From Both Sides Of The Couch: Self-Awareness, Psychology & Mindfulness for Women

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In this episode, Dr. Little introduces some of the research behind psychedelics and mental health. She shares key contributors to the field such as Johns Hopkins Center for Consciousness Research and MAPS. She discusses the abundance of research that shows how medicines such as Psilocybin and MDMA can help illness such as Major Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD and addiction. 

Dr. Little also shares her personal story of how she became introduced to psychedelics and what she has learned on her journey. 

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In this episode, I visit with my longtime friend and colleague, Lindsey House, RD. Lindsey is a dietitian & Personal Trainer turned accountability coach.  We talk about themes such as balancing acceptance and change, taking risks and facing vulnerability, and the importance of staying focused on our own journeys rather than comparing ourselves to others.

Lindsey has been my personal inspiration for giving me the courage to start this podcast so I was very grateful she could be my first interview. 

Lindsey's personal mission is to help individuals take action to achieve exciting results, such as:

-Letting go of the all-or-nothing mentality (overcoming perfectionism)

-Getting off the sidelines in life and feeling energetic enough to participate

-Decreasing joint soreness to enjoy something as big as travel and small as playing on the floor with grandkids

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Episode 6:

In this episode, Dr. Little shares three ways you can change the way you talk to yourself.

Step One: Increase awareness of what you are saying to yourself.

Step Two: Change your negative thought to a neutral or more compassionate thought

Step Three: Practice the new healthy thought with visual and other artistic reminders.

Dr. Little discussed why asking "why?" is not the quickest strategy to change.

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In this episode, Dr. Little defines gratitude and why it is so important to build a joy-filled life. She discusses some research about the benefits of building a gratitude practice on our emotional, social and physical health. Dr. Little then shares simple, actionable steps you can take to start turning your mindset into a more positive, grateful one.

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Episode 5:

In this episode, Dr. Little shares three reasons why you might be having difficulty learning how to be mindful and to listen to your inner wisdom. She discusses how shame, guilt and anxiety all contribute to the challenges of going within. 

Dr. Little provides several ways that you can begin to address these obstacles. By going slowly, using mantras and practicing self compassion, you can learn how to sit in solitude and start to hear and trust everything that your mind and body have to share with you. 

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Episode 4:

In this Episode, Dr. Little talks about Self Sabotage: The endless number of ways that we try to solve a problem in the moment but end up wreaking havoc on our long term goals or health. Dr. Little shares two examples of women she has worked with, Mary and Jessica, who engage in emotional eating and online shopping, to help manage their feelings. 

Dr. Little shows a 3-step process for breaking the cycle.

• Step One: Increase awareness through journaling to better understand all of the situations, thoughts and feelings that trigger the urge.

Dr. Little also shares an important life philosophy, cultivated by DBT, that “Everyone at every moment is doing the best they know how.” She shares why this life philosophy is essential to understanding and making behavioral changes.

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Episode 3:

In this Episode, Dr. Little describes invalidation and how this is linked to our difficulties listening to and trusting our Inner Healing Intelligence. Invalidation is the experience of someone telling us that we are not feeling or experiencing what we think we are feeling or experiencing, or, that we should not be thinking or feeling a certain way. Invalidation tells us that we are wrong in some way. Validation is the opposite, it is the experience of being heard and understood. Validation is an expression of empathy. 

When we are chronically invalidated by others, we begin to invalidate ourselves. We start to lack trust in ourselves and frequently feel like we need to look to others to tell us how we should feel or what we should do. 

Dr. Little discusses the signs to look out for when you are invalidating yourself and how to turn your thoughts around so that you can be more validating, kind and compassionate to yourself. She shares how mindfulness is an essential tool to help you get more practiced at self validation. With time and practice, validating yourself will be the first step towards listening to and trusting your own inner wisdom. 

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Episode 2:

In this episode, Dr. Little shares the definition of Mindfulness and why it is crucial to learn and practice this skill if you wish to have a joyful, meaningful life and why it is a prerequisite to learning to hear and trust your own Inner Healing Intelligence.

Dr. Little discusses how Mindfulness means “Observing without judgment.” She shares the many ways that we can practice mindfulness as well as key concepts to keep in mind when beginning to practice. She encourages listeners to begin practicing mindfulness in small ways throughout each day. 

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Episode 1: What is "Inner Healing Intelligence?"

In this episode, Dr. Little defines Inner Healing Intelligence as “The wisdom that is within each of us that is always guiding us towards health and growth.” Dr. Little discusses how her training as a clinical psychologist for nearly 25 years, with a specialty in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and psychedelic assisted psychotherapy helped to inform her understanding of this inner wisdom.

Dr. Little reviews three key reasons why individuals often have difficulty listening to and trusting their Inner Healing Intelligence including: a history of being invalidated, a history of engaging in significant self-sabotaging behaviors and a fear of what might happen when we are silent and go within. 

Dr. Little also discusses the topics of stigma in mental illness and psychedelics and encourages listeners to stay open minded if these topics are new or uncomfortable. 

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Join host Dr. Laurie Little for the Inner Healing Intelligence Podcast. Dr. Little brings her nearly 25 years of experience as a clinical psychologist to the show, sharing insights, stories and specific actionable steps that you can take to learn to trust your own Inner Healing Intelligence. Your inner wisdom is there for you to help teach you how to build a joyful and meaningful life. 

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