Eleanor Roosevelt famously said, “Life is what you make it.” And while it is true, we have little control over what happens outside of ourselves, we have total control over the experience we have on the inside. We all make mistakes but there is no need to judge ourselves for them. When we give ourselves permission to let things go we regain our power and become better aligned with the rhythm and flow of life. During the global pandemic, many people are feeling a sense of loss. To uncover strategies for creating opportunities from the uncertainty, Positive Psychology Podcast Host, Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with two authors who flirt with profanity to help people shift their outlook on life. Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt is a Clinical Psychologist who researches and writes about how targeted profanity provides emotional catharsis. Gary John Bishop is a personal development sage who takes a practical approach to the game of life.

About Lisa’s guests:

Recovering people pleaser, worrier, control freak and motherf’er Jodie Eckleberry Hunt earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and is board certified in Health Psychology. Through her extensive counseling experience and personal struggles, she developed the idea of combining cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness techniques, and profanity to help people get over themselves and what keeps them from achieving what they want. Book: Move On MotherF*cker: Live, Laugh, and Let Sh*t Go

Gary John Bishop is one of the leading personal development experts in the industry. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Un…Yourself, as well as Stop Doing That….and Do the Work. His “urban philosophy” approach represents a new wave of personal empowerment and life mastery that has helped more than one million readers achieve miraculous results. Book: Wise AF: Simple Truths to Guide You Through the Sh*tstorms of Life

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