Hello! Welcome to The Vibrant Introvert: the show about real people experiencing introversion and social anxiety, their stories of transformation and change, and how they thrive in their daily lives—all told through the lens of Acceptance and Commitment therapy. I’m your host, Gabbie Lanier. This podcast was formerly called, “ACT-Inspired Behavior” but starting May 19th, the 2nd season was released under the new name, “The Vibrant Introvert.” A big value around this new title is to uplift an ...
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The ACT natural Podcast explores ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy/Training) from a variety of prospectives. While prospectives on talk therapy such as the CBT application are covered, the emphasis is on the training/self-management prospective since ACT has a firm foundation in Radical Behaviorism and self-management is very much an integral part of applying radical behaviorism to one's life. To further the spreading of these beneficial evidence-based ideas, the podcast is licensed as ...
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26. Immigrating to the United States with Matthieu Villate
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What does it mean to “be yourself” when you’re learning a new language and living in a new culture? Some of us find it hard to do even in our own language! In the latest episode of The Vibrant Introvert, Matthieu Villate shares his story of immigrating to the United States from France and the struggle to be himself as he struggled to communicate, b…
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25. Public speaking & finding your voice with Debbie Jacob
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In the latest episode of The Vibrant Introvert, Debbie Jacob shares a pivotal public speaking experience after many years of avoiding any forms of public speaking. As hard-core introvert, Debbie says she’d spent most of her life very comfortable with quiet and solitude. She rejoiced in activities like writing because she that’s what made HER feel t…
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24. A writer's journey with Marcus Harrison Green
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Think back to a moment when you first made a decision to do something. Maybe it was to have kids. Maybe it was to go back to school. Maybe it was to start a business. Whatever that decision was, think about where you are now versus where you were then. And between now and then, there is time, and distance. There is this journey, so to speak. And on…
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23. Finding faith in Black maternal and infant health: A woman’s epic journey of infertility, miscarriage, & motherhood
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What happens when everything that can go wrong, goes wrong? You do what other people would do. You try harder, you freak out, you grieve the loss of what you expected to have, and you may even get to the point of giving up. But, what happens in this space of giving up…even for the briefest of moments? Something magical can happen. I invite you to j…
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22. That time I wanted to quit: from self-doubt to self trust
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What if you dreamed so big it scared you? I ask this question in this unscripted episode of The Vibrant Introvert. I veer from the typical format to bring you my own story as an introverted entrepreneur. This episode describes my roller coaster experience of going from self-doubt to self-trust. This episode is different too...there is no editing. I…
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21. A mother's story of colic and stillborn birth with Dr. Diana Hill
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Our storyteller, Diana Hill, dealt with discomfort as a mother…in a few different ways. Diana is an ACT-based psychologist, a mom, a fellow podcaster, and author. Diana shares how she experienced a colicky baby and the many discomforts that it came with…and learned how to form a new relationship with the crying, with the discomfort, with her son, a…
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20. A dancer’s struggle with orthorexia with Lauryn Elder
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Our storyteller, Lauryn Elder, shares her experience as a former professional dancer…and a person who basically grew up in a dance studio. At some point she eventually realized the tremendously positive and impactful ways in which the dancing world shaped her behaviors from the inside out…including her experience with orthorexia. As you listen, I i…
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19. Finding compassion in my younger self with Katelyn Kendrick
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Here’s my big question for you: why is it so much easier to show compassion for someone else than it is to show it to yourself? Today our storyteller, Katelyn Kendrick, who I talked to way back in February when I was still pregnant…is going to share their very personal journey, one that involves her growing up as a super feeler in an addicted home,…
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ACT natural Podcast on Bending Your Thoughts, Feelings, & Behavior with Amy Murrell
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Dr. Amy Murrell joins the ACT natural Podcast to discuss the Becca Epps series. This 6 book children's book series was written to help children learn the vital skills which ACT has to offer. The video of this podcast is available to be viewed on the Bearded Behaviorist YouTube Page.Follow the Becca Epps Facebook Page.Book 1: I See Me: More Than One…
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18. A tender-hearted autistic with Brian Middleton
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TRIGGER WARNING: In this story, I want to mention that Brian will talk about suicide…I want to recognize that this is a sensitive topic. If you experience any thoughts of harming yourself, or know someone who does, please seek help. *** Today, you will hear the story of Brian Middleton, a behavior analyst and fellow podcaster. He describes himself …
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ACT natural Podcast & Oh Behave! Side Quest: Incorporating Art into ACT & ABA with Natasha Bouchillon
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Natasha Bouchillon joins the ACT natural & Oh Behave! Podcasts to discuss incorporating art into ACT & ABA. Discussion also includes a curriculum that uses art to teach ACT skills and incorporates art into ABA called Canvas ABA. To see more of Natasha's work, check her out on Instagram, LinkedIn, Etsy, YouTube, and her art website & ABA website, as…
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ACT natural Podcast & Oh Behave! Side Quest: Reflective Behavior Change with Jennifer Lords
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Jennifer Lords, creator of the Reflective Behavior Change Facebook group, joins the ACT natural & Oh Behave! Podcasts to discuss reflective behavior change. In this episode we discuss reflective behavior change, what that means, and how we can use a better understanding of our working memory and existing research to increase success for behavior ch…
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17. Tuning into anxiety as a sleep deprived parent with Hilary McClinton
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What could it look like if you were sleeping better? A lot of us out there, will sacrifice sleep in order to get something done. In order to have some alone time, down time, Netflix time, or maybe we’re taking care of a hungry, crying baby. Whatever your barrier for achieving a good nights’ sleep, you’re not wrong. You’re just responding to a need …
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ACT natural Podcast & Oh Behave! Podcast with Tara Zeller of Appletree Connection on The "New" RBT: RFT, ACT, & Neurodiveristy
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Tara Zeller of Appletree Connection joins the ACT natural & Oh Behave! Podcast to talk about the importance of higher quality RBT training, including training RBTs in understanding important ideas from ACT & RFT to better serve our clients. We also discuss neurodiversity as well as applying ACT concepts in a variety of ways.Learn more about the App…
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ACT natural Podcast with Gabbie Lanier on ACT, Story & Narrative
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Gabbie Lanier, host of the Vibrant Introvert, a beautiful narrative-based podcast focused on ACT, joins the podcast to talk about the power of story and narrative and its relationship with ACT.Intro & Outro is Wonder Sound Alt. Version (Instrumental) by Telethon courtesy of Audiio.com (License #: 7452019953)Intro and Outro music is licensed exclusi…
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16. "Being more me": Growing into authenticity with Summer Mingo
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In this episode I talk to fellow introvert Summer Mingo. We talk about how we’ve learned to not only come “out” of our shells but to grow into them. I relate our experience to that of a hermit crab. It’s shell might be mistaken as any other shell, but it is uniquely the environment, the context in which the hermit crab resides. We all have our own …
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ACT natural Podcast with Jonathan Amey & Tommy Parry on ACT in Parent Training
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Jonathan Amey & Tommy Parry join the ACT natural Podcast to talk about the importance of ACT in parent training.Intro & Outro is Footpaths (Instrumental) by Evolv courtesy of Audiio.com (License #: 8379972092)Intro and Outro music is licensed exclusively for use with this podcast; however, all other parts of this podcasts are open source education …
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ACT natural Podcast with Dr. Janina Scarlet
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Dr. Janina Scarlet joins ACT natural to talk about the power of story for teaching mental health skills. Check out her books, Facebook, Twitter, and Podcast. Her website is www.superhero-therapy.com.
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15. Breaking the Introvert Bubble with Rebekah Perez
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This is the first episode of the new season of the podcast formerly called ACT-Inspired Behavior. The show is now titled The Vibrant Introvert! To start off our season, I want to ask you a question. What IS an introvert? How would you define the term? Of course there are many definitions out there, books written, blog posts…but what is YOUR definit…
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ACT natural Podcast with Scott Herbst
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Scott Herbst joins the ACT natural Podcast to discuss ACT in organizations.
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14. Journey toward a natural birth (Season 1 Bonus)
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This bonus episode is all about my journey toward a VBAC (vaginal birth after Caesarean) and natural birth. There is real audio from the beginning to end of my labor experience so hopefully you can feel like you are there, experiencing it alongside me. This is also the last episode of the podcast formerly titled “ACT-Inspired Behavior.” After this …
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13. Speak life into yourself with Chauntae Gold
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Have you ever been put in a situation where you were forced to do something that didn’t ring true to you? Perhaps it was something your parent asked you to do. Perhaps it was a new rule at work…or something you felt pressured to do because of your friends? When someone tells you to do something that is extremely outside of your deepest desires, how…
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12. The imposter's struggle through career change with Greg Bodin
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I was once told that in one lifetime, you can have many different experiences, many different careers. You can live many lives in one life. I LOVE this message so much…this statement has really given me the freedom to choose, to change, to go where my heart and my compass leads me. And I would say that this mindset describes my own career path—I’ve…
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11. My relationship with stress with Martha Smith
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Ok, let’s play a little game. What is the first thing you think of when you think of the word…”stress?” For me it’s…the word… “tightness”… or the phrase, “too much on my plate.” Or the image of my son Matthew screaming at me at 6AM in the morning because he doesn’t “always want to put on new underwear!” It’s that time I didn’t finish a report until…
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10. When you try to change a person with Tayler Gowan
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Do you ever look at other people’s family and wonder, how the hell do they get along so well? They look so happy. They seem to get along…I bet they go on skiing holidays and wear matching sweaters. And then, do you compare them to your family? I’ve caught myself thinking: “If only they would change…then we’d finally get along.” I’d hazard to say th…
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ACT natural Podcast with Sam & Eric
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Samantha & Eric of Adventures with Autism join the podcast to talk about how mindfulness practices improve outcomes for employees and how this in turn improves outcomes for clients. Core Design Principles reference: https://evonomics.com/tragedy-of-the-commons-elinor-ostrom/#:~:text=She%20summarized%20the%20conditions%20in,Local%20autonomy%3B%208)%…
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9. Finding value when everyday is the same with Courtney Bilton
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See if you can guess what movie I’m referring to…Bill Murray is asleep in bed, covers pulled up to his chin and then the camera pans to the alarm clock. The clock’s number flips from 5:59 to 6:00 AM. And then the radio starts to play. “So put your little hand in mine, there ain’t no hill or mountain we can’t climb…Babe…I got you Babe…I got you Babe…
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8. The ebb and flow of grief with Mari Cerda
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Do you know that feeling of standing in the ocean, waves at your feet, & the constant coming and going of waves? Imagine yourself, even for a second…standing in the water, your eyes closed, feeling the sensations of those waves. Sometimes the waves come with regularity…and, every once in a while, notice how they are more forceful at times, and then…
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7. Social Anxiety & the Observer Self with Joanna Burbury
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Here is a question for you. If you don’t like your personality, can you change it? Today is all about how we see ourselves…and fighting against parts of ourselves that seem… unchangeable. Maybe there are parts of your personality or ways in which you move around in the world that you’ve changed. But maybe there are also remnants of that way of bein…
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6. Self-identity as a woman of color with danyelle beal
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Today is all about perspective taking and identifying the ways in which we develop a rigid self-identify. Our guest today is danyelle beal, a behavior analyst for more than 20 years. She will share her struggles and her successes, her identity as a black woman, and how journey has led her to become a leader and a mentor for other women of color in …
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ACT natural Podcast with Dr. Evelyn Gould
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Dr. Evelyn Gould joins the ACT natural Podcast to discuss ACT and its applications to behavior analysis. Intro & Outro song is Changing Seasons (Instrumental) by Josh Kramer (License #: 2392044195) courtesy of Audiio.com
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In this episode I answer the question "What was hard this year and how do I hope onto hope?" It's a question that was first posed to me by another behavior analyst, Jessica Zielske, who had invited me onto an Instagram live talk with 7 other behavior analysts. In answering this question, I talked about where I started last year--pregnant and hopefu…
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4. Breaking the rules with Jessica Zielske
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In this episode we are going to talk about rules. Rules are this ubiquitous word that we use to describe something we must or must NOT do, and usually we try to follow them. Sometimes the rules are not so obvious and the very thoughts we have in our head can become very rule-like. Our guest today--her name is Jessica Zielske , she is going to share…
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ACT natural Podcast with Dakota Krout and Dennis Vanderkerken
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Co-authors Dakota Krout and Dennis Vanderkerken join the ACT natural Podcast to discuss their book series Artorian's Archives, a part of the Divine Dungeon Series. In this series, the character Artorian perfectly models ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy/Training) in a fictional form. We discuss the ideas behind the character and the inspiration …
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Dr Steven C. Hayes on Acceptance & Commitment Therapy including Q&A Live Stream with Mindful Behavior
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Dr. Steven C. Hayes, the principal researcher of Relational Frame Theory (RFT) and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) joins the ACT natural Podcast to tell us about ACT, its applications, how it can be used to improve lives, how it can improve Applied Behavior Analysis, a little about it origins, and much, much more. At the halfway point in the …
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3. Forgiveness through curiosity and compassion with Hannah Van Petten
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Today’s episode is about forgiveness, forgiveness between someone and their close loved one. I don’t know about you, but forgiveness is one of the hardest things I’ve had to do in my life...maybe because it’s so easy to not forgive. Time can go on and it’s easy not to confront those feelings of ill will, resentment, judgement, bitterness...but ther…
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2. Eating disorder & the cost of avoidance with Kim Loneck
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In this episode we explore the story of an eating disorder as told by Kim Loneck. Since the topic of this conversation touches on a sensitive subject, I want listeners to be aware before they decide to listen. If this is a potentially triggering subject for you, please be kind to yourself in whatever way possible. Thank you. Today’s episode is abou…
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Dr David Purves on Self-Help Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (SH-CBT)
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Dr. David Purves joins the ACT natural Podcast to talk about Self-Help Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (SH-CBT) and the impacts it can have on addressing anxiety and depression. Resources that Dr. Purves mentioned on this show include:www.studentstressbuster.comwww.drpurves.onlineanxietywizard4nhs.co.ukm.facebook.com/studentstressbusterwww.facebook.co…
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In this episode, Brian Middleton, Heather Middleton, & Jenilee Sunshine discuss ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy/Training) and review basic concepts. They talk about trauma-informed care and how ACT applies to that, as well as how this approach can benefit other human services including Applied Behavior Analysis, education, the medical professi…
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Hello! Welcome to ACT-Inspired Behavior, the show about real people telling their real stories about transformation and change--all through the lens of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I'm your host, Gabbie Lanier. And, since this is the first episode, I thought, "Why not start with one of my stories?" In this episode you hear about an internal s…
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