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The Positive MindEncore Episode: Sleep, Dreams and VulnerabilityDreaming of familiar places with masked faces? COVID dreams are real reflecting our vulnerability in a time of uncertainty and anxiety. Kevin O'Donoghue LMHC and Niseema Dyan Diemer LMT, SEP discuss the sleep, dreams and vulnerabilities we have been experiencing during these months of living under a pandemic. Our environments have changed and so have our sleep patterns and dream content. Kevin and Niseema focus on the wisdom of vulnerability as an antidote to disconnection. -----------------------------------------------------For more information or support contact Kevin or Niseema at: info@thepositivemindcenter.com, or call 212-757-4488. Y...
2021-02-1556 minThe Positive MindAmbivalence: It's not what you think.Are you "of two minds" or "two feelings" about any one thing? Can you see both sides of an argument and find it difficult to land on either side? Maybe you are ambivalent, and that's not all bad. Culturally, the decisive and single minded person is held up as the the one to admire in life. The availability of so much choice in today's world leaves many of us feeling ambivalent. What if being ambivalent speaks to a deeper understanding of life and the world? When ambivalence becomes pathological you can feel paralyzed, avoiding the feelings that underlie having t...
2021-01-2558 minThe Positive MindThe Single Focused MindKevin O'Donghue LMHC and Niseema Dyan Diemer LMT, SEP close this year talking about focusing on one particular strength and how with practice that strength can improve mental and emotional health. They focus on three of the 24 positive psychology strengths of gratefulness, hope and appreciation of beauty as vehicles for transforming depression or anxiety into a sense of well being. ______________________________________________________For more information or support contact Kevin or Niseema at info@thepositivemindcenter.com, or call 212-757-4488. These are challenging times and we hope this episode served to validate and ease your anxiety about what you...
2020-12-2858 minThe Positive MindAt a Loss for Words and Touch“What are you REALLY feeling?” Emotions seem to be jumbled due to isolation, lack of social interaction and suddenly we can't find words to express HOW we feel, if we feel at all. There is a word for that: Alexithymia.And when we are literally out of touch with others, we are out of touch with ourselves. We are, as a whole, suffering from "skin hunger" . Touch is essential to our wellbeing in every way. But all we hear is DON'T TOUCH: no wonder we are so confused.Kevin O'Donoghue, LMHC and Niseema Dyan Diemer, LMT teach us a...
2020-05-2758 minThe Positive MindSleep, Dreams and VulnerabilityDreaming of familiar places with masked faces? COVID dreams are real reflecting our vulnerability in a time of uncertainty and anxiety. Kevin O'Donoghue LMHC and Niseema Dyan Diemer LMT, SEP discuss the sleep, dreams and vulnerabilities we have been experiencing during these months of living under a pandemic. Our environments have changed and so have our sleep patterns and dream content. Kevin and Niseema focus on the wisdom of vulnerability as an antidote to disconnection. For more information or support contact Kevin or Niseema at info@thepositivemindcenter.com, or call 212-757-4488. These ar...
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