Mentally Flexible
61 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsJoin psychotherapist Tom Parkes as he has meaningful conversations to help you build mental flexibility. Each episode will explore topics related to psychology, mental health, and creativity. With an open mind and a sense of curiosity these conversations will help you better understand yourself, others, and the world around you.
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Alysse Loomis PhD, LCSW | Early Childhood Trauma and the Education System
January 18, 2021 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBWelcome back to Mentally Flexible! My guest today is Dr. Alysse Loomis. Alysse is an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah in the College of Social Work. She also has experience as a clinician specializing in early childhood trauma. Alysse’s current research explores the impact of early childhood trauma and other adversity. She is interested in identifying mechanisms through which childhood adversity contributes to educational and health disparities as well as understanding how natur...
Dr. Menije Boduryan | Biculturalism, Self-Narratives, and Perfectionism
January 11, 2021 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBWelcome back to Mentally Flexible! My guest today is Dr. Menije Boduryan-Turner. Dr. Menije is a clinical psychologist with a private practice in California. While Dr. Menije has experience in a number of different clinical areas, she has made perfectionism a main area focus of her work. Dr. Menije as a beautiful way of using her own life experience to inform her work as a psychologist. In this episode we explore: - Dr. Menije’s immigration to America from Turkey as a teenager - How this...
Dr. Menije Boduryan | Biculturalism, Self-Narratives, and Perfectionism
January 11, 2021 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBWelcome back to Mentally Flexible! My guest today is Dr. Menije Boduryan-Turner. Dr. Menije is a clinical psychologist with a private practice in California. While Dr. Menije has experience in a number of different clinical areas, she has made perfectionism a main area focus of her work. Dr. Menije as a beautiful way of using her own life experience to inform her work as a psychologist. In this episode we explore: - Dr. Menije’s immigration to America from Turkey as a teenager - How this...
Kyle Buller | The Transpersonal Experience
January 04, 2021 12:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBWelcome back to Mentally Flexible! My guest today is Kyle Buller. Kyle is a clinical mental health counselor and co-host of the wonderful podcast, Psychedelics Today. Kyle’s interest in exploring non-ordinary states of consciousness began when he was 16-years-old when he had a near-death experience that changed his life - we talk about this more in the episode. Since then, Kyle has earned his B.A. in Transpersonal Psychology, where he studied areas like shamanism, plant medicine, Holotropi...
Tracy McCubbin | External Clutter, Internal Blocks
December 21, 2020 12:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBWelcome back to episode 7 of Mentally Flexible! My guest today is Tracy McCubbin. She is author of the book Making Space, Clutter Free and is a regularly featured expert on decluttering in the media, including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Goop. I was interested in speaking with Tracy because there is no doubt that our inner and outer worlds are interconnected, so the way we relate to our homes can teach us a lot about our psychology and mental health. Tracy’s work goes de...
Dr. Dennis Tirch | Eastern Wisdom, Western Mind
December 14, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBWelcome back to Mentally Flexible! My guest today is Dr. Dennis Tirch. He is a clinical psychologist and Founding Director The Center for Compassion Focused Therapy. He has been described as one of the country's foremost leaders in compassion training in evidence-based psychotherapy. Dr. Tirch is an author of 6 books and numerous peer reviewed articles on mindfulness, acceptance and compassion. He also has a rich personal history of spiritual practice that we dive into in this podcast. I wa...
James Fox | Prison Yoga Project
December 07, 2020 13:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBWelcome back to Mentally Flexible! My guest today is James Fox, Founding Director of Prison Yoga Project. I met James several years ago when I attended one of his trainings to learn more about trauma-informed yoga and how it can be implemented in prisons. James is a pioneer in this area as he began teaching yoga to incarcerated individuals in San Quentin Prison in 2002 and ultimately founding the Prison Yoga Project. Since then James has trained thousands of teachers who have replicated PYP'...
Paul Gilmartin | Trauma, Boundaries, and Comedy
November 30, 2020 13:00 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MBWelcome back to Mentally Flexible! My guest today is Paul Gilmartin. Paul is a stand-up comedian, television personality, and podcast host. He was the long time host of the TV show, Dinner and a Movie, on TBS. As a comedian he has a Comedy Central Presents special, performed on the Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and is a frequent guest on the Adam Carolla show. Paul is the host and executive producer of the very popular podcast, The Mental Illness Happy Hour - which is one of my favorite pod...
Kimberley Quinlan LMFT | OCD and Self-Compassion
November 23, 2020 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBWelcome back to Mentally Flexible! In this episode I speak with Marriage and Family Therapist, Kimberley Quinlan. Kimberley specializes in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and other related disorders. She has previously served as the Clinical Director of the OCD Center of Los Angeles and currently runs a private practice. Kimberley has been featured in many world known media outlets, such as LA Times, Wall Street Journal, and many of my favorite podcasts. She is the hos...
Dr. Kelly Wilson | Suffering and Meaning
November 18, 2020 14:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBWelcome to episode 2 of Mentally Flexible! My guest today is Dr. Kelly Wilson. He is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Mississippi in the department of psychology. He is the author of 11 books and more than 100 articles and chapters. He is also cofounder of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or ACT. If you listened to episode 1, you got to know the other cofounder of ACT, Dr. Steven Hayes. In this conversation we dive into a range of topics including: - the ubiquitous nature of s...
Dr. Steven C Hayes | Transcendence, Belonging, and Psychological Flexibility
November 11, 2020 15:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBWelcome to episode 1 of Mentally Flexible! On this episode I speak with Dr. Steven C Hayes and I couldn’t be more excited! Steven Hayes is a Foundation Professor at the University of Nevada. He is pioneer in the psychology field and has had a tremendous impact in the domain of psychotherapy. He is the author 46 books and nearly 650 scientific articles. He is a cofounder of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) which is the form of therapy I use with my clients. He is absolutely one of the ...