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This is the last episode in the Thinking Errors Series of podcast episodes. Thinking errors discussed include: Labeling, Personalization, Fortune telling and mind reading.

Defines what jumping to a conclusion really is and how damaging it can be to a relationship. Provides tips how you can stop jumping to conclusions.

Discusses what discounting the positive is and how it affects self-confidence. Presents ways to break the habit of discounting the positive.

Shifting the way you think requires recognizing the power of your thoughts and challenging thinking errors/cognitive distortions. You can learn to love yourself by changing what you think about yourself and how you talk with yourself.

Describes magnification and minimazation type behaviors.

Discusses looking at things in absolute, black-and-white categories.

Discusses stress – what it is, why it happens, and how to deal with it (both at work and at home), plus how to manage your mental health and wellbeing every day in order to reduce the effect stress can have on you.

Explains what your stress hormone is; what it does and why it matters for your mental health. 

Discusses why we have regrets, how they can impact our mental health, and how to work through past regrets.

Reveals why we self-sabotage and how to stop self-sabotaging. Lists self-sabotaging behaviors. Describes how some people sabotage their own relationships. 

Discusses how opinions – both our own and other people’s – can impact our mental health, and how you can make choices that have a positive impact on your wellbeing and others’ wellbeing.

Describes how thoughts and feeling are perceptions of yourself and the world around you and as such can be managed. Explains how feelings can become constructive or destructive based on how they are managed. Discusses the P.A.T.H. way to manage feelings and emotions. Cites the importance to mindfully observe feelings and seek to understand what emotions are telling you about your needs, then, with...

Describes causes of narcissism. Explains the difference between narcissism and self-esteem.

Reviews why social interactions are the foundation of everything you encounter. Provides the most significant bonds you'll make and why they're so important. Explains the connection between relationships and mental health. 

Discusses how to spot a gaslighter. Provides details specific to why do people gaslight. Explains the effects of gaslighting. Walks through gaslighting FAQs and provides answers from experts in gaslighting. Reveals how to protect yourself when encountering a gaslighter. 

Reveals most commonly used typical and atypical antipsychotics used to treat Schizophrenia. States what group of people should not receive antipsychotics. Overviews common side effects of typical and atypical antipsychotics.

Overviews characteristics of psychopathic behavior. Dispels myths of what psychopathic behavior is and is not. Lists ten steps in the evolution of becoming close to a psychopath. 

Overviews what is in the unconscious mind. Highlights how the unconscious mind works. Looks at how therapists work with the Unconscious mind. 

Defines cognitive bias we all experience and details the types of cognitive biases we all have exhibited. Offers tips to avoid cognitive bias and improve decision making and form beliefs based on objective information.

Movies about mental illness are often stigma-laden and their depictions of mental illness are just, plain wrong. That said, every once in a while, Hollywood gets mental illness – or at least components of a mental illness – right. As such, this podcast mentions and describes five movies about mental illness you'll want to watch for their accurate portrayals of mental illness. In addition, this pod...

Describes what positivity is (and what it isn’t), why realistic positivity is a part of good mental health, and how to embrace positivity in a healthy way.

Describes what Imposter feelings are and what they represent. Describes the five main types of imposters. Explains where Imposter Syndrome comes from. Reveals personality traits to imposter feelings. Discusses the role of mental illness that may play a part in Imposter Syndrome. Details how gender bias and institutionalized racism can also play a significant part in imposter feelings.

Defines depression. Discusses the difference between grief and depression. Details how depression affects certain health conditions. Reveals signs and symptoms of depression and the difference between what males and females experience. Mentions potential causes of depression. Details treatments and medications used to treat depression.

Describes what resentment is and how it can damage your mental and physical health. Discusses resentment in relationships and their causes. Details how you can let go of resentment.

Defines simple pleasures. Asks if indulging in simple pleasure requires money. Discusses the importance of simple pleasures for physical and mental well-being. Reveals the benefits of enjoying simple pleasures. Offers some simple pleasures in life to boost your mood and increase your happiness.