Psychopathology - The biological approach to treating OCD

Explanations for the success and failure of dieting

Psychological explanations for obesity, including restraint theory, disinhibition and the boundary model.

Biological explanations for obesity, including genetic and neural explanations.

Psychological explanations for anorexia: cognitive theory, including distortions and irrational beliefs.

Psychological explanations for anorexia: social learning theory, including modelling, reinforcement and media.

Psychological explanations for anorexia: family systems, including enmeshment, autonomy and control.

Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa, including genetic and neural explanations.

Neural and hormonal mechanisms involved in the control of eating behaviour, including the role of the hypothalamus, ghrelin and leptin

Explanations for food preferences: the role of learning in food preference including social and cultural influences.

Explanations for food preferences: the evolutionary explanation, including reference to neophobia and taste aversion.

Welcome back to part 2 of this mini-series with Liv Mercer on all things mental health -- but this time, with an emphasis on the science of gut health!

We talk about stress, resetting your body and your nervous system, and how to set yourself up for better mental health in the long run. This is an in-depth conversation about how serotonin is created in the body, ways that you can boost it naturally, and how you can set yourself up for success in the mental health department. 

And the most important aspect to all of it? She breaks down the scientific reasons behind it all. You can put the skeptics aside with some things you’ve heard in the past and understand how our bodies are working underneath our anxieties and how we can all take steps to cultivate happier mental health. 

You can connect with Liv on Instagram for all of her amazing tips and insight to cultivating better mental health @liv_mercer!

And again, if you’re interested in finding someone to talk for yourself or explore what we’ve discussed further, here are some of my favorite resources:

• Telehealth: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
• App for Therapy: https://lp.talkspace.com/
• App for Meditation: https://www.headspace.com/

This episode is sponsored by: The ONA Boutique! Head to theonaboutique.com and use code IMPACT for free shipping on your order today!

Do you ever feel like just ENDING your relationship? Maybe the ROCD/RA has been there for a while and you question why you keep going. You tell yourself that "it's taking too long", "its not worth it" and other thoughts that make you feel like you should just break up. In this podcast episode, I interview Manon Lamarque who flew all the way from France to Colorado to sit with me to help you. Manon is my longtime client, friend and now, team member at Awaken into Love. She is now here to talk to you about what to do when you feel like giving up and tools you can use to keep going.

Author, Ace Orenstein, joins me to discuss: how Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy conquered his obsessive-compulsive behavior; how sex-ed triggered it and the lessons learned.

Welcome to the #SPAITGIRL Talk Show with Yvette Le Blowitz

EP.129 - How to Create Inner Peace with Tom Cronin, Meditation Teacher, Coach, Speaker, Author, Producer

Tom Cronin is a Coach, Mediation Teacher, Author, Speaker and Producer of The PORTAL Film.

Tom spent 26 years in finance markets as one of Sydney's leading bond and swap brokers.

He discovered meditation in the early stages of his career, when the anxiety and chaos he was experiencing had hit a crisis point, and it completely transformed his world, both personally and professionally.

Tom Cronin is the Founder of The Stillness Project, a global movement to inspire one billion people to sit in stillness daily.

Tom is passionate about reducing stress and chaos in people's lives.  

He has worked with some of the top companies in the world from Amazon, UBS, Qantas, Coca-Cola, Mindvalley and CBA to name just a few.

His ongoing work in transformation leadership and cultivating inner peace through mediation has taken him around the world hosting retreats, mentoring, presenting keynote talks, teaching and crating The Portal film-book experience, all part of his committment to the current planetary shift.

Tom Cronin is the author of seven books including The Portal, Insights, The Path to Peace: A Guide to Living with Ease in a Rapidly Changing World, Spirit & Soul, Exploring The Seven States of Consciousness, Faster Deeper Sleep: The Ultimate Guide To A Daily Recharge, Faster Deeper Calm: How to Live Without Anxiety and Panic.

He is also the author of the children's book Missy Moo Meditates.

Tom Cronin is the Producer and co-writer of The PORTAL an experiential documentary created as part of a bold, global vision to overcome chronic levels of anxiety, depression, PTSD and trauma that we are facing today.

The film brings to life the stories of six people who overcame great adversity using stillness and mindfulness, inspiring the audience to follow in their footsteps and realise the unique potential that all humans have to change our world-from the inside out.

Supported by insights from three of the world's foremost futurists and a robot-the film unfolds as a beautiful, audiovisual spectacle that takes the viewer on their own mindfulness journey through the pain, joy and memory fragments of life.

Tom is someone who knows first-hand the power of mediation in overcoming mental health issues, and the potential the ancient practice has for personal healing and human transformation.

He is a meditation master and the author of seven books.  Learn Deep Meditation in Tom Cronin's meditation course, discover how to create inner peace and sit in stillness daily.

There are numerous ways to meditate, from breath meditation, chakra-clearing meditation, visualisations and guided meditations.

Tom teaches a transcending style mediation using primordial sounds and mantras know as Deep Meditation.

In Deep Meditation you receive your personal mantra or sound to repeat effortlessly inside your head for 20 minutes.

The reason Tom teaches this style of meditation is that it had a huge effect on his own life as well as thousands of students he has taught all over the world.

Learn how to meditate, when to meditate and discover when you have thoughts during mediation with Tom Cronin.

Meditation is scientifically proven to help alleviate stress after just eight weeks of regular practice and it's 100 natural.

Meditation improves our ability to manage anxiety and the more we practice the greater our mental resilience.

Meditation helps calm the mind, so we can rest the body.  Better sleep reduces stress and improves mental clarity and memory as well as better eating habits.

Research shows meditation improves clarity, memory and focus.  

When your mind is clear and focused your body is relaxed and calm, leading to improved decisions, productivity and success.

Tom offers weekend courses in Sydney in person and also once a month on Zoom.

He also offers private mediation sessions if you prefer one-on-one training, which provide greater flexibility with the timing and structure of the meditation course.  

These private sessions offer a more intimate experience which Tom can personalise to your needs.

If you have been meditating regularly for 3-4 years with the initial mediation mantra that you received from Tom, you might like to explore upgrading to an Advanced Mantra.

The initial mantra will take you deep to help release stress and give you direct access to being, and the Advanced Mantra will be more of an expansive, omnipresent experience.

Alternatively you can learn mediation remotely over 21 days with Tom's online mediation course Faster Deeper Bliss, this intimate video based mediation course allows you to learn a deep transcending style meditation anywhere in the world.

In Episode 129 - Podcast Guest 

Tom Cronin  shares:

- a little bit about himself

- how his own mediation journey unfolded

- the benefits of mediation

- how to create inner peace 

- how to sit in stillness daily 

- join in for a short guided mediation with Tom

- lockdown mental health tips

- The Portal book-film

- why he is on a mission to inspire 1 billion to meditate daily

- what his self care rituals are

Plus we talk about so much more......

Get Ready to Tune into Episode 129

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