Your Great Journey is a bi-weekly self-improvement podcast offering brief tips, techniques and insights to help you master big change.
We share excerpts from inspiring audio books and interviews with psychologists and self-improvement experts.
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Panic Attacks and the Panic Cycle
Many people who’ve experienced panic attacks try to protect themselves from their anxiety. They tell themselves “don’t think about it;” they resist it; they try to force themselves to feel better; they feel shame and embarrassment and try to keep it a secret from others; and they try to medicate it away with alcohol, nicotine, and other substances. These all make the anxiety worse. Psychologist and anxiety expert Dr. David Carbonell offers a way out for people with panic attacks—whether the attacks are part of panic disorder, social phobia, specific phobias, or some other anxiety disorder. Dr. Carbonell is author of the audiobook “Panic Attacks Workbook: A Guided Program for Beating the Panic Trick.”
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Jeff Foster: Falling in Love with Where You Are
There are two core fears: losing what you have, and not getting what you want. According to spiritual teacher Jeff Foster, there is one solution. In this episode we offer an excerpt from Jeff’s popular audiobook Falling in Love with Where You Are. Jeff helps us discover a deep YES to our lives, no matter what we’re going through. He helps us to see crisis as an opportunity to heal, pain as an intelligent messenger, and our imperfections as perfectly placed.
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Eating Mindfully: Dr. Susan Albers
In our modern society, weight concerns, obesity rates, and obsession with appearance have changed the way we look at food—and not necessarily for the better. If you have ever snacked when you weren’t hungry, used guilt as a guide for your eating habits, or cut calories even when you felt hungry, you have experienced “mindless” eating firsthand. Psychologist Dr. Susan Albers offers breakthrough mindfulness-based approaches in her audiobook “Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food.” No matter where you are on your journey toward mindful eating, this episode will help you gain insight into how mindfulness can provide you with the skills needed to control the way you eat—leading to a healthier, happier life
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How to Create Positive Change: A Conversation with Performance Coach Bob Litwin
Are you on the cusp of a brand new story? If you can feel change brewing, if you want that change to be painless and almost instantaneous, Bob Litwin — a leading performance coach on Wall Street and a World Champion tennis player — offers a faster, more effective way to lasting change. In this conversation, Litwin shares insights into how to harnesses the power of your personal story and create positive change in any area of your life. He is the author of the audiobook “Live the Best Story of Your Life.”
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How to be Miserable: A Different Kind of Self-Help
Psychologist Dr. Randy Paterson is the author of the audiobook “How to be Miserable: 40 Strategies You Already Use.” In today’s illuminating conversation he shares a surprising, counter-intuitive approach to self-help — one that can inspire you to break out of old, unhealthy patterns and live a life of contentment.
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Break Any Habit: The No Willpower Approach
What bad habit would you like to change? How many times have you tried to break free of it? Why is it that for all our good intentions and heroic willpower we’re often unsuccessful, and end up right back where we started? How can we overcome bad habits for good? Dr. Amy Johnson shares her insights to help you break any habit—once and for all—without using willpower. Dr. Johnson is author of the audiobook “The Little Book of Big Change: The No Willpower Approach to Breaking Any Habit.”
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Dr. Karyn Hall: Advice for Dealing with Emotional Sensitivity
In this informative conversation, psychologist Dr. Karyn Hall talks about the power of mindfulness, and why it is especially helpful for those who struggle with emotional sensitivity. An emotionally sensitive person herself, she shares one of the most effective techniques she’s learned for managing emotions and finding self-acceptance. Dr. Hall’s audiobook “The Emotionally Sensitive Person: Finding Peace When Your Emotions Overwhelm You,” presents powerful tools for staying in the present moment, identifying emotional triggers, and experiencing overwhelming or uncomfortable emotions without becoming upset.
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How to Calm Emotional Memories
Dr. Judith Siegel, author of the audiobook “Stop Overreacting: Effective Strategies for Calming Your Emotions,” offers practical techniques to help us learn how to calm emotional memories. These techniques can be used in times of stress or pain to side-step your anxiety and stay in the present moment.
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Relax and Relieve Stress: A Guided Meditation for Letting Go
In this episode, we’re going to help you relax and reduce stress. You’ll experience a tranquil inner oasis with an abridged guided meditation for letting go from the audiobook “Guided Meditations for Letting Go.” This guided meditation utilizes relaxation, mindfulness and visualization to help you let go of stress and feel a greater sense of inner calm.
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Mindfulness: How to Be Present in the Moment
Mindfulness has been proven to help reduce anxiety, depression and stress while strengthening emotional stamina. Today mental health therapist Sheri Van Dijk introduces the basic techniques regarding how to to be present in the moment with mindfulness practice. The beauty of mindfulness is its accessibility—you can practice anywhere and anytime. In twenty minutes, you can feel clearer, calmer and more centered, regardless of what’s going on around you. And if you find yourself in the middle of an emotional storm, can you use mindfulness to get your bearings? Yes!
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