Bonus Ep. 251 90 Seconds to a Life You Love and the Capacity to Change with Dr. Joan Rosenberg

Published: Jan. 25, 2023, 8 a.m.

Today I am honored to connect with my friend and colleague, Dr. Joan Rosenberg! She is a highly-regarded psychologist, master clinician, trainer, consultant, cutting-edge psychologist, and the author of the book 90 Seconds to a Life You Love.\nJoan is a dear friend who is absolutely brilliant and very wise! She has a broad range of experience, both as a clinician and as a professor. As a clinical psychologist, she is known for her concept of working through uncomfortable feelings. In this episode, we dive into how our childhoods impact our ability to express ourselves and the understanding that if we have the capacity to think, we can change. We discuss uncomfortable feelings, triggers, awareness, and reframing. We speak about experiences versus disconnection, resilience, and the benefits of facing our pain. We also get into the goals of communication, incongruent thoughts and actions, growth, generosity, compliments, and humility.\xa0\nThis conversation is one of my recent favorites! I hope you will love it, too!\nIN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:\n\nHow our capacity to think allows us to learn new things and change, regulate our feelings and emotions, and express what we are experiencing.\n\nHow our childhood impacts our ability to express ourselves and talk about our feelings.\n\nWhy do we need to develop the skills to express ourselves and regulate our emotions?\n\nWhy do we want to distract ourselves from unpleasant feelings?\n\nHow do feelings relate to our experience of aliveness?\n\nWe have the capacity to shift and change throughout our lifetime.\n\nDr. Joan discusses eight unpleasant feeling states to which most of us can relate.\n\nHow Dr. Joan helps her patients reframe vulnerability.\n\nWhat helps us build confidence and resilience?\n\nWhat can we do to improve our communication skills?\n\nHow to deal with incongruence between words and behavior.\n\n\nConnect with Cynthia Thurlow\n\u2022 Follow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn\n\u2022 Check out Cynthia\u2019s website\xa0\n\nConnect with Dr. Joan Rosenberg\n\nOn her website\n\n\nOn Instagram\n\n\nFind Dr. Joan under Dr. Joan Rosenberg on social media\n\n\nDr. Joan\u2019s Book\n90 Seconds to a Life You Love