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Virtuosity as a Way of Life | Ethan Hsieh and the Tiamat Process
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What if mastery isn’t about perfection—but about transformation?
In this episode of The Lectern, John Vervaeke is joined by Ethan Hsieh to explore how the cultivation of virtuosity—typically associated with the arts—can become central to philosophical and existential growth. Ethan introduces his Tiamat process, a three-tier developmental framework integrating performance training, cognitive science, and dialogical practice.
Together, they explore what it means to live a deliberately developmental life, moving beyond therapy into embodied transformation. Ethan draws from his background in acting, pedagogy, and philosophy to offer a new model of self-cultivation rooted in agency, feedback, metacognition, and trust.
Ethan Hsieh is a facilitator, educator, and philosophical practitioner whose work bridges performance, cognition, and transformative pedagogy. As the creator of the Tiamat process, he integrates insights from embodied practice, developmental psychology, and dialogical philosophy to help individuals cultivate virtuosity as a way of life. Ethan is also a co-founder of Five to Midnight, a community of practice that fosters relational, developmental growth through shared inquiry.
Learn more: http://5tomidnight.org
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00:00 – Opening and intentions
03:00 – Ethan’s background in theater and philosophy
07:30 – What is Tiamat? Three-tiered developmental model
11:00 – Mapping metacognition through embodied practice
14:00 – Why “meta-maps” matter
17:00 – Habituation and interrupting automaticity
20:00 – Tiamat vs traditional therapy
24:00 – Participatory transformation and co-regulation
29:00 – Why agency must be distributed
1:00:00 – Where transformation lives: tier two dynamics
1:05:00 – Closing reflections
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Tiamat Process – Ethan’s developmental model blending performance, cognition, and feedback
Meta Maps – Tools for mapping metacognition and lived experience
Postures of Presence – Ethan’s term for enacted, relational awareness
Five to Midnight – Ethan’s practice-based community: http://5tomidnight.org
Deliberately Developmental Civilization – Concept by Ken Wilber & Dustin Dene
Unified Theory of Knowledge (UTOK) – Metatheoretical cognitive framework: https://unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org
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Ideas, People, and Works Mentioned: Tiamat process Virtuosity and virtue Meta maps and metacognition Postures of presence Embodied transformation Relational ontology Distributed agency Participatory knowing Deliberately developmental civilization Complexification and growth Therapy vs. transformative practice Feedback and co-regulation Performance and philosophy Five to Midnight Unified Theory of Knowledge (UTOK) Ken Wilber Dustin Dene John Vervaeke
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Follow John Vervaeke: https://johnvervaeke.com https://twitter.com/DrJohnVervaeke https://www.youtube.com/@johnvervaeke https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke
213 episodes
Manage episode 514161938 series 3536782
What if mastery isn’t about perfection—but about transformation?
In this episode of The Lectern, John Vervaeke is joined by Ethan Hsieh to explore how the cultivation of virtuosity—typically associated with the arts—can become central to philosophical and existential growth. Ethan introduces his Tiamat process, a three-tier developmental framework integrating performance training, cognitive science, and dialogical practice.
Together, they explore what it means to live a deliberately developmental life, moving beyond therapy into embodied transformation. Ethan draws from his background in acting, pedagogy, and philosophy to offer a new model of self-cultivation rooted in agency, feedback, metacognition, and trust.
Ethan Hsieh is a facilitator, educator, and philosophical practitioner whose work bridges performance, cognition, and transformative pedagogy. As the creator of the Tiamat process, he integrates insights from embodied practice, developmental psychology, and dialogical philosophy to help individuals cultivate virtuosity as a way of life. Ethan is also a co-founder of Five to Midnight, a community of practice that fosters relational, developmental growth through shared inquiry.
Learn more: http://5tomidnight.org
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00:00 – Opening and intentions
03:00 – Ethan’s background in theater and philosophy
07:30 – What is Tiamat? Three-tiered developmental model
11:00 – Mapping metacognition through embodied practice
14:00 – Why “meta-maps” matter
17:00 – Habituation and interrupting automaticity
20:00 – Tiamat vs traditional therapy
24:00 – Participatory transformation and co-regulation
29:00 – Why agency must be distributed
1:00:00 – Where transformation lives: tier two dynamics
1:05:00 – Closing reflections
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Tiamat Process – Ethan’s developmental model blending performance, cognition, and feedback
Meta Maps – Tools for mapping metacognition and lived experience
Postures of Presence – Ethan’s term for enacted, relational awareness
Five to Midnight – Ethan’s practice-based community: http://5tomidnight.org
Deliberately Developmental Civilization – Concept by Ken Wilber & Dustin Dene
Unified Theory of Knowledge (UTOK) – Metatheoretical cognitive framework: https://unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org
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Ideas, People, and Works Mentioned: Tiamat process Virtuosity and virtue Meta maps and metacognition Postures of presence Embodied transformation Relational ontology Distributed agency Participatory knowing Deliberately developmental civilization Complexification and growth Therapy vs. transformative practice Feedback and co-regulation Performance and philosophy Five to Midnight Unified Theory of Knowledge (UTOK) Ken Wilber Dustin Dene John Vervaeke
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Follow John Vervaeke: https://johnvervaeke.com https://twitter.com/DrJohnVervaeke https://www.youtube.com/@johnvervaeke https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke
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