Pros and cons of "acting as if" and how to create our future self
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01/18/24 • 30 min
Leo discusses how "acting as if" can work against us, serve us and create the future self that we yearn for.
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Leo discusses how "acting as if" can work against us, serve us and create the future self that we yearn for.
Sponsor:Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals? https://betterhelp.com/leo and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!
1-on-1 Coaching: If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to www.thrivewithleo.com. Let’s get to tomorrow, together.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
988
Teen Line (Los Angeles)
800-852-8336
The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth Hotline)
866-488-7386
National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-SAFE [800-799-7233]
Crisis Text Line
Text "Connect" to 741741 in the USA
Lifeline Chat
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/
International Suicide Hotlines:
http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html
https://www.nowmattersnow.org/skills
Previous Episode
Jera Johnston: "It feels like a culture of one."
Trauma Doula, Jera Johnston, joins us to discuss:
- how the "-isms" (imperialism, colonialism and capitalism) contribute to our suicidal ideations
- how to heal through love, acceptance and reality
- why it seems like "everyone else is ok"
- how to zoom in before we zoom out
- how to hold onto more than one reality at the same time
Sponsor:Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals? https://betterhelp.com/leo and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!
1-on-1 Coaching: If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to www.thrivewithleo.com. Let’s get to tomorrow, together.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
988
Teen Line (Los Angeles)
800-852-8336
The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth Hotline)
866-488-7386
National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-SAFE [800-799-7233]
Crisis Text Line
Text "Connect" to 741741 in the USA
Lifeline Chat
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/
International Suicide Hotlines:
http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html
https://www.nowmattersnow.org/skills
Next Episode
Alex Korb PhD: Wellbeing, switching modes and why Michael Jordan didn't dunk from half court
Neuroscientist, Alex Korb, joins us to discuss:
- 'Spring Break Happiness"
- How to be dynamic
- How to produce more dopamine and serotonin
- Creating our "Ideal Future Self"
- Myth of Sissyphus
- Why we have multiple motivations and needs
- "Why do I keep collapsing?"
Sponsor:Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals? https://betterhelp.com/leo and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!
1-on-1 Coaching: If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to www.thrivewithleo.com. Let’s get to tomorrow, together.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
988
Teen Line (Los Angeles)
800-852-8336
The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth Hotline)
866-488-7386
National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-SAFE [800-799-7233]
Crisis Text Line
Text "Connect" to 741741 in the USA
Lifeline Chat
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/
International Suicide Hotlines:
http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html
https://www.nowmattersnow.org/skills
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