GUEST SERIES | Dr. Paul Conti: How to Improve Your Mental Health

This is episode 2 of a 4-part special series on mental health with
Dr. Paul Conti, M.D., a Stanford and Harvard-trained psychiatrist
currently running a clinical practice, the Pacific Premiere Group.
Dr. Conti explains specific tools for how to overcome life’s
challenges using a framework of self-inquiry that explores all the
key elements of self, including defense mechanisms, behaviors,
self-awareness and attention. We also discuss our internal driving
forces, how to align them and ultimately, how to cultivate a
powerful “generative drive” of positive, aspirational pursuits. Dr.
Conti also explains how to adjust your internal narratives, reduce
self-limiting concepts, overcome intrusive thoughts, and how
certain defense mechanisms, such as “acting out” or narcissism,
show up in ourselves and others. The next episode in this special
series explores how to build healthy relationships with others. For
the full show notes, including articles, books, and other
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(00:00:00) Improve Mental Health (00:02:19) Sponsors: BetterHelp
& Waking Up App (00:05:26) Structure & Function of Healthy
Self  (00:16:25) Agency & Gratitude (00:21:14) Aggressive
Drive, Pleasure Drive, Generative Drive (00:30:00) Physical &
Mental Health Similarities, Verb States (00:37:05) Sponsor: AG1
(00:38:32) Lack of Motivation, Drives (00:43:06) Video Games/Social
Media & Distraction, Generative Drive (00:51:46) Asking Better
Questions, Psychiatric Medicine, Physical Health Parallels
(00:59:10) Sponsor: Eight Sleep (01:00:30) Self-Reflection &
Structure of Self “Cupboards”, Trauma & Agency (01:08:53)
Feeling Stuck, Defense Mechanisms & Sublimation, Character
(01:13:58) Self-Reflection & Function of Self “Cupboards”,
Self-Awareness (01:19:24) Defense Mechanisms & “Acting Out”
(01:26:43) Salience, Intrusive Thoughts (01:31:24) Self-Reflection,
Behaviors & Strivings; Roadmap Forward (01:38:25) Internal
Narratives, Childhood (01:44:44) Internal Narratives: Self-Scrutiny
& Overcoming; Trauma (01:55:18) Time Required for Change,
Understanding Intrusive Thoughts (02:03:13) Self-Reflection on
Internal Drives; Envy (02:09:56) Generative Drive; Strong
Aggressive Drive & Envy (02:21:50) High Aggressive Drive &
Social Relationships, Narcissism (02:28:43) Narcissism,
Destruction, Envy (02:37:18) Narcissism & Childhood, Change
(02:41:26) Engaging with Narcissists, Disengagement (02:44:47)
Demoralization, Learned Helplessness (02:49:34) Self-Inventory of
Drives, Optimization (02:56:09) Social Media & Salience,
Generative Drive (03:03:21) Rational Aspiration (03:13:16)
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