Dr. Woods talks about apologizing.  She believes that there are times when saying you are sorry means you feel the energy of someone's pain or anger as well as your own. She stresses that sorry does not mean you take it all back rather it means you are ready to move forward. Sorry is an offering that comes from strength and compassion. It is the real sign of strength. She also shares that if someone will not accept your apology, do not let it upset you and don't take it personal.  You have done your best to remedy the situation, and you offered a sincere apology and the person has made a choice to not accept it, bless them and move on.

After a year off, Dr. Woods joins Septic Radio and talks about suffering. She believes often  people are passionate about their suffering and thinks that some people suffer because they are suffering. Dr. Woods explains that it is hard to believe that people are attached to their own do not want to heal rather they want to feed their emotional suffering. She talks about once people step up to the plate and make the choice to change, they can then make the choice not to suffer because they suffer. In order to do this, she feels people need to believe themselves and build better self-esteem.

Join Dr Tyler Woods as she talks about the DSM 5. Many in the field of psychology arr statting that the approval of the DSM 5 is a sad day indeed for because virtually every emotion experienced by a human being — sadness, grief, anxiety, frustration, impatience, excitement — is now being classified as a “mental disorder” demanding chemical treatment (with prescription medications, of course).

Tyler talks about how the latest manual will result in the mass over diagnosis of people who are actually quite normal. She believes that people with actual psychiatric problems and effectively treated are already badly shortchange. She shares her concern about damaging conflict of interest with the financial ties between drug companies since of the  68% of the experts appointed by the American Psychiatric report economic ties with drug companies.

Join her and she shares her concerns and a great tip for your mental well being.

Dr. Woods talks about when she was a kid living on a ranch and how tall the trees were. She remembers the during lightening storms, she would get upset thinking one of the very tall trees that surrounded her ranch would fall over and crush her.  What she failed to recognize as a child that she recognizes as an adult is that the rains made the trees strong and the roots deeper.

Join Tyler Woods as she talks about how life's storms can actually make people stronger much like the trees. She agrees that life will offer us many scary storms and our goal is to learn how to get strength and grow tall from the storms life offers us.

This week Dr Tyler Woods talks about teaching people to walk in peace one-step at a time. She says that she loves what peace symbolizes and how it feels. Finding peace isn’t always easy, yet it is necessary to achieve a balance in our life to keep us healthy.

This week she will examine ways to find peace whether it be through gratitude, understanding fear, steering clear of negative people, or even dealing with regrets. Maintaining  your inner peace can be difficult however, learning what affects our peace of mind, and discovering ways to keep the peace, is a sure way to walk in peace.

Dr Woods asks the question, since when did a normal response require an antidepressant? She questions why people are put on antidepressants for grief. According to the Mayo Clinic, Prozac and other SSRI'S are used to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), bulimia nervosa, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), and panic disorder. Nowhere does it say Prozac or any antidepressant of any kind is used to treat grief. That is because grief is not a pathology, and it certainly is not a medical condition. Grief isn't something that people just get over. Grief is a part of life.

Grief is missing someone we once loved who is no longer here with us. Grief just means we loved. Love does not require medications with horrid side effects. Grief requires our attention that is because it is a process, a journey.

Dr Woods talks about emotional injuries today and suggests that these injuries should not define us. It is important to recognize it happened, and she even suggests that  maybe it is there to awaken us, to inform us, to remind us how strong we have the potential to be.

She believes pain gives us the possibilities to living in peace.  Life is the evolution of consciousness. When we become more conscious, we begin to realize how attached we are to our injury, our emotional hurt or pain. By staying in the present with our pain and healing it rather than using it as a crutch, we become stronger and more accountable in our life. You don't need to be your pain and emotional injury, you can be the strength that comes from healing it and letting it go by recycling it for the greater good.

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Dr Tyler Woods talks about faith. She explains that losing faith isn’t about religion as much as just being able to trust the process in the very moment. Sometimes, all we can do is just be in that moment and have faith that the next breath will come and that is not losing faith as much as recognizing that we all still have faith.

She explains how looking at faith from a “religionless” point of view can be interesting.  She states that faith is not about  God as much as faith is in the universe and trusting it’s process. Faith should come from within. She explain that life happens and when we begin to understand to understand that, we are able to breathe deeper and more fully and trust. Learn a little about faith whether we like it or not.

Join Dr Woods as she talks about gossip.  She examines what is gossip and why do people do it. She believes that gossip is spreading discontent with intent. It is nothing more than insults, judgments and criticisms. She shares how it is people needing to feel good about themselves by talking about others’ errors and faults.

Tyler explores some of the reasons why people gossip and believes there are  there are several reasons why people have the need to spread gossip. People are discontent with their own lives and need to feel the drama. When you think about it, drama gives these people attention. People get in the habit because that may be the only way they can get attention. She talks about how gossip is about making others look bad so the person gossiping looks good.

Listen to the advice she offers so you can clear yourself from these perpetrators of character and learn to ignore the gossiper. It is important to know that the people who gossip about you are suffering from emotional imbalances and they need to create imbalance for others. Remove these people from your life and maintain your balance.

Dr. Woods explores kindness. She asks, what is kindness? The dictionary would say it is the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.  Kindness is to live to one’s essence to live in touch with our very soul. I think kindness is a way of being, a way of acting and clearly a way of responding. Kindness is the universal language we all know it. All of us have experienced random acts of kindness, and we all love it no matter how grumpy and angry you are. Kindness is love in action, and whether you are kind or not, learn the acts of kindness to all, because it is the greatest healer of all time.

Kindness is the original antidepressant. You see , when you receive an act of kindness or when you see kindness, or when you offer kindness, the serotonin in your brain increases.  That is what antidepressants do. So why take harmful medications that only work for 50% of the people, when you can just live a life incorporating kindness?

In fact, Scientific studies show that there is a strong link between gratitude and  kindness and overall good health, including stress reduction, depression, inner peace and happiness. This could help issues such as PTSD, anxiety, anger issues, and addictions.

kindness may have profound effect on our happiness and mental health according a study conducted by researchers at Harvard Business School and the University of British Columbia. They concluded that kindness gives a sense of euphoria may add a heightened sense of well-being. The initial reactions from an act of kindness may lead to a sense of connectedness with others. Even just thinking and talking about kindness can improve happiness and peace.

A great quote from the Dalai Lama sums it all up;  “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”