

51:59Nov 28, 2024

Transcending Mindfulness 3: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Jamie Shavdia (www.jamieshavdia.co.uk) and Martin Goodson (www.thezengateway.com) discuss the hugely popular book 'The Power of Now' by Eckh...

48:40Sep 8, 2024

Transcending Mindfulness #2: Emotional Intelligence

What is emotional intelligence and how does it work in a therapeutic practice? Is there an overlap with Buddhist practice and understanding...

55:48Jul 26, 2024

Transcending Mindfulness #1: Sacred Places & Conscious Transformation

A podcast exploring the depths of consciousness ,spirituality and psychology. This episode explores how places affect consciousness and rang...

41:09Jul 1, 2024

Soko Morinaga - A commemoration talk at Kettering Buddhist Society 17th June 2024

This talk was given at the Kettering Buddhist Society on Monday 17th June 2024 to commemorate the memorial anniversary of Soko Morinaga Rosh...

01:07:56Jun 20, 2024

Zen Bites No.20 - Mapping the Mind

In this final episode Jamie & Martin discuss how the infinitely complex nature of the mind is often modelled in both Buddhism and psychology...

51:06Nov 16, 2016

Zen Bites x19 - Change & Impermanence - Living with Uncertainty

In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the inevitability of change and impermanence, both core concepts in Buddhism and Mindfulness practi...

38:24Oct 4, 2016

Zen Bites 18 - The Shadow, Repression and Acceptance

In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the unconditional acceptance of the shadow self, those unfavourable parts of "I' the ego that are o...

45:08Aug 16, 2016

Zen Bites 17 - Gratitude

In this episode Jamie & Martin discuss the role of 'gratitude' as an attitude that can help condition and humble our small selves, expand co...

45:29Jun 21, 2016

Zen Bites 16 - Body Wisdom

In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the body's innate wisdom arising from a bottom-up rather than a top-down more cognitive approach to...

36:24May 3, 2016

Zen Bites 15 - Bereavement, Loss & Dying

In this episode Jamie & Martin discuss the difficult topic of bereavement, loss and dying. Discussion ranges from how loss is worked with an...

44:04Feb 12, 2016

Zen Bites 14

In this episode Jamie & Martin discuss the spiritual potential of transcending the individual ego and therefore the limited confines of our...

45:41Oct 21, 2015