5 Ways To Improve Your Subconscious Mind & Be Happier in 2024
The Mel Robbins Podcast with Dr. Paul Conti
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Want to learn how to be a happier and more successful version of yourself… from the psychiatrist that Lady Gaga says “saved her life?”
Mel sits down with Stanford-trained psychiatrist, trauma expert, and best-selling author Dr. Paul Conti to help you improve your mental health and be happier in 2024.
Topics discussed:
Toxic self-talk starts in childhood
Cotard’s Syndrome: the extreme side of negative self-talk
Your thoughts become your reality
What to do when you feel like a failure or doomed to bad luck
Feel happier when you say THIS to yourself
5 strategies for changing your inner dialogue
The one area where computers are better than the human brain
Why you HAVE to process your childhood trauma
What to do with a panic attack
The ONE thing you need to know about change
What an umbrella has to do with how you think about yourself
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In this episode:
- 3:30 Toxic self-talk starts in childhood.
- 11:00: Cotard’s Syndrome: the extreme side of negative self-talk.
- 16:00: Your thoughts become your reality.
- 17:20: Do this when you feel like a failure or doomed to bad luck.
- 29:30: The one area where computers are better than the human brain.
- 34:50: Why “good enough” parenting is healthy.
- 39:00: Feel happier when you say THIS to yourself.
- 42:30: 5 strategies for changing your inner dialogue.
- 43:30: Why you HAVE to process your childhood trauma.
- 44:50: What happened to Dr. Conti after he lost his brother to suicide.
- 53:15: What to do with a panic attack.
- 1:12:20: The ONE thing you need to know about change.
- 1:16:27: What an umbrella has to do with how you think about yourself.
Resources and go deeper:
- Walden University: Positive self-talk makes you happier and more productive
- Nature Journal: Effects of positive and negative self-talk on your brain
- Brainz Magazine: Using curiosity to stop negative thinking
- Psychology Today: Curiosity is key to well-being
- Psych Central: Is learned helplessness a response to trauma?
- The New York Times: Journaling improves your overall health.
- American Psychological Assoc: How to cope with traumatic stress.
- Stanford Report: Your powerful, changeable mindset.
- Springer Link: Subjective consciousness: what am I?
- National Library of Medicine: The role of self-fulfilling prophecy.
- Harvard Health: Gratitude can make you happier.
- Frontiers: Kindness toward others reduces stress and symptoms of depression.
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