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Overcoming self-sabotage | Victoria Rivera
EPISODE 7 | SEASON 2 | HEALTHIER TODAY
Overcoming self-sabotage | Victoria Rivera
Victoria has spent the last 15 years as a holistically oriented psychotherapist striving for emotional and mental balance for everyone. In conversation with host Jared, Victoria discusses the importance of mental health, what a psychotherapist is and does, and the impact of stress from early childhood. Listen on for a conversation about touch hunger, how poverty affects mental health, and how many things in life are geared towards survival.
- What a psychotherapist is and does [0:44]
- How psychotherapy involves many disciplines [2:57]
- Why we don’t have full control over our bodies to make the right decisions [4:18]
- Why we overthink and have a hard time interpreting text messages [5:57]
- How emojis convey emotions effectively [7:12]
- Victoria talks about how it is always important to always perceive information as positive [8:02]
- Why horror movies are stressful but highly entertaining and the impact they have on health [10:03]
- How we define what stress is and the difference between good and bad stress [13:04]
- When stress becomes good and helps you adapt [14:24]
- Parenting and the role of stress [15:11]
- How stress from early childhood affects their adulthood [18:02]
- Why everything is all geared towards survival [20:01]
- Confinement and the COVID perspective [21:40]
- Why it feels lonely despite a growing world population [23:26]
- The COVID pandemic, touch hunger, and the importance of touch from an early age [26:22]
- Why touch is essential for survival [28:41]
- Why you can’t think your way out of stress [30:29]
- Why meditation is not thinking your way out of stress [33:27]
- Why breathing is the key to de-activating nervous system [35:30]
- How poverty affects mental health [37:37]
- How poverty can influence one’s health and mental state [40:37]
- What living healthy today means for Victoria [42:32]
- What Victoria would tell her 18 year-old self [45:45]
- Victoria’s parting advice [47:23]
CONNECT WITH VICTORIA RIVERA
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Psychology Today articles
CONNECT WITH JARED TALAVERA
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HEALTHIER TODAY TEAM
Host: Jared Talavera
Co-host/Voiceover artist: Yani Harris
Assistants: Taneer and Atkia Sadia
Script writer: Brian Ariotti
Audio production: Resonate Recordings.
DISCLAIMER
Information from the Healthier Today podcast is for informational purposes only. Please speak to a health professional for specific individual health advice.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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By Jared TalaveraEPISODE 7 | SEASON 2 | HEALTHIER TODAY
Overcoming self-sabotage | Victoria Rivera
Victoria has spent the last 15 years as a holistically oriented psychotherapist striving for emotional and mental balance for everyone. In conversation with host Jared, Victoria discusses the importance of mental health, what a psychotherapist is and does, and the impact of stress from early childhood. Listen on for a conversation about touch hunger, how poverty affects mental health, and how many things in life are geared towards survival.
- What a psychotherapist is and does [0:44]
- How psychotherapy involves many disciplines [2:57]
- Why we don’t have full control over our bodies to make the right decisions [4:18]
- Why we overthink and have a hard time interpreting text messages [5:57]
- How emojis convey emotions effectively [7:12]
- Victoria talks about how it is always important to always perceive information as positive [8:02]
- Why horror movies are stressful but highly entertaining and the impact they have on health [10:03]
- How we define what stress is and the difference between good and bad stress [13:04]
- When stress becomes good and helps you adapt [14:24]
- Parenting and the role of stress [15:11]
- How stress from early childhood affects their adulthood [18:02]
- Why everything is all geared towards survival [20:01]
- Confinement and the COVID perspective [21:40]
- Why it feels lonely despite a growing world population [23:26]
- The COVID pandemic, touch hunger, and the importance of touch from an early age [26:22]
- Why touch is essential for survival [28:41]
- Why you can’t think your way out of stress [30:29]
- Why meditation is not thinking your way out of stress [33:27]
- Why breathing is the key to de-activating nervous system [35:30]
- How poverty affects mental health [37:37]
- How poverty can influence one’s health and mental state [40:37]
- What living healthy today means for Victoria [42:32]
- What Victoria would tell her 18 year-old self [45:45]
- Victoria’s parting advice [47:23]
CONNECT WITH VICTORIA RIVERA
Facebook | Instagram |LinkedIn | YouTube | Website
Psychology Today articles
CONNECT WITH JARED TALAVERA
Facebook | Instagram |Twitter | Blog
HEALTHIER TODAY TEAM
Host: Jared Talavera
Co-host/Voiceover artist: Yani Harris
Assistants: Taneer and Atkia Sadia
Script writer: Brian Ariotti
Audio production: Resonate Recordings.
DISCLAIMER
Information from the Healthier Today podcast is for informational purposes only. Please speak to a health professional for specific individual health advice.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.