How We Heal Together with Dr. Connor McClenahan
How We Heal Together with Dr. Connor McClenahan
Podcast Description
If you're like me, you're tired of social media creating artificial boundaries between us and them. Yet we share our most basic desires, fantasies, fears, defenses, and conscious human experience. The more intently we peer outward to understand another, the more we find ourselves looking inward. These conversations are topical dives into specific issues pertaining to psychology, emotion, connection, pain and human potential. Follow along to grow your understanding of yourself and the human experience.
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Focuses on themes such as trauma healing, emotional connection, and psychological insights with episodes delving into specific issues like the impact of depression on perception and somatic therapy techniques. Examples include discussions on utilizing awe to combat depression and understanding bodily signals for emotional relief.
If you’re like me, you’re tired of social media creating artificial boundaries between us and them. Yet we share our most basic desires, fantasies, fears, defenses, and conscious human experience. The more intently we peer outward to understand another, the more we find ourselves looking inward. These conversations are topical dives into specific issues pertaining to psychology, emotion, connection, pain and human potential. Follow along to grow your understanding of yourself and the human experience.
Avoiding painful emotions from childhood—like anger, helplessness, or shame—often recreates them in our closest relationships. Through real examples and concepts like introjection and projection (drawing from experts such as Nancy McWilliams and Otto Kernberg), discover how these defense mechanisms keep toxic cycles alive and learn a hopeful path to freedom by owning and integrating those feelings. Ideal for anyone tired of repeating relational patterns and ready for deeper emotional healing.
#Psychology #MentalHealth #Relationships #EmotionalHealing
Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction: The Cost of Avoiding Pain
00:02:24 Why Avoidance Recreates Pain
00:04:03 Introjection: Internalizing the Critic
00:07:32 Projection: Attributing to Others
00:12:19 The Hopeful Path: Owning Your Pain for Freedom
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