By Kyle MacDonald - Psychotherapist
The podcast currently has 49 episodes available.
What is reality? It’s a philosophical question. Are we, like in the film “The Matrix”, all living in a computer simulation? This week on The Confident Mind I discuss how our perception of reality is unlikely to be a computer simulation, but however is nonetheless different for all of us. And may be limited by our own perceptions, feelings and past experiences. Mindfulness helps us be more aware of reality, and over time re-define it for ourselves.
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We all lie, all the time. That’s what I talk about this week on The Confident Mind podcast. Honesty is a virtue we all hold to be worthwhile, but human nature means that we lie to others and most often ourselves, all the time. Reality is painful but mindfulness helps us to be able to tolerate reality, and ultimately be more honest with ourselves, and others.
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This week on the Confident Mind I talk about sadness and how one of the ways that depression happens is when we get stuck in sadness, and allow it to define our sense of ourselves. I discuss research that shows that when we practice mindfulness meditation it decreases our tendency to define ourselves by our emotions, and allows our experience of different feelings to just come and go.
To see more about my online treatment program to help you Overcome Social Anxiety, which is “Pay What You Want” (yes really, $1, $5, $50 it’s up to you!) go to: overcomingsocialanxiety.com/program
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This week on the Confident Mind I talk about procrastination, what it is, what makes some people more prone to experience it and some easy to implement strategies, mindfulness based of course, to overcome it.
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This week on The Confident Mind I talk with comedians Kade Nightingale and Jeremy Rolston about their new stand up comedy show “You, Me and O.C.D”. They’ve both been diagnosed with O.C.D which happens to have the silver lining of being great inspiration for comedy. We talk about the show, and their own experiences of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: good, bad and everything in between.
AND if you’re in Auckland, New Zealand you can see the show between 23rd April -1st May at 10.00pm at the Montecristo, 53 Nelson Street, Auckland Central.
Tickets are available via eventfinda.co.nz
To see more about my online treatment program to help you Overcome Social Anxiety, which is “Pay What You Want” (yes really, $1, $5, $50 it’s up to you!) go to: overcomingsocialanxiety.com/program
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This week on the Confident Mind, I talk about how I’m a hypocrite. In fact, we all are. I explore the ways that hypocrisy can be a useful driver of behaviour and attitudinal change, and also a hurtful and unhelpful way of thinking about our won natural inconsistencies as human beings. Included is a brief self compassion mindfulness exercise.
To see more about my online treatment program to help you Overcome Social Anxiety, which is “Pay What You Want” (yes really, $1, $5, $50 it’s up to you!) go to: overcomingsocialanxiety.com/program
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This week on the Confident Mind, I talk about online bullying, and my thoughts on why it seems to be more prevalent. I explain the role of narcissism and empathy failure in bullying, and how this is a particular risk with online relating. And I suggest how mindfulness can help us all be more thoughtful and careful with each other online.
To see more about my online treatment program to help you Overcome Social Anxiety, which is “Pay What You Want” (yes really, $1, $5, $50 it’s up to you!) go to: overcomingsocialanxiety.com/program
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I’ve had an unexpectedly busy week, and so rather than leave you with no Podcast to listen to, here’s an earlier episode to tide you over…
In this weeks Confident Mind Podcast I introduce secondary emotions, how they contribute to escalating patterns of emotions and how panic is really “fear of fear.” I explore how mindfulness helps with Panic Attacks and secondary emotions, and how to practice observing fear and panic thoughts. Included is a brief mindfulness exercise on observing the pulse.
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This week on the Confident Mind, it’s all about motivation: what it is and how to get more of it. Or more specifically how mindfulness can help us overcome a lack of motivation, and do hard things. I talk about the paradox of motivation, and how dealing with a lack of motivation is really about working with our emotions more effectively.
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This week on the Confident Mind I talk about research that suggests that Facebook use is related to depression, and how a recent study suggests that these results are driven by the impact of social comparisons. I explore what social comparisons are and the down sides of social media, as well as giving some tips about how to maximise your use of social media, and why you might benefit form a “digital detox.”
To see more about my online treatment program to help you Overcome Social Anxiety, which is “Pay What You Want” (yes really, $1, $5, $50 it’s up to you!) go to: overcomingsocialanxiety.com/program
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The podcast currently has 49 episodes available.