Getting down to the part 2 practicalities of this gratitude lecture, Dr Heim takes you on a thought experiment to experience and feel the benefits of gratitude first hand. He looks at what’s going on in your frontal lobe, limbic system and with your brain chemicals. Then it’s another acronym for 8 ways to say THANKS, morning and night everyday.
Read MoreThankfully, scientific studies tell us that gratitude is really good for your physical and mental health. But what is the science? How does gratitude work? Who gets to achieve gratitude? And why is it so damn hard to be grateful in this world? Dr Heim lays it out in Part One of this lecture and gives you five ideas to help cultivate the attitude of gratitude.
Read MoreMany people close to someone with BPD walk on eggshells, afraid to get it wrong, yet they want to genuinely help. Here are seven techniques to help you be a “PAL who is ABLE” to help someone close to you who is battling borderline personality disorder.
Read MoreAs a psychiatrist sub-specializing in trauma, I have worked with many people battling borderline personality disorder. This clip looks at SIX INSIGHTS to help you manage and work through BPD to boost you on your journey through this illness. It’s worth knowing all you can to get on top of it, because you, as a person, are worth it.
Read MoreAs a psychiatrist sub-specializing in trauma, I have worked with many people battling borderline personality disorder. This podcast looks at FIVE INSIGHTS to help you manage and work through BPD to boost you on your journey through this illness. It’s worth knowing all you can to get on top of it, because you’re worth it.
Read MoreExercise can help prevent depression and heart disease. In this episode we look at the things that depression and heart disease have in common. Dr Heim talks a little about stigma, famous people with depression, controllable and uncontrollable risk factors, and explains what chronic stress can do to your brain and body.
Read MoreThis is part 1 of a live talk we gave earlier this year. In this episode we bust some myths about happiness and play a bit of piano music.
Read MoreDo you wish you could stop self-harm? “Just Don’t Do It!” is a good start, but it usually takes a whole lot more. These Five Steps out of self-harm could be just what you need. They take you from your decision to stop, through alternatives and techniques, to coping with waves of negative emotions almost as easily as catching waves at the beach (almost).
Read MoreDo your emotions ever get the better of you? Knowing about your emotions – emotional self-awareness – can help you get out of self-harm, addictions, and anger outbursts. Once you NOTICE your emotions, LABEL your emotions with choice words and SAFELY EXPRESS them using those words, you will have the background skills to help you get out of self-harm and enjoy life more.
Read MoreThis podcast looks at some facts about self-harm and the reasons people feel the need to harm themselves. Often done secretly, it expresses and relieves emotional distress rather than seek attention. For most, it goes away, but others need to battle against it, often with a therapist. Dr Heim uses his clinical experience to prepare you for stopping it: being emotionally self-aware and finding better coping mechanisms, in the next podcasts.
We may not have the answers yet, but the mind is amazing to ponder. Dr Heim searches through his grandpa’s garage in search of an answer to one of our biggest mysteries and stumbles across something scientifically magic. Along the way he tips his hat to Pinker, Fodor, Descartes, the placebo effect and psychoneuroimmunology.
Read MoreWhat makes your brain feel really good? The right DOSE of Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin and Endorphin. It’s more complex but, evidence shows that dopamine pleasure, oxytocin love, serotonin calm & endorphin analgesia in your brain can be optimized when you relate well to people.
Read MoreEver wondered what goes on in your brain? Here we spend just a little time gasping in awe at the wonder of the universe contained inside your skull; some of what your brain can do, the numbers associated with the brain, the amazing things we don't understand.
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