19 Year Old Shrink
At first glance you’re probably thinking this show was made by that guy going up to people at parties asking about their self development and meditation experience; and so would I. After all, I'm a 19 year old dude hopping in front of a mic talking about feelings. Actually, this podcast was created during the struggles of Covid and is used as a vehicle to deliver on the areas where we have fallen short in our lives. I interview business leaders, sports figures, life coaches and many more influencers. I ask them the questions I think you would want answered. Join me every week for a new episode, new interview, and new insight!
Episodes
98 episodes
Episode 1 to 100: Map a Blueprint for Your Ideal Life with James Giangrande
This episode was definitely a bittersweet one to record. After interviewing my father for my first episode, I had the privilege of interviewing him for my last. Throughout this conversation, we talk about the insecurities that come with the adj...
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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49:12
Which Personality Are You?
In this episode, I reference Merrick Rosenberg's book, "The Chameleon," regarding personality traits and team building. Through his work, he has developed a fun and unique way to have personality research resonate more with readers of his conte...
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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25:35
College is Over. What's Next?
In this episode, I address the question that all college graduates have been asked recently, which is "What's Next?" It can definitely be an anxiety provoking question, and could be followed with an uncertain answer. Fortunately, for some peopl...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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23:54
The Triathlon: Building Physical and Mental Toughness with Max Brown
In this one I interview my friend Max about his experience training for a triathlon. He breaks down all of the aspects of preparation from mental to physical to emotional prep. He brings up his initial experiences with meditation, having ...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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32:09
The Five Second Rule: Acting Quickly and Boldly in Life
In this episode. I talk about a concept that I discovered through Mel Robbins. She mentions the five second rule as a helpful technique for when you experience anxiety in your life. Whenever an intrusive thought comes into your mind, count down...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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9:35
The Psychology Behind Acting with Peter Sullivan and Cole Lombardi
This episode is about all things acting! I interviewed my friend Peter and acquaintance Cole to understand the psychology behind acting and everything that goes into portraying a certain character. From stories of Chex mix urges gone wrong t...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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39:46
How Structure Opens Up the Door to Freedom
In this episode I talk about how more structure in life can lead to having more freedom. I use an example of waiting until the last minute to do your homework to hangout with friends and then worrying the entire time that you’re with your frien...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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9:01
How Self Reliance Builds Self Confidence
In this episode, I talk about learning how to become more self reliant and how this allows us to develop more confidence. After reading a valuable article from forbes, I began to learn more about why self reliance is so important. Some of the p...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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13:47
Being Helpful Without Giving Advice
In this episode I talk about being helpful without giving advice. This is something I still to this day am learning to do but it can sometimes be difficult.Our friends come to us looking for comfort or to vent, and we always feel like w...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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11:28
What are Defense Mechanisms?
In this episode I talk about how we use defense mechanisms in our lives. Didn’t really know what defense mechanisms were until I took one of my classes this semester and realized how much we sometimes use them.Basically, defense mechani...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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12:26
Finding the Sweet Spot of Anxiety
We often have a negative bias towards anxiety. In this episode, I explain how we can view anxiety from a positive perspective. In my own life, I look at anxiety as having 3 tiers. Tier 1: A place where we aren't really acting too m...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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7:45
Being Open to Everything and Attached to Nothing
In this episode, I talk about the Wayne Dyer Quote, “Be open to everything and attached to nothing.” I think it is such a valuable mentality to have in our lives and embracing all new experiences that come our way.I talk about the movie...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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8:47
Understanding the Different Influences on Our Personality
This episode breaks down how we develop our own unique personalities and what domains influence the different traits we develop. Topics of environment, upbringing, biology, and more help dive more deeply into this issue. Tune in for more!
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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7:17
Analysis Paralysis: Overanalyzing Everything and Hurting Your Own Feelings
In this episode I talk about overanalyzing situations and how it can lead to us hurting our own feelings. It can become easy to read too easily into other peoples actions and create a story around why they are acting a certain way.We be...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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6:02
Building the Starbucks Brand with Former President Howard Behar
In this episode, Howard Behar talks about how he helped build the Starbucks Empire with Howard Shultz and Orin Smith. Throughout this talk, he alludes to servant leadership as the key to success in this business venture.Recognizing rela...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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29:19
With Structure Comes Freedom: Budgeting with Summer Lee
In this episode I talk with my friend Summer who is currently a marketing data analyst at Deloitte. She breaks down why she began to budget and how she organizes her budgeting in her own life.She talks about the greater amount of freedo...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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40:34
The Obsession with Getting Ahead in Life And It's Negative Impacts
With graduation looming, I talk about a feeling that a lot of people have probably experienced at one point in time. You may not have found a job yet or might not even know what to do, and it can be scary.And what we do in those situati...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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14:17
Choosing to Delay Gratification to Build Self Confidence
In this episode, I talk about using delayed gratification as a means to build self confidence. Many times, it's easy to watch that extra episode of The Office, or eat that extra slice of pizza, or scroll on Instagram for another hour. We choose...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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12:02
The Underlying Message of Excuses
In this episode, I talk about why we use excuses in so many areas of life. Sometimes we attribute being busy as a legitimate excuse. But when doing this, we need to contemplate whether that thing we are trying to avoid is that important to us. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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5:55
Learning Not to Keep Score in Your Friendships
In this episode I talk about our mindsets with our friendships at times. Sometimes we feel as though we are reaching out to some of our friends much more than they are to us. And we can get in our head about it and think we are bothering them w...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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4:55
Handling the Uncertainty of the Future
In this episode I discuss why the future is such a consistent worry in society. Much of the time we spend worrying about the past and the future, which are uncontrollable as we are living in the present moment. We don't take the time out of our...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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5:15
The Power of Self Affirmations
In this episode, I talk about giving yourself credit through self affirmations. A lot of times, we prioritize the deadlines and assignments we have and put the self help things off to the side. But, these little things that we can do every day ...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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5:19
Tips and Tricks to Pursuing Mentors
In this episode, I discuss the 5 different types of mentors that I learned about in my management class. These include: traditional, inspirational, step-ahead, peer, and family member mentor. Traditional recognizes one person who has more exper...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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10:34
Factors That Affect Our Perceptions of Reality
In this episode, I talk about how perceptions influence our everyday life. It is amazing how two people can experience the same event and have two completely different emotional responses to that event! This is where perception comes into play....
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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8:13
How Our Values Change Over Time
In this episode, I discuss the evolution of our values in the different stages of our life. We have all heard the cliche phrase, "Enjoy being young, because as soon as you know it you'll be old like me!" And whenever I used to hear this saying,...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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4:49