Insight Maximizers

Suze and Jenni return to discuss triggers or activators, the good, the bad, the ugly! They learn that Merriam-Webster denotes a trigger as causing an intense and usually negative reaction in someone, which perpetuates the bum rap that triggers get! Despite how our brains are wired, we can override the tendency to react negatively to things that used to upset us. Jenni and Suze also explain how pos...

Jen and Suze want the Maxer community to be encouraged about insight, so they spend some time defining insight as well as intuition. They remind themselves and people listening to that insight will help us all feel better, even if it doesn't feel good in the moment. They both thought about recent upsetting events and asked themselves questions about how they handled the events. Listen to hear the...

  Jenni and Suze reflect on how their project and podcast all started. They wanted to turn challenges into opportunities to improve their lives, and help others improve theirs.  In this episode, they talk about why they've put together skills and tools to be better prepared psychologically for those moments when we get thrown off emotionally. If you want ways to prepare psychologically for upcomin...

Over the break of their podcast, Jenni and Suze practiced the trigger plan PAUSE. In the season opener, they discuss what PAUSE stands for, their questions for gaining insight when activated, and the gift that PAUSE has been for them both. They shared what they observed and learned from practicing PAUSE , and they hope this encourages all who listen to integrate PAUSE into their daily lives like S...

As Season 3 comes to an end, so does 2023. Jenni and Suze reflect on how the approaching holiday season and new year can bring challenges. They suggest it's a perfect time to observe ourselves and reduce the chances of reacting impulsively and regretting it. They presented questions to ask and a simple acronym to help themselves and listeners remember to observe themselves more than they observe o...

  Jenni and Suze created a booklet compiling skills from coaching and therapy to help them and listeners debunk and dispute thinking. They highly encourage anyone to download it for free from their website: www.insightmaximizers.com/handouts .  In the booklet, there are three journaling exercises. Jenni chose one of the therapy techniques, and Suze chose the coaching method of debunking limiting b...

Jenni and Suze have spent this season identifying thinking and thoughts that can be challenging. What do listeners do now? You learn how to debunk limiting beliefs. You also learn how to untwist distorted thinking and dispute irrational beliefs. To help with this undertaking, Suze and Jenni have created a gift for everyone, including themselves! Go to insightmaximizers.com/handouts to download the...

In a constant effort this season to understand the impact thinking has on us, Suze and Jenni reviewed the Insight Maximizers definition of a belief and coaching work on empowering beliefs, limiting beliefs, and self-limiting beliefs. Both practiced the Maxer Method from the last episode, journaling despite their resistance. Jenni has had years of coaching herself, and she was still able to learn a...

In their continued search for insights into the impact of thoughts, Jenni and Suze discuss coaching concepts about limiting and empowering beliefs . Coaching is a culmination of human's lifelong search for the " good life, " from the times of Aristotle all the way to the influence of Positive Psychology, as Jenni gives us a little history and context.  To create a better life, we have to look at h...

In this episode, Suze and Jenni give personal examples of how to debunk irrational beliefs. First, they investigate the difference between a thought , a thought pattern or process, and a belief .  Despite their slight aversion to journaling, they both found a payoff again when they did the most recent Maxer Method challenge. Suze was able to identify a pattern with her thinking when she dug deeper...

Suze and Jenni continue to focus on thinking, and how it is impacted by emotions. While a mild emotional reaction causes thinking to become distorted, an intense feeling will make thoughts irrational. Suze describes the work that Albert Ellis PhD has done to identify 12 irrational beliefs, which Jenni and Suze have compiled for listeners in an easy-to-use handout. Please visit the Insight Maximize...

While practicing the most recent Maxer Method, Jenni and Suze realized that distorted thinking is a large part of their conditioned self . It was a good piece of insight for them that connected the coaching and therapy worlds. Suze worked heavily on jumping to conclusions, one of David Burns' distorted thinking patterns . Jenni realized that she was thinking in should statements, despite not using...

There are many tools available to help us understand how our thinking impacts our emotions, how our body feels and the actions we take or don't take. To continue our journey into our thinking, Suze discusses one too with Jenni, the 10 distorted thinking patterns identified by David Burns, MD. This episode's Maxer Method is more journaling, much to the chagrin of Jenni and Suze who remain journal r...

Jenni and Suze identified differences between coaching and counseling to inform listeners. They reviewed the Authentic Self and Conditioned Self, which they were identifying in their journaling with the last Maxer Method. Suze continues to struggle with journaling, though found this Maxer Method quite useful to gain insight and feel peaceful inside. Jenni was able to see her progress as she journa...

Jenni and Suze continue to explore thought patterns, this time shifting from a psychological framework to looking through the lens of coaching. Jenni educates us on the mindset of the Authentic Self versus that of the Conditioned Self from her coaching work. Suze relates how self-talk is a part of the work that some therapists do with their clients, noting how the coaching information could help h...

Suze and Jenni continue to practice what they preach, discussing how they both utilized the Maxer Method recommended to understand and benefit from Transactional Analysis of ego states . Suze briefly reminded us what Transactional Analysis was about before Jenni began with her experience.  Both shared intimate, emotional examples of how they identified ego states in themselves or others, and how t...

Jenni and Suze continue to learn more about psychological theory that helps us understand our thinking. They move into the 1970s with Transactional Analysis (TA), as it relates to Freud's theory of personality they recently discussed. TA has more user-friendly terms that help people understand what goes on inside them, as well as what happens when they interact with other people. The way we talk t...

Now that we understand what Freud taught us about the Id, Ego, and Superego , how do we use this information? Suze shared numerous observations from her practicing the Maxer Method , including a surprising unconscious little thing she has been doing that she can't unsee now. She describes being more aware of her Id than any other voice , which made her question if she has a conscience if she isn't...

Conscious change always starts by observing. Listen to Jenni and Suze share a simple framework for observing our thoughts. Suze presents the framework created by Sigmund Freud, the father of modern psychology. And Jenni brings in how the coaching profession incorporates Freud's concepts to help people observe their thinking to uncover limiting beliefs that cause them to feel stuck. The framework w...

  Suze and Jenni both admit that they hate journaling. Listen as they share why they hate it, did it anyway, and what they got out of it! Journaling was the Maxer Method for this episode. A "Maxer Method" is an activity that Suze and Jenni suggest for themselves and listeners to try so that they can get personal insights about life's events.  Is it worth it for you to do these Maxer Methods that t...

With Season 2 behind them, Jenni and Suze delve into thoughts, why they matter, and how they affect our lives. They look into the varied definitions of the word 'thought.' Jenni added a lot of nuances to the definition as she discussed coaching concepts related to thoughts. Finally, they work together to create the Insight Maximizer definition of thought. To be more aware or conscious of thoughts,...

Jenni and Suze share what they gained from Season Two. Both were pleased that they used new skills from the Maxer Methods to handle complex life events over the past few months.   They also outlined what you can expect from Season 3. It's time to bring thinking into the equation with our triggers, emotions, and feelings!   Maxers Community Facebook group continues to grow! Consider joining this pr...

Pre-Holiday Insights It's their Season Two finale, and Suze and Jenni quickly look back at their deep dive into emotions and feelings! What's the difference between the two? Why bother with them? And how do they affect our bodies and our relationships? Tis the giving season. And Suze and Jenni announce their new Maxers Community Facebook group! It's a private group for fellow insight seekers to gi...

Suze and Jenni practiced the Maxer Method by completing the Distraction Action Assessment , which can be retrieved at www.insightmaximizers.com. Neither was too surprised by the information they learned, yet they could see that working on themselves has paid off over time. They realized they didn't use some of the distraction actions they used to use. It can be confusing what to do with some of th...

In this episode, Suze and Jenni talk about a potentially unhealthy coping strategy that they call "distraction actions." Jenni educated us on how we can use distraction actions as a means to avoid feeling emotions, including how they can become habitual and even addictive. To help us change our distraction actions, they provide an assessment with insight and action-oriented questions for the Maxer...