The Change Room with Rod & Lesley

In this episode we take on the subject of happiness and then find that we got a little dark and so nicknamed our 'Empire's Strikes Back'.  Some personal stories are shared to explain how reframing and reappraisal with a mix of intent, can help lead towards happiness.   One of our discussions where we recognize how change happens over a loooong time, through effort, tears, smiles, and support.

We hit our stride in this episode.  We dive into self-talk and auto-suggestion.  References to 100 year old French guys, and 1990s SNL skits are part of our exploring whether positive self-talk matters.  Lesley reveals that she thinks 'getting to a higher vibrational place' is a good thing, and Rod confesses that despite being a skeptic, it was the book 'Think and Grow Rich' that sparked his interest in psychology.

The conversation continues on growth mindset and how expectations become self fulfilling prophecies. We get into the importance of setting goals and venture into some philosophical questions.

In this episode, we share our point of view on the popular concept of Growth Mindset by Carol Dweck.  We demonstrate again that we like things in moderation, even something like a growth mindset.  Rod and Lesley agree, at the end of the day, don't be too hard on yourself and embrace the fact that we learn from the fixed mindset moments as well as growth moments.  Also in this Episode, Rod seems to get over his umm and ahhs from previous episodes and starts to string a few sentences together.

In this episode, we talk about introversion and extroversion.  Much is revealed, like Rod hates labeling people, and Lesley refers to Google as the Googles.  New theories are proposed and the shared belief of Rod and Lesley comes out that things aren't black and white, and rather different shades of grey.  This is the last episode where Lesley's meditation bell is used to chime us in. 

In this episode, we talk about perfectionism after a winding journey through system 1 and system 2 thinking, and having standards.

This is our very first episode of the Change Room.  We introduce ourselves and talk about the fight or flight reaction to stress and how it affects us and is important to understand as we go through life changes.