Different Spectrums Podcast ™️

Today we process a scene from the movie Rocky! Rock is asked to fight for the title and rejects the offer at first. Then Mick, the gym trainer, comes to his house to jump on his coattails for the fight. Repeatedly is saying he could have been better if he had a manager! We touch on coaching, athletes, mentality, and more. Braking down Rocky's self-doubt, why it's there, and when it started. When o...

Today we process two scenes from the movie I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry. Both of them are on the way to be married. As the ceremony begins, they get some wise words. Life is like a circle, and love is the same way. It is never ending and keeps looping. We use this as a good metaphor for anxiety, love, hate, negative thoughts, spiraling, and more. Join us as we have some fun and talk about l...

Today we process a scene from the Movie Hardball. Where Keanu Reeves is a little league baseball coach and has to turn around a team for community service. The scene we look at deals with music and how it can calm one's body, mind, and soul. We talk about how we, as folks on the spectrum, use music to regulate our emotions and thoughts. Others do the same; some may use music to process their emoti...

Today we process some scenes from the movie Talladega Nights. Ricky Bobby has social anxiety and does not know how to act or what to do with his hands. We process this and what's happening with the delusional thinking of being disabled. Can we think our way into things like this? Can we spiral into depression or self-hatred? Yes, we can. The mind is so powerful that some lies we tell ourselves can...

Today we process a scene from the movie Liar Liar. The dad tries to get his son to wish he could once again lie. As a lawyer, he says he needs to lie for work and rationalize that everyone lies all the time, and without the ability to use these small lies that don't hurt anyone, he will lose his job. We discuss lies and how they affect the ones close to us. We question how lying can harm children...

Today we process a scene from the movie The Replacements. Where we laugh at a favorite scene of mine, "to the left." While in the huddle, the boys already don't like each other, are fighting for spots, and can't hear what's happening. As the QB yells, the other teams can listen to him and laugh about it. The next few plays happen, which only worsens for our favorite footballers. We process things...

Today we process a scene from the movie The Longest Yard. We look at masculinity with Chris Rock, finding out he has a low violence rating (half a star) out of 5. In this, they make fun of him and bully him about not being the scariest individual. We process how masculinity is tied to violence and how men evaluate toughness through the lens. Secondly, we process a scene where racist things are sai...

Today we process a scene from the show Mom, where Bonnie finally goes into therapy but for her ADHD issues. The process of how it has changed her life and got in the way of her being happy or more successful. In this pain and realization, she begins to think how much more she could have become. Towards the end, they process how her ADHD helped her dissociate from the traumas around her and could h...

Today we process a scene from The Last Dance, where we take a peek at MJ's passion on the court and how others had a hard time playing with him. As we see MJ cry, we discover how much winning means to him, and maybe he doesn't like the hate he gets for his obsessive drive to win. Perhaps it was the shame or guilt, but it felt like he struggled with this perception of who he was and could not stop...

Today we process a scene from Antwan Fisher, where we follow him through therapy sessions. He goes from avoidance to opening up and then regreeting what is going on due to trauma responses and feeling lost in life. The stigma for needing therapy is still a thing; for black and brown folks, it's even worse. Not trusting others and trying to do it all on your own, being hurt over and over in life an...

Today we process a scene from the movie Life, where they go to prison for a crime they did not commit (racism), and we capture a few of the scenes that have been stuck in our minds for years. The "are you going to eat your cornbread" scene can be used to look at men and masculinity. The boys have to prove themselves in prison so they are not seen as weak. Thus they act a fool and front like they a...

Today we process a scene from the movie Dodgeball, where we learn if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. I may say this in therapy at times, but all jokes aside, what are our coping skills and emotional regulation tools? How do we help ourselves and distract from the expressed emotions and come back to them when we can process them without those intense feelings? Life is hard and making...

Today we process a scene from The Mighty Ducks, where Coach Bombay gives his play a confidence boost before the game-winning shot. Unlike his old coach and now rival did when he was a young boy, and he missed the shot. We look at how important coaches are in a young person's life and how we treat kiddos that can last forever. What is effective leadership, and how do you get the best out of your pl...

Today we process a scene from Suicide Squad, where Harley Quinn is asked if she loved him and would die for him. This scene is romantic but hella toxic. Dating is complicated nowadays, but this intoxication is all drama, but who knows. What is healthy love and unhealthy love? Do we need to be in relationships to be happy, or can we be single or something else without being called different? Today...

Today we process a scene from Megamind, where we get the origin story of who and why Megamind became the person he is. Do people start off being good or bad, and can they change if the proper environment is there for them? We look at how being different than bullied about it can cause trauma and adjust our personalities over time. Being isolated and made fun of for not being like the others is so...

Today we process a scene from Star Wars Tales of the Jedi, where Count Dooku feels the force of anger telling him to seek vengeance for the people hurt in this small village. What do we do when we are sick of those in charge or people making choices that we know are wrong or pushing our boundaries? Many feelings can come up, ranging from anger, resentment, embarrassment, and more. Maybe Dooku had...