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Third Degree Mind
by Introspective Mind
Podcast about mental health, Borderline Personality Disorder, and how to achieve emotional stability. Whether you have BPD or not, we all struggle with emotions. I suffer from BPD, and share my own experiences while also talking about strategies I use to achieve emotional stability, and ultimately, happiness.
Episodes
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Texting Overload
Human interaction can be overloading and overwhelming! Sometimes, that overloading comes in the form of texting. If I am being inundated with texts, and I don't feel like responding, what should I do? Is it wrong to use social media but not respond to text messages? What if the person sees me…
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4 Days, 4 Minutes, 4 Life Lessons
My daughter and I traveled for four days to see the recent total solar eclipse. Four days, for four minutes of totality. Along the way we had some hiccups and delays, all of which are valuable life lessons which I'd love to share with all of you. Four days, Four Minutes, Four Life Lessons.
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Morning Air: STOP BLAMING YOUR PAST
Good morning, Friends. Today on this Thursday, I'm challenging each and every one of you to STOP blaming your past. We ALL have baggage. If you use that as a justification for how you treat others, or how you handle tough situations, and it's damaging to someone else, STOP! You are turning…
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Morning Air: ACTIVE LISTENING
Does your relationship suffer from a breakdown in communication? Sometimes we jump to blame the person who won't share their feelings, but sometimes the problem runs deeper than that. If the listener doesn't listen, the talker won't talk.
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Morning Air: TAKE ACTION
Last time we talked about THINKING BIG, and today's installment takes that a step further, and reminds you that you have to put those THOUGHTS into ACTION. TAKE ACTION, and turn those ambitions into reality. Last time I had you reach for the stars. Today, I want to make sure you catch one.
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Morning Air: THINK BIG
This morning, I'm challenging you to widen your horizons, and THINK BIG! Ambition is the key to success!
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Podcast Resurrection
A roadmap for the future of Third Degree Mind... Introducing The Morning Air regular broadcast.
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Year Of Silence
Third Degree Mind is back in session, after almost a year of silence. In this episode, learn what it means to own and overcome. It means more than just owning your mistakes. OWN YOUR EMOTIONS, and take the first step towards overcoming the mood swings.
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Good night, 2020!
2020 has ended, for good! What's next? How do we look forward? On a smaller scale, how do we get to a point where we live "fully" each week, so that we don't have to strive for that next vacation? Weekends are great... but wouldn't it be awesome if your Monday-Friday were great, too? Listen in…
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Morning Minutes: Count Your Blessings
Count your blessings! Sometimes the bad news that surrounds us ends up consuming us. How do we combat this? Simple! Count your blessings!
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Morning Minutes: Start The Fire
I hope the next pandemic is World Love... and may it spread like Wildfire...
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Morning Minutes: Make Your Own Luck
In today's 3 Morning Minutes, make your own luck! Control your destiny. Don't leave your future and your fate to destiny or "the universe" - you are in charge. You're the author of your own story.
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Morning Update: Love Yourself
Don't forget to love yourself first! So many people in this world are afraid to be alone, that they will compromise their values and their own worth to be with the wrong person, because they'd rather be with the wrong person, than be alone. Listen to this morning update for 3 minutes of wisdom.
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When Will It End?
2020 has been a disastrous year for many reasons. For some, it feels like hell. Many of us are left asking the burning question: When Will It All End?
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Protecting Those Who Protect Us
There are lots of heroes on the front lines of the worldwide COVID19 Pandemic. But the pandemic has taken a unique toll on the mental health of these life-sustaining essential workers. We're entering a dark phase in which these amazing, self-sacrificing people are at risk for more than just…
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Fear of the Unknown
The COVID-19 coronavirus international pandemic has caused lots of fear and panic. In this episode, I'm looking at the pandemic situation specifically, and discussing "fear of the unknown," which is perhaps one of the scariest things about this pandemic. For many people, fearing the unknown is…
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Built Up Syndrome: Part I
When you bottle things up inside, you will inevitably explode eventually. How big of an explosion, and how catastrophic and damaging, is all up for debate. It all depends on a variety of factors. I call this the "built-up syndrome." You bottle things up, eventually little things start to irritate...
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New Year, New You
Happy New Year, my friends! In the first episode of the year, we'll be talking about New Year's Resolutions, some strategies and planning techniques to help make your Resolution a success - I want you to meet your goal and close out 2020 with a bang in December, not with a whimper in February…
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Find Your Own Identity
Find your own identity. Don't allow someone else's identity to become your own.
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Life Choices, Medication Refusal
Two main topics today... First segment we discuss some life choices, and making sure we make choices that impact others in a positive manner, while improving our own quality of life. In the second segment, I talk about medications for mental illnesses, as I've received numerous questions on this...
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A Father's Love
A Father’s Love is like none other. It’s not a “bonus” to have a good father, it’s a necessity. I hope you had the opportunity to wish your Father (biological or not) a happy Father’s Day. Also in this episode, a message from Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October about the daily struggles of...
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Don't Blink
Life keeps moving whether you're living it, or sitting on the sidelines as a casual observer. There is no pause button for you to press while you line up your priorities, it just keeps going. We keep getting older. Every minute that goes by, is one less minute that you have left. Life goes faster...
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Midweek Update: Know Your Worth
Just a short update.... yes we're still here. Third Degree Mind is not being discontinued, we just take some hiatuses once in a while, but we are still here. Today's quick update has a message from Jeremy Anderson about your own individual worth, and never forgetting that you have value. Start…
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Fault & Responsibility
Everyone goes through times in life where someone else hurts them. Everyone gets betrayed, screwed over, mistreated. It happens to the best of us, and it happens all the time. It's simply a part of life, and life is never easy. How we handle these situations is key to our happiness. If we walk...
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Happy Birthday Third Degree Mind Podcast
It's February 11.... so what? It's the first birthday of Third Degree Mind Podcast!
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Escaping Reality
When the stress of life hits us hard, sometimes we have to hit that reset button and escape some of the realities of life, which can be challenging sometimes. Everyone has to escape their reality and stress but sometimes that's easier said than done. How do we escape our mundane or repetitive...
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Defined By Choices
We Are Defined By Our Choices. Own the choices you made in your past, and OVERCOME the consequences, good or bad. Choices you make today will form who you become in the future. And you only get one life, one shot, one ultimate chance. Make the choices today that will create the person you want to...
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Regret Will Destroy You
Last time we talked about Insecurities and how they will destroy you. Today's main topic follows that theme with another thing that will destroy you: REGRET. Love who you are today, and smile. Regardless of what kind of pain your past may be filled with, love yourself. Good, bad, or indifferent....
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Insecurity Will Destroy You
All of us have insecurities, usually from our past experiences. If you've been cheated on before, you have a harder time trusting someone new, and might think they're cheating on you, even when they're not. That insecurity has the power to destroy, if you let it. We have to find a way to…
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Christmas Eve Update: Need Some Advice
For Christmas this year, Santa brought me some intensely scary emotions, a few turbulent relationships, and of course, no solution. Listen to this brief 15 minute update on the basics of the mess I found myself in, and if you have any solutions, contact me on the Facebook page (Third Degree…
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Emotion Overload, Skipping Christmas, Impulsiveness
Yup, you read that right, I'm skipping Christmas. Sometimes, situations that we're put in cause us to go into a sense of "emotion overload" that sometimes require some unwinding time, and a "soft reset." We're also discussing impulsive behaviors, and specifically WHY some people feel the need to...
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True Happiness (Part 2): Sadness is Key!
Way back in February, we had an episode titled "True Happiness" - it was the second episode put out by Third Degree Mind. Finally, 10 months later, here is a sequel in that series. How is true happiness achieved? You may be surprised to learn that SADNESS actually plays a very critical role to...
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Cut the Toxicity!
Life filled with toxicity? Take out the trash. Emotions are contagious, you need to recognize that toxic people have a negative affect on YOUR happiness. Want to be happy? Remove those who aren't.
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Mass Tragedy. Be A Friend
Sometimes our world experiences a mass tragedy. Be a friend. Don't give unsolicited advice, just listen. Be what THEY need. Everyone has demons. If you need someone, find someone. People will listen. Sometimes, just talking and venting can make us feel a thousand times better. If someone is…
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There Are No Mistakes In Life
Life is a collection of experiences, both good and bad, and those experiences shape who we are. There are no "mistakes" as you learn from each of those experiences. A mistake means you should not have done something: but everything we do, every decision we make, is part of who you are, and…
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Trauma & Recovery
Trauma and stress affects everyone differently. How we handle it and grow from it affects the type of person we will become. This week's episode features an interview with Amy, who has a story of a trauma she experienced as a child, and how it continued to affect her as a young adult, and even...
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Midweek Update: Own Your Emotions & Don't Be A Whiner
Are you in a bad situation? Having a rough day? A rough week? Maybe longer? Life throws all kinds of bad things at us, every day brings with it some new challenges. That's true for all of us. How you handle those situations, is up to you. You are in control of your own emotional responsess to...
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Midweek Update: Hire the Maid!
Maintaining happiness and a balanced life is not unlike having your house professionally cleaned once in a while. Sometimes you need a little help. Sometimes you need to talk to someone. Whether it's a friend, family member, or an actual professional, it's OK to involve other people once in a…
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Distractions Compromise Identity
Distractions have the power to compromise our identity... but only if we let them. They compromise who we are, because we allow them to take over our mind. This week I talk about some distractions in my life, most notably social media. This is a big one for a lot of people. Rather than sit here…
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Midweek Update: Distractions
Last week we talked about making sure you focus on yourself and your own identity. This midweek update builds on that concept and reminds you that one of the most important ways to focus on yourself is to remove or minimize distractions. Figure out where you are spending your time, what's…
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How to be Single & Alone
Being single is tough. It's hard to be content with life when you're alone. We are relational beings, which means humans like relationships. We thrive on them. To be alone is contradictory to nature. And yet, so many people are dissatisfied with their current relationship status. Either they're...
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A Scary Life in a Digital World
We live in a highly digital world, one which sometimes controls our every move. We rely on our smart phones and social media, and sometimes we leave behind those who are important to us. We forget how to connect with real people, and we forget to show those people that we love them. And then, one...
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Living With Grief
Have you experienced the loss of a loved one? Most of us have, at one point or another. This episode of Third Degree Mind addresses the topics of Grief & Loss, and living with that heartache. The loss of a loved one leaves us feeling helpless and alone, like a gaping hole in our chest, gripping...
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UPDATE on Audio Issues
The episode released earlier today still has some audio issues... many of the same audio glitches that caused Third Degree Mind to go silent over the last 5 or so weeks. The partial good news is that the audio problems seem to resolve at about 20 minutes into the episode, so if you want to either...
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Second Best, Live Now
Are you second best in someone else's life? There are no consolation prizes. You need to live right now, in the present moment, without worrying about convincing someone else that you are worthy of their time and energy. Don't waste your life away. Don't be that one who wakes up one day, maybe 50...
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Abandonment: Don't Leave Me, Or I'll Leave First!
"If you run, I'll run faster. If you leave me, I'll leave first. I'll push you away, but don't ever leave me." Borderline Personality Disorder causes many odd behaviors and thoughts, one of them is this intense fear of abandonment. Beyond the simple fear of abandonment is a person who will take...
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Midweek: A Deep Sonder
Sonder: "The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own." What a fascinating concept. The world does not stop when you have a bad day. And your bad day is just that, one day. The average person lives over 26,000 days... don't let one bad day ruin your...
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Midweek Update: Unicorns & Lottery Tickets
"If you chase a unicorn, you might just catch a donkey with a plunger stuck on his face." Unicorns don't even exist! So why chase them?? And remember the other big quote this week... "Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain." So please, go buy an…
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Midweek Update: Chasing a Unicorn
It's Thursday, and it's time for another midweek update. Unfortunately this midweek update comes with bad news... at least for the listeners who are anxiously awaiting the next release (haha - the four of you). I'll be on vacation this upcoming weekend, so no release coming this weekend. The...
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What Does Family Mean?
Everyone's personality is dependent on a number of things. Who you become in adulthood is greatly influenced by who you were as a child and teen. Your upbringing plays an important role on all of this. In order to "become who you were meant to be," you have to take an honest look at your past and...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Podcast about mental health, Borderline Personality Disorder, and how to achieve emotional stability. Whether you have BPD or not, we all struggle with emotions. I suffer from BPD, and share my own experiences while also talking about strategies I use to achieve emotional stability, and ultimately, happiness.
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Podcast about mental health, Borderline Personality Disorder, and how to achieve emotional stability. Whether you have BPD or not, we all struggle with emotions. I suffer from BPD, and share my own experiences while also talking about strategies I use to achieve emotional stability, and ultimately,...
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