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The Fawn Response: People Pleasing, Self-Abandonment and Standing Up for Yourself

Podcast, Emotional Wellbeing, Self Care /

Dr. Rick and Forrest finish their series on the stress responses with the fawn response: an appeasement strategy where we manage stressful situations by giving others what they want. Rick and Forrest start by discussing common symptoms, including people pleasing, self-abandonment, difficulty saying no, weak boundaries, and chronic self-sacrifice. They talk about the roots of […]

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Cognitive Dissonance: Your Response to Conflicting Beliefs

Video, Cognitive Dissonance, Coping Skills, Emotional Wellbeing /

Cognitive dissonance is based on the idea that when two ideas are psychologically not consistent with each other, we change them and make them consistent. If the two conflicting ideas are deeply ingrained in our identity, this mental imbalance can become overwhelming and intoxicate our thoughts — and as a result we may believe even

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Video, Coping Skills, Emotional Wellbeing, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Resilience /

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a disorder in which a person has unwanted intrusive and repetitive thoughts that become obsessions. These obsessions then make them do things to relieve the thoughts, a behavior called compulsions. Because this learned ritual offers only temporary relief, the probability people will engage in compulsions again is increased and often becomes

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The Psychology of Manifesting: How to Create the Life You Want

Podcast, Emotional Wellbeing, Self Care /

Forrest and Dr. Rick explore “manifesting:” the idea that our thoughts impact the world around us, and by changing those thoughts we can change our lives. Talking about manifesting is complicated, because on the one hand our thoughts really do matter. On the other, manifesting is closely tied to a small mountain of problematic pseudoscience.

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Why Students should have Mental Health Days| Hailey Hardcastle

Video, Anxiety, Coping Skills, Emotional Wellbeing, Mental Health Policy, Panic Attacks, Resilience, Self Care, Stress /

School can be rife with stress, anxiety, panic attacks and even burnout — but there’s often no formal policy for students who need to prioritize their well-being. Hailey Hardcastle explains why schools should offer mental health days and allow students time to practice emotional hygiene without stigma. Follow along to learn how she and a

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A Neuroscientist on How to Break the Anxiety Cycle

Podcast, Anxiety, Coping Skills, Emotional Wellbeing, Resilience /

On this first episode of my new season I am joined by Dr Nicole Vignola, neuroscientist and author of brand new book REWIRE. We talk about the steps required to break the anxiety cycle, understanding the role of our default mode network and how it relates to our executive network, the things that we think won’t

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Anxiety, Pain + Pleasure with Dopamine Nation’s Dr Anna Lembke

Podcast, Anxiety, Coping Skills, Emotional Wellbeing, Pain, Pleasure /

My guest for this episode is the mega bestselling author of Dopamine Nation and her name is Dr Anna Lembke. She’s an American psychiatrist and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University. She is a specialist in the opioid epidemic in the United States. Here we talk about the relationship between anxiety,

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5 Parenting Styles and Their Effects on Life

Video, Coping Skills, Parent's Section /

There are four widely researched styles of parenting: authoritative, permissive, authoritarian and neglectful. The styles range from controlling to undemanding; and from cold and unresponsive to loving and receptive. In recent years, over-involved parents, who are present in every aspect of their child’s life, are often referred to as the fifth style. They are also

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High-Functioning Anxiety with Dr. Lalitaa Suglani

Podcast, Anxiety, Coping Skills, Emotional Wellbeing /

Mental health stereotypes can often show the experience in just one way, debilitating, unable to get out of bed or function. Although this can be the case for some, there are many of us battling our minds while living a fully-functioning life. In this episode, Niall is joined by Dr. Lalitaa Suglani, a psychologist and

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