The Intense Mind with Imi Lo

Transcript: https://eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2022/12/14/bpdempathy/ I love, love, love this conversation  Kayla is a Youtuber and psychotherapist in training and has a beautiful channel called On the Line on YouTube. After receiving her own diagnosis, she set out to educate others about this often misunderstood mental disorder There are many psychologists and experts who talk about BPD, bu...

Original Article: https://eggshelltherapy.com/parentification/ What is Parentification? What does it mean to be parentified? Parentification is a form of invisible childhood trauma. Parentification occurs when the roles between a child and a parent are reversed. You know you were parentified if as a child you have to step up as the caretaker, mediator, or protector of the family. Parentification i...

For more,  Please visit: eggshelltherapy.com About Imi: imiloimilo.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eggshelltransformations Newsletters: https://eepurl.com/bykHRz Disclaimers: https://www.eggshelltherapy.com/disclaimers       Trigger Warning: This episode may cover sensitive topics including but not limited to suicide, abuse, violence, severe mental illnesses, relationship challenges, sex, d...

What Is Emotional Intensity? 1. Emotional depth and passion 2. Deep empathy and sensitivity 3. Being highly perceptive 4. A rich inner world, with vivid imagination 5. Creative potential and existential angst For more,  Please visit: eggshelltherapy.com About Imi: imiloimilo.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eggshelltransformations Newsletters: https://eepurl.com/bykHRz Disclaimers: https://w...

Our last conversation with Dr. Jon Frederickson, A Deep Dive Into The Psychology of BPD, Splitting, Projection, Anxiety and Therapy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgzjoVtDts I am sooo glad I invited him back! Today we will be talking about Dr. Frederickson's book Co-Creating Safety: Healing the Fragile Patient  When we have been treated poorly in our past lives, it's only natural to a...

Anxious Attachment and the Anxious x Avoidant Pair Today, we talk to Jessica Baum, the author of the book Anxiously Attached . We will discuss: - What is anxious attachment? - Why are people with an anxious attachment pattern attracted to people with an avoidant attachment style? - Are there cultures that are more anxious or more avoidant?  - What is relationship co-regulation and how can it help?...

Today, we have the honour to host Dr. Susan Kavaler-Adler. Dr Susan has been practicing psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in NYC for over 40 years. She is the Founding Director of the Objects Relations Institute for Psychotherapy and the author of numerous deep and insightful books,    We talked about a lot of very complex but important and topical issues, including:  - Why we might be holding ours...

Galit Atlas is an experienced psychoanalyst who is particularly interested in how we inherit the pain of our parents, grandparents, and ancestors. In this highly insightful conversation, we discussed the following. - What emotional inheritance and transgenerational trauma are, and how can we inherit pain and trauma from our parents without knowing it - The role of defence mechanisms in our lives,...

Today, we welcome Dr Mary Lamia, a clinical psychologist and a prolific author of many subjects. Our subject will be grief and Dr Lamia’s new book, Grief Isn't Something to Get Over: Finding a Home for Memories and Emotions After Losing a Loved One. With a heavy but curious heart, we will discuss:  — What is grief — What is prolonged and complicated grief? — Can we grieve something we never h...

Today I have the honour to speak with Kim Hermanson. We talked about how to place our trust in something invisible and bigger than ourselves, and tap into divine wisdom. I hope it helps you during such uncertain times we are living in! Imi   Kim Hermanson, Ph. D. is a pioneering educator and shaman. During a series of 3 shamanic initiations, she was spiritually gifted with the ability to quickly s...

Transcript: https://eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2022/04/12/giftedguru/ Today we talk to a real expert on the subject of giftedness, Lisa Van Gamert In this conversation we talked about: Lisa's definition of giftedness. What existential depression actually is. Lisa's nuanced definition of perfectionism and why there can be a healthy, functioning form of perfectionism. The existential...

Full transcript: https://eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2022/03/20/melissa/ In this episode, we talk to Melissa Schwartz, who was actually our first podcast guest !! Melissa has just published an amazing book about highly sensitive children!! As we know, this really is an underserved population. Today, we discuss- how would we know if our kids are highly sensitive? How do we deal if we are also...

FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE  This is absolutely one of my favourite episodes of all time!  Enneagram is a knowledge system that is very close to my heart and has been for years. I was pretty star-struck and beyond delighted to be able to talk with Beatrice Chestnut, one of my favourite authors on the Enneagram. We went really deep on this one on all the character structures, their core fears, dominant fe...

Full Episode and Transcript Here .  In this very detailed conversation with the most passionate, wonderful Dr. Pete Kelly, we discussed a wide variety to subjects that has to do with mental health and some of the latest research in the field.   In this conversation, we discussed — Pete’s unique persepctive on depression based on his experience — His observation of people who are attracted to the m...

Full Transcript:  https://eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2021/10/29/ siblings / Today we talk to an expert in sibling relationships, Dr. Avidan Milevsky. In this conversation, we managed to squeeze in a lot of topics. Dr. Avidan is clearly very passionate and knowledgeable. We started by him sharing his personal story of being one of five.  Then we explored:  Why you and your sibling could grow...

FULL CONVERSATION:     https://www.eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2021/09/08/healthycompulsive/   Today we have Jungian Analyst Gary Trosclair, talking about what he calls the Driven Personality, and what we clinically call Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. I absolutely how Gary highlights the positive aspect of the driven personality. In his words, a healthily compulsive person can use...

FULL SHOW NOTES HERE This is the probably most comprehensive and informative conversation we can have about overcontrol . All credits go to Hope Arnold, a brilliant RO-DBT therapist who specializes in this trait. We cover everything about over-control— its definition, presentation, origins, and treatment methods. It is very much relevant to highly sensitive people as Overcontrol is often developed...

SHOW NOTES: https://www.eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2021/07/05/childfreeerikmelissa/ What happens when you choose a life that is unconventional, counter-cultural? What if your story becomes increasingly strange to your family and friends? What can you do to hold your head high even when the others don’t get you? How can you get over attacks or condescending comments?  In today’s episode, we a...

FULL TRANSCRIPT: https://www.eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2021/06/08/becky/ As you know, many intense and sensitive people have felt different and on the fringe of society all their lives. For this reason, I have started to make episodes that are all about being different— different meaning being non-mainstream in terms of lifestyle, life choices, and the way you are. Consider this episode as...

  FULL TRANSCRIPT: https://www.eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2021/04/02/jonf-2/ Today, we are talking to Dr. Jon Frederickson. He is a therapist with over 25 years of experience, especially specializing in working with people with personality disorders. Jon is also the founder of Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy. It is based on psychoanalytic ideas such as transference and defense mec...

In this episode, we have Jessie L. Mannisto, the Editor in Chief of the Third Factor magazine, a thought-provoking magazine that helps the creative, the quirky, and the gifted understand themselves. It is a magazine for those who experience life intensely, those who are teeming with complexity, complex feelings, and abundant mental activities. In this episode we cover: — A deep, detailed dive into...

                *** Click to access FULL SHOW NOTES AND TRANSCRIPT *** Today we have Michael Jawer , a writer and researcher whose works explore emotion as the foundation for personality, health, and spirituality.   I knew of Mike’s work from the beginning of my career a decade ago. In his newest work, Sensitive Soul, he continues his exploration of why different people process their feelings diff...

FULL SHOW NOTES:  https://www.eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2020/09/21/toddpressman/ In this wonderfully unique and useful conversation, we are speaking with Dr. Todd Pressman about deconstructing anxiety. Dr. Pressman’s work first caught my attention for he has some rather radical ideas about anxiety: Firstly, he proposes any negative experience we have is really a fear in disguise; so all our...

FULL TRANSCRIPT: https://www.eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2020/08/03/ julia-fehrenbacher / Today’s episode is very special and a little different than usual.  If you are someone who is sensitive, emotionally intense,   If you have a desire to express yourself through any art form, If you have creativity blockages,  If you believe in the power of words and poetry, this conversation is for you. ...

FULL TRANSCRIPT: https://www.eggshelltherapy.com/podcast-blog/2020/06/27/james-hollis/ Today’s episode is, on a personal level, deeply meaningful to me. Some time ago, I went through what I now know was a crisis of the Soul. As always, I went and search for answers in books and philosophies. That was when I found Dr James Hollis’s work on Jungian Psychology.  Dr Hollis is a Jungian psychoanalyst a...