Will & Luke Discuss

About Will & Luke Discuss

Lifelong friends, Will (Mental Health Social Worker, Australia) and Luke (Psychotherapist, UK), discuss influential books on personal growth, across fields of Psychology, Psychotherapy, Philosophy, Self-help and more. We've been friends for 30 years (our whole lives) and really enjoy having these conversations. We hope you get as much learning as we have from these. Would love to read your comments and feedback. Shoot us an email at willandlukediscuss@gmail.com. Hope you enjoy. Will & Luke

Publisher

Will & Luke Discuss

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Jun 2021

Latest episode

16 May 2023

Latest episodes

38 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 May 2023

   #46 Mindful CBT (Seth Gillihan, 2022)

   This week we're discussing Seth Gillihan's wonderful book on Mindfulness and CBT. Hope you enjoy. Will & Luke 00:00 Introduction 03:50 Key Understanding of the combined model (THINK, ACT, BE) 06:00 Fundamentals of CBT 10:00 Bringing both Mindfullness & CBT together 15:10 Underlying Core Beliefs in CBT (Cognitive layers - automatic thoughts, rules and assumptions, core beliefs) 18:10 Cognitive Distortions 21:00 Finding Leverage 29:30 Links between values and goals 31:00 Mindful decision making process (CBT/Mindfulness approach) (Gut instinct vs internal values vs bodily signals vs emotional decisions) ('Felt evidence') 38:00 Mindful action (deliberate action in line with reality - acknowledging inner world) 40:15 Mindful in your body and bodily awareness (healthy vs unhealthy pain) 44:00 Quick recap on Mindful CBT Model again (4th dimension of awareness) (Clear relationship to thoughts) 45:50 Applying this to relationships (connection, pleasure, pain, conflict, availability, presence, clear mind, predictions, presumptions, 'should' & 'shouldn't', experiencing others more fully) 54:00 Procrastination (fears this is rooted in) (working with fear and discomfort) (feedback loops) 58:00 Final reflections (Incorporating compassion) Find the book: ⁠https://sethgillihan.com/books/mindful-cognitive-behavioral-therapy/⁠ (https://sethgillihan.com/books/mindful-cognitive-behavioral-therapy/) This specific episode can also be heard on: https://open.spotify.com/show/2R1BRcriKWcvOU1XMJQhyW?si=5e59f72ff7344f2e (https://open.spotify.com/show/2R1BRcriKWcvOU1XMJQhyW?si=5e59f72ff7344f2e) Check our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Y_SKLFpax13442jA3giaw/videosListen to us on (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Y_SKLFpax13442jA3giaw/videosListen to us on ) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2R1BRcriKWcvOU1XMJQhyW (https://open.spotify.com/show/2R1BRcriKWcvOU1XMJQhyW) Listen to us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/will-luke-discuss/id1572512365 (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/will-luke-discuss/id1572512365) Listen to us on Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81Zjk2YTNmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== ( https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81Zjk2YTNmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==) Also available on: Anchor, Breaker, Pocket Casts, Radio Public.

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   28 Mar 2023

   #45 Schema Therapy (Jeffrey Young et al, 2003)

   This week we discuss Schema Therapy by Jeffrey Young et al. Will interviews Luke on his understandings gained from this great book. We go into what a schema is, where they come from, schema modes, the 5 basic emotional needs and how to address the more maladaptive schemas in our lives. Also the impacts of how having rigid schemas and coping styles that aren't flexible to new information can be problematic. We try to frame this discussion through a self development lense for the general listener. Hope you enjoy. Will & Luke 00:00 Introductions - What is a schema?03:30 Where do we get schemas from? 05:50 Early maladaptive schemas? Emotional needs unmet. 08:55 Origins of schemas (5 basic emotional needs: Sense of security, Autonomy - competent identity, freedom to express emotions and needs, spontaneity and play, realistic limits) 12:45 Domains, Needs, Schemas defined 15:55 Difference between conditional schemas vs unconditional schemas 18:59 Applying this self-development (Awareness, reactions/responses, attachment, motivation) Asking - what's the problem or negative life impact? 23:00 Bringing in new awareness and psychological flexibility and compassion 26:31 Change phase (cognitive, behavioural change, compassion based ect) (Challenging on an emotional level and use of imagery) 29:00 How Schema's stay rigid - How coping styles keep them rigid (over compensation, avoidance, surrender) 31:50 The role of temperament on coping styles (patterns we fall into) 37:00 Finding our healthy adult - Schema Modes (Child, Adult, Parent) 40:15 Impact of memory of schemas (procedural memory) 42:30 Change phases again - challenging cognitively, emotionally, behaviourally and interpersonally. (Understand and challenge on a rational level, use of imagery to challenge emotions, trying out new behaviours and habits to act counter to old schemas, having another person respond different and relationships to interact with) 52:00 What are the 18 key schemas? 57:30 Final reflections Find the book: https://schematherapysociety.org/Books (https://schematherapysociety.org/Books) This specific episode can also be heard on: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5hudsmo1GWwo7rKoz9jjZX?si=b7acf5e8aece47f4 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5hudsmo1GWwo7rKoz9jjZX?si=b7acf5e8aece47f4) Check our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Y_SKLFpax13442jA3giaw/videos (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Y_SKLFpax13442jA3giaw/videos) Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2R1BRcriKWcvOU1XMJQhyW (https://open.spotify.com/show/2R1BRcriKWcvOU1XMJQhyW) Listen to us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/will-luke-discuss/id1572512365 (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/will-luke-discuss/id1572512365) Listen to us on Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81Zjk2YTNmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== (https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81Zjk2YTNmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==) Also available on: Anchor, Breaker, Pocket Casts, Radio Public.

3. 

   27 Mar 2023

   #44 The Wisdom of Insecurity (Alan Watts, 1951) | Will & Luke Discuss

   This week we discuss 'The Wisdom of Insecurity' by Alan Watts. A seminal book of his that is an exploration of the law of reversed effort in a human's quest for psychological security and our efforts to find spiritual and intellectual security in religion and philosophy. Hope you enjoy. Will & Luke 00:00 Introductions 01:50 The Law of Reversed Effort 05:00 The Age of Insecurity (anticipation of pleasures and avoidance of pains perpetuates suffering) (Our inability to enjoy the present moment) 12:00 The 'I' we refer to (treating life as play) (perspective change) 14:30 How we try numb our negative experiences (how we repress pleasure when we try to repress pain) 18:45 The Wisdom of the Body (and it's interaction with the mind) 27:55 How we symbolise aspects of life as a barrier to experience 34:50 Being aware (and how we perpetuate pain) 39:45 The mind as a sponge and the transitory nature of life (more on labelling and the natural flow to life and experience) 45:00 The transformation of life (making choices and decisions) 50:15 The role and practice of morality 55:30 Final reflections Find the book at: https://alanwatts.org/ (https://alanwatts.org/) This specific episode can also be heard/seen on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUgj_-sUzVw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUgj_-sUzVw) Check our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Y_SKLFpax13442jA3giaw/videos (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Y_SKLFpax13442jA3giaw/videos) Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2R1BRcriKWcvOU1XMJQhyW (https://open.spotify.com/show/2R1BRcriKWcvOU1XMJQhyW) Listen to us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/will-luke-discuss/id1572512365 (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/will-luke-discuss/id1572512365) Listen to us on Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81Zjk2YTNmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== (https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81Zjk2YTNmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==) Also available on: Anchor, Breaker, Pocket Casts, Radio Public.

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