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“We have so much more control over increasing our well-being and feeling better and living a more meaningful life than we actually think we do.”
Sasha Heinz, Ph.D., MAPP, Developmental Psychologist, is an expert in Positive Psychology, lasting behavioral change, and the science of getting unstuck. Dr. Heinz has leveraged her academic expertise as a former faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania’s Master of Applied Positive Psychology program to give her clients the tools to change their lives for good.
Sasha and I nerd out over positive psychology research – and uncover simple tools you can use to feel freer, live more in alignment with your values, stop self-sabotaging behavior, and make changes that stick.
Highlights
- The origins of positive psychology and how it functions as preventive care for the mind
- How coaches use positive psychology to help their clients create sustainable change
- The surprising research showing how much control we have over our sense of wellbeing (vs. how much is dictated by our genetics and our circumstances)
- The dark side of personal development and self-help
- How dreaming about your goals can actually prevent you from achieving them
- “Emotional novocaine” behaviors to look for that might be a clue you’re not as happy as you think
- How to define what self-care means for you personally – Sasha shares a question to ask yourself that will help
- Why Sasha puts “managing my thoughts” at the top of her self-care list
- A self-sabotaging behavior that sets women up for what Sasha calls “death by a thousand cuts”
- Why achieving more things makes high-achievers and perfectionists feel worse, not better – and what to do if you can relate
- How our mindset changes our body’s physiological response to food (no joke!)
- The disadvantage faced by former high school and college athletes when getting back into exercise as adults – and a mindset shift that might help
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
Dr. Martin Seligmann’s work in positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania (including practical tools and questionnaires): AuthenticHappiness.org
Connect with Dr. Sasha Heinz: Website | Instagram
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