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Psychology Has It Backwards — 216 episodes

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Episode 216: Freedom With Accountability

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Episode 215: Insecure Thinking Keeps Us Focused on Flaws, Not Gifts

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Episode 214: Getting Caught Up

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Episode 213: Insight

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Episode 212: The Power of Presence

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Episode 211: Thought Is Neutral; What We Make of It Is Personal

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Episode 210: The Power of Belief and Groupthink

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Episode 209: Listening for and Living From Insight

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Episode 208: Living Life Fully From the Feeling of Ease

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Episode 207: The Power of Hope

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Episode 206: Trying, Seeking, and Doing

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Episode 205: Natural Self-Esteem

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Episode 204: The Power of Innate Health

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Episode 203: What We Mean by "Deep Feelings"

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Episode 202: Minding Our Own Business

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Episode 201: What Does It Mean To Be "The Thinker?"

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Episode 200: What Do We Mean by "Going Deeper"

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Episode 199: What Explains Psychological Shifts?

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Episode 198: Believing in Our Own BS

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Episode 197: You're Not Special. Unique, Maybe, but Not Special

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Episode 196: Common Misunderstandings, Part 2

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Episode 195: Common Misunderstandings, Part 1

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Episode 194: Going Too Fast and Missing the Point of Living

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Episode 193: Denial

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Episode 192: Tricks of the Mind

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Episode 191: Optimism vs. Hopelessness

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Episode 190: Labeling Ourselves

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Episode 189: The Power To Think Is Our Power To Change

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Episode 188: Polarization

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Episode 187: Feeling Hopeless and Afraid?

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Episode 186: Panic: Is It Helpful?

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Episode 185: Does Productivity Enhance Well-Being?

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Episode 184: The Illusion of Thought, Part 3

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Episode 183: The Illusion of Thought, Part 2

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Episode 182: The Illusion of Thought, Part 1

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Episode 181: The Gift of Acceptance

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Episode 180: Accountability and Change vs. Intellectual Understanding

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Episode 179: How Do We Know When We're Accessing Wisdom?

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Episode 178: Sadness Without Suffering

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Episode 177: What Does Innate Health Mean for Us?

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Episode 176: Anxiety

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Episode 175: High IQ and Low Level of Consciousness

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Episode 174: Accountability and Responsibility

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Episode 173: Perfectionism

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Episode 172: Anger: Taking Things Personally Without Realizing It

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Episode 171: Diagnoses Reveal Insecure Thoughts

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Episode 170: Escaping Negative Thinking

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Episode 169: Caught Up in Negative Thinking?

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Episode 168: When Am I Ready To Share What I Understand?

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Episode 167: What We Do With Problems

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Episode 166: What's the Big Deal About "Mixing?"

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Episode 165: Words We Use That Are Often Misinterpreted by the Intellect

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Episode 164: Effortless Change vs. Trying To Change

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Episode 163: Episode No Longer Available

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Episode 162: What Do We Mean by "Reflection"

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Episode 161: Figuring It Out vs. Listening From a Quiet Mind

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Episode 160: The Principles Are Not a Method, They're the Explanation of Life

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Episode 159: Dreams: Daymares and Nightmares

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Episode 158: Shutting Down Our Old Thinking

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Episode 157: Mistaking Creating Our Experience of Reality for "Manifesting"

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Episode 156: Always Seeing Something New

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Episode 155: Changing Our Minds

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Episode 154: Separate Realities

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Episode 153: The Principles Are Not a Thing

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Episode 152: Levels of Understanding the Illusion of Thought

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Episode 151: Taking Things Personally

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Episode 150: The Weakness of Positive Thinking

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Episode 149: The Principles Are Alive, Not Theoretical

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Episode 148: Judgements Part 2: When Judgement Is Discernment

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Episode 147: Judgements Part 1: Are They Always Bad?

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Episode 146: Being Ordinary Is Everything

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Episode 145: Stress and Anxiety Around the Holidays

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Episode 144: [Rerun] Episode 107: Our Innate Nature Is Pure Love

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Episode 143: Shame

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Episode 142: It's Not a Profession; It's a Personal Experience

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Episode 141: Why Don't I Have Better Friends?

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Episode 140: Guilt

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Episode 139: Psychology Is Spiritual

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Episode 138: Acting Spiritual vs. Understanding the Spiritual Nature of Life

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Episode 137: Humility

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Episode 136: How Do We Know What the Words Mean?

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Episode 135: Searching or SEEING?

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Episode 134: It's ALL Thought

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Episode 133: Feeling Your Feelings?

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Episode 132: What If the Principles "Aren't Working" for You?

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Episode 131: The Invisible Power of Memory

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Episode 130: The Power of Quiet

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Episode 129: What Is a Happy Life?

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Episode 128: Happiness Is the Goal of Therapy

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Episode 127: What DO We Do With Clients, if Not Working On Their Problems

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Episode 126: If We Don't Fix "Issues," What Do We Do?

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Episode 125: Good Feelings Don't Come From "Learning" the Three Principles

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Episode 124: Why Do People Think We're a Cult?

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Episode 123: The "Process" of Change

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Episode 122: Getting Lost in the Memory Library

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Episode 121: "Positive" Feelings vs. "Finding the Feeling"

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Episode 120: Trauma-Focused vs. Wisdom-Focused Approach

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Episode 119: Getting To Know Yourself

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Episode 118: Seeing Hopelessness for What It Is

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Episode 117: Addicted to Thought

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Episode 116: Insights Lead Us to Growth and Change

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Episode 115: Nurturing the Well-Being in Your Children

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Episode 114: Can Sexual Trauma Break You?

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Episode 113: Understanding "Disorders" of the Brain, Part 2

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Episode 112: Understanding "Disorders" of the Brain, Part 1

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Episode 111: What Do We Mean by "Impersonal?"

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Episode 110: Listen for the Feeling

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Episode 109: Does Your Body Have a Mind of Its Own?

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Episode 108: Overthinking? Or Enjoying the Feeling?

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Episode 107: Love, Part 3: Our Innate Nature Is Pure Love

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Episode 106: Love, Part 2: How State of Mind Affects Our Relationships

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Episode 105: Love, Part 1: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

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Episode 104: Gratitude

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Episode 103: Nobody Else Knows What You Should Do

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Episode 102: What Is Free Will?

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Episode 101: The Addiction We Have To Figuring Things Out

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Episode 100: What Is Ego?

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Episode 99: Wisdom vs. The Intellect in Therapy

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Episode 98: Psychological Innocence

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Episode 97: Separate Realities

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Episode 96: The Past, Part 3: How the Past Tricks and Serves Us

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Episode 95: The Past, Part 2: Psychology and the Past

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Episode 94: The Past, Part 1: What Is the Past, Really?

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Episode 93: Explaining the DSM-5

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Episode 92: Why Does Doing Horrendous Things Look Like a Good Idea to Some People?

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Episode 91: Is Violence Really a Mental Health Issue?

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Episode 90: Discovery of Spiritual Nature vs. Creation of Beliefs

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Episode 89: A "Thing" or a "Thought?"

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Episode 88: FEELING vs. feelings

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Episode 87: Don't Get Distracted by Details

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Episode 86: Finding Common Ground: The Illusion of Separate Realities

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Episode 85: It Can't Be That Simple!

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Episode 84: Flight Into Health

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Episode 83: The Illusion of Moods

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Episode 82: Traditional Therapy Inadvertently Creates Dependency in Clients and Burnout in Therapists

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Episode 81: What if "Being Happy" Was the True Goal of Therapy?

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Episode 80: Decision-Making: Knowing When It's Right

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Episode 79: Just Be You

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Episode 78: The Principles Point to Prevention, as Well as Cure

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Episode 77: What About Personality Disorders?

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Episode 76: Recovering From Relationships

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Episode 75: Life: Taking It as It Comes

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Episode 74: Why "The Program"

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Episode 73: How This Shift in Psychology Could Help the World

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Episode 72: Addiction to the Intellect

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Episode 71: Innate Health Is the Heart of Well-Being

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Episode 70: Living in Love vs. Self-Love

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Episode 69: Do You Really Need a Toolbox?

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Episode 68: Trauma-Focused Treatment vs. Health-Focused Treatment, Part 2

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Episode 67: My Diagnosis Is Not Who I Am

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Episode 66: Trauma-Focused Treatment vs. Health-Focused Treatment

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Episode 65: Insight vs. Belief

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Episode 64: Understanding Principles vs. Theories

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Episode 63: Toxic Positivity?

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Episode 62: New Year's Inspirations vs. Resolutions

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Episode 61: Quiet Is Not the Same as Slowing Down

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Episode 60: Evolving Nature of Our Work

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Episode 59: [Rerun] Episode 2: Why Psychology Has It Backwards

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Episode 58: Focusing on Fixing What's Wrong

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Episode 57: Stress Is Not a Thing, Part 2

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Episode 56: Stress Is Not a Thing

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Episode 55: "Intelligent" vs. "Intelligence"

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Episode 54: What About Boundaries?

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Episode 53: How We Talk Ourselves Out of Doing Things

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Episode 52: The Key To Letting Go of Hurt Feelings

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Episode 51: Trying Is Backwards

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Episode 50: Thought-Body Connection

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Episode 49: Searching vs. SEEING

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Episode 48: Dealing With "Problems"

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Episode 47: Focusing on the Feeling, Part 2: Spirituality

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Episode 46: Focusing on the Feeling of Innate Health

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Episode 45: Mental Health Is Do-It-Yourself

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Episode 44: We Don't Have To Live up to Expectations Psychology Creates About How To React to Our Experiences

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Episode 43: The Magic of Insight

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Episode 42: State of Mind

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Episode 41: Mindfulness: Getting Closer

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Episode 40: Cognitive Therapies: Better But Still Backwards

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Episode 39: The Diagnosis Trap, Part 2

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Episode 38: The Diagnosis Trap

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Episode 37: The Simplicity of Happiness

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Episode 36: Why People Do Things They Don't Want to Do

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Episode 35: The Myth of Problem-Solving

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Episode 34: Wisdom

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Episode 33: The Ripple Effect of Our Personal Change

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Episode 32: Changing Gracefully

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Episode 31: How Consciousness Works

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Episode 30: Thought Content Is Individual

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Episode 29: The Power of Thought Is Universal

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Episode 28: How Understanding Helps to Regain Balance After Loss

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Episode 27: It's More Than Just a Catchy Title, Part 2

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Episode 26: It's More Than Just a Catchy Title, Part 1

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Episode 25: Moods and Relationships

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Episode 24: Moods: Having Them Without Them Having You

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Episode 23: Self, Ego, and Other Illusions

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Episode 22: The Power of Slowing Down

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Episode 21: Burnout

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Episode 20: Levels of Consciousness

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Episode 19: Security and Insecurity

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Episode 18: Is the Tail Wagging the Dog?

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Episode 17: Reflection vs. Analysis

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Episode 16: Forgive Yourself; Forgive Others

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Episode 15: Psychological Innocence: The Foundation of Forgiving

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Episode 14: Transcending Addictions

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Episode 13: Explaining Addictions

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Episode 12: Don't Let Anyone Tell You You Can't Get Better

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Episode 11: Surviving the Holidays, the Pandemic, and Everything Else

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Episode 10: Depression: You're Not Stuck With It

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Episode 9: Isn't Everyone Anxious?

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Episode 8: Can We Get Beyond Trauma?

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Episode 7: What Is a Diagnosis?

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Episode 6: What Are the Principles?

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Episode 5: What Is Innate Health?

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Episode 4: Listening and Insight

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Episode 3: How Do We See Psychology Differently?

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Episode 2: Why Psychology Has It Backwards

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Episode 1: Introduction