Ideas on Mental Health & Meaning

Demystifying Diagnostics and the Psychotherapeutic Process

I've really been looking forward to bringing you this episode! After these past few weeks of awesome interviews and amazing chats, this is an opportunity for you and I to just chat about logotherapy and mental wellness... It is human nature to want to label phenomena...

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Masterful Storytelling & Healing Hypnotherapy

You can quickly tell that Steve Cohen is living a meaningful life of helping others - of transcending the self - through his work as an RN and hypnotherapist; but it's his masterfully storytelling that makes you forget he is using time-test techniques to encourage...

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What is the Difference Between Meaning and Purpose?

What is the difference between Meaning and Purpose? Ever since The Purpose Driven Life, written by Rick Warren back in 2002, it feels like "Purpose" has taken the lead in pop culture and common language, while Meaning has been left in the ethereal or even mystical...

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Three Pillars for Planning for the Future

Michael Butera is President and CEO of Association Activision. He is a professional speaker with more than 40 years of experience working exclusively with nonprofits. He focuses on inspiring, educating, and motivating associations and individuals to unlock curiosity...

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Self-Transcendence and Self-Love

Rayna Steigman is, quite possibly, THE MOST energetic and enthusiastic person I know. And definitely one of the hardest working. Not only is she a training manager and professional speaker by day, but she is also studying for her doctorate in organizational leadership...

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Preventing Burnout & Compassion Fatigue in Times of Stress

It is difficult, sometimes if may feel nearly impossible, to maintain our own health and wellness when trying to take care of others - whether that means taking care of an ailing family member, or an organization or corporation. Kyla Cofer, talks about how to prevent...

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Discovering vs. Making Meaning

The great thing about working with Rabbi B. is that we don't really have a plan - we start with a topic and see where it goes, and we end up covering a lot on the topics of mental health, meaning, logotherapy, and a whole bunch of, hopefully, helpful information. In...

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Resiliency at Work – from a Military Perspective

Resiliency continues to be an important topic in our world today. The better we are at it, the more we train ourselves to be resilient in good time, the better we will "bounce back" from difficult times. Matthew Lostaglia ("like 'lasagna', you don't say the G") has a...

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Hiking the Mountain – to Preach, Teach, Coach, & Serve

"Preach, Teach, Coach, & Serve" - these are the words Jay Thompson has lived by for the past decade. He lives these principles through his work with HikeTheMountain.org; helping businesses and organizations craft their culture with intentionality and purpose. In...

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The Meaning of Labor Day (and podcast 2 for 1!)

Although the "true" end of summer is not for a few more weeks, Labor Day in the US typically marks the transition from Summer to Fall, and for many of us life changes as kids go back to school or college.  Labor Day can also be a time to slow down and think about the...

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The Future of the Frankl Archives w/ Alex Vesely

We are so close to a feature length film on the life of Dr. Viktor Frankl! For this episode, we went deep into the archives to pull up one of my previous discuss with Alex Vesely - Dr. Frankl's grandson. What a great chat - hopefully we get to talk again sometime...

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Desperation, Redemption, & Recovery

We seem to be facing an ever increasing substance use and abuse problem. But recovery is possible. In this episode, we go back to a discussion with a former client from my days in adolescent substance abuse treatment. We continue our discussion on substance abuse,...

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