5 Ways To Improve Your Subconscious Mind & Be Happier in 2024

Want to learn how to be a happier and more successful version of yourself… from the psychiatrist that Lady Gaga says “saved her life?” 

Mel sits down with Stanford-trained psychiatrist, trauma expert, and best-selling author Dr. Paul Conti to help you improve your mental health and be happier in 2024.

Topics discussed:

Toxic self-talk starts in childhood

Cotard’s Syndrome: the extreme side of negative self-talk

Your thoughts become your reality

What to do when you feel like a failure or doomed to bad luck

Feel happier when you say THIS to yourself

5 strategies for changing your inner dialogue

The one area where computers are better than the human brain

Why you HAVE to process your childhood trauma

What to do with a panic attack

The ONE thing you need to know about change

What an umbrella has to do with how you think about yourself

Purchase Dr. Conti’s book, Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic, here: https://www.amazon.com/Trauma-Invisible-Epidemic-Works-Heal/dp/1683647351

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In this episode:

• 3:30 Toxic self-talk starts in childhood.
• 11:00: Cotard’s Syndrome: the extreme side of negative self-talk.
• 16:00: Your thoughts become your reality.
• 17:20: Do this when you feel like a failure or doomed to bad luck.
• 29:30: The one area where computers are better than the human brain.
• 34:50: Why “good enough” parenting is healthy.
• 39:00: Feel happier when you say THIS to yourself.
• 42:30: 5 strategies for changing your inner dialogue.
• 43:30: Why you HAVE to process your childhood trauma.
• 44:50: What happened to Dr. Conti after he lost his brother to suicide.
• 53:15: What to do with a panic attack.
• 1:12:20: The ONE thing you need to know about change.
• 1:16:27: What an umbrella has to do with how you think about yourself.

Resources and go deeper:

• Walden University: Positive self-talk makes you happier and more productive
• Nature Journal: Effects of positive and negative self-talk on your brain
• Brainz Magazine: Using curiosity to stop negative thinking
• Psychology Today: Curiosity is key to well-being
• Psych Central: Is learned helplessness a response to trauma?
• The New York Times: Journaling improves your overall health.
• American Psychological Assoc: How to cope with traumatic stress.
• Stanford Report: Your powerful, changeable mindset.
• Springer Link: Subjective consciousness: what am I?
• National Library of Medicine: The role of self-fulfilling prophecy.
• Harvard Health: Gratitude can make you happier. 
• Frontiers: Kindness toward others reduces stress and symptoms of depression.