4.7 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2016
⏱️ 35 minutes
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While running the Boston Marathon, clinical social worker Jeffrey Zeizel had to call up all his expertise and coping mechanisms when a bomb went off at the finish line. His son was ahead of him and there was a chance he was caught in the fray. Though nobody would blame him for panicking, he immediately went into action administering psychological first aid reassuring others that the worst case scenario is not the most likely one and in the process helping himself to cope as well. Zeizel has a wellspring of insight on what it takes to be resilient and the good news for humanity is that, in short, it involves bringing all of our best qualities to the forefront.
Lessons:
1. The last stage of going through grief is not really acceptance but developing the tools to cope.
2. Remember AAA: action alleviates anxiety.
3. It’s easy to fulfill mundane responsibilities, but to do the things that give life meaning is difficult yet worthwhile.
4. To be resilient optimism is crucial but it must be tempered with a healthy dose of realism.
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0:00.0 | You're listening to Spartan Up Podcast. We're going to interview somebody every week from all over the world and see what they did in their life to become successful, no matter how they define it. |
0:12.0 | Welcome to the Amy Lodge here in Pittsfield, Vermont. Joe's Amy Lodge. Now Joe is not here today, |
0:17.0 | but Joe would want me to welcome as well to the Lodge to my left Sefra. |
0:22.0 | Thanks. Hi Joe. We've got Dr. Thanks, hi Joe. |
0:23.0 | We've got Dr. Del Grimsmo. |
0:25.0 | Hi Joe. |
0:26.0 | And we have Colonel I, retired Colonel Lie. |
0:28.0 | Yeah, where is he? |
0:30.0 | Where's Joe? |
0:31.0 | Yeah. |
0:32.0 | I don't know, but you know where I do not. |
0:34.0 | I was very close. |
0:35.0 | I thought you might know. |
0:36.0 | It's freezing in this barn again as normal and so where's Joe? |
0:39.0 | My understanding is Joe is in warm and tropical Singapore. |
0:42.0 | Very nice. |
0:43.0 | I guess it's why you can't be here. |
0:45.0 | But the great thing is that allowed us to have you go and do a fantastic interview |
0:48.0 | with Jeffrey Zeissle. |
0:50.0 | Jeff Zeissle. Fascinating guy. |
0:52.0 | Fascinating guy. clinical social worker who meets people on the worst day of their life as he puts it and kind of walks them through recovery. |
1:00.0 | He's got some really great tips for the rest of it. |
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