Psychology Has It Backwards
By Christine Heath and Judy Sedgeman
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Episodes: 210
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We're offering mental health professionals a fresh look at the fundamental cause of stress and distress, and the fundamental source of cure. It's simpler than it has seemed, and the result is sustained mental well-being. Psychology has had it backwards.
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Episode 210: The Power of Belief and Groupthink
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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Episode 209: Listening for and Living From Insight
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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Episode 208: Living Life Fully From the Feeling of Ease
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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Episode 207: The Power of Hope
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Episode 206: Trying, Seeking, and Doing
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Episode 205: Natural Self-Esteem
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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Episode 204: The Power of Innate Health
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Episode 203: What We Mean by "Deep Feelings"
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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Episode 202: Minding Our Own Business
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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Episode 201: What Does It Mean To Be "The Thinker?"
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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Episode 200: What Do We Mean by "Going Deeper"
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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Episode 199: What Explains Psychological Shifts?
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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Episode 198: Believing in Our Own BS
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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Episode 197: You're Not Special. Unique, Maybe, but Not Special
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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Episode 196: Common Misunderstandings, Part 2
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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Episode 195: Common Misunderstandings, Part 1
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Jul 05, 2025 |
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Episode 194: Going Too Fast and Missing the Point of Living
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Jun 21, 2025 |
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Episode 193: Denial
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May 31, 2025 |
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Episode 192: Tricks of the Mind
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May 19, 2025 |
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Episode 191: Optimism vs. Hopelessness
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May 03, 2025 |
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Episode 190: Labeling Ourselves
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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Episode 189: The Power To Think Is Our Power To Change
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Episode 188: Polarization
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Episode 187: Feeling Hopeless and Afraid?
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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Episode 186: Panic: Is It Helpful?
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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Episode 185: Does Productivity Enhance Well-Being?
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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Episode 184: The Illusion of Thought, Part 3
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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Episode 183: The Illusion of Thought, Part 2
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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Episode 182: The Illusion of Thought, Part 1
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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Episode 181: The Gift of Acceptance
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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Episode 180: Accountability and Change vs. Intellectual Understanding
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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Episode 179: How Do We Know When We're Accessing Wisdom?
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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Episode 178: Sadness Without Suffering
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Episode 177: What Does Innate Health Mean for Us?
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Episode 176: Anxiety
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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Episode 175: High IQ and Low Level of Consciousness
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Episode 174: Accountability and Responsibility
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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Episode 173: Perfectionism
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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Episode 172: Anger: Taking Things Personally Without Realizing It
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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Episode 171: Diagnoses Reveal Insecure Thoughts
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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Episode 170: Escaping Negative Thinking
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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Episode 169: Caught Up in Negative Thinking?
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Episode 168: When Am I Ready To Share What I Understand?
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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Episode 167: What We Do With Problems
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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Episode 166: What's the Big Deal About "Mixing?"
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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Episode 165: Words We Use That Are Often Misinterpreted by the Intellect
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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Episode 164: Effortless Change vs. Trying To Change
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Episode 163: Episode No Longer Available
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May 18, 2024 |
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Episode 162: What Do We Mean by "Reflection"
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May 13, 2024 |
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Episode 161: Figuring It Out vs. Listening From a Quiet Mind
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May 04, 2024 |
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Episode 160: The Principles Are Not a Method, They're the Explanation of Life
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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Episode 159: Dreams: Daymares and Nightmares
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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Episode 158: Shutting Down Our Old Thinking
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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Episode 157: Mistaking Creating Our Experience of Reality for "Manifesting"
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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Episode 156: Always Seeing Something New
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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Episode 155: Changing Our Minds
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Episode 154: Separate Realities
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Episode 153: The Principles Are Not a Thing
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Episode 152: Levels of Understanding the Illusion of Thought
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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Episode 151: Taking Things Personally
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Episode 150: The Weakness of Positive Thinking
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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Episode 149: The Principles Are Alive, Not Theoretical
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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Episode 148: Judgements Part 2: When Judgement Is Discernment
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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Episode 147: Judgements Part 1: Are They Always Bad?
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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Episode 146: Being Ordinary Is Everything
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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Episode 145: Stress and Anxiety Around the Holidays
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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Episode 144: [Rerun] Episode 107: Our Innate Nature Is Pure Love
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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Episode 143: Shame
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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Episode 142: It's Not a Profession; It's a Personal Experience
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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Episode 141: Why Don't I Have Better Friends?
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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Episode 140: Guilt
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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Episode 139: Psychology Is Spiritual
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Episode 138: Acting Spiritual vs. Understanding the Spiritual Nature of Life
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Episode 137: Humility
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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Episode 136: How Do We Know What the Words Mean?
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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Episode 135: Searching or SEEING?
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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Episode 134: It's ALL Thought
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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Episode 133: Feeling Your Feelings?
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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Episode 132: What If the Principles "Aren't Working" for You?
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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Episode 131: The Invisible Power of Memory
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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Episode 130: The Power of Quiet
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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Episode 129: What Is a Happy Life?
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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Episode 128: Happiness Is the Goal of Therapy
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Episode 127: What DO We Do With Clients, if Not Working On Their Problems
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Episode 126: If We Don't Fix "Issues," What Do We Do?
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Episode 125: Good Feelings Don't Come From "Learning" the Three Principles
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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Episode 124: Why Do People Think We're a Cult?
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May 27, 2023 |
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Episode 123: The "Process" of Change
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May 13, 2023 |
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Episode 122: Getting Lost in the Memory Library
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May 06, 2023 |
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Episode 121: "Positive" Feelings vs. "Finding the Feeling"
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Episode 120: Trauma-Focused vs. Wisdom-Focused Approach
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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Episode 119: Getting To Know Yourself
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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Episode 118: Seeing Hopelessness for What It Is
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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Episode 117: Addicted to Thought
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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Episode 116: Insights Lead Us to Growth and Change
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Episode 115: Nurturing the Well-Being in Your Children
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Episode 114: Can Sexual Trauma Break You?
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Episode 113: Understanding "Disorders" of the Brain, Part 2
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Episode 112: Understanding "Disorders" of the Brain, Part 1
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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Episode 111: What Do We Mean by "Impersonal?"
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Episode 110: Listen for the Feeling
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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Episode 109: Does Your Body Have a Mind of Its Own?
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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Episode 108: Overthinking? Or Enjoying the Feeling?
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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Episode 107: Love, Part 3: Our Innate Nature Is Pure Love
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Episode 106: Love, Part 2: How State of Mind Affects Our Relationships
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Dec 17, 2022 |
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Episode 105: Love, Part 1: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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Episode 104: Gratitude
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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Episode 103: Nobody Else Knows What You Should Do
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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Episode 102: What Is Free Will?
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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Episode 101: The Addiction We Have To Figuring Things Out
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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Episode 100: What Is Ego?
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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Episode 99: Wisdom vs. The Intellect in Therapy
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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Episode 98: Psychological Innocence
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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Episode 97: Separate Realities
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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Episode 96: The Past, Part 3: How the Past Tricks and Serves Us
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Sep 10, 2022 |
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Episode 95: The Past, Part 2: Psychology and the Past
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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Episode 94: The Past, Part 1: What Is the Past, Really?
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Aug 27, 2022 |
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Episode 93: Explaining the DSM-5
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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Episode 92: Why Does Doing Horrendous Things Look Like a Good Idea to Some People?
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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Episode 91: Is Violence Really a Mental Health Issue?
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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Episode 90: Discovery of Spiritual Nature vs. Creation of Beliefs
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Jul 30, 2022 |
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Episode 89: A "Thing" or a "Thought?"
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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Episode 88: FEELING vs. feelings
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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Episode 87: Don't Get Distracted by Details
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Jul 09, 2022 |
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Episode 86: Finding Common Ground: The Illusion of Separate Realities
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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Episode 85: It Can't Be That Simple!
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Jun 25, 2022 |
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Episode 84: Flight Into Health
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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Episode 83: The Illusion of Moods
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Jun 11, 2022 |
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Episode 82: Traditional Therapy Inadvertently Creates Dependency in Clients and Burnout in Therapists
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Jun 04, 2022 |
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Episode 81: What if "Being Happy" Was the True Goal of Therapy?
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May 28, 2022 |
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Episode 80: Decision-Making: Knowing When It's Right
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May 21, 2022 |
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Episode 79: Just Be You
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May 14, 2022 |
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Episode 78: The Principles Point to Prevention, as Well as Cure
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May 07, 2022 |
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Episode 77: What About Personality Disorders?
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Episode 76: Recovering From Relationships
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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Episode 75: Life: Taking It as It Comes
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Episode 74: Why "The Program"
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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Episode 73: How This Shift in Psychology Could Help the World
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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Episode 72: Addiction to the Intellect
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Episode 71: Innate Health Is the Heart of Well-Being
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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Episode 70: Living in Love vs. Self-Love
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Episode 69: Do You Really Need a Toolbox?
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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Episode 68: Trauma-Focused Treatment vs. Health-Focused Treatment, Part 2
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Episode 67: My Diagnosis Is Not Who I Am
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Episode 66: Trauma-Focused Treatment vs. Health-Focused Treatment
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Episode 65: Insight vs. Belief
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Episode 64: Understanding Principles vs. Theories
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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Episode 63: Toxic Positivity?
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Jan 08, 2022 |
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Episode 62: New Year's Inspirations vs. Resolutions
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Episode 61: Quiet Is Not the Same as Slowing Down
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Episode 60: Evolving Nature of Our Work
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Episode 59: [Rerun] Episode 2: Why Psychology Has It Backwards
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Episode 58: Focusing on Fixing What's Wrong
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Episode 57: Stress Is Not a Thing, Part 2
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Episode 56: Stress Is Not a Thing
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Episode 55: "Intelligent" vs. "Intelligence"
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Episode 54: What About Boundaries?
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Episode 53: How We Talk Ourselves Out of Doing Things
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Episode 52: The Key To Letting Go of Hurt Feelings
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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Episode 51: Trying Is Backwards
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Oct 02, 2021 |
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Episode 50: Thought-Body Connection
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Episode 49: Searching vs. SEEING
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Episode 48: Dealing With "Problems"
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Episode 47: Focusing on the Feeling, Part 2: Spirituality
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Episode 46: Focusing on the Feeling of Innate Health
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Episode 45: Mental Health Is Do-It-Yourself
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Episode 44: We Don't Have To Live up to Expectations Psychology Creates About How To React to Our Experiences
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Episode 43: The Magic of Insight
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Episode 42: State of Mind
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Episode 41: Mindfulness: Getting Closer
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Episode 40: Cognitive Therapies: Better But Still Backwards
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Episode 39: The Diagnosis Trap, Part 2
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Episode 38: The Diagnosis Trap
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Episode 37: The Simplicity of Happiness
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Episode 36: Why People Do Things They Don't Want to Do
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Episode 35: The Myth of Problem-Solving
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Episode 34: Wisdom
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May 28, 2021 |
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Episode 33: The Ripple Effect of Our Personal Change
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May 21, 2021 |
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Episode 32: Changing Gracefully
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May 14, 2021 |
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Episode 31: How Consciousness Works
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May 07, 2021 |
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Episode 30: Thought Content Is Individual
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Episode 29: The Power of Thought Is Universal
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Episode 28: How Understanding Helps to Regain Balance After Loss
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Episode 27: It's More Than Just a Catchy Title, Part 2
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Episode 26: It's More Than Just a Catchy Title, Part 1
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Episode 25: Moods and Relationships
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Episode 24: Moods: Having Them Without Them Having You
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Episode 23: Self, Ego, and Other Illusions
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Episode 22: The Power of Slowing Down
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Episode 21: Burnout
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Episode 20: Levels of Consciousness
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Episode 19: Security and Insecurity
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Episode 18: Is the Tail Wagging the Dog?
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Episode 17: Reflection vs. Analysis
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Episode 16: Forgive Yourself; Forgive Others
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Episode 15: Psychological Innocence: The Foundation of Forgiving
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Episode 14: Transcending Addictions
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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Episode 13: Explaining Addictions
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Episode 12: Don't Let Anyone Tell You You Can't Get Better
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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Episode 11: Surviving the Holidays, the Pandemic, and Everything Else
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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Episode 10: Depression: You're Not Stuck With It
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Episode 9: Isn't Everyone Anxious?
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Episode 8: Can We Get Beyond Trauma?
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Episode 7: What Is a Diagnosis?
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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Episode 6: What Are the Principles?
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Episode 5: What Is Innate Health?
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Episode 4: Listening and Insight
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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Episode 3: How Do We See Psychology Differently?
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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Episode 2: Why Psychology Has It Backwards
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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Episode 1: Introduction
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Oct 09, 2020 |