Tyler Woods PhD Holistic Mental Health

Join Tyler Woods today as she talks about how rejection can be turned into redirection. Tyler talks about how rejection can shift our perspective from what we lack to what we possess. We tend to take rejection personally. She shares that a rejection isn’t personal, and rather than taking it personally, use it to redirect yourself to a better path.

Finding peace in today's world, filled with chaos, anger,and hate, isn’t always easy. Between personal belief systems, politics, emotions, and negative energy, peace seems impossible to achieve, and with that said, peace within yourself is attainable. It is right there in front of you ifyou choose to walk into it. Join Tyler Woods as she talks about walking in peace.

Join Tyler Woods, PhD, about how there are millions of adults in our nation who were raised with an untreated mentally ill parent. She shares how adult children of a mentally ill parent can have a challenging life. It is a difficult path for them, as the scars of being raised by their own mentally ill parent can disrupt so much of their life as an adult.

Join Tyler Woods, PhD, today as she talks about why people believe in things that are not true, or how they get so convinced. She tries to unwind the mystery of why people’s beliefs are stronger than facts. Now that is quite a big ball of yarn to indwind so give it a listen.

Join Tyler Woods PhD as she talks about loss and how it can make it stronger and how any form of grief can give you the ability to build emotional stamina and clarify priorities. Grieving the dead, the living, or events that have happened or not happened, all can turn weakness into strength, negative to positive, and lead to a stronger you. It is not the end rather a new beginning without people, places, and events in your life. Sometimes it helps us walk a longer and stronger path to peace.

Join Tyler as she talks about taming the inner critic.

Today Tyler Woods talks about silence and how nonstop noise and talking is about something and silence is about nothing and nothing can be far more important than something. The use of silence has a purpose. It’s tocreate the right conditions to be with ourselves and examine our internal self. Silence is vital for humans to exist peacefully. Silence encourages a strong spiritual development and creates a joyful peaceful world because it helps promote wisdom and compassion. So join Dr. Tyler Woods as she explores silence.

Join Tyler Woods, PHD as she talk about how it is okay to wake up sad. Sadness has many lessons to teach us. She talks about how we can allow the lessons to come without allowing the sadness become a permanent guest.

Today, Tyler Woods, PhD, talks about your inner critic as well as your inner bully. Learn the difference between the inner critic and the inner bully. Learn how the inner critic is attempting in her own dysfunctional way to self-protect, and my inner bully is just downright abusive. The inner bully is like the inner critic on steroids! The inner critic uses her misguided attempts to help, while the inner bully paralyses and erodes self-worth. Learn the difference between the two, and how you can tame the critic and rid the bully.

Join Tyler Woods PhD today as she talks about betrayal and how it can be recycled into strength and growth. She believes thatpeople can have a strong emotional attachment to betrayal because it somehow feels familiar to them. Often, new betrayals bring up past betrayals that we never let go of, and that is why she feels trying to recycle betrayal into healing makes us strong and more resilient people. Come listen and see how you can learn to take betrayal and recycle into strength and growth.

We can all train our bodies. We can go to the gym, ride bikes, hike, work out, and improve our strength and endurance; however, the mind is entirely different and is trainable. It can be difficult in a world full of distractions. We are distracted by politics, money, past wounds, ruminating, anger, and so much more. Training the mind does not require an investment in expensive courses. It means letting go of your suffering and living a little better.

Join Tyler Woods today as she helps us realize that peace is far more important than living with happiness, because peace is what enables us to enjoy our happiness. She believes it is essential to note that learning to be peaceful takes time, energy, and patience, and is well worth the effort to feel peaceful even in trying times when our world is filled with chaos, anger, hate, and unpredictability. She talks about ways to calm ourselves and our minds by finding tools that help us sort out our thoughts and stay in the moment.

Join Tyler Woods, PhD, as she talks about how the silent treatment is a form of deliberate abuse. The abuser is trying to cause an atmosphere of anxiety, self-doubt, self-blame, and even fear. Emotionally immature individuals use it as it is the grown-up version of a temper tantrum. It is used to control, punish, shame, and assert power over others. If the abuser does not get their way, they use silence with the intent to harm, as it helps them have feelings of superiority or entitlement. Join Tyler as she explains how the silent treatment is a form of abuse and gaslighting, and ways to empower yourself from people who are trying to take your power away through silence.

Tyler Woods, Ph.D. Shares how we are all kind, and there are times when we have a failure of kindness. She understands not all people can be kind at all times, and we need to be able to create separation between people's actions and responses. She talks about when we experience failures of kindness, perhaps we are not showing ourselves kindness. Listen to her short podcast about the failure of kindness. Tyler keeps her podcasts under 10-15 minutes so it can be a quick listen and learn.

Join Tyler Woods as she shares how a friend of hers told her to say thank you at least 100 times a day to herself. She told Tyler that for one week, she should say thank you with each step she took when she was walking from here to there. She then took two Post-it notes, wrote "thank" on one and "you" on the other, and placed them on Tyler's shoes. She walked in, thank you for one week, her entire life shifted. Learn how to thank your own self e

Tyler Woods asks the question if you ever met people who are always angry? You can ask a question, and they get mad, or you can have an opinion opposite to theirs, and they get mad. You can use the wrong tone, say the wrong thing, and feel like you have to walk on eggshells every time you open your mouth. Their anger can cause others to be hurt, distressed, and confused. Listen to todays show as she explains why people get angry and how you can better deal with others anger.

Tyler Woods, Ph.D, ran Survivors of Suicide group for 23 years, which was a non-profit working with people who lost someone to suicide. People seem very surprised that many people who choose to take their lives often mask their struggles and suicidal thoughts from others. They purchase and make future plans and often do so to project an image of normalcy in their lives. Today, Tyler will talk about suicide, trying to understand it, and what you can do to feel less suicidal. If you are feeling suicidal, you can dial 988 for help.

People are afraid of many things, including the threat to their survival. We need to understand that fear is a normal human emotion. It can manifest as a "fight-or-flight or freeze" response,which can debilitate people from moving forward. Join Tyler Woods, PhD, today as she shares some simple ways, to try to reduce fear and be able to walk better in peace.

Tyler Woods talks about no matter how we feel —whether we’re stressed, angry, sad, grieving, focused, or unfocused —we are doing the best we can in the moment, because we made an effort to do so. She offers some tips on how we can do our best when we are not at our best.

Join Tyler Woods today and she talks about how there is a great deal of fear right now. People are afraid of many things, including the threat to their survival. We need to understand that fear is a normal human emotion. She talks about ways to cope with fears in today's world.

Join Tyler Woods, PhD as she talks about how she dealt with the anger she was facing with people she was angry at. She talks about how actions and behaviors can disrupt our equilibrium, leading to adverse emotional responses such as anger. She believes the greatest treasure one can gain from anger is learning that there is always room for growth when we release anger and resentment, and that is turning anger into a treasure.

Join Tyler Woods as she talks about her younger brother passing away just 10 weeks after her mother's death. She is not a believer in the stages of grief because everyone grieves differently. She feels that there is no right or wrong way to grieve and everyone's experience is unique because we are unique and if we are luck, we can allow grief to make us grow.

Join Tyler Woods PhD as she talks about how personal values can help us to grow and develop. Without a set of values and ethical guidelines, life can be difficult. Values literally can shape how we interact with the world around us. The values you were taught are not ingrained, and you can change your values anytime. Your values will help you define how you want to live your life and help shape your actions and behaviors.

Join me, Tyler Woods, as I talk about how expectation are like assumptions and the outcomes and can create discomfort. Join me today as I talk about expectations and the antidote to expectations. Why not listen for 10 minutes and learn to reduce unrealistic expectations?

Join me, Tyler Woods, today as I talk about people who feel like they didn't fit in. I often  tell them it is okay not to fit in and to embrace the fact that they are authentic. Being yourself is hard if you've tried your whole life to fit in. I am here to tell you that you do not have to mold yourself to follow another person's behaviors, likes, and beliefs. Instead of trying to “fit in” embrace yourself and get to know yourself. Be proud of who you are, even if you don't fit in. Besides, people who don’t fit in are actually the ones to stand out. 

Join Tyler Woods PhD as she talks about kindness. She believes that kindness has become an endangered virtue that we have devalued. She believes the decline of kindness in our society is getting worse and we are dehumanizing positive qualities such as love and kindness. Join her as she offers ideas into g

Join Tyler Woods PhD today as she talks about self-love today. She believes that many people lack self-love. There are a variety of reasons people have this deficiency. However, she believes the main reason we lack self-love is that we let our inner voice take over our lives. Join her today as she discusses that inner voice and learning how to love yourself, as well as others.

Join Tyler Woods as she explores the quote, “Balance is not something you find; it's something you create.” Being balanced is about your own mental and emotional steadiness and doing what you can, not what others tell you to do. Do what you physically, mentally or spiritually can do. The important thing is to focus on you. Learn how to do that with this podcast.

Join Tyler Woods as she talks about how expectations and disappointments. She believes expectations are like a plague that has no vaccine. They can be in your life daily, and their symptoms can cause you to be irritable, anxious, let down, depressed, and disappointed. She talks about way to overcome expectations and learn to stay present in the now.

Join Tyler Woods today as she talks about how if we are humble, we will look at our faults and walk in strength with those faults. We have to view ourselves accurately and honestly. She believes that humble people have an opportunity to see value in their mistakes and the information that those mistakes provide them for their own learning. Humility help us have much more empathy, and it teaches us to have more compassion for ourselves and others.

Join Tyler Woods as she talks about how hope is something we should all embrace since we have an avalanche of distressing news and events surrounding us. She tries to send a message that hope, mixed with bravery, allows us to embrace optimism and look for the good even in such trying times. Hope allows us to let goodness win over evil. Hope makes us believe there may be better times and motivates us to make a change.

Join Tyler Woods Ph.D. and she shares about how if we take responsibility and accountability for our actions, decisions, and outcomes, then we have an opportunity to try to learn from our mistakes or experiences, and if we are lucky, we get to grow from it. Being responsible and accountable means coping with your feelings, and when you cope with your own feelings and actions, you have more compassion and empathy for yourself and others which helps you build stronger connections.

Join Tyler Woods PhD as she talks about how grief is a journey. It is not a Prozac deficiency it is a jurney. How you grieve depends on many factors, including your usual coping mechanisms, overall personality, belief system, support network. Do not expect others to grieve like you, though. Allow each person to make it their personal journey. She believes if we are lucky, we will come out stronger than ever. Mourning the loss of a loved one provides healing, and maybe, just maybe, in time, it can be a pathway to peace

Today, Tyler Woods talks about breakups. She believes that breakups should be called breakthroughs, whether they occur between 6-year-olds, 16-year-olds, 24-year-olds, or 50-year-olds. She thinks that whether we break up with a job, parent, sibling, friend, or sweetheart, breakups are not the end but the beginning a rebirth sort of like and when you come out the other side, you'll be changed, and different. A part of you will die, but an even better part of you will emerge.

Join Tyler Woods as she talks about how forgiveness is one of the most misunderstood actions. In all reality, she feels it is an act of the heart and an act of kindness. True forgiveness is letting go of ALL resentment and bitterness, regardless of how justified they seem to be. It means you release yourself from a confined prison of hurt, bitterness, and pain. It means you fully understand with compassion in your heart and are willing to let go.

Join Dr. Tyler Woods as she talks about anticipatory anxiety. She shares about the emotions you will fee and how to cope with some of them. She gives you examples of how you may feel and ways to manage the emotions and to remember how to do life.

Join Tyler Woods as she talks about rumination today. She shares some ways to find your way out of rumination. She explains how rumination is based on your past and helps you with ideas while staying present. She also talks about ways to recognize rumination and how to move past it. She shares how you can be stronger than your thoughts.

Join Tyler Woods as she talks about patience and how important it is to our well-being and spiritual and mental health. Today Tyler talks about you can gain more patience with simple ideas that will keep your frustration down so you can practice patience by pausing.

The word ignorance has been coming up frequently, and I realized how devastating it can be for ourselves and the environment around us. People see ignorance as a name that is called, but that tells you how little they know about the word. Join Tyler Woods today as she talks about how we have yet to learn, discover, and understand rather than choose ignorance. It is about discovery and education and having the utter courage to want to understand, and knowing truth over ignorance takes courage in today's world.

Join Tyler Woods as she discusses what your passion is. She suggests using your heart compass to discover your passion. After all, the heart sends more information to the brain than the brain sends to the heart, and that is a powerful tool for finding your passion. She also believes everything we need, including passion, is right in front of our face. Tune in.

Join Tyler Woods today as she talks about when we are angry or upset, we should not blame anyone rather use it as an opportunity to look within our own selves and see why we are angry rather than being a victim and feeling angry and hirt. Blame no one and look within.

Join Tyler Woods, Ph.D., as she talks about how thoughts are powerful and how we are a product of our thoughts. She will talk about how it is important to start paying attention to your thoughts because many of us have automatic negative thoughts. She will talk about how mindfulness is helpful when challenging these automatic negative thoughts. It involves being aware of and accepting our thoughts and feelings in the present moment.

Listening to Tyler Woods today, and she helps you try to understand gaslighting. First, let’s give social media a big cheer for confusing people with what gaslighting is. On social media, anyone who wronged you or anyone whom you are mad at is a gaslighter. That is far from the truth. Gaslighting is where someone manipulates you and your conversations so much you question your own sanity, reality, and judgments. It is an abuse tactic where the person questions facts over and over till you feel confused. They undermine your skills and truths, and they manipulate your reality until you agree with them. The primary objective is power and control. Let's learn more about it in today's show.

Join Tyler Woods Today and she talks about how we have learned so much about social media and the effects it has on mental health. She has studied social media since its creation, and she fully understands and shares how social media can create mental health issues, it also leads to poor body image, increases cyberbullying, comparing ourselves to others, and having it harm our self-esteem, opens the door to addiction, and can lead to isolation because people spend more time on social media and less time in personal interactions with others. There are positive things to social media as well so give the show a listen.

Join Tyler Woods PhD as she talks about when someone holds a grudge or resentment, it has nothing to do with you; it is just about people holding on so tightly it affects the very core of their lives. Tyler believes that it is important that you recognize what resentments and or grudges are all about and that they serve as a protective mechanism they use in order to protect themselves from future hurt. These people who are judging you, resenting you, holding their grudge towards you are stuck. They have a difficult time living in the now, the present. Learn more with this week's podcast.

Join Tyler Woods, PhD as she talks about how taking responsibility empowers us as this wonderful opportunity gives us the power to learn and be a better person. It helps us become more self-aware, and it can really help our relationships with those around us because it helps us communicate better. Most importantly, taking responsibility and being accountable offers us all a chance to learn and make changes to improve our behavior

Join Tyler Woods PhD as she talks about the latest buzz word toxic. She talks how it is an overused buzzword, and it belittles what it is like to just be a human being and if someone’s opinion or attitude doesn’t fit into what we personally feel is acceptable or doable, they are labeled toxic. using the word toxic is more like a defense mechanism against anything that triggers, angers, or something that people disagree with. Find out more in this week's show.

Join Tyler Woods today as she talks about the emotional immune system and how it is the foundation of emotional resilience. Today Dr. Woods talks about how to build and improve your emotional immune system.

Today Tyler Woods talks about parents that enable their grown child. Enabling parents basically removes that person from having to take responsibility for their behavior and the parent will always fix, solve, or make the consequences go away. Today Tyler talks about how it effects adult children by not allowing them to grow and what parents can do to gain control over their lives and teach their children to grow.

Join Tyler Woods today as she talks about suicide and how mainstream religion sees it as a sin while spirituality will view it as a depleted emotional immune system. Suicide is not a sin as religion states, it is a symptom of an emotional problem be it depression, bi-polar, addictions and the many disorders the brain has and that is not a sin rather an illness just like cancer, stroke or heart attack. We must stop judging mental health issues as sin!