Psychology - Staying Positive

November 8, 2011

Interview with David McRaney, author of the book You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself

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Mike Carruthers:
Your life story is not what you think it is.

David McRaney:
We are unaware of how unaware we are. You’re the unreliable narrator in the story of your life.
 

October 7, 2011

Interview with Ernest Chu, author of the book Soul Currency: Investing Your Inner Wealth for Fulfillment & Abundance

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Mike Carruthers:
Self-criticism - it's something that can really get in the way of your success and happiness.

Ernest Chu:
The stories that we tell about ourselves whereas if somebody else told them about us, we would be very incensed. But we in fact tell those stories about ourselves - that we're not good enough, that we have to struggle, that life is hard.
 

June 30, 2011

Interview with Dr. Rebecca Gladding, author of the book You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life

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Mike Carruthers:
How you look at the world and filter events will determine how happy you really are.

Dr. Rebecca Gladding:
If I’m looking for bad things I’m filtering my experience through a negative lens - whereas if I’m looking for positive things I’m then filtering through that positive lens.
 

February 18, 2011

Interview with Dr. Tim Irwin, author of the book Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled: The Qualities You Need to Stay Out of Harm's Way and Thrive at Work

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Mike Carruthers:
Why do some people love going to work and others hate it?

Tim Irwin:
I find that the people who are really passionate about their jobs have really found a way to connect who they are with what they're doing. And we do that by connecting with the customer. Line of site to the customer, I find, is the real key to this whole thing.
 

January 19, 2011

Interview with Jeffrey Rossman, author of the book The Mind-Body Mood Solution: The Breakthrough Drug-Free Program for Lasting Relief from Depression

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Mike Carruthers:
Depression is rampant and people are particularly susceptible to it in winter.

Jeffrey Rossman:
Many people don’t get enough sunlight; they are not spending enough time being physically active. In addition to all of that people don’t get enough sleep which can contribute to depression.
 

July 26, 2010

Interview with Donald Altman, author of the book The Mindfulness Code: Keys for Overcoming Stress, Anxiety, Fear, and Unhappiness

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Mike Carruthers:
In the last few moments have you been focused on the present or have you been worrying about what’s going to happen in the future?

Donald Altman:
If you’re too forward focused, and if that’s causing you anxiety and not allowing you to be present - then maybe you’re not really with the people that you’re with in that moment.
 

 July 19, 2010

Interview with Tim Schurr, author of the book Get Out Of Your Way: How to Eliminate Self-Sabotage and Win Your Life!

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Mike Carruthers:
Funny thing about the human mind…

Tim Schurr:
We use our mind in a way that makes our life harder than it has to be. We focus on what we don’t want instead of what we do want.
 

April 22, 2010

Interview with Daphne Rose Kingma, author of the book The Ten Things to Do When Your Life Falls Apart: An Emotional and Spiritual Handbook

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Mike Carruthers:
Although that is seems that there is some light at the end of the tunnel this recession has taken it’s toll on so many of us.

Daphne Rose Kingma:
There are waves of crisis that have kind of swept through our world in a way that hasn’t been true maybe since the Great Depression.
 

March 11, 2010

Interview with Christine Carter, M.D., author of the book Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents

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Mike Carruthers:
Parents have a lot to do with whether or not their children are happy.

Christine Carter, M.D.:
Often parents think they have one cheerful kid and one grumpy kid and that’s kind of the way it is. But actually we have a lot of great science now that shows that there are factors that parents can teach their kids that will lead to happiness in childhood and beyond.

December 2, 2009

Interview with Dr. Terri Orbuch, author of 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great

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Mike Carruthers:
When it comes to keeping a relationship fun and interesting…

Dr. Terri Orbuch:
What people forget to do is sweat the small stuff. And I know that sounds opposite to what we’ve heard about.

Dr. Terri Orbuch