Personal Synthesis

It is nice to be in a good mood and can be quite daunting when in a bad mood, as it can affect every aspect of our lives. The good news is that we are not completely powerless in this respect. There are things we can do about our moods. In this podcast, we will discuss how to affect intense or prolonged bad moods; how to affect mild or transient bad moods; as well as how to create and maintain desirable states of mind. 

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Don't you like excitement? Of course, you do. Life would be boring without the spice of excitement. But excitement, understood as the intensity of our positive and negative experiences, has its downside too. Very often, it is not our emotional reaction that is a problem but its intensity. That intensity made you send that email or tweet, which you bitterly regrated later; or lash out at the person you love; or crash your phone. So, let's see what we can do about being a bit more in charge of our excitement. 

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Do you sometimes struggle with your emotional reactions? Do you sometimes feel that they are overpowering? If so, you are not alone. In this episode, we discuss how to manage our emotional reactions and how to train ourselves to gain greater emotional freedom. 

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What to do with our feelings? We can’t live without them, but it is not always easy to live with them – particularly if we believe we are at their mercy. In this podcast, we make a case that we don’t have to be just a leaf in the wind of our feelings and discuss some steps that we can take to be more in charge of them. 

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In this episode, we compare and examine the pros and cons of two concepts: self-esteem and self-respect. Self-respect is often neglected and it can be even more important than self-esteem.  

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Try to change which sock you put first when you get up in the morning, and you will see that making a change is not easy. But persisting with the change may be an even greater challenge. In this episode, we discuss three secret ingredients for making lasting changes.

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In this episode, we compare two basic attitudes towards ourselves, acceptance and rejection, and argue that acceptance is a better starting point for constructive change than rejection. We also offer some suggestions on how to deal with guilt and shame. For more on this topic visit https://www.personalsynthesis.com/

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This is the first Personal Synthesis podcast episode in which we discuss Self-awareness. We cover the importance of self-awareness, some challenges to self-awareness and ways to overcome them. For more details, please visit PersonalSyntehsis.com

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This is the introduction to Personal Synthesis, the most comprehensive personal development guide covering all the important areas of personal development. For further details, please check personalsynthesis.com.

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