Emotional Systems with Dr Jess Bolton: Recent Episodes
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In this podcast, we explore the incredible world of the emotional systems present in humans and animals alike.
Dr Jess Bolton, a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years experience, shows you that your emotional systems are as vital to health as the physiological systems you are so familiar with. Just as we can't live without our respiratory or renal systems - mammals also don't survive without assertiveness and play systems.
By investigating these systems we can share the science without getting caught in the web of mental health labels and disorders. Ready to see your life and the world through a very different lens?
What happens when our get up and go has got up and gone? Insights into depressive symptoms, obsessional responses, substance misuse and workaholism come in this deep dive into the challenges of dealing with loss and losing our mojo. Be ready to challenge your understanding of 'depression' and see what shows up for you as you listen to the suggestions for how to deal with the opportunities that show up when your 'get up and go' is taking time out! For more about links between loss and the symptoms we experience - read Lost Connections by Johann Hari https://uk.bookshop.org/books/lost-connections-why-you-re-depressed-and-how-to-find-hope/9781408878729 Coaching, courses, blogs and events: www.emotionalsystems.info
Check out our clinical service: https://connectionstudio.net
Ready to feel good? Overcome your obstacles with ‘The Science and Practice of Change and Flourishing’: https://emotionalsystems.info/p/change
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In this podcast, we explore the incredible world of the emotional systems present in humans and animals alike. Dr Jess Bolton, a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years experience, shows you that your emotional systems are as vital to health as the physiological systems you are so familiar with.
Just as we can't live without our respiratory or renal systems - mammals also don't survive without assertiveness and play systems.
By investigating these systems we can share the science without getting caught in the web of mental health labels and disorders.
Ready to see your life and the world through a very different lens?
Find out more on: https://emotionalsystems.info
Pay careful attention to what is outside of you... we are who we are because of our connections as much as the mind and body we identify as us. And to help us pay close attention to both inside and outside - the seeking system readies us for everything - it's the system that guides us forwards in our life. Be prepared to feel more curious and ready for adventure after this week's episode!
In this episode I mention Archeology of Mind Book by Panksepp and Biven https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-archaeology-of-mind-neuroevolutionary-origins-of-human-emotions/9780393705317
Coaching, courses, blogs and events: www.emotionalsystems.info
Check out our clinical service: https://connectionstudio.net
Ready to feel good? Overcome your obstacles with ‘The Science and Practice of Change and Flourishing’: https://emotionalsystems.info/p/change
Emotional Systems cannot be held responsible for the content on third party websites
In this podcast, we explore the incredible world of the emotional systems present in humans and animals alike. Dr Jess Bolton, a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years experience, shows you that your emotional systems are as vital to health as the physiological systems you are so familiar with.
Just as we can't live without our respiratory or renal systems - mammals also don't survive without assertiveness and play systems.
By investigating these systems we can share the science without getting caught in the web of mental health labels and disorders.
Ready to see your life and the world through a very different lens?
Find out more on: https://emotionalsystems.info
Look inside, explore what is happening underneath. Your seven emotional systems are your birthright, as essential as your cardiovascular system and immune system. Beyond thoughts and beyond ideas, these are seams that run deep within you. Ready to connect more powerfully to your genetic inheritance… so you can more effectively direct your mind and direct your life? Ready to connect deeply, experience freedom and aliveness?
A video activation to give you more opportunity to connect, to ‘be here now’ – https://youtu.be/GYgMvCPt_PA
Are you a psychotherapeutic practitioner - Terry and Beatriz Sheldon's book 'Complex Integration of Multiple Brain Systems in Therapy' is out soon... pre- order here: https://WWNorton.com/rd/CIMBST21
In this podcast, we explore the incredible world of the emotional systems present in humans and animals alike. Dr Jess Bolton, a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years experience, shows you that your emotional systems are as vital to health as the physiological systems you are so familiar with.
Just as we can't live without our respiratory or renal systems - mammals also don't survive without assertiveness and play systems.
By investigating these systems we can share the science without getting caught in the web of mental health labels and disorders.
Ready to see your life and the world through a very different lens?
Find out more on: https://emotionalsystems.info
In this special episode, Dr Jess reads excerpts from her upcoming book exploring the emotional systems. Feeling fragile but determined to be present while grieving the unexpected loss of her father, she will continue to release these special episodes fortnightly during this time and return to the usual format in the autumn. For blogs, free courses and more go to: www.emotionalsystems.info
Our clinical service: https://connectionstudio.net
Dr Jess Bolton and Charley Lee explore the importance of feeling good ‘just because’ and how feeling good, feels incredible when all other emotional systems are activated in an approach position. Named as the LUST system by Panksepp, they talk about seeing this system more broadly as helping us differentiate what is good for us and what is not. There are powerful ripple effects for paying careful attention to experiences using the important lens of the emotional systems.
Coaching, courses, blogs and events: www.emotionalsystems.info
Check out our clinical service: https://connectionstudio.net
Ready to feel good? Overcome your obstacles with ‘The Science and Practice of Change and Flourishing’: https://emotionalsystems.info/p/change
Emotional Systems cannot be held responsible for the content on third party websites
In this podcast, we explore the incredible world of the emotional systems present in humans and animals alike. Dr Jess Bolton, a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years experience, shows you that your emotional systems are as vital to health as the physiological systems you are so familiar with.
Just as we can't live without our respiratory or renal systems - mammals also don't survive without assertiveness and play systems.
By investigating these systems we can share the science without getting caught in the web of mental health labels and disorders.
Ready to see your life and the world through a very different lens?
Find out more on: https://emotionalsystems.info
Guiding you forward, disentangling guilt and shame, this episode takes us on an activating adventure with the powerful system that moves us towards what feels good.
Spotting the difference between soul nourishing experiences, and when it is lust not love; and she might be British but she isn’t shying away from talking about the importance of early genital play – so don’t miss this next episode of a life changing journey through your emotional systems.
Coaching, courses, blogs and events: www.emotionalsystems.info
Check out our clinical service: https://connectionstudio.net
Ready to feel good? Overcome your obstacles with ‘The Science and Practice of Change and Flourishing’: https://emotionalsystems.info/p/change
Distinguishing panic, fear, anxiety and worry; then sharing the incredible power that can come from harnessing the energy of our experience of panic.
Dr Jess gives you insights into panic that may just turn it on its head for you!
Sharing her own experiences with panic after losing a loved one, another adventure into the empowering world of emotional systems awaits within.
For more go to: www.emotionalsystems.info
Check out our clinical service: https://connectionstudio.net
Find out more about the Sheldon’s: http://www.complexintegrationmbs.com
This podcast in blog form here: https://emotionalsystems.info/p/blogs
A guide to help you feel safer in this moment, so we can deal with the problems we have with a clearer mind and a calmer body. Some fabulous practices and suggestions with a constant encouragement to collect your own data and find your own way. There is no perfect or right way, to go about it, but in 15 minutes you might have some tricks up your sleeves for any overwhelming or terrifying moments ahead.
For more go to: emotionalsystems.info
Check out our clinical service: connectionstudio.net
Find out more about the Sheldon’s: complexintegrationmbs.com
This podcast in blog form here: emotionalsystems.info/p/blogs
In this podcast, we explore the incredible world of the emotional systems present in humans and animals alike. Dr Jess Bolton, a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years experience, shows you that your emotional systems are as vital to health as the physiological systems you are so familiar with.
Just as we can't live without our respiratory or renal systems - mammals also don't survive without assertiveness and play systems.
By investigating these systems we can share the science without getting caught in the web of mental health labels and disorders.
Ready to see your life and the world through a very different lens?
Find out more on: https://emotionalsystems.info
Exploring the relationship between safety and connection, Dr Jess Bolton and Charley Lee discuss anxiety disorders and elephants, and the impact of being unsafe on learning and thinking.
The importance of connection with ourselves and others is discussed, and they face the complex challenge of feeling safe in our times.
For more go to: emotionalsystems.info
Check out our clinical service: connectionstudio.net
Find out more about the Sheldon’s: complexintegrationmbs.com
Blog about De-medicalising emotional distress here: emotionalsystems.info/p/blogs
Listen to the Emotional Systems Safety playlist on Spotify
Step by step we investigate the power of the safety system within the human body – a system which enables us to survive in desperate times and is our key to thriving.
As a human baby, you had an innate capacity to move away from or freeze around life threatening situations; and we innately move towards safety.
When we are safe the blood can flow freely in our brains and bodies, bringing flexibility, integration and conscious understanding of our world.
For more go to: www.emotionalsystems.info
Check out our clinical service: https://connectionstudio.net
Blog about safety – Anxiety in a Dangerous World - here: https://emotionalsystems.info/p/blogs
(add this to spotify podcast description only Listen to the Emotional Systems Safety playlist on Spotify)
What happens as we feel more empowered, ready to be present in our world and assert ourselves? Does it feel powerful or exciting? Or does anxiety, doubt or a mechanism that puts us down get activated? Finding our learning edge is vital in making room for ourselves and each other. Dr Jess Bolton and Charley Lee share their personal experiences and professional perspectives.
For more go to: www.emotionalsystems.info
Check out our clinical service: https://connectionstudio.net
Learn about EHIITs here: https://emotionalsystems.info/p/learning-zone
Blog about assertiveness, mechanisms of inhibition and restraint, and wolves here: https://emotionalsystems.info/p/blogs
Underneath the symptoms labelled as disorders are the emotional systems that direct life.
Dr Jess Bolton shares her commitment to you in this podcast, to combine a non-pathologising approach with fascinating insights from science, clinical and personal experience.
For more go to: www.emotionalsystems.info
Check out our clinical service: https://connectionstudio.net
Playlists here: https://emotionalsystems.info/p/playlists
A brief history of how emotional systems have evolved to solve challenges faced every day by humans and other animals. Meet the interweaving and powerful emotional systems which have developed over half a billion years to help us deal with whatever life throws at us.
For more go to: www.emotionalsystems.info
Check out our clinical service: https://connectionstudio.net
Playlists here: https://emotionalsystems.info/p/playlists
The fundamental emotional system that you have never heard of! Yours is activated right now, become more alert and aware of the system characterised by “persistent exploratory inquisitiveness”. After this episode, you will never look at an acorn in the same way again.
For more go to: www.emotionalsystems.info
Check out our clinical service: https://connectionstudio.net
Playlists here: https://emotionalsystems.info/p/playlists
Panksepp and Biven’s book - The Archeology of Mind
Investigating the role of interoception for paying careful attention to the seeking system. A conversation between Dr Jess and psychotherapist, Charley Lee, as they unpack a journey through ‘depression’ and self-attack to the pleasure and challenge of following our own trail.
For more go to: www.emotionalsystems.info
Check out our clinical service: https://connectionstudio.net
Playlists here: https://emotionalsystems.info/p/playlists
Seeds are amazing – brief article and full research paper
Do you feel it building or do you only know how you feel after you have exploded? Dr Jess shares a personal exploration of the strength and power of the assertiveness system, with an encouragement to listen to the strong voice within you and a health warning about some of the dangers of both neglect and projection.
For more go to: www.emotionalsystems.info
Check out our clinical service: https://connectionstudio.net
All the playlists here: https://emotionalsystems.info/p/playlists