66. What Consciousness Really Is and Why It Changes How You Live | Grant Goulet
66. What Consciousness Really Is and Why It Changes How You Live | Grant Goulet  
Podcast: Wisdom Stripes with Meg Tuohey
Published On: Thu Jan 15 2026
Description: What if nothing about your life has ever been wasted, not the pain, not the confusion, not the struggle? In this episode, Meg sits down with Zen practitioner and former biomedical engineer Grant Goulet to explore consciousness, inner knowing, suffering, death, and the quiet intelligence guiding us beneath thought. This conversation invites listeners to soften certainty, expand curiosity, and reconsider what it actually means to live in alignment, not with rules or outcomes, but with values that emerge from stillness. 🔔 FREE LIVE VIRTUAL EVENTJanuary 20 at 7 PM ESTThe 3 Lies Women Tell Themselves to Keep the PeaceAnd Why They Don’t Work in 2026 Register for FREE:https://megantuohey.com/the-3-lies-women-tell-themselves-to-keep-the-peace/ ⏱️ Episode Chapters00:00 – Nothing is ever lost02:26 – The pathless path05:03 – Metaphysics, clarified06:01 – Consciousness explained10:21 – Inner knowing vs conditioning16:02 – Collective consciousness20:27 – Meaning, death, and experience23:25 – Struggle as flourishing29:33 – Pain vs suffering33:22 – Curiosity as medicine35:48 – Death as return45:14 – Meditation demystified54:49 – Compassion at the core57:05 – Living by curiosity 🌐 Connect with Grant GouletWebsite: https://www.path-less.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mountaincloudzencenter 🌐 Connect with Meg TuoheyHeartPrint: https://megantuohey.comThe Wisdom Lab: https://bit.ly/4eI8S7NInstagram: https://bit.ly/4f6B0AW Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3Yp2vjPSpotify: https://spoti.fi/4f8xTsj