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ByDr. Berney

True Believers

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall review an article from Psychology Today on the problems we encounter when we argue over beliefs.

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Attachment in the First Year of Life

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the importance of the first 12 months of life on all of your future attachments.

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Dr. Sara Langworthy on Stress, Resilience, and the Developing Brain

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! The human brain is an amazing organ. We are, for the most part, born with as many brain cells as we will ever have. And every life experience – good and bad – influence how it develops. We had an opportunity to interview Dr. Sara Langworthy, a specialist in brain development, stress, and resilience. You can purchase her books from Amazon in paperback.

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Alla Abdin and Narcissism

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! While personality is simply defined as the way in which we perceive, interact, and make sense of the world in which we live, personality disorders are completely different beasts all together. Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall had an opportunity to interview Ms. Alla Abdin about some of her experiences and life research related to narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. You can follow Alla on Twitter (@AllaAbdin) and on her blog (https://fieldsofdragonflies.blogspot.com).

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History of Personality Theory

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast!  Who are you? How would you describe yourself to a stranger? Are you extroverted or introverted? Are you optimistic or pessimistic? These traits – along with many others – help to make up our personality. Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the history of personality theory and review how our personality is formed and what happens when things go wrong.

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Ryan Anderson and Mate Copying

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast!  Have you ever wondered why we are attracted to certain people? Or why some people seem more interesting, simply because of who they have dated in the past? Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall interview Mr. Ryan Anderson, a researcher from Australia, who’s studies have focused on human relationships and mate copying. Follow Mr. Anderson on Twitter, Facebook, or on his blogs The Love Report and That Psych Site.

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Never Say You’re Sorry (TMBPRP017)

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast!  Today we discuss an article from Psychology Today that addresses the issue of apology and why it seems as though so many seem unable (or willing) to utter these simple words, “I’m Sorry.”

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What Are You Really Angry About? (TMBPRP016)

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast!  Today we review an article from Psychology Today that teaches us that if we better understand our anger – and what we are angry about – we will better control how we respond to our anger.

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