How to Use Your UNCONSCIOUS Mind | Being Well Podcast

Most of what's occurring in the mind lies outside our awareness. In this episode, Dr. ‪@RickHanson‬ and I explore the unconscious mind and the material we might find there. We talk about what the unconscious mind is, the purpose of the unconscious, repression, and what we can do to access, use, and release that unconscious material.

Key Topics:
0:00 Introduction
2:20 What is the mind? What is the unconscious mind?
5:30 Why material gets moved to our unconscious mind
8:45 Freud, Jung, and repression
14:25 Looking at repression through a developmental model
18:55 Bias, relational ‘scripts’, and what we can do about unconscious patterning
22:10 Interpreting dreams and the limits of science
27:45 Examples of repressed material and how to uncover it
29:55 Rick’s first love story
34:15 Emotional release work you can do without a therapist
38:10 Distress tolerance
42:25 The body-based, non-cognitive nature of unconscious material
44:30 Sentence completions, automatic writing, and sand trays
47:20 Building self-worth, and creating a safe container
55:25 Teaching what you need to learn, and the importance of support
58:45 Including what’s left out
1:01:10 Recap

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Who Am I: I'm Forrest, the co-author of Resilient (https://amzn.to/3iXLerD) and host of the Being Well Podcast (https://apple.co/38ufGG0). I'm making videos focused on simplifying psychology, mental health, and personal growth.

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