We're All Crazy!

"In every nursery there are ghosts. They are the unremembered past of the parents; the uninvited guests at the christening..." (Fraiberg, 1975).  

In a special HALLOWEEN EPISODE, hosts psychologists Stephanie Heck and Eric Spiegel discuss a seminal paper by the mother of Infant Mental Health, Selma Fraiberg.  The ideas they discuss may spook you out, since this show's about how a parent's own past can actively shape their their baby, for better or worse!  They also talk about how parental awareness and social support can change the story for babies...and, ultimately, for society!

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We all have deas about what it means to be free, but have we really thought about what "freedom" really is?  In this episode of We're All Crazy, hosts Eric and Stephanie discuss current and past conceptualizations of freedom:  what it means, how it's experienced by individuals and between cultures, and how it can be, ironically, oppressive.  

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"You may have 100 friends on facebook, but you might not have one single person to have dinner with." -Bruce Perry (2010)

We are living in a time where we are, ironically, simultaneously hyperconnected and disconnected.  We are experiencing unprecedented rates of loneliness and "relational poverty."  In this episode, host psychologists Dr. Stephanie Heck and Dr. Eric Spiegel talk about the problem of deficient relationships...and also its cure!  Check it out.

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"He's just in denial."  "Stop projecting!"  "Now you're just rationalizing..."  In this episode of We're All Crazy, hosts Dr. Eric Spiegel and Dr. Stephanie Heck talk about defense mechanisms: what they are, what function they serve, how to recognize them, and how to handle them in ourselves and our relationships.  Wanna learn more?  Just press play.

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You (and everyone you know) most likely remember exactly where you were on September 11th, 2001.  After two decades, things are still not the same in America as they were 20 years ago.  In this episode, host psychologists Stephanie and Eric talk about how our sense of reality has changed since 9/11, and how it continues to change as we become increasingly vulnerable to natural and manmade disasters.

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What happens when I don't believe what you believe...and you don't believe what I believe?  How do we know who's right?  And, more importantly, how can we hold onto our own reality when someone else doesn't believe in it?  In this episode, host psychologists Dr. Stephanie Heck and Dr. Eric Spiegel unpack the processes and relational consequences of the distortions and disinformation that we're struggling to sort out...and offer some ideas for how to hold onto your own mind when everyone else seems to be losing theirs!

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The term "mental health" is used a lot in today's popular culture.  Yet people don't seem to have a clearly defined notion of what mental health is.  In this episode, host psychologists Dr. Stephanie Heck and Dr. Eric Spiegel explore what makes us mentally healthy and what we should all be striving toward on our path to psychological wellbeing.  Check it out!

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Fires!  Hurricanes!  Pandemics!  Tsunamis!  How do we cope with ever-increasing natural disasters in our world, which often leave us feeling powerless?  In this episode, host psychologists Eric and Stephanie explore the question of how to live with problems that are beyond our control.  In other words, what do we do with there's nothing we can do?  Press "play" to find out!

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Have you ever wondered why zombies make so much of our popular media culture these days?  In this episode, hosts Dr. Stephanie Heck and Dr. Eric Spiegel discuss work life in America and what it will look like in a post-pandemic world.  Will we be the walking dead? Or will we risk change?

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We've all dealt with interpersonal conflict.  When it happens...how do we resolve it?  How can we build or restore effective communication with each other?  In this episode, host psychologists Eric and Stephanie discuss how we can use moments of conflict to, ironically, better connect with each other.

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