Podcast Episodes on Mental Health & Social Science

Aug. 16, 2021

#79. Our 40 Day Shadow Work Journey with “Claim Your Power” by Mastin…

“In my experience, I’ve always looked at the top level, being Behavior, as the first and foremost thing that we’re trying to change. And he (Mastin Kipp) argues that instead of focusing on behavior and trying to shift behavio...

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Aug. 9, 2021

#78. How to Notice & Integrate Judgement, and Embrace The Power of Gr…

“The trees are my biggest teachers, that’s the fewest words I can give that to you. Nature has changed my life. I think I’ve learned more about mental health from the trees than reading my textbooks all the time. Being in tun...

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Aug. 2, 2021

#77. Why We Need to Sit With Our Thoughts, Exercise Diaphragmatic Bre…

"And this became the saying of the summer, 'sit with it.' Sit with it, please. Like we don't always have to make decisions based on what we're feeling right now, we don't always have to react. So we can just sit with it. If s...

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July 26, 2021

#76. The Reflective Episode—Finding Worthiness, Balancing Idleness & …

"Because I think we live in the societal and social narratives that everyone's always saying, "I'm busy", "I'm always busy", "I'm working on this", "I'm working on that", but if you're always busy, when do we have time for ou...

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July 19, 2021

#75. How to Use Language to be More Intentional in Daily Life

“The words and the language are the main toolkits that we have. It is the main paintbrush that we have to describe not just external realities, to describe not just what we see, what we experience, our traumas, our stories, o...

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July 13, 2021

#74. Reframing Life through Cognitive Linguistics and Finding Grace t…

"There is a very thin line between being politically correct for the sake of trying to use it to charge on other people, because they aren't informed on using the correct terms, and actually trying to be instrumental in makin...

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July 5, 2021

#73. The Impact of Sociolinguistics, Education as an Art, and Critica…

“In brief, dialogism says when you go to a text, and read a novel and they present different characters, every character should be viewed as having their own storyline. So dialogism plays out in the classroom in the same way....

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June 28, 2021

#72. 5 Biggest Lessons from Living in Philadelphia

“I think true vulnerability requires true discomfort. I think the definition of vulnerability is inherent to discomfort and vice versa. So I think you’re spot on - I think there is no true vulnerability without true discomfor...

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June 21, 2021

#71. How to Create Balance in a World of Expectation?

“By using the word 'find' we are tricking ourselves because there’s not a magic button… balance isn’t hidden somewhere in this room for us to discover. It’s not an Easter egg hunt. But rather, it’s a cultivated practice. Just...

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June 14, 2021

#70. America’s Gentrified Food Culture, the Beauty of Dominican Cuisi…

“But I think an important thing is making things inclusive. Before anything goes out to a customer, every single person in the kitchen and all of the servers try everything. We take input from everybody. Understanding that ev...

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June 7, 2021

69. Defying All Odds and Becoming The Best in the Restaurant Industry…

“I worked on this dish for three months and it’s still not good enough. Let’s put it on the back burner and work on something else. We really wanna put things out that we always gonna be proud of. You know when you do somethi...

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May 24, 2021

68. Disrupting the Mental Health Stigma by Building Support Systems, …

"I automatically disqualified myself from even trying because I was told that I have a learning disability. And that person wasn’t even in the room...Their voice became my voice and I limited myself and convinced myself that ...

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May 17, 2021

67. How to Find Courage Amidst Change through the Power of Solitude a…

"A good story is one that is vulnerable and authentic. And not just crafted up. So let’s go back to the TED Talk. Yeah, I did come out there and I said I have social anxiety...I admitted my biggest fear. Storytelling is so po...

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May 10, 2021

66. Home-Grown Food Is Medicine, the Importance of Fiber Diversity fo…

"It just makes common sense at least in terms of the health aspect. And it really only clicked for me 5 months ago, because like I said, I stopped eating dairy and gluten. The brain fog cleared up immediately. Within 12 days...

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May 3, 2021

65. The Art of Growing Food At Home, The Truth Behind Grocery Store B…

"You can actually grow kiwi here. I mean, it's incredible. And as I tasted them I've realized that not only have I been ignorant to where food came from, but I've been deprived as well. Our food system is just a joke. And we ...

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April 12, 2021

64. Austin Chiang, MD MPH (Part 2) — Imposter Syndrome and Negativity…

“What would it be like if we had unbroken trust across healthcare? If patients had trust in what we do and if we had faith in what our patients are doing, how amazing would that be? I think that it would save us a lot of frus...

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April 5, 2021

63. Austin Chiang, MD MPH (Part 1) — Popularity vs. Credibility, Phys…

“Over time I think we’ve seen a shift of putting ourselves more into our social media presence rather than just simply being a professional on social media spewing facts. I think my motivation is because there’s so much distr...

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March 29, 2021

62. The Reflective Episode — Near Death Car Accidents, $18,000 Scam, …

"That's why the ability to reframe your perspective matters so much. I think reality = perception + perspective because your perception is shaped by your experiences, but your perspective is what you take away from your perce...

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March 22, 2021

61. Engaged Buddhism Practices and Pursuit of Passion through Self-Ad…

“Yeah, challenges suck, and life will come at you hard, and fast…. But if you are able to, in at least some corner of your mind, remember that actually, this hard time will help you grow. If you take on challenges as growth o...

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March 15, 2021

60. The Urgent Need to Address Climate Change through the Lens of Env…

"And of course we’re going to affect ecosystems, but there will not be an ecosystem untouched by human action. Unfortunately, we’re warming the planet, and, yes, of course, the climate has changed before, but we are doing it ...

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March 8, 2021

59. How to Power Up Your Business through Self-Identity Work and The …

"For those of you listening, my TedX talk, the theme of it is this concept that created called the courage equation. The courage equation is courage = belief > fear. So I believe that in order to have courage, all we need is ...

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March 1, 2021

58. Transforming Pain into Purpose, Creating Sustainable Change, and …

"What I didn't understand when I was living in it, is that the pain was really serving me. I always see failure, in general, as either a lesson or a redirection. And through all my experiences it's so clear. Like 'Oh that was...

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Feb. 22, 2021

57. Exercising the Mindfulness Muscle at Work and Investing in Real E…

"I think it's just really about taking a pause and check in with different things. Are you happy? Do you feel fulfilled with what you're doing? Are the things you're doing, are they aligning with your values and your life? Al...

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Feb. 15, 2021

56. Empowering the Next Generation through Technology and Education —…

"College will not deliver all the answers to your plate, like what your career should be and what your passions are. You always have to be in a mindset of exploring, learning, and figuring things out. Recognizing what I did l...

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