Insights with Us

S1E4 Understanding the Breath

Join me as we gain a foundational understanding of how to check in with our breath, and try three different breathing techniques to help calm your nervous system down. 
 
Resources
Breath by James Nestor
Close Your Mouth: Buteyko Clinic Handbook for Perfect Health by Patrick McKeown
Relaxation technique: Breath control helps quell errant stress response: https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/relaxation-techniques-breath-control-helps-quell-errant-stress-response

S1E3 What is Insight?

In the third episode of Insights with Us, Sadie and I work to define insight and use real world examples from our lives to understand how to build insight. We then end by discussing ways to build mindfulness, be in the present moment, ways to slow down this process and learn to sit with yourself in small ways. 
 
The definitions we discuss today in regards to insight:
APA definition:  “the clear and often sudden discernment of a solution to a problem [often] by means that are not obvious and may never become so”
NIH definition: “people’s understanding of their condition, but also how their condition affects their interactions with the world”
 
Three kinds of insight (Dr. Sternberg and Dr. Davidson):
Pulling relevant information from irrelevant information (selective encoding)
What information do you already know that can be useful to your current situation (selective comparison)
Look at all the information that is available and find a solution from there (selective combination)

S1E2 Finding Your Inner Voice with Sadie

In the second episode of Insights with Us, listen in as I talk to Sadie, a massage therapist, about her upbringing, how she realized she had quieted her own voice and was following the voice of others, and the differences between her expectations for the future versus what actually happened.

S1E1 Who is Anastasia?

In this episode, I talk a little bit about myself, my history, and how I ended up here. My hope is if you can understand my background, you can see how it informs my perspective as I guide you on this journey of gaining insight. 

Insights with Us Introduction

A new podcast about building insight around the human experience. Join me and my guests as we explore what it means to be human and how to sit in discomfort and allow for growth.