Cafe Dia

In this episode, I wanted to explore gameplay as an activity to help complete the stress cycle. I wanted to expand on why with a few studies. What are you playing lately? References Aliyari, H., Sahraei, H., Daliri, M. R., Minaei-Bidgoli, B., Kazemi, M., Agaei, H., Sahraei, M., Hosseini, S. M. A. S., Hadipour, M. M., Mohammadi, M., & Dehghanimohammadabadi, Z. (2018). The Beneficial or Harmful...

Attachment styles influence how we connect. Would you identify your attachment style as securely attached? We’ll get some clarity on what secure attachment versus insecure attachment might look like in our relationships. This episode focuses on attachment theory and the dynamic-maturation model. We’ll talk about what they are and how they show up in our connections with ourselves and others. Resou...

Welcome to the Cafe Dia podcast!  This episode gives a bit of background into why I started this podcast and what is to come. A non-exhaustive list of a few books that inspired me to explore and gather my thoughts about life and love: Mating in Captivity by Ester Perel all about love by bell hooks Building a Life Worth Living by Marsha Linehan Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski

Love can bring such elation and excitement to life. Love and romantic relationships affect not just our emotional well-being but also our physical well-being. How do happy and unhappily maintained relationships affect us? References Acevedo, B. P., Aron, A., Fisher, H. E., & Brown, L. L. (2012). Neural correlates of long-term intense romantic love. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience,...

Analyzing the movie Everything Everywhere All At Once Evelyn can't catch a break today. With all she’s got going on—from possibly losing her business to the IRS, potential divorce, managing a relationship with her daughter, and caring for her father—saving the multiverse is a lot to ask of her. This episode is a therapeutic analysis of the movie Everything Everywhere All At Once using the Sati...

Is virtual reality a useful method for psychotherapy? Therapy and virtual reality have been connected for at least half a decade through various experiments. We’ll explore a couple of use cases and how this works psychologically in this episode. To see the rubber hand illusion, you can watch an example here . References Amelia Virtual Care. (n.d.) Ameliavirtualcare.com. https://ameliavirtualcare.c...