Life from the Top of the Mind
This series of podcasts is based upon a system for success developed by psychologist, Dr. Bill Crawford, (Ph.D.). The basic premise of this philosophy is that the reason we are less than effective is that the problems in our life trigger the release of certain stress-related chemicals that engage the lower 20% of our brain which is incapable of creative thinking. This results in feelings of stress, frustration, and the desire to either lash out or escape. What makes Dr. Crawford's "Top of the Mind" system unique and powerful is that it shows us how to change the chemical make-up of our body and shift to the upper 80% of our brain where we can access the clarity, confidence, and creativity necessary to bring our best to all aspects of life.
Leadership
Business
Success
Self-Help
Creativity
Kids & Family
Business News
Management
Purpose
Health & Fitness
Careers
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 340
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2025
How to Keep People From Jerking Your Chain
"Want to know how to keep people from jerking your chain? Don't give your chain to jerks!" ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)
Sun 23 Jul 2023
Teaching Kids Respect!
"Every time we interact with our children, we are teaching them something. This means that we can't teach respect by being disrespectful." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-vi…
Sat 15 Jul 2023
Accessing the Cooperative Brain of Your Child
“We can’t teach our kids self-control when they are upset until they see us practicing self-control when we are upset.” ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)
Sun 25 Jun 2023
The News: Informing or Inflaming?
“If we consume simply what we are fed with respect to ‘the news,’ we run the risk of being inflamed versus informed.” ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)
Sat 17 Jun 2023
Why People Resist Change
"Sometimes we stay in Hell a long time because we have learned the names of the streets." ~ Michael Levine (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)
Sat 03 Jun 2023
College Students Review Dr. Crawford's Presentation on Stress and Anxiety
"Dr. Crawford's master class was simply life changing. I feel like I'm already approaching the way I handle stress completely differently, and it hasn't even been a week since the class!". ~ Texas St…
Sat 20 May 2023
What Is Said About Us When We Leave The Room
"Our 'emotional wake' is how we affect others after we have left the room. Let's make sure we are creating this effect on purpose." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/…
Sat 13 May 2023
Why Self Care Feels Selfish
"When you're not used to being confident, confidence feels like arrogance. When you're used to being passive, assertiveness feels like aggression. When you're not used to getting your needs met, prio…
Sun 07 May 2023
Living by Choice Versus Chance
“A Life lived by choice is a life of conscious action. A life lived by chance is a life of unconscious reaction.” ~ Neale Walsch (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)
Thu 27 Apr 2023
When Helping Doesn't Help
“Some people won’t change until it becomes too painful not to.” ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)
Sat 15 Apr 2023
Determining What's Most Important
"Never make the most important thing in your life something that is out of your control." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)
Sat 08 Apr 2023
The Problem With Resisting Change
"What we aren't changing, we are choosing" ~ Laurie Buchanan (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)
Mon 03 Apr 2023
Dealing With Bad Drivers
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” ~ Winston S. Churchill (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)
Mon 20 Mar 2023
Tools For Cutting Through The Crap
“In order to become more influential in our life and the lives of others, we must not only become clear about why we think and feel a certain way, but how to change those thoughts and emotions to one…
Tue 14 Mar 2023
Why People Disengage
“People generally do not disengage from important discussions because they want to. They do so because there is no process in place to drive engagement and solution-focused conversations.” ~ Bill Cra…
Tue 07 Mar 2023
Why People Reject Our Advice
"Our unsolicited advice often comes across as a lack of confidence in their judgment, knowledge, or ability to learn." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)
Mon 27 Feb 2023
Optimism - The Case For & Against
“Healthy optimism simply as the belief that the future will be better than the past, and that I have confidence in my ability to influence the process." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.…
Sun 12 Feb 2023
What Happens When We Don't Trust Our Judgement
"Action without knowledge can be destructive, but knowledge without action can be demoralizing." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)
Tue 07 Feb 2023
The Key to Self-Worth
“Until we learn to take care of ourselves the way we would take care of someone we love, we will forever be at the disadvantage of being taken care of by those who don’t know what we need or what mak…
Tue 24 Jan 2023
You Are So Annoying!
"When we define difficult people and situations in terms of their effect on us (annoying, frustrating, irritating, and depressing) we give them the power to define us." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.b…
Sun 15 Jan 2023
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