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The Lighter Mind
by Kyle Thistlethwaite with Chris "Cro" Schutz and Alan Stiles
In The Lighter Mind we explore spirituality, personal growth, trauma, recovery and the path to wholeness. Contact us at [email protected]
Episodes
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The Lighter Mind: Overcoming Ambivalence, The Journey of Transformation and Authenticity
In this episode, Kyle, Cro, and Alan explore the deep challenges of change, highlighting the pivotal moments when we decide to fully commit to transformation. They discuss the inner struggles, fears, and societal pressures that hinder authenticity and delve into practical insights from recovery,...
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The Lighter Mind: Our "Claim Your Power" (Mastin Kipp) Fail and Why We Stopped. +More!
Summary In this episode of the Lighter Mind Podcast, Kyle, Alan, Cro and McRae delve into their personal journeys of healing and recovery, discussing the impact of trauma, spirituality, and self-acceptance. They explore the challenges of navigating trauma work, the importance of understanding...
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The Lighter Mind: - The Tightrope of Mindfulness, Living in the Moment and Future Planning
In this engaging panel, the hosts explore the delicate balance between mindfulness, goal-setting, and planning for the future. They share personal stories, insights on living in the moment, and strategies for managing anxiety and expectations. key topics Balancing mindfulness and future planning...
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The Lighter Mind: S3E11 - The Stoic Approach to Grief and Death: Insights and Practices
This episode explores mindfulness, stoicism, dealing with grief, and understanding death. The hosts share personal insights and practical strategies for managing thoughts, emotions, and the fear of the unknown, emphasizing the importance of presence and self-awareness. Additionally we explore...
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The Lighter Mind: S3E10 - Stoicism in Everyday Life
This episode explores the profound principles of stoicism, its relevance in recovery, and how it can help us manage control, acceptance, and inner peace. Join us as we delve into ancient philosophies and practical applications for modern life. Key topics: History and principles of Stoicism…
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The Lighter Mind: S3E9 - Claim Your Power
Summary: In this episode, the boys discuss the experience of public speaking at a mental health symposium, reflecting on personal growth and the challenges of overcoming fear. They explore the concept of the Hero's Journey, the importance of flow state in engaging with meaningful activities, and...
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The Lighter Mind: S3E8 - Special Guest, McRae
In this episode of the Lighter Mind Podcast, host Kyle welcomes McRae, a seasoned professional with over 40 years of experience in mental health and recovery. The conversation dives deep into McRae's journey, starting from his childhood surrounded by self-help literature to his experiences with...
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The Lighter Mind: S3E7 - Running From Your Problems
In this episode we discuss how to stop running from one's problems and face them. Although the saying goes you can't run forever the boys know it's not true and the sooner you stop the better.
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The Lighter Mind: S3E6 - Hero's Journey Revisited
We revisit The Hero's Journey, based on Joseph Campbell's seminal book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. We initially talked about this concept in the second episode of season one back in January of 2023.
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The Lighter Mind S3E5: Shadow Work and Cinema
We discuss shadow work, and movies that use shadow work for the plot including The Fight Club, Black Swan and The Dark Knight. The conversation was inspired by the Youtube channel, the Modern Intuitionist. We also revisit our conversation about mindfulness versus watchfulness.
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The Lighter Mind S3E4: Surrender, Control and a Follow-up on Our Guilt Conversation
In the episode we follow up with Kyle on the previous episodes conversation about guilt, shame and anxiety as well as discuss surrender, control and stoicism as well as the difference between mindfulness and watchfulness.
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The Lighter Mind Season 3, Episode 3: Guilt, Shame and Anxiety
In this episode we discuss how we address dealing with guilt, shame and anxiety through different means.
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The Lighter Mind Season 3, Episode 2: Self Care and Avoiding Burnout
Though focused on dealing with compassion fatigue and burnout for working in a recovery centers this episode has tolls and concepts for anyone, working or not, on how to keep from being overwhelmed by life in general as well as stressful work environments.
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The Lighter Mind Season 3, Episode 1: The Return
The crew return to podcasting after an extended hiatus. Kyle moved from Colorado to Georgia and it took us a while to get the train rolling again. In this we catch up and have a discussion about life in general.
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The Lighter Mind Season 2, Episode 1. Trauma etc Roundtable.
After a bit of a break we've returned with guests Darci Nealeigh MA, LPC, EMDR and Mariah Devenish MSW, LSW, EMDR in a wide ranging conversation where we discuss trauma, attachment, adoption, third culture kids and much more.
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The Lighter Mind - Season 1, Episode 19: The ups and downs of working at a recovery center
Cro and Kyle discuss their experiences and share what' it's like to work in the world of addiction recovery.
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The Lighter Mind - Season 1, Episode 18: Dani de Boer, LPC, LAC, Neurofeedback Therapist
This episode is with Dani, a Licensed Addiction Counselor, Licensed Personal Counselor, and neurofeedback therapist who Kyle has worked with and has been a client of. It's a wide ranging and interesting conversation. Dani can reached at (719) 259-4913 0r [email protected]
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The Lighter Mind - Season 1, Episode 17: Spirituality
Cro leads a discussion on spirituality in general and how it can help with recovery. We get close to the woo-woo edge a couple times...
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The Lighter Mind - Season 1, Episode 16: The Five Love Languages
Kyle educates his Co-hosts on Gary Chapman's best selling book The Five LOve Languages.
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The Lighter Mind - Season 1, Episode 15: Sleep
For our first listener request episode we discuss sleep, sleep hygiene and our hacks, tips and tricks to get the most out of the third of your life spend in the sack.
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The Lighter Mind - Season 1, Episode 14: Self Compassion and Self Forgiveness
In this psychoeducational episode we discuss self compassion and self forgiveness, and tools to help you do these,
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The Lighter MInd - Season 1, Episode 13: Boundaries
In this psychoeducational episode we discuss the value of boundaries, the different types of boundaries and tools to help you have healthy boundaries,
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The Lighter MInd - Season 1, Episode 12: Raquel Younglove of Breakthrough Neurofeedback
Raquel has been an entrepreneur of multiple successful businesses in the health and wellness industry over the course of 27 years. Her businesses of Breakthrough Neurofeedback and Breaking Barriers Coaching are the culmination of over 30 years of studying human behavior in the midst of her…
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The Lighter MInd - Season 1, Episode 11: Adam "Unbreakable" Vigil
We're joined by mixed martial artist Adam "Unbreakable" Vigil who shares his inspiring story of rising above his troubled and addicted youth and a stint in prison to become a rising MMA star and man who lives in service to God and his fellow men.
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The Lighter Mind Season 1, Episode 10 - Jill McCormick of Sirius Pathways to Healing
In the episode we are joined by Jill McCormick of Sirius Pathways to Healing, Therapy and Counseling Services. Jill is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) through the International Association of Trauma Professionals. She is trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and...
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The Lighter Mind Season 1, Episode 9 - Personal Stories Recap
In this episode the Kyle, Cro and Alan, recap, compare and contrast their stories, and discuss the what their maintenance programs and daily routines to stay on the path are like.
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The Lighter Mind Season 1, Episode 8 - Alan's Story
In this episode Alan recounts his path though years of rage and binge drinking that led him to the point in his life where he wanted to make changes and work towards becoming a better human.
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The Lighter Mind Season 1, Episode 7 - Cro's (Chris) Story
In the episode Cro recounts his journey from his childhood at an orphanage to his later in life alcoholism and getting the call at age 52 to sober up and give in to a life of service. Engineers note: We had a recording computer glitch at one point so the audio is a bit different for a few minutes...
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The Lighter Mind Season 1, Episode 6.1 - Kyle's Story Cont'd.
The continuation of the episode where Kyle recounts his journey from his youth, through his depths of addiction to his recovery and gives hope to all who are struggling with addiction.
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Trailer Season 1, Episode 6 - Kyle's Story
Trailer for Episode 6
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The Lighter Mind Season 1, Episode 6 - Kyle's Story
In this episode Kyle recounts his journey from his youth, through his depths of addiction to his recovery and gives hope to all who are struggling with addiction.
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The Lighter Mind Season 1, Episode 5 - Alex and His Journey
In this episode we welcome a special guest and recovering addict to share thoughts on radical acceptance and surrender. NSFW.
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The Lighter Mind Season 1, Episode 3 - On Attachment
In this episode we delve into attachment - both healthy and unhealthy.
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The Lighter Mind Season 1, Episode 2 - The Hero's Journey
In this episode we discuss Joseph Campbell's seminal book The Hero with a Thousand Faces and the concepts of the Hero's Journey.
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The Lighter Mind Season 1, Episode 1 - Hi, How Are You?
In this episode we discuss personal growth, recovery and spirituality.
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Trailer Season 1, Episode 5
In this episode we are joined by our friend Alex and we talk about the road to recovery, radical acceptance and surrender.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In The Lighter Mind we explore spirituality, personal growth, trauma, recovery and the path to wholeness. Contact us at [email protected]
HOSTED BY
Kyle Thistlethwaite with Chris "Cro" Schutz and Alan Stiles
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