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#23: Exercise as an emotional defense with Jewel Anderson
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"Exercise is my therapy" is a common phrase. Today, Jewel Anderson, a Licensed Professional Counselor in the Kansas City area, discusses why you could be using exercise as a coping mechanism. She discusses how exercise is often a "defense" against things of our past or uncomfortable emotions. She leaves you with a powerful tool, called the Change Triangle, that can help you dig a layer deeper to uncover what you could be avoiding and defending against using exercise.
2:55 Using exercise as therapy
7:16 Sublimation aka Defense Mechanisms
19:39 Avoidance as a defense mechanism
23:26 Emotional experiences after exercise
28:24 The Change Triangle
43:30 How to recognize if you are using exercise as a defense behavior
Work with Jewel by visiting her website: http://www.jewelandersoncounseling.com/
Book referenced by Jewel: "It's Not Always Depression" by Hilary Jacobs Hendel
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