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

…because I’ve been caught up in that culture. Maybe it’s more a culture of fear. We don’t let our kids go enough to find out for themselves about the awesome world. I tried to correct that a little bit, as I say, with some of these adventures that we’d go on and, you know, really emphasizing the earthy. But I’m concerned as to what that kind of manicured existence is going to bring for kids. And it goes right, again, in tandem with the “technica-z…

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Fighting Post-Graduation Anxiety

…his stress has both physical and mental negative effects. According to Dr. Lisa Firestone, “Anxiety can be a serious psychological condition that limits us in our interactions, our development, and our general state of mind.” By giving in to stress and anxiety, you stop behaving your best. You start doubting yourself and become self-limiting. You give in to your critical inner voice, the self-destructive thought process that creates nagging though…

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Self-Esteem vs. Narcissism

…are we’ve shown toward others. Narcissism, conversely, is often based on a fear of failure or weakness, a focus on one’s self, an unhealthy drive to be seen as the best, and a deep-seated insecurity and underlying feeling of inadequacy. So where do these attitudes come from? And why do we form them? In our new book, The Self Under Siege, my father, psychologist and author Robert Firestone, and I write, “Vanity is a fantasized image of the self tha…

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Understanding and Overcoming Relationship Anxiety

…but actually hurt or limit our current relationships. In this Webinar, Dr. Lisa Firestone will shed light on why we experience relationship anxiety. Where do our fears come from? She will introduce the concept of attachment theory and explain how our early attachments styles can shape our feelings and actions in our adult relationships. She will further explain the influence of the “critical inner voice,” a negative thought process we internalize…

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Understanding and Preventing Suicide Webinar

…d Preventing Suicide here To see a full list of upcoming webinars with Dr. Lisa Firestone, please visit PsychAlive Upcoming Webinars * All Webinars are provided by The Glendon Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and enhancing mental health. To support this Webinar series, you can make a donation to The Glendon Association by clicking here Recommended Books Recommended Films For the Public For Professionals For Survivors…

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VIDEO: Mindfulness Meditation and Romantic Relationships

…of mindfulness meditation on parenting. Watch or read the interview below. Lisa Firestone: I was wondering if you could talk about how mindfulness affects relationships, like romantic relationships, for instance. Donna Rockwell: Certainly. Well, as far as relationships go, mindfulness, if both partners understand what it means and can sort of enter into that space or worldview together, there’s a lot more patience and time to be present to the oth…

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VIDEO: Integrating Mindfulness into Psychotherapy

…an be with the trembling of the planet. So yoga’s a fantastic way as well. Lisa Firestone: And you find it’s helpful for most all of your patients or … DR: Yes, it is, because, I mean, we all have the same mind. It’s just one universal mind and it jumps all over the place. We have our personalities but that’s not what we’re talking about. We’re talking about the nature of mind itself. So with all of my clients and patients we talk about the mind….

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VIDEO: The Link Between Mindfulness Meditation and Compassion

…mindfulness meditation and compassion. Watch or read the interview below. Lisa Firestone: Does consistent practice of mindfulness meditation lead to the development of compassion? Has that been your experience? Donna Rockwell: Absolutely. And it’s because of what we were saying before which is that you start having compassion for yourself. It’s like, “Oh my God, will my mind every shut up?” You know, you start saying, “This is absurd, you know. Y…

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VIDEO: The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Parenting

…mindfulness meditation on parenting. Watch or read the interview below.   Lisa Firestone: How do you think mindfulness affects people in terms of being parents or why it could be valuable to parents? Donna Rockwell: Wow. Certainly, if there’s any area mindfulness can help in, it’s in parenting because, wow, it’s hard to have kids and I mean it was my most favorite thing I ever did was to have kids and be home with them. It’s a lot of work and tha…

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VIDEO: The Impact of Mindfulness Meditation on Female Soldiers

…tation on female soldiers dealing with being assaulted by fellow soldiers. Lisa Firestone: One of the groups that they brought on stage at this conference was soldiers with PTSD from various things. This woman soldier had been assaulted by a fellow soldier, which is very common, unfortunately the most common injury for women in the military at the moment. But they’re all talking about how mindfulness got their life back. They’d been given medicati…

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