John G. Cottone, PhD
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PDDCAST APPEARANCES
Topics for this episode include:
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His article in Psychology Today, entitled "Fathers and Sons: Masculinity, Men, and Relationships."
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The tricky nature of relationships between men.
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The unwritten rules of the pecking order between a father and son and males’ social groups.
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How the "pecking order" keeps males avoiding traits like tenderness and emotional sensitivity that would maybe make them look vulnerable.
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The ways that Buddhist thoughts and practice intersect with practices in Western psychotherapy. Specifically, Dr. Cottone summarized the Kalama Sutta -- or teachings by the Buddha that encourage people to examine and question reality with logic and reason. ​
Topics for this episode include:
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Mental Health vs Mental Ill-Health
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The 4 Types of Depression
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The Tao Te Ching for Parents
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How Best to Support Our Young People When 25 is the New 18
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Needing to Adapt Our Expectations
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Consideration of Whether Boys Tend to Lag Behind in Childhood
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Why Getting in a Top University Shouldn't be the End-All and Be-All.
Our relationships go through natural rhythms and cycles just as the rest of nature does. If you can understand that your relationship will go through different seasons, you can better navigate the changes. Listen to this episode to learn about the different seasons of your relationship and life.
In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include:
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Becoming aware of the patterns in nature and working with them in your relationship
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Understanding that whatever is happening in your life will change
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How we can personally change with the seasons of the year and throughout our lives
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Why we shouldn’t change too many things at once in our relationship
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And much more!
Our personality is created by a multitude of complex factors to create a way in which we view the world and relate with others. One theory on the dimensions of our personality comes from the 19th-century spiritual philosopher George Gurdjieff. Today’s guest, John Cottone, Ph.D., walks us through Gurdjieff’s personality theory and shows us how we can apply it to ourselves and our relationships. Gurdjieff believed that personality order carisoprodol types can be divided into physical, emotional and intellectual categories and that each person would be well-served by following the spiritual path that resonates with her respective personality orientation. We really enjoyed this conversation and hope you do too!
In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include:
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Learn about the physical, emotional and intellectual personality dimensions
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How to determine which personality dimension you and your partner align with the most
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Understanding if some personality dimensions are incompatible?
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How to work with your partner’s personality
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Why understanding you and your partner’s personality type can be valuable during these difficult times
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And much more!