E29. The Power of Love: Psychology of Surviving & Thriving
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01/12/23
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The Power of Love: Psychology of Surviving & Thriving
(Special Guest & Trauma Hero: KIM SORRELLE)
Today’s guest is a cancer-surviving, entertaining widow and an expert on love. She dishes up inspiration with a side of humor and life-application for dessert. Join us & learn the 4-letter word that will ROCK your world & HEAL your life.
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IN THIS EPISODE . . . Join KIM SORRELLE, Doc Heath, & The TBAL Team on a journey through the eyes of a TRAUMA HERO who found inspiration, healing, and humor along the way and on the other side of tragedy.
Go to https://TherapyBites.myshopify.com & grab some KIM SORRELLE GUEST MERCH, specially designed to help keep this episode’s message “TOP of MIND” in your life! Don’t forget friends & family members who could use a mental boost too.
TODAY'S SPECIAL GUEST is the director of a humanitarian organization, popular speaker, & the author of two books. Her 1st book, “Cry Until You Laugh”, is about her & her husband's battle with cancer after being diagnosed just 4-months apart. Her 2nd book, “Love Is”, chronicles her year long quest to figure out the TRUE meaning of LOVE during a sometimes funny, sometimes scary, always enlightening journey that led to life-changing discoveries found mostly on the streets of Haiti.
TOP TAKEAWAYS:
- Tragedy is often BURSTING with MEANING
- Healing from TRAGEDY is found in SERVICE to others
- “Wallowing” is the OPPOSITE of HEALING
- Behavioral Activation versus Behavioral DE-activation
- Theology of LOVE & “The LOVE Chapter”
- Love is NOT a transactional ROI equation
- GENUINE LOVE is a “ONE-WAY Sacrifice”
SPECIAL SEGMENTS IN TODAY’S SHOW
***A.R.T. LAB Creature Feature on a fishing expedition for slippery “Grey Herrings”
***Doc Heath’s PsychSecrets on the Bubbling Influence of Trauma
“The ABSENCE of depression requires the PRESENCE of behavioral activation.” - Doc Heath
MORE INFO from KIM SORRELLE and a FREE book, go to:
https://www.kimsorrelle.com/copy-of-love-challenge
WEBSITE: https://www.kimsorrelle.com
NEXT EPISODE - “KILLER STORIES: Psychology of Psychopaths” with Special Guest, Television Writer, & MASTER of MURDER MATT WITTEN.
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Full show notes & transcript at https://therapybites.podbean.com/e/poweroflove
Want to Dig Deeper into Today’s Topic?
Meszaros, J. T. (2021). Sacrifice and the Self. Love as Common Ground: Essays on Love in Religion, 215.
Thomas, J. L. (2019). Is the desire for a meaningful life a selfless desire?. Human Affairs, 29(4), 445-452.
van Ackeren, M., & Archer, A. (2020). Introduction: Self-Sacrifice and Moral Philosophy. In Sacrifice and Moral Philosophy (pp. 1-7). Routledge.
Wegemer, C. M. (2020). Selflessness, depression, and neuroticism: An interactionist perspective on the effects of self-transcendence, perspective-taking, and materialism. Frontiers in psychology, 11, 2556.
FOR OUR READERS . . . GOBBLE UP THE WHOLE THING!!! (Transcript): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dm_bU77KlJBs8zxEdj540V-gzNOb1ufkBhE2-GI7kQI/edit?usp=sharing
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E28. COLLABRADABRA - Magical Psychology of Collaborative Conversations
January 11, 2023
•63m
Collabradabra- Magical Psychology of Collaborative Conversations
(Special Guest & Communication Magician: Peter Anthony)
Do you STRUGGLE to connect with customers, coworkers, friends and family members? Is communication
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IN THIS EPISODE . . . Join Collabradabra Magician PETER ANTHONY, Doc Heath, & The TBAL Team to discover the deep MAGIC of meaningful communication.
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TODAY'S SPECIAL GUEST: Peter Anthony is an author, speaker & Master in Professional Communication. As an expert in collaboration, Peter has run workshops for thousands, across 12 countries, over 20 years. He consults to Fortune 500 companies to help them achieve better, smarter outcomes from more effective internal & external relationships. His book “Collabradabra” highlights the six moments that matter to maximize collaborative outcomes one conversation at a time.
TOP TAKEAWAYS:
- Everyone is selling SOMETHING . . . in business and personal relationships
- Focus on SERVICE over and above SALES
- Neuroscience of Face-based communication
- Mindfully considering our own THOUGHTS & MOTIVES
- Seeking to understand BEFORE being understood
- COLLABRADABRA SECRETS:
- Collaborative Intention is Essential
- Mindset of Optimism Matters
- Engagement with Authenticity
SPECIAL SEGMENTS IN TODAY’S SHOW
***Let’s Get Ready to REASON...with Doc Heath on a Social Media SMACKDOWN vs the Instagram account “MH Advocates” posting pseudo-psychological nonsense on “gas-lighting” anti-free speech, walk on eggshells wackiness.
***A.R.T. LAB Library CouchCrumbs Quote on engineering our thoughts.
“When you have a hard time SHUTTING someone up; try LISTENING to them INSTEAD.” - Doc Heath
MORE INFO from PETER ANTHONY, go to:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Collabradabra-Peter-J-Anthony/dp/064681074X
Peter’s book explains the “Collabradabra” process step-by-step.
NEXT EPISODE - “Power of Love: Psychology of SURVIVING & THRIVING"” with Special Guest & Survival Superhero KIM SORRELLE
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Full show notes & transcript at https://therapybites.podbean.com/e/collabradabra
Want to Dig Deeper into Today’s Topic?
Falk, E.B., & Scholz, C. (2018). Persuasion, Influence, and Value: Perspectives from Communication and Social Neuroscience. Annual Review of Psychology, 69, 329–356.
Schore, A. N. (2019). Right brain psychotherapy (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology). WW Norton & Company.
Tavakoly Sany, S., Behzhad, F., Ferns, G. et al. Communication skills training for physicians improves health literacy and medical outcomes among patients with hypertension: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Health Serv Res 20, 60 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4901-8
FOR OUR READERS . . . GOBBLE UP THE WHOLE THING!!! (Transcript): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u-eJVDEXRQyHH7UsC_qVaIWHw5pmPh2WKPmeTVdio9Y/edit?usp=sharing
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E30. Killer Stories: Psychology of Psychopathy
January 17, 2023
•78m
Killer Stories: Psychology of Psychopathy
(Special Guest, Author, & Psychopath Whisperer: MATT WITTEN)
Love killer thrillers? Ever wondered about the darkness in the minds of killers & psychopaths? How can we understand the mentality of MURDER?
STAY TUNED FOR:
***Matt’s FAVORITE “Get away with Murder” hack!
END of EPISODE TREATS:
***Doc Heath’s “Beneath the Deep, Dark Recesses” Question for Matt at the end of the interview.
***Dr. Ima’s Special Guest Pseudo-Malarky Scale Analysis
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IN THIS EPISODE . . . Join author MATT WITTEN, Doc Heath, & The TBAL Team. Discover the DARKNESS & desperation of murderous minds, psychopaths, & why the public seems so mesmerized by murder mystery mayhem.
This episode’s “Doc Heath Quote”: “All killers create their FIRST murders in their MIND.”
Go to https://TherapyBites.myshopify.com & grab some MATT WITTEN GUEST MERCH, specially designed to keep this episode’s message “TOP of MIND” in your life! Don’t forget friends & family members could use a mental boost too.
TODAY'S SPECIAL GUEST: Matt Witten, TV writer & novelist, has written for House, Pretty Little Liars, Law & Order, CSI:Miami, & completed 6 novels including The Necklace, which has been optioned for film by Leonardo DiCaprio. Matt won the Malice Domestic Award (that sounds kinda scary) & was nominated for two Edgars and an Emmy. His latest novel is Killer Story; set in the world of true-crime podcasting. He is currently writing a pilot for NBC.
TOP TAKEAWAYS:
1. How to Bring A Murderer to Life
2. The psychopath that may be living next door?
3. Writing & hanging onto sanity
4. Best way to survive MATT’s psychopath?
5. Do you have to be a psychopath to write about a psychopath?
6. Killer Secrets: Writing Murder & Managing Fame
7. 4-Factor Psychopathy Model: Interpersonal, Affective, Lifestyle, Antisocial
SPECIAL SEGMENTS IN TODAY’S SHOW
***FRESH FROM THE THERAPY COUCH w/ Doc Heath & REAL LIFE stories of hurting, helping, & healing discussing RELATIONSHIP THERAPY FROM HELL.
***A.R.T. LAB COUCH CRUMBS QUOTE
MORE INFO from MATT WITTEN, go to: https://mattwittenwriter.com where you can learn more about him, his novels, & TV episodes; get writing tips; and read a short story and a TV pilot for free
NEXT EPISODE - “Quantum Leaps: Psychology of Falling Down Getting Up” with Special Guest & Vertical Hero Michael Harris”.
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Full show notes & transcript at https://therapybites.podbean.com/e/psychopathy
Want to Dig Deeper into Today’s Topic?
De Brito, S. A., Forth, A. E., Baskin-Sommers, A. R., Brazil, I. A., Kimonis, E. R., Pardini, D., ... & Viding, E. (2021). Psychopathy. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 7(1), 1-21.
Kamaluddin, M. R., Mahat, N. A., Mat Saat, G. A., Othman, A., Anthony, I. L., Kumar, S., ... & Ibrahim, F. (2021). The psychology of murder concealment acts. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(6), 3113.
Sellbom, M., & Drislane, L. E. (2021). The classification of psychopathy. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 59, 101473.
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