Podcasts about cognitions

"Part of the reason I stay super busy is bc if I stop to rest l'll ruminate. And if I ruminate, I start spiraling. And if I spiraling I'm like a nosediving plane" Sound familiar? Discover the ANSWER to WHY you get stuck in your most annoying perfectionist tendencies, like ruminating, catastrophizing, overthinking every small mistake etc. Plus the 6 reasons your perfectionist brain holds on to outdated habits,  how chronic stress impacts your brain's ability to change, the role of back and white thinking in reinforcing unhelpful neural pathways, why past experiences trick your brain into seeing danger everywhere and how to stop your worries from becoming self-fulfilling prophecies.  On paper, you've got it together— isn't it time you felt like it? Whether it's becoming much more DECISIVE in everything you do, stop playing out worst case scenarios in your head or JOYFULLY PRESENT AMBITIOUS again, Perfectionism Optimized, private 1-1 coaching gives you the life-long skills to *finally feel* as amazing on the inside as your life looks on the outside. Get your stress-free start today at https://courtneylovegavin.com/rewire TIMESTAMPS:00:00–How to finally take charge of ruminating02:16–Missed the last episode? Here's a quick recap04:06–What happens when your brain gets it wrong06:09–Why perfectionist brains resists learning from mistakes07:40–6 sneaky reasons your brain ignores new info08:23–How chronic stress keeps your brain stuck10:20–Why your brain clings to old patterns11:42–The hidden reason you avoid discomfort12:51–When your brain blows things out of proportion13:49–How black-and-white thinking is like wearing blinders15:19–Why past experiences warp your reactions19:34–How to update your brain so you can get unstuck21:09–One small shift to start seeing change today The first step in rewiring Resources Mentioned In Episode 250:Take your first step in rewiring Perfect Start Introductory SessionMagic Skill for Control of Emotions [Neuroscience Series #1] Perfectionism Rewired Ep. 248How Perfectionist Brain *Actually* Works [Neuroscience Series #2] Perfectionism Rewired Ep. 249When Taking A Few Deep Breaths Isn't Enough Perfectionism Rewired Ep. 192Will Save Your Sanity(might change your life) Perfectionism Rewired Ep. 193 Citations/Sources:Bar, M. (2009). The proactive brain: memory for predictions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 364(1521), 1235–1243. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0310Barrett, L. F., & Simmons, W. K. (2015). Interoceptive predictions in the brain. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 16(7), 419–429. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn3950Braem, S., Coenen, E., Klaas Bombeke, Bochove, van, & Wim Notebaert. (2015). Open your eyes for prediction errors. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 15(2), 374–380. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-014-0333-4Clark, A. (2013). Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36(3), 181–204. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x12000477Handley, A. K., Egan, S. J., Kane, R. T., & Rees, C. S. (2014). The relationships between perfectionism, pathological worry and generalised anxiety disorder. BMC Psychiatry, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244x-14-98Kummer, K., Mattes, A. & Stahl, J. Do perfectionists show negative, repetitive thoughts facing uncertain situations?. Curr Psychol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04409-3Lital Yosopov, Saklofske, D. H., Smith, M. M., Flett, G. L., & Hewitt, P. L. (2024). Failure Sensitivity in Perfectionism and Procrastination: Fear of Failure and Overgeneralization of Failure as Mediators of Traits and Cognitions. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 42(6), 705–724. https://doi.org/10.1177/07342829241249784Mattes, A., Mück, M., & Stahl, J. (2022). Perfectionism-related variations in error processing in a task with increased response selection complexity. Personality Neuroscience, 5. https://doi.org/10.1017/pen.2022.3‌McNally, G. P., Johansen, J. P., & Blair, H. T. (2011). Placing prediction into the fear circuit. *Trends in Neurosciences*, *34*(6), 283–292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2011.03.005‌Meyer, A., & Wissemann, K. (2020). Controlling parenting and perfectionism is associated with an increased error-related negativity (ERN) in young adults. *Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience*, *15*(1), 87–95. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsaa018‌Roy, M., Shohamy, D., Daw, N., Jepma, M., Wimmer, G. E., & Wager, T. D. (2014). Representation of aversive prediction errors in the human periaqueductal gray. *Nature Neuroscience*, *17*(11), 1607–1612. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3832‌ Perfectionism Rewired is committed to neuroscience truth and accuracy through a perfectionist affirming lens, offering cutting-edge research on perfectionism, neuroplasticity + interoception techniques for the practical perfectionist who wants to enjoy the life you've worked so hard to create instead of obsolete advice to "overcome your perfectionism"

In this episode, I chat with Dr. Brigitte Holzinger regarding her paper “Cognitions in Sleep, Lucid Dreaming as an intervention for Nightmares in patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.” Dr. Brigitte Holzinger was born in Vienna, Austria and studied psychology at the University of Vienna, gaining her PhD at Stanford University in California. Brigitte is a psychologist, psychotherapist for Integrative Gestalt, sleep and dream researcher, teacher and writer. She founded the Institute for Consciousness and Dream Research in Vienna and is a founding member of the Austrian Sleep Research Association (ASRA). Brigitte has written several books on the topics of sleep, psychotherapy and Gestalt Theory and lectures at the Medical University of Vienna. In this episode Brigitte and I discuss: Our love of music. What led Brigitte to become involved in Dream Research? Lucid dreaming and the concept of dream yoga. The link between dreams and death. Brigitte's paper “Cognitions in Sleep, Lucid Dreaming as an intervention for Nightmares in patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.” The meaning of PTSD and several interesting examples that Brigitte has come across in her research. Our thoughts on dreams, and dreaming about the past, present and future.   Connect with Dr Brigitte Holzinger Research Paper: (PDF) Cognitions in Sleep: Lucid Dreaming as an Intervention for Nightmares in Patients With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Gate: Brigitte HOLZINGER | Scientific Director | Professor | Medical University of Vienna, Vienna | MedUni Vienna | Postgraduate/Sleep coaching | Research profile Medical University Vienna: Researcher of the MedUni Vienna Schluffcoaching website: Institute – Schlafcoaching.org Home - The Institute for Consciousness and Dream Research Linked In: (28) Brigitte Holzinger | LinkedIn Email: office@schlafcoaching.org Contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au or www.sleep4performance.com.au  and check out the YouTube channel.

Tracklist... Dedicated to Leighann RussoLate 90's, Early 2000's: A Great Time For EDM In NYC, Philly & The Jersey Shore Feeling Me -Hex HectorShow Me- Johnny ViscousAbove the Clouds- Amber, Plasmic Honey Rmx.Skin - Junior Vasquez Rmx.Give Me Tonight - Shannon, Jonathan Peters Rmx.This Joy - Vernessa Mitchell, Razor & GuidoPulse - VeronicaSomeone to Hold - VeronicaSpent Le Stelle - Emma ShepherdBongo Song Original - Safri DuoTocas Miracle - FragmaBe Your Sound - Cosmic Gate

Let's practice validating! Can you validate the sensations, emotions, impulses, cognitions, and Polyvagal state in this story?00:00 Introduction to Validation00:07 Understanding Validation01:01 Domains of Validation01:45 Introducing the SSIEC Tool03:18 Story of Maria04:23 Analyzing Emotions and Cognitions06:31 Exploring Sensations and Impulses09:27 Polyvagal State Analysis15:20 Conclusion and Resources

Why do you get obsessive, ruminating, or scattered thinking? Justin Sunseri answers this question through the lens of the Polyvagal Theory. He explains freeze and then describes how that results in cognitive shifts.

Episode 145: Man Made Cognitions In the 144th episode of “Hebrews in Exile”, hosts Robert B. Holman Jr., Shawn Appleton, and Tre Beverly discuss how the "fictional realities" of man (the nations) distort the "true realities" of the Hebrew.    Information on First Tabernacle Fellowship can be at found at:  www.firsttab.org

Learn experiences of the Polyvagal freeze state, like changes in cognitions and underlying impulses.00:00 Introduction00:50 Understanding Freeze State: Insights and Analogies04:23 Cognitive Effects of the Freeze State: Analysis and Examples08:22 Addressing Shame and Cognitive Adaptations in Freeze State10:09 Therapeutic Approaches: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Strategies11:29 Closing Thoughts and Resources

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 18th century philosopher Immanuel Kant's work, The Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics. Specifically it focuses on his discussion in the Preamble on the peculiarities of all metaphysical knowledge, bearing upon what he takes to be a central problem that must be resolved if there is to be any genuine well-founded metaphysics, namely how it is that synthetic a priori cognitions (or judgements or propositions) are possible. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics - https://amzn.to/49pc1Xm

Octopuses, artificial intelligence, and advanced alien civilizations: for many reasons, it's interesting to contemplate ways of thinking other than whatever it is we humans do. How should we think about the space of all possible cognitions? One aspect is simply the physics of the underlying substrate, the physical stuff that is actually doing the thinking. We are used to brains being solid -- squishy, perhaps, but consisting of units in an essentially fixed array. What about liquid brains, where the units can move around? Would an ant colony count? We talk with complexity theorist Ricard Solé about complexity, criticality, and cognition.Blog post with transcript: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024/01/01/260-ricard-sole-on-the-space-of-cognitions/Support Mindscape on Patreon.Ricard Solé received his Ph.D. in physics from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He is currently ICREA research professor at the Catalan Institute for research and Advanced Studies, currently working at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, where he is head of the Complex Systems Lab. He is also an External Professor of the Santa Fe Institute, Fellow of the European centre for Living Technology, external faculty at the Center for Evolution and Cancer at UCSF, and a member of the Vienna Complex Systems Hub. He is the author of several technical books.Web siteGoogle Scholar publicationsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The girlies contend with the complex history of man's most baffling creation — the sex doll. They unpack the contested history of sailors circle-jerking into homemade wenches, what hyper-realistic silicone dolls are doing to our contemporary beauty standards, and ask an important question: is every man who has ever owned one a sexist pig or are we all Puritans for thinking so? Plus, a discussion about a man, his sex doll wife, and the Instagram account that started it all. Digressions include the most horrific photo that's ever graced the Binchtopia inbox, the prison break of Eliza's cats, and an exciting announcement from Julia. Support the podcast on Patreon at patreon.com/binchtopiaSOURCES:A (Straight, Male) History of Sex DollsSex Dolls at SeaGuest Lecture by Dr. Bo Ruberg - Imagined Histories of Sexual TechnologiesThe Modern Sex-Doll Owner: A Descriptive AnalysisExploring the Psychological Characteristics and Risk-related Cognitions of Individuals Who Own Sex DollsGendered Synthetic Love: Real Dolls and the Construction of IntimacySex Doll Ownership: An Agenda for ResearchReal Dolls (article)Real Dolls websiteDominance and Affection: The Making of PetsTechnofetishism and the Uncanny Desires of A.S.F.R. (alt.sex.fetish.robots)A Cyborg Manifesto Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today Jason welcomes Oren Klaff. Oren is one of the world's leading experts on sales, raising capital and negotiation. When it comes to delivering a pitch, Oren Klaff has unparalleled credentials. Over the past 15 years, he has used his one of a kind method to raise more than $1 billion. As an investor, his portfolio of highly-valued and rapidly scaling companies are evidence that Oren's methods can be implemented in any business where dealmaking is important to growth. Pitch Anything An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal Whether you're selling ideas to investors, pitching a client for new business, or even negotiating for a higher salary, Pitch Anything will transform the way you position your ideas. Creating and presenting a great pitch isn't an art—it's a simple science. Applying the latest findings in the field of neuroeconomics, while sharing eye-opening stories of his method in action, learn how the brain makes decisions and responds to pitches. With this information, you'll remain in complete control of every stage of the pitch process. Flip the Script Getting People to Think Your Idea is Their Idea If there's one lesson Oren Klaff has learned over decades of pitching, presenting, and closing long-shot, high-stakes deals, it's that people are sick of being marketed and sold to. Most of all, they hate being told what to think. The more you push them, the more they resist. What people love, however, is coming up with a great idea on their own, even if it's the idea you were guiding them to have all along. Often, the only way to get someone to sign is to make them feel like they're smarter than you.     Follow Jason on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM & LINKEDIN Twitter.com/JasonHartmanROI Instagram.com/jasonhartman1/ Linkedin.com/in/jasonhartmaninvestor/ Call our Investment Counselors at: 1-800-HARTMAN (US) or visit: https://www.jasonhartman.com/ Free Class:  Easily get up to $250,000 in funding for real estate, business or anything else: http://JasonHartman.com/Fund CYA Protect Your Assets, Save Taxes & Estate Planning: http://JasonHartman.com/Protect Get wholesale real estate deals for investment or build a great business – Free Course: https://www.jasonhartman.com/deals Special Offer from Ron LeGrand: https://JasonHartman.com/Ron Free Mini-Book on Pandemic Investing: https://www.PandemicInvesting.com

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Due to rising inflation, the US has lost 58 million-dollar cities and will continue to lose more. But in spite of that,  investors in single family homes continue to improve on their profit margins when they invest in LINEAR markets across the country.  Jason invites you to join the Empowered Investor Mentoring program. And one of the guests will show you how you can FLIP LAND! Register now at https://EmpoweredInvestor.com/Mentor And join Jason as he finishes his interview with Oren Klaff as they talk about 'Hot and Cold Cognitions' the novelty piece, certainty, plain vanilla and the ONE THING principle that has brought him great success!  And don't forget to pick up his books PITCH ANYTHING and FLIP THE SCRIPT today!    Key Takeaways: Jason's editorial 1:21 America's bicentennial year 2:11 Introducing Oren Klaff 2:57 Year On Year housing supply 6:39 Comparing inventory numbers on the months of J A S O N 7:45 Empowered Mentoring - Land flipping. Go to https://empoweredinvestor.com/Mentor 9:13 Three (3) Major types of market 11:28 US has lost "58 million-dollar" cities Oren Klaff interview part 2 14:25 Welcome back Oren Klaff; a flash roll 18:53 What are 'Hot and Cold Cognitions'  24:58 The novelty piece, certainty and plain vanilla 28:44 The ONE thing   Follow Jason on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM & LINKEDIN Twitter.com/JasonHartmanROI Instagram.com/jasonhartman1/ Linkedin.com/in/jasonhartmaninvestor/ Call our Investment Counselors at: 1-800-HARTMAN (US) or visit: https://www.jasonhartman.com/ Free Class:  Easily get up to $250,000 in funding for real estate, business or anything else: http://JasonHartman.com/Fund CYA Protect Your Assets, Save Taxes & Estate Planning: http://JasonHartman.com/Protect Get wholesale real estate deals for investment or build a great business – Free Course: https://www.jasonhartman.com/deals Special Offer from Ron LeGrand: https://JasonHartman.com/Ron Free Mini-Book on Pandemic Investing: https://www.PandemicInvesting.com

Donald Knuth, the father of computer science, discusses cognition and the shraddhas. He also takes a moment to talk about the coves and pohutukawa trees.

Tamika from Alabama wonders why her co-parent persists in finding the bad in her, especially since she is trying so hard to be a good co-parent. Diane & Rick break it down and discuss how grieving parents or high conflict people use cognitive distortions as a strategy to get sympathy or attention. They also talk about the I Am Non-Impossible journal and an exciting series of episodes coming in November, called the Case from Hell. For a list of Cognitive Distortions discussed in this episode, see this LINK.For more information about our show, visit our web site at https://www.CPDilemmas.comTo PRE-ORDER the Kindle version of the I AM Non-Impossible journal for a limited-time price of only $2.99, go to this LINK. It will be delivered as an eBook on October 15th to those who pre-ordered.  The print version will be available on November 1st to everyone at a special limited-time price AND at a 25% off discounted price to all Patreon VIPs!Become a CPDilemmas VIP patron and support our work with co-parents. Visit our Patreon page to get special listener perks like VIP access to our monthly live Q&A sessions and discounted merchandise!Want to talk about this episode with Diane and other parents? Be part of the conversation on the private NON-Impossibles Facebook group CLICK HERE to subscribe to our monthly podcast email to get a sneak peak into upcoming topics!Have a co-parent dilemma? Email 1234Dilemma@gmail.comOur podcast exists because of the support of listeners like you.  Here are ways you can offer your continued support:SOBERLINK is an ongoing sponsor of Co-Parent Dilemmas. If you are concerned about substance abuse issues with your co-parent, Soberlink can help. Follow this LINK to get a $50 discount on Soberlink products. To get a special discount on therapy through BetterHelp,  visit www.BetterHelp.com/DilemmaShop for cool NON-Impossible merchandise and purchase something fun! Producing a podcast takes hours of work, so support from our listeners makes us able to keep providing valuable content. Ad music credit: Blackcrystal by Audiorezout is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International LicenseiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you've come to the right place. Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

Stephen Leininger preached a sermon called Negative Cognitions on Sunday, August 28th. As a pastor turned counselor, Stephen walked us through an imaginary counseling session between Moses and God, using Exodus 3 as the text.More information about our church can be found at here.

In today's ask me anything/Q+A/advice episode, I am answering your questions about advocating to your parents, knowing what type of therapy is right for you, hitting rock bottom, dealing with judgment, addressing the teen mental health crisis, supporting men struggling with their mental health, talking about mental health on social media, skills coaching, diary cards, troubled teen industry stories, reading recommendations and so much more!! MENTIONED + https://forms.gle/wDCi5HLxSKA197Ph9 (Anonymous topic submission form) +https://www.shepersistedpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/ep109 (EP #109 Understanding Depression: Causes, Cognitions, Comorbidity, + Coping Featuring UPenn Professor Ayelet Ruscio PhD) + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtIZZs-GAOA (John Oliver - Mental Health Care) + https://www.bustle.com/wellness/how-millennials-and-gen-z-approach-mental-health (Bustle - Millennials May Be The “Therapy Generation,” But Gen Z Is Even More Open About Mental Health) + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOg0TY1jG3w (This is Paris - Documentary) + Troubled Teen Industry Episodes: https://www.shepersistedpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/ep64?rq=troubled%20teen%20industry (#64 Sydney Montana), https://www.shepersistedpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/ep62?rq=troubled%20teen%20industry (#62 Evan Haines), https://www.shepersistedpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/ep41 (#41 Daisye) + https://www.mcleanhospital.org/treatment/3east (3East McLean Hospital) (highly recommend this residential program) + https://www.amazon.com/shop/shepersistedpodcast/list/BUSRSZXXXINI (Shop reading recs) SHOP GUEST RECOMMENDATIONS: https://amzn.to/3A69GOC (https://amzn.to/3A69GOC) EPISODE SPONSORs ☕️This week's episode is brought to you by Nutpods. Shop their delicious Vegan, Gluten-Free, Non-GMO, Kosher, and Whole 30 creamers today and https://glnk.io/93op/shepersistedpodcast (use code 'SHEPERSISTEDPODCAST' at checkout for 15% off your order).

Today we are going "into the classroom" with my Abnormal Psychology professor, Ayelet Ruscio! Dr. Ruscio's research a the University of Pennsylvania specializes in anxiety and mood disorders–their nature, classification, and comorbidity. (via https://psychology.sas.upenn.edu/people/ayelet-meron-ruscio (psychology.sas.upenn.edu)) We discuss why adolescence is such a crucial period for depression (and the role stress plays in this), the gender differences that contribute to higher rates of depression in females, tips to counteract rumination, ways teens can reduce their risk for mental illness, what is subclinical depression + ways to take action, why mental health skills are beneficial across the board, the relationship between stress and depression, common cognitive experiences in depression + how to counteract these, how and why comorbidity and cooccurrence of depression and other mental illnesses occurs, and how different are depression and anxiety really? MENTIONED +https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12470150_Toward_an_interpersonal_life-stress_model_of_depression_The_developmental_context_of_stress_generation ( Constance Hammen Stress Generation) SHOP GUEST RECOMMENDATIONS: https://amzn.to/3A69GOC (https://amzn.to/3A69GOC) EPISODE SPONSOR

  Summary:  Real love (agape) is given freely -- but it is not received freely in our fallen human condition.  Join me in this episode as we discuss the costs of opening our hearts to loveand the price of being loved fully, of being loved completely, in all of our parts.  We review why so many people refuse to be loved -- and we examine the psychological and human formation reasons for turning away from love.  Finally we discuss what we can do to get over our natural-level impediments to receiving love.   Lead-in  I am a rock I am an island I've built wallsA fortress deep and mightyThat none may penetrateI have no need of friendship -- friendship causes painIt's laughter and it's loving I disdainI am a rock I am an island I am a rock -- Paul Simon wrote it in 1965 and Simon and Garfunkel  Released it as a single in 1966, and it rose to #3 on the charts -- why because it resonated with people.  It was popular because it spoke out loud what many people's parts feel.   The desire to become a rock, the impulse to build the walls, to keep everyone out, to repudiate love and laughter, to not need anything or anyone.    Kate McGahan -- untitled poem   I don't need anyone, I said.Then you cameI need I need! I NEED YOU. I needed you.What did you teach me?Not to need you.NOT TO NEED. -  I don't want to be in love, anymore. I just want to be left alone. And no, I am not depressed or something. No suicide is happening here... I am fine. Trust me. Sharmajiassamwale So you want love.  But you also don't want love.  But you want love.  But you don't.  You do.  You don't.  You're conflicted.  How do you understand this conflict within you?  Can you and I understand this push-pull, this attraction - avoidance, this Yes and No within us more clearly.  Yes we can.  And we must.  Or we will wind up always skating along the edge of love, never really entering in.  And there are consequences for that -- and no one put it more succinctly than the English poet and playwright Robert Browning, who said: “Without love, our earth is a tomb”   Intro We do want to be loved, but we don't.  Why?  Because we want the benefits of love, but we don't want the costs   The Benefits To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.  David Viscott  If you don't have that memory of being loved, you are condemned to search the world for something to fill you up. -- Michael Jackson The costs.  Real love is given freely, but it is not received freely in this fallen world.   Almost no one talks about the costs of being loved.  I find that so strange.  People don't think this way.  There are costs to receiving love, to accepting love, to allowing love in to our hearts.   It's painful to be loved in this fallen world.  this is not well understood by many people, especially those who are not in touch with trauma, or who haven't suffered as much as others Bernard Brady's 2003 book "Christian Love: How Christians Through the Ages have Understood Love  Second sentence of the book, in the preface:  "Loving seems entirely natural and being loved seems wonderfully good." Not to many people RCC member -- so glad you can discuss tolerating being loved.     Real love -- Agape -- burns away things that are sinful within us -- it doesn't coexist with the vice within us. Bernard Brady: Christian Love, p. 16:  "…love transforms those who love and those who are loved."   Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven't loved enough.”   ― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love Change is scary “Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.”― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment    Real love also purifies us from anything that is not morally wrote, but that is disordered or dysfunctional or imperfect Real love is the greatest good.  And because it's the greatest good, it requires us to give up lesser goods.  Perceived good and actual goods.   Coping strategies, crutches that helped us in the past Analogy of the safe -- limited room, silver and gold.  Vulnerability I will lose what I have I will lose to possibility of being loved in the future I don't want to find out I am unlovable.  I can't bear that.    Because for love to be real, for love to be agape means me allowing you to love all of me.  All my parts.  My entire being Not just the acceptable parts of me in the shop window, those that I allow others to see.   The greatness of the adventure of loving can be intimidating Love, in some sense, is nothing other than an invitation to great joy and suffering, so they shy away from it.  Paul Catalanotto Refusal to love is also refusal to live  The Catholic Weekly  Dietrich von Hildrebrand those who "wish to linger with small joys in the state of harmless happiness … in which they feel themselves to be master of the situation … lacking any element of surprise or adventure.   Let's go on this adventure of being loved and loving together.  I want you to come with me into the themes of this podcast.  I want you to really engage with what I'm presenting to you.  Not just listen like the Athenians listened to Paul about the resurrection of the dead.  Acts 17:32: Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”  But they weren't really that interested.  Only a few of the Athenians joined him.  Stay with me in this Episode 96 of Interior Integration for Catholics, released on August 1, 2022, and titled "I Am a Rock: How Trauma Hardens us Against Being Loved" I am Dr. Peter Malinoski, clinical psychologist, passionate Catholic and I am very pleased that we can share and engage with this information. Why do I think being loved is so important?   First because receiving love is absolutely essential.  It is our starting point in the spiritual life.  And second, because most people will not realxly allow themselves to be loved. Psychiatrist and Harvard Professor George Valliant wrote:  It's very hard, for most of us to tolerate being loved.-- That's been my experience as well.  The vast majority of people have chosen to severely limit how much love they will let in, how much love they will tolerate.   You can't love unless you are willing to be loved.   1 John 4:19:  We love because he first loved us  Look at the order here.  God loved us first.  We can't generate any love on our own.  We can reflect love, we can channel love, but we can't create love out of nothing like God can.  We have to cooperate in love and be open to love in order to love, in order to follow the two great commandments.   That is what this Interior Integration for Catholics podcast is all about -- it's about preparing the way for you to have a much deeper, richer and much more intimate relationship with God in the three Person of the Trinity -- Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and with the Blessed Virgin Mary our Mother.  A deep, personal relationship with God and Mary.  That's what  I want from you.  And if you won't tolerate taking in real love, if you deprive yourself of real love, you are going to wind up in a de facto hell on earth.  The most miserable people on earth are the loveless people -- loveless not because no one will love them -- but loveless because they actively or passively reject love.  And so many people do that.   And there are spiritual consequences to cutting ourselves off from real love.  Our heart become small, they become hard, they become closed, they become fearful, they fester in wounds.  And if we persist in refusing to be loved and to love, there is no other place for us to be in the afterlife than in hell.  That's what I think hell is -- a place for those who have refused love.  That's how serious all of this is.  Eternal consequences of the highest order.    Hallmark Movie Love What so many of our parts really want is what I call Hallmark movie love -- in Latin, this is rendered "Lovus Hallmarkius"  Hallmark love.  Yes, I've given it a ridiculous translation, but that because Hallmark love is not only a ridiculous concept, it's a dangerous one.  I mean it.  Really Dr. Peter -- all those sweet, feel-good Christmas movies?  What are you some kind of grinch, to criticize Hallmark movies?  I mean really, come on.. That's a bit much.  Hear me out, hear me out.   What is Hallmark love -- love is always just around the corner, painless, fun.  They are delightful.  Love is so gratifying and enjoyable, love takes away suffering. Clean and tidy.   It's a myth.  The Hallmark company is selling illusions.  Their movie production arm is peddling falsehoods about love to an audience who wants what they are offering to be true.  But it isn't.   Kristine Brown captured this theme in her online article Living in a Hallmark Movie  December 11, 2015  I want to live in a Hallmark movie.  I want to walk down the cobblestone Main Street into the corner coffee shop where everyone greets you with a smile and a Merry Christmas. I want to move to a new town where you immediately become acquainted with everyone and your child makes instant friends at school and there's always time to bake Christmas cookies and decorate trees and drink hot cocoa with peppermint sticks. I want to live in a Hallmark movie. I want to walk my child to school holding hands and have him tell me how much he loves me and what a great mom I am. I want to live where kids don't make bad choices and parents don't make mistakes. Where the toughest decision is whether to stay in the small town where you grew up or chase after a promising dream in the big city. Where things always just work out. And the movie always ends with a kiss from your true love and snow. Always snow. But life isn't a Hallmark movie, not even close. Example of the life of Christ -- the greatest lover ever, who died in making the greatest act of love ever, and it was nothing like a Hallmark movie.  We assume that we want love -- and we do.  Or parts of us do Made for love and in love -- That's a beautiful line in the Litanies of the Heart, written by Dr. Gerry for Souls and Hearts -- "Lord Jesus, you created me in love, for love."   Colossians 3:14  And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.   Discussion of Parts Reference Episode 71: A New and Better Way of Understanding Myself and Others   Definition of Parts:  Separate, independently operating personalities within us, each with own unique prominent needs, roles in our lives, emotions, body sensations, guiding beliefs and assumptions, typical thoughts, intentions, desires, attitudes, impulses, interpersonal style, and world view.  Each part also has an image of God and a whole religion developed around its understanding of God, self, and the relationship between God and self.   Parts have different roles within the self system.  Narrow slice of experience, very limited vision.   Some parts don't care about being loved.  They are focused on never being hurt like that again.  They are focused on protection from harm, defending the self system against threats from others, very protective.  IIC 89:  Your Trauma, Your Body: Protection vs. Connection Conflict “I wished I didn't need an ocean of space to feel comfortable. I still wanted to be loved. Yet again I felt like two people: one who desperately needed a hug, and one who would break apart at the slightest touch. How could I get people to keep their distance without leaving completely? How long would it take for them to get tired of the way I flinched and evaded?” ― Ruby Walker, Advice I Ignored: Stories and Wisdom from a Formerly Depressed Teenager   Using a metaphor to describe how trauma hardens us against being loved  Overview Roots = unresolved trauma  Single trunk -- shame  Five Main stems -- acronym CRIES -- as in cries for help.    C R I E S -- Each of these main stems is driven by shame in the trunk, shame that results from the unresolved trauma in the roots.   Cognitions Relationships Identity Emotions Spirituality Each main stem has branches -- branches that cross and interweave in this big bush  And the branches have fruits.   Roots -- Unresolved trauma This includes the original trauma, original sin.   Underground, not seen --  Check out Episodes 88 and 89 -- a lot about the nature of trauma in those episodes  Primary effect of unresolved trauma is shame.   Single Trunk -- Shame Discussed shame at great length in Episodes 37 to 49 of this podcast.  Definitions of shame in episode 37:  Shame is:  a primary emotion, a bodily reaction, a signal,  a judgement, and an action.   I encourage you to go through those episodes again -- really get a grip on shame, because understanding shame is the key to understanding almost all psychological dysfunction, and understanding shame is the key to really comprehending why you have difficulties with your human formation.  Can't stress that enough.   Shame -- the central role of shame. Issue of survival.  Life and death.  Deep assumptions that my shame is so bad that it will kill me.  Our protector parts assume they have a need to defend against our exiled parts that have burdens of shame -- protectors believe they have to keep the shame out of awareness, keep it buried, distant.  They don't know that we can work with shame and the parts that carry the shame in collaborative, cooperative, constructive ways.  Our protector parts don't know that shame can be resolved -- the burden of shame can be lifted and there can be healing.   “When you're a child trapped in a situation of physical or psychological deprivation, you learn shame as an efficient, elegant mechanism of survival: shame simultaneously shields you from the reality that danger is out of your control (since the problem is not that you're unloved and deprived; it's that you're Bad) and prevents you from doing or saying anything challenging that might provoke a threat.” ― Kai Cheng Thom, I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World Go back and really get the shame piece of this.   Main Stems off the trunk:  Cognitions, Relationships, Identity, Emotions, Spirituality -- Acronym CRIES  Emotions  Stem:  Five aspects Grief, Anger, Fear, Flooding, Shutdown  -- GAFFS -- so many of these emotions are generated by the shame that results from unresolved trauma Love is affective -- Bernard Brady -- discussed this at length in episode 94  Love is a movement from your heart, your soul -- a movement from the innermost depths of your being.  From your core self.  So the emotions are intimately involved with love   Grief  Emotional reaction to deep sense of loss.   Sadness about what you don't have that you need.   Parts want to be seen and heard and known and loved by the one who might love you.  All of you wanting to be loved.  All of you wanting to be healed.  So parts surge up, wanting to come to the surface.   Parts that carry grief have never been loved -- never been connected with in an emotional way, never been included in relationship with your innermost self or with others.  Never been seen. Anticipatory Grief -- if I allow myself to be love, I could lose that love.  The one who loves me could die.     Fear -- this is an emotion that drives so much fleeing from love.  This really is the big one.   Philophobia -- fear of love  All of us have parts that fear love.  Being loved arouses anxiety because it threatens long-standing psychological defenses formed early in life in relation to emotional pain and rejection, therefore leaving a person feeling more vulnerable.  Robert Firestone Fears of being revealed Fears of vulnerability Fears of loneliness Fear of the unknown Fears of being hurt one more time -- like Charlie Brown and Lucy and the football, winding up flat on your back again. Fears of betrayal  Fears of abandonment So much of this fear is driven by shame.   All this fear is a barrier to being loved.   “To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”  Betrand Russell All the bruised lives, searching hearts ... Everyone wants a love story but few will risk what it takes to live one. - Donna Lynn Hope Flooding:  Emotional overwhelm -- flooding.  Emotions become all dysregulated. Hyperarousal -- moving into fight or flight mode.  Intensity of emotions because very great. Often because old emotions from previous unresolved trauma are welling up -- parts that carry the burden of intense emotions want to be seen, heard, known and understood, they no longer want to be exiled, banished into the unconscious -- they want a voice, they want relationship they want redemptions.  Paul Simon  Don't talk of loveWell I've heard the word beforeIt's sleeping in my memoryI won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have diedIf I never loved I never would have criedI am a rock I am an island  “Our biggest challenge is that we have an overwhelming desire for an extraordinary love story but low capacity to hold space for it in our nervous system.”  ― Lebo Grand Dietrich von Hildebrand:  Fear of losing oneself in intense joys or griefs   Anger So much of this anger is driven by fear driven by shame  Our protector parts can use anger to distract from fear and grief.   Behind every angry soul is a wounded child that just wanted you to love them for who they are. Shannon L. Alder  Shutting down Avoiding inner experiences is one of Nathanson's four defensive scripts for avoiding shame.   Hypoarousal -- moving down out of the window of tolerance to the freeze mode.   Example of an electrical panel, or breaker panel v-- metal box with a door down in the basement or utility closet  with the main and the circuit breakers   Fruit: We have a very difficult time tolerating being loved when we are not in our window of tolerance.  Fight or flight mode or freeze mode -- we move very much into self-protection, to a focus on survival, on just perpetuating our existence.   We're not open to love -- we've moved into survival mode, not seeking connection.   We're not open to God.    Fr. Jacques Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace:  The more our soul is peaceful and tranquil, the more God is reflected in it, the more His grace acts through us.  On the other hand, if our soul is agitated and troubled, the grace of God is able to act only with much greater difficulty… God is a God of peace.  He does not operate except in peace, not in trouble and agitation.  We need that emotional regulation, that sense of being in our window of tolerance to be able to connect with God.  So many times fear is identified as a barrier   Fear as a result of shame drove Adam and Eve into the bushes -- hiding from God John 14:27:  Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. Cognition Stem  Perceptions extremely sensitive to stimuli  Very vigilant -- scanning for threats in the environment   Negative self-talk I am unloved  I am unlovable  I don't deserved to be loved -- bred in families where there is conditional love -- unattainable ideals of perfection  I will be seen and I will see myself.   I might contaminate anyone who would love me with my badness.   I won't live up to the love.   Doubts fostered about goodness in the world, about the nature of others Skepticism about who actually makes the effort to love  Demanding perfection from others before trying again.  To have the chance of being loved we have to take a chance on being destroyed inside -- Jo Nesbo Pessimistic evaluation of the future No one will love me  I will be deceived, tricked and then betrayed, rejected, abandoned   Distractions Paul Simon:   I have my booksAnd my poetry to protect meI am shielded in my armor  Fruit we can dwell inwardly, on our own damage -- we can focus on our wounds.  Direct our attention to all the things that are wrong with us and pull inward -- self-absorption, ruminating and obsessing about our defects, curling up inside to protect ourselves, not letting anyone in.  So common.   Or we can reach out and embrace love anyway.  We can trust that parts of us may be seeing things inaccurately, thinking about things in ways that are distorted.   Identity Stem  Drawing from Robert Firestone's  Why Do So Many People Respond Negatively to Being Loved? article on psychalive.org  I am inadequate, unworthy of love “We accept the love we think we deserve.”– Stephen Chbosky   Being valued or seen in a positive light is confusing because it conflicts with the negative self-concept that many people form within their family.  Firestone Being loved can provoke an identity crisis  Firestone Your identity, at least for some of your parts, can be very bound up in being unloved and unloveable   Parts may not know who you are if you were loved -- such a radical change Very disconcerting to lose a sense of who I am, even if the identity is a negative one.   Comfort in the familiarity of the dysfunction I know -- so I accept and even seek out rejection and failure -- they are familiar and harmonize with my life narrative.   Deep sense of having to earn conditional love.  But that is not what love is about “Love is not concerned with a person's accomplishments, it is a response to a person's being: This is why a typical word of love is to say: I love you, because you are as you are.” ― Dietrich von Hildebrand, The Art of Living   Little or no ordered self-love -- we will be discussing ordered self love in the next episode.  One of Nathanson's four strategies to cope with shame is to attack the self.   Internal disconnects to survive the trauma -- horror of abuse  Love relationships pull for integration Love is never fragmented; it's an inseparable whole which does not delight in bits and pieces. John A. Andrews  And that integration will bring up the parts of ourselves that we have rejected as too scary, too unacceptable, too unlovable, too dangerous, too overwhelming, too much in some way to be allowed a seat at the table of our consciousness.   Takes a lot of courage to really be loved.   Ursula Wirtz, Trauma and Beyond: The Mystery of Transformation “I consider love to be the matrix for this transformation, which calls new being into existence. Love has the power to reawaken and bring to the fire what has been entombed or distorted by traumatic forces or has retreated out of defensiveness and self-protection. Without love and compassion for the fragility of human identity in the face of death and the reality of evil, the madness found in these barren spaces of the soul might not be meaningfully encountered. For the stripping away of the constricting cocoon of traumatic fixations and the untangling of what has become distorted and convoluted during painful traumatization, love is needed.”  ―  Fruit -- will we let our burdened parts define ourselves-- will we let those traumatized parts of us, and the parts that guard us from those traumatize parts be the ones to determine who we are -- with their limited vision and their narrow slice of experience -- or can we work gently with ourselves and allow ourselves to be seen through the eyes of those who do love us.   Relationship Love affirms the other, love responds to the other, love is unitive -- love is steadfast more of Bernard Brady's characteristics of Agape, of real love described in episode 94   Effects of Shame Lack of trust in others   Lack of confidence How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved. Sigmund Freud  Fear of exposure To myself  To the one who loves me   “To be deeply loved, means a willingness to cut yourself wide open, exposing your vulnerabilities... hopes, hurts, fears and flaws. Hiding behind the highlight reel of who you are, is the real you and that person is just as worthy of love. There is nothing more terrifying or fulfilling, than complete love, it's worth the risk... reach for it.”  ― Jaeda DeWalt Fear of rejection The fear of rejection makes sense: If we've had a steady diet of shame, blame, and criticism, we learned that the world is not a safe place. Something within us mobilizes to protect our tender heart from further stings and insults .The Hidden Reasons We Don't Let Love In  -- John Amodeo Ph.D., MFT   The one who loves me will hurt me. It's inevitable   Fruit in the Behaviors -- all focused around protection from the other leading to relationship sabotage Undue criticism of the other --you are not enough for me.  Withdrawal and isolation -- one of Nathanson's strategies for coping with shame. Paul Simon Hiding in my room safe within my wombI touch no one and no one touches meI am a rock I am an islandAnd a rock feels no painAnd an island never cries  Avoidance  Pursuing unavailable people I found myself in a pattern of being attracted to people who were somehow unavailable, and what I realized was that I was protecting myself because I equate the idea of connection and love with trauma and death.” ― Zachary Quinto Pushing others away Basically, love is scary when it contrasts with childhood trauma. In that situation, the beloved feels compelled to act in ways that hurt the lover: behaving in a punitive manner, distancing themselves and pushing love away.  Robert Firestone  “You push people away, Marley. You don't realise it, but you do. You close yourself off to anyone and anything that doesn't fit in your perfect little hamster ball of life. But you can't experience love only on your own terms. It doesn't work that way.”  ― Kate Lattey, Dream On Aggression -- Fueled by anger. Attacking others is one of Nathanson's four strategies of coping with shame.  Why do we attack?  We are afraid, we are struggling with shame.     “Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only them, they fear everyone.     St. Francis de Sales   Emotionally disconnecting from the relationship Out of anger. Harden my Heart -- 1982 Hit Sung by Quarterflash  … I'm gonna harden my heart, I'm gonna swallow my tears, I'm gonna turn and leave you here  Out of fear and shame   “Many freeze types unconsciously believe that people and danger are synonymous, and that safety lies in solitude. Outside of fantasy, many give up entirely on the possibility of love. The freeze response, also known as the camouflage response, often triggers the individual into hiding, isolating and eschewing human contact as much as possible. This type can be so frozen in retreat mode that it seems as if their starter button is stuck in the ‘off' position. It is usually the most profoundly abandoned child - ‘the lost child' - who is forced to ‘choose' and habituate to the freeze response… Unable to successfully employ fight, flight or fawn responses, the freeze type's defenses develop around classical dissociation.” ― Pete Walker Dietrich von Hildebrand -- shrinking away from commitment.   Difficulties receiving partial, incomplete, imperfect love -- as replacements for God's love Glazed carrots.  Side dish, not the main entrée.   Mother Angelica's Little Book of Life Lessons And Everyday Spirituality :  Allow people to love you as they must love you, not as you want them to love you. Even God does not love us as we wish Him to. Learning to love is learning to accept love as it comes   Spiritual Disconnecting from God, who is love.   Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.  Blaise Pascal We to love God to know Him  And so we have to find him lovable -- and so often parts of us don't find him lovable.   Need for Faith and Hope -- Infused virtues.   To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us. Timothy Keller everyone wants perfect love... no one wants to be a perfect lover... - Author: Brijesh Singh   Being loved by God is often even more difficult I John 4:8  "…God is love."  Issues around God images (IIC 23-29)  God is not as tangible, immediate  Transferences to God  Projections onto God.   Edward Vacek:  Love, Human and Divine: The Heart of Christian Ethics.  The sequence in loving and being loved.    (1) God affirms us; (2) God receives a; (3) we accept God's love; (4) we affirm God; (5) God forms community with us; (6) we cooperate with God in loving God in the world; and finally (7) we grow in a limited code responsibility with God. p.. 177 Problems with the sequence -- not tolerating enough contact with God  to be affirmed, to understand him in a totally different way.   1 John 4:19:  We love because he first loved us   Active vs. passive refusal to be loved.   Active refusals to be loved are more obvious Passive refusals to be loved are more common.   Five attachment tasks Felt sense of safety and protection -- have to go through the valley of shame, fear, anger, grief  Feeling seen, heard, known and understood -- have to tolerating being in relationship, being present.   Feeling comforted, soothed and reassured  Feeling cherished, treasured, delighted in   “If your parents' faces never lit up when they looked at you, it's hard to know what it feels like to be loved and cherished. If you come from an incomprehensible world filled with secrecy and fear, it's almost impossible to find the words to express what you have endured. If you grew up unwanted and ignored, it is a major challenge to develop a visceral sense of agency and self-worth.” ― Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Feeling the other has your best interests at heart Love heals The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love. — Bruce D. Perry  “Love alone brings a human being to full awareness of personal existence. For it is in love alone that man finds room enough to be what he is.” ― Dietrich von Hildebrand, Man, Woman, and the Meaning of Love   “Trauma ruptures and hollows. Compassion mends and fills; love heals.” ― Na'ama Yehud There you have it from a trauma researcher, a philosopher, and a writer --  Example of Sr. Josephine Bakhita Born about 1869 in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur region of Sudan. She was a member of the Daju people  Uncle was a tribal chief, well-to-do family  At age 8, kidnapped by slave traders, forcerd to walk barefoot 600 miles to a slave market  Over the next 12 years, bought and sold many times, at least 12 times  Trauma of the abduction -- Forgot her given name in captivity -- consider that - - a loss of identity   Owners varied in their treatment of her.  Some were sadists  Family of  Turkish general Josephine wrote that as soon as one wound would heal, they would inflict another.  another woman drew patterns on her skin with flour, then cut into her flesh with a blade. She rubbed the wounds with salt to make the scars permanent. She would suffer a total of 114 scars from this abuse. A total of 114 intricate patterns were cut into her breasts, belly and into her right arm   I am definitively loved and whatever happens to me --  I am awaited by this Love.  Action Plan You gotta pray   Point is to focus on developing the relationship with the Persons of the Trinity and with Mary -- as a little child, a little son or daughter.   Litanies of the Heart - the Litany of the Closed Heart the litany of the fearful heart, the litany of the wounded heart.  Soulsandhearts.com/lit Books Intimacy in Prayer -- Personal Prayer:  A Guide for Receiving the Father's Love -- by Frs. Thomas Acklin and Boniface Hicks.  Fr. Jacques Philippe -- Time for God -- excellent guide for learning pray from a more relational perspective.  I also like Fr. Jacques Philippe's book The way of Trust and Confidence  Fr. Thomas Dubay -- Fire Within -- more of a Carmelite approach.  If you haven't been to confession recently, go.  If you feel like you can't go, I want to hear about it.   Calling all Catholic therapists and -- Interior Therapist Community is starting our fall groups.   80 therapists and graduate students in mental health fields in community -- each of us working on our own human formation, but not in isolation.  New Foundations experiential groups are forming -- and we have advanced groups.   2022 Webinar Series: Of Beams and Specks: Therapist-Focused Consultation - Peter Malinoski  $30 Soulsandhearts.com/itc -- call me at 317.567.9594 or email at crisis@soulsandhearts.com  Weekly reflection -- related to this podcast, delivered to your inbox every Wednesday --  We do get around to archiving them in the blog section of our website -- soulsandhearts.com/blog Conversation hours -- every Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time call me at 317.567.9594 or email at crisis@soulsandhearts.com.  If I don't pick up, I'm on another call leave a voicemail.   Patroness and Patron.

When anxiety shows up, it has a tendency of trying to take over. It runs the meeting in your mind and either dictates with a sense of urgency what you need to do, or it can become immobilizing with everything it is holding onto in that pressing moment. Anxiety can feel like it is taking over, but in this four part Anxiety series, my hope is to encourage us to slow things down. Let's investigate together. Let's get curious about what is happening when we feel anxious. Your anxiety might just be there for a purpose. The four areas in this series are looking at what happens within us when anxiety shows up in our Cognitions (thoughts), Transitions, our Trauma Reminders, and when Anxiety goes Viral all around us. This episode looks at what to do when anxious symptoms are occurring all around us and Anxiety goes Viral! We are slowing down the presence of anxiety by talking about: (1) How do we stay calm when others are anxious? (2) How do we help a friend in need without becoming a friend in need? (3) Checking in with ourselves before and after we walk into a room *This podcast exists as an avenue to provide a free resource for people everywhere to have access to mental and emotional health. No matter where you live or the position you hold, your mental health matters. Seeing a therapist is not something that everyone has access to or even the finances to accommodate, but the message of healing and breakthrough don't only happen in a counseling room, you can grow in your understanding of emotional health right at home, and I hope this podcast stirs an initiative of inner freedom in your life. Thank you for listening and for helping people hear these much needed freedom reminders by sharing the episodes that make an impact in your life. Subscribe and stay connected with the Inner Freedom Initiative by following @innerfreedominitiative on social media or join me at the innerfreedominitiatve.com and sign up for the monthly #FreedomThoughts newsletter where we are all Freedom Seekers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emily-funderburk/support

When anxiety shows up, it has a tendency of trying to take over. It runs the meeting in your mind and either dictates with a sense of urgency what you need to do, or it can become immobilizing with everything it is holding onto in that pressing moment. Anxiety can feel like it is taking over, but in this four part Anxiety series, my hope is to encourage us to slow things down. Let's investigate together. Let's get curious about what is happening when we feel anxious. Your anxiety might just be there for a purpose. The four areas in this series are looking at what happens within us when anxiety shows up in our Cognitions (thoughts), Transitions, our Trauma Reminders, and when Anxiety goes Viral all around us. In this episode, Emily puts a focus on giving you tools to carry with you when trauma related anxiety surfaces in your life. Knowing why the body responds the way it does can help us all learn how to slow down our breathe when anxiety feels like it is pressing into our lungs. This episode will be soft and slow because we are journeying into a place that is hard and heavy. Whether you are listening to this episode to better care for yourself, or to understand the experience of someone you care about, in today's episode you will hear more about: (1) Calming down our breathe with Box Breathing and a Safe Place Exercise (2) Noticing the alarm that goes off in your body (3) Stop, Look, Listen, and Separate *This podcast exists as an avenue to provide a free resource for people everywhere to have access to mental and emotional health. No matter where you live or the position you hold, your mental health matters. Seeing a therapist is not something that everyone has access to or even the finances to accommodate, but the message of healing and breakthrough don't only happen in a counseling room, you can grow in your understanding of emotional health right at home, and I hope this podcast stirs an initiative of inner freedom in your life. Thank you for listening and for helping people hear these much needed freedom reminders by sharing the episodes that make an impact in your life. Subscribe and stay connected with the Inner Freedom Initiative by following @innerfreedominitiative on social media or join me at the innerfreedominitiatve.com and sign up for the monthly #FreedomThoughts newsletter where we are all Freedom Seekers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emily-funderburk/support

When anxiety shows up, it has a tendency of trying to take over. It runs the meeting in your mind and either dictates with a sense of urgency what you need to do, or it can become immobilizing with everything it is holding onto in that pressing moment. Anxiety can feel like it is taking over, but in this four part Anxiety series, my hope is to encourage us to slow things down. Let's investigate together. Let's get curious about what is happening when we feel anxious. Your anxiety might just be there for a purpose. The four areas in this series are looking at what happens within us when anxiety shows up in our Cognitions (thoughts), Transitions, our Trauma Reminders, and when Anxiety goes Viral all around us. This episode focuses on Anxiety in Transitions. Anytime our body goes through a major or minor transition, we go through a process of learning and adapting. In this episode we will take a closer look at three ways to notice anxiety during transitions by: (1) Making room in our life for transitions (2) Releasing the sense of urgency (3) What to do with Transition Loops *This podcast exists as an avenue to provide a free resource for people everywhere to have access to mental and emotional health. No matter where you live or the position you hold, your mental health matters. Seeing a therapist is not something that everyone has access to or even the finances to accommodate, but the message of healing and breakthrough don't only happen in a counseling room, you can grow in your understanding of emotional health right at home, and I hope this podcast stirs an initiative of inner freedom in your life. Thank you for listening and for helping people hear these much needed freedom reminders by sharing the episodes that make an impact in your life. Subscribe and stay connected with the Inner Freedom Initiative by following @innerfreedominitiative on social media or join me at the innerfreedominitiatve.com and sign up for the monthly #FreedomThoughts newsletter where we are all Freedom Seekers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emily-funderburk/support

Electronic Cognitions Episode 059: Christopher M

Today we explore the concept of intention—one of the core principles of what we do at Yoga Medicine. Most of us have a general understanding of what it is and why it is important, especially given the mindfulness we bring to yoga practice, but haven't considered in detail how we form intentions or their potential to change outcomes. To help us unpack the theory and practice of intention in more detail, host Rachel talks to returning guest, Diane Malaspina Ph.D. As well as teaching yoga, Diane has a B.S. in Psychology, a Master's degree in Education, and a Ph.D. in educational and developmental psychology. Diane calls on her backgrounds in both science and yoga to explore the involvement of the brain in intention, as well as celebrate the more subtle role of the heart. Listen in to hear how intention primes the brain for better pattern recognition, as well as the role dopamine plays in marking behaviors that get us closer to our aims. You'll also hear how you might be trying too hard to create and hold fast to your intentions, how to harness the Default Mode Network to support a more receptive state in which deeper purpose can emerge, and how a vivid sensory and emotional understanding of your intentions makes them far more potent. Show Notes: Defining intention [4:09] How intention primes the brain for pattern recognition [7:01] Therapeutic intention: can intention change outcomes? [11:46] Practicing purpose: the relationship between intention and dopamine [16:17] How the Default Mode Network can create space for intentions to emerge [21:03] Ultradian rhythms and making time for intentional breaks [25:42] Using your visual field to reset your state of focus [30:01] Prior intention can prime us for faster and stronger action [31:26] Yoga philosophy, the purpose of yoga practice, and heart-centered intention [34:14] Harnessing senses and emotions to craft more potent intentions [41:36] What we can learn from athletes about the power of intention [45:25] Using questions and curiosity to form intention [50:27] Diane's “MacGyver Method” to harness the Default Mode Network [51:58] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Yoga Medicine Podcast Episode 02: The Placebo Effect with Katja Bartsch, Part 1 Yoga Medicine Podcast Episode 04: Find Ease in Uncertainty with Diane Malaspina PhD Inside the Yoga Sutras Online Course Working with Grief Online Course Exploring the Yamas through Meditation & Practice Online Course Mental Health & Wellness Yoga Teacher Training Yoga Medicine Online Deane Shapiro, A Preliminary Study of Long-term Meditators: Goals, Effects, Religious Orientation, Cognitions. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 1992, Vol. 24, No.1 Stephan A. Schwartz, Therapeutic Intention: Into the Next Generation. EXPLORE, Volume 13 Takarada, Y., Nozaki, D., Motivational goal-priming with or without awareness produces faster and stronger force exertion. Scientific Reports Vol. 8, 2018 Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Dunne, J.D. & Davidson, R.J., Visualizing Compassion: Episodic Simulation as Contemplative Practice. Mindfulness, 2022 Connect with Diane Malaspina: Facebook | Instagram | Yoga Medicine | Diane Malaspina You can learn more about this episode, and see the full show notes at www.YogaMedicine.com/podcast-31. And you can find out more about insider tips, online classes or information on our teacher trainings at www.YogaMedicine.com. To support our work, please leave us a 5 star review with your feedback on iTunes/Apple Podcasts.

When anxiety shows up, it has a tendency of trying to take over. It runs the meeting in your mind and either dictates with a sense of urgency what you need to do, or it can become immobilizing with everything it is holding onto in that pressing moment. Anxiety can feel like it is taking over, but in this four part Anxiety series, my hope is to encourage us to slow things down. Let's investigate together. Let's get curious about what is happening when we feel anxious. Your anxiety might just be there for a purpose. The four areas in this series are looking at what happens within us when anxiety shows up in our Cognitions (thoughts), Transitions, our Trauma Reminders, and when Anxiety goes Viral all around us. This episode focuses on Cognitive Anxiety, when your thoughts feel like they have a mind of their own. We will look at three ways to slow down cognitive anxiety by: (1) Understanding your train of thought (2) Finding the purpose behind the chaos (3) Labeling who is at your mental meeting *This podcast exists as an avenue to provide a free resource for people everywhere to have access to mental and emotional health. No matter where you live or the position you hold, your mental health matters. Seeing a therapist is not something that everyone has access to or even the finances to accommodate, but the message of healing and breakthrough don't only happen in a counseling room, you can grow in your understanding of emotional health right at home, and I hope this podcast stirs an initiative of inner freedom in your life. Thank you for listening and for helping people hear these much needed freedom reminders by sharing the episodes that make an impact in your life. Subscribe and stay connected with the Inner Freedom Initiative by following @innerfreedominitiative on social media or join me at the innerfreedominitiatve.com and sign up for the monthly #FreedomThoughts newsletter where we are all Freedom Seekers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emily-funderburk/support

Electronic Cognitions Episode 058Christopher M.

ECog 057 Track ListTwisted Hearts (Robbie Seed)Sky Falls Down (Ocean Lab)I Remember You (Stargazers)Wild Gods (Kenny Palmer)Equalizer (Shugz)Steam (Daniel Skyver)Leave You Now (Allen Watts)Believe in You (Maria Healy)Occult (Alan Sharkey)Switch Up (Dustin Husain)Over You (Lost Witness)Take Me Up (David Forbes)Quantum Eraser (Craig Connelly)Satellite (Oceanlab)Send Your Love (Glaciel Storm)The New Colossus (FAWZY)Ultimate (Rene Ablaze)

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Chris answers a question about Thanatophobia (fear of death), and highlights the concept of meta-cognition (thoughts we have about thoughts we have) with OCD and the anxiety disorders.  Feel free to reach out with any questions you might have, Chrisleins04@gmail.com If you've found OCD Straight Talk helpful, feel free to give us a 5-star rating, and support the podcast to help us produce more content. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chris-leins/support

Exploring the inner growth lifestyle topic of the day; how the inner growth journey, mindset and lifestyle get you to see and pursue your explorations of this in cosmic consciousness; how it is always a choice at your disposal, accessible by you in any and all moments; what changes this brings to your life when faced with life moments and circumstances; how mind and heart flow are a part of the process too; why your higher infinite human potential is always a major player and accessible through your ability to tap into your higher cosmic consciousness; and how the determining factor will always be you, your belief in life and yourself and whether or not you allow your heart to lead the way in flow with unconditional love and neutrality towards self and others, particularly when the unknown elements of life, the void space of tomorrow's unknown, presents itself to your conscious mind. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/maria-florio/support

Welcome to another episode of Electronic Cognitions.  Excited to bring you my favorite in trance!  Have a great night everyone :) 

If your mind tends to think about things in a habitual way, don't despair. It is absolutely possible to shift your perspective. In this episode, Dr. Sharon shares what it means to change your perspective, why that's important, and how you can do it effectively. Don't forget to subscribe to the show for more practical tips that can make you unstoppable. For the show notes, go to: https://drsharongrossman.com/podcast/wimba/ep30

When we talk about wealth, success and boundaries in our field, it can feel like a controversial topic. And that's because, for therapists, tons of negative cognitions have been assigned to our financial accomplishments... If we don't accept insurance or our rates are “too high,” we're demanding. If our generosity isn't deemed substantial enough, we're unfriendly. And if we attempt to create offers that financially benefit us, we're greedy. But y'all... if we had a client come into a session with these negative cognitions, we'd buzz that right out of the room. So why don't we allow ourselves that same shift in our mindsets? Maybe it's the exhaustive language of rate shaming or the illusion that we should always be available to help everyone or possibly, it's the fallacy that our one and only goal should be for our practice to be “full.” Perhaps it's all of these things and more. Whatever the cause, the problematic culture that shapes what is deemed “appropriate” in terms of our success is.... well, it's bullshit. I want for other EMDR clinicians what I have discovered for myself: protecting my time, being intentionally generous, and creating high-value offers doesn't mean that I've traded off what it means to be a good therapist. I'm done letting anyone else determine what success in my practice looks like. And you should be, too. If you're ready to shift your mindset and turn your practice into something that serves you financially, it's time to apply for your spot in The Consultation Program. The Consultation Program is a place where EMDR clinicians are encouraged to create high-value services that benefit clients and clinicians alike. It's a place where you're emboldened to raise rates, to take fewer clients or to offer intensives to clients when it makes sense for you. And it's a place where your time is respected, valued and not taken for granted. You deserve to live in your worth and feel good about it. Apply for your spot in The Consultation Program today and change your practice forever.

Speakers: Dr. Inge Ris (physiotherapist, PhD)Ass. Prof. Tonny Elmose Andersen (psychologist, PhD)Kasper Ussing (physiotherapist, Msc)Prof. Alice Kongsted (chiropractor, PhD)See the itinerary for the day in Odense Relevant reading: Self-management at the core of back pain care: 10 key points for cliniciansValidation of the Danish International Trauma Questionnaire for posttraumatic stress disorder in chronic pain patients using clinician-rated diagnostic interviews

PTSD is in the DSM V as a diagnosis for mental health. Many people wonder whether or not it's possible for someone who experience's betrayal to develop PTSD. In this episode, Tyler Patrick LMFT, walks through the official requirements of PTSD within the DSM V and asks a few questions to help you identify if you may qualify. 00:00 Does Infidelity Cause PTSD? 00:12 The Wandering Therapist Sessions 01:14 First, What is PTSD really? 01:51 Is It Traumatic? 02:41 Witnessing Events 02:59 Learning The Event Happened To Someone We're Close To 03:12 Intrusion Symptoms 03:19 Intrusive Distressing Memories Of The Events 03:48 Recurring Distressive Dreams 03:54 Dissociative Reactions 04:01 Intentional Prolonged Psychological Distress At Exposure To Internal Cues 04:16 Marked Physiological Reactions That Symbolize A Resemblant Aspect Of the Traumatic Event 04:46 Persistence Avoidance Of The Stimuli That Causes The Distress 05:17 Negative Alterations in Cognitions and Mood Associated with the traumatic event 06:32 Marked alterations in arousal and reactivity associated with the traumatic event(s), beginning or worsening after the traumatic event(s) occurred 08:04 PTSD From Betrayal Is A Real Thing 09:34 Thank You For Watching. Please Subscribe If You Found Value Check Out Our Web Courses (Including our free courses): https://lovestrong.com/courses Submit A Question For The Wandering Therapist To Answer: https://lovestrong.com/category/the-wandering-therapist-sessions/ Schedule a free 15-minute Consultation Call with The Wandering Therapist to learn more about our services: https://lovestrong42.hbportal.co/schedule/62056ca8c30426088f1a569a Check Out Our Other Podcast: Real Talk Recovery by the Therapy Brothers https://therapybros.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-wandering-therapist/message

Summary ~ Neurotransmitters and hormones exist in a very delicate balance. ~ Changing one often results in a cascade of other changes ~ Mood and cognitive symptoms may be caused by problems with a variety of different neurotransmitters or hormones ~ Aging naturally reduces certain hormones and consequently neurotransmitters ~ Differential diagnoses requires exploring the possibility of a deficit in a neurotransmitter or hormone due to ~ Insufficient raw materials to make it ~ Deficiency in other chemicals that trigger its release ~ Excess of chemicals that degrade it or trigger reuptake ~ Problems in neuronal signaling within the system. ~ The human body is extremely complex ~ Symptoms of mood and cognitive disorders can be caused by a variety of problems in physiological systems ~ Cognitions and emotions can trigger the HPA-Axis and alter the functioning of internal systems and set off a cascade. ~ Effective treatment of mood and cognitive disorders requires addressing all physiological as well as psychological issues contributing to neurochemical imbalance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summary ~ Neurotransmitters and hormones exist in a very delicate balance. ~ Changing one often results in a cascade of other changes ~ Mood and cognitive symptoms may be caused by problems with a variety of different neurotransmitters or hormones ~ Aging naturally reduces certain hormones and consequently neurotransmitters ~ Differential diagnoses requires exploring the possibility of a deficit in a neurotransmitter or hormone due to ~ Insufficient raw materials to make it ~ Deficiency in other chemicals that trigger its release ~ Excess of chemicals that degrade it or trigger reuptake ~ Problems in neuronal signaling within the system. ~ The human body is extremely complex ~ Symptoms of mood and cognitive disorders can be caused by a variety of problems in physiological systems ~ Cognitions and emotions can trigger the HPA-Axis and alter the functioning of internal systems and set off a cascade. ~ Effective treatment of mood and cognitive disorders requires addressing all physiological as well as psychological issues contributing to neurochemical imbalance.

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Are you living in a type of Jurassic Park? #cognitions #beliefs #freedom PS Early Career Psychologists are not exempt from a type of therapy Jurassic Park! My self care mentoring group just for you is open for registration now https://www.trybooking.com/BKVOC

Are you living in a type of Jurassic Park? #cognitions #beliefs #freedom PS Early Career Psychologists are not exempt from a type of therapy Jurassic Park! My self care mentoring group just for you is open for registration now https://www.trybooking.com/BKVOC

Diving into Oran Klaff’s incredible book Pitch Anything. My personal favorite book in sales and persuasion which focuses on how we evoke change on a neurological level. This is the second of our two part series on this game changing book. Highly recommend you pick up a copy today!: Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal https://www.amazon.com/dp/0071752854/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_A9ekFbDBXG6MD --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mdrnac/message

Beliefs can play a HUGE role in peoples pain journey. This week we welcome Dr Sam Bunzli who is a post doctoral researcher at the University of Melbourne leading qualitative research within the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Total Joint Replacement. She has methodological expertise in qualitative research and content expertise in health beliefs, behaviour and clinical communication. Together with Professor Peter O'Sullivan, Dr JP Caneiro and Kevin Wernli, the four discuss what beliefs are, how they're formed, the influence they have on pain, and what to do about them. Based on the article authored by JP, Sam and Pete in the Brazilian Physical Therapy Journal: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2020.06.003 Show notes: www.bodylogic.physio/podcast Our twitter: https://twitter.com/EBPPodcast https://twitter.com/PeteOSullivanPT https://twitter.com/JPCaneiro https://twitter.com/KWernliPhysio *Peter O’Sullivan and JP Caneiro were awarded specialisation by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2005 and 2013 respectively. Theme music by Fervun and Cash. Produced by Kevin Wernli

The way we think determines how we feel emotionally and physically. Luckily we can set new patterns and train our brain to think therefore feel differently about situations and challenges.[]Join me today as we discuss the 10 cognitive distortions that may be holding us back and creating unnecessary stress in our lives. []** This podcast and website represent the opinions of Lore Rey and her guests. The content here should not be taken as medical advice.  The content here is for informational purposes only, and because each person is unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. 

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! For today's episode Alex and Hobbes discuss Cognitive Distortions/Common Mistakes in Thinking. We frame this in the context of Davriel's "Entity" which we know little about so far, but is a good analog for the mind. This episode really is all about thinking about thinking. This article is used as the jumping off point for discussion and can be a resource to learn more! ____________________________________________ We finally did our 500 follower giveaway at 650 followers! Prizes will be going out soon as we need to limit trips to the Post Office. We will do future giveaways but we hadn't planned beyond 500 followers so will need to regroup! ____________________________________________ You can find the hosts on Twitter: Hobbes Q. at @HobbesQ, and Alex Newman at @Mel_Chronicler. Send questions, comments, thoughts, hopes, and dreams to @GoblinLorePod on Twitter or GoblinLorePodcast@gmail.com. Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle). Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com.

Overview of the basic secret sauce structure given to us in the book Pitch Anything by Oren Klauff. Stacking hot cognitions with intrigue, prize, time and moral authority frames to hit the lollapalooza effect. If done correct leave your prospect as a “puppet. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mdrnac/message

Reviewing frame stacking and the power of influence it can have in the sales process. Adding in hot cognition to bypass the neocortex, from the book Pitch Anything by Oren Klauff. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mdrnac/message

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Welcome to the latest episode of ECog. Have a great week everyone.

What's up everyone? Christopher M. here. Hope you enjoy this latest episode. ttys

What's up everyone? Welcome to another episode of Electronic Cognitions. The latest in trance and progressive. Cheers!

Episode 50: Big shout out to ECog fans out there for the continued support. Hope you enjoy this episode! Cheers...

What's up everyone? Philly resident Christopher M. here. ECog49 filled with some of my favorites of the week! Special shout out to everyone who attended our Breast Cancer Charity event last Saturday! Have an incredible week. Cheers!

What's up everyone? Christopher M. here. Hope you had a great weekend... Some energetic trance beats to kickoff your day. The hottest in trance and progressive. Cheers!

Philadelphia Resident Christopher M. Trance and Progressive Cheers!

Philadelphia Resident Christoper M. The Latest in Trance and Progressive

Philadelphia Resident Christopher M. Latest in Trance and Progressive

DJ Christopher M. Philadelphia Resident The latest in Trance and Progressive Cheers!

DJ Christopher M. Philadelphia Resident The latest in Trance and Progressive! Cheers...

DJ Christopher M. Philadelphia Resident Electronic Cognitions Trance and Progressive

DJ Christopher M. Philadelphia Resident Trance, House, Progressive

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 76 “Feeling bad when your partner is away”: Dr Nathalie Meuwly discusses her recent study which explores the correlation between attachment insecurity  and peoples negative cognitions and dysfunctional affect regulation when faced with potential relationship threats

Kids can learn a lot by playing games. In this episode I talk with Dr. Jennifer Blessing about the skills that children learn by playing games, such as turn taking, goal setting, and number sense. Game References Candyland, Chutes and … Continue reading →

Thanks for listening to another episode of electronic cognitions. Have a great week!-cm

Welcome to another podcast with Christopher M. Coming soon our first EP release. Stay tuned! Thanks for all of your support. - CM

DJ Christopher M. with another episode of Electronic Cognitions. Put on your beats by dre and ear buds and get ready to jump around!!!!

Welcome to another hour of Electronic Cognitions! Check out track 1. The first release on the Electronic Cognitions Label "Soldier Up". Thanks for listening. Cheers- cm

Pumped about this podcast. Big shout out to all EDM fans out there. Hope to hear form you soon. CM

Hope everyone is doing well. Check out episode 034 and turn the volume up. Cheers! ttys CM

DJ Christopher M: Philly Trance, house and progressive. Talk to you soon. CM

DJ Christopher M: Your Philly Trance and Progressive fix. Cheers! CM

Thanks for listening. Coming soon the first release on the Electronic Cognitions label "No Wake Zone." Stay tuned. Have a great week. Cheers, CM

Really pumped about this podcast. Put your headphones on and turn the volume up. Thanks for listening everyone. Cheers. CM

Thanks for listening! For more ECog check out www.electroniccognitions.com. Thanks for your support. Cheers, CM

Episode 28: Thanks for listening. Let's connect on twitter @dj_christopherm. Hope to hear from you soon, CM

Big shout out to DJ Ram for one of the most heart felt tracks I've ever heard "Ramelia" (2nd to last track on this set). Stunning vocals by Susana and epic trance sound all inspired by his recent loss definitely brought a tear to my eye. Happy holidays everyone. Don't forget to hug those loved ones! Hope you enjoy! Cheers, CM

Happy Holidays and thanks for your continued support! Connect with me on twitter @dj_christopherm, on facebook Electronic Cognitions and at www.electroniccognitions.com. Cheers, CM

Hope everyone is having a great holiday! Hit me up on facebook and twitter dj_christopherm. Cant wait to hear from you! CM

ECog 023!! Shout out to James Pearce (J-Squared) for the first track. Thanks for listening! When you get a second check out www.electroniccognitions.com and become a fan on facebook #ElectronicCognitions. Have a great week! - cm

Hope you enjoy this weeks episode. Thanks for for your support and continuing to listen! When you get a chance become a fan of Electronic Cognitions on facebook and check out www.electroniccognitions.com. Have a great week! Cheers! cm

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Some tracks from the weekend you might enjoy. Check out my website www.electroniccognitions.com. -cm

Electronic Cognitions with Philadelphia Resident DJ Christopher M. Check out this mix filled with some of the hottest new trance and progressive tracks. Thanks for listening everyone! Stop by and drop a message on facebook @Electronic Cognitions or visit my website www.electroniccogntions.com. Cheers, cm

Author June Tangney discusses her article, "Reliability, Validity, and Predictive Utility of the 25-item Criminogenic Cognitions Scale (CCS)."

Doctors do not follow guidance when managing their own health and illness. This behaviour may start at medical school. This study aimed to investigate whether inappropriate responses to illness are an issue for medical students and, if so, to identify the determinants of students’ responses to illness. Editor in Chief of Medical Education, Kevin Eva speaks to Sarah Ross (Division of Medical and Dental Education, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK) about her co-authored paper focusing on medical students’ illnesses and treatment of their own health, published in the December issue: ‘Medical students’ illness-related cognitions’ by Sarah Ross, Martin von Fragstein and Jennifer Cleland. Read the paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.04079.x/abstract

Professor Eve Johnston talks about her article on schizotypal cognitions as a predictor of psychopathology in adolescents with mild intellectual impairments.

A model linking cognitions to emotional competence is presented and tested. The model is based on the four domains of Emotional Intelligence (Goleman, 2002) and on the theoretical framework of Rational-Emotive-Behavior Therapy (Ellis, 1962, 1994). In this respect, we expect irrational beliefs to be negatively associated with both emotional competence and job satisfaction. Furthermore, we expect emotional competence to be positively associated with job satisfaction. Additionally, it is proposed that irrational beliefs mediate emotional competence’s influence on job satisfaction. We test our hypotheses using data from two different studies. Study 1 collected data from 113 respondents that answered an experimental questionnaire study using organizational scenarios. Study 2 collected data through a questionnaire using the Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI 2.0) as direct measure of emotional intelligence and competencies and an irrationality scale (Försterling & Bühner, 2003) as a measure for irrational beliefs. Findings from these 2 studies suggest that irrational beliefs are negatively related to both emotional competence and job satisfaction and that emotional competence is positively related to job satisfaction. Our results confirm the central assumptions of Ellis’ appraisal theory and support our basic hypothesis of a correspondence between cognitions and emotional competence. Implications for future research are discussed.