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E31: Quantum Leaps: Psychology of Falling Down Getting Up

(Special Guest & Professor of Pretzel: MICHAEL B. HARRIS)

AUDIENCE/Problem: Anyone impatient with their PROGRESS through life? Those wondering how to take the next BIG step & in WHAT direction? Everyone curious about how SMALL steps conquer MOUNTAINS?

STAY TUNED FOR: MICHAEL’S FAVORITE “QUANTUM” hack!

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IN THIS EPISODE . . . Join MICHAEL HARRIS, Doc Heath, & The TBAL Team & learn how CAPTURING the QUANTUM in your life & making SMALL moves in the HEALTHY direction can accomplish LASTING MAJOR LIFE CHANGE.

Doc Heath's “Quantum Quote”: “Life, like a pretzel, is best consumed with a salty mind.”

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TODAY'S SPECIAL GUEST is an author, coach, trainer, yoga teacher, entrepreneur & co-founder of Endless Stages. After having ENOUGH self-sabotaging & becoming willing to make a change, he stopped DREAMING of change & began to take massive ACTION applying the Law of GOYA. Sobriety, walking, food & yoga changed everything. Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul) alerted him “your MESS is your MESSAGE.” Michael owned successful yoga studios & coached studio owners worldwide to $40+ million in sales & helped certify 7,000 yoga teachers.

***Stay Tuned after the interview for A.R.T. LAB’s Chief Shrinkstigator, Dr Ima’s ON THE COUCH Psycho-Malarky Scale (PMS) Guest Analysis.

TOP TAKEAWAYS:

1. Small Steps can CONQUER the BIGGEST mountains

2. Humans are engineered for STEPPING beyond SETBACKS

3. Pain is BUILT - not in the body - but rather in the BRAIN

4. Master CATASTROPHIZER -OR- MASTER Catastrophe

5. 90% of PHYSICAL issues rooted in MENTAL programming

6. You become the BEST at what you practice the MOST

7. The power of QUANTUM leaps is going FAR one small step at a time

SPECIAL SEGMENTS IN TODAY’S SHOW

***Let’s Get Ready to REASON...w/Doc Heath on Social Media SMACKDOWN!

***A.R.T. LAB Creature Feature SAFARI SARAH foraging for fickle FIGHT, FLIGHT, FREEZE ALMONDS

MORE INFO from MICHAEL HARRIS, go to: https://www.michaelbharris.com/ Discover how to masterfully get your story and message out to the world. FREE copy of the book “Falling Down Getting Up at: www.MichaelBHarris.com/book

NEXT EPISODE - “Packing for Success: Psychology of Turning Baggage Into Luggage” w/ Special Guest & Empress of Empowerment Donna Tashjian

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Full show notes & transcript at https://therapybites.podbean.com/e/quantumleaps

Want to Dig Deeper into Today’s Topic?

Covey, S. R. (1989). The 7 habits of highly successful people. New York: Fireside.

Duckworth, A. (2016). Grit: The power of passion and perseverance. New York, NY: Scribner.

Duhigg, C. (2012). The power of habit: Why we do what we do in life and business (Vol. 34, No. 10). Random House.

Fogg, B. J. (2019). Tiny habits: The small changes that change everything. Eamon Dolan Books.

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Today’s Topic: Scary Stories from the DARKER RECESSES Beneath the Therapy Couch (FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY)

Special Guests: Gamer Girl Heather, Super Bookworm Sarah, & Squirrel Girl Debbie

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Show summary: In this episode...

We discuss the importance of good evidence-based therapy practice and share some scary stories from beneath the therapy couch experienced from improper therapy.

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FRESH from the Therapy Couch: ZOMBIES & DEPRESSION QUICKSAND!!!

Psychotherapy Adventurers: Gamer Girl Heather, Super Bookwork Sarah, & Squirrel Girl Debbie

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Show Summary: In this episode . . .

TherapyBites Podcast is the home of the A.R.T. LAB which investigates, explores, & educates all about the neuroscience of Accurate, Realistic Thoughts & Life Affirming Beliefs.

Today we tackle the dark depths of depression.

As a child, I loved movies about adventurers trekking through jungles checkered with quicksand. The common wisdom was to remain motionless or you’d sink FASTER! Depression is its own kind of quicksand and it’s tempting to let it ZOMBIFY us into stopping all the practices in which we used to find meaning and value.

Differently from the common wisdom of vintage movies, “behavioral deactivation” can make you sink more QUICKLY and more DEEPLY into the depths of depression QUICKSAND. Distorted thoughts - beliefs which aren’t supported by evidence - increase the rate and depth of “sinkage” into the depths of depression.

One of the most sabotaging types of thinking is “emotional reasoning” which is THINKING that any emotion is EVIDENCE. There is no FEELING that is good evidence of being loved or not, your worth, your value, your guilt, or your future. Depression is also deepened by UNDER-thinking which is ignoring important aspects of your value, potential, and worth.

“Motivation” is also NOT an emotion but a DECISION based upon the VALUE & MEANING you attribute to certain tasks and behaviors. Crawling from the quicksand of depression requires realizing the VALUE in life tasks and engaging in them REGARDLESS of any emotions. MOVE - MOVE - MOVE!!!

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E34 - Living in Your Own Spotlight: Psychology of Starring in YOUR OWN Life!

AUDIENCE/Problem the TBAL Team Can Help You Solve Today: Are YOU sabotaged by stinking HEAD TRASH? Could the landscape of YOUR life use some afFORMation expertise? How about some simple techniques for discovering YOUR special place in the universe?

STAY TUNED FOR:

***Dr. Ima’s A.R.T. LAB PMS Performance Guest Analysis

***(GUEST’s) FAVORITE “AFFORMATION” hack!

***Doc Heath’s end of interview “Beneath the Deep, Dark Recesses” Quirky Guest Question for Dr. Noah!

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This episode’s AFFORMATIONAL Quote”: “We develop patterns in our brains; THEN we become SLAVES to those patterns whether HEALTHY or UNhealthy.” - Doc Heath

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TODAY'S SPECIAL GUEST: DR. NOAH ST. JOHN is known worldwide for working with Hollywood celebrities, 8-figure company CEOs, professional athletes, top executives & elite entrepreneurs. Noah’s mission is eliminating “Not-Enoughness” from the world, having appeared on over 1,000 media outlets including ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, & MORE.

***Stay Tuned after the interview for A.R.T. LAB’s Chief Shrinkstigator, Dr Ima’s ON THE COUCH Psycho-Malarky Scale (PMS) Special Guest Analysis.

TOP TAKEAWAYS:

1. The power of self-created mental patterns
2. We FALL to the level of our THINKING
3. Unconscious Habits of Highly Successful People
4. “Noah’s A.R.C. Method” to break any bad habit in 21 days or LESS
5. Dr. Noah’s Freedom Lifestyle Formula

SPECIAL SEGMENTS IN TODAY’S SHOW

***A.R.T. LAB Creature Feature w/SAFARI SARAH foraging for the fickle FORTUNE-TELLING N.A.T.

***TherapyBites Psych-Secrets w/Doc Heath on the AVALANCHE of DIAGNOSTIC LABELING MADNESS!

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NEXT EPISODE - “Brains & Bookworms: Psychology of Success through Reading” with Special Guest & Bookworm Brainiac Dr. Danny Brassell.

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Full show notes & transcript at https://therapybites.podbean.com/e/spotlight

Want to Dig Deeper into Today’s Topic?

Ada, E. N., Comoutos, N., Karamitrou, A., & Kazak, Z. (2019). Relationships between dispositional flow, motivational climate, and self-talk in physical education classes. Physical Educator, 76(2), 357-384.

Cohen, G. L., & Sherman, D. K. (2014). The psychology of change: Self-affirmation and social psychological intervention. Annual review of psychology, 65, 333-371.

Fritsch, J., Feil, K., Jekauc, D., Latinjak, A. T., & Hatzigeorgiadis, A. (2022). The relationship between self-talk and affective processes in sports: a scoping review. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-34.

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E25: Change Champions: Psychology of the Struggle Juggle

(Special Guest: Dai Manuel)

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Audience: Struggling with weight, body image, addiction, derailed relationships? Seeking purpose? Derailed by despair? Looking for a life of meaning? Trying to come back from trauma, abuse, self-concept struggles? This episode has YOUR name written all over it.

Full show notes & transcript at https://therapybites.podbean.com/e/strugglejuggle

IN THIS EPISODE . . . Join today’s special guest, Doc Heath, & The TBAL Team on a journey into the depths of despair & an epiphany of self-discovery & hope.

TODAY'S SPECIAL GUEST: Dai Manuel is a SuperDad, dating his wife, with a contagious personality and a lead by example committment. He is an award-winning digital thought leader & author, Distinguished Toastmaster & TEDx speaker, former partner and Chief Operating Officer of a multi-million dollar retail company, & a sought-after lifestyle mentor & executive performance coach. He models his work based on 5 F’s: Fitness, Family, Faith, and Finances with an overarching roof of FUN, built on a rock-solid foundation of Health.

TOP TAKEAWAYS:

1. Thought quality determines STRUGGLE-JUGGLE success

2. Success Strategies & the 5 F’s in YOUR life

3. Adapting to change & avoiding SELF-sabotage

4. New ways of THINKING about CHANGE

5. Rethinking STRESS as FUEL & MOTIVATION

6. Real life stories of “CHANGE CHAMPIONS

7. Importance of “Meaning-Making”

“GET STARTED! The rest will take care of the rest.” - Doc Heath

MORE INFO from our Change Champion Dai, go to: http://www.joinwlfm.com/ The Whole Life Fitness Manifesto 28-Day program is simple in design. You'll receive a daily email with various prompts, tips, workouts (with or without equipment), & feel good challenges; all with the end goal in mind of helping you enjoy a lifestyle of fun, fitness, family, & friends.

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SPECIAL SEGMENTS IN TODAY’S SHOW

***Fresh from the therapy couch REAL LIFE stories of HELPING & HEALING with Doc Heath on INVISIBLE EMOTIONS, Mind Reading, & Healthy Communication.

***A.R.T. LAB Library CouchCrumbs Quote from Soren Kierkegaard

NEXT EPISODE - “Speaking Naked: Psychology of Life on Stage” with Special Guest & Hollywood Actor Tyler Foley.

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Want to Dig Deeper into Today’s Topic?

Bushkin H, van Niekerk R, Stroud L. Searching for Meaning in Chaos: Viktor Frankl's Story. Eur J Psychol. 2021 Aug 31;17(3):233-242. doi: 10.5964/ejop.5439. PMID: 35136443; PMCID: PMC8763215.

Gutierrez, D. (2019). Spiritus contra spiritum: Addiction, hope, and the search for meaning. Spirituality in Clinical Practice, 6(4), 229–239. https://doi.org/10.1037/scp0000201

Lau, J., Khoo, A.M.-G., Ho, A.H.-Y. and Tan, K.-K. (2021), Psychological resilience among palliative patients with advanced cancer: A systematic review of definitions and associated factors. Psycho-Oncology, 30: 1029-1040. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5666

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