E32. Packing for SUCCESS:  Psychology of Turning Baggage Into Luggage

E32 - Packing for SUCCESS: Psychology of Turning Baggage Into Luggage

(Special Guest & Stowage Specialist: Donna Tashjian)

Problems the TBAL Team Can Help You Solve Today: Those who are HELD BACK by historical baggage; Anyone struggling with baggage of self-directed disgust: Everyone who could use help transforming hurts, habits, & hangups into stepping stones to success.

Today's guest, a Life Mastery Coach, shares strategies to help you RISE ABOVE painful past experience to live the life of your dreams. You’ll learn keys to turning YOUR baggage into luggage, allowing you to journey over & beyond baggage weighing you down. Donna is a fellow BELIEVER and master coach, having mentored for over 25 years.

STAY TUNED FOR:

***Donna’s FAVORITE HACK for “Baggage Stowage”

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

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IN THIS EPISODE . . . Join DONNA TASHJIAN, Doc Heath, & The TBAL Team to discover the SECRETS of self-acceptance, competence, confidence by transforming YOUR baggage into luggage on YOUR life’s journey.

This episode’s Baggage to Luggage Quote: “Reset, Refuel, Rethink is the Road to Resilience.” #DocHeath

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TODAY'S SPECIAL GUEST: Donna is the founder of Vibrant Living International a non-profit organization. She helps bring accelerated transformation to people across the world. Her passion is to help you reach your full potential. She has developed powerful programs to help women rise above a painful past & live the life of their dreams. She also produces a podcast is called “You Were Designed for Greatness” and has written 4 books.

***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. The hurts of PAST as baggage in the PRESENT

2. Sabotaging “BAGGAGE” Thoughts

3. Transformation is THOUGHT-based

4. FEELINGS do not equal EVIDENCE

6. Power of DECLARATIONS to Create Your Reality

7. Choose BEHAVIORS that Serve YOUR Best Self (3 Key Journals to Begin NOW!)

SPECIAL SEGMENTS IN TODAY’S SHOW

***Fresh from the Therapy Couch...with Doc Heath for stories of Hurting, Helping, & Healing

***TherapyBites Psych-Secrets on social media pseudo-psychological “VULNERABILITY” poppycock.

FOR MORE INFO & FREE BOOK (“Umbrella On a Sunny Day”) by DONNA TASHJIAN, go to: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60b547b12851d261212f5dea

NEXT EPISODE - “BIG VISION: Psychology of Transformation” with Special Guest Dr. Travis Fox.

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

Want to Dig Deeper into Today’s Topic?

Clarke, A., Simpson, J., & Varese, F. (2019). A systematic review of the clinical utility of the concept of self‐disgust. Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, 26(1), 110-134.

Frasca, J. (2021). Trauma inevitably equates to baggage 1. In Animals as the Third in Relational Psychotherapy (pp. 107-115). Routledge.

Galbiati, F., Carter, A., & McQuade, C. N. (2022). Unpacking the Cognitive Baggage: an Exercise in Clinical Reasoning. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1-5.

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