[Previously re-recorded September 24, 2018] Strength & Challenges, Cognitive Distortions, and Witch Hunts and Common-Humanity.

Taking on three bad ideas:

Challenge makes us weaker. Always trust your feelings. Life is a battle between good people and evil people.

Answers, insights, and commentary on:

Fragility versus Strength and Growth

Purpose in Suffering Comparing Diana & Clark upbringing

Mindfulness, Automatic Thoughts, Reframing

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Distortions – illustrated by DC films

Tribalism & Witch Hunts – the persecution of Superman

Common Humanity – DC Bridge Building

Superman Suicide Prevention

Three antidotes:

Prepare the child for the road, not the road for the child. Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded. But once mastered, no one can help you as much, not even your father or your mother. The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.

Suicide Prevention:

National Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 or Online Chat

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)

To learn more:

FindCBT.org | ABCT

Persuasive Power of Narratives | Melanie Green

Cardigan 2017 Commencement Address | John Roberts

Man’s Search For Meaning | Viktor E. Frankl

Behave| Robert M. Sapolsky

Positive Changes Following Adversity |Stephen Joseph & Lisa Butler

Global Rich List | CARE

The Princess Bride | Rob Reiner

You Are Not So Smart | David McRaney

All-Star Superman #10 | Grant Morrison

Common Humanity | Barack Obama

2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg | Barack Obama

Tough Decisions (A Whale Is Gonna Die) | Rhett & Link – Catastrophizing

Thought Bubbles | Rachel Bloom

My Favorite Things – The Sound of Music | Richard Rogers

What I Am (Stronger) – Sesame Street | Will.i.am

How To Make Testimony More Reliable | SciShow Psych

Confabulation: When Lying isn’t Lying | Oregon Behavioral

What is CBT? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Explained | G. Aprile

Cognition | Crash Course

Counter Points:

The Worth of War | Benjamin Ginsberg

Accessory to War | Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Adapted from the works of Jonathan Haidt:

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions And Bad Ideas Are Setting Up A Generation For Failure.

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