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Eps 119: “Honey and Onions” [Insights for Idealists] Guest, Alessandra Pigni

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Today’s guest is Alessandra Pigni. (pronounced: péen – yee)
She will be joining me and the rest of the group selected for the On Being Gathering in February, 2018.

Her book is entitled:
Idealist’s Survival Kit, The: 75 Ways to Prevent Burnout
(The book is published by Parallax Press which is the publisher founded by mindfulness teacher, peace activist, and Vietnamese monk, Thich Nhat Han.)

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Eps 117: To Love Ourselves As We Are: Guest, Hillary McBride

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Eps 84: Recovering Your Mental Health, guest Michael Weinberger

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October is Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s hard sometimes to realize that our brain can become ill, just like any other part of our body. Sometimes the condition is lifelong and other times we can mitigate the problems with certain treatments. Today, my guest, Michael Weinberger, shares his story of struggle and recovery that I think will surprise and inspire you.

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MIN 1
The misdiagnosis

MIN 3

The downward spiral, drinking and over eating and taking medicine wrongly, and over working.

MIN 7:30

Overdosing and hospitalization.

MIN 9:00

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and 12 step strategy brought the most relief.

(CBT) uses the theory that Thoughts precede Feelings which Precede Behaviors. The goal is to change beliefs.

11:00 The primary focus is 12 Step Recovery is addiction. You only have control over yourself. Humility and acceptance are key to success.

Mindfulness to deal with depression and anxiety that leads to emotional over or under engagement and reactions leading to negative outcomes.

Compassion for self and others.

All the methods and modalities need to be integrated into life.

MIN 13:00

Dr Denise Brooks

“Your diagnosis doesn’t matter.” (Manage your symptoms; Don’t blame the illness.)

MIN 14:30

Thinking of negative thoughts differently

MIN 15:00

Owning up to thoughts and feelings.

But not being ashamed and (also) getting some distance.

MIN 15:30

“Now, I witness my diagnosis responding to situations”

MIN 17:00

DBI (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)

Noticing the triggers create reactive states. (Notice the internal dialog to self and others and stopping repeat conversations.)

The treatments rewire your brain and get you unstuck and lessen stress.

MIN 20:00

Our human emotions are outnumbers by negative emotions so we have to practice gratitude to even things out.

MIN 22:00

The app Michael created called A Plan For Living.

The Happiness Formula:

Gratitude + Spirituality + Mindfulness = Awareness 

(Awareness = Happiness)

Seeing the world differently and being present.

MIN  34:00

Being prepared for war or thinking lovingly toward people in the first place.

MIN 35:00

Examining thoughts and making the process easier in real life through technology.

Measures progress

 • WEBSITE – a plan for living.com

• email: mweinberger@aplanforliving.com

• TWITTER: @aplanforliving

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MIN 40:00

Reminders, medication reminders, micro goals for each day, track food, and challenge friends.

Staying in tune with how you are feeling and social sharing and emailing.

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Soul School – Lesson 23: Using Fertile Soil for Your Own Rebirth

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All of us have gone through “crap” in life, but not all of us think of that experience as fertilizer with the nutrients necessary for the seeds of new life.

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EPS 36: 30 Books in 10 Years, Mary DeMuth talks about healing through her career

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Mary is the author of thirty books, including her latest: The Day I Met Jesus: The Revealing Diaries of Five Women from the Gospels. She has spoken around the world about God’s ability to uncage a life, bringing needed freedom to her audiences. You can visit her website at MaryDeMuth.com

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1:30
Introduction

2:00
What is an “Uncaged Life”?

Being set free from the past and living with an abundant mindset.

3:00
The Day I met Jesus

co-authored with Frank Viola
Name Your Link

Worth Living (new book in Spring 2016)

3:30
Finding healing through writing books.

4:30
How to have a broken heart without becoming walled-off.

5:30
Praying through the Lord’s Prayer as an avenue for healing a broken heart with a mindset towards relationships (community).

6:30
Mary’s story of how she realized how true healing could be found.

7:50
The cost of shutting out pain is the cost of the love and joy that is also shut out.

9:30
The treadmill of wanting to be noticed.

10:30
Finding worthiness through self-centered consciousness.

11:30
How has she found safe people.

Traits of safe people.

13:00
What draws us to others.

14:30
On conversational parenting

Modeling authenticity, authentic faith, and being real and imperfect.

Why kids often rebel.

16:00
Bringing stability to the home. Thinking of relationships as an unfolding story.

17:00
When you can’t measure it (i.e. relationships).

How life is measured: relationships and connections.

19:00
Not too many books about launching your children in the world.