Changeable Podcast

Who are ‘you’? Is there even a ‘you’ that exists outside of your ideas about ‘you’?These are the kind of questions my friend Phil spends his time pondering. He’s explored this issue of personal identity with some of the best teachers in the world, and he’s seen a lot in the course of his exploration. If The post EP26: The Ultimate Addiction is to the Idea of “You” appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson...

Why does the average New Year’s Resolution last only 17 days? Jump on my metaphorical elevator and let’s go for a ride to find out! Up levels of consciousness. Down levels of consciousness. Different consciousness means different realities, different issues, different degrees of clarity and confusion. What does this have to do with ending habits or anxiety? Listen to The post EP25: The Average New...

In 1990, Dr. Joe Bailey was told that his book The Serenity Principle—which applies this New Paradigm to addiction treatment—was about 20 years before its time. Here we are, 29 years later. Are we ready now? Listen in as Joe talks about what this New Paradigm brings to world, the impact he’s seen it have in the The post EP24: Is the World Ready for the New Paradigm? with Dr. Joe Bailey appeared fi...

“If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family” –Ram DassFew things bring up as much emotion as family. In this episode, I talk about a game I learned long ago that led to a big insight about how I felt around my family. I’ve shared this game around this time of year for years. It’s not The post EP23: How Even Your Experience of Your Dysfunctional Family Can Change appeared fir...

One of my favorite topics to explore from within the New Paradigm is decision making. Decision making in the Old Paradigm is all about empowerment, choice, and going after what you want. Uncertainty is something you solve for by taking action. Decision making in the New Paradigm leads us in a very different direction. Do we “make” choices The post EP22: Decision Making and Uncertainty in the New P...

In the Old Paradigm, it looks like we have problems that need fixing. Problems that are special and unique to us; different from everyone else’s problems. In the New Paradigm, we see that’s not the case. We’re all the same and what we’re up against is all the same. Sometimes that’s clear. Most of the time, especially early The post EP21: Your Problem isn’t Special (The one criticism I received in...

In this episode, Natasha asks a very important question. Some might say it’s THE MOST important question. The only question we ever really need to ask. Who is it that’s aware? Listen in as Natasha Swerdloff and I discuss who is aware, and some other things that open the door to enormous change. You can read the amazing book The post EP20: How Knowing Your True Nature Creates Change with Natasha Sw...

In honor of US Thanksgiving this week, this episode explores how gratitude and contentment look from the New Paradigm. Because they look a bit different than in the Old Paradigm. The Old Paradigm is all about doing. Adding. Bringing in more of what we want. The New Paradigm acknowledges that nothing need be added. You are full of The post EP19: Gratitude and Contentment in the New Paradigm appeare...

In this episode I talk with Rebecca Perkins and Bea Arscott, a mother and daughter duo who share this New Paradigm really beautifully…particularly with regard to their experience with anorexia. Several years ago, Bea was diagnosed with anorexia and struggled with that for many years. Which means Rebecca had her own struggle—a daughter with anorexia—for many The post EP18: Recovery from Within with...

Do you know what your feelings are showing you? If they provide feedback that guides us through life, do you know how to read that feedback? The Old Paradigm had it wrong. It taught us to read our feelings in a way that actually isn’t accurate; a way that has created endless confusion and complication for people The post EP17: How Life is Providing Constant Feedback appeared first on Dr. Amy Johns...

In this episode, I share Sherry’s story. Sherry experienced a lot of anxiety. And a lot of anxiety and fear of her anxiety. As she began to see more about who she really is and what her thoughts and feelings really are, she was far less afraid of her  feelings. Anxiety as a chronic, habitual condition can’t The post EP16: The Anatomy of Anxiety appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson .

In this episode of Changeable I talk with Annie Grace, author of This Naked Mind. Annie used to drink a lot, and now she doesn’t. It didn’t resonate with her to label herself an alcoholic or go to meetings and talk a lot about it (although those are helpful things to do for some people). Instead, The post EP15: How Alcohol Addiction is Changeable with Annie Grace appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson...

In this episode, I clear up some confusion. You see, in the Old Paradigm in psychology, there is A LOT to do. It’s a full time job, turning thoughts around and breathing just so and riding waves of emotion…making sense of the past and meaning for the future, and processing…well, whatever people process. In the New Paradigm The post EP14: Is it Okay to Use Tools and Techniques? Or Am I Supposed to...

My guest on today’s episode is Fernanda from Life on Tellus. Fernanda is classic high achiever, as you’ll hear from her shortly. She’s mastered many things in life and she’s just getting started. But all of that achievement used to look necessary, like it was what she had to do to be acceptable. And that came The post EP13: How Achievement, Mastery, and Productivity go through the roof in The New...

In this episode, I tell you about my favorite metaphor of all time. It’s an illustration that makes clear what I humbly believe…just may be…the MOST important thing you can ever, ever know. Intrigued? You should be! It’s seriously good stuff that will clarify a lot. This truth has been square one for freedom from all The post EP12: The Most Important Thing You Can Ever Know appeared first on Dr. A...

My guest in this episode is Mary Schiller. Mary lived with the quite extreme symptoms of PTSD for 30 years. She was diagnosed dozens of times and told by prominent psychologists that she was “unhelpable”.Then Mary came across The Three Principles and this New Paradigm and within 6 weeks, her symptoms were vanishing. What about “PTSD”? The post EP11: What is a Diagnosis, Really? appeared first on D...

There is one simple reason why anyone has any habit, addiction, anxiety, or other recurring issue. It’s not about your past or your personality. It has nothing to do with your family history or your genes or your environment. It’s a deeper, more basic reason than that. Listen to this episode for the no-exceptions-answer to the WHY The post EP10: Wonder WHY You Have a Habit or Addiction? Here’s WHY...

The Three Principles is an understanding behind the New Paradigm that I speak so much about in Changeable. In this episode, I speak with Rohini Ross about The Three Principles and how they provide a brand new direction when it comes to how human beings experience change. Rohini has a very deep understanding of these Principles The post EP9: How Three Little Principles Lead to Profound Change with...

Procrastination is a habit that is really ironic. It looks like the problem is all about (not) doing. All about too much inaction…too little action. So of course, we push harder. We force more. We set rigid objectives and consequences. We download productivity apps and find accountability buddies, all in the name of focusing on behavior and The post EP8: The Ironic Truth About Procrastination appe...

In this episode of Changeable you’ll hear about my client Bethany who was caught up in a binge eating habit for many years…and who is now completely free of that habit.  You’ll go on a backstage, insiders-only tour of a habit. How and why it starts, what it’s built upon, and how it ultimately falls The post EP7: The Anatomy of a Habit appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson .

When a student in The Little School of Big Change said that particular thoughts and feelings ruin her entire day, it was a totally human and relatable statement. And also one that got me thinking: how are we seeing our experience for a thought or feeling to ruin a day? What is it that we’re The post EP6: You Aren’t What You Experience with Amanda Jones appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson .

Would you believe me if I told you that you that your habits, addictions, obsessions and compulsions weren’t about you? What if they say absolutely nothing about your character or your weaknesses or your past or your flaws? Can you imagine the impact of seeing that the things you are caught up in aren’t the least The post EP5: Your Problems Aren’t About You appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson .

What can a child show you about living freely, without habits, anxiety, and other issues? Everything. Children show us how we come “out of the box”, before our mind creates thought and then forgets it was the creator. This episode will remind you what your out-of-the-box settings really are, and how easy it is to be back The post EP4: Want to Break a Habit? Watch a Kid. appeared first on Dr. Amy J...

In this episode, I dive further into the New Paradigm that Changeable is based upon; the new paradigm that shows us how deep and lasting change comes from insight and seeing things clearly, rather than action and doing things differently. The post EP3: A New Psychology appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson .

When we take action to try to change our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, we’re interfering where we don’t need to. We’re interfering with a system that clears and corrects and changes perfectly—on its own. Discover in this episode how your mind clears itself, and that there is actually nothing to fix. The post EP2: Your Mind Fixes Itself appeared first on Dr. Amy Johnson .