Psychology Takeaway Podcast

Personality - Part One

 

Jim and Ralph discuss theories of personality and the nature-nurture debate surfaces.

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Resilience - encore presentation

Ralph has not been available for new podcasts for the past few weeks, so, we are posting some oldies from the archives.

We hope to be back with new material soon.

In the meantime be sure to request your free copy of “Protecting Your Family”. Just email Jim at carro1jl@cmich.edu

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Good Mental Health – Part Two

Jim and Ralph conclude their discuss of what constitutes good mental health. Even though they have concluded that no one is” normal”; they posit that a person  can have good mental health – even them.

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The importance of humor - encore

Jim and Ralph are taking a week or so off. Here is an archive podcast on humor.

Humor offers a range of benefits, including enhancing mental health by reducing stress, anxiety, and depression. It promotes social bonding, helping people connect and build stronger relationships through shared laughter. Humor also boosts cognitive function, improving creativity and problem-solving skills by encouraging flexible thinking. Additionally, it can increase physical well-being by stimulating the release of endorphins, the body's natural feel-good chemicals, leading to improved mood and a stronger immune system. Overall, humor is a powerful tool for enhancing both emotional and physical health.

What contributes to good mental health? (Part one)

In this podcast Jim and Ralph look at about 10 ways to enhance one’s mental health.

They also introduce a free offer for their book Protecting Your Family’s health.

Just ask for it at: carro1jl@cmich.edu.

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Protecting Your Family’s Heath

Five things to Learn from Protecting Your Family’s Health

1. How to avoid the major killers: bloody war is not among them, but dread diseases is.
2. How to keep your children’s mental health strong: don’t let TV be your baby sitter.
3. How to live a longer and better life: stay in school and stay curious.
4. How to keep your cool: don’t initiate, don’t escalate.
5. How much exercise is enough? More than you hope, but less than you fear.

There is lots more info on these topics and others on the Protecting your Family course.

Available at : :  https://www.ronanpsych.com/CE-Academy

We leave you with the thoughts of our favorite philosopher:

Jimmy Buffett has shared thoughts that reflect on well-being and mental health; this is a  relevant quote:

"Breathe in, breathe out, move on."
— Jimmy Buffett

It captures a simple yet powerful approach to maintaining mental health by encouraging resilience and the ability to move forward, no matter the circumstances.

 

Meditation and an offer

Jim and Ralph talk about the effects of meditation and give some concrete examples that will let you experience calming. relaxing and healing.

 Protecting Your Family’s Heath

This course involves everything from avoiding premature death, guarding your family’s mental health, living longer and better lives, to avoiding road rage incidents, and what to say if you do get stopped.

Five things to know from Protecting Your Family’s Health

1. How to avoid the major killers: bloody war is not among them, but dread diseases is.
2. How to keep your children’s mental health strong: don’t let TV be your baby sitter.
3. How to live a longer and better life: stay in school and stay curious.
4. How to keep your cool: don’t initiate, don’t escalate.
5. How much exercise is enough? More than you hope, but less than you fear.

There is lots more info on these topics and others on the Protecting your Family course.

Available at : :  https://www.ronanpsych.com/CE-Academy

 

Human Trafficking, Special Offer

Hello fellow You Tubers and Podbeans!

Jim and I are presuming that you are here at Psychology Takeaway because you have an above average interest in the human mind and how it works, fails to work, or deviates from the average – the “norm”, whatever that might mean.

No doubt there are some of you who are involved in psychology at a professional or semi-professional level. For the rest of you who whose interest is just that: an interest, we would like to invite you to take advantage of our $20.00 off  offer and take our Implicit Bias or Human Trafficking course (or both) for only $25.00 each.  SIGN UP HERE:  https://www.ronanpsych.com/CE-Academy

Other courses we offer are more tailored to the professional who needs CE credits, but these two are particularly suited to the person who wants to know more about psychology in the contemporary world.

Coming Soon Protecting Your Family’s Heath

This course involves everything from avoiding premature death, guarding your family’s mental health, living longer and better lives, to avoiding road rage incidents, and what to say if you do get stopped.

Five things to know from Protecting Your Family’s Health

1. How to avoid the major killers: bloody war is not among them, but dread diseases is.
2. How to keep your children’s mental health strong: don’t let TV be your baby sitter.
3. How to live a longer and better life: stay in school and stay curious.
4. How to keep your cool: don’t initiate, don’t escalate.
5. How much exercise is enough? More than you hope, but less than you fear.

There is lots more info on these topics and others on the Protecting your Family course.

Learn More

This is the address of the CBS show we talked about:

 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/canada-niagara-falls-child-sexual-abuse-trafficking-arrests/

 

Pulling the Plug

Jim and Ralph talk with Dylan Banagis, founder of Life Unplugged about his business model which features connectedness, adventure and charity. His goal is to help people “unplug” from their devices long enough to be present, in the present moment, and to be connected with those around.

LEARN MORE

How Social Media is destroying our society a disturbing video that connects with today’s discussion: https://youtu.be/yJ9oEi3Yyg0?feature=shared

Here is more information about Life Unplugged- web site

https://www.lifeunplugged.com/

Email - Dylan@ lifeunplugged.com

Phone 616 644- 2994

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The Need for Meaning

 Ralph and Jim are joined by a fellow Canadian, Amanda Achtman, for a discussion on life, death and the need for meaning in ones live. The discussion fits into Maslow’s hierarchy with ego-integrity vs. despair in late adulthood.

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For much more from Amanda, go to  amanda.achtman@gmail.com

Here is the essay, by George Orwell, mentioned in the podcast:

https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/politics-and-the-english-language/

If you have not yet listened to the Terry Fox podcast, The power of One, here is the YouTube link:

TERRY FOX The power of one (youtube.com). Just click on the Browse button.

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Antisocial vs Asocial and the 25th amendment

Something new; check below for new meditation videos and news about our on line courses.

Today the boys clear up the confusion over the use of the terms in the last podcast. Then, instead of talking about unconscious bias as planned they tackled the rumor that the president could be removed from office by invoking the 35^th amendment to the U>S> constitution. As they unpacked that, it became clear that would be a political decision, not one backed by physical health or mental health data.

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What is the 25^th amendment?

https://youtu.be/QH2xPkHmu2w?feature=shared

Check out our 10 minute meditation courses on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/bVj9F0rQ-4s?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/vcYjbInVTvM?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/MGRY5jlp6As?feature=shared

10-minute meditations can significantly benefit the brain and nervous system by reducing stress, enhancing focus, and promoting emotional stability. These brief sessions can lower cortisol levels, improve neural connections, and activate the parasympathetic nervous system, leading to better mental clarity, relaxation, and overall well-being. 

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