tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55397817790603479112024-03-14T02:01:30.333-04:00The i'Mpossible Project BLOGJosh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.comBlogger253125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-68581014538645707422020-02-24T08:30:00.000-05:002020-02-24T08:30:07.264-05:00How to Handle Major ChangeThe old adage, “the only constant in life is change,” may be trite but it’s true. One of the greatest gifts one can receive while going through major change is the gift of perspective. Perspective isn’t just “maintain a positive attitude.” Perspective can be achieved by acknowledging what is going well in your life even while things are in upheaval. Daily gratitude has also been proven to change the chemistry of the brain for the better, and is another tool to give perspective. Perspective can also be achieved when we're in the constant pursuit of knowledge, self-education, and learning new skills. Sometimes when major change or even multiple major changes come our way, it’s tempting to think “why is this happening to me?” But I would challenge you to reframe and choose the mindset that everything is not happening for me and not to me. You might not get to choose what life throws your way but you can choose how you respond, search for a lesson to be learned, and work to make meaning from the difficult change or changes you are going through.<div>
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Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-85134051131301925252020-02-17T07:00:00.000-05:002020-02-17T07:00:08.168-05:00Serving Others is Self-Serving…and That’s a Good ThingIn 2016, a study was published in <a href="https://journals.lww.com/psychosomaticmedicine/Citation/2016/05000/The_Neurobiology_of_Giving_Versus_Receiving.7.aspx">Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine </a>that found that giving had greater benefits than receiving (yes, The Office fans; that’s what she said). The results from participants in the study showed that giving (and not receiving) reduced stress related activities in the brain and reduced vulnerability for negative psychosocial outcomes. Put simply, the study showed that when you help others you’re also helping yourself. <br /><br />Outside the context of the study and from my own research as well as through lived experience, I’ve found that helping others is a great way to boost self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-worth. Helping others is a useful way to create connectivity, to find purpose in your life, and if you choose, to make meaning of the mundane or of something difficult or traumatic. <br /><br /><div>
It almost seems counterintuitive to help someone else when you need help but even the seemingly smallest action can have a massive positive affect on the person being helped as well as on your state of mind. By getting our of your own head (temporarily) and shifting focus away from your difficulty or problem you’re facing, you’re distracting yourself from the potential of a self-inflicted negative feedback loop. You do something nice for someone and that feels good but you also gain a little perspective as well (the mountain you thought you were dealing with is actually an obnoxious mole hill). <br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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There are lots of ways you can help people or groups of people. One overlooked method of help is to show another person compassion—for their mistakes, their slights (whether intentional or unintentional) toward you, for their uniqueness and vulnerability that might not line up with your own values or preferences. Compassion brings understanding, which then brings about connectivity (with varying degrees of elasticity, of course). <br /><br />Another overlooked form of helping others is actually practicing self-love and self-care. By loving yourself, treating yourself well, and setting healthy boundaries, you’re ensuring that when you decide to begin or resume helping others you’re doing so as close to peak performance as possible. <br /><br />By looking after others, you’re actually looking after your mental health and nutrition. </div>
Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-11014424534414640562020-02-10T08:30:00.000-05:002020-02-10T08:30:00.328-05:00Self-Reflection for Mental Nutrition: Bringing Order to Disorder<style type="text/css">
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“Our self-image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.” </div>
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Self-image and self-esteem are strongly influenced by the kind and quality of thoughts we have about ourselves and how we reflect, appraise, and evaluate ourselves. <br />
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Self-reflection leads to self-awareness, which is a key element to developing leadership (self-directed or a leader of others), maturity, and emotional intelligence. <br />
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Being able to self-reflect in a healthy and productive manner is important, but carving out time to do so is where things can get tricky. Long-held theory states that self-reflection occupies roughly 50% of our waking life. However, self-reflection can happen unintentionally and one can be unaware of how they are analyzing and assessing themselves; this is a more inefficient manner of reflection because it can often lead to poor planning and flawed decision making. <br />
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Intentional self-reflection is much more efficient because we can analyze and assess “self” with more objective thinking and more easily seek outside solutions and help for whatever refinement or improvement we feel needs to occur in our lives. <br />
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Many avoid and forgo self-reflection though avoidance—running from “self” through any sort of excessive activity (fill in the blank with: alcohol or other substances, food, church, sex, caregiving). Why would someone not want to engage in self-reflection? Fear is likely a motivating factor—fear of what you might uncover, fear of the unknown, fear of confrontation, fear of the potential of opening old wounds, fear of taking accountability, or fear of not being “good enough.” <br />
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Taking the time to reflect on self allows you to slow down amidst the busy-ness or chaos of life. It can help you bring some order to the disorder. If you’re a go-getter or feel the need to constantly be moving, self-reflection allows you to pause and recalibrate so that your future actions are more effective and efficient. When first becoming intentional about self-reflection it can be uncomfortable, you might not know how to go about it, or what you uncover might be painful. But intentionally reflecting on self over a period of time can lead to a sense of clarity on one’s direction in life as well as inner peace. <br />
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Some important questions to ask yourself when engaging in self-reflection: <br />
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<li>What can I improve upon in my life, by even a small percentage? </li>
<li>What am I avoiding? </li>
<li>How can I be more effective in my relationships? </li>
<li>How can I love or care for myself (at all or even more than now)? </li>
<li>What am I grateful for? </li>
<li>Am I viewing my current circumstances with a healthy perspective? </li>
<li>What do I need help with currently and what is keeping me from asking for help?</li>
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What kinds of self-reflection activities exist? Here is a short list: <br />
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<li>Constructive feedback </li>
<li>Creating a personal manifesto </li>
<li>Vision board </li>
<li>Counseling therapy </li>
<li>Monitoring your inner dialogue </li>
<li>Personality tests</li>
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How do you practice self-reflection? And do you take part in any self-reflection activities not listed here? Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-32690560027965404922020-02-03T08:00:00.001-05:002022-09-21T12:21:45.821-04:00How Social Support Nourishes the Brain and Helps You Live Longer <div style="text-align: center;">
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“I’ll figure out how to get through it on my own.” </div>
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“I’m ashamed, I’ll keep it to myself.” </div>
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“If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.” </div>
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“I’ll just pick myself up by the bootstraps.” </div>
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“No one will understand, so I won’t say anything about it.” </div>
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<br />These are some phrases I hear a lot of, and for a good portion of my life I let this “lone wolf” mindset dictate my actions. However, as I gain more life experience and get longer in the tooth (you’re old if you know “long in the tooth” is a reference to getting old), I’ve come to realize that the lone-wolf mindset is a way to get nowhere fast. I, and all of us, need social support. <br /><br />Even if I can do something well on my own, I’ll need some amount of help with it. There is no such thing as a self-made man or woman; human beings are meant to work as a collective (of varying degrees). <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Social support is tremendously important and provides much-needed nourishment, contributing to a healthy or healthier brain. <br /><br />Studies have shown that without social support or with minimal social support, there is an <a href="https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/emotional-support">increased risk</a> of depression, alcohol use, suicide ideation and attempts, cardiovascular disease, and diminished brain function. <br /><br />Social support can improve motivation and can help in rational and healthy decision making. We typically think of peer pressure as a bad thing and something to be avoided. But peers and social groups can influence you in a more positive way and help you engage in healthier behaviors. You want to quit an unhealthy habit? It’s much easier when you have the support of the people around you. You want to improve a skill or personal attribute? Spend more time with someone whose skill you can learn from or someone whom you admire for the attribute you want to improve upon. You are the company you keep. <br /></div>
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Finding support is crucial but the support you provide to others is not to be overlooked either. <br /><br />Helping others provides a sense of meaning. In one sociological study, Americans who described themselves as “very happy” volunteered at least 5.8 hours per month. Another study showed that seniors who volunteered 200 hours per year decreased their risk for hypertension by 40 percent. You can help people in a variety of ways and for many different reasons. Help a kid tie their shoe, you can provide meals to the homeless, or work as an elected public servant. You can offer support for love, to build your skillset and expertise, or with the expectation of some reciprocal action. <br /><br />Take time to check in with your support system on a regular basis, giving and taking without keeping score. </div>
Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-77174274907415881752020-01-20T07:00:00.000-05:002020-01-20T07:00:06.232-05:00Creating a Mental Nutrition Plan Many of us are familiar with a nutrition plan that involves food and exercise. But not nearly as many are familiar with the idea of creating a nutrition plan for the health of your brain and mental state. If you want your brain and your life to be running at peak performance, then it’s a good idea to create a mental nutrition plan for yourself. And think about it much like the food pyramid that was so popular back in the 1980s and 90s. There are 6 major mental nutrition “food groups.” <div>
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<li>Reflection. </li>
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After creating your mental nutrition plan, check in with it and check in with yourself on a weekly basis. What part of the plan were you consistent with and how are you feeling based on the actions you took? If you need to adjust and find that you need to spend 10% more time on self-care and 5% less time on reflection during the week then go for it. And be gentle with yourself—like a food nutrition plan, you’re allowed to have junk food once in awhile and some plans involve cheat days. Don’t go overboard with the metaphorical junk food but keep an eye on it. <br /><br />You've heard that you are what you eat; well you are what you feed your brain too. Mental nutrition is important, it matters, and so do you.</div>
Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-54430608767679368492020-01-10T07:00:00.000-05:002020-01-10T07:00:08.970-05:00Energetic Activities: A Major “Food Group” For Mental NutritionWhen exercising or doing things that involve any level of physical activity, the real or perceived impact of the activity is almost always measured with a focus on the external. <br /><ul>
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Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-41626525075270076762020-01-02T20:03:00.000-05:002020-01-02T20:03:50.023-05:00How to Effectively Deal with Difficulty or FailureThis is about retraining the brain. Instead of asking why this is happening to you; CHOOSE to acknowledge that everything is happening FOR you and not TO you. This is the first step in leading toward a more solutions-based mindset that will then lead you away from the thing that isn’t working and toward your vision of what “success” looks like. <br /><br />You can of course, take time to mourn the failure or thing that didn't work, but at some point soon after take time to reflect on what you can learn from the failure and how you can pivot and eventually turn that loss into a win. Everything happens for a reason but only if you choose that mindset. <br /><br /><div>
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Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-39103924917125909422019-12-24T12:32:00.001-05:002019-12-24T12:33:23.379-05:00What is Mental Nutrition?Put simply it’s the fuel we feed our brains in order to have a well-adjusted and healthy life. Paying attention to our mental nutrition helps us manage our emotions, deepen our empathy, create a toolkit to handle adversity and unplanned crisis, as well as to deepen our fulfillment of the day to day. <br />
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The functioning of your brain, healthy or unhealthy, isn’t “all in your head,” as if you’re making things up, just like if you have lung cancer, it’s not just “all in your lungs.” Mental health is a brain event and very real just like lung cancer is a lung event and very real. <br />
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We must not bury our heads in the sand or be fearful of opening Pandora’s Box if we start learning about and taking care of our mental nutrition. The healthier our brain, the more fulfilling and productive and happy our life will be. We must be intentional about taking care of our mental nutrition. <br />
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It starts with me. It starts with you. It starts with us…together.Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-73726286396040337692019-12-18T07:00:00.000-05:002019-12-18T07:00:08.632-05:00How to Support a Colleague Going through a Difficult TimeHelping and holding space with a colleague while going through a difficult time can be incredibly confusing. People are often reticent to be around someone going through a difficult time because they don’t know what to say or are afraid to say the wrong thing. <div style="text-align: center;">
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Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-72174259333260431962019-12-11T20:58:00.000-05:002019-12-11T20:58:13.566-05:00How to Reframe your Thinking to Get a Better OutcomeSo you want a better outcome on whatever you're looking to achieve. In order to work toward a better outcome you must acknowledge that the current outcome is not an end point but rather a lesson on the way to success. We often have some idea of what we want an outcome to look like and then act on what we perceive to be the first steps toward achieving it. But instead of doing that, identify <b>how you want to feel</b> <i>after</i> you’ve achieved that outcome and then trace your steps backwards from the end point all the way to the beginning. <br /><br /><img alt="Image result for mental nutrition" class="irc_mi" height="284" src="https://cdn2.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2018/04/nutrition.jpg" width="450" /><div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Phew… these are all big questions. And we discuss them and a lot more in my interview with breast cancer survivor Holly Bertone. Holly is gracious enough to share her story and takes time to answer some of the big questions that not many think to ask or even ponder. Cancer can affect anyone and Holly’s mission is to provide hope, help, and answers to questions should the need arise. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this interview, despite the subject matter, Holly and I actually have a great time and laugh (<i>Breast Selling Author</i> is Holly’s title for her story in our first<a href="http://www.iampossibleproject.com/one"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #000099;"> i’Mpossible book</span></a>; and satiates the 3rd grade comedian living in my head who thrives on low-brow humor from time to time), and tell stories, and put a positive spin when talking about life, love, family, and the “C” word. </span></span></div>
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Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-18434652623158919302017-11-28T19:00:00.002-05:002017-11-28T19:00:37.879-05:00“Creating” Purpose from Tragedy and Self-Doubt <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7px; text-align: justify;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Everything happens for a reason,” is probably one of the worst things you can say to someone after a tragedy or traumatic event. My head explodes a little whenever I hear someone make that statement, because it’s super trite and borderline insensitive. One never has a complete picture of another person’s frame of reference or what’s going on inside their head or the scope of how a traumatic event or tragedy truly affects another person. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I interviewed Bob because I saw his one man show <a href="http://www.spittinginthefaceofthedevil.com/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #000099;"><i>Spitting in the Face of the Devil</i></span></a><i> </i>in New York City a few years back. Bob created purpose and meaning from his tumultuous childhood by bearing it all on stage in <i>Spitting… </i> and has toured it all over North America and fellow abuse survivors have found inspiration and the capacity to make purpose and meaning from their own experiences because of Bob’s work. He’s showing and not telling people that yes, everything does happen for a reason… but it’s a choice and not a manifest. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my interview, Bob and I talk about self-doubt and how to work through it—not simply silencing those negative voices but turning them into allies and friends. We talk the art of creativity, (specifically theater) and how it can help one’s healing process, how it can facilitate self-awareness, and how it can bring about catharsis.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We laugh and joke and talk serious. The interview is embedded above, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tips018-breaking-the-cycle-of-abuse-renewing-the-soul/id1270485958?i=1000391715347&mt=2"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #000099;">available on iTunes</span></a>, and can be <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/iampossibleshow/18_TIPS018__Breaking_the_Cycle_of_Abuse_Renewing_the_Soul_w_guest_Bob_Brader.mp3"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #000099;">directly downloaded here</span></a>. I hope you find my chat with Bob as enlightening and as fun as I had. </span></span></div>
Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-19981170198416255262017-11-13T10:48:00.000-05:002017-11-13T10:48:35.381-05:00Upstaging Stigma<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">As a former professional actor, it’s ingrained in my brain to never upstage anyone or anything—usually applied to stage and film, but it’s a great analogy for life as well.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In case you’re not familiar, upstaging is when you try to divert attention from someone else toward yourself. When witnessing it, upstaging has a fake, grotesque, and desperate feeling to it. It has similar roots to bullying without (hopefully) violence or overt negativity heaped on the person you’re trying to outshine.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">BUT my friend Walker Vreeland, who also happens to be a playwright/actor and former radio personality, makes it his mission to “upstage stigma,” which is a damn good idea. Outshine and maybe even b*tch slap the stigma surrounding mental illness and mental health; showing everyone you’re a bigger star than that tired old soap opera star called Stigma. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Walker’s episode is embedded above, available in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tips023-from-ship-to-shape/id1270485958?i=1000391877655&mt=2"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #000099;">iTunes</span></a>, and for <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/iampossibleshow/23_TIPS023__From_Ship_to_Shape_w_guest_Walker_Vreeland.mp3"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #000099;">direct download</span></a>. Give it a listen on a subway ride or on a car ride… or in the shower—I’m not the boss of your life :) I hope you have as good a time hanging out with Walker as I had. </span></span></div>
Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-49515636131761833912017-11-06T20:54:00.001-05:002017-11-06T21:23:22.654-05:00Now I See<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What does it mean to truly see—not with your eyes, but personal enlightenment?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How does one achieve moments of enlightenment? Through pain? Success? Being of service?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mariagrazia Buttitta and I explore what it means to “see” in our latest podcast episode. Mariagrazia was born with a rare condition, cone dystrophy, which has caused her to be ultra sensitive to light and has made her nearly completely blind. For many years, Mariagrazia was deemed “slow,” “mentally challenged,” “disabled,” and in some cases she was seen as a pariah. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But with the help of her family and her commitment to getting up when she gets knocked down (with the help of coping skills and her friend Casper the Walking Cane), Mariagrazia has turned what some would see as a liability into an asset. And she shows us what it means to see, even without the use of her eyes. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have the interview embedded above, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tips034-now-i-see/id1270485958?i=1000394261392&mt=2" target="_blank">available on iTunes</a>, and for <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/iampossibleshow/34_TIPS034__Now_I_See_w__guest_Mariagrazia_Buttitta.mp3" target="_blank">direct download</a>. I hope you have as good a time with it as I have. </span></span></div>
Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-41676458350088528552017-11-01T22:17:00.000-04:002018-02-15T12:16:15.247-05:00The Secret Depression Club<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The title “The Secret Depression Club,” is in reference to my friend, Mae’s chapter in our first <a href="http://www.iampossibleproject.com/one"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #000099;">i’Mpossible</span></a> book. In interviewed her on the podcast, and this one was incredibly special for me. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I met Mae when she was in her undergrad years at Assumption College in Massachusetts. It was early in my speaking career (2012) and I didn’t quite realize the affect we had on one another—until this interview (I don’t to spill the beans completely). </span></span></div>
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Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-32587843663403004832017-10-24T10:49:00.001-04:002017-10-24T10:49:27.569-04:00If you Want the World to be What you Want, you Need to Change in it, not the Other Way Around<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“If you want the world to be what you want it to be, you need to change in it, not the other way around,” is a quote from my good friend and colleague Benjamin Tyler. Ben spent more than 25 years of his life waiting, bitching, and wallowing in self-pity because the world wasn’t giving him what he wanted and what he was “entitled to.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I interviewed Ben on the podcast a few months back and it was a big revelation and learning moment for me. Ben was emotionally neglected as a young person and it affected him profoundly into adulthood—drug and alcohol abuse and misuse, a disheveled life without purpose that was spiraling toward an unhealthy point of no return. It wasn’t until a few years ago that Ben discovered self-love and his want and need to help others and live the life he was born to live. And that included the realization that he needed to change inside to see any kind of outward results he was looking for from the world. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do we do with a kid who has severe behavior issues and problems—a kid who gets kicked out of school three times and attempts suicide by the age of ten?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Are these “just puberty” issues or is there something more? How does one handle the behavioral problems as a teacher or parent? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I often see cases of kids with anger problems or who may cuss out a teacher or parent, and that child is written off as a bad seed who will never amount to anything. In fact, in fifth grade I was written off as a bad kid who would never amount to anything because I hit a kid in school and then lied about it. In retrospect, I was living with untreated mental illness and I had few positive role models in my life. Stigma around mental illness prevented me from getting the treatment I needed. I shouldn’t have gotten a free pass, nor should any kid with behavioral problems—what I should have gotten, in addition to treatment, was extra attention and mentorship. We need to take these kids under our wings, teach some coping skills, and then provide them or show them they can channel their energy into something healthy or meaningful. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mike Veny, the kid who was kicked out of school three times and attempted suicide at age ten, is a glowing example of someone who needed extra attention and an outlet for his energy. I interviewed Mike on the podcast, and he talks about how mental illness and drumming saved his life as a young man (much like theatre did for me as a young person)—and how he presently uses drumming to talk about mental illness and mental health to make sure young people don’t suffer the way he once did. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mike’s interview is full of tidbits of wisdom and practical skills and tools to deal with the difficulties life throws our way. He’s funny and insightful… and his spirit animal is a goat (you’ll find out why when you listen… ha!).</span></span></div>
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Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-33059046829153079532017-10-06T18:49:00.001-04:002017-10-07T13:25:24.637-04:00Surviving My Past <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the aftermath, they hold on by suppressing the memories of that experience… but they can’t escape—their body and subconscious remember even if their conscious is doing everything it can to keep those memories under lock and key. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Over the coming years, this person may unknowingly become cold and distant; or perpetually angry; or develop severe anxiety, depression, OCD, post traumatic stress, alcoholism, substance abuse and misuse; or all of the above… OR they may even subject another person to the experience that they barely lived through and hated with every fiber of their being. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Matt is crushing it with his blog, podcast, and foundation Surviving My Past and he’s helping men, women, and children all over the world with his words of wisdom and the safe space he provides. His website is <a href="http://www.survivingmypast.net/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #000099;">www.survivingmypast.net</span></a>. Oh, and he also interviewed me on his podcast <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/surviving-my-past/id1143688126?mt=2" target="_blank">HERE</a>, and he’s a writer in our second <a href="http://www.iampossibleproject.com/two"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #000099;">i’Mpossible book</span></a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lotta Dann, my guest on <a href="http://www.iampossibleproject.com/tips003/" target="_blank">episode 3</a> of The i’Mpossible podcast talks about authenticity. For a long time she struggled with alcohol abuse and the repercussions that followed. But after she decided to go sober, she started learning what it really meant to be an authentic human being and how that affected her relationships with her husband, children, friends, and ultimately herself. <br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="300" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5563241/height/300/width/440/theme/legacy/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="440"></iframe><br /><br /><br />I share this episode (embedded, also <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/iampossibleshow/3_Lotta_Dann_-_7_19_17_11.23_AM.mp3" target="_blank">downloadable</a>, also available on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tips003-mrs-d-is-going-without-and-going-sober/id1270485958?i=1000390908563&mt=2" target="_blank">iTunes</a>) because tapping into our authentic best selves is something we should be doing on the daily (like all of us, it’s all about progress and not perfection), and also because Lotta is super well spoken, has an amazing New Zealand accent, and she’s part of the impossible eco-system (an author from <a href="http://www.iampossibleproject.com/two" target="_blank">book #2</a> in our series). I hope you enjoy!</span><style type="text/css">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How do they get from Point A: Despair, to Point X: Thriving and Helping? It's a great question because trauma and tragedy strike every day, and no one is given an instruction manual on how to handle those difficult obstacles, and quite often that trauma or tragedy is enough to make someone contemplate giving up completely. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The more we hear from people who have made it through tragedy, suicide, or attempted self destruction, the less we'll feel alone when going through our own traumatic experiences or big obstacles. When a person shares a painful experience for the benefit of others—it's one of the most beautiful gifts a person can give.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dese'Rae Stage does exactly that by sharing some of her life story and how she once attempted suicide and then used that experience to find a way to live and thrive and ultimately help others with her photography project, Live Through This, which tells the story of other suicide attempt survivors.</span><br />
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</style>Josh Rivedalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10482812798496063862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539781779060347911.post-31743606942383430032017-05-18T08:30:00.000-04:002017-05-18T08:30:01.106-04:00On Incendiary Emails from a Friend, Colleague, or Loved One… <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take a second. Breathe. You don’t know how they actually meant what they said (unless it’s a pretty clear f^&k you… then that’s a topic for another time :) ). Respond with no emotion and be very matter-of-fact. After you’ve cooled down, then it would be the time to schedule a phone call or a face-to-face. When you finally do get to hear their voice, be straight up, direct, firm, kind, and without frustration or expectation—so you don’t put them on the defensive, making it more difficult to have a conversation with the best possible outcome. <br /></span><div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Afterward, you’ll have your answer: “I ain’t NEVER emailing this person again.” “We can work on this together.” “I’m cutting this person off.” “I need to __.” “I need to ___, but I’m also not taking crap from them either.” This list goes on and on. <br /><br />Communication in theory is simple but it’s pretty damn difficult. You’re talking two different: frames of reference, upbringing, learned habits—good and bad, communication styles, and kinds of wants and needs.<br /><br />Communication takes practice and sometimes it’s painful, but that’s no reason to bury our head in the sand or to play the avoidance game. That island called Loneliness is suffocating and no place for a human being. </span><style type="text/css">
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