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Reuben Wachs
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Hey, my name is Reuben Wachs and I'm a trainee counsellor. I believe that finding great resources and theories can change your life and as a result, I have a passion for sharing what I find with you! In Reuben Recommends, I mix it up by either taking you on a deep dive into a particular psychology, counselling or philosophy theory, or we keep it casual and I share my favourite books, podcasts and videos of the last four weeks. Each solo episode comes out on the 1st of each month and the guest episodes come out on the 15th. I hope you enjoy the podcasts!

  1. 14/12/2023

    #23: Navigating Stressful Relationships - Drama Triangle (Transactional Analysis) - Live Talk

    This is a recording of a live talk I gave at a tech company called Kaluza. If you'd like to book me to give a talk at your company or charity you can reach me on reubenwachs@gmail.com Everything I talk about is linked below: RESOURCES Counselling Directory - https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/ 4 Pillar Plan - Dr Rangan Chatterjee The Stress Solution - Dr Rangan Chatterjee Stutz - Netflix Yoga with Kassandra playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW0v0k7UCVrkh5WZyHu0d0fWnaNgbmQTw How to deal with anxiety - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j25dBJHuvJc&t=149s How to help someone else with anxiety and panic attacks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1EEcYJaTD0&t=66s QUOTES ON SELF ‘How am I complicit in creating the conditions I say I don’t want.’ Tim Ferris from a coach he knows ‘Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate’ - Carl Jung ‘How close or far we are with ourselves is how close or far we will be in our relationships’ - Dr Nicole LePera ‘Men are not moved by things but the views which they take of them’ - Epictetus WORK QUOTES “Your lack of preparation is not my emergency” - Tim Ferriss ‘What would this look like if it was easy.’ - Tim Ferriss ‘Be careful what you let become critical to you. Try to get yourself into situations where the most urgent problems are ones you want to think about.’ - Paul Graham

    35 min

  2. 14/12/2023

    Q&A from live talk at Kaluza

    Everything I talk about is linked below: RESOURCES Counselling Directory - https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/ 4 Pillar Plan - Dr Rangan Chatterjee The Stress Solution - Dr Rangan Chatterjee Stutz - Netflix Yoga with Kassandra playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW0v0k7UCVrkh5WZyHu0d0fWnaNgbmQTw How to deal with anxiety - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j25dBJHuvJc&t=149s How to help someone else with anxiety and panic attacks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1EEcYJaTD0&t=66s QUOTES ON SELF ‘How am I complicit in creating the conditions I say I don’t want.’ Tim Ferris from a coach he knows ‘Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate’ - Carl Jung ‘How close or far we are with ourselves is how close or far we will be in our relationships’ - Dr Nicole LePera ‘Men are not moved by things but the views which they take of them’ - Epictetus WORK QUOTES “Your lack of preparation is not my emergency” - Tim Ferriss ‘What would this look like if it was easy.’ - Tim Ferriss ‘Be careful what you let become critical to you. Try to get yourself into situations where the most urgent problems are ones you want to think about.’ - Paul Graham

    10 min

  3. 28/02/2023

    #22: How To Reduce Stress and Be Happier - Live Talk at CAE

    Hey I hope you all enjoyed the talk I gave at CAE Technology on Point. Here is the list with everything I mentioned in the talk: RESOURCES: 4 Pillar Plan - Dr Rangan Chatterjee The Stress Solution - Dr Rangan Chatterjee Stutz - Netflix Yoga with Kassandra playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW0v0k7UCVrkh5WZyHu0d0fWnaNgbmQTw How to deal with anxiety - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j25dBJHuvJc&t=149s How to help someone else with anxiety and panic attacks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1EEcYJaTD0&t=66s QUOTES ON SELF: ‘Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate’ - Carl Jung ‘How close or far we are with ourselves is how close or far we will be in our relationships’ - Dr Nicole LePera ‘How am I complicit in creating the conditions I say I don’t want.’ Tim Ferris from a coach he knows ‘Men are not moved by things but the views which they take of them’ - Epictetus WORK QUOTES: “Your lack of preparation is not my emergency” - Tim Ferriss ‘What would this look like if it was easy.’ - Tim Ferriss ‘Be careful what you let become critical to you. Try to get yourself into situations where the most urgent problems are ones you want to think about.’ - Paul Graham

    50 min

  4. 11/01/2023

    #21: Why I Do Veganuary

    Happy 2023 everyone and I hope you enjoy the video!         After watching, if you're interested at all and you’ve got any questions such as, why not just vegetarian instead of vegan? Or where do you get your protein from? Then please feel free to message me and ask          You can find the things I mentioned below:           The Game Changers - Netflix          Earthling Ed’s Ted Talk - Arguments Against Veganism - Youtube          A Meat Eater’s Case For Veganism - Youtube          Gousto          Sending you all big love!

    6 min

  5. 21/12/2022

    #20: Top Recommendations for 2023 - Books, Films, Series, Ideas, Fun Facts and Quotes

    Hi and welcome to the Annual Reuben Awards where I give you my top recommendations for 2023! Here is everything that is mentioned in the podcast! Best Non-Fiction No bad parts - Richard Schwartz Stolen focus - Johann Harri Best Fantasy Lord of the silver boy (Troy) - David Gammel The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie Sci-Fi Speaker of the dead - Orsen Scott Wells Best Comedy/enjoyable Book And away… - Bob Mortimer First Person Singlular - Murakami Overal best Book First Person Singlular - Murakami No Bad Parts - Richard Schwartz Best Podcast Sam Harris Waking Up Hey riddle riddle Best film: Letterboxd Everything Everywhere All At Once Top Gun Maverick The Last Duel CODA The King Best documentary Stutz Tim’s Vermeer The Making of Arcane Series: Severance Arcane Cheer Best album: Low Island - If You could have it all again Khruangbin - Mordechai Best video: Guy knocking down dominos https://twitter.com/OnlyZans/status/1569416356839280640 Best idea or concept Top Idea in Your Mind Taking action Triangle of life Best purchase Blackout eye mask Most important change in my life Switching departments at work Taking action Top idea in your mind Favourite fact Griezman having 3 separate kids born on the same day NASA mission controllers for the Apollo mission - their average age was 21 when the mission started and when they did the impossible they were an average of 28 Favourite quote FEEL THE FEAR...AND DO IT ANYWAY Often we think, 'I'll do it when I am not so afraid.' But in reality, it works the other way round. The 'doing it' comes before the fear goes away. The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out and do it. The Five Truths about Fear The fear will never go away as long as I continue to grow.The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out... and do it!The only way to feel better about myself is to go out... and do it!Not only am I going to experience fear whenever I am on unfamiliar territory, but so is everyone else.Pushing through fear is less frightening than living with the underlying fear that comes from feeling helplessness.I'll Handle It! ---- Susan Jeffers Autobiography in Five Short Chapters Written by Portia Nelson ‘Be careful what you let become critical to you. Try to get yourself into situations where the most urgent problems are ones you want to think about.’ - Paul Graham ‘Animals are my friends, and I don’t eat my friends’ - George Bernard Shaw “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” — Attributed to Rabindranath Tagore ‘It is perfectly human to be afraid and, while afraid, that one is still obliged to live one’s life and to undertake one’s journey.’ (Hollis, 1994 p. 90) Robert Hilleger says, ‘Shame started as a two-person experience, But as I got older I learned to do shame all by myself.”

    30 min

  6. 22/11/2022

    #19: Your Emotions, Anger, Acceptance, Receiving Compliments, Feedback, Not Judging

    Welcome to my first edition of What Have I Learned This Month? In this episode, I talk about: Limits on your emotions The importance of releasing anger The power of the group Acceptance Receiving compliments How it can only takes a couple times to become much more comfortable with something Feedback Not judging others I hope you enjoy!

    34 min

  7. 03/10/2022

    #18: The Top Idea In Your Mind, The Most Important Thing In Your Life, Perfectionism

    Today I discuss Paul Graham's blog post 'The Top Idea In Your Mind' and how what we naturally drift to in the shower is more important than you think I also spend a few minutes covering perfectionism and our journey as human's and therapy clients Subscribe to know when the next monthly episode comes out I hope you enjoy!

    23 min

  8. 01/06/2022

    #17: Catherine Llewellyn - Building Resilience, Facilitating Growth, Accountability and Blame

    In today's episode with Catherin Llewellyn, we talk about: Blame When we hold other people accountable for our suffering When we need everything to be right to feel joy? How people learn from who they decide to learn from How to facilitate others growth And building resilience I hope you enjoy! You can find Catherine's work and contact details at: Website: Yesyounow.today Podcast: Truth & Transcendence E-book - What is Humanistic Coaching and Why do we Care? https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Humanistic-Coaching-Why-Care-ebook/dp/B01BYNJNYK/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2NSJVB4PS63TW&keywords=humanistic+coaching&qid=1651498905&s=books&sprefix=humanistic+coaching,stripbooks,106&sr=1-3 I hope you enjoy!

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Hey, my name is Reuben Wachs and I'm a trainee counsellor. I believe that finding great resources and theories can change your life and as a result, I have a passion for sharing what I find with you! In Reuben Recommends, I mix it up by either taking you on a deep dive into a particular psychology, counselling or philosophy theory, or we keep it casual and I share my favourite books, podcasts and videos of the last four weeks. Each solo episode comes out on the 1st of each month and the guest episodes come out on the 15th. I hope you enjoy the podcasts!

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    Reuben Wachs
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2023
  • Episodes
    25
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