My dear friend Lani returns to the podcast to talk about her latest book, Mindfulness, published under the Conscious Care Guides imprint.
We had our usual freewheeling conversation, with some tears and lots of laughter.
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My favorite mind-body science stress performance guy, Glenn Murphy of Stressproof.net, and I kicked around the concept of mental chatter and how we can perform at our best when the voice in our head is getting in the way.
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When your mind tells you that you’ll never change, and that you’re destined to keep struggling forever with diet, or exercise, or any other bad habit, it’s easy to convince yourself to give up.
But there’s a simple “mind hack” that you can employ, to change your inner dialog, that can give you the tools you need to keep making progress.
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Thanksgiving is a time for family, tradition, and gratitude. So what do we do when we can’t be near our families? When we can’t participate in our traditions? When we feel anything *but* grateful?
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Steven C Hayes is the originator of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or Acceptance and Commitment Training, take your pick), one of the most important psychological approaches of the past 100 years.
Why the high praise? For several reasons:
ACT is evidence-based
ACT is learnable
ACT is actionable
ACT can be practiced and shared by pretty much any human in any role, unlike most therapies that require degrees and certifications.
ACT is built from the ground up from fundamental theories of human cognition and behavior
ACT seeks to create mental health, rather than simply address mental illness
In our conversation, we tackled the question that has vexed so many philosophers: Why is it so damn hard to be a human?
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Glenn Murphy returns to Plant Yourself to talk about how we can self-regulate our emotions and actions during a time of great societal upheaval and division.
We talk about our own impulses to “fight” with others, and where there’s a messy intertwining of good intentions and unresolved psychological issues.
We discuss the physiology of the stress response, particularly as it relates to the shame and guilt that accompanies some of our attempts to right wrongs and redress injustices.
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Most of my work as a health coach involves helping people respond differently to stimuli.
That is, develop the ability to make different choices when confronted with tempting foods, tempting environments, tempting people, and tempting sensations, emotions, and thoughts.
Think about it – NOT having that ability basically means you’re a robot, a machine. If you can’t control your responses, you have no freedom.
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Shay Seaborne is a trauma survivor, educator, and activist dedicated to demystifying trauma and helping people heal from – and with – Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD).
In our far-ranging conversation, we covered the origins of trauma, the mistaken societal beliefs that reinforce trauma and get in the way of healing, and ways of empowering trauma survivors to reconnect with their bodies.
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One of the factors that weakens any system – a garden, a community, a nation – is lack of diversity.
Monocultures provide economies of scale, but also opportunities for scaled disaster. A messy, diverse ecosystem is far healthier and more resilient.
Today I talk about how we support diversity in our garden, and why the messiness and inefficiency is more than compensated for in terms of yield and risk management.
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In tough times, you might expect people to hunker down and hoard what’s theirs.
We see some of that these days, for sure.
But we also see incredible displays of generosity. I personally am benefiting from the generosity of my listeners as I broadcast from lockdown in South Africa.
Today I talk about how generosity benefits us as givers and receivers.
