#23: Exercise as an emotional defense with Jewel Anderson

The Dr. Shannon Show

"Exercise is my therapy" is a common phrase. Today, Jewel Anderson, a Licensed Professional Counselor in the Kansas City area, discusses why you could be using exercise as a coping mechanism. She discusses how exercise is often a "defense" against things of our past or uncomfortable emotions. She leaves you with a powerful tool, called the Change Triangle, that can help you dig a layer deeper to uncover what you could be avoiding and defending against using exercise. 

2:55  Using exercise as therapy 

7:16  Sublimation aka Defense Mechanisms 

19:39  Avoidance as a defense mechanism 

23:26  Emotional experiences after exercise 

28:24  The Change Triangle 

43:30  How to recognize if you are using exercise as a defense behavior 


Work with Jewel by visiting her website: http://www.jewelandersoncounseling.com/
Book referenced by Jewel: "It's Not Always Depression" by Hilary Jacobs Hendel

To try Evlo for 2 weeks free, visit www.evlofitness.com

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"Exercise is my therapy" is a common phrase. Today, Jewel Anderson, a Licensed Professional Counselor in the Kansas City area, discusses why you could be using exercise as a coping mechanism. She discusses how exercise is often a "defense" against things of our past or uncomfortable emotions. She leaves you with a powerful tool, called the Change Triangle, that can help you dig a layer deeper to uncover what you could be avoiding and defending against using exercise. 

2:55  Using exercise as therapy 

7:16  Sublimation aka Defense Mechanisms 

19:39  Avoidance as a defense mechanism 

23:26  Emotional experiences after exercise 

28:24  The Change Triangle 

43:30  How to recognize if you are using exercise as a defense behavior 


Work with Jewel by visiting her website: http://www.jewelandersoncounseling.com/
Book referenced by Jewel: "It's Not Always Depression" by Hilary Jacobs Hendel

To try Evlo for 2 weeks free, visit www.evlofitness.com

2021-08-26 50 min
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