Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow ™ Ep. 251 Bonus: 90 Seconds to a Life You Love and the Capacity to Change with Dr. Joan Rosenberg
Today I am honored to connect with my friend and colleague, Dr. Joan Rosenberg! She is a highly-regarded psychologist, master clinician, trainer, consultant, cutting-edge psychologist, and the author of the book 90 Seconds to a Life You Love.
Joan is a dear friend who is absolutely brilliant and very wise! She has a broad range of experience, both as a clinician and as a professor. As a clinical psychologist, she is known for her concept of working through uncomfortable feelings. In this episode, we dive into how our childhoods impact our ability to express ourselves and the understanding that if we have the capacity to think, we can change. We discuss uncomfortable feelings, triggers, awareness, and reframing. We speak about experiences versus disconnection, resilience, and the benefits of facing our pain. We also get into the goals of communication, incongruent thoughts and actions, growth, generosity, compliments, and humility.
This conversation is one of my recent favorites! I hope you will love it, too!
IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:
- How our capacity to think allows us to learn new things and change, regulate our feelings and emotions, and express what we are experiencing.
- How our childhood impacts our ability to express ourselves and talk about our feelings.
- Why do we need to develop the skills to express ourselves and regulate our emotions?
- Why do we want to distract ourselves from unpleasant feelings?
- How do feelings relate to our experience of aliveness?
- We have the capacity to shift and change throughout our lifetime.
- Dr. Joan discusses eight unpleasant feeling states to which most of us can relate.
- How Dr. Joan helps her patients reframe vulnerability.
- What helps us build confidence and resilience?
- What can we do to improve our communication skills?
- How to deal with incongruence between words and behavior.
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