Think Act Be Podcast
273 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThe Think Act Be podcast features conversations about finding happiness, peace, and connection. Each week your host, psychologist Seth Gillihan, talks with his guests about effective ways to face life’s challenges: What thoughts serve us well? What actions promote well-being? How can we practice mindful presence? Guests from a wide range of backgrounds share their expertise on ways to nourish our minds, bodies, and spirits.
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Ep. 176: Rebecca Ward — Stress 3. Tame Stress and Find Peace by Connecting with Your Deepest Self
August 03, 2022 10:30 - 36 minutes - 19.1 MBMy guest this week is Rebecca Ward, author of the book The Paper Tiger Syndrome: How to Liberate Yourself from the Illusion of Fear (affiliate link). Rebecca has a lot of expertise in effective stress management, and we explored the somatic-based approach she uses to help people regulate their body in order to manage stress. We also discussed the vagus nerve, which plays a central role in how we deal with stress, and it's of special interest to me based on some of my own health challenges. T...
Ep. 175: Dr. Alice Boyes — Stress 2. How to Increase Your Productivity While Protecting Your Humanity
July 20, 2022 10:30 - 41 minutes - 23.9 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Alice Boyes, back on the podcast for the third time for our series on managing stress. I wanted to talk with Alice because she has a phenomenal new book called Stress-Free Productivity (affiliate link), and she shares lots of great advice for how to get things done without stressing yourself out. We also talked about how trauma can affect our stress reactions, and how to be more self-compassionate toward ourselves when we’re struggling. Alice is a good friend and a ...
Ep. 174: Dr. Melissa Hunt — Stress 1. How to Reduce Stress and Relieve IBS with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
July 06, 2022 10:30 - 42 minutes - 21.8 MBMy guest this week for Part 1 in our series on managing stress is clinical psychologist Dr. Melissa Hunt. We discussed her work on treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which is common, poorly understood, and rarely treated effectively. As Melissa described so well, unmanaged IBS can be incredibly distressing and debilitating. Fortunately there is effective treatment, including a protocol that Melissa developed based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). She does a great job describing t...
Ep. 173: Dr. Daisy Singla — Depression 4. Finding New Ways to Bring Effective Treatment to Those Who Need It
June 15, 2022 14:17 - 26 minutes - 15.9 MBMy guest this week is clinical psychologist Dr. Daisy Singla. We talked about the exciting research that Daisy is doing, both in North America and throughout the world. I think what I love most about her work is that she’s finding truly innovative ways to address the global mental health care crisis. There are just too many of us in need of help to be able to meet these needs with the current model of long, expensive therapy with a highly trained specialist. Much of our conversation focused ...
Ep. 172: Dr. Willem Kuyken — Depression 3. How Mindfulness Can Ease Depression and Make Life More Fulfilling
June 08, 2022 10:30 - 35 minutes - 19.9 MBMy guest this week for part three of this series on depression is Dr. Willem Kuyken. He knows all about depression, both from his personal experience since early in life as well as from his extensive research. In this episode you’ll hear about mindfulness for depression, which Willem explains so clearly, and why it’s so helpful. The benefits of being mindful extend not just to managing depression but to all of life, including helping us to deal with life’s pain and disappointments that all o...
Ep. 171: Dr. Carissa Gustafson — Depression 2. How to Make Peace with Painful Feelings—and Still Find Hope
June 01, 2022 10:30 - 34 minutes - 21.8 MBMy guest this week is therapist and author Dr. Carissa Gustafson, who wrote an excellent book called Reclaim Your Life: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in 7 Weeks (affiliate link). We focused on using ACT to treat depression, since this is the second installment of our series on effective ways to manage depression. As you’ll hear, ACT is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT, but it has a really different emphasis, especially in how we deal with the negative thoughts that are so co...
Ep. 170: Dr. Steven Hollon — Depression 1. Surprising Insights about the Best Ways to Treat Depression
May 25, 2022 10:30 - 42 minutes - 25.8 MBThis is the first part of a four-part series on depression, and my first guest in the series is Dr. Steven Hollon. As you’ll hear, Steve is extremely knowledgeable about the current state of depression research, and he shares some mind-blowing findings that go against some of the core assumptions about depression, like that it’s caused by low serotonin. We also talk about how well medication and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) work to treat depression, and why therapy is so much better at...
Ep. 169: Dr. Joel Minden — 4. How to Apply Powerful Techniques for Reducing Anxiety
May 11, 2022 10:30 - 47 minutes - 29.8 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Joel Minden. He’s back for our series finale in this 4-part series on effective ways to manage anxiety. This time we applied his 3-step program from his book Show Your Anxiety Who’s Boss (affiliate link) to managing fear and anxiety in OCD, panic, and worry, including examples from my own life in these areas. As I try to make clear in our discussion, many people experience more severe versions of what I describe, and there’s no quick and easy fix for overwhelming ...
Ep. 168: Dr. Joel Minden — 3. How to Accept and Redirect When Anxiety Runs High
May 04, 2022 10:30 - 37 minutes - 24.2 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Joel Minden. He’s back for the third part of our four-part series on effective ways to manage anxiety, based on his book, Show Your Anxiety Who’s Boss (affiliate link). So if you’re dealing with a lot of anxiety, and are even feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, you’ll find a lot of guidance in this discussion for how you can find relief. We even talk some about how we can use humor to diffuse anxiety, and how Joel does that in his own life. As always I had a great talk ...
Ep. 167: Dr. Joel Minden — 2. How to Overcome Anxiety and Avoidance by Moving Through Our Fears
April 27, 2022 10:30 - 40 minutes - 26.8 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Joel Minden. He’s back for part 2 of our 4-part series on finding peace when we’re overwhelmed by anxiety. We’re talking again about the approach he describes in his excellent book, Show Your Anxiety Who’s Boss. This time we focus on effective ways to face our fears to move through anxiety and conquer the anxious avoidance that can really shrink our lives. As always, Joel offers super helpful insights for conquering your anxiety. I’m especially a fan of his “do it a...
Ep. 166: Dr. Joel Minden — 1. How to Deal More Effectively with Anxious Thoughts
April 20, 2022 10:30 - 37 minutes - 23.5 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Joel Minden, back for his fourth time on the podcast and the first of a four-part series on anxiety. All the techniques we discuss are drawn from Joel’s fantastic book, Show Your Anxiety Who’s Boss (affiliate link). In this conversation we focus on effective ways to deal with anxious thoughts. As you’ll hear, Joel has some really helpful ways to get out of the anxious mental ruts we often find ourselves in. If you enjoy this conversation, be sure to check out the ot...
Ep. 165: Nick Davies - How to Take Responsibility and Live a Better Life
February 23, 2022 11:30 - 39 minutes - 23.7 MBMy guest this week is Nick Davies, a professional coach with twenty years of experience in the corporate world. Nick and I spoke before on the podcast, back in 2020. This time we focused on the importance of awareness and goals if we want to make real changes in our life. Toward the end, Nick shared some really great insights about how to find the right path if you’re not sure how to get started.
Ep. 164: Shane Claiborne — What Does It Really Mean to Follow Jesus?
February 09, 2022 11:30 - 48 minutes - 28.4 MBMy guest this week is Shane Claiborne, a sought-after speaker, beloved activist, and best-selling author. I had such a meaningful time talking with Shane and hearing his passion for connecting with other people and seeing through the false divisions that alienate us from each other, and really caring deeply for the most vulnerable among us. This conversation is for you if you’re a Christian, or you used to be, or you love someone who’s a Christian, or you hate Christianity, and especially if...
Ep. 163: Janine Kwoh — How to Offer Yourself the Freedom to Grieve
February 02, 2022 11:30 - 46 minutes - 24.5 MBMy guest this week is Janine Kwoh, who has a new book called Welcome to the Grief Club. As you’ll hear, Janine has her own experience with heartbreaking grief that became the basis for this book. This conversation is for you if you’re dealing with your own loss of someone you loved, or if you want to learn more effective ways to help someone you love who’s hurting. I know there’s so much fear around saying the wrong thing, which can get in the way of really showing up for someone. Janine and...
Ep. 162: Caroline Wright — How to Infuse Your Cooking with the Power to Heal
January 26, 2022 11:30 - 43 minutes - 26.1 MBMy guest this week (for the second time) is Caroline Wright. Caroline has written a phenomenal book called Soup Club (affiliate link), and we talk in this episode about how food is so much more than calories and nutrients. It also feeds our spirits, and that may be especially true for soup. You’ll hear in our discussion how Caroline came up with the idea of an actual soup club, and why the recipes in her book are so successful, which I can vouch for personally. I think you’ll really enjoy ou...
Ep. 161: Dr. Jennifer Reid — How to Get the Best Sleep
January 12, 2022 11:30 - 49 minutes - 30.5 MBMy guest this week is psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Reid. We focused on how to fix insomnia, which Jenna and I both treat in our clinical practices. I’ve also been through years of poor sleep due to my health struggles, so I know firsthand what a drag it is when you just want to sleep but aren’t able to. Jenna and I discussed the best ways to get good sleep, and the downsides of many of the common sleep medications. The great news is that most people get a lot of benefit pretty quickly from a sl...
Ep. 160: Dr. Stephen Schueller — How to Choose the Best Mental Health App
January 05, 2022 11:30 - 49 minutes - 29.6 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Stephen Schueller, who’s been working in the field of digital interventions for the past fifteen years. I’ve been really interested in this area because of my own work with a mental health app called Bloom, so I was excited to talk with Stephen about his experience and perspective. One of the coolest things from our conversation was thinking about how to really get the most out of digital interventions—not just trying to recreate the standard therapy experience thro...
Ep. 159: Signe Myers Hovem — What Does It Mean to Be a True Empath?
December 22, 2021 11:30 - 51 minutes - 29.3 MBMy guest this week is empath and author Signe Myers Hovem, who recently wrote The Space in Between: An Empath’s Field Guide (affiliate link). I was familiar with what it meant to be an empath before this conversation, but Signe does a lot to explain what the experience is actually like. Interestingly there are many people who don’t realize that they have empathic sensitivities, as well as people who think they’re empaths but really haven’t developed those abilities. We also discussed how to ...
Ep. 158: Gary Pilarchik — Growing Your Physical and Mental Health in Your Modern Homestead Garden
December 15, 2021 11:30 - 56 minutes - 36.3 MBMy guest this week is Gary Pilarchik, author of the excellent new book The Modern Homestead Garden (affiliate link). Gary hosts The Rusted Garden channel on YouTube which guides viewers through all the steps in growing your own food. I love Gary’s no-nonsense, low-stress approach to gardening, and wasn’t surprised to learn that he had a background as a mental health therapist. His understanding of human psychology really comes across in his gardening videos, and in our discussion. I know you...
Ep. 157: Dr. Ilia Delio — Discover the Fire of Divine Love in Everything You Know
December 08, 2021 11:30 - 47 minutes - 31 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Ilia Delio. We had a great conversation based around her fascinating new book, The Hours of the Universe: Reflections on God, Science, and the Human Journey (affiliate link). Ilia has such an interesting background as both a scientist and a theologian, and she’s integrating these disciplines in ways that can breathe new life into issues of both science and faith. As you’ll hear, this is much deeper than trying to “reconcile” science and religion. I loved this discus...
Ep. 156: Dr. Alice Boyes — How to Make Your Self-Care Practices More Effective
December 01, 2021 11:30 - 49 minutes - 30.3 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Alice Boyes, author of the forthcoming book Stress-Free Productivity (affiliate link; available March 2022). Alice was a guest on the podcast all the way back in episode 11, and as always she shares some great ways to improve your life. Alice has a powerful way of bringing together things that we might think of as opposites—especially self-care and productivity. She shares a lot of the practices that she finds most helpful herself, and she also explains why self-com...
Ep. 155: Jennifer Shannon — How to Let Go of Your Impossibly High Standards of Perfectionism
November 17, 2021 11:30 - 44 minutes - 28.5 MBMy guest this week is Jennifer Shannon, author of the new book, The Monkey Mind Workout for Perfectionism (affiliate link). Jennifer and I explored what perfectionism is, which may be different from what you think. It includes all the ways we rigidly hold ourselves to unrealistic standards. Jennifer offers many simple and effective ways to let go of perfectionism, which you’ll hear about in this episode. When we’re able to let go of our perfectionistic impulses, we can experience less stress...
Ep. 154: Pamela Seelig — How to Bathe Your Mind and Body in the Chemistry of Relaxation
November 03, 2021 10:30 - 49 minutes - 30.4 MBMy guest this week is Pamela Seelig, author of the recent book Threads of Yoga: Themes, Reflections, & Meditations to Weave into Your Practice (affiliate link). Pam and I talked a lot about the healing and stress relief we can find through yoga, and also about the deeper spiritual elements that are available through the practice. I appreciated thinking with her about the intersections between yoga and religion, especially the Christianity I grew up in. We also discussed why savasana, or the ...
Ep. 153: Shelly Tygielski — How to Make the Powerful Shift from"What If?" to "Why Not?"
October 27, 2021 10:30 - 55 minutes - 32.7 MBMy guest this week is Shelly Tygielski, author of the recent book, Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World. Shelly is doing some really remarkable things, though she insists that anyone can do the things she does if we’re just willing to show up as ourselves and take some risks. What she’s doing is even more remarkable when you hear about the illness that she’s had to deal with for the past twenty years or so. But then again, our struggles often make us who we are, an...
Ep. 152: Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez — God, the Flag, and Sex Manuals in White Evangelical Christianity
October 13, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of a recent book called Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. We explored the definition of an “evangelical,” which apparently I was for the first half of my life (without realizing it), and themes of a patriarchal, male-centered, even toxic masculinity that pervades many evangelical circles. We also considered how it is that evangelical Christianity became so wrapped up in notions of patr...
Ep. 151: Amanda Gilbert — How to Find Deep Peace and Contentment Here and Now
October 06, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 38.7 MBMy guest this week is Amanda Gilbert, author of the recent book, Kindness Now: A 28-Day Guide to Living with Authenticity, Intention, and Compassion. As Amanda and I discussed, we could all do with a little more kindness right now—for ourselves, for others, for the world. She introduces the traditional Buddhist heart practices known as the brahma-viharas: loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity. The practices she offers will help you to be more resilient in the face of ...
Ep. 150: Kristen Manieri — Trading Safety and Comfort for Being Fully Alive
September 29, 2021 10:30 - 53 minutes - 31.7 MBMy guest this week is Kristen Manieri, author of the new book Better Daily Mindfulness Habits: Simple Changes with Lifelong Impact. This was a really interesting conversation that went some directions I hadn’t expected—especially on the topic of mindfulness—that I found really clarifying. One intriguing question we considered together: Should it be relaxing to practice mindfulness and meditation? As Kristen described, it’s not necessarily a comfortable or safe process to fully wake up, and y...
Ep. 149: Dr. Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco — How to Deal with Mom Brain and the Overwhelming Emotions of Motherhood
September 22, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 34.5 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco. She’s a clinical psychologist and she has a new book called Mom Brain: Proven Strategies to Fight the Anxiety, Guilt, and Overwhelming Emotions of Motherhood—And Relax Into Your New Self. We talked about what mom brain actually is—which is very different from the pop culture ideas about it. She also shares about how to deal with the resentment that many moms feel about all the invisible work they do for the family, and how to manage the common ...
Ep. 148: Dr. Karen Saporito — How to Find Help for ADHD That Doesn't Fit the Stereotypes
September 15, 2021 10:30 - 48 minutes - 27.3 MBMy guest this week is clinical psychologist Dr. Karen Saporito. Karen has a particular interest and specialty in diagnosing and treating kids and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and autism spectrum disorder. We focused in this conversation on ADHD. I know from my own clinical work that this is a really important topic that doesn’t get enough attention. There are so many people who are struggling to finish assignments in school, or organize their home lives, o...
Ep. 147: Dr. Carmen McLean — How Does Effective Trauma Treatment Heal the Body and Brain?
September 08, 2021 10:30 - 59 minutes - 35.7 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Carmen McLean, who specializes in treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder or PTSD. She recently co-authored a book called Retraining the Brain: Applied Neuroscience in Exposure Therapy for PTSD. It was great to get Carmen’s take on how effective treatment works and how we can support the body and brain’s natural ability to heal following a trauma. I shared some about my own experience recovering from a traumatic assault, and we explored how powerful it can be to...
Ep. 146: Dr. Kathryn Gordon — How to Save a Life by Meeting Despair with Love and Connection
September 01, 2021 10:30 - 56 minutes - 33.2 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Kathryn Gordon. Katie’s a clinical psychologist and she recently wrote The Suicidal Thoughts Workbook, so our discussion centered around suicide. This is a painful topic that touches so many of us, and it leaves such a hole in our lives when we lose someone to suicide. A friend of mine took his own life a few years ago, and I still think about it nearly every day, and wonder what was going on in his mind and in his heart that led him to that place of desperation. I’...
Ep. 145: Regina Louise — Finding the Strength and the Will to Live Life on Your Own Terms
August 25, 2021 10:30 - 57 minutes - 30.9 MBMy guest this week is Regina Louise, author of a new book called Permission Granted: Kick-Ass Strategies to Bootstrap Your Way to Unconditional Self-Love. I know I’ve often tended to seek permission from other people to do the things I want to do. The first time I had a book contract, for example, I felt like colleagues and past supervisors were looking over my shoulder, and like I had to clear everything I wanted to say with them in my head before I wrote it. But obviously that’s not a grea...
Ep. 144: Dr. Regine Galanti — Empowering Kids to Overcome Anxiety Through the Skills of CBT
August 11, 2021 10:30 - 43 minutes - 26.1 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Regine Galanti, a clinical psychologist and author of the recent book, When Harley Has Anxiety. (As you’ll hear in this episode, I somehow thought the name was “Harlan” instead of “Harley,” but we got that straightened out.) If you’re a parent of an anxious child, or you’re wondering if your child might need to see a therapist, or even if you’re dealing with anxiety yourself, there’s a lot to take from this discussion. A central message in Regine’s work is that di...
Ep. 143: Dr. Judith Ruskay Rabinor — How to Make Peace with Our Mothers
July 28, 2021 10:30 - 49 minutes - 28.1 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Judith Ruskay Rabinor, a psychologist who recently wrote a memoir about making peace with her mother. We talked primarily about the mother-daughter relationship, but these are issues that are relevant for all parents, and for both daughters and sons. Judy has a wealth of knowledge and experience that she shares in this episode, including specific techniques for healing our relationships. And she’s confident that it’s never too late to make peace with our mothers.
Ep. 142: Dr. Jessica Bodie — Finding Hope and Healing as an Adult Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse
July 21, 2021 10:30 - 49 minutes - 30.5 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Jessica Bodie, a clinical psychologist who specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy. We talked mostly about a topic that sadly is all too familiar for so many people, and that’s childhood sexual abuse. Jessica and I both treat adults who have lived through this form of trauma, and are still dealing with the after effects decades later. So this is a painful topic, and also such an important one. We talked about the shame and self-blame that sexual abuse survivor...
Ep. 141: Dr. Katherine Dahlsgaard — How to Help Kids Overcome Extremely Picky Eating
July 07, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Katherine Dahlsgaard, a clinical psychologist and specialist in treating kids and teens. We focused in this episode on extremely picky eating in kids, also known as avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). This was a fascinating topic for me and one I wasn’t that familiar with. But Katherine is extremely knowledgeable and does a great job describing the principles of treating ARFID, so I know you’ll find a lot of interest here.
Ep. 140: Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor — How to Shape Your Life Through a Better Understanding of the Brain
June 30, 2021 10:30 - 46 minutes - 27.1 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, author of the new book, Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life (affiliate link). Jill has quite a story to tell, which you may have heard the beginning of in her bestselling book, My Stroke of Insight. In this conversation she describes how she recovered from a massive stroke, and is now able to share the powerful lessons she learned about the brain, human nature, and ultimately love.
Ep. 139: Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein — How to Help Kids & Teens Build Coping Skills by Leading with Empathy
June 23, 2021 10:30 - 43 minutes - 26 MBMy guest this week is clinical psychologist Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein, bestselling author of The Anxiety, Depression, & Anger Toolbox for Teens (affiliate link). Jeff specializes in treating kids and teens. In this episode we talk about how the pandemic has affected young people, and the warning signs parents can look for that could indicate their child is having a mental health crisis. We also explored how to talk with our children about their mental health, and how Jeff’s powerful blend of min...
Ep. 138: Dr. Mitch Abblett — How to Build Better Relationships with Kids Through Prizing
June 09, 2021 10:30 - 47 minutes - 30.2 MBMy guest this week is clinical psychologist and author Dr. Mitch Abblett. We focused our discussion on Mitch’s recent book called Prizeworthy: How to Meaningfully Connect, Build Character, and Unlock the Potential of Every Child (affiliate link). In this episode you’ll find out exactly what prizing is, what it feels like to be prized, and why it's the cornerstone of everything Mitch does as a therapist and a parent. Mitch also offers many helpful tools for handling the challenges that we all...
Ep. 137: Dr. Daniel Kinderlehrer — What Is the Role of Lyme Disease in Common Psychiatric Illnesses?
June 02, 2021 10:30 - 48 minutes - 27.2 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Daniel Kinderlehrer. Dan is a physician and author of the recent book, Recovery From Lyme Disease: The Integrative Medicine Guide to Diagnosing and Treating Tick-Borne Illness. This was a great discussion about a topic that’s important for a lot of people. Dan is extremely knowledgeable and has a great deal of experience treating Lyme Disease. Some of his experience is personal, as you’ll hear him describe, since he recovered from Lyme himself. We discuss many of ...
Ep. 136: Martin A. Lee — Why Is CBD Helpful for So Many Conditions?
May 26, 2021 10:30 - 45 minutes - 25.7 MBMy guest this week is Martin Lee, the primary author of the recent book The Essential Guide to CBD (affiliate link), which offers a solid introduction to the many possible benefits of CBD. Martin and I explored how it is that a single substance can have such wide-ranging effects, and got into specific conditions like anxiety, depression, and sleep. If you're new to CBD, or interested to learn more about the science behind its effects, I think you'll find a lot of good information here.
Ep. 135: Shelley Buck — A Journey Through Love, Loss, and Letting Go
May 12, 2021 10:30 - 47 minutes - 26.2 MBMy guest this week is Shelley Buck, co-author of the recent book Leave Your Light On about her son, Ryder Buck. (Shelley’s co-authors include Kathy Curtis and Ryder.) This is a conversation about love, parenting, holding on, letting go, finding faith, and what happens when we die, among other things. I think you’ll get a lot out of our discussion.
Ep. 134: Dr. Jonathan Schaefer — How Better Mental Health Epidemiology Can Lower Stigma
May 05, 2021 10:30 - 57 minutes - 32.5 MBI had a great conversation in this episode with Dr. Jonathan Schaefer. Jon is a clinical psychologist and an expert in psychiatric epidemiology, which addresses questions about how common psychiatric diagnoses are. As you’ll hear, it’s far more common to experience a mental health issue than was previously thought. The main takeaway seems to be not that mental illness is becoming more common, although that’s part of the issue, but that previous methods of measurement had probably undercount...
Ep. 133: Dr. Patricia Zurita Ona — How to Overcome OCD and Other Struggles with Fear
April 28, 2021 10:30 - 48 minutes - 27.9 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Patricia Zurita Ona, a clinical psychologist who specializes in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder. We discussed her new workbook entitled Living Beyond OCD Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (affiliate link), and what ACT adds to traditional CBT for OCD. We covered some really interesting territory about changing thoughts vs. making peace with them. We also discussed the latest research in how we overcome our fears, as well as increasing our ability to tol...
Ep. 132: Eoin Walker — How to Love Yourself By Managing Stress and Doing Less
April 14, 2021 10:30 - 58 minutes - 33.6 MBMy guest this week is paramedic and podcast host Eoin Walker. I really loved this conversation. Eoin has an incredible amount of wisdom to share from both his professional and his personal experience, especially around managing stress and taking care of ourselves. We talked about ways to care for our bodies, minds, and spirits, especially through times of high stress, like many of us are experiencing now. I got so much from this discussion, and I think you will, too.
Ep. 131: Dr. Richard Shane — A Simple and Effective Method for Longer and Deeper Sleep
March 31, 2021 10:30 - 51 minutes - 27 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Richard Shane, developer of the Sleep Easy Method for getting better sleep. If you or someone you care about struggles with sleeping soundly, this conversation is for you. Richard and I talked about why many of the common approaches to treating sleep aren’t very helpful, and exactly why his approach works. You can follow along as he guides you through an easy way to start sleeping better tonight.
Ep. 130: Pat & Tammy McLeod — Can We Find Strength and Comfort Through Life's Hardest Losses?
March 24, 2021 10:30 - 52 minutes - 29.2 MBMy guests this week are Pat and Tammy McLeod. They shared about their family’s experience of loss and healing, which they describe in their book Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was—and Learning to Live Well with What Is (affiliate link). You’ll hear them describe in this episode the traumatic brain injury that nearly killed their son when he was sixteen years old, and dramatically changed his life, and his family’s. We discussed the pain of ambiguous loss: when we have a...
Ep. 129: Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman — Finding Universal Love in a Culture That Loves to Hate
March 17, 2021 10:30 - 48 minutes - 29.4 MBI’m very pleased this week to have Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman back on the podcast. Scott was my guest about a year ago, and a lot has happened since then. We talked in this episode about the profound changes that Scott has experienced during that time, and the fact that a mindful awakening isn’t simply a blissful experience. Opening our eyes and being fully present can also be painful. And Scott has some good insights there. We also touched on racism and anti-racism, Scott’s forays into TikTok,...
Ep. 128: Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman — The Best Ways to Manage Conflict with Your Partner
March 10, 2021 11:30 - 41 minutes - 24.1 MBMy guests this week are Aaron and Jocelyn Freeman, who specialize in helping busy couples communicate better with each other. We talked about their recent book, The Argument Hangover (affiliate link), including what an argument hangover is and how we can avoid them, or at least move through them more quickly. Other topics we explored included how to deal with our partner’s triggers, and our own, as well as the growth that often comes out of difficult conversations.
Ep. 127: Dara Lovitz & Dr. David Yusko — How to Master an Intense Fear of Vomit (and Anything Else)
March 03, 2021 11:30 - 57 minutes - 32 MBMy guests this week are Dr. David Yusko and Dara Lovitz. We talked about the book they wrote together called Gag Reflections (affiliate link), which describes Dara’s history of emetophobia—an intense fear of vomit—and her treatment with David. We discussed things like the difference between ordinary fear or dislike of something, and an actual phobia; why avoidance is the real problem, even though it’s so understandable that we want to avoid the things we fear; how to do exposure therapy eff...