Join Host Kevin O' Donoghue, LMHC, and Niseema Dyan Diemer LMT, SEP for provocative conversations about the entire spectrum of mental health topics. We explore innovative techniques and modalities for identifying what causes us pain and anxiety and for finding sources of comfort, healing and momentum in our lives-- and practical ways to engage them for personal growth and greater daily satisfaction. Our guests include authors, researchers, therapists, healers, and artists who consider the ways we can learn to care for ourselves and others. Together we invite you to embrace tools to help you lead a more positively minded life.
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Join Host Kevin O' Donoghue, LMHC, and Niseema Dyan Diemer LMT, SEP for provocative conversations about the entire spectrum of mental health topics. We explore innovative techniques and modalities for identifying what causes us pain and anxiety and for finding sources of comfort, healing and momentum in our lives-- and practical ways to engage them for personal growth and greater daily satisfaction. Our guests include authors, researchers, therapists, healers, and artists who consider the ways we can learn to care for ourselves and others. Together we invite you to embrace tools to help you lead a more positively minded life.
This week, Kevin and Niseema talk about ways to recognize and cultivate “Companionship” and “Belonging,” the two themes of the Loneliness Scale questions, (see button below.) Did your parents have companions or feel a sense of belonging in their community or social circle? If not, you may have a high tolerance for isolation and loneliness yourself. Birth order is also a factor: first-born children are often the parent/caregiver's companions while last-born children are often the loneliest, especially in a large family. Hoarding and addictions can be seen as "companions" too: though in reality, both are very isolating, cutting us off from the sense of belonging we crave. It is a paradox!
In the second half of the show Kevin and Niseema go through four steps that can help EASE your loneliness: Extend your boundaries, have Action plan, Select an activity, and Expect the best. By practicing these four simple steps anyone can move from a sense of isolation and loneliness to a place of companionship and a feeling of belonging.
The Positive Mind
Join Host Kevin O' Donoghue, LMHC, and Niseema Dyan Diemer LMT, SEP for provocative conversations about the entire spectrum of mental health topics. We explore innovative techniques and modalities for identifying what causes us pain and anxiety and for finding sources of comfort, healing and momentum in our lives-- and practical ways to engage them for personal growth and greater daily satisfaction. Our guests include authors, researchers, therapists, healers, and artists who consider the ways we can learn to care for ourselves and others. Together we invite you to embrace tools to help you lead a more positively minded life.
