In this episode, Dr. Crosby explains the balance between the need for compassion and personal toughness. He discusses the ways mentally tough people think, and describes how to develop the 6 major factors for increasing one's own personal toughness, resilience, and coping abilities.
In this episode, Dr. Crosby discusses some of the difficulties that mental health symptoms create in families and within friendships. He explains strategies for how to help and support a loved one, and also identifies some things to avoid in our efforts to provide encouragement and support.
In this episode, Dr. Crosby identifies and explains the importance of the symbolism of death and rebirth, and explains how to apply it in a mental health context for making progress in one's life.
In this episode, Dr. Crosby explains what paradigms are, how they work, and the enormous impact they exert on each of us every day. New healthy paradigms for dealing with frustration and uncertainty are described and explained with examples for healthy coping
In this episode, Dr. Crosby identifies and explains critical factors that are necessary to deal with issues directly, increase the probability of personal success, and how to regain a sense of healthy self-direction for one's own life.
In this episode, Dr. Crosby explains how many people experience heightened fear during challenging times. He discusses strategies for overcoming fears and for building one's confidence and increasing coping abilities.
In this episode, Dr. Crosby explains necessary steps involved in the healing process, and identifies pitfalls to recovery as well as signs of progress to look for.
Many people are struggling with the symptoms and effects of trauma and don't even realize it. In this episode, Dr. Crosby explains common effects of trauma and factors to look for in figuring out if you might possibly have been affected by traumatic experiences in your past.
In this episode, Dr. Crosby explains several factors that contribute to the winter blues and also more severe types of depression. Learn the predictors and symptoms to look for, and discover practical actions for how to bounce back if you have been negatively affected.
Everyone experiences inconvenient, unexpected problems or situations that arise from time to time. In this episode, Dr. Crosby provides perspective on this aspect of life and offers practical approaches and skills for navigating this aspect of life in a way that supports continued growth and mental health.
Many people have misperceptions about conflicts and how to resolve them. In this episode, Dr. Crosby explains what actually constitutes a conflict and discusses how to utilize the 5 major conflict resolution strategies with assertiveness, for improving one's coping skills and mental health overall.
In recent times, people are experiencing high levels of stress and many are losing hope. In this episode, Dr. Crosby discusses symptoms and indicators to look for when people start to lose hope, and offers strategies for regaining hope and recovering emotionally.
Stressful experiences are not directly distressing because of the event or situation itself. A person's view or perspective is what determines how events are experienced. In this episode, Dr. Crosby explains how perspectives work, and how to expand one's own perspective for coping, growth, and progress.
New Year's is often a time of celebration, rest, and reflection. In this episode, Dr. Crosby explains why New Year's resolutions rarely last, and offers powerful processes for making a new beginning that becomes a lasting positive change.
Self-care is a necessary and normal aspect of functioning for maintaining your mental health and overall wellbeing. In this episode, Dr. Crosby explains what self-care is, reasons for a lack of it in a person's life, and ways to increase healthy self-care overall, and especially during the holiday season.
Isolation and loneliness are emotional experiences that many people go through but rarely talk about. These issues are more intense and pronounced especially during the holidays. In this episode, Dr. Crosby discusses these issues and provides strategies for coping with them in relation to the holidays and related scenarios.
Healthy self-esteem is an essential aspect of mental health for everyone. In this episode, Dr. Crosby explains the 5 core factors for having healthy self-esteem, discusses some potential barriers, and explores ways to build your self-esteem in a healthy and productive way.
In this episode, Dr. Crosby describes and explains some common dynamics of human behavior. Get an understanding of key things that motivate people, patterns of emotional reactions, and how to utilize this knowledge to better navigate your daily life in dealing with people.
In this episode, Dr. Crosby reveals the secret of how happiness works. Things that are detrimental to happiness are identified, and specific actions you can take to work on increasing your own level of personal healthy happiness are explained.
Each year everybody goes through the holiday season. In this episode, find out why the holidays make coping with mental health symptoms more challenging. Learn healthy strategies for managing the holidays and related mental health symptoms more effectively.
Worry is a very common occurrence during these rapidly changing times. In this episode, Dr. Crosby explains how worry actually works and identifies the steps and strategies for reducing worry and becoming empowered to live your life in a way that is calm and free.
We all make decisions every single day. In this episode, learn the actual steps involved in making a decision, things to look out for that cause poor decisions to be made, and the healthy skills for how to consistently make better decisions in your life.
In this episode, Dr. Crosby explains what stress actually is, describes indicators of stress to look for in your life, and explores several stress management strategies that can be learned and practiced to reduce your stress, and help you to better manage the challenging situations that you encounter in life.
Change is an aspect of life that we all experience every day. In this episode, learn the five stages of change and how to implement them effectively to start getting better results in your life.
In this episode, discover the four causes of anger and learn about options for how to better manage the experience of anger in daily life.
In this episode, learn some strategies that help with mental and emotional functioning on a daily basis. Learn how to get unstuck, how to develop balance in your life, and ways to increase your personal self-control.
Having a vision of what "Better" looks like can facilitate personal progress. In this episode, find out what "Better" is not, what is required to "Get Better," and what "Better" actually looks like in real life.
In order to heal and make progress, radical honesty is essential. In this episode, find out ways in which we are less than fully honest with ourselves, and discover how to overcome this critical hurdle on the path of recovery.
In this episode, become aware of things that trip people up and create difficulties in daily life with this awareness, learn to have compassion for yourself and others because we all have things we are working on and working through.
In this episode, learn the basic psychological aspects of depression and explore practical changes that can be made in your thinking to facilitate recovery. For people who do not struggle with depression, valuable insights and understanding can be developed, leading to empathy and compassion.
