Calm is Contagious and So is Everything Else

Infants on Thrones

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Philosophy

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🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Calm is Contagious and So is Everything Else – A Mind Expanding Conversation with Dr. Jerome

In this episode of Infants on Thrones, Glenn Ostlund sits down with Dr. Jerome, a functional neurologist and author of The Brain-Based Enneagram, for a deep dive into the complexities of the human mind. Together, they explore the profound relationship between thoughts, emotions, and the subconscious mind, offering listeners valuable insights into how we can better understand and influence our own mental and emotional health.

Key Topics Discussed:

The Contagious Nature of Calm: Understanding how maintaining calm in difficult situations can influence others around us.
Thoughts, Emotions, and Responsibility: A deep exploration of whether we are responsible for our thoughts and emotions, and how conscious awareness plays a role.
Nature, Nurture, and Conditioning: How our environment and upbringing shape our mental and emotional responses.
Conscious vs. Unconscious Processes: The distinction between what we are aware of and the vast majority of mental processes that operate beneath our conscious awareness.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy: The concept of internalized versions of ourselves and how they inform our current behaviors and mental states.
Neurological Development and Perception: The limited scope of our conscious perception and its implications for how we navigate life.
Personal Growth and Mindfulness: Practical strategies for self-discovery and improving mental and emotional well-being.

Call to Action: If you or someone you know is in Arizona and could benefit from counseling, Glenn Ostlund, an intern therapist at Wellness Oasis Resource Center in Mesa, AZ, is available to help. Whether you're working through personal challenges or seeking to improve your mental and emotional well-being, Glenn is here to support you. The center accepts insurance, and your participation will also help Glenn complete the hours needed to graduate with his Masters Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

For more details, please email: [email protected].

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0:00.0	This is it.
0:02.0	This is Infants on Thrones. I'm glad
0:17.0	welcome back to Infants on Thrones.
0:19.3	I'm Glenn O'Sland and you know I've been doing this podcast now for 12 years. And in the course of those 12 years,
0:24.0	and in the course of those 12 years,
0:26.0	I've had many life-changing conversations,
0:29.0	and this one right here ranks right up at the top of that list. This episode was first
0:34.2	published in July 2021 and it's titled Calm is Contagious and so is
0:40.0	everything else. Now this was an interview that I had with Dr. Jerome who is
0:44.4	a functional neurologist and the author of the brain-based Eniagram and in this
0:49.5	discussion we dive deep into the fascinating world of neurology, consciousness, and self-awareness.
0:56.0	We talk about the contagious nature of calm, the responsibility that we have, or don't have,
1:02.4	for our thoughts and emotions and how our upbringing
1:05.5	and environment shape our mental and emotional responses. Dr Jerome also
1:10.6	shares insight into the difference between conscious and unconscious processes,
1:16.0	the internal family systems therapy model, and practical strategies for personal growth and
1:20.8	mindfulness.
1:21.8	Now, the story that he tells in this conversation about cockroaches and the way that they triggered a memory of his father's death,
1:30.0	well that fundamentally changed the way that I understand the responsibility that I have personally for my own emotional state.
1:37.8	And if you listen closely, you'll hear what I have that aha moment, the gears are kind of grinding and I've since come to understand
1:46.7	that the word response ability quite literally means the ability to respond.
1:55.0	Now many if not most of my own thoughts and emotions come to me before I'm even aware of them.
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