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Learn To Respond Without Reactivity
With Charles Freligh, PhD
This course is designed to help you to reduce the ways that you respond reactively, whether it be with anxiety, anger, sadness, frustration, stress. These emotions can distract you from how you really want to be as a person – in relationships, at work, at play. Together, we will learn to install the “pause button,” allowing us to cutivate greater presence and respond with intention instead of reactivity. Over the next 10 days you will develop a conceptual and practical understanding of the life-changing impact of the ability to pause and will learn how to apply this to the ways you habitually react. This course offers a combination of engaging meditative exercises, conceptual lessons, and insights from Charles' experience as a long-time meditator and practitioner of psychotherapy.
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10 Days
49.5k students
4.8 stars
20 min / day
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This course includes 901 community questions and 91 audio replies from Charles Freligh, PhD. The community classroom and teacher audio replies are only available via the app.
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Recent Reviews
Jen
October 12, 2026
Such a beautifully, well designed course. Brought me much peace and hope that I can make meaningful change in my ways. I will continue to revisit
Denise
October 12, 2026
Thank you for such a powerful course, it has really helped with anxious thinking patterns. 🙌
Tim
October 10, 2026
I really enjoyed this course. I found it practical, insightful, and super helpful. I plan on listening again in the near future. Thank you!
Heather
October 8, 2026
What a wonderful experience! I am taking several lessons forward to enhance my practice, being less stressed and more present in my own life. Thank you so much! ❤️🙏
Chris
October 6, 2026
Life changing practice. There’s so much in this course. The only replay for me is listening again and again.
Janine
October 6, 2026
Great ideas & suggestions to help improve your life. Thank you!
Nqobekile
October 4, 2026
Thank you so much. I now pause before I react. It’s taken a lot of pressure from my daily life.
Krysia
September 27, 2026
Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing this material, Charles. I made it through the 10 days of the course and feel the change already as it filters into my everyday life. A lot to assimilate so I may well do the course again. 💚
Nathalie
September 25, 2026
Thank you for another wonderful course Charles!
Martinka
September 18, 2026
🙏 I think I need to listen again.
Naomi
September 17, 2026
Really helpful to learn some different ways of learning to sit with uncomfortable thoughts and not get engaged in them. Thank you so much 😊
Bodo
September 16, 2026
This course is so valuable and deep, that I' all not only benefit a lot but will repeat again to better anker the provided information. Thanks so much!
Bert
September 11, 2026
Really enjoyed the course. Got some new ideas and inspiration. Especially the last session will keep me practicing for a while.
Ruth
September 9, 2026
Thank you for this course. I found it when I really needed it, and it helped me to reconnect with the core elements of my practice and I was able to take the practice into my days and come back into a much steadier state of balance. It made me aware of how chronically physically and emotionally unwell I become when resistance to difficult circumstances of my life arises, and it gave me practical tools to help me come back to myself. The content was accessible and at the same time the effect of the practices was profound.
Cindy
September 6, 2026
I looked forward to each day of your thoughts on "living" life. You pointed out how living in the moment is so important, and making time to meditate can help. Thank you for your guidance!
Tracy
September 2, 2026
Love your courses! Thanks for this
Vicky
September 2, 2026
Clear, supportive and engaging
Carole
August 19, 2026
I loved all the specific ways to ground myself. The train platform and the glass of water with sand and setting the glass of water down. I felt that the extensive talking was too much. In general very helpful. Thank you
Eike
August 17, 2026
Dear Charles, this was the third time I have been listening to your course and each time my understanding is deeper. My expectations in relationships ( or meeting other people in general) are the roots of my reactivity- I just experienced this situation recently again and drowned in „mud- water“… but it took not so long and I could see myself and be with me and shift my understanding. No judgement and courage to try better today. Thank you so much- there will be a fourth time…., Eike
Hilary
August 16, 2026
Every session with Charles is wonderful!
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