Feeling Seen: A UNC CAPS Podcast

The topic so big we gave it 2 episodes! We're back. Talking about failure again. After the previous episode on failure we wanted to revisit this interesting and important topic.

Research shows gratitude practice and awareness is related to more life satisfaction and happiness, improved brain function, improved sleep, better relationships and social connection, improve productivity and well being in the workplace, and numerous other benefits for mental and physical health. Practices like keeping a gratitude journal can lower stress hormones, decrease headaches, and increase exercise.


Today on the podcast we discuss the importance of gratitude. This was a very meaningful podcast to record. Please join us for this important topic.

You've probably heard the phrase, "nothing is certain in this world except death and taxes." Well, we'd add failure to that quote. As Albert Einstein noted, "anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." Life IS trying new things. Failure is inevitable. We will all fail at some time, at some thing. The attempt to avoid failure often robs people of living; of experiencing new, exciting and unexpected opportunities. Because they DON'T try new things. DON'T do anything unfamiliar or that they are not assured will succeed. This narrows the POSSIBILITIES in life. And people who live this way often find themselves disenchanted, ruled by fear, and stuck.





Many of the most successful people have shared stories of failure that helped shape their success and drive. A very famous example is Michael Jordan sharing the story of being cut from his high school varsity team and how that motivated him to work hard on his basketball skills. Many years later he is arguably the greatest basketball player ever. There are positive things to be gained and learned from failure.





As therapists in a university setting we see fear of failure often in our students. Often they DON'T try new things, including meeting new people and social experience, because of fear of failure. It is no surprise that someone with this fear of failure could feel TONS of anxiety in a university setting. University is about learning. About learning things you DON'T already know. The belief many students have that they SHOULD already know, SHOULD have it be easy, SHOULD get all A's is a recipe for FAILURE.





Today on the podcast we talk about failure. How we've failed in our lives and what we learned. And we encourage others to let go of the crippling fear of failure and embrace a different mindset. Join us for this interesting episode.

We're Back! It's been a long time but now the UNC CAPS Podcast is back. We didn't go anywhere, we just weren't recording. Excited to be back. In this episode we tackled the topic of emotions. Many people label emotion as "good" or "bad." This can be misleading and harmful. We discuss viewing emotion differently and moving away from simple labels of good and bad. Enjoy.