Basia's Thoughts is a podcast about what lies underneath things.
I follow patterns and unexpected connections through psychology, Bioenergetics, relationships, systems, consciousness, spirituality and non-duality (Advaita Vedanta) — from how our personalities are formed to what remains when we look beyond the person altogether.
Why do we react the way we do? What structures quietly shape our lives? What do meaning, beauty, love and awareness point toward? And can ideas from very different fields illuminate one another?
There are no tidy five-step answers here. Instead, I think out loud, question what seems obvious, and see whether looking one layer deeper leads us somewhere interesting.
Take this journey with me and with your questions and comments we will tread forth together, attempting to make sense of it all, or at least some of it. :)
72 Relational Multipolar Traps — What If the Same Pattern Traps Systems and People?
Finding a pattern, recognising it, and then being able to see it on other levels and in other circumstances can be useful. That is what we will do today. Today we look at the pattern of Multipolar Traps and see how it is recurring on different levels, including the foundational level of human psychology, where we will call it a Relational Multipolar Trap. We will see how an individual is trapped inside a pattern that in the moment seems rational but eventually leads to their fear being realis...
20 Feb 2026
EP 71 What’s the Real Trigger? — Early Patterns, Defensive Loops, and Choosing Again
In this episode I explore a core idea from Bioenergetics: how early developmental trauma can create deep “either/or” splits inside us — patterns that live in the body and run automatically before we have time to think. One example: if a baby experiences rejection (or interprets it as rejection), a survival-level split can form — I can either survive… or express my needs. Not both. And later in life, that old fear can hijack present-day situations, triggering defenses that try to protect...
25 Feb 2024
EP 70 What Could Replace Addiction?
In the previous episode we noted that merely focusing on practicing the mutually beneficial win-win situations will not fulfil our longing for meaning and connection. Thus it may not be sufficient to move us out of an increasingly addictive world, where all we have are fast pleasure hits provided by addictively designed food or social media.
What is more satisfying than the currently addictive model of society? The key to this question has been presented to us for thousands of years in all sorts of mystical traditions. Here we look at chapter 38 of the 2500 year old "Tao Teh Ching" by Lao Tzu, translated by Hua-Ching Ni.
We also look at what it predicts will happen, step by step, if one is not in touch with ones inner essence. And we look at what it suggests one do to find a way of living aligned with all, so that kindness is natural and the win-win interactions become beautiful and satisfying.
If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for the podcast you can contact me on Instagram @BasiasThoughts. And, of course, if you would like to see more content from me, do sponsor me on https://www.patreon.com/basia (https://www.patreon.com/basia) because that will allow me to focus more on content creation.
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