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Mindfully Managing Depression and Managing the Monkey Mind

Original Air Date Wednesday, December 16, 2020

It may seem improbable for us to change the world but, if we can do the inner work and bring peace to ourselves we individually add to the collective good.

To find inner peace we must manage our negative thoughts and quiet our overstimulated minds. While it may be easier said than done, researchers are working to create mindfulness techniques that soothe and tame our monkey brain.

To find out what alternative therapies exist to treat mental health, depression and ease suffering, Positive Psychology Podcast Host, Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with two authors who promote being in the present moment and practicing mindfulness to heal the mind.

Dr. Stuart Eisendrath developed an alternative method to mindfully manage depression and Mark Coleman is a meditation teacher who founded the Mindfulness Institute where he guides students through mindfulness and meditation practices.

Tune in:

Meet Our Guests:

Mindful Mental Healthcare Management with Dr. Stuart Eisendrath MD & Dr. Ron Frey Ph.D.

Dr. Stuart Eisendrath is a psychiatrist who cares for patients with depressive disorders. He leads groups in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to treat depression and anxiety. He was the UCSF Depression Center’s founding director and is  Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences.

Book: When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough: Harnessing the Power of Mindfulness to Alleviate Depression 

Dr. Stuart Eisendrath — Mindfully Managing Depression:

  • Meditation is mixed with cognitive therapy in Dr. Eisendrath’s alternative method for healing depression study. {2:12}
  • How mindfulness breaks up the depressive spiral. {6:00}
  • In his book, When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough, Dr. Eisendrath writes that depression can be cured. {9:50}
  • How depression and mental health generates a list of thoughts, and those thoughts can generate more depression. {17:10}
  • An MRI can measure brain function and offer a technique to change a depressed person’s focus. {19:54}

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Mindfully Managing Depression and Managing the Monkey Mind with Dr. Stuart Eisendrath & Mark Coleman

Mark Coleman is the author of From Suffering to Peace, Make Peace with Your Mind, and Awake in the Wild. He is the founder of the Mindfulness Institute and has an MA in clinical psychology. Mark has guided students on five continents as a corporate consultant, counselor, meditation teacher, and wilderness guide. He lives in Northern California.

Book: From Suffering to Peace: The True Promise of Mindfulness

Mark Coleman — Doing the Inner Work:

  • Bringing presence and awareness into our body and mental health to cultivate understanding and insight. {30:38}
  • The trickiness of becoming mindful and applying mindfulness to communications. {34:56}
  • Suffering = Pain x Resistance. {42:49}
  • Mark explains what it means to have a peaceful heart. {47:20}

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Shareables:

“Thoughts are mental events. You don’t have to believe them as facts.” Dr. Eisendrath on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “Depression generates thoughts and those thoughts, in turn, generate more depression.” — Dr. Eisendrath on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “As a resource and a refuge the body is always in the present moment.” @MarkColeman365 on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “Mindfulness is the application of deep listening.” @MarkColeman365 on @HHTalkRadio Share on X

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