On Being Happier: Thinking with Heart and Mind

Evaluating Artificial Intelligence with both our hearts and our mind’s intellectual capacities reveals unexpected, powerful, and compelling ideas, as detailed in this episode. 

Show Notes for Episode 27 

Our social media engagement adds value to our lives, at least that’s what it’s supposed to do. This episode explores some of the hidden aspects of social media that affect …

Physician burnout is a widespread problem, and it can be reversed. This episode shows how thinking with heart and mind opens the door. Reversing physician burnout is vitally important to each of us. …

Show Notes for Episode 25

Mental well-being partially depends on how we feel about ourselves independent of our actions. This episode offers ways to strengthen this aspect of our mental well-being. …

Show Notes for Episode 24

 Mental well-being partially depends on how we feel about our relationships and our handling of the practical details of life. This episode offers ways to strengthen this a…

Is it possible to maintain differing viewpoints and, at the same time, not lose our human connection? This episode says it’s not only possible, it’s important and provides insights into maintaining t…

Show Notes for Episode 22  

When we use heart and mind to think through our relationships with our partners, spouses, children, and parents we can create richer and deeper connections. We are fully o…

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Episode 20: Thinking through relationships with heart and mind (part 1 0f 3)

The following story typifies one aspect of thinking through relationships with heart and mind. It also sets th…

We can have better, fuller, and richer relationships by using what we learned about about working through our emotions and feelings and applying it to our relationships.

Exercises based on the episod…

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Episode 17: Working through emotion and feelings with heart and mind (1 of 2)

 Exercises used to review the episode’s content

Exercise 1: Allow yourself to fully experience your emotion…

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Episode 16: Trusting life: A spiritual journey

with heart and mind 

Exercises for reviewing the episode’s content

Exercise 1: Love is transcendent. The love one feels for a child, for e…

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 Episode 15: Conquering self-doubt and self-criticism with heart and mind (Part 3)

Exercises for episode 15:

Exercise 1: Remember a time when you felt overwhelmed because you had too muc…

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Episode 14: Conquering self-doubt and self-criticism with heart and mind (Part 2 of 3)

Exercises for episode 14: A review of the episode’s main points.

 Exercise 1: Does the idea that we …

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Episode 13: Conquering self-doubt and

self-criticism with heart and mind

 Exercise: The exercises for this episode have one theme: think through the ideas in the episode. See if you agr…

Show Notes / Exercises — Episode 12:

 Successful, guilt-free inner work with heart and mind                                           

Play:

• Being a teammate
  • Picture the benefits in being a good te…

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Exercises for Attitude & Gratitude with Heart and Mind

 Exercise one: Reviewing your attitude

• Consider your attitude in all the settings of our life settings
• Are you pleased with your at…

Show Notes: Making Decisions with Heart and Mind

Exercise one: Review your life and test the episode’s idea 

• Does good decision-making increase happiness? How?

• Exercise two: Reviewing your deci…

Show Notes: Bonus 9a

A Daily Practice with Heart and Mind

• Begin the practice before opening your eyes in the AM

If you set your alarm, give myself an extra 10 minutes

Turn off phone alarms withou…