loader from loading.io

Your Life in this new COVID World

Bear Psychology Podcast

Release Date: 03/30/2020

How your past hurts you today show art How your past hurts you today

Bear Psychology Podcast

Relationships rule our inner world. Understanding how you feel and think about your relationships helps you become more accepting and then more peaceful. You can develop an appreciation for other people's perspectives and stop assigning blame on others. Dr. Jacqueline Heller’s book “Yesterday Never Sleeps: How Integrating Life's Current and Past Connections Improves Our Well-Being” draws upon decades of clinical experience to create a powerful and more positive inner narrative. Her unique combination of neuroscience, memoirs of her life as a child of Holocaust survivors, and patient...

info_outline
Dangerous People in Powerful places show art Dangerous People in Powerful places

Bear Psychology Podcast

Disconnected People in positions of power make the world more dangerous for everyone – Bear Psychology Radio hosted by Dr. Anna Baranowsky with guest Dr. Steve Taylor. Disconnected people have the tendency to gravitate toward power.  When Disconnected people rule in positions of power societies trend toward patriarchal, hierarchical and warlike. In contrast, societies with connected leaders trend toward egalitarian, democracy and peace. Although most people have a deep need to be connected, life events/upbringing and trauma exposure can interfere in this profound human characteristic....

info_outline
Why your coping skills stop working show art Why your coping skills stop working

Bear Psychology Podcast

Experiencing stressful or traumatic experiences during childhood leads us to develop certain coping mechanisms to get us through. While these strategies might have helped us feel secure when younger, they often fail us in adulthood. Richard Brouillette’s book “Your Coping Skills Aren't Working: How to Break Free from the Habits that Once Helped You But Now Hold You Back” offers an evidence-based guide using multiple therapeutic modalities including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), schema therapy, and attachment theory to help readers leave behind unhelpful coping strategies that keep...

info_outline
Muslim Loving Peace and looking to a better future show art Muslim Loving Peace and looking to a better future

Bear Psychology Podcast

Raheel Raza, a Muslim Canadian born in Pakistan, migrated to Canada in 1988, has a unique perspective on what is happening right now in the Israel-Hamas war and her reflections on misinformation and what Peace would take.  She has visited Israel 13 times in the 16 years. In her National Post Article “I'm a Muslim and I love Israel. Here's why” published in February 2023, Raza details what she has learned about hate and antisemitism, it’s prevalence in Arab Muslim countries, her hope for Peace and the struggles of supporting Israel at this time. Listen to our conversation...

info_outline
Collective & Personal Trauma: one family’s graceful end-of-life story show art Collective & Personal Trauma: one family’s graceful end-of-life story

Bear Psychology Podcast

What does it mean to lose someone so close to you that your world will never be the same? What if this happens when the whole world is locked down during a global Pandemic, a collective trauma?  How do we navigate terrible loss with great compassion and love?  Journalist Mitchell Consky has something important to share with us about this based on personal experience. During the worst of the COVID pandemic, Consky received distressing news.  His father had been given less than two months to live after being diagnosed with a rare terminal cancer. In his book, “Home Safe: A...

info_outline
Childhood Emotional Neglect impacts your life today show art Childhood Emotional Neglect impacts your life today

Bear Psychology Podcast

After 20 years in practice, Dr. Jonice Webb noticed the painful struggle of people who grew up in homes where they were emotionally neglected.  She identified this neglect as an "invisible factor" that continued to affect adults often leaving them feeling depleted and dissatisfied or what she described as “Running on Empty”. In Dr. Webb’s books “Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect” and “Running On Empty No More: Transform Your Relationships” she shines a light on this invisible force of CEN.  She discusses how to bring new tools, strategies and...

info_outline
Mind, Body and Yoga for Healing Trauma show art Mind, Body and Yoga for Healing Trauma

Bear Psychology Podcast

Recovery from trauma is not simply about healing the mind but about healing the body as well. Often the approach when treating trauma is solely focused on the mental and emotional effects and fails to address the physiological imbalances that trauma leaves behind on our bodies. In Dr. Arielle Schwartz’s newest book “Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery: Applying the Principles of Polyvagal Theory for Self-Discovery, Embodied Healing, and Meaningful Change”, she guides the reader using yoga practices to help release the burdens of trauma and begin the journey of healing the...

info_outline
Healing from Emotional Eating show art Healing from Emotional Eating

Bear Psychology Podcast

Every wonder why you make poor food choices? Have you ever tried a new diet just to end up miserable and eating even more than before? Kim Shapira will help us understand how to put an end to disordered eating habits and improving your health and happiness in the process. Shapira recognizes that unhealthy food habits can occur as a result of life stressors and old patterns of self-soothing.  Her work focuses on getting back on track and using food for health. Kim Shapira, author of “This Is What You’re Really Hungry For”, teaches us how to develop a healthy relationship with our...

info_outline
Cultivating Core Creativity show art Cultivating Core Creativity

Bear Psychology Podcast

I know you are creative and innovative at your core. However, most of us just don’t know how to access the deep wealth of creativity that sits inside. Dr. Ronald Alexander’s book “Core Creativity: The Mindful Way to Unlock Your Creative Self” guides you through using mindfulness practices to train your mind so that it more easily opens the portal to core creativity: the unconscious mind. I am really excited about this show as it focuses on opening up to a powerful element of our true nature. Listen to our conversation with psychotherapist & author Dr. Ronald Alexander as...

info_outline
Healing the World through Human Connection show art Healing the World through Human Connection

Bear Psychology Podcast

Disconnected people have the tendency to gravitate toward power.  When Disconnected people rule in positions of power societies trend toward patriarchal, hierarchical and warlike. In contrast, societies with connected leaders trend toward egalitarian, democracy and peace. Although most people have a deep need to be connected, life events/upbringing and trauma exposure can interfere in this profound human characteristic.  A person’s “goodness” and capacity for compassion often results from connection, whereas cruelty often originates from a feeling of being cut off from others....

info_outline
 
More Episodes
How are you managing in this new COVID World?

"the hope that something good can come out of this collective state of "together, apart."– Elena Nicolaou, Mar 19, 2020

Things have changed so rapidly that everyday life seems like "a surreal life".

I walk to work and the streets are empty, I enter my building and no one is in the elevator. I arrive at my floor, open my file cabinet and begin to see clients – although now, every interaction I have is online or by phone. I cancelled all my social plans and now I have Video Zoom dinner parties, visit with friends and family by phone and email, text and chat through WhatsApp. I just realized that if my efforts for creating a social network were not strong before this, I would be truly suffering as I am a social being and I need to feel close to others. These ways of connecting are not the same as the warm hugs and direct smiles I might be used to but they do make a difference. They keep me feeling connected somewhat.
 
Dealing with COVID stress

There are so many people out there trying hard to make a difference and share resources that can help us all. No country or citizen is immune to the potential impact of this disease. Yet, from what we are seeing there are places in the world like South Korea and China where rapid actions have led to a quick handling of this Pandemic. We need to stay open to learning from those who can help.
  • Recommendations for stopping the spread
  • Big changes need to happen to change the course of COVID-19 – What to do
  • Clear Warnings
  • Hamilton Doctor Warns us in Ontario of what is coming and how clever the virus is.
Managing COVID-19 STRESS

There are many ways to manage the stress of this new COVID world, join us as we discuss this.
  • Take a Media Diet (seriously limit the amount of time you read, or watch COVID related content)
  • Exercise more (even if this means chair exercise, walk about your apartment/room/house/neighbourhood) – always keeping in mind social distancing
  • Take a class on line (right now there are so many programs and online classes that are launching to address the needs of millions of people experiencing quarantine or social isolation) – I took a live yoga class through Instagram Live (but you can meditate, learn to knit, join a book club, etc).
  • Use this time to do the projects you have wanted to catch up on
  • Reach out to a friend or family member who you have not had time for
  • Letter from Dr. Hollenstein to his students after classes are closed due to COVID
  • CAMH on COVID
  • Free irest meditations to help right now
HOW ABOUT SOMETHING HOPEFUL?

Stay Hopeful with Inspiration – Kitty O'Meara – "and people stayed home"
https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a31747557/and-the-people-stayed-home-poem-kitty-omeara-interview/

REMEMBER THERE ARE PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD POURING ALL THEIR CREATIVE AND INTELLECTUAL ENERGY, TIME, MONEY IN SOLUTIONS. WE ARE RACING FORWARD WITH ANSWERS.
 
Some useful resources:
  • For more COVID-19 information on CDC click HERE
  • For information on the rolling COVID-19 updates by WHO click HERE
  • For more information on managing COVID-19 stress HERE
More Meaningful Link:
  • Letter from Dr. Hollenstein to his students after classes are closed due to COVID HERE
  • CAMH on COVID HERE
  • Free irest meditations to help right now HERE