The Savvy Psychologist's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Mental Health
Summary: Welcome to psychology for the rest of us. Host Dr. Monica Johnson takes the science of psychology and makes it both entertaining and relatable. Using a sympathetic ear and evidence-based research, she explains the ‘why’ behind emotions like joy, anger, fear, trust, and anxiety, and helps you better understand the relationships you form with your friends, family, coworkers, and yourself. Seeking a healthier emotional life? It’s time to bring a trained psychologist and mental health expert along for the ride.
- Visit Website
- RSS
- Artist: QuickAndDirtyTips.com
- Copyright: 2022 Macmillan Holdings, LLC
Podcasts:
The Savvy Psychologist describes 7 misconceptions about PTSD and one big truth. Plus, how to approach healing and why stigma can get in the way (with a special emphasis on veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan).
While parenting decisions are generally best left to the parents, what happens when a parent does something to their child that makes your hair stand on end? This week, we’ll discuss this ethical, emotional, and safety issue all rolled into one. Plus 5 facts to help you decide with confidence whether to take action.
Do you frequently start and abandon projects? Does your ability to concentrate flip-flop between The Laser Beam and The Disco Ball? Sometimes ADHD is obvious, but sometimes it can fly under the radar. The Savvy Psychologist explains the common, and not so common, signs of this disorder. Plus, learn about medication-free tips to manage ADHD in kids and adults.
When there’s a tough issue at hand, we run away, avoid people for weeks, screen calls, or pretend to change addresses. The Savvy Psychologist has 13 tips on how to stop avoiding conflict and tackle those tough conversations.
When all that’s left of the fa-la-las is rock-hard fruitcake, the winter blahs creep up, settle in, and hang around until spring. Clinical psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen offers 8 tips to deal with the blahs and their more serious cousin, Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Antidepressants have been hailed as miracle drug rock stars and vilified as brain-changing happy pills. All promotion aside—good or bad—are they effective? Clinical psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen digs through the data.
If your muse is on strike, what can you do to get it back on the job? The Savvy Psychologist has 8 strategies you can use to kick-start the flow of your creative juices.
It’s hard to define creativity, but, like jazz or porn, you know it when you see it. In the first of a two-part series, clinical psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen offers 6 tips to set the stage for creativity, with habits and mindsets on which to hang your creative thinking cap.
There are three kinds of New Year’s resolutions. Will yours make it to February? Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen reveals what type of resolution survives, what fails, and how to recommit to yours.
Talking to yourself again? Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen assures you’re not going crazy. You’re simply thinking out loud, which is not only normal, but beneficial.
When a friend or loved one is diagnosed with cancer, the right words can be hard to come by. The good news: you can’t go wrong with heartfelt authenticity. Guest author, psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen, has some helpful tips for what to say. Plus, the 7 things to avoid at all costs.
