EMOTIONAL WELLNESS with Dr. Mark Lerner
Emotional Wellness with Dr. Mark Lerner is a micro-audio podcast series focused on what you need to know—rather than what’s nice to know—for listeners worldwide.
The National Center for Emotional Wellness defines emotional wellness as the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of our feelings—and the ability to effectively manage challenges and change. It also reflects our capacity to sublimate: to harness painful emotional energy from adversity and channel it into action—not merely to survive, but to thrive.
The mission of the Center is to advance emotional well-being by integrating technology, evidence-based strategies, and the irreplaceable power of authentic human presence.
Grounded in AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness (AIEW), this series incorporates accessible, evidence-based information with the irreplaceable power of genuine human presence. It is designed for individuals, leaders, and diverse organizations navigating our increasingly complex and rapidly evolving technological world.
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Episodes
37 episodes
How to OVERCOME & BECOME
An AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™ Approach to Overcoming AdversityWhen we think about “celebrities”—people whose lives we honor—there’s often a common denominator. In nearly every case, they’ve overcome something.<...
Beyond Resilience
An AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™ PerspectiveResilience is often defined as the ability to bounce back from adversity. And while that definition is accurate, it can limit us.
How to Achieve Happiness
An AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™ ApproachHappiness isn’t a constant state of feeling good. Rather, it’s the ability to experience a sense of stability, meaning, purpose, and emotional balance—even in the presence of life’s cha...
Empowering People Who Have JUST Been Harmed
An AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™ ApproachToday, artificial intelligence (AI) can provide accessible, evidence-based strategies, tools, and support during a challenging experience. This 24/7 availability can be practic...
DATE RAPE: 20 Things You Can Do, Now
Date rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse, or other forms of penetration, in which there is some romantic or potential sexual relationship between the individuals.This program describes 20 things you can do NOW i...
The Future of Mental Health Care
AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness (AIEW) is grounded in a simple yet fundamental truth: while artificial intelligence can enhance our emotional wel...
Overcoming INFIDELITY: Why Honesty Is the Path to Rekindling Intimacy
After infidelity and betrayal, some couples choose to remain together and attempt to rebuild intimacy. But intimacy can’t be realized without a critical component: the truth—reality. Healing begins with a clear realization: the be...
Your New "Best Friend"
AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™: Where Technology Meets HumanityArtificial intelligence is rapidly changing our world. Increasingly, people are engaging with AI as they would a trusted friend—so...
The Emotional Cost of Practicing Law
Addressing Burnout Through AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™As an attorney, you're trained to advocate, negotiate, analyze, and win. Yet few attorneys are trained—or supported—in how to process the emotional toll...
Overcoming INFIDELITY: Don’t Build Your Life Around One Person
Truth, Accountability, and Reality After BetrayalThe old proverb “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” endures because it captures a painful truth about people and vulnerability. While we often apply it to career decisi...
Beyond Tremors: The Unspoken Emotional Challenges of Parkinson's Disease
An AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™ Approach to Coping Parkinson’s disease is often described as a “movement disorder”—defined by resting tremor, slowed movement, rigidity, and gait instability. But that description...
Psychology 101 for AI Professionals
An AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™ Perspective Consulting with the AI community, I’ve learned that most AI professionals have not completed c...
Facing Challenges with AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™
Reflecting On a Recent Keynote Presentation During a recent keynote, an audience member asked me whether there were data supporting the need for interpersonal presence when we face a challenging experience. ...
How to Stop PANIC ATTACKS in Their Tracks
An AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™ ApproachA panic attack is a feeling of intense fear or discomfort that triggers severe physical reactions—such as a racing heart, palpitations, chest pain, or dizziness—even withou...
When AI Feels Safer Than People
An AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™ PerspectiveWhile AI can provide accessible, timely, practical information that can feel safer than human interaction, it will never replace the presence of another person.
A Personal Message to Today’s Business Leaders
The Strategic Advantage of AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™ ConsultingWhether you see it or not, AI is already shaping the psychological climate of your organization. That climate determines how your people think, manage...
Overcoming INFIDELITY: For the Partner Who Was Betrayed
It’s About What Was Done To YouInfidelity and betrayal shatter the story of your relationship, your partner, yourself, and your life. It’s natural to fear that learning the truth will hurt even more. But healing ...
5 Things You Can Do NOW to Address Feelings of Depression
An AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™ PerspectiveDepression is now one of the leading c...
What You Need to Know—Not What’s Nice to Know
An AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™ Perspective for OrganizationsDuring periods of uncertainty—economic volatility, restructuring, leadership transition, and crisis—strategy is not the primary deficit. Stability is. The ...
Overcoming INFIDELITY: For Mental Health Professionals
Why Full Disclosure Is Imperative For Ethical and Responsible Evidence-Based CareTo overcome infidelity, the betrayed person has a right to know the truth—to understand the reality of what happened in their relationship, ...
Healing the Healers
Addressing Burnout in Healthcare Through AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™Healthcare professionals are trained to care for others. Yet few are trained or supported in caring for themselves, which can lead to increased rat...
Can AI Chatbots Replace Mental Health Professionals?
An AI-Integrated Emotional Wellness™ PerspectiveWe’re increasingly turning to AI chatbots for informati...
ESC: Preventing Active Shootings
ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION—and Save LivesThere’s a powerful, often overlooked truth: in nearly every mass shooting—someone knew something beforehand. ESC—Err on the Side of Caution—must become a national standard whe...