After reviewing the past three episodes of Franklin's Virtues, Jane realizes that "Resolution" is her weakest. She further "resolves" to unclutter her house, among other tasks. This week's recording session, Jane introduces "Grammar for a Full Life," by Lawrence Weinstein, 200+ pages, knocked out in one sitting!

Here's Part 1 of two parts....

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Final of a three part series.

Part 2 in the series "Franklin's Virtues"

Jane and Yergz return, post-Super Bowl, to talk about Benjamin Franklin's study of virtuous behavior.

Part 1, in a three part series.

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At Episode 3, Jane and Yergz finally tell you what they've been doing, and where we're going this season!

Continued discussion on happiness, and a lack of causing suicide.

In the Season 2 opener, Jane and Yergz discuss the recent Super Bowl, Taylor Swift, Swifties, and Happiness and Swift Haters.

Are you a Taylor Swift fan? Are you a good Christian? The hypocrisy of "love thy neighbor," and the excuses used to hate someone who lives there.

But it's not long before the conversation turns to happiness, or a potential lack thereof. Join Jane and Yergz for Part 1 in a two part series.

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After tweaking some technical issues, Yergz and Jane continue with a quick discussion on the editing process for each episode.

Then they begin the "study" of happiness with David Burns' "Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy." There are ten Chapters that they skimmed and will examine further in the future:

All or Nothing Thinking

If you don’t achieve, you’ve failed

“Which is it? Yes, or No?”

Over Generalization

See one event as a never-ending pattern of defeat

Mental Filter

Single negative detail and dwell

Drop of ink discolors the entire beaker

Disqualifying Positive

Reject Positive experience because they don’t count

“Negative Nancy”

Jumping to Conclusions

Negative determination with no info

Mind reading

Presume someone is negative with no cause

Fortune Teller

You just know…

Magnification / Minimization

Exaggerate in one direction or the other

The binocular trick

Seeing things incorrectly

Emotional

Feelings aren’t facts

Should Statements

Should / Shouldn’t

Must / ought

Label / Mislabel

Extreme for of over-exaggeration

Highly colored, emotionally loaded

Personalization

Wrongly see self as cause of negative external event

Additional chapters include:

Practical Application

Build Self esteem

Realistic Depression

Sad v Depressed

Prevention / Personal Growth

Dare to Be Average

Ways to overcome Perfectionism

Defeating Hopelessness & Suicide

Coping w stresses and strains

Chemistry of Mood

Guide to anti-depression and drug therapy

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For the end of our First Season, we matched with the end of the current NFL season, and discuss the "controversy" of what is Taylor Swift, the Kelce brothers, "Dark Joe Biden," and Tucker Carlson's suicidal tendency with a Chief's victory.

This was a perfect segue into our new series of topics for Season Two: Happiness and Suicide.

See you in Season Two!

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