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Pivot yourself with behavioural scientist Dr Susan Eley Morris

Dr Susan Eley Morris

  • Nov 12, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 4m AVG DURATION
  • 32 EPISODES


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Be An Advice Giver, Not A Fixer

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 3:09


When people have big problems, small changes do matter, making a decision matters. Advice giving can facilitate decision dilemmas. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

How To Find Solutions With Lower Exam Grades

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 3:31


Accepting lower exam grades and working through your automatic responses to disappointment equals no wrong path. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

How Bubble Metaphor Can Inspire Committed Actions

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2019 5:55


Using the bubble metaphor Susan shows how when you accept difficult experiences, your life expands. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

If You Want Emergency Meditation Only Do 3 Minute Breathing Space

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2019 2:00


Zindel Segal, co-founder of The Three Minute Breathing Space Meditation, with Mark Williams and John Teasdale, has said that this meditation is one of the most durable practices of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy. Susan explores what the hourglass metaphor means for each of the three minutes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

How The 90 Second Rule Of Emotion Can Inspire Your Mindfulness

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2019 2:08


Susan describes Dr Jill Bolte Taylor's 90 second rule about the lifetime of an emotion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

The Truth About The Wandering Mind

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2019 3:10


Susan describes recent research on the human mind as a wandering mind. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

The Simplest Way To Ask For Help

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019 2:52


Four steps from Susan that simply get you help fast in an episode less than 3 minutes long. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

How To Deal With Criticism The Right Way

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019 4:27


Susan offers you a worked exercise of how to be a big thinker and deal with criticism the right way everyday. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

How To Stride To Greater Well-Being

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 4:17


Susan introduces the writing of philosopher Kierkegaard, Richard Mabey and the Roman saying that you can work it out by walking to argue that to stride - to walk somewhere quickly with long steps - has benefits vital to good living and greater well-being. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

Where To Find Empowering Student Feedback

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2018 4:30


Susan talks about how the actions of one undergraduate student has changed her thinking on student feedback and its impact on teaching practice. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

What To Do With Negative Feedback

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2018 7:45


Susan talks about Phil Race's Ripple on the Pond metaphor before explaining the psychological concept of negativity bias and closing with practical actions proposed by Rick Hanson "to take in the good". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

How To Quieten Your Inner Whinge-A-Ninja Today

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2018 1:49


Susan uses whinge-a-ninja from Cope, Oattes and Hussey (2018) to argue that you can reclaim your own thinking about taking action on a long to do list. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

What No One Tells You About A Low Essay Mark

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 4:52


Susan injects our psychological understanding of disappointment into Rick Maurer's SARA model of reacting to feedback. Music: Daydreams by Christopher Lloyd-Clarke www.christopherlloydclarke.com Licensed by Enlightened Audio. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

The Simplest Way To Deep Work

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2018 2:41


Susan sets out how you can do deep work when you need and want to by grabbing back your attention and your brain from your non-essential apps. Music: Daydreams by Christopher Lloyd Clarke www.christopherlloydclarke.com Licensed by Enlightened Audio --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

Three No Nonsense Types of Alcohol Drinker

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2018 3:56


Susan considers how being low in serotonin or dopamine or GABA, neurotransmitters in your brain, characterises how you drink alcohol. Better understanding of your biological psychology will make attempts at reducing or stopping drinking alcohol longer lasting. Music: Daydreams by Christopher Lloyd Clarke www.christopherlloydclarke.com Licensed by Enlightened Audio --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

What I Discovered About Perfectionism

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2018 4:41


Susan considers the association between perfectionism and burnout, perfectionism as a personality trait and suggests we get over our pursuit of flawlessness to improve our wellbeing Music: Daydreams by Christopher Lloyd Clarke www.christopherlloydclarke.com Licensed by Enlightened Audio --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

The Truth About Cynicism

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 3:14


Susan Eley Morris sets outs The Energy Investment Model of Claude Lineberry to dig deep on cynics before offering 3 steps to what to do with a cynic in your life. Music Daydreams by Christopher Lloyd Clarke https://www.christopherlloydclarke.com Licensed by Enlightened Audio --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

How To Socialise and Stay Alcohol-Free in 5 Easy Steps

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2018 3:26


Susan Eley Morris of The Personal Best Clan describes five tactics for staying alcohol-free when you're in company. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

The Truth About Sugar When You Go Alcohol-Free

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2018 2:22


Susan Eley Morris of The Personal Best Clan sets out why in the early days of going alcohol-free you will feel hungry and want to eat super sugary foods plus how to solve this trickiness. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

How to Escape Excess

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2018 2:17


Susan Eley Morris identifies two auditing tools that can help you understand yourself better - The Wheel of Life and The Emotional Needs Audit - and decide whether you should talk to a therapist. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

How to Escape Excess Guided Meditation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2018 6:48


Susan guides you through a mindfulness exercise for moments when you feel in danger of going to excess. Music Daydreams by Christopher Lloyd Clarke https://www.christopherlloydclarke.com Licensed by Enlightened Audio --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

Three Things That Stop You From Going Alcohol-Free

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2018 1:44


Susan Eley Morris launches her Alcohol Freedom in 28 days (without group meetings) offer. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

Changing People Pleasing Habit

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2018 1:58


Susan Eley Morris of The Personal Best Clan offers a three actions to implement to challenge and change your people pleasing habit before finishing with a powerful coaching question. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

3 Reasons Why We Go Out Of Our Way To Please People

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2018 2:11


Susan Eley Morris of The Personal Best Clan sets out the three reasons we are people pleasers as well as offering a set of three powerful Coaching questions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

Better Relationships, Better Wellbeing

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2018 8:07


Susan Eley Morris of The Personal Best Clan sets out how the R for Relationships fits in the PERMA model used by positive psychology practitioners for health and wellbeing coaching. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

Four Gratitude Exercises for Your Achievements to Shine

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2018 8:19


Susan Eley Morris of The Personal Best Plan walks you through using four gratitude exercises to log and celebrate more of your accomplishments. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

Get More Meaning in Your Life

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2018 7:18


Susan Eley Morris of The Personal Best Clan introduces The Wheel of Life Tool used by positive psychology practitioners with clients wishing for more meaning in their lives. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

Five Reasons to Speak to a Stranger

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2018 6:36


Susan Eley Morris of The Personal Best Plan sets out that engagement can be about long-term binding activities although you can also improve your wellbeing by greater engagement with strangers. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

Two exercises to cultivate your positive emotions

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2018 5:45


Susan Eley Morris of The Personal Best Clan talks you through the What Went Well 7 day exercise and the Significant Strengths Exercise to build your positive emotions now. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

People Pleasing Passive Behaviour

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2018 1:31


Susan Eley Morris shares ONE powerful coaching question in appreciating people pleasing as passive behaviour. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

Five Secrets To Getting Out Of A Rut

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2018 7:57


Are you in the same place you were this time last year? Are you in a couple of years rut or a shorter funk? Susan Eley Morris shares five tools from positive psychology to kickstart you into taking action to completely change your life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

Stop Shouting, Start Tackling Tantrums

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2018 8:44


How to get out of the rut of shouting your way through a child's tantrum with Susan Eley Morris. After this episode you will be able to take action with a warm and authoritative approach to tackling tantrums in young children. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/susan-eley-morris/message

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