Below is just one episode from the Mindcraft podcast series. You can access the other 40-ish episodes from this link as well. The story with this is that I never in my wildest dreams thought I would host a podcast…and then, the Rona hit and the world closed, seemingly overnight. This was actually one of our daughter’s ideas and it sounded like quite a stretch at the time.
The idea came out of a brainstorm with the fam about how I could pivot and find a new way to support our awesome community virtually, after my planned in-person workshops and such were all kaboshed…. Now, just over a year later, the podcast is listened to in over 50 countries across the world. Just so nuts.
“It’s Not Me: It’s OCT (Obsessive Compulsive Thinking) Part I”
Mar 24 • 26:4
We tend to blame our brain a great deal—for the inability to remember when put on the spot, for intrusive thoughts making us feel badly, for being slow when we need it to be fast … — as if it were a tyrannical ruler whom the rest of our body needs to follow no matter what. We refuse to take responsibility for our brain’s health and our own personal happiness. If we did this, we could then experience this amazing organ as our loyal friend rather than a relentless enemy.
Learn to become the “Boss” of your brain and live your best life!
Here is the link to the Mindcraft Youtube Channel which is super recent: www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlD_36ZiLDVtXM4zKtEpsw
The article below, coauthored with Laurel Bongiorno, appeared in Psychology Today on April 25, 2021. Though we wrote it together, she admittedly did the heavy lift as this is her area of expertise. Basically, I just tossed a small splash of psychology onto her educational theory of play, kind of like the sauce on a really good sundae….
More Psychology Today Articles
“iLonely: A loneliness epidemic in the age of connection and seven steps to climb out.”
“Post-pandemic Growth: From Surviving to Thriving”
“Motivating the Unmotivated During an Endless Pandemic: Feeling coronavirus-fatigued.”
“The Law of Subtraction: Creating space for abundance using powers of attention and intention.”
“The Amazing Adult ADHD Mind: Why ADHD can be reframed as a superpower.
“Don’t Bite the Hook: Resisting the urge to react in a rapidly changing and uncertain world.”
“Pay Yourself First: Ten tips to ‘replenish your well’ amid pandemic fatigue.”
“Are We Becoming Corona-bots? How screen time may impact empathy.”
“Positively Stressed? Making the shift to a positive stress mindset.”
“College 2020: Living the COVID-a-Loca! Becoming comfortable with the uncomfortable.”
“Screen-Time Blues: Are You Zoomed Out? How too much Zooming is affecting our well-being.”
“‘Good Enough’ During a Crisis Leaning into what we are doing right.”
“How to Manage Re-Entry: Embracing fear and moving forward”
DR. KIMBERLY QUINN IN THE MEDIA
Attached is the HealthDay article featuring Dr. Quinn about social anxiety during reopening. I’ve included all of the pickup below.
HealthDay
You & Your Friends are Vaccinated. So Why is Socializing Again Scary?
Picked up by:
· US News & World Report (UMV: 40,112,508)
You & Your Friends are Vaccinated. So Why is Socializing Again Scary?
· Drugs.com (UMV: 19,879,319)
You & Your Friends are Vaccinated. So Why is Socializing Again Scary?
· Medicine Net (UMV: 16,623,716)
You & Your Friends are Vaccinated. So Why is Socializing Again Scary?
· Medical Xpress (UMV: 1,690,574)
You & Your Friends are Vaccinated. So Why is Socializing Again Scary?
· Times of News India (UMV: 2,612)
You & Your Friends are Vaccinated. So Why is Socializing Again Scary?
· Daily Vitamin A (UMV: 1,034)
You & Your Friends are Vaccinated. So Why is Socializing Again Scary?