So the parable goes, an elder speaking with his granddaughter says, "In life, there are two wolves inside of us that are always at battle. One is a good wolf, which represents things like kindness, bravery, and love. And the other is a bad wolf, which represents things like greed, hatred, and fear. " The granddaughter stops and thinks about it for a second. She looks up at her grandfather and says, "Well, which one wins?" And the grandfather says, "The one you feed."

When host Eric Zimmer was 24 years old, he was homeless and addicted to heroin. He made his way through addiction recovery and figured out how to build a life worth living. Now he pays it forward by helping people to feed their good wolf. 

That’s the whole premise behind The One You Feed podcast, named one of “22 podcasts that will motivate you to live your best life” by The Oprah Magazine. The One You Feed has also been nominated as one of iHeart’s Best Spirituality and Religion Podcasts of 2022, one of the best health podcasts of all time by the Huffington Post, and one of the best podcasts of the year by Apple Podcasts. 

With over 500 episodes and 30 million downloads and counting, The One You Feed podcast guests include scientists, authors, researchers, teachers, thought leaders, spiritual gurus, and public figures who all offer practical, actionable wisdom that you can readily apply to enrich your daily life.

Come for the fascinating topics and thought-provoking guests and stay for the excellent advice and nourishing conversations. The episodes are deep and inclusive, and you’ll learn something about yourself with each one.

Eric Maisel, PhD, is the author of more than 40 books, including Why Smart People Hurt, Making Your Creating Mark, The Future of Mental Health, The VanGogh Blues, Mastering Creative Anxiety, and Creativity for Life. Dr. Maisel is at the forefront of the movement to rethink mental health. He writes the Rethinking Psychology blog for Psychology Today.
Eric and Dr. Maisel discuss his books <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781608684519">Overcoming Your Difficult Family:  8 Skills for Thriving in Any Family Situation</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Future-Mental-Health-Deconstructing-Disorder/dp/1412862493/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=thonyofe0d-20&amp;linkId=81ecf1b885e5f411fbb32323173e6d6e">The Future of Mental Health</a>
But wait, there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. <a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. </a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!
Eric Maisel and I Discuss Why We Need to Rethink Mental Health and …
<ul>
<li>His books, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781608684519">Overcoming Your Difficult Family:  8 Skills for Thriving in Any Family Situation</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Future-Mental-Health-Deconstructing-Disorder/dp/1412862493/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=thonyofe0d-20&amp;linkId=81ecf1b885e5f411fbb32323173e6d6e">The Future of Mental Health</a></li>
<li>Defining the skills needed to understand and deal with family dynamics</li>
<li>Learning the best anxiety management tool for you, such as deep breathing or visualization</li>
<li>The powerful device of visualizing the “calmness switch” within you</li>
<li>Understanding that there is one of many possibilities to deal with challenges</li>
<li>His book, Mastering Creative Anxiety</li>
<li>Depression</li>
<li>The importance of identifying what’s important to us and living our life purposefully </li>
<li>Stigmatization of mental health and how it promotes pharmaceutical </li>
<li>Understanding there is more help to treat depression than just medication and psychiatry</li>
<li>His models of personality: Original Personality, Formed Personality, Available Personality</li>
</ul>
Links:
<a href="https://ericmaisel.com/">Eric’s website</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/ericmaisel">Twitter</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ericmaisel">Instagram</a>
By purchasing products and/or services from our sponsors, you are helping to support The One You Feed and we greatly appreciate it. Thank you!
If you enjoyed this conversation with Eric Maisel, please check out these other episodes:
<a href="https://www.oneyoufeed.net/challenges-of-mental-health-diagnoses/">Challenges of Mental Health Diagnoses with Sarah Fay</a>
<a href="https://www.oneyoufeed.net/gabe-howard/">Gabe Howard on Mental Health</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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Why We Need to Rethink Mental Health with Eric Maisel

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Nicole LePera, A.J. Jacobs, Martha Beck, Susan Cain and Cory Allen as our guests on this special “Thanksgiving” episode all about gratitude!
Research from Harvard Medical School shows that “gratitude is strongly and consistently associated with greater happiness.  Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships."  We know that it’s good to give thanks but so many of us struggle to make it a regular practice and this episode will teach you how to do so and why it is worth prioritizing!
But wait, there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. <a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. </a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!
Our Special Guests and I Discuss How to Practice Gratitude and …
<ul>
<li>Dr. Nicole LePera – how she defines gratitude and why it’s important</li>
<li>How verbally stating or writing can activate feelings of appreciation</li>
<li>Our tendency to pay attention to what we lack rather than what we have</li>
<li>Shifting from “I have to” to “I am grateful for the opportunity”</li>
<li>A.J. Jacobs – how practicing gratitude is a way to not take things for granted</li>
<li>The hedonic treadmill and the “I’ll be happy” when trap</li>
<li>His active practice of texting his mom every day what he’s grateful for</li>
<li>How the more specific the better when it comes to expressing gratitude</li>
<li>Martha Beck – how she was impacted when she first read about the benefits of gratitude</li>
<li>How engaging in your senses is a good way to practice gratitude</li>
<li>Her 3:1 gratitude practice – for every negative experience, think of 3 positive ones</li>
<li>Reveling in what the soul yearns for sharpens a gratitude practice</li>
<li>Susan Cain – how she notices and savors beautiful things</li>
<li>How we need to both accept the beauty and the difficult realities of our existence</li>
<li>The best gateway to gratitude is discovering what elevates us</li>
<li>How she teaches her kids gratitude</li>
<li>Cory Allen – how what we associate with gratitude is what makes us feel grounded and safe</li>
<li>How he goes deeper into gratitude</li>
<li>How gratitude comes from being present and getting curious</li>
<li>The benefits of practice gratitude for its own sake</li>
</ul>
Links:
<a href="https://theholisticpsychologist.com/">Dr. Nicole Lepera</a>
<a href="https://ajjacobs.com/">A.J. Jacobs</a>
<a href="https://marthabeck.com/">Martha Beck</a>
<a href="https://susancain.net/">Susan Cain</a>
<a href="https://www.cory-allen.com/">Cory Allen</a>
By purchasing products and/or services from our sponsors, you are helping to support The One You Feed and we greatly appreciate it. Thank you!
If you enjoyed these conversations about  Gratitude, please check out these other episodes:
<a href="https://www.oneyoufeed.net/how-to-make-life-easier/">How to Make Life Easier with Greg McKeown</a>
<a href="https://www.oneyoufeed.net/how-to-explore-our-awareness/">How to Explore Our Awareness with Jonathan Robinson</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

How to Practice Gratitude for Year-Round Benefits

Julie Simon is a licensed psychotherapist, life coach and certified personal trainer with over 30 years of experience in helping overeaters and imbalanced eaters mend their relationship with their feelings and ultimately themselves. She’s also the founder of the popular Los Angels based 12-week emotional eating recovery program.
Eric and Julie discuss her book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781608685509">When Food is Comfort: Nurture Yourself Mindfully, Rewire Your Brain and End Emotional Eating</a>.
But wait, there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. <a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. </a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!
Julie Simon and I Discuss How to Manage Emotional Eating …
<ul>
<li>Her book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781608685509">When Food is Comfort: Nurture Yourself Mindfully, Rewire Your Brain and End Emotional Eating</a>.</li>
<li>The most common cause of emotional overeating is difficulty regulating our emotions, moods, thoughts, and behaviors</li>
<li>When we disconnect from our emotions, we don’t learn necessary skills to regulate</li>
<li>Attunement and attachment in early childhood that create neural pathways</li>
<li>When we’re under the influence of emotional part of the brain, we’re not capable of reasoning</li>
<li>The 7 skills involved in inner nurturing</li>
<li>The importance of exploring our emotions and bodily sensations</li>
<li>Our tendency to move away from unpleasant emotions by focusing on our thoughts</li>
<li>How emotions present in the body first (before we have words for them)</li>
<li>Real recovery is experiencing and moving through emotions</li>
<li>Learning to practice soothing behaviors to restore ourselves to calm</li>
<li>The goal is not to distract ourselves, but to calm ourselves enough to work on regulation skills</li>
<li>How self validation is not condoning the behavior, but acceptance and self compassion</li>
</ul>
Julie Simon Links
<a href="https://www.overeatingrecovery.com/">Julie’s Website</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/OvereatingRecovery/">Facebook</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/Julie2816028">Twitter</a>
By purchasing products and/or services from our sponsors, you are helping to support The One You Feed and we greatly appreciate it. Thank you!
If you enjoyed this conversation with Julie Simon check out these other episodes:
<a href="https://www.oneyoufeed.net/susan-david/">Emotional Agility with Susan David</a>
<a href="https://www.oneyoufeed.net/andrea-liberstein/">Mindful Eating with Andrea Lieberstein</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

How to Manage Emotional Eating

Jonathan Fields is a father, husband, award-winning author, executive producer, and host of one of the top-ranked podcasts in the world, The Good Life Project. He also speaks globally to groups and organizations and his work has been featured widely in the media including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Oprah Magazine, and many others. 
Eric and Jonathan chat about a few different topics relating to how we can bring more meaning and fulfillment into our daily activities that lead to living a good life.
But wait, there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. <a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. </a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!
Jonathan Fields and I Discuss How to Find Meaning and Live a Good Life …
<ul>
<li>How people can bring more meaning and enjoyment to their day job</li>
<li>The challenges and importance of setting boundaries for work time</li>
<li>Learning to shift focus on how to be more effective rather than putting in more time</li>
<li>The idea of investing in yourself when considering career or other life changes</li>
<li>Jonathan’s “sparketype” framework</li>
<li>Asking the question “How can I be a light in other people’s lives” in both professional and personal lives</li>
<li>The process of change and how we can equip ourselves to handle forced change</li>
<li>Finding the sweet spot of what motivates us and our approach to behavior change based on our personality</li>
<li>How identifying our values can make behavior change more effective and sustainable</li>
<li>Building flexibility and creating tolerance in your goals knowing perfection isn’t possible</li>
<li>Knowing why we want to change is a critical component to making change and understanding</li>
<li>Dealing with low moodspath to personal change</li>
<li>Learning to be happy love yourself in your current state while you can also look to change</li>
</ul>
Jonathan Fields Links
<a href="https://www.jonathanfields.com/">Jonathan’s Website</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jonathanfields">Instagram</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/jonathanfields">Twitter</a>
By purchasing products and/or services from our sponsors, you are helping to support The One You Feed and we greatly appreciate it. Thank you!
If you enjoyed this conversation with Jonathan Fields check out these other episodes:
<a href="https://www.oneyoufeed.net/discover-your-sparketype/">Discover Your Sparketype with Jonathan Fields</a>
<a href="https://www.oneyoufeed.net/how-to-lead-a-happier-life/">How to Lead a Happier Life with Dr. Laurie Santos</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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