Exercise as an emotional defense with Jewel Anderson

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English - August 26, 2021 04:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 840 ratings
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"Exercise is my therapy" is a common phrase. Today, Jewel Anderson, a Licensed Professional Counselor in the Kansas City area, discusses why you could be using exercise as a coping mechanism. She discusses how exercise is often a "defense" against things of our past or uncomfortable emotions. She leaves you with a powerful tool, called the Change Triangle, that can help you dig a layer deeper to uncover what you could be avoiding and defending against using exercise.

2:55 Using exercise as therapy

7:16 Sublimation aka Defense Mechanisms

19:39 Avoidance as a defense mechanism

23:26 Emotional experiences after exercise

28:24 The Change Triangle

43:30 How to recognize if you are using exercise as a defense behavior

Work with Jewel by visiting her website: http://www.jewelandersoncounseling.com/
Book referenced by Jewel: "It's Not Always Depression" by Hilary Jacobs Hendel