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Portals of Time

Portals of Time

No one likes change, change brings uncertainty, and everyone at certain points in time fights change. Ultimately though everyone faces change. This episode explores how the movie Dial of Destiny showed us that stepping through the portals of time, like many other movies that get referenced have a common theme: to change or fix something. This episode prompts listeners to challenge themselves to think about how change can be positive and learn the aspects of how change can be beneficial. The ACT Choice point is introduced to listeners and explained in detail to assist listeners to better understand how to break down resistance, take control away from things that are moving them away from their personal goals/values and move them toward personal growth and success in your everyday life personally and professionally.

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Portals of Time

Portals of Time

No one likes change, change brings uncertainty, and everyone at certain points in time fights change. Ultimately though everyone faces change. This episode explores how the movie Dial of Destiny showed us that stepping through the portals of time, like many other movies that get referenced have a common theme: to change or fix something. This episode prompts listeners to challenge themselves to think about how change can be positive and learn the aspects of how change can be beneficial. The ACT Choice point is introduced to listeners and explained in detail to assist listeners to better understand how to break down resistance, take control away from things that are moving them away from their personal goals/values and move them toward personal growth and success in your everyday life personally and professionally.

Horror Movies and Anxiety

Horror Movies and Anxiety

In this episode we explore the tactics that horror movies that writers use to create tension, and how it relates to the causes of anxiety. We look at how to use that knowledge to decrease our anxious thoughts.

Same View Different Window

Same View Different Window

In this episode we explore the importance of perspective in relation to disappointment and rejection. We talk about reframing and relate it to looking through a different window of a house.

Computer Viruses and Trauma

Computer Viruses and Trauma

In this episode we explain how if the brain is a computer we can look at trauma as the computer virus. We discuss types of trauma, and what it is and what it isn't.

It Ends with Us and Intimate Partner Violence

It Ends with Us and Intimate Partner Violence

This episode is about Intimate Partner Violence, the patterns and warning signs. We talk about abuse, what it looks like, the cycle of abuse and resources. Please be aware due to the subject matter, it may be upsetting for some listeners. While none of the graphic violence detailed or described, it is discussed.

Why did I do that?

Why did I do that?

As March begins we are starting to see our New Years resolutions start to fade and many people have already given up on the goals they set for themselves. So why is it we struggle so much with keeping our goals?

Transactional Analysis and Hidden Figures

Transactional Analysis and Hidden Figures

Have you ever had someone talk down to you? How about that person that seems to mess up easy tasks just so that they won't have to do them? This episode is about Transactional Analysis a psychology theory that teaches us about how we approach interactions with others, and how others can use things like anger and incompetence as weapons to control and manipulate.

Wednesday and Parental Expectations

Wednesday and Parental Expectations

This episode is about how sometimes we can struggle with parental expectations. We focus on two families from the series Wednesday and the differences in parental expectations and how each character copes with them.

Supernatural and Cognitive Dissonance

Supernatural and Cognitive Dissonance

This episode uses a single episode from the popular show Supernatural, Season 7 to explain the concept of Cognitive Dissonance and the ABC model of Cognitive Reframing.

Star Trek and Emotion vs Logic

Star Trek and Emotion vs Logic

In this episode we discuss the general theme in much of popular culture that emotions are bad through looking at the popular series Star Trek.

Bystander Intervention and STEP-UP

Bystander Intervention and STEP-UP

This episode is about the importance of acting in situations where you observe someone else acting in a way that is concerning or dangerous. We discuss the STEP-UP Program, and why sometimes people do not act.

Breaking the Silence

Breaking the Silence

This episode is about how to overcome feelings of social anxiety.

Are Online Friends, Real Friends?

Are Online Friends, Real Friends?

This episode is about finding connections online, and we examine if those relationships are real relationships.

This episode about the Joe's Peers and how they help make access to mental health information easier and more accessible.

Super Mario Bros and Perception

Super Mario Bros and Perception

In older video games they used perception to trick us into thinking that levels were getting progressively harder. In this episode we are exploring perception and how it can impact our real lives.

Live Sleep Panel Podcast

Live Sleep Panel Podcast

In this episode we join two subject matter experts, Dr. Elizabeth Dodd and Dr. Matthew Thimgan, to discuss sleep, and what it does for us, as well as how insufficient or poor quality sleep can effect us.

Jurassic Park and Setting Boundaries

Jurassic Park and Setting Boundaries

Every relationship, like every dinosaur needs boundaries. We use the Jurassic Park Franchise to explain boundary setting and how to set appropriate boundaries for our interpersonal relationships.

Titanic and the Anger Iceburg

Titanic and the Anger Iceburg

In this episode we explore Anger, and how it works. We talk about the Anger Iceberg, and how Anger is a secondary emotion, and how to identify the primary emotions behind your anger. Anger Iceberg (therapistaid.com)

Imposter Syndrome

Imposter Syndrome

Sometimes we feel like we didn't earn our achievements. We feel like we aren't good enough, or don't deserve to be here. This episode goes over Imposter Syndrome and how to cope with feeling like an imposter.

Cartoons and Mental Health

Cartoons and Mental Health

Why do we gravitate towards watching cartoons and other programing that may have originally geared towards children? This episode we explore the impact of cartoon on our mental health.