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E35. Brains & Bookworms: Psychology of Success Through Reading

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E35 - “Brains & Bookworms: Psychology of Success Through Reading"

(Special Guest & Literacy Champion: Dr. Danny Brassell)

Have you ever wondered where you might stumble upon that mythical magical elixir of SUCCESS?

TBALrs do we have a show for YOU today!!! We’ll help solve YOUR success dilemma. Our Special Guest is Dusting off & Uncorking the bottled up genie of an age-old super secret success elixir . . . JUST for you!!!

And at the end of the episode....something FREE...from our “Temporal Lobe Jedi”, Dr. Danny Brassell

TherapyBites is ranked one of the top 10% most popular shows out of 3,022,316 podcasts globally, ranked by Listen Score of 28 (the estimated popularity score).

STAY TUNED FOR:

***Dr. Ima’s A.R.T. LAB Guest Analysis

***Dr. Danny’s FAVORITE “READING SUCCESS” hack!

***Doc Heath’s end of interview “Beneath the Deep, Dark Recesses” Quirky Guest Question

Live the A.R.T. LIFE! Become a TBAL TeamMate inner circle supporter on Patreon at patreon.com/TherapyBites

Show Your TBAL Team spirit & Buy Us A Cup of Coffee, which helps FUEL purchases of HIGH OCTANE equipment & resources that get POURED back into PERCOLATING highly CAFFEINATED CONTENT for YOU! Just click https://www.buymeacoffee.com/g6rLIt6PXu

This episode’s “Unleash the Literacy Genie” Quote: “Books are GATEWAY DRUGS to success.” - Doc Heath

Go to https://TherapyBites.myshopify.com & grab some Dr. Danny 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: A highly-sought after speaker, trainer and coach known as “Jim Carrey with a Ph.D.,” Dr. Danny Brassell has spoken to over 3,000 audiences worldwide and authored 16 books, including his latest, “Leadership Begins with Motivation”. He is the co-founder of www.theREADINGhabit.com, the world’s top reading engagement program.

TOP TAKEAWAYS:

  1. TREASURES & SECRETS to success HIDDEN in books
  2. Leadership success is BUILT on BOOKS
  3. Reading is the Foundation of Positive success habits
  4. Reading Kids are Healthy & Successful Kids

SPECIAL SEGMENTS IN TODAY’S SHOW

***Fresh from the Therapy Couch...with Doc Heath for stories of Hurting, Helping, & Healing: Axl Rose’s Psychotherapy Journey

***A.R.T. LAB Library CouchCrumbs Quote on “Moldy Thoughts”.

MORE INFO from Dr. Danny Brassell, go to: freeGIFTfromDANNY.com FREE e-copy of Dr. Danny’s book "Read, Lead & Succeed" (inspirational quotes, stories, & adult- and children's-level book recommendations). FREE access to a "5-day reading challenge" digital training for parents to help their children read more, read better, & love reading.

NEXT EPISODE - “Uncaged: Psychology of Self-Healing” with Special Guest & TRAUMA SURVIVAL SPECIALIST Charles Smith.

Visit the TBAL Team Page: TherapyBites A.R.T. LAB

Full show notes & transcript at https://therapybites.podbean.com/e/bookworms

Want to Dig Deeper into Today’s Topic?

Keskin, H. K. (2013). Impacts of reading metacognitive strategies and reading attitudes on school success. International Journal of Academic Research, 5(5), 312-317.

Logan, J. A., Justice, L. M., Yumus, M., & Chaparro-Moreno, L. J. (2019). When children are not read to at home: The million word gap. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 40(5), 383-386.

Radtke, S. R., Muskett, A., Coffman, M. F., & Ollendick, T. H. (2022). Bibliotherapy for specific phobias of dogs in young children: a pilot study. Journal of child and family studies, 1-11.

FOR OUR READERS . . . GOBBLE UP THE WHOLE THING!!! (Transcript): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t7fxTv1mGgL4UqQUIlV1GCrLMxjZ6ZgyE9wMBxs_5tY/edit?usp=sharing

E34 - Living in Your Own Spotlight: Psychology of Starring in YOUR OWN Life!

(Special Guest, Dr. Noah St. John - “Father of afFORmations”, & “The Mental Health Coach to The Stars”)

AUDIENCE/Problem the TBAL Team Can Help You Solve Today: Are YOU sabotaged by stinking HEAD TRASH? Could the landscape of YOUR life use some afFORMation expertise? How about some simple techniques for discovering YOUR special place in the universe?

STAY TUNED FOR:

***Dr. Ima’s A.R.T. LAB PMS Performance Guest Analysis

***(GUEST’s) FAVORITE “AFFORMATION” hack!

***Doc Heath’s end of interview “Beneath the Deep, Dark Recesses” Quirky Guest Question for Dr. Noah!

Live the A.R.T. LIFE! Become a TBAL TeamMate inner circle supporter on Patreon at patreon.com/TherapyBites

Show Your TBAL Team spirit & Buy Us A Cup of Coffee, which helps FUEL purchases of HIGH OCTANE equipment & resources that get POURED back into PERCOLATING highly CAFFEINATED CONTENT for YOU! Just click https://www.buymeacoffee.com/g6rLIt6PXu

This episode’s AFFORMATIONAL Quote”: “We develop patterns in our brains; THEN we become SLAVES to those patterns whether HEALTHY or UNhealthy.” - Doc Heath

Go to https://TherapyBites.myshopify.com & grab some Dr. Noah St. John 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: DR. NOAH ST. JOHN is known worldwide for working with Hollywood celebrities, 8-figure company CEOs, professional athletes, top executives & elite entrepreneurs. Noah’s mission is eliminating “Not-Enoughness” from the world, having appeared on over 1,000 media outlets including ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, & MORE.

***Stay Tuned after the interview for A.R.T. LAB’s Chief Shrinkstigator, Dr Ima’s ON THE COUCH Psycho-Malarky Scale (PMS) Special Guest Analysis.

TOP TAKEAWAYS:

  1. The power of self-created mental patterns
  2. We FALL to the level of our THINKING
  3. Unconscious Habits of Highly Successful People
  4. “Noah’s A.R.C. Method” to break any bad habit in 21 days or LESS
  5. Dr. Noah’s Freedom Lifestyle Formula

SPECIAL SEGMENTS IN TODAY’S SHOW

***A.R.T. LAB Creature Feature w/SAFARI SARAH foraging for the fickle FORTUNE-TELLING N.A.T.

***TherapyBites Psych-Secrets w/Doc Heath on the AVALANCHE of DIAGNOSTIC LABELING MADNESS!

MORE INFO from Dr. Noah, go to: Send Audience To:https://SendMeaBookNoah.com Get his NEW book “Get Rid of Your Head Trash About Money” for FREE! And there’s MORE! Go to: FreeGiftFromNoah.com

NEXT EPISODE - “Brains & Bookworms: Psychology of Success through Reading” with Special Guest & Bookworm Brainiac Dr. Danny Brassell.

Visit the TBAL Team Page: TherapyBites A.R.T. LAB

Full show notes & transcript at https://therapybites.podbean.com/e/spotlight

Want to Dig Deeper into Today’s Topic?

Ada, E. N., Comoutos, N., Karamitrou, A., & Kazak, Z. (2019). Relationships between dispositional flow, motivational climate, and self-talk in physical education classes. Physical Educator, 76(2), 357-384.

Cohen, G. L., & Sherman, D. K. (2014). The psychology of change: Self-affirmation and social psychological intervention. Annual review of psychology, 65, 333-371.

Fritsch, J., Feil, K., Jekauc, D., Latinjak, A. T., & Hatzigeorgiadis, A. (2022). The relationship between self-talk and affective processes in sports: a scoping review. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-34.

FOR OUR READERS . . . GOBBLE UP THE WHOLE THING!!! (Transcript): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mBxf8nUCSFF-fB315AG1ic8U7f8K13queYWA9QxflpA/edit?usp=sharing

Next Episode

E36 - Uncaged: Psychology of Self-Healing

(Special Guest & U.S. Army Veteran, Charles Smith)

WARNING: Beware of proceeding if ALLERGIC to challenging THOUGHTS!

Today’s episode is for those HURTING from past HARMS . . . Anyone waiting for difficult EMOTIONS to subside . . . Everyone HEALING from past TRAUMAS.

TherapyBites is one of the top 10% MOST POPULAR shows out of 3,025,720 podcasts globally, ranked by a Listen Score of 28 (the estimated popularity score). https://lnns.co/5w6Liy_9hnS

STAY TUNED FOR:

***Dr. Ima’s PMS Guest Analysis

***Vet Smith “SELF-HEALING” hack!

***Doc Heath's “Beneath the Deep, Dark Recesses”

Live the A.R.T. LIFE! Become a TBAL TeamMate inner circle supporter on Patreon at patreon.com/TherapyBites

Show Your TBAL Team spirit & Buy Us A Cup of Coffee, which helps FUEL purchases of HIGH OCTANE equipment & resources that get POURED back into PERCOLATING highly CAFFEINATED CONTENT for YOU! Just click https://www.buymeacoffee.com/g6rLIt6PXu

IN THIS EPISODE . . . Army Vet Charles Smith uncovers the psychological pathway of radical-acceptance, resilience-building, & how a trained U.S. Army Veteran struggled through homelessness to hope & found healing.

“Trauma is self-acceptance struggling to the surface of consciousness .” - #DocHeath

Go to https://TherapyBites.myshopify.com & grab Vet Smith 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 has travelled that long recovery road. Charles is a lifelong survivor of multiple traumas; from being orphaned as a child to becoming a homeless veteran, & surviving a suicide attempt.

“Seeing all the homeless heroes/veterans, I began to realize I wasn't alone. Life kicks a lot of us in the ass. It’s up to us if we lay down and die with the words “F*** you world!” carved in our arms, OR we get up, brush the dust off, & keep moving forward!” —U.S. Army Veteran Charles Smith

TOP TAKEAWAYS:

1. Healing Isn't Found in Hiding

2. Finding Meaning in Struggle

3. Motivation NOT Dependent on EMOTIONS

4. Healing Power of Inspiring OTHERS

5. Helping OTHERS through YOUR Lived Experience

SPECIAL SEGMENTS IN TODAY’S SHOW

***Let’s Get Ready to REASON...w/Doc Heath on Social Media SMACKDOWN!

***A.R.T. LAB Creature Feature w/SAFARI SARAH

MORE INFO from Veteran Smith, go to: https://www.lifelongexperience.net/memoir

NEXT EPISODE - “"Hiding INSIDE Yourself: Psychology of Self-Confidence” w/Special Guest & Fitness Success Coach Ann Marie Lawrence.

Visit the TBAL Team Page: TherapyBites A.R.T. LAB

Full show notes & transcript at https://therapybites.podbean.com/e/uncaged

Want to Dig Deeper into Today’s Topic?

Cunningham, K. C., LoSavio, S. T., Dennis, P. A., Farmer, C., Clancy, C. P., Hertzberg, M. A., ... & Beckham, J. C. (2019). Shame as a mediator between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and suicidal ideation among veterans. Journal of affective disorders, 243, 216-219.

Koenig, H. G., Youssef, N. A., & Pearce, M. (2019). Assessment of moral injury in veterans and active duty military personnel with PTSD: A review. Frontiers in psychiatry, 10, 443.

Van Voorhees, E. E., Resnik, L., Johnson, E., & O'Toole, T. (2019). Posttraumatic stress disorder and interpersonal process in homeless veterans participating in a peer mentoring intervention: Associations with program benefit. Psychological services, 16(3), 463.

FOR OUR READERS . . . GOBBLE UP THE WHOLE THING!!! (Transcript): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_PNmYGO-3iuz-O_fmQJPjJe5zNYr0zB-yv42tTeiVG0/edit?usp=sharing

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