Meier Clinics Podcast

Dr. Paul Meier and Michaela Neff describe four of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy's (CBT) most common cognitive distortions. You may be surprised to hear how common some of these unhelpful patterns of thinking can be in your own thoughts!

Dr. Meier and Michaela Neff consider the value of patience as a sign of maturity, as an outcome of hardship, and as a benefit for facing the hardships and in relationships.

Dr. Paul Meier and Michaela Neff discuss the bias for optimism and a more balanced thinking approach. Did you know you could be over-optimistic? Did you know that pessimism isn't a sickness to cure? Listen to learn more about these different ways of thinking!

Dr. Paul Meier and Michaela Neff sort through the themes of goodness and faithfulness, and how surprisingly important they feel for establishing principles and for maintaining relationships we care about. 

Dr. Meier and Michaela Neff talk about peace, why we need it so much, where to find it, how to get or keep it, and share personal stories.

Dr. Meier and Michaela Neff consider the strengthening, pleasant experience of joy in light of the painful and hard reasons why we all want and need more of it.

Dr. Meier and Michaela Neff discuss love, relationship ups and downs, and the personal benefit of showing and receiving love.

Dr. Meier teaches Michaela Neff about Seasonal Affective Disorder, and they discuss the value of sunshine and the impacts of weather patterns on mental health.

Dr. Meier and Michaela Neff review aspects of codependency, underlying reasons we stay stuck in these relationship patterns, and identity concerns that can arise from them. co

Today Dr. Paul Meier and Michaela S. Neff describe the stages of recovery from codependency that Dr. Meier wrote with colleagues in his most popular book, Love Is A Choice.

Dr. Paul Meier and Michaela Neff consider the tradition of New Year's Resolutions as well as the setting of personal resolutions, and goals. Some goals are more helpful than others!

Michaela and Dr. Meier describe and give examples of codependency. They discuss how to pin down the definition of this relationship hot topic, and discuss some reasons why people end up in this situation. More about codependency is yet to come in our upcoming episodes!

Today Dr. Meier and Michaela Neff discuss the principles of conflict resolution, what is important to remember and why we need to resolve conflicts.www.meierclinics.com

Dr. Paul Meier and Michaela Neff list a few helpful questions for learning about our own perspectives about the most important things in life.

Dr. Paul Meier and Michaela Neff describe the nuts, bolts and big ideas around worldviews and why they matter.

Dr. Paul Meier and Michaela S Neff discuss the prevalence of compassion fatigue, some risk factors, and hopeful thoughts about recovering from and avoiding this emotional risk.

What are the risks or benefits of playing video games? Dr. Paul Meier and Michaela Neff consider the research and biases around video game playing.

Join Dr. Paul Meier and mental health counselor, Michaela Neff, for a discussion about grief and depression. When do we need help to manage our grief? How can depression begin or be triggered during the grieving process? When can mental health and Christian counseling be a necessary step towards healing. www.meierclinics.com

Join Dr. Paul Meier, Michaela Neff, and Kristin as they discuss obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and perfectionism. We all know someone (including ourselves) that might struggle with one or both of these issues. Understanding a key difference is important: perfectionism and OCD are how you feel about your behaviors and rituals. While a perfectionist may think not organizing their closet in a certain way will make them seem messy, a person with OCD feels a much different fear if they don't complete their rituals. Join us to learn about the similarities and differences.

Join, mental health counselor, Michaela Neff, and Kristin as they talk about what forgiveness actually means and who benefits the most (you might be surprised!). They also share how forgiveness changes - our perceptions of the word as we grow.