Identify & Conquer - Mental Health Fitness
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWelcome to Identify and Conquer your go-to Mental Health Fitness Podcast. We could all use a little work on our brains - specifically our emotional and psychological health. We're going to discuss our mental health - in terms of mental stability, strength, flexibility, creativity, and mindset shifts. This will be different than the traditional podcast. Together we will identify the things that keep us stuck – what fears, insecurities, negative emotions, and limiting beliefs are holding us back. How our own brain taunts us and can be our own worst enemy. We will explore weakening the saboteur region of the brain and strengthening the section of the brain where our sage resides. We'll discuss neuroscience, mental illness, and how to reframe our thoughts to help avoid anxiety, depression, and general unhappiness. This podcast is going to be multifaceted and interactive – if you want to play in those spaces with me, or you can just sit back and listen. I am not just going to talk AT you – I am going to provide worksheets and handouts and we are going to do the work together. By working together and working consistently will create the change we need to conquer negative mindsets. We are going to get to the bottom of what is stopping us from living our best life. We will explore the negative things we do and say to ourselves to sabotage our success and happiness. This is all about doing the work to make lasting change and getting unstuck once and for all. This is about having a mental health fitness plan. We have all participated in team-building events or retreats and leave ready to change the world - then two days later we're over it and back to our old lives. This is because nothing is continuing to feed that excitement or give us tools to keep us motivated and successfully implement lasting change…. This is that place. Life is happening right now, are you paying attention, or are you missing it? Join our online community at https://www.changingmybrain.com
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Episodes
Triangulation - A Form Of Manipulation
December 20, 2021 23:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBIn this episode, I want to talk about the manipulation tactic called triangulation. Where a third party is brought into a situation they don't belong in. Support the show
Boundaries and Walls
December 10, 2021 21:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBIn this episode, I discuss the difference between boundaries and walls, why people build walls instead of boundaries, and how to convert a wall to a boundary. Boundaries keep us safe and protected by keeping us open and flexible depending on who we are interacting with. Walls are up for everyone and keep the hurt we are trying to protect ourselves from locked in with us. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mentalfitness)
Boundaries and Walls
December 10, 2021 21:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBIn this episode, I discuss the difference between boundaries and walls, why people build walls instead of boundaries, and how to convert a wall to a boundary. Boundaries keep us safe and protected by keeping us open and flexible depending on who we are interacting with. Walls are up for everyone and keep the hurt we are trying to protect ourselves from locked in with us. Support the show
Getting Through The Holidays
December 03, 2021 23:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBThe holidays mean different things to all of us. But for some of us, it means, stress, anxiety, loneliness, and a list of other emotions. This episode discusses how to work through some of the stress and anxiety the come with the holidays, especially when dealing with friends and family. Support the show
Toxic Positivity
November 20, 2021 15:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBHow can being positive be toxic? It's toxic when we use it to deny what we are really feeling and don't allow ourselves to feel or experience difficult or negative emotions and situations. This episode discusses what that looks like in yourself and in others. It discusses how to handle situations better so they don't creep up on us later. And, how to handle the people in our lives who come to us when they are hurting so we can help them heal. Support the show
How To Live With Regret
November 12, 2021 21:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBIn this episode, I discuss how we are not meant to live with regret. I'm asked "how do we live with regret?" all the time, so I'm answering that question in this episode and giving you the steps to process your past and the events or situations you regret so you can let go of them once and for all. Support the show
Overthinking Is Not Productive - Break the Cycle
October 29, 2021 14:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBIn this episode, I discuss the misconception that overthinking is problem-solving or critical thinking. It is not. Overthinking keeps your brain in loops of overanalyzing, stress, anxiety, and depression. It is not productive, but there are ways to break the cycle and stop living in a state of your brain, and the thoughts in your brain controlling your life. Support the show
Are You Languishing or Are You Depressed?
October 13, 2021 21:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBThis episode is about not really feeling yourself but you're not really sure what's going on. Before you decide you are depressed, especially if you have never been diagnosed with depression, perhaps you are just languishing. Listen for the characteristics of languishing and see it that's how you are feeling. Then listen to the tips to stop languishing. Corey Keyes 2002 Article Better Help Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mentalfitness)
Are You Languishing or Are You Depressed?
October 13, 2021 21:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBThis episode is about not really feeling yourself but you're not really sure what's going on. Before you decide you are depressed, especially if you have never been diagnosed with depression, perhaps you are just languishing. Listen for the characteristics of languishing and see it that's how you are feeling. Then listen to the tips to stop languishing. Corey Keyes 2002 Article Better Help Support the show
The Alligator Encounter
October 06, 2021 19:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBThis episode is about when we choose to freeze, both literally and figuratively. When there is a threat or perceived threat to our survival and we react by freezing. When fight or flight does not get activated and we put ourselves in harm's way by not moving. And how then, do we unfreeze? Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mentalfitness)
The Alligator Encounter - When You Freeze
October 06, 2021 19:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBThis episode is about when we choose to freeze, both literally and figuratively. When there is a threat or perceived threat to our survival and we react by freezing. When fight or flight does not get activated and we put ourselves in harm's way by not moving. And how then, do we unfreeze? Support the show
The Power of Being Vulnerable
September 29, 2021 22:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBToo many people look at being vulnerable as a weakness when it's really a strength. This episode tells the story of a football players awakening to vulnerability that I got to be part of. I also encourage and discuss how you can embrace vulnerability and implement it into your life. Support the show
The Power of Being Vulnerable
September 29, 2021 22:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBToo many people look at being vulnerable as a weakness when it's really a strength. This episode tells the story of a football players awakening to vulnerability that I got to be part of. I also encourage and discuss how you can embrace vulnerability and implement it into your life. Support the show
Find Your 10%
September 23, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBThis episode discussed how being yourself helps you find the people who are meant to be in your life while helping you find where you really belong in this life. Accepting the fact that not everyone will like you and that you don't belong everywhere makes life easier. Not everyone will like you. And that's a good thing. So stop trying. Support the show
Find Your 10%
September 23, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBThis episode discussed how being yourself helps you find the people who are meant to be in your life while helping you find where you really belong in this life. Accepting the fact that not everyone will like you and that you don't belong everywhere makes life easier. Not everyone will like you. And that's a good thing. So stop trying. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mentalfitness)
The Ostrich Ride Life Lessons
September 14, 2021 20:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBThis episode is about remembering that we were once carefree children that seem to get lost as we grow up. How can we bring more of who we were as children into our adulthood? Support the show
The Scorekeeper Always Wins
September 08, 2021 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBThis episode talks about how scorekeeping in relationships is never an effective way of dealing with unmet expectations. If you are a scorekeeper, or if you have one in your life, this episode can help eliminate scorekeeping once and for all. Support the show
Share Your Stories!
August 31, 2021 06:00 - 11 minutes - 8.22 MBThis episode illustrates how sharing our stories with others helps us heal, helps us connect, and helps us feel less alone. When we share our stories, especially the ones that haunt us, they lose their power and make us stronger. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mentalfitness)
Share Your Stories to Heal and Learn
August 31, 2021 06:00 - 11 minutes - 8.22 MBThis episode illustrates how sharing our stories with others helps us heal, helps us connect, and helps us feel less alone. When we share our stories, especially the ones that haunt us, they lose their power and make us stronger. Support the show
Shortcuts and Rabbit Holes
August 24, 2021 22:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBThis episode is about wanting to get to my goals by finding shortcuts. It wasn't until I realized that being down rabbit holes was as important as my destination. Once I was able to shift my mindset to a place of acceptance I was able to slow down and be empowered by the journey. Support the show
Defeating the Threshold Guardians
August 18, 2021 06:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBExamine how battling and defeating the Threshold Guardians in our lives can be a fun way to look at the challenges we face - to help us see that we are in control and we do not need to let obstacles control our fate. Shifting our mindset when roadblocks keep us stuck can help us gain the confidence to not let anything stop us from living our best life. Seeing ourselves as the hero in our own life can help us fight harder for the things we want. Celebrating our accomplishments, both big and s...
Defeating the Threshold Guardians
August 18, 2021 06:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBExamine how battling and defeating the Threshold Guardians in our lives can be a fun way to look at the challenges we face - to help us see that we are in control and we do not need to let obstacles control our fate. Shifting our mindset when roadblocks keep us stuck can help us gain the confidence to not let anything stop us from living our best life. Seeing ourselves as the hero in our own life can help us fight harder for the things we want. Celebrating our accomplishments, both big and s...
Identify and Conquer Trailer
July 11, 2021 01:00 - 8 minutes - 5.55 MBIdentify and Conquer is a Mental Health Fitness Podcast. In this trailer, I will give you a brief description of what you can expect from this podcast as well as the community we are building to go hand-in-hand with the podcast. We are not stuck with the brain we have. It is my intention to help people see things from a different perspective, process things differently, and react to things differently. All with the hopes that we can eliminate unnecessary stress, anxiety, depression, hopeles...