S1 E2--The Mentalizing Stance and The Mentalizing Poles
From Mentalizing and Existence by Daniel Price, MD
July 30, 2022 · 38 min · Season 1 · Episode 2
About this episode
This episode explores the concept of mentalizing, providing tools to assess its effectiveness in ourselves and others.
As we discussed in Episode 1, Mentalizing is paradoxically a skill that essentially all humans utilize every day, and a the same time is difficult to define, and is difficult to consistently do well. In this episode we attempt to provide further tools to understand mentalizing, and how to assess whether we are others are doing it well, or poorly--and if poorly, where we are getting stuck. The Mentalizing Stance names the attitude we want to continuously be in to mentalize well: 1)...
People in this episode
Host: Daniel Price, MD
Topics covered
- Mentalizing
- Mentalizing Stance
- self-assessment
- psychology
- human behavior
Keywords
- mentalizing
- psychology
- self improvement
- human behavior
- mentalizing stance
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