Psychology Has It Backwards

Moods significantly impact our interactions, shaping the emotional climate in relationships. Understanding this connection can enhance communication and foster compassion. Recognizing transient feelings helps navigate complex family dynamics and workplace interactions. A heartfelt story illustrates the beauty of empathy in conflict, stressing the importance of listening over reacting. Ultimately, deep self-awareness and acknowledgment of moods pave the way for healthier, more fulfilling relationships.

Explore how our thoughts generate our moods and the power of shifting our mindset to control and improve our emotions. Learn about the transitory nature of moods and strategies for managing bad moods to find resilience. Discover how mood affects problem-solving and the importance of confronting ego and insecurities for clearer thinking.

Delving into the illusions of self-image and ego, the podcast explores the impact of our ever-changing thoughts on our sense of self. It discusses the interconnected nature of all beings and the importance of letting go of constant self-monitoring for true peace and self-awareness. The speakers reflect on personal experiences of self-analysis, negative self-talk, and the journey towards empowerment through self-definition and liberation from past perceptions.

Explore the benefits of slowing down in a fast-paced world, from improving productivity and mental clarity to embracing stillness amidst busyness. Discover how internal reflection can lead to profound external changes, shifting mindset for a more fulfilling life.

Burnout is a significant concern for helping professionals, often linked to compassion fatigue. The discussion encourages a mindset shift towards present awareness, highlighting the power of self-care and hope. Personal stories reveal how focusing on innate mental well-being fosters resilience. It's emphasized that repetitive issue discussions can trap clients in burnout, and restoring hope can lead to more effective therapy. The impact of individual thought processes on emotional health is also explored, along with strategies to manage and reframe thoughts.

This is an expression that describes where we are in our recognition that our experience of life events is created by our own thinking about them. As our level of consciousness rises, circumstances have less and less power to affect us. We know that we can look away from our personal, often insecure thinking about them, and quiet our minds to allow our wisdom to surface. As we come to count on wisdom, we gain confidence that we "know" how to handle our lives.Support the show

Insecurity is a thought-created state of mind that creates feelings of self-doubt, suspicion, anxiety, alienation from others, discomfort... all kinds of negative feelings. It dissipates and resolves into increasing levels of security as our awareness of the role of thought increases. We all live in up and down feelings of security and insecurity, but as our understanding deepens, insecurity passes more quickly without engaging us.Support the show

Looking at "fixing" the past, or behaviors, or outcomes to help people find happiness is really like suggesting to a sad dog that he just wag his tail and he'll feel much better. The Principles suggest a new direction; solve the underlying misunderstanding of how Thought works and how we function psychologically, and we don't need to fix anything. We see how to operate from understanding and leave the past behind to create from each moment.Support the show

 Analysis is an overuse of personal thinking, and keeps us stuck with what we already think and know. Reflection is the opening for wisdom and insight, and allows us to rise above our past thinking and circumstances and create anew. Unfortunately, most of us have learned we need to analyze our problems to fix them, and we innocently hold them in place. Reflection brings answers and a change in direction. Support the show

With an understanding of the Principles, we can find forgiveness for ourself and others, and still maintain accountability. When we see psychological innocence, we see how people get trapped in insecure dysfunctional thinking that makes sense to them at that time. Once we understand that cycle, and learn to take such thoughts as warnings to slow down, forgiveness makes sense.Support the show