Renegade Ape - Psychology, Philosophy, and the Overton Wasteland

Juliet Grayson joins us to discuss (get ready for it...) Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor, a unique form of therapy designed to help clients identify emotional deficits and create ‘new memories’ using therapeutic role play scenarios known as "structures". *** SHOW NOTES *** https://mowe.blog/podcast/making-new-memories/ *** PATREON *** https://patreon.com/mowe *** BOOKS MENTIONED *** "Landscapes of the Heart: The Working World of a Sex and Relationship Therapist" https://amzn.to/2KXcsOx *** CREDITS *** Theme Music: Falling Down by Ryan Little https://youtube.com/user/TheR4C2010 Podcast Image: Marco Nürnberger https://flic.kr/p/FvQrxX DISCLAIMER: My Own Worst Enemy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and affiliated sites.

In today's episode Dr. Sara Tai joins us for an oft requested, and long overdue, delve into how people with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder can take control of their own recovery.  Based on the recent paper "Living the Life You Want Following a Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder", we explore the ten most important aspects of recovery as reported by people previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder. *** SHOW NOTES *** https://mowe.blog/podcast/a-survivors-guide-to-bipolar-disorder/ *** PATREON *** https://patreon.com/mowe *** BOOKS MENTIONED *** "Wild Swans" by Jung Chang https://amzn.to/2SQfRCj *** CREDITS *** Theme Music: Falling Down by Ryan Little https://youtube.com/user/TheR4C2010 Podcast Image: Mattia Merlo https://flic.kr/p/f99jNR DISCLAIMER: My Own Worst Enemy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and affiliated sites.

Mental health advocate and speaker Paul McGregor tells the story of his father's suicide, how he dealt with immediate aftermath including local media coverage, how it affected him and his family in the long term, what the experience has taught him, and why it inspired him to work in mental health advocacy. *** SHOW NOTES *** http://mowe.blog/podcast/standing-up-to-suicide/ *** PATREON *** http://patreon.com/mowe *** BOOKS MENTIONED *** "Man Up, Man Down" by Paul McGregor https://amzn.to/30hr41d "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" by Susan Jeffers https://amzn.to/2YCzCPO "Quiet: The Power of Introverts" by Susan Cain https://amzn.to/2XwYBHL *** CREDITS *** Theme Music: Falling Down by Ryan Little https://youtube.com/user/TheR4C2010 Podcast Image: eflon https://flic.kr/p/74z4DB DISCLAIMER: My Own Worst Enemy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and affiliated sites.

Wendy Yellen joins us to explore the rather esoteric field of eidetic imagery and eidetic psychotherapy. We discuss some of the history and theory behind the practice, why Wendy feels it to be a superior to any other form or psychotherapy, and then we try it out for real by having Wendy guide us through an eidetic imagery session in real time. *** SHOW NOTES *** http://mowe.blog/podcast/eidetic-imagery/ *** BOOKS MENTIONED *** "Basic Concepts in Eidetic Psychotherapy" by Akhter Ahsen https://amzn.to/2Xhp6AN *** CREDITS *** Theme Music: Falling Down by Ryan Little http://youtube.com/user/TheR4C2010 Podcast Image: Franzisko Hauser https://flic.kr/p/D22d2Z DISCLAIMER: My Own Worst Enemy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and affiliated sites.

Today I'm joined by two hugely popular social media artists, Haley Weaver (@haleydrewthis) and Kate Allan (@thelatestkate) to explore the links between artistic expression and mental health, how art has the power to ease suffering and build communities, and the pressures and benefits of build a large fanbase on social media. *** SHOW NOTES *** https://mowe.blog/podcast/art-as-therapy *** BOOKS MENTIONED *** "You Can Do All Things" by Kate Allan https://amzn.to/2X12Qqd "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides https://amzn.to/2XuU6wC "Uprooted" by Naomi Novik https://amzn.to/2IWgPII *** SOCIAL MEDIA *** Facebook: http://facebook.com/mowepod Twitter: http://twitter.com/mowepod *** CREDITS *** Theme Music: Falling Down by Ryan Little http://youtube.com/user/TheR4C2010 "Blah blah blah" soundbyte by Unfa: https://freesound.org/people/unfa/sounds/165539/ Podcast Image: Marco Verch https://flic.kr/p/2ermcFm DISCLAIMER: My Own Worst Enemy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and affiliated sites.

Prof. Paul Gilbert, founder of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) joins us to explore the concept of compassion and its importance in both clinical practice and in our everyday lives. *** SUPPORT US ON PATREON *** http://patreon.com/mowe ***

Andy Fisher joins us to discuss the relatively new field of ecopsychology which explores the relationship between human beings and the natural world through the lens of ecology and psychology. We explore why human beings have become alienated from nature and why this matters, the difference between ecopsychology and plain old conservation politics, to what extent capitalism helps or hinders our relationship with the natural world, and if and how it's possible for both individuals and civilisation as a whole to reconnect with nature. *** SUPPORT US ON PATREON *** http://patreon.com/mowe ***

In this latest AMA I cover the following topics as requested by my listeners: • What are some of your biggest "aha" moments during the podcast? • Why don't you interview more women or people of color? • How do you justify giving a platform to a pedophile like Tom O'Carroll? • Are there any interviews you regret doing or guests you didn't like?

Reintegrative therapist David Pickup joins us to discuss the difference between reintegrative therapy and gay conversion therapy, whether or not homosexual feelings are innate or the result of socialization or trauma, how reintegrative therapy supposedly works, the quality (or lack thereof) of studies supporting these kinds of therapies, and whether or not therapies addressing homosexual feelings should be banned. *** SUPPORT US ON PATREON *** http://patreon.com/mowe *** SHOW NOTES *** https://mowe.blog/podcast/curing-gayness *** BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS *** "Born This Way?" by J. Alan Branch https://amzn.to/2GKjMuG "A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality" by Joseph Nicolosi https://amzn.to/2XSgxbQ *** SOCIAL MEDIA *** Facebook: http://facebook.com/mowepod Twitter: http://twitter.com/mowepod *** CREDITS *** Theme Music: Falling Down by Ryan Little http://youtube.com/user/TheR4C2010 Podcast Image: karendesuyo https://flic.kr/p/6CLK5z DISCLAIMER: My Own Worst Enemy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and affiliated sites.

Joe Strike, author of "Furry Nation", joins us to explore the subculture of furry fandom and the people who like to dress-up as their anthropomorphic animal alter-egos. We trace the the origins of furry fandom, how furries develop their "fursona" and design their fursuits, the psychological motivations behind the lifestyle, and how much, or how little, furry fandom is related to sex and sexuality. *** SUPPORT US ON PATREON *** http://patreon.com/mowe *** SHOW NOTES *** https://mowe.blog/podcast/unleash-the... *** BOOKS MENTIONED *** "Furry Nation" by Joe Strike https://amzn.to/2OUrLct "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" by Michael Chabon https://amzn.to/2UCfNt9 *** SOCIAL MEDIA *** Facebook: http://facebook.com/mowepod Twitter: http://twitter.com/mowepod *** CREDITS *** Theme Music: Falling Down by Ryan Little http://youtube.com/user/TheR4C2010 Podcast Image: Spirou333 https://flic.kr/p/24Qmnv2 DISCLAIMER: My Own Worst Enemy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and affiliated sites.

Today we explore the evolutionary psychology of violence with Prof. Todd Shackelford, in particular the sorts of violence that, on the face of it, appear to run counter to the Darwinian drive for survival and replication such as infanticide, spousal abuse, and suicide. Along the way we also tackle the subject of "toxic masculinity", dodgy statistics, the benefits of watching other men have sex with your wife, rape fantasies, and BDSM. *** SUPPORT THE SHOW *** http://patreon.com/mowe *** SHOW NOTES *** http://mowe.blog/podcast/on-the-origins-of-violence-and-freaky-sex/ *** BOOKS MENTIONED *** "The Evolution of Violence" https://amzn.to/2FFrsxL “The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War” https://amzn.to/2UoXBmC "Sperm Wars" https://amzn.to/2UbfCWA "Ordinary Men" https://amzn.to/2CKkgA6 "American Holocaust" https://amzn.to/2TIhvET "The Evolution of Suicide" https://amzn.to/2U7CIwW "Angst: Origins of Anxiety and Depression" https://amzn.to/2HNxb8k *** SOCIAL MEDIA *** Facebook: http://facebook.com/mowepod Twitter: http://twitter.com/mowepod *** CREDITS *** Theme Music: Falling Down by Ryan Little http://youtube.com/user/TheR4C2010 Podcast Image: Paul Keller https://flic.kr/p/49cqr8 DISCLAIMER: My Own Worst Enemy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and affiliated sites.

In today's episode we discuss the nature of introspection with Prof. Eric Schwitzgebel and his contention that we can never reliably grasp the true nature of our inner selves. We explore the inadequacies of our imaginary, emotional, and visual experience, the implications of these shortcomings for things like happiness and mental health, and whether or not introspection is something we can learn to do better. *** SUPPORT US ON PATREON *** http://patreon.com/mowe *** SHOW NOTES *** https://mowe.blog/podcast/how-little-thou-can-know-thyself/ *** BOOKS MENTIONED *** "A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures" by Eric Schwitzgebel https://amzn.to/2UbGeWk "Perplexities of Consciousness" by Eric Schwitzgebel https://amzn.to/2U6SrLY "Describing Inner Experience? Proponent Meets Skeptic" by Eric Schwitzgebel & Russell T. Hurlburt https://amzn.to/2FzxG2v "Labyrinths" by Jorge Luis Borges https://amzn.to/2WpLYJP *** SOCIAL MEDIA *** Facebook: http://facebook.com/mowepod Twitter: http://twitter.com/mowepod *** CREDITS *** Theme Music: Falling Down by Ryan Little http://youtube.com/user/TheR4C2010 Elevator Music: "Local Forecast - Elevator" by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com Podcast Image: SpankyNew https://flic.kr/p/neQ6U9 DISCLAIMER: My Own Worst Enemy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and affiliated sites.

Author of "The Psychology of School Bullying" Prof. Peter Smith joins us to examine the causes and motivations for bullying, whether the stereotypical image of the bully as cowardly brute and the victim as lonely misfit hold any truth, the long term effects of bullying on both the victim and the perpetrator, the uncomfortable conclusions of some studies which claim that bullying can be beneficial, and what needs to be done to prevent and deal with bullying in schools. *** SUPPORT US ON PATREON *** http://patreon.com/mowe *** SHOW NOTES *** http://mowe.blog/podcast/bullying-sticks-stones-and-stereotypes/ *** BOOKS MENTIONED *** "The Psychology of School Bullying" by Peter Smith https://amzn.to/2F1fOy9 *** SOCIAL MEDIA *** Facebook: http://facebook.com/mowepod Twitter: http://twitter.com/mowepod *** CREDITS *** Theme Music: Falling Down by Ryan Little http://youtube.com/user/TheR4C2010 Podcast Image: Tiomax80 https://flic.kr/p/225eDMx DISCLAIMER: My Own Worst Enemy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and affiliated sites.

Dr. Charles Strozier, author of "The Fundamentalist Mindset" joins us for an experimental leap into the realm of social and political psychology by exploring the topic of fundamentalist thinking from both a religious and secular perspective, and why each and every one of us have the potential to fall prey to it. *** SUPPORT US ON PATREON *** http://patreon.com/mowe *** SHOW NOTES *** https://mowe.uk/2IA3JUq *** BOOKS MENTIONED *** "The Fundamentalist Mindset" by Charles Strozier https://amzn.to/2U5VHnw "Apocalypse: On the Psychology of Fundamentalism in America" by Charles Strozier https://amzn.to/2T7T0Vz "Young Man Luther" by Erik Erikson https://amzn.to/2Np3qeb "Milkman: A Novel" by Anna Burns https://amzn.to/2XiaVYF *** SOCIAL MEDIA *** Facebook: http://facebook.com/mowepod Twitter: http://twitter.com/mowepod *** CREDITS *** Theme Music: Falling Down by Ryan Little http://youtube.com/user/TheR4C2010 Podcast Image: shando. https://flic.kr/p/byfJv6 DISCLAIMER: My Own Worst Enemy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and affiliated sites. Category

Traumatic loss counselor and founder of the MISS Foundation, Dr. Joanne Cacciatore joins us to discuss traumatic grief, and more specifically the experience of losing a child. Joanne shares her own experience of losing her baby daughter, and how this fuelled her desire to help other families going through the same. *** SUPPORT US ON PATREON *** http://patreon.com/mowe *** SHOW NOTES *** https://mowe.uk/2E11pS6 *** BOOKS MENTIONED *** "Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief" by Joanne Cacciatore https://amzn.to/2E0KEqk *** SOCIAL MEDIA *** Facebook: http://facebook.com/mowepod Twitter: http://twitter.com/mowepod *** CREDITS *** Theme Music: Falling Down by Ryan Little http://youtube.com/user/TheR4C2010 Podcast Image: Paul Sableman https://flic.kr/p/qQK6cc DISCLAIMER: My Own Worst Enemy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and affiliated sites.