Summary:

Welcome to Happiness Simplified, a weekly podcast where we teach you about simple things to make your life awesome. In Episode #16, Kayvon and Dai discuss the key to clarity, exercises to help you find it with greater ease, and how confusion is frequently tied to challenging childhood experiences.

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Time Stamped Show Notes: ● 00:58 – Dai shares how he’s doing while on the road ● 01:31 – How Kayvon is doing o 02:05 – Kayvon’s father had health issues o 03:34 – Kayvon’s friend on EMDR therapy ● 04:10 – “We all have memories that are traumatic” ● 04:33 – Starting to live your life from belief o 05:09 – Identifying beliefs from early childhood ● 05:32 – The EMDR therapist alters the association and puts a new belief o 06:51 – Kayvon underwent EMDR sessions o 07:47 – “Stories develop in our minds through habitual choices” ● 09:25 – Habits as an excuse ● 10:08 – “We use different reasons as alibis to NOT change” ● 10:50 – Kayvon’s example from medical school ● 11:56 – Action orientation ● 12:45 – EMDR is pragmatism o 13:51 – Kayvon researched about EMDR o 14:48 – EMDR is Kayvon’s way to get clarity ● 15:32 – Dai turning away from alcohol ● 17:51 – A lot of personal habits are influenced early in life ● 18:15 – Living in the same pattern is similar to addiction ● 19:22 – Where Kayvon is right now in his EMDR therapy ● 20:33 – “Let the new level of clarity come up” ● 21:30 – Take time to explore and navigate ● 22:26 – TRY this EXERCISE o 23:01 – Get a sheet of paper o 23:14 – Column 1 – Write… o 23:47 – Column 2 – Write… o 24:04 – Column 3 – Write… ● 25:24 – The freedom model ● 27:42 – Some habits are just automatic ● 28:07 – Try the two exercises in one ● 29:48 – We encourage you to participate! ● 30:30 – Connect with Dai and Kayvon on Twitter

3 Key Points: 1. Beliefs come from personal memories. 2. Memories play a great part on your life choices. 3. People use reasons to use as alibis for not changing.

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