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The mindbodygreen Podcast

426: Self-help myths, emotional Novocaine & what makes life worth living | Psychologist Sasha Heinz, Ph.D.

The mindbodygreen Podcast

mindbodygreen

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.52.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Sasha Heinz, Ph.D.: “Any accomplishment requires a lot of uncomfortable action.”  Sasha, a developmental psychologist who is an expert in behavioral change and positive psychology, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss why we're over-complicating well-being, plus: - How to know when your positivity becomes a problem (~13:55) - How to reconnect with your inner child (~16:13) - Why pessimism is your friend (~18:21) - Why mindset hacks don’t always work (~21:48) - How to increase your mental fitness (~30:11) Referenced in the episode: - Check out Sasha's website. - mbg Podcast episode #388, with Arthur Brooks, Ph.D. - Check out Tim Ferriss' books. - Watch Dan Harris at mbg revitalize 2014. Take 25% off sleep support+ with code SLEEP25. Cannot combine with gift cards or other discount codes. Apply code at checkout. We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on Youtube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wackeb, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen and your host.

0:07.0

Getting money from clients can feel like trying to wrestle honey from a grizzly bear.

0:11.0

That hasn't eaten in days.

0:13.5

While an emmer is skunk, clings to your leg.

0:15.5

Not now, scusky.

0:16.5

But with zero online invoice payments through Stripe and Go Cardless,

0:19.5

you can give customers more ways to pay and keep your cash flow flowing.

0:23.5

Soon, rather than wrestling a grizzly bear,

0:25.5

it feels more like you're cuddling a koala bear.

0:29.0

On a really soft sofa, while watching a favorite soap.

0:32.0

I can't believe she was this model.

0:34.5

The healthy business, Serge Zira, within X.

0:37.0

Hey everyone, today we have Dr. Sasha Heins, who is an expert in behavioral change

0:43.0

and positive psychology,

0:45.0

who has a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard, a PhD in development psychology,

0:50.0

from Columbia, and a master's in positive psychology from New Penn.

0:55.5

She definitely has academia covered and a lot more than that.

0:59.5

Sasha, welcome.

1:00.5

Thanks too, since they're going to be here.

1:02.5

On your website, I appreciate your humor about all of your degrees.

1:11.5

We can have an entire episode deconstructing my drive to get those three I really appreciate.

1:20.5

And so with that said,

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