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Psychology Has It Backwards — 210 episodes
Episode 210: The Power of Belief and Groupthink
Episode 209: Listening for and Living From Insight
Episode 208: Living Life Fully From the Feeling of Ease
Episode 207: The Power of Hope
Episode 206: Trying, Seeking, and Doing
Episode 205: Natural Self-Esteem
Episode 204: The Power of Innate Health
Episode 203: What We Mean by "Deep Feelings"
Episode 202: Minding Our Own Business
Episode 201: What Does It Mean To Be "The Thinker?"
Episode 200: What Do We Mean by "Going Deeper"
Episode 199: What Explains Psychological Shifts?
Episode 198: Believing in Our Own BS
Episode 197: You're Not Special. Unique, Maybe, but Not Special
Episode 196: Common Misunderstandings, Part 2
Episode 195: Common Misunderstandings, Part 1
Episode 194: Going Too Fast and Missing the Point of Living
Episode 193: Denial
Episode 192: Tricks of the Mind
Episode 191: Optimism vs. Hopelessness
Episode 190: Labeling Ourselves
Episode 189: The Power To Think Is Our Power To Change
Episode 188: Polarization
Episode 187: Feeling Hopeless and Afraid?
Episode 186: Panic: Is It Helpful?
Episode 185: Does Productivity Enhance Well-Being?
Episode 184: The Illusion of Thought, Part 3
Episode 183: The Illusion of Thought, Part 2
Episode 182: The Illusion of Thought, Part 1
Episode 181: The Gift of Acceptance
Episode 180: Accountability and Change vs. Intellectual Understanding
Episode 179: How Do We Know When We're Accessing Wisdom?
Episode 178: Sadness Without Suffering
Episode 177: What Does Innate Health Mean for Us?
Episode 176: Anxiety
Episode 175: High IQ and Low Level of Consciousness
Episode 174: Accountability and Responsibility
Episode 173: Perfectionism
Episode 172: Anger: Taking Things Personally Without Realizing It
Episode 171: Diagnoses Reveal Insecure Thoughts
Episode 170: Escaping Negative Thinking
Episode 169: Caught Up in Negative Thinking?
Episode 168: When Am I Ready To Share What I Understand?
Episode 167: What We Do With Problems
Episode 166: What's the Big Deal About "Mixing?"
Episode 165: Words We Use That Are Often Misinterpreted by the Intellect
Episode 164: Effortless Change vs. Trying To Change
Episode 163: Episode No Longer Available
Episode 162: What Do We Mean by "Reflection"
Episode 161: Figuring It Out vs. Listening From a Quiet Mind
Episode 160: The Principles Are Not a Method, They're the Explanation of Life
Episode 159: Dreams: Daymares and Nightmares
Episode 158: Shutting Down Our Old Thinking
Episode 157: Mistaking Creating Our Experience of Reality for "Manifesting"
Episode 156: Always Seeing Something New
Episode 155: Changing Our Minds
Episode 154: Separate Realities
Episode 153: The Principles Are Not a Thing
Episode 152: Levels of Understanding the Illusion of Thought
Episode 151: Taking Things Personally
Episode 150: The Weakness of Positive Thinking
Episode 149: The Principles Are Alive, Not Theoretical
Episode 148: Judgements Part 2: When Judgement Is Discernment
Episode 147: Judgements Part 1: Are They Always Bad?
Episode 146: Being Ordinary Is Everything
Episode 145: Stress and Anxiety Around the Holidays
Episode 144: [Rerun] Episode 107: Our Innate Nature Is Pure Love
Episode 143: Shame
Episode 142: It's Not a Profession; It's a Personal Experience
Episode 141: Why Don't I Have Better Friends?
Episode 140: Guilt
Episode 139: Psychology Is Spiritual
Episode 138: Acting Spiritual vs. Understanding the Spiritual Nature of Life
Episode 137: Humility
Episode 136: How Do We Know What the Words Mean?
Episode 135: Searching or SEEING?
Episode 134: It's ALL Thought
Episode 133: Feeling Your Feelings?
Episode 132: What If the Principles "Aren't Working" for You?
Episode 131: The Invisible Power of Memory
Episode 130: The Power of Quiet
Episode 129: What Is a Happy Life?
Episode 128: Happiness Is the Goal of Therapy
Episode 127: What DO We Do With Clients, if Not Working On Their Problems
Episode 126: If We Don't Fix "Issues," What Do We Do?
Episode 125: Good Feelings Don't Come From "Learning" the Three Principles
Episode 124: Why Do People Think We're a Cult?
Episode 123: The "Process" of Change
Episode 122: Getting Lost in the Memory Library
Episode 121: "Positive" Feelings vs. "Finding the Feeling"
Episode 120: Trauma-Focused vs. Wisdom-Focused Approach
Episode 119: Getting To Know Yourself
Episode 118: Seeing Hopelessness for What It Is
Episode 117: Addicted to Thought
Episode 116: Insights Lead Us to Growth and Change
Episode 115: Nurturing the Well-Being in Your Children
Episode 114: Can Sexual Trauma Break You?
Episode 113: Understanding "Disorders" of the Brain, Part 2
Episode 112: Understanding "Disorders" of the Brain, Part 1
Episode 111: What Do We Mean by "Impersonal?"
Episode 110: Listen for the Feeling
Episode 109: Does Your Body Have a Mind of Its Own?
Episode 108: Overthinking? Or Enjoying the Feeling?
Episode 107: Love, Part 3: Our Innate Nature Is Pure Love
Episode 106: Love, Part 2: How State of Mind Affects Our Relationships
Episode 105: Love, Part 1: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Episode 104: Gratitude
Episode 103: Nobody Else Knows What You Should Do
Episode 102: What Is Free Will?
Episode 101: The Addiction We Have To Figuring Things Out
Episode 100: What Is Ego?
Episode 99: Wisdom vs. The Intellect in Therapy
Episode 98: Psychological Innocence
Episode 97: Separate Realities
Episode 96: The Past, Part 3: How the Past Tricks and Serves Us
Episode 95: The Past, Part 2: Psychology and the Past
Episode 94: The Past, Part 1: What Is the Past, Really?
Episode 93: Explaining the DSM-5
Episode 92: Why Does Doing Horrendous Things Look Like a Good Idea to Some People?
Episode 91: Is Violence Really a Mental Health Issue?
Episode 90: Discovery of Spiritual Nature vs. Creation of Beliefs
Episode 89: A "Thing" or a "Thought?"
Episode 88: FEELING vs. feelings
Episode 87: Don't Get Distracted by Details
Episode 86: Finding Common Ground: The Illusion of Separate Realities
Episode 85: It Can't Be That Simple!
Episode 84: Flight Into Health
Episode 83: The Illusion of Moods
Episode 82: Traditional Therapy Inadvertently Creates Dependency in Clients and Burnout in Therapists
Episode 81: What if "Being Happy" Was the True Goal of Therapy?
Episode 80: Decision-Making: Knowing When It's Right
Episode 79: Just Be You
Episode 78: The Principles Point to Prevention, as Well as Cure
Episode 77: What About Personality Disorders?
Episode 76: Recovering From Relationships
Episode 75: Life: Taking It as It Comes
Episode 74: Why "The Program"
Episode 73: How This Shift in Psychology Could Help the World
Episode 72: Addiction to the Intellect
Episode 71: Innate Health Is the Heart of Well-Being
Episode 70: Living in Love vs. Self-Love
Episode 69: Do You Really Need a Toolbox?
Episode 68: Trauma-Focused Treatment vs. Health-Focused Treatment, Part 2
Episode 67: My Diagnosis Is Not Who I Am
Episode 66: Trauma-Focused Treatment vs. Health-Focused Treatment
Episode 65: Insight vs. Belief
Episode 64: Understanding Principles vs. Theories
Episode 63: Toxic Positivity?
Episode 62: New Year's Inspirations vs. Resolutions
Episode 61: Quiet Is Not the Same as Slowing Down
Episode 60: Evolving Nature of Our Work
Episode 59: [Rerun] Episode 2: Why Psychology Has It Backwards
Episode 58: Focusing on Fixing What's Wrong
Episode 57: Stress Is Not a Thing, Part 2
Episode 56: Stress Is Not a Thing
Episode 55: "Intelligent" vs. "Intelligence"
Episode 54: What About Boundaries?
Episode 53: How We Talk Ourselves Out of Doing Things
Episode 52: The Key To Letting Go of Hurt Feelings
Episode 51: Trying Is Backwards
Episode 50: Thought-Body Connection
Episode 49: Searching vs. SEEING
Episode 48: Dealing With "Problems"
Episode 47: Focusing on the Feeling, Part 2: Spirituality
Episode 46: Focusing on the Feeling of Innate Health
Episode 45: Mental Health Is Do-It-Yourself
Episode 44: We Don't Have To Live up to Expectations Psychology Creates About How To React to Our Experiences
Episode 43: The Magic of Insight
Episode 42: State of Mind
Episode 41: Mindfulness: Getting Closer
Episode 40: Cognitive Therapies: Better But Still Backwards
Episode 39: The Diagnosis Trap, Part 2
Episode 38: The Diagnosis Trap
Episode 37: The Simplicity of Happiness
Episode 36: Why People Do Things They Don't Want to Do
Episode 35: The Myth of Problem-Solving
Episode 34: Wisdom
Episode 33: The Ripple Effect of Our Personal Change
Episode 32: Changing Gracefully
Episode 31: How Consciousness Works
Episode 30: Thought Content Is Individual
Episode 29: The Power of Thought Is Universal
Episode 28: How Understanding Helps to Regain Balance After Loss
Episode 27: It's More Than Just a Catchy Title, Part 2
Episode 26: It's More Than Just a Catchy Title, Part 1
Episode 25: Moods and Relationships
Episode 24: Moods: Having Them Without Them Having You
Episode 23: Self, Ego, and Other Illusions
Episode 22: The Power of Slowing Down
Episode 21: Burnout
Episode 20: Levels of Consciousness
Episode 19: Security and Insecurity
Episode 18: Is the Tail Wagging the Dog?
Episode 17: Reflection vs. Analysis
Episode 16: Forgive Yourself; Forgive Others
Episode 15: Psychological Innocence: The Foundation of Forgiving
Episode 14: Transcending Addictions
Episode 13: Explaining Addictions
Episode 12: Don't Let Anyone Tell You You Can't Get Better
Episode 11: Surviving the Holidays, the Pandemic, and Everything Else
Episode 10: Depression: You're Not Stuck With It
Episode 9: Isn't Everyone Anxious?
Episode 8: Can We Get Beyond Trauma?
Episode 7: What Is a Diagnosis?
Episode 6: What Are the Principles?
Episode 5: What Is Innate Health?
Episode 4: Listening and Insight
Episode 3: How Do We See Psychology Differently?
Episode 2: Why Psychology Has It Backwards
Episode 1: Introduction