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VIDEO: Dr. Kirk Schneider on Developing Awe in Existential Psychotherapy

…rk Schneider talks about developing awe in existential psychotherapy. Lisa Firestone: How do you help patients start to develop this or how does it come up in the psychotherapy setting? Kirk Schneider: Again, I see that as an organic evolution in the kind of work that I do or that many people do, I think that you do. I’d call it depth existential therapy. It’s wherever you give a person a chance to, again, develop presence, concerted presence to b…

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VIDEO: Dr. Kirk Schneider on Awakening to Awe, Gang Leader to Advocate

…eider. Dr. Kirk Schneider – Awakening to Awe, Gang Leader to Advocate Lisa Firestone: So in your book about Awakening to Awe you tell different stories of people’s experiences with awe and I was wondering if maybe you could recount one of those or think of one or an example of that. Kirk Schneider: Well, one example is the life of Jim Hernandez, who is a former gang leader in the Bay Area and who’s now a youth advocate and a gang mediator and much…

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VIDEO: Dr. Kirk Schneider on Modern Culture and The Experience of Awe

…neider. Dr. Kirk Schneider – Modern Culture and The Experience of Awe Lisa Firestone: When you were talking about our fast paced society and I really thought about how that affects children, too, that children are put under so much pressure these days, and not only just pressure in school but rushed from activity to activity and you’re almost a better parent if you take them to more activities. But in a sense, in my opinion, is that that interfere…

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Steps to Overcoming Your Critical Inner Voice

…years I have studied, along with my father, psychologist and author Robert Firestone, the roots of the critical inner voice. He developed “voice therapy” as a way for people to identify and separate from this inner critic by understanding the origins of the critical inner voice and then taking actions to go against it, actions that are goal directed and that represent a person’s true point of view. The steps involved in this therapy process are de…

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The Importance of Independence, Understanding and Respect

…Seeing each other realistically and respecting each other as separate individuals are key in maintaining an ideal intimate relationship. Dr. Lisa Firestone elaborates on the reasons independence and understanding are so important for a couple….

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VIDEO: Dr. Kirk Schneider on How to Experience Life More Fully

…der – Six Critical Lenses Through Which to More Fully Experience Life Lisa Firestone: As individuals, what do you think people could do to develop more meaning in their own life , on a personal level? Kirk Schneider: I think depth psychotherapy is not a bad way to begin that process. Beyond that, dropping the devices for a time, having some undistracted spaces to go to, whether that’s a walk in nature or maybe some time in one’s room, meditating c…

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Dr. Kirk Schneider on Romantic Awe

…k Schneider , author of The Polarized Mind, talks about romantic awe. Lisa Firestone: In your new book, The Polarized Mind, you describe romantic awe. Is this something partners could aspire to in their relationship? Kirk Schneider: I hope so. I mean, my wife and I have tried to aspire to that. Definitely. What does that mean? I suppose everybody has their own definition of that. But, what does it mean to take an adventure together? Travel, you kn…

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VIDEO: Dr. Kirk Schneider on Psychological and Cultural Polarization

…Polarized Mind, talks about psychological and cultural polarization. Lisa Firestone: In your new book (The Polarized Mind) you talk about how people become polarized, and I wonder if you could talk about that a little bit, what you mean by the polarized mind. Kirk Schneider: Polarization is the fixation on a single point of view to the utter exclusion of competing points of view. And for me, what I’ve come around to is that that is possibly the c…

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5 Simple Steps to End Any Fight

…and caring. And perhaps you will even live longer and certainly with a lot more satisfaction from your relationship. Follow Dr. Firestone on Twitter or Google+….

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Is Your Attachment Style Shaping Your Life?

  In this Webinar: A Webinar with Lisa Firestone, Ph.D. – Attachment refers the particular way in which you relate to other people. Your style of attachment was formed in childhood, however, once established, it has a heavy influence on how you relate in everything from your intimate relationships to how you parent your children. Understanding your style of attachment is helpful, because it offers you insight into how you felt and developed in ch…

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