Your First Therapy Session
The first thing to look for when purchasing therapy, as in buying a used car, is knowing what you’re looking for.
What Is Intelligence and What Can You Do With It? (podcast $)
Intelligence is variously defined and plays different roles. Intelligence tests mirrors the history of psychology as a tool for marketing and propaganda. They mask your deeper self.
The Fourth Leg: Creativity (podcast $)
Psychotherapy recognizes three foundational areas: conscious intention, subconscious feelings, and habitual behaviors. Creativity is different, and it is overlooked.
Empathy Versus Synchrony (podcast $)
We say that empathy creates change, but it’s really synchrony that does it.
Sociogeny Recapitulates Ontogeny
“The burned hand learns best,” means you learn from errors that you can reverse, not from burning down the house.
Listen To Your Body ($)
Your physical best is when your metabolism, internal rhythms, mental focus, and purpose are aligned. This is equanimity.
Conversation With Rich Bennett, Rewire Your Brain for Growth (podcast)
You’re not your cognitive thoughts. You’re not your ideas. You are what you’re brain responds to.
Stepping Around Paranoia (podcast $)
Fear is a pervasive warning that diverts our attention from small matters of maintenance. Somewhat ironically, it can lead us into danger.