Power For Positive Living

Dr. James Hughey
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Personal thoughts for positive living shared by a retired counseling psychologist as we all travel on our mutual journey through life.

  1. (EP44) Choosing a Counselor For Me

    NOV 28

    (EP44) Choosing a Counselor For Me

    There can be times when we need an objective, competent and caring person to listen and offer guidance for the many and varied stresses of living.   Sometimes we need more than we can receive from family and friends.    Choosing a counselor is a very personal decision.  One may be lucky with the first choice they try or they find that finding the right person can be a long and challenging road.  Like many significant life choices, it helps to do extensive research on options that match one's own unique personality.

    16 min
  2. (EP43) Myths of Mental Health

    NOV 21

    (EP43) Myths of Mental Health

    Wellness psychology accepts that basically healthy people frequently have needs for assistance from others to better understand themselves and others.   About one in four persons will need some type of psychological assistance from another during their life journey to make healthy mental health choices.   Mental Health is defined on Friend Ship Radio and at the Personal Retreat Center as: positive interaction with life to the benefit of self and others.     Various mental health myths are discussed.  Our society often has difficulties with individual differences.  We like persons to be "individual" as long as they are also "normal".

    11 min
  3. (EP42) Do I Have Mental Disorder Prejudices?

    NOV 14

    (EP42) Do I Have Mental Disorder Prejudices?

    One of the cornerstones of wellness psychology is acknowledging the power of choice that each of us has with personal prejudices. A key to a better understanding of who we are is learning how we choose our personal attitudes and expectations.   Your host discusses how specific perceptions of mental illness create our prejudices. Over the decades there have been myths that mental illness is caused by factors such as emotional weakness, bad parenting, sinful behavior or that the individual actually brings their mental illness on themselves.

    9 min
  4. (EP41) There Are No Trees At Sea-part 2

    NOV 7

    (EP41) There Are No Trees At Sea-part 2

    Who am I?  How did I develop into the person I am?  Who were the people and what were the major events that led me to make healthy and unhealthy choices which bring happiness or sadness into my current life?  Am I ready to study and understand the internal compass that guides me when I enter the emotional fogs of daily living?   How can I understand myself better and explore/experiment by choosing different emotions and/or behavior?   Wellness Psychology encourages the exploration of diverse characteristics in ourselves as we choose who we wish to be.  One is encouraged to choose the role of being the author of one's life rather than choosing to be a victim of life.   Experiencing a personal retreat is one way for an individual to focus on four major aspects of life:  emotional, physical, social and spiritual

    21 min
  5. (EP40) There Are No Trees At Sea-part 1

    OCT 31

    (EP40) There Are No Trees At Sea-part 1

    Who am I?  How did I develop into the person I am?  Who were the people and what were the major events that led me to make healthy and unhealthy choices which bring happiness or sadness into my current life?  Am I ready to study and understand the internal compass that guides me when I enter the emotional fogs of daily living?   How can I understand myself better and explore/experiment by choosing different emotions and/or behavior?   Wellness Psychology encourages the exploration of diverse characteristics in ourselves as we choose who we wish to be.  One is encouraged to choose the role of being the author of ones life rather than choosing to be a victim of life.   Experiencing a personal retreat is one way for an individual to focus on four major aspects of life:  emotional, physical, social and spiritual

    24 min
  6. (EP39) Mirror, Mirror On the Wall (Part 2)

    OCT 24

    (EP39) Mirror, Mirror On the Wall (Part 2)

    Wellness Psychology encourages each of us to more fully understand and appreciate the choices we make in developing and implementing our own individual self-esteem beginning as a child to becoming a senior citizen.   Special interest is paid to the emotional cancer of perfectionist tyranny and the ways we can re-decide to promote healthy self-esteem for ourselves.

    27 min
  7. (EP38) Mirror, Mirror On The Wall-part 1

    OCT 17

    (EP38) Mirror, Mirror On The Wall-part 1

    Wellness Psychology encourages each of us to more fully understand and appreciate the choices we make in developing and implementing our own individual self-esteem beginning as a child to becoming a senior citizen. Beginning with words from the Book of Proverbs, "As he thinks in his heart, so is he", various approaches are presented to understanding the choices our heart implements during our daily living.  "Love thy neighbor as thyself" is another guideline for study with emphasis on the last two words.  Honesty is often defined as the ability, to tell the truth to others.   Maturity is the ability, to tell the truth to ourselves and, therefore, often tends to be more challenging for many.  Maturity becomes a major goal of the personal retreating process.  Jim Cole's book Facades is used to demonstrate that healthy self-esteem needs a sense of belonging, having worth and value as well as having some competency. Development of our self-views is characterized by "children are the world's best recorders of their world and also the world's worst interpreters of it." The outcome is that many individuals make choices that are inaccurate and lead to unhappiness.

    19 min
  8. (EP37) Understanding Defense Mechanisms

    OCT 10

    (EP37) Understanding Defense Mechanisms

    Understanding Defense Mechanisms Your host discusses the following:  * What is a defense mechanism? What role do they serve? * What is a reaction formation? * What is projection? We strongly condemn in others what we can't admit about ourselves. * What is rationalization and how can we recognize it? * Is there a difference between a "good" reason and the "real" reason?

    14 min
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Personal thoughts for positive living shared by a retired counseling psychologist as we all travel on our mutual journey through life.

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  • Creator
    Dr. James Hughey
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2025
  • Episodes
    162
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Dr. James Hughey
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    Power For Positive Living