- 90
- Episodes
- 8
- Transcribed
- 137
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Mentally Flexible
Join psychotherapist Tom Parkes as he has meaningful conversations to help you build mental flexibility. Each episode will explore topics related to psychology, mental health, and creativity. With an open mind and a sense of curiosity these conversations will help you better understand yourself, others, and the world around you.
- Publisher
- Tom Parkes, LCSW
- Category
- health & fitness · religion & spirituality · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Nov 2020
- Latest episode
- 10 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
8 of 90 episodes have a transcript.

10 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Paige Rome, RPsych | CBT-I Meets ACT: A More Flexible Approach to Insomnia

14 Jul 2026
Steven C Hayes, PhD | Reimagining ACT

8 May 2026
Tamara Hubbard, LCPC | Parenting Through Food Allergy Anxiety with ACT
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Paige Rome, RPsych | CBT-I Meets ACT: A More Flexible Approach to Insomnia
Published 10 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Where does the early bird, night owl thing come from? Is that learned? Is that nature? I guess it's always a mix of both, but what do we know about that? It's largely nature, actually. It's genetic. So you are either born with an earlier, so it's called a chronotype. So you can be an early bird, or you can be a night owl, or you can be somewhere in between. And it is very difficult to change that. So it's like, okay, I was born with blue eyes, right? I can't change the color of my eyes. I also, if I'm a night owl, can't tell my body to be ready for sleep at 10 p.m. because it's naturally ready at about midnight. […]
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- Paige Rome
- Steven C Hayes
- Tamara Hubbard
- Paul Eastwick
- Jason Luoma
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 77 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 60 ratings
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- Quality
- 53
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 67
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