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Seamus Thinks
by seamus oconnor
Thoughts about living and other popular pursuitsEmotions, Spirituality, Meaningful Life, Sobriety/Recovery
Episodes
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Spirituality and Emotions - Role in Therapy/Recovery
These two words describe what may actually be two aspects of the same Life-Force. We look at how Spirituality differs from something that is often confused with it, Religion. The talk also looks at several self-limiting ideas that prevent many from discovering and living a life " from the inside...
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LOVE - Seamus looks at love
Love is more than a feeling. In this cast Seamus talks about some of the aspects of love as a transformative practice.
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What on Earth is a Spiritual Remedy - and Why would someone need such a thing?
The psychotherapist tells about his attempts to "get his mind" around the idea that some conditions may best be treated by a "spiritual" remedy. He describes: His education in subjects he assumed he understood: the difference between religion and spirituality; the ancient wisdoms of the Greek and...
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Changing part 5 - Pushing Through Fear
In this episode I look at time-tested ways of dealing with many common fears - whether we are calling them dreads, anxieties, worries, concerns, or insecurities. I look at how these are limiting our lives and undermining our good times. Overcoming these destructive and self-defeating tendencies…
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Changing - Part 4 - Unfortunate Beliefs
Sometimes we are unaware of the degree to which our narrative - how we are describing things - is affecting our mood/feelings. We can become aware that often our catastrophizing descriptions are coloring our reactions and change them. Pain is inevitable; Suffering (my protest at having pain) is...
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Changing - Part 3 - Thinking
We're not corks bobbing up and down on the waves of life. The important connection between how we are describing situations and our resultant feeling/moods.
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Changing - Part 2 - Worry/Anxiety
Given our tendency to worry in response to situations and often in response to our mere imaginings, is there anything we can do about this? Is there some way of looking at things; some wisdom - particularly in this Corona virus emergency - that will enable us to lead peaceful and productive lives...
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Changing - Part 1
Most of us have aspects of our lives we would love to change. But we somehow never get around to the process of changing them. In this first of a series I take a look at change in general. In subsequent talks I will look at more specific changes, some voluntary and some thrust upon us by...
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A Psychotherapist looks at Alcoholics Anonymous - Part 5 (final episode in this series)
This is the final episode in the series in which the psychotherapist looks at what seems to make AA work for so many, namely: the path of steps leading an individual from the futility of "...bombarding one's problems with will power," to finding effective power by aligning the individual's will...
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A Psychotherapist looks at AA - Part #4
In this episode the psychotherapist looks into some of the most puzzling steps: Steps 2 & 3. Though they may look and sound almost religious to those who have not studied them, the therapist was surprised to discover how down-to-earth they really are.
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A Psychotherapist Looks at AA - Part 3
Continuing to look at 12 Step programs - AA in particular as the forerunner of the others. Attempting to gain some understanding of their essential elements (the active ingredients, so to speak). Uncovers some radical and often-overlooked aspects of their approach, concepts that harken back to...
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A Psychotherapist Looks at AA - Part 2
The therapist looks at the book, Alcoholics Anonymous - the guidebook for the 12 Steps - to see how it views alcoholism and what it provides as an answer to the problem of the alcoholic.
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A Psychotherapist Looks at AA - Part 1
These are some observations of the program of AA from the point of view of a psychotherapist who has worked over the years with many people in recovery from addiction.
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The Role of Emotions in Life Choices
Emotions - properly understood - can be the most authentic guide to our Life Choices.
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Dealing with Reality
Some ways of dealing with reality that have been known for thousands of years and are even more relevant in today's world.
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Gratitude and Discontent
Gratitude is more than a feeling and it's evil twin, that free-floating Discontent, is the worm in the apple of our lives.
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Making Up Your Mind
Making up one's mind is such an important skill it's amazing that nobody has ever told us all that goes into the process.
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Thoughts about living and other popular pursuitsEmotions, Spirituality, Meaningful Life, Sobriety/Recovery
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Seamus Thinks is created and hosted by seamus oconnor.
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