Good afternoon, everyone. It's Dr. Niagara again. Our next episode of Psychology Unplugged.

My apologies for doing this episode a day later. Yesterday got away from me. It was a great family day.

So much appreciation, as always. I'd like to start all the podcasts to our followers, both nationally

and abroad. This journey is exciting. It's fun. I had the pleasure of working with a family

and individual that came from another part of the country on Sunday, which was yesterday,

so I think they kind of sidetracked me. But again, our heartfelt appreciation for everything

and all the support that you guys have shown us. And if I haven't gotten back to you, I promise

I will do my best to return your calls and emails.

And I'm looking forward to people coming in from evals from all parts of the world.

And again, I think it's important.

Just the humility that myself has.

And I think I can speak confidently for Julie in allowing

us to be part of your mental health journey or those of your loved ones.

So I did an episode the other week about emotions. and I'm getting revisited again because you know my perspective

from a cognitive behavioral standpoint that emotions are things that really don't focus on.

We focus on changing thoughts, change behaviors, and emotions change the byproduct of it.

But as individuals, to say that emotions are not a central part of our universal collective

experience, positive and negative, good, bad,

right, wrong, and different, I think would be a complete misstatement. And it's one of the,

it's one of the things that brings people into therapy because, like I said before,

it's because something hurts. But it's sometimes it's not as linear as I'm depressed or my girlfriend broke up with me and I'm sad.

Or I got in a fight and I'm angry.

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