Psychology Takeaway Podcast

Is Happiness a Moral Obligation?

n this podcast Ralph makes the case for the importance of happiness. But what is happiness. Martin Seligman would say that it is enjoyment, involvement or flow and meaning. As you listen, think about the things in your world, whether that is your job, family or social network that creates happiness for you.

 

 

 

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This article in Psychology Today investigates the various dimensions of happiness: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/happiness

 

In this Ted Talk Canadian, Tia Graham, tells how she and her family healed from the trauma of divorce and she shares “the simple secret of being happier: https://youtu.be/gYeHV_nA36c?feature=shared

 

          Continuing Education                    for Health Providers

Human trafficking, or trafficking in persons, is modern-day slavery It is a crime that involves the unwilling exploitation of people for labor or sex.

 

Ralph and Jim have created a continuing education course which addresses the four guidelines for professional listening health and mental health care providers, namely:

1. 
   Understanding the types and venues of human trafficking in the United States.
2. Identifying victims of human trafficking in health care settings.
3. Identifying the warning signs of human trafficking in health care settings for adults and minors.
4. Resources for reporting the suspected victims of human trafficking.

The course features
Five E books 5 PDF's
Seven Videos
Five audio discussions
Hundreds of pages of written material

 

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

We hope you enjoyed the audio and we invite you to take this and other courses that we offer!!!

 

 

 

 

Therapeutic Psychedelic’s Part Two

One of the most difficult categories of emotional disturbance to successfully treat. It ranks right up there with major depression and PTSD. Recent research findings disused by Jim and Ralph give hope for sufferers’.

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Cameron’s Ted Talk stresses ”being yourself”; https://youtu.be/KM4Xe6Dlp0Y?si=ZJTh0C4GfFsSi-pl

For more on The Hero’s Journey, watch: https://youtu.be/d1Zxt28ff-E?si=dcqBG_qcc7BRq4Xr

You Tube Ted Talks Eating Disorders with Dr. Hill: https://youtu.be/UEysOExcwrE?si=7m0RhTBvEQeobe1T

Continuing Education for Health Providers

Human trafficking, or trafficking in persons, is modern-day slavery It is a crime that involves the unwilling exploitation of people for labor or sex.

 

Ralph and Jim have created a continuing education course which addresses the four guidelines for professional listening health and mental health care providers, namely:

1. Understanding the types and venues of human trafficking in the United States.
2. Identifying victims of human trafficking in health care settings.
3. Identifying the warning signs of human trafficking in health care settings for adults and minors.
4. Resources for reporting the suspected victims of human trafficking.

The course features
Five E books 5 PDF's
Seven Videos
Five audio discussions
Hundreds of pages of written material

 

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

We hope you enjoyed the audio and we invite you to take this and other courses that we offer!!!

 

 

New treatments for anxiety, depression and PTSD – first in a series

 

New treatments for anxiety, depression and PTSD – first in a series

Jim and Ralph look at the ground swell of data emerging on the benefits of psychedelics for mental health treatment. In the sixties we were told that drugs like LSD or “magic mushrooms” would lead to nightmarish hallucination with recurring flash backs. The War on Drugs certainly put research on hold. But 50 years later psychedelics are getting looked at anew.

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Therapeutic Uses of Psychedelic doses

https://youtu.be/abr6CqbNdM4?si=0dd0hhFtoJbPZj6e

How Psychedelics Change the Brain

https://youtu.be/pKR-jvGlkNg?si=In4O8-SQ3I2TFN-Q

Why Dr. Andrew Huberman Changed His Mind About Psychedelics | The Tim Ferriss Show

https://youtu.be/KkIXevEsupQ?si=oOcNJcDLI_IRxyL-

 

Announcing

Continuing Education opportunities for health care professional: Record Keeping

Topics include:

Legal and Ethical Obligations in Record Keeping

Documentation Standards

Avoiding Bias in Record Keeping

Responding to Subpoenas and Legal Requests 

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

 

 

 

 

Psychological Benefits of Outdoor Play

Well, now that winter seems to past over the middle part of our state people are emerging from hibernation.

Children who have been glued to their electronic devices for the last 6 months running, jumping and kicking balls.

Ralph is on assignment this week, but SPECIAL GUEST, Sheila Carroll, discusses the behavioral, emotional and cognitive effects of getting out the house and interacting with each other in the great out-of-doors.

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Why children need to play in nature: https://youtu.be/Os0fJhHHHiA?feature=shared

Watch this Ted talk if you are interested in the well-being of young children: https://youtu.be/Dhas9OEc1Lk?feature=shared

 

Quotes from Last Child in the Woods: https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3210060-last-child-in-the-woods-saving-our-children-from-nature-deficit-disorde

 

 

Happiness and the World of Work

 

Today Ralph and Jim again talk with I/O psychologist Cassie Stockner about workplace issues. They look at the work of Hackman and Oldham's (1974) whose  job characteristics model suggested that five core job dimensions affect certain personal and work related outcomes, including job satisfaction. The five core job dimensions identified are autonomy, feedback, skill variety, task identity, and task significance.

We look at the Volvo model of job design; 85% of employees would recommend working at Volvo Group to a friend and 77% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. That did not sound like Johnny Paycheck to us.

Seligman’s work with the three types of happiness was reviewed.

We are sorry for the couple of technical glitches in the last podcast. Jim and Ralph got their broadcasting start on live radio in Canada and they have no editing skills!!!

 

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This is what Martin Seligman said about psychology in general and happiness in particular in his Ted Talk: https://youtu.be/9FBxfd7DL3E?feature=shared

How to think clearly the thoughts of Marcus Aralias https://youtu.be/HekZLSZ2mpU?si=LdbZTcYUEAWD1EIY

Don’t be lazy: https://youtu.be/bsH6BaXkwn8?si=ZMaV7VPRrh8V8LTf

 

Announcing

Continuing Education opportunities for health care professional: Record Keeping

Topics include:

Legal and Ethical Obligations in Record Keeping

Documentation Standards

Avoiding Bias in Record Keeping

Responding to Subpoenas and Legal Requests

 

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

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JOB CONFLICT

Ralph and Jim are joined by psychologist Cassie Stockner as they explore dimensions of job conflict. But is conflict all bad? Walter Lipman said “Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." So it might have a positive side!!!

When it comes to team work, it has been said, "The better able team members are to engage, speak, listen, hear, interpret, and respond constructively, the more likely their teams are to leverage conflict rather than be leveled by it." Runde and Flanagan

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Two songs were mentioned in the podcast, Take This Job and Shove it, by Johnny Paycheck: https://youtu.be/gj2iGAifSNI?si=uOqXrd23YlQQUXkR

and It’s five o’clock Somewhere, by Allen Jackson: https://youtu.be/BPCjC543llU?si=3yHXNTxebizqCXZc  Enjoy!!!

Short video on Employee conflict resolution: https://youtu.be/LR_DLCYqGnA?si=3Q9M9O_abY7VUlFQ

 

Announcing

Continuing Education opportunities for health care professional: Record Keeping

Topics include:

 

Legal and Ethical Obligations in Record Keeping

Documentation Standards

Avoiding Bias in Record Keeping

Responding to Subpoenas and Legal Requests

 

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

We hope you enjoyed the audio and we invite you to take this and other courses that we offer!!

 

 

 

 

Module One Audio for CE course on Human Trafficking

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Human trafficking, or trafficking in persons, is modern-day slavery It is a crime that involves the unwilling exploitation of people for labor or sex.

 

Ralph and Jim have created a continuing education course which addresses the four guidelines for professional listening health and mental health care providers, namely:

1. 
   Understanding the types and venues of human trafficking in the United States.
2. Identifying victims of human trafficking in health care settings.
3. Identifying the warning signs of human trafficking in health care settings for adults and minors.
4. Resources for reporting the suspected victims of human trafficking.

 

The course features
Five E books 5 PDF's
Seven Videos
Five audio discussions
Hundreds of pages of written material

 

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

We hope you enjoyed the audio and we invite you to take this and other courses that we offer!!!

 

 

 

OM-OM-OM: not OMG!!

Ralph and Jim have a guest, Ms. Anita Pia, and we talk about the beneficial effects of chanting/meditation. It seems to promote aspects of both physical health and emotional well-being. It is fun to do and can be done wherever you are as long as you are not ticking off those around you.

 

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If you are interested in finding your own Mantra, here is the List that Anita referred to: https://www.bmcm.org/learn/recommended-mantrams/

Here is a You Tube video that you can use to saturate yourself in OM even if you can’t do it yourself – like when you are studying in a Library or falling asleep: https://youtu.be/5BLZNhGVbEk?si=Z2QUpfFWuRv-8WtD

This link explains why orchestras use 440 Hz for tuning:

Why Do Orchestras Tune to an A Note? | Mental Floss

We mentioned the 60’s in the podcast. Here is a fun quiz to test how much you know about that decade. It’s a blast from the past! Apparently most people only get 17 answers right. I wonder how many people who were there get right: https://grizly.com/quizzes/1960s-pop-culture-and-history?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=qgcc_google_1960sv2_discovery_sv20_10_04_23&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIy_iH86GwhAMVgiKHAx0MCA1oEAEYASAAEgJP3PD_BwE

 

 

 

 

Love is in the air

On the day before Valentine’s  day Jim and Ralph look at love with the help of a Saint, a poet and the greatest storyteller of all time.

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We have several You Tube videos for your consideration,. The first two look at the science behind love:

https://youtu.be/eDMwpVUhxAo?si=XGdHIQaIMPS42tRB

This one is about 3 minutes long. The next one is 28 minutes and explains the research of Dr. Helen Fisher: https://youtu.be/9kaZ79MQWrM?si=jA9p-RHL05Goq5JO

The last video is only about 12 minutes long and it is done by a psychiatrist who noticed that successful relationships may have developed even when there were lots of red flags (warnings):

https://youtu.be/BHf0L8dZJbE?si=wFSZRZDGTe6V5A3s

 

 

Pop Quiz – How are music, sleep and handwriting related?

 

Answer – they have beneficial health and psychological effects. Sleep is important for children and teen , but what about folks in middle age – yep, it is very important to get an optimal amount. As for music, it has a universal ability to arouse or calm – at least that what the research says.

Writing?  Jim and Ralph discuss the surprising relationship between keyboarding, handwriting and creativity

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Ralph and Jim were happily surprised to find that their  podcast is rated 64^th in the top 100 psychology podcasts: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/psychology_podcasts/

We are now available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0m6BhwVKCVmiGzPaWBV2ZL

Music for calming that Jim mentioned in the podcast: https://youtu.be/njHvGxZgTPk?si=pGZD_7TmwA1InjJd

Video on hand writing The Power of the Pen: https://youtu.be/FqjDYMtxEYU?si=cS7tqQ8ZnCZ1qEbP

Can Implicit bias be altered or changed?

The short answer is, may be. It depends on awareness, motivation, developing specific strategies and above all, effort

 For more information, click here: https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com/course/implicit-bias-for-health-professionals