The Artist and The Therapist

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Self-Improvement

Long-time friends Rob (The Artist) and Phil (The Therapist) reveal their perspectives on the human experience.

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Breaking Free from Prison

Would you stay in captivity if you were free to leave? #Nelson Mandela #Bitterness #Rent free in your brain #Grudges for a lifetime #12 steps #Moral inventory #Anger #1514 #The Liberation of Saint Peter #Fresco painting by Raphael #The Vatican #Angel #Guards #Unshackled chains #Staying in the cell #Addiction #Set you free #Second chance #Forgiveness #Don’t judge people by their mistakes #Relapse #Help someone #Give something back #Hope #Artist Richard Phillips #Wrongfully imprisoned #Pen pal #La...

Sep 09, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 12

Your Silent Scream

Is it time to investigate your silent scream? #Lighthouse #S.O.S. #Save our souls #Screaming on the inside #Stuffing it #Stuff it down #Implosion #Explosion #Black hole #Depression #Anger turned inward #Silent treatment #Child #Teen #Young Adult #Adult #Families #Speak up #Silent generation #Baby Boomers #Generation x #Bullying #Me too movement #Loneliness #Finances #Volcano #Rage #Go nuclear #Domestic violence #Anger management #Acting class #Haircut #Psychodrama #LAPD #Interrogation #Role play...

Sep 09, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 11

You Are Water

Is water deeper than you think? #We are water #Song by Nashville cast TV show #Percentage of water in the body #Lungs #Skin #Brain #Heart #Sigmund Freud #Iceberg #Freud Id #Rebellious child #Muscles #Kidneys #Bones #Water content #Shock absorber #Religions #Baptism #Taoism #Wave of emotion #The storm will pass #Buddhism #The Great Wave of Kanagawa #Hokusai #Vincent Van Gogh #Tsunami #Wood block art #La mer #Composition by Claude Debussy #Pink Floyd #Emoji #Quicksilver #Ancient Greeks #Chaos #Car...

Sep 09, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 10

Adding Color to Black & White

Could you change your life one color at a time? #Millions of colors #Black & white #Shades of grey #Black & white movie #Humphrey Bogart #Depression #Monotone grey #Technicolor #Edward Hopper #Identify and recall colors #We see what we are looking for #Singling out one color #Caught in a loop #Assign one color #Weight loss #Overweight #Organization #Color of the day #Mindfulness #Childlike eyes #Black and white spiral #Baby steps #Positive direction #Momentum can be a snail on the sidewa...

Sep 09, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 9

Bermuda Divorce

Divorce can leave you lost at sea. Will you vanish or will you discover a path to thrive? #Why should a foolish marriage vow #Poem by John Dryden #Surreal artist Igor Morski divorce painting #Bermuda Triangle #Chaos #Confusion #Rowing against each other #Teddy bear #Image breaks heart #Reba McEntire #Every other weekend #Kids suffer the most in divorce #Resilient #Co-parenting #Forever tethered #Artwork #Falling through the cracks painting #Kevin Grass #Swing set #Storm #Paper airplanes #Wind bl...

Aug 03, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Smile

What is your reaction to the title Smile? Bring it on in. #Charlie Chaplin #Song #Smile can make someone’s day #Knock Knock #Less muscles to smile than frown #half smile #Dialectical behavior therapy #Fake smile #Motor cortex voluntary movement #Smile like a blush response #Crow’s feet #Guillaume Duchenne #Orbicularis oculi muscle #Zygomaticus major muscle #Eyes are smiling #Terminator 2 movie #Arnold Schwarzenegger #Pan Am smile #SNL #Botox smile #Uncanny Valley #Animals threat warning #Barbary...

Aug 03, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Resentment

Is it too late to be non-resentful? #A Day to Remember band #Lyrics #Resentment #Ranklement #Bitterness #Rancœur #Anger #Ruminate #Dwell #Reliving bad experience #Caught in a loop #Imagined wrong doing #Remember things worse than how they happened #Frog in the pot of water #Boiling #Hurt #Pride is wounded #Unbearable pain #Resentment dangerous #Silent cancer #Toxic #Cain and Able #Venetian painter Titian #Brothers #Killing #Able is physically fit #Bleeding #Bible #Caught off guard #Upset for fal...

Aug 03, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Look from a Different Angle

Would you like to walk counter-clockwise today and see something new? #Counter-Clockwise #Clarity #One little turn of the dial changes everything #Looking down from an airplane window #Routine route noticing something for the first time #Mindfulness #Take a different route home #Day seems longer #Trapped in a routine #Perspective is a choice #Don’t judge someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes #Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird #Step into someone’s skin #Photographer’s perspective...

Aug 03, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Minimalism

Disarray and everyone else, this episode is for you. #Keeping life simple #Daoist philosophy #Learn to say no #No is a difficult word #Obligated to say yes #No is a superpower #Simplicity #Patience #Food prep #Simplicity in food #Food without high sugar and salt #Subtlety #Getting rid of things #Compromise #Advertising industry convinces us that we need new things #Enormous money spent on ads #Watching screens as a toddler #Tiny houses #333 challenge #33 items for 3 months #Martha Stewart #Get r...

Jul 15, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Your Life is a Music Video

If you want to discover your music video, this episode is for you. #MTV #1894 illustrated song #Sheet music #Watching a screening of an old movie in a theater #1895 Edison moving pictures #Big Bopper #The term music video #Tony Bennet claims he had the first music video #The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night #Pink Floyd The Wall #Life moves fast – modern day most like a music video now #Chapters of your life #What music video represents you #Funny music videos of the 1980’s #The Cars band #Huey Lewis a...

Jul 15, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Alcohol

Alcohol and everyone else, this episode is for you. #The Kinks “Alcohol” #Alcohol is not going away #Drinking for a bad day as well as for a celebration #Beer commercials Bud-Weis-Er and Whasssup #Addiction #DUI #Alcohol-free #Edvard Munch self-portrait #Edvard Munch “Scream” #Anthony van Dyck #Drunken Silenus supported by Satyrs #Naked Santa Clause #Peter Paul Rubens #Blurriness #Leaving Las Vegas film movie #Director Mike Figgis #Nicholas Cage #John O'Brien suicide #Elizabeth Shue #Academy Awa...

Jul 15, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 2

A Bucket Full of Worry Beans

If you have ever worried about anything, this episode is for you. #Worry Beans #Gandhi #Monks #Actively Combating Worry #Can you do a task in under 5 minutes #Baby steps to satisfy brain #Health and Stress #Face Bucket Challenge #Diver Response #Actor's perspective #Zen state #Tiger Woods #Workout every day #Good sleep #Eating well #Hyper present - play by play #Mindfulness #Worry is important for self-preservation #Amygdala #The sky is falling #Meditation #Breathing #Actors breathe like the cha...

Jul 15, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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