emotional health – Page 5 – Beat Your Genes

07: Understanding your Personality

March 31, 2016 by Nate

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07: Understanding your Personality

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Dr. Lisle dives into a discussion of personality diffferences and what role they play in different life circumstances. For example, if you ever had to hire an attorney to defend you, you would want them to be a generally argumentative person. If you had to hire an accountant, you’d want them to be very detail-oriented. Similarly, if you are a naturally passionate and highly extraverted person, sitting at a desk job in your own cubicle all day long can be miserable even if it’s a great job. How can you meet these challenges while staying true to who you are.

Host: Nathan Gershfeld

Interviewee: Doug Lisle, Ph.D.

http://www.BeatYourGenes.org

Intro & outro song: City of Happy Ones · Ferenc Hegedus

04: Staying with a Man Who’s Not Right For You

March 9, 2016 by Nate

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04: Staying with a Man Who’s Not Right For You

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As Dr. Lisle discusses the purpose of psychology, we begin with a discussion of thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Some philosophers believe that we can think one thing and then feel something completely different but Dr. Lisle explains these seemingly conflicting thoughts & feelings explains how this relates to stress. We discuss different models of psychology and some of the limits of learning theory. For example, do we learn our emotions during childhood?

Dr. Lisle discusses an example of a common “beat your genes” trap for women nowadays of staying with a man who’s not right for her.

We continue on this topic for the remainder of the show and Dr. Lisle begins the explanation about differing mating strategies.

Host: Nathan Gershfeld

Interviewee: Doug Lisle, Ph.D.

http://www.BeatYourGenes.org

Intro & outro song: City of Happy Ones · Ferenc Hegedus

03: High Cost of High Expectations

March 3, 2016 by Nate

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03: High Cost of High Expectations

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Motivation and expectations are supposed to go hand-in-hand. The idea being – if you’re expected to achieve a goal, your motivation kicks in to meet these expectations. In this episode, Dr. Lisle goes over a concept called The Ego Trap. Which is the trap we may find ourselves in if the expectations of our performance exceeds what we think we can reasonably accomplish. Dr. Lisle describes this trap, how this process works, why it works the way it does, and how to effectively overcome it.

Host: Nathan Gershfeld

Interviewee: Doug Lisle, Ph.D.

http://www.BeatYourGenes.org

Intro & outro song: City of Happy Ones · Ferenc Hegedus