Have you ever had a relatively small situation create a surprisingly big emotional reaction?Someone doesn’t text you back. Your partner’s tone changes. Someone seems irritated. You feel left out, criticized, or unappreciated—and suddenly your mind is creating an entire story about what it means.If you grew up in a dysfunctional or unpredictable family, there may be a reason those moments feel so intense.In this Tammy’s Takes, I’m following up on my conversation with Meagan DeMatteo and going deeper

The Magician's Heart by E. Nesbit — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime Drift off to sleep with this gentle bedtime story, a classic audiobook narrated aloud for insomnia relief and deep relaxation as part of Calming Anxiety's Books at Bedtime series. Tonight's sleep story is The Magician's Heart by E. Nesbit, the much-loved author of The Railway Children. It's a witty, warm-hearted fairy tale of christening curses, a magic kiss saved for twenty years, and a wicked

Hello Beautiful, I'm so grateful you're here with me.Uncertainty can make the mind race toward every possible outcome. This calming meditation helps ease anxiety, settle fearful thoughts, and create moments of peace when you simply don’t know what happens next. For now, release tomorrow and meet yourself right here. Love, 💗 Katie TAKE THE FREE QUIZ! 🧘‍♀️What kind of meditator are you? Take the free quiz & discover your meditation style now

When life is good, we want it to stay that way. When life is hard, we’re afraid it will. Ryan explores the one thing we can count on in either case: everything changes. Our bodies, circumstances, relationships, thoughts, and seasons of life are always in motion — and attaching our sense of safety to any of them puts us on shaky ground. Instead, Ryan asks us to look beneath everything that comes and goes and notice what remains. A guided practice follows with a deceptively simple

"The work is work, and the rattling of your cage comes with side effects, and you have to know that in advance before entering." In this episode, Heather and Coach Keren Eldad talk about what happens after the breakthrough: pushing against the edges of an old identity, recognizing the behaviors that accompany restlessness, and learning to move through resistance without taking it as a sign to stop. They explore what it means to reach "cruising altitude," where momentum starts carrying you forward,

What if UFOs, human consciousness, and artificial intelligence are all connected, and the key to humanity’s future isn’t coming from governments, scientists, or Silicon Valley, but from nonhuman intelligence (NHI)?In this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Sean Webb (leading human mind & emotional intelligence expert who translates cutting-edge neuroscience & complex-systems thinking into practical tools for happiness, emotional mastery, and human potential) shares his experiences with

The BIGGEST change in a narcissistic relationship ~ Dr. Ramani

In this two part series, Hope sits down with survivor Tina Talbot, whose years of unimaginable abuse ultimately ended when she took the life of her abuser in an act of self-defense. Tina served time in prison and is now moving forward, healing, advocating, and living her life the best she can.In Part One, Tina takes us back to the beginning—sharing the early warning signs, love bombing, coercive control, isolation, financial abuse, and escalating violence that shaped years of her life.Trigger

When your mind starts running through everything that could happen, it can be hard to remember that you're here, in this moment, and not inside the future you're imagining. Dora offers a different way to relate to uncertainty, one that doesn't ask you to stop caring about what comes next. Instead, it's about finding your way back to the present, where you can choose what deserves your attention and care today.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you noticed that by evening even small choices feel heavy? The part of your brain that weighs options is simply spent. This short Yoga Nidra practice asks nothing of you, offering instructions to follow instead of decisions to make, which lets an exhausted prefrontal cortex recover.And start your morning with Optimal Living Daily! Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/optimal-living-daily-mental-health-motivation/id1067688314 Spotify:

Why tensing against pain makes it worse, the difference between acceptance and passivity, and how to plan for the future while staying present—from two of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh's senior students.   Brother Thích Chân Pháp Dung is a Vietnamese American Buddhist monk ordained in 1998 and a Dharma Teacher in the Plum Village tradition, founded by Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh. He currently practices and teaches at Deer Park Monastery in California and is the founder of the Thích Nhất Hạnh School of

People tell you the truth when they feel safe, and one raised eyebrow can shut them down.Brad Beeler, who spent 25 years as a US Secret Service agent and polygraph examiner, sat down with Lewis and explained how he got a couple thousand people to open up about the worst things they had ever done. His rule is simple: never punish the disclosure. He once watched a suspect go silent the second a flash of contempt crossed his face.You will hear why a neutral face reads as a threat in first impressions

Jay sits down with dating and relationship coach Sabrina Zohar to unpack why we chase the familiar over the safe, how childhood attachment shapes adult dating patterns, and the real difference between boundaries and walls. Together they dig into anxious-avoidant dynamics, chemistry versus compatibility, why we fall for people's potential instead of their reality, and practical tools for healing and showing up differently in love.With Love and Gratitude, Jay Shetty Instagram Teen Accounts:

Everyone has parts. So how do you know when a part is just a part of you, and when it's crossed into a dissociative disorder like OSDD or DID? This episode came from a listener healing from CPTSD who just found out she has a dissociative disorder. She asked two questions a lot of trauma survivors are carrying. How common are dissociative disorders in trauma survivors? And with parts work like IFS so popular right now, where's the line between ordinary parts and dissociation? So we're walking ...

Intrusive thoughts, rumination, worrying... these are nearly universal experiences and the most important thing, particularly when it comes to intrusive thoughts, is that the content doesn't matter as much as what you do with them. Whether it's a shocking thought that pops up out of nowhere or that rumination that woke you up at 3 am and then kept you up last night, the problem isn't necessarily the thought itself. It really has to do with how we grip onto those thoughts. The harder you try to

Sami Clarke and Sami Spalter are recording in New York City with a conversation that started over breakfast and turned into an hour long rant they knew had to be an episode. It started in Sami Spalter's closet. She had over 30 pairs of jeans that didn't fit, and she realized she'd been keeping a whole room of tiny reminders that she wasn't enough as she is.Tune in as the Samis talk about the energy of proving, the shoulds we never chose for ourselves, and who handed them to us in the first place

Have you noticed that by evening even small choices feel heavy? The part of your brain that weighs options is simply spent. This short Yoga Nidra practice asks nothing of you, offering instructions to follow instead of decisions to make, which lets an exhausted prefrontal cortex recover. And start your morning with Optimal Living Daily! Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/optimal-living-daily-mental-health-motivation/id1067688314 Spotify:

Wisdom Daily Meditation brings us to Proverbs 7 and James 3, where Scripture draws our attention to discernment, the influence of words, and the kind of wisdom that shapes how we live. WDM - PODCAST EPISODE FORMATTER.txtProverbs warns about words that entice and lead the heart away from wisdom, while James examines the power of the tongue and contrasts earthly wisdom with the wisdom that comes from above. Together, these chapters draw our attention to what we allow to influence us—and how what is

How does the meaning of words change over time - and what are the implications when those words are clinical terms? Nick Haslam is an academic psychologist, and his work has looked at the expansion of psychological terms like ‘trauma’, ‘abuse’ and ‘bullying’. He suggests that these concepts expand over time, becoming both less extreme (vertical expansion) and broader (horizontal expansion). In this interview, we talk about how that applies to neurodiversity. We discuss how formal terms like ‘ADHD’

Does the @American Diabetes Association Hate People with Diabetes ~ Dr. Ken Berry