The Mental Health Boot Camp Podcast

How does nutrition influence emotion? Can changing your diet really make an impact on your mental health? Where can I find a driver's side rear quarter window for a 2001 Toyota Land Cruiser? All of these questions and more as the Mental Health Book Club reviews Uma Naidoo's book "This is your brain on food: An indispensable guide to the foods that fight depression, PTSD, ADHD, Anxiety, OCD, and more." Spoiler alert: Western diet bad, Mediterranean diet good. 

#Psychology #Food #Nutrition #MindGut #Saffron #WesternDiet

How do you help clients overcome adversity and obstacles? What role does courage play and how do you help foster courage in your clients? After a brief discussion of #tickletrunk culture we welcomed Shawn Marsolais, a visually impaired counselor and Olympian to discuss overcoming adversity, adopting a #limitless mindset, and tapping into courage. 

#limitless #courage #blindness #adversity #perseverence #Olympics 

Shawn's website/documentary/nonprofit: https://www.blindbeginnings.ca

Through My Eyes Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ70qvn_p-s&t=58s

Limitless podcast: https://www.blindbeginnings.ca/limitless/

What are defense mechanisms? Where do they come from and what is their function? Are they always unhealthy? We welcomed Dr. Stephen Simpson, professor at the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, to share his wisdom and insight with us. 

#psychology #therapy #defensemechanism #freud #denial

Dr. Simpson's books: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Stephen+w+simpson&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss

Vaccinations have been a hot topic as of late, creating division, discord and distress within our relationships and communities. How have you handled vaccine hesitancy with your clients and within your personal lives? Today we tackle a challenging topic among friends, family, and within the therapy office: how to manage different opinions regarding the Covid vaccines. It's a touchy subject for many. How can we hold different opinions and stay connected? 

#Covid #vaccine #therapy #family #friends #connection #conflict

Love languages! What are they and how can they be helpful in relationships? Bonus question: what is your love language? We dive into Gary Chapman's famous contribution to the ways couples, families, friends, and co-workers tend to relate to each other. The bottom line: know yourself and communicate! 

#LoveLanguages #GaryChapman #NotAHugger #Parenting

Chapman's book: https://www.amazon.com/Five-Love-Languages-Secret-Lasts/dp/B079B7PJMV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KFLHEUX2CS0C&dchild=1&keywords=the+five+love+languages&qid=1631255089&sprefix=the+five+love+langu%2Caps%2C224&sr=8-1

Ryan's interview with Chapman: https://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/blog/details/930/the-five-love-languages

Love Language test: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/love-language

Book club selection: https://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Food-Indispensable/dp/B08CZZRQ5Q/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3J1NRF29O5JGR&dchild=1&keywords=this+is+your+brain+on+food&qid=1631255251&sprefix=this+is+y%2Caps%2C234&sr=8-1

The MHBC Book Club returns with our examination of #Oprah and Dr. Bruce Perry's recent book "What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing." We give it high ratings, but have a few bones to pick. Come give it a listen. 

#trauma #mindbody #PTSD #Resilience #JustGoToTherapyOprah

Tonight you will be visited by 3 ghosts: the ghost psychology past, the ghost of psychology present, and the ghost of psychology future! What are your thoughts on where we’ve been, where we are, and where we are going? After a too-long discussion of the merits of fax machines, we dive into a bit of the history of psychology, the current trends, and where we believe psychology and therapy will head in the future. 

#Psychology #Psychotherapy #Adler #Pavlov #CBT #Somatic #PolyVegal

What causes us to get stuck - in a job, a relationship, a mindset, an emotion, a habit - and how can we break through? Is gradual change preferable to breakthroughs? Can we create breakthroughs, or do they spontaneously happen? All of this, along with a survey of international mosquito size on todays episode. 

#stuck #breakthrough #therapy #motivationalinterviewing #CBT #Psychodynamic #repetitioncompulsion #habits

Motivational Interviewing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivational_interviewing

What Happened to You?: https://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-You-Understanding-Resilience/dp/1250223180

Let’s talk about evolutionary psychology. What lessons (if any) can our ancient ancestors teach us about wellness? An extended banter about the Olympics, hustle culture and mental health leads us into one of Chris's favorite topics, evolutionary psychology. Which one of us will top the podium?

#Olympics #hustle #mentalhealth #SimoneBiles #Sapiens #evolutionarypsychology

Sapiens: https://www.amazon.com/Sapiens-Humankind-Yuval-Noah-Harari/dp/0062316095

Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters: https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-People-Have-More-Daughters-ebook/dp/B000UZQHN4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TYZVX2LC7SJK&dchild=1&keywords=why+beautiful+people+have+more+daughters&qid=1627625849&s=books&sprefix=why+beautiful%2Cstripbooks%2C242&sr=1-1

Is what we perceive reality or just a construct of our minds? Can our minds correctly interpret reality or is reality subjective? We kick of Year Two of the MHBC Podcast with a deep discussion of sensation & perception, objective & subjective reality, photo albums in psychotherapy, and many other tasty topics. Thank you for listening!