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266. The Resilience Shortcut That Beats The Latest 'Morning Routine' on TikTok
We'reΒ in our Element of Resilience and we're goingΒ somewhere most mental health conversations completely skip: the heart.Β
Dr. Henry Emmons and Dr. Aimee Prasek unpack why mental health has been so brain-centric for...
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265. The Art & Science (+ Shoveling) of Letting Emotions Move Through You
In this episode of the Joy Lab Podcast, Dr. Aimee Prasek and Dr. Henry Emmons dig into one of the most counterintuitive resilience skills we can build: turning toward negative emotions instead of running from them....
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264. How to Calm the Mind & Not Feed the ANTs (Automatic Negative Thoughts)
Calming the mind sounds simple, right? And yet most of us would rather do almost anything other than sitting quietly with our thoughts.Β In this episode, Dr. Aimee Prasek and Dr. Henry Emmons dig into the science of...
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263. From Surviving to Thriving: The Science and Soul of Resilience
What does it actually mean to be resilient? Spoiler: it's not about white-knuckling through hard times or being the type of person whoΒ just 'endures' everything. In this episode, Dr. Aimee Prasek and Dr. Henry Emmons...
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262. What Are You Doing This For? Breaking Free From Joyless Urgency [encore]
We're inΒ our new "month of renewal" format.Β We're essentiallyΒ exploring this question throughout the month...Β whatΒ if growth required less effort?Β ThisΒ is an encore episode that helps us answer this question. Reminder...
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261. Why You Feel Like You Never Have Enough Time (And What to Do About It) (encore)
We're inΒ our new "month of renewal" format.Β We're essentiallyΒ exploring this question throughout the month...Β whatΒ if growth required less effort?Β ThisΒ is an encore episode that helps us answer this question. Reminder...
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260. Perfectionism Is Stealing Your Balance β Here's How to Take It Back [encore]
We're inΒ our new "month of renewal" format.Β We're essentiallyΒ exploring this question throughout the month...Β whatΒ if growth required less effort?Β ThisΒ is an encore episode that helps us answer this question. Reminder...
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259. Why Your Brain is Craving Quiet (And What to Do About It) [encore]
We're inΒ our new "month of renewal" format.Β We're essentiallyΒ exploring this question throughout the month... whatΒ if growth required less effort? ThisΒ is an encore episode that helps us answer this question. Reminder...
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258. Renewal Without the Hustle: How to Let Growth Happen This Season
We'reΒ doing something a little different this month β and a little more of nothing.Β This is our new "month of renewal" format (happening three times a year in April, August, and December).Β We're essentiallyΒ exploring...
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257. Your Grief Is Valid, Even If It Doesn't Fit a Category or Stage (Grief Recovery & Healing Series part 10)
This is it β the finale of our 10-part series on grief, and we're closing with a Gate that might be the most quietly powerful one yet: Other. That's right, the catchall. The one that says: if your loss doesn't fit...
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256. Anticipatory Grief: How to Love Fully When You Know Loss Is Coming (Grief Recovery & Healing Series part 9)
Grief doesn't wait for loss to arrive. Sometimes it shows up early β sitting beside you while someone you love is still right there. That's anticipatory grief, and if you've ever felt your mind drift to a future...
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255. You Don't Have to Be There to Feel It: Collective & Secondary Trauma + Your Mind-Body Connection (Grief Recovery & Healing Series part 8)
Grief doesn't only come from what happens to us directly. In this episode of our Grief Series,Β we'llΒ look through the Seventh Gate: Trauma β specifically collective trauma and secondary (vicarious) trauma.Β We'll break...
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