#verywellmind podcast

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This reminds me of “How to Develop a Healthy Mindset About Food With The Fitness Chef Graeme Tomlinson” by Amy Morin (Episode 155). Link to podcast episode: https://www.verywellmind.com/graeme-tomlinson-the-verywell-mind-podcast-5223672

I really like this episode because it talks about what happens when we focus on “punishing ourselves for overeating” and breaking down diet myths & very restrictive diets that sometimes work but have unsustainable habits around food (etc). Highly recommend giving this a read/listen to (can be found on podcast app or verywellmind website).

Hey, if you're wanting to make some changes to how you eat, remember- it's much easier, healthier, and more sustainable to ADD foods that make you feel good than it is to REMOVE foods.

If you feel like you don't drink enough non-sugary fluids, it makes more sense to try drinking more tea and sparkling water than it does to just avoid soda. You gotta add in the good (and remember, that the only value food has is how it makes YOU feel. Food is morally nuetral and should be enjoyed.)

Try:

Adding a handful of easy produce to lunch and dinner- baby carrots or cherry tomatoes, something 0 prep. And yes, you are allowed to dip it in dressing! (The fats can make it easier for your body to absorb the vitamins in the veggies)

Adding a cheese stick or yogurt to breakfast. The protein is good and can help you wake up faster.

Adding some roasted nuts to your afternoon snack. (ADD, not replace.) That variety and little protein boost will do you good!

Have a glass of tea, sparkling water, or juice each time you have food. Let's be honest- you aren't hydrated enough. Go buy yourself some Kool Aide mix if that'll make you drink more water! Really!

If you struggle with binge eating sugary foods and it makes you feel yuck when the sugar crash comes- eat 1 or 2 pieces of chocolate with lunch and dinner. Every day. Really. Make it not a big deal. Make it not special. Make it something you can expect, instead of crave. Let yourself enjoy it without guilt.

Remember- food is a gift. It should bring you joy, not stress. Trust your body. Enjoy the cookie. Drink something tasty.

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Bell Let’s Talk 2023– A Violet Revisitation

Kudos to Bell for bringing awareness and discussion toward mental health. While great progress has been made when it comes to the taboo of depression, there still exists a wide-ranging mental illnesses: some illnesses still fall on the wayside, hidden in a cloud of obscurity. Indeed, according to a study, “overall public stigma toward major depression significantly decreased in the 22 years of the study, whereas public stigma for schizophrenia or alcohol dependence remained unchanged” (Changes in Stigma Toward Serious Mental Illness Over the Past 20 Years). This blog post seeks to shed light on the still more stigmatized mental health disorders in our present day. While by no means a prescription nor a curative stance, I offer a way in which one can glean a different perspective on mental health throughout my work on the Violet spiritual program. It is namely inspired by Carl Jung and the ancients themselves.

The effect of social media on our mental health:

Jordan Peterson says in one of his podcasts that social media favours posts that promote divisiveness because it garners more engagement.

To stay away from the divisiveness of social media, I started journaling, listening to podcasts, and reading way more. I must’ve listened to about 140+ podcasts this past year by various YouTube spiritual podcast/long video channels like This Jungian Life, Plum Village, Eternalised, etc.

The effect I saw was more trust in others and in myself and better communication skills which resulted in much better mental health. When you develop your literacy and consciousness, many benefits are realized.

Social media is a way to face things you’re too afraid of facing IRL— e.g. good social skills on social media isn’t going to mean you’ll be just as suave IRL. Social media creates this artificial channel between you and the world. It’s a place where you remain in your comfort zone instead of doing the work outside of that.

I’ve also learned that real support groups do not come from social media. One of the ways in which they’re built is frequenting the places where you feel safe and comfortable— the gym, for example— and then creating lasting friendships. Social media provides a myriad of choice of people to interact with, but more often than not these do not create the depth and support people may need. People need a community, and with the advent of social media, a sense of community in people’s lives have been dissipating (The Negative Outcomes of a Changing Community and Social Media).

Mental Health and Education

Though many stereotypes exist around bipolar and other mood & dissociative disorders and which are not often explicitly represented in mental health activism, I have made it my goal to affirm that stigmas can also be broken for them as well. I strive to inspire others who are fighting similar challenges to see the strengths in themselves. To accomplish this, I have been continuously developing the Violet program which delves into each main energy centre of our bodies and works with the Dao in order to balance, harmonize, and heal our wounds which prevent full realization of our dreams.

“To fight stigma, it can be helpful to educate and inform others. Once people understand more about your medical condition, they will begin to see you realistically, rather than through the lens of their fears” (verywellmind).

Violet Revisitation - Some Written Pieces About Alchemy and the Realization of the Divine Self

A. For most, the unconscious is utterly unrecognizable and foreign to the person. They fear the dark and will engage in defence mechanisms against it. A rediscovery of one’s eternal Self is thus necessary. To remain conscious and to remember one’s eternal Self in the next realm is to do shadow work and to then to maintain harmony between one’s conscious and unconscious self, so that the two are working in harmonious unity.

Perhaps our old Self needs to die so that we realize this tenet. And that is part of life: the biggest challenge is dying our first death and being reborn: a truly Plutonic experience. I don’t mean literal death. Then the subsequent times won’t be as scary, it’s just a part of life so that we come to know our true Self and where it belongs in the world. We already have and are in that place in the world, we just need to see it. Within this illumination of our place in the world and a simultaneous alchemizing of the deadened parts into gold. It can be a process of letting go of attachments that no longer serve us and harmonizing our polar opposites to harmonize our mental health as we work to materialize our visions.

B. The Dao in Simple Terms

I like to think of it in terms of free-will of the Self (when our Dao is balanced) or of fate.

You see, when we can balance the rational and conscious side of our awareness (left-brain hemisphere) with the intuitive and unconscious side of it (right-brain hemisphere), then we are in complete in control of ourselves. Right equals left; conscious equals unconscious. This is akin to mathematical simplification.

When such balance is attained, there is no surprise in store. What we envision something to happen from our will, happens. This is called being irrevocably mindful and in the present moment, if you prefer— but on a much deeper and bullet-proof level.

But when our Dao is not balanced, consciousness does not equal unconsciousness, and we repress and develop fear towards the objects that we delegate to the Unconscious because they threaten our sense of Self. At its extreme, it can cause massive anxiety and dissociation: the dissociative contents transforming into a dreamlike state. That is why it is in dreams where one obtains the secrets to self-actualization and to the attainment of their goals.

Great authors to check out for further learning:

Liz Greene- to understand archetypes, mythology, and simultaneously, your psychology

Demetra George- same thing, a big part being the divine feminine and some parts discuss its relation to the Kundalini

Jordan Peterson- bravely discusses the challenges of our society and the wisdom that can be derived from them

Georg Feuerstein- writes about the Tantra and the deeper aspects of yoga

Donald Kalsched- wrote an amazing book called The Inner World of Trauma

Great podcasts to check out:

This Jungian Life

Jordan Peterson

Myths, Baby!

Joe Rogan

Doctor Snipes

Plum Village

Eternalised

Sources:

https://networkconference.netstudies.org/2022/csm/1319/the-negative-outcomes-of-a-changing-community-and-social-media/

[sprinklig-kindness-podcast]

-What’s up guys hello how are you, welcome to your favorite podcast.

today we're going to take a test to see if we have emotional intelligence.

I'll be taking the test from the verywellmind site.

okay the first question on this test is

Two of your friends are fighting so you…

Try to help them understand each other's point of view

Pick a side and bad-mouth the other friend

Avoid both of them until the fight is over

Let them vent their emotions to you

I don't really like to get in the middle of my friends' fights because sometimes they need to vent, but sometimes I try to get them to look at each other's points of view so the first  

2. Your friend tells you she has suffered a miscarriage. How do you respond?

Allow your friend to express her feelings and offer your support

Convince her to go out with some friends to get her mind off it

Give her some time to herself

Spend time with her, but avoid talking about her loss

okay this one is very difficult I like the first and the last,but I think the first one, that she wants to tell me how she feels, I think in those moments someone needs to be heard I don't think she really needs the opinion of others.

3.When you are facing an unpleasant task, you tend to…

Make a plan and work on it a little each day

Put it off until the last minute

Get it over with as soon as possible

Not do it at all

absolutely the third option, I prefer to do the hardest part at the beginning so the rest will be easier for me and I'll have another perspective like "if I've done the hardest part I'll absolutely do that"

4. Your daughter throws a fit when you tell her she cannot have candy at the store. You…

Talk to her about how she is feeling

Let her cry and try to ignore it

Buy her the candy to get her to quiet down

Quickly gather your things and leave the store

I really don't like to talk much about feelings, I know that's not very emotionally smart of me but in that situation, I'm sorry daughter take your stuff, I'm not rich, eating too much candy is bad, we're leaving this store.

5. During a heated argument, I am more likely to...

Call for a short break before resuming the discussion

Give in and apologize to quickly end the argument

Start insulting the other person

Shut down and stop responding to the other person

I've been in that situation and what I do when they really piss me off is I leave, take my stuff and see you later, sorry I'm not a psychologist, if you want to keep thinking that way it's your business, I'm not going to waste time with you, I'm out

6. When making an important decision, I tend to…

Follow my instincts

Go with the easiest option

Rely on direction from other people

Guess randomly

If I don't know what to do, I'll do my best.

7. Which of the following statements best describes you?

I have an easy time making friends and getting to know new people

I have to really get to know someone before they become a true friend

I find it difficult to meet people and make friends

I am unable to maintain close friendships

I love meeting new people, I make it very easy, I really don't know why, I think that's weird, I always try to be super nice and make them feel good because that makes me feel good, plus when they achieve things they really make me feel happy.

8. You get a bad grade on an assignment you put a lot of effort into. How do you deal?

Think about ways you could have improved the project

Confront the professor and ask for a better grade

Berate and criticize your own work

Decide the class is stupid and stop putting forth your best efforts

when I really make an effort and that happens to me I go to the teacher for advice on how to improve, because if I thought I was doing everything right I think it's a little difficult to find out what my problem is, many times I need the opinion of people with more experience.

9. Your co-worker has an annoying habit that seems to get worse every day. You...

Tell your co-worker what is bothering you

Make a complaint about the behavior to your supervisor

Talk about your coworker behind his back

Suffer in silence.

the first one always, but I try to be super nice because I hate making people feel bad, so I'll probably tell you what bothers me about you but then I'll give you a lollipop or a chocolate to make you feel good because I don't like feeling uncomfortable either because you kill the good vibes

10. You are already overworked when your boss assigns you another big project. How do you feel?

Anxious about getting all the work done

Overwhelmed by the task before you

Angry that your boss hasn't noticed how overworked you are

Depressed and sure that you can never finish it all

okay I'm going to try to say this without sounding weird I like to always have a job, this happens to me at school when my teachers leave me big assignments or a lot of them I get excited, I don't know why, I like to write it all down and check it off like a check list, I don't know, it makes me feel very productive when I'm done doing it, proud of myself.

so I think the first.

okay my results were

Low Emotional Intelligence

People with a low score on emotional intelligence may have a difficult time interpreting, understanding, and acting on emotions. They often have difficulty expressing their own emotions and feel uncomfortable around the emotional displays of other people

omg I'm really surprised I really thought that if I was emotionally smart enough

I really don't think so, I consider myself a person with a good emotional intelligence, maybe life is telling me I'm not going to be successful

okay i don't agree with the results of this test, but if you want to know if you have emotional intelligence the test is on verywellmind's page i hope it helps you and see you in the next episode kisses and hugs.

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