The Positive Pod: Your Weekly Fifteen Minutes of Positivity
This incompetently hosted and badly edited (Hey, it's the same guy...and good help is hard to find!) weekly show will explore the positive in our world. We'll look at new science-based tips on improving our lived experience and we'll have interviews with inspiring and positive folks. Learn about the science behind positivity and some of the "why's" behind the "what's". The positive side of life with a scientific spin! Join us each week for the Positive Pod and Get Some Good in Your Life! Written, Hosted and Produced by: Michael J. Walsh, Ph.D, LPC, CRC Art Direction: Maxie Walsh Final Approvals: Lacey and Sully Walsh
Episodes
12 episodes
Well Nudged is Well Lived: Using Nudge Theory to Live our Best Life (and Prevent Being Duped!)
Why are we so vulnerable to misinformation?How do we make better choices?Do we react to the immediacy of information or the quality of that information?Turns out, immediacy carries the day. Worse yet, if that misin...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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11:34
Autonomy: How Helping Others Helps Us
How do we help ourselves to enhance our overall sense of effectiveness and autonomy? What if I told you that there is data that supports the idea that helping others helps us to do just that? In this episode, we will take a deeper d...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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11:34
About the Show and a Preview of Season Two!
Just a brief episode on how and why I developed the Positive Pod, and a preview of Season Two! Check it out!
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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8:53
Eudaimonia What?! What is Well Being, Anyway?
The ancient Greeks were good for a lot of things. Who knew that they had coined a term for living our best and most fulfilled life?! That whacky Aristotle and is crazy ideas! Unfortunately, our modern psychological science has...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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11:34
How We Really Make Decisions: Loss Aversion and How to Make Better Choices
Ever wonder why people don't just do what is best for them? Ever wonder why you don't? Turns out, human beings have a tendency towards something called Loss Aversion in decision making. Yep. You read that right! Th...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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11:40
Learn More - Work Less: Using Neuroscience to Learn More Efficiently
Ever been in a spot where you have to learn new information, but ya just can't seem to retain it? Do you learn new things all of the time, but you're looking for ways to more efficiently and effectively recall that info? Maybe you t...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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11:40
When the Going Gets Tough: Finding Meaning in Positive and Negative Events
Have you ever found yourself bogged down? Feeling like the hits just keep on coming? Turns out, we can get as much, if not more, "bang for the buck" out of our negative experiences as we do out of our positive experiences. The...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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12:51
Consuming News in Troubled Times: You Are How You Eat!
Have you ever been watching or listening to the news and found yourself frustrated and depressed? Some would suggest you should watch less, and that's an option. The good news is, you can use some cognitive science to get your news ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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11:45
What Does Positive Thinking Really Look Like?...In about Ten Minutes a Day
Have you ever heard about Positive Thinking or Positive Psychology and thought "Sure, but what does that really look like?" Or "How could I even use that in a way that makes sense for me?" If you have, or if you've ever wondered if ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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10:55
It Ain't Always all Wine and Roses! How Mindfulness and Acceptance Can Enhance Our Life
Did you know that true Positive thinking isn't just thinking happy thoughts? Did you know that it is OK to say "This sucks!" when it really does? What we're talking about in this episode is acceptance and how we can use mindful acce...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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12:31
Encouragement Vs. Praise: Using Encouragement to Build Better Relationships
We hear a good deal about the importance of building good relationships. We also hear about the importance of identity development. What if there were a way to encourage those around you while helping them to build their own esteem ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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17:02
What Positive Thinking Can Do for our Brain
In this debut episode, we take a look at the ways in which Trait Optimism (thinking positively and having positive expectations about your world and your future) can actually enhance the areas of our brains known to help us deal with anxiety an...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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10:25