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Soul School – Lesson 39: New Insights on Loneliness

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Soul School comes out each Wednesday (Hump Day – Midweek in the work week).

Today, I am featuring new insights on the topic of loneliness based on a recent article you can read here at Nautilus Magazine.

When we feel alone, we sense that there is something wrong. When we feel lonely we may think there is a problem with us and we might even feel ashamed. Research about who feels lonely, what happens from prolonged loneliness, and the actually FUNCTION of loneliness will probably surprise you.

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Soul School – Lesson 36: AUTOMATICALLY Ascribing Malice

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WELCOME TO SOUL SCHOOL

(Released every Wednesday!)

Today is a quick lesson about a knee-jerk reaction nearly all of us have and what is REALLY going on.

I’d love to hear what you think!
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Listen again on Friday to hear mathematics teacher, author, TEDx speaker, and my fascinating friend from London, Kester Brewin.

(If you like this short episode, check out the other related ones I listed below.)

• Hanlon’s razor (description link)

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Soul School – Lesson 35: The Mysteries of Mysticism

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I hear lot of people batting around the terms “mystic”, “mysticism”, and “contemplative” lately, so I thought it might be helpful to speak about what some of these terms and concepts mean and speak about some common misunderstandings too.

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Soul School – Lesson 34: A Flexible Perspective on Suffering

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If you want to be healed from past or present issues, getting emotional distance and a proper perspective from your painful thoughts, worries, and experiences is crucial. Easier SAID than done, right?

In the world of therapy, Dr Steven Hayes developed a powerful technique to facilitate that distance and achieve what is called “psychological flexibility”.

Humans are particularly good at achieving psychological flexibility, if we practice; and the basics are easy to understand.

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OVERVIEW:
Today, in Lesson 34, I talk about the basics of using psychological flexibility and the important work of Dr Steven Hayes.

• His therapy is call ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. The clinical studies demonstrate how successful the approach is. I encourage you to find out more after you finish the short Soul School episode. Watch his video and use the link to his website below.

[ictt-tweet-blockquote]Change PAIN into PURPOSE.[/ictt-tweet-blockquote]

 

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Click for Dr Hayes’ website and resources.

 

In this video he explained how his sudden onset anxiety disorder helped him come up with a therapy to create mental flexibility and distance that could be taught and demonstrated successful in clinical trails.

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Soul School – Lesson 33: You are a Meaning Maker

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Each Wednesday is a Soul School lesson and each Friday is a conversation with a featured guest.

Today’s Soul School is about perceiving your surroundings and coming up with categories to make meaning of the world.

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