>>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS
STOOD THE TEST OF TIME...
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GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE.
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STILL RELEVANT IN
TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD.
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IT IS WRITTEN . . .
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SHARING MESSAGES OF
HOPE AROUND THE WORLD.
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Chris: Thank you so much for
watching It Is Written. Today we
are in the sixth part of a
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series on depression. Now, maybe
you're not depressed and you're
about to turn off the
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TV. Don't turn off that TV
because depression is a subject
that not only touches
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every family, but the principles
we've been learning help any
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individual have better brain
function and really a better
life in general. And I'm
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absolutely thrilled to have with
me in studio Dr. Neil Nedley.
Dr. Nedley, thank you so much
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for joining me today. Dr.
Nedley: Thank you, Chris. It's
great to be here. Chris: You
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know, Dr. Nedley has joined us
for all of this series. Dr.
Nedley is a physician that's
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been practicing for 27 years. He
is an internal medicine doctor
with a specialty in
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mental health and the
hard-to-diagnose patient. In
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addition to those
responsibilities and seeing
patients, Dr. Nedley is the
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president of Weimar Institute.
Dr. Nedley, tell me, what is
Weimar Institute? Dr. Nedley:
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Weimar Institute is an institute
of higher education. We have a
college, we have advanced
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degrees. But it is. its motto is
to heal a hurting world,
physically, mentally, socially,
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spiritually. And so the students
that go there learn how they can
actually do that as part of
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their career. But we also have a
NEWSTART program. And of course,
that's part of their education,
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but people come from all over
the world that have diabetes or
heart disease or other
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physical diseases, cancer, for
instance, and need additional
approaches. And so we treat
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things through nutrition and
lifestyle approaches there, plus
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some traditional approaches as
well. Chris: Okay, now, I want
to hit a pause button there. You
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said "NEWSTART program." Dr.
Nedley: Yeah. Chris: Now, many
of our viewers would be
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familiar with NEWSTART because
Bev Haines has gone through the
NEWSTART acronym, which is
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an acronym, as I understand it,
an acronym that actually was.
originated at Weimar,
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actually trademarked by Weimar
Institute. Dr. Nedley: That's
right. Anyone who uses the
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term actually is supposed to be
checking with us and getting
permission because it
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is trademarked. Chris: Okay. Dr.
Nedley: And of course, it stands
for things. That what
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an acronym is. So nutrition,
exercise, water, sunlight,
temperance, air, rest, trust
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in God. Those are the eight
natural remedies that are
utilized in the NEWSTART
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program that bring about pretty
profound results. Chris: Okay.
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And if someone was interested,
maybe somebody's watching and
they say, "Yeah, I'd be really
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interesting in getting into a
program that's going to help me
in my lifestyle." How would
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they find out more about the
NEWSTART program? Dr. Nedley:
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NEWSTART.com. Chris: That
simple, just go to NEWSTART.com,
find out. Now, if somebody was
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interested in Weimar and the
higher learning institution
that's there, how would they
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find out more about that? Dr.
Nedley: That would be
Weimar.edu. Chris: Now, is there
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anything else that happens at
Weimar that might be helpful to
somebody watching? Dr. Nedley:
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Well, we put on the mental
health program, the depression
and anxiety recovery program.
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And for that program, you need
to log onto d e
pressionthewayout.com.
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Chris: Okay. That's easy to
remember. And so anyone that's
interested in those things,
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depressionthewayout.com;
NEWSTART.com; and Weimar.edu Dr.
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Nedley: Correct. Chris: Very
good. Well, Dr. Nedley, as we've
been talking about depression,
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how big of a problem in the
world is depression? Dr. Nedley:
It's a big enough problem that
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one out of four women at some
point in their life in the
western world are going to
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suffer from it. One out of eight
men. And that's actually old
data. Newer data shows
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it's probably going to be more
likely than that even in the
future. So that's going to
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touch a large segment of
society. Chris: And it is a big
problem here in Canada.
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And how is depression
traditionally treated? Dr.
Nedley: Number one treatment,
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even today, is medication.
Chris: Okay. How successful is
treating depression through
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medication? Dr. Nedley:
Medications have their
limitations, unfortunately.
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Medicines can help. The drug
company data shows up to 70% of
the time, it might produce
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some benefit, but only 20% or
maybe up to 28%, depending on
the study, will actually have
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a remission as a result of
taking medicine. Chris: 20 to
28% actually experience
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remission through taking
medication. We've talked about
this before, and I want to be
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careful making too much of a
joke at it. But you know, a
traditional doctor, an
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orthopedic surgeon that was only
25% of the time successful in
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fixing a knee, fixing an elbow,
fixing a shoulder, not going to
be practicing very long, are
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they? Dr. Nedley: They wouldn't.
The medical associations would
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eliminate them pretty quick.
Chris: Okay. And to the view
that's watching that might be
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taking medication, we're not
advocating that they need to go
take, you know, just stop
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taking their medication or
anything like that. Nothing
radical. Dr. Nedley: No, they
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still need to be seeing their
doctor. Chris: Okay. But we've
been going through this
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process here and through this
series of programs here where
we've found that there is a
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way out of depression and ways
to address it actually. and I
hate to use the word
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"naturally" but addressing it
with practical steps that I can
do right today through
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lifestyle change. Dr. Nedley:
That's right. Chris: And if
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you've missed any of those
shows, you can go to our youtube
channel, youtube.com/iiwcanada,
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and you can watch any of these
programs. Now, today, we're
going to talk about another
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way to address the issue of
depression and a way to address
actually mental health
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in general. And we're talking
about emotional intelligence.
Dr. Nedley: Yes. Chris: Now,
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I've heard about IQ. Dr. Nedley:
Yeah. Chris: Okay, but EQ.
Emotional intelligence.
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What is emotional intelligence?
Dr. Nedley: Emotional
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intelligence is knowing and
understanding your emotions and
the emotions of others and
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responding to those emotions in
a healthy way. Chris: Knowing
and understanding my emotions.
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Knowing and understanding
others' emotions. And responding
in a healthful way.
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Dr. Nedley: In a healthy way.
Chris: In a healthy way, okay.
Dr. Nedley: Mmhmm. Chris: Now,
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why is emotional intelligence
important, then? Dr. Nedley:
Well, it has more to
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do with our success and
happiness than even our IQ does.
In fact, how successful
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you are in life as well as how
happy you are has been
intricately tied to your EQ or
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your emotional quotient or
emotional intelligence. So it's
a very important mental
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health factor. So important that
we measure it in every patient
that comes in to see
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me for mental health issues, and
after they're treated, measure
it again to see where
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they're at in this process.
Chris: So emotional
intelligence, or EQ, the
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emotional quotient, is more
important than IQ in having a
successful life. Dr.
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Nedley: Correct. Chris: Okay.
And you've addressed some of
that, but let's expand a
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little. Why is that and what are
you seeing as you see patients
with. and you analyze
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their EQ? Dr. Nedley: Well, it
gets into the five aspects of
emotional intelligence. First
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one is knowing our emotions. In
other words, being able to
identify precisely the emotion
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that we're feeling at that time.
But not only identifying the
emotion, but knowing why
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we're feeling that way. And if
we blame the why on just what
someone else did to us, or
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what happened to us, we actually
don't have a very high emotional
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intelligence, because it's not
only what happens to us, but our
role in what happens to us, in
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other words, what we think about
what happened to us, that then
plays a direct bearing on our
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emotions and our behaviour. See,
Chris, it's our thoughts that
cause our emotions and
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behaviour. And so emotionally
intelligent people are actually
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disciplining their thoughts.
They're not only knowing their
emotions and why they're feeling
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that way; the second aspect is
they're managing their emotions.
People with low emotional
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intelligence are simply managed
by their emotions, moment by
moment, day by day.
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People with high emotional
intelligence still have powerful
emotions, but they're
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managing those emotions. Quite
different. Chris: Okay. So
knowing is the first step. And
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then managing. And then what are
those other aspects? Dr. Nedley:
The other aspects are
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recognizing emotions in others.
And the fourth part is managing
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relationships with others. And
you might guess this is why it
has a lot to do with our
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happiness, 'cause our happiness
has so much to do with our
social relations. Chris: Yes.
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Dr. Nedley: And the fifth aspect
is motivating ourselves to
achieve our goals. In the word
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"emotion" is the word "motion."
If our emotions are based on
what's true and accurate, it can
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powerfully motivate us to
achieve our goals. And that's
why it's also very much
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intricately connected with our
success. Chris: Okay. So when we
talk about emotional
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intelligence, the aspects of
emotional intelligence, it's
knowing; it's managing;
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recognizing in others; managing;
and what was that last one? Dr.
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Nedley: Motivating ourselves to
achieve our goals. Chris: So we
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understand what emotional
intelligence is. Dr. Nedley:
Yes. Chris: We understand the
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aspects of emotional
intelligence. What influences
emotional intelligence? Dr.
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Nedley: Well, our genetics
have a role to play. Our current
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level of emotional support has a
role to play. Even how much
sleep we've gotten in the last
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48 hours can influence us. Our
nutrition, what we're eating can
have an influence over us.
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But for most people, the most
important aspect of emotional
intelligence is simply our
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beliefs, our evaluation of
events, the way we think about
problems, and our silent
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self-talk. Those are the
moment-by-moment messages that
we're giving ourselves.
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Chris: So our beliefs. How we're
evaluating things. And how we're
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thinking. That is the most
important influence on emotional
intelligence. Dr. Nedley: Yes.
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Chris: Okay. So. and if
emotional intelligence is going
to dictate. and by the way, this
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is very hopeful for individuals
because you know, if we don't
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score high on the IQ test, now,
another show, we're going to
talk about how to improve that
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IQ. But not as a part of this
series. But what you're saying,
though, is even more important
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than your IQ is your EQ, or your
emotional intelligence. Dr.
Nedley: Correct. Chris: And
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that emotional intelligence, the
things that are going to
influence it the most are our
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beliefs, how we evaluate, and
how we think. Dr. Nedley: Yes.
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Chris: So then, how can someone
improve their emotional
intelligence? Dr. Nedley: Our
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feelings actually result from
the messages we give ourselves.
Our thoughts have much more to
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do with how we're feeling than
what is actually happening in
our life. And research has
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documented that negative
thoughts which cause emotional
turmoil nearly always contain
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gross distortions. The thoughts
on the surface appear rational,
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but they are often just plain
wrong, and twisted thinking is a
major cause of suffering. So the
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answer to your question is, we
need to correct distorted
thoughts, and our emotional
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intelligence will dramatically
improve. Chris: Okay. So we're
going to come to this distorted
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thoughts, but what you're
saying, because I want to make
sure we're hearing this and
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I'm hearing this. What happens
in my life and how I feel is
actually directly related to
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how I think about what's
happening. And so, I could be
going through a bad situation,
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and if I'm thinking right, then
my feelings would be better. Dr.
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Nedley: Exactly. You know, Paul
and Silas are a good example.
They were taken against their
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will. They were beaten 39 times
with cat o' nine tails. Their
backs were laid open. They were
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then put on an irregular dirt
floor with rocks, feet put up in
stocks. And there they were,
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crying uncontrollably in prison
and sang, "Why us, Lord?" Chris:
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Now, Dr. Nedley, I know you're
doing that a little tongue in
cheek. Actually, we find them
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singing songs. Dr. Nedley: Yeah.
Chris: And you know, the Bible
doesn't necessarily convey
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emotions, but they seem. they're
not complaining at all. Dr.
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Nedley: They have happy looks on
their faces. Chris: Yes. Dr.
Nedley: And they were singing
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praises to God. Now, why could
they be doing that? Because
their thoughts had much more to
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do with how they were feeling
than what was actually happening
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in their life. And they weren't
thinking fantasy thoughts. It
wasn't pop psychology that they
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were on a beach on Lake Ontario
somewhere, you know. They were
thinking true and accurate
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thoughts. And those true and
accurate thoughts were so
powerful that under the most
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adverse circumstances, they
could still have great emotional
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stability. Chris: Okay. So what
we need to do is we need to
change thinking errors or
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distorted thinking or cognitive
distortion. Dr. Nedley: Correct.
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Chris: Okay. So what would be an
example of distorted thinking or
cognitive distortion? Dr.
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Nedley: Well, mental filter, for
instance. There's actually ten
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different ways of distorted
thinking. Chris: Okay. So ten
different ways. Dr. Nedley: I'm
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just going to name a few of them
here. So a mental filter, this
is where you're just looking
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at one side of the equation.
Chris: Okay. Dr. Nedley: I'll
tell you about a gentleman who
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came to our program. He said,
"Nothing is going right in my
life." Chris: Okay. Dr.
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Nedley: He said, "My boss yells
at me almost constantly. My roof
is leaking. I don't
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have even enough money to pay
for this program. I had to take
it out on credit cards.
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My wife nags almost constantly.
Furthermore, I'm short and fat
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and now I'm going bald. Nothing
good in my life." But yet as I
talked to him, I realized that
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he had a beautiful wife, even
though he was short and fat. He
still slept well. He could still
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feed himself, he could still
walk. He actually enjoyed his
church. He had some good
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friends. And he had the
potential to do a lot of good
things. But here he was on the
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one side of the equation.
Nothing good in my life. A
mental filter. Chris: Okay. So
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a mental filter is going to
prevent us to think positively
about near anything. Dr.
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Nedley: Yeah, rationally,
really. It's not going to get us
thinking rationally. And
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the solution to that mental
filter is you have to be
intentional and forceful at
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finding evidence to support a
different way of thinking. So it
requires some thought
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process yourself in regards to,
"Wait a minute. I'm not looking
at just one side of
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the equation. Let's be
intentional and forceful. Is
there a different way I can
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think about this?" Chris: Okay.
And so yeah, and you said it
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twice, but I want to make sure
we caught that. So the way I
deal with an intentional. excuse
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me. The way I deal with a mental
filter is I think the two words
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you used were "intentional" and
"forceful." Dr. Nedley: Yes.
Chris: Okay. So if I have a
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mental filter and I think
nothing good can happen to me.
My life is awful. My life is
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terrible. Whatever that mental
filter is that now is going to
set the stage for everything in
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my life, intentional and
forceful. Maybe discuss a little
bit more. What does it
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mean to be intentional and
forceful? How am I going to
change that mental filter?
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Somebody's watching right now
today saying, "That's my life.
Nothing good happens in my
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life." How can they change their
thinking on that? Dr. Nedley:
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Well, they need to stop and
realize, is there anything good
in my life? You know, and you
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know, this guy's wife, for
instance, he said nags, but you
know, she was a beautiful girl
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and he loved her and she had a
lot of positive things about
her. Chris: Okay. Dr. Nedley:
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But yet, you know, nothing good?
Wait a minute. There's some good
things about that woman.
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Otherwise, you wouldn't have
married her to begin with. And
you know, even though you're
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going bald, I mean, there's
still lots of things that you
can. actually, he was a
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good-looking guy. So it
does require some pausing, some
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stopping, and some
re-analyzation and trying to
just look at the other side.
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"Now, wait a minute. Can I look
at the other side?" And yeah,
sometimes it's tough and you're
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just thinking on one side. So
yes, it requires you to take
some time. Maybe you need to go
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out and take a walk. Take a few
deep breaths and then say,
"Okay, I'm going to be
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intentional. Let's see what I
can fill out on the other side
here." Chris: And then you take
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the walk. You're going to get
some exercise, which is going to
help you to have some frontal
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lobe activity, which is going to
help you to think more logically
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and have better judgement so you
can make a better decision. Dr.
Nedley: Exactly. Chris: And
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you know, it's an amazing thing.
And as we talk about things in
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the realm of the Bible and
spiritual things, it's amazing
in our society that the devil
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has used things that can be used
for good, but to use them, to
keep us so busy, that we never
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have a moment to think. And what
you're saying there is we need
to take a pause. And I know
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it's not the same thing, but all
I can remember is from my
childhood, you know, when they
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teach you about fire, if you're
ever on fire, stop, drop, and
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roll. And what you're saying is,
is if we have a mental filter,
and we've said, "Nothing good
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can happen in my life," or
whatever the mental filter is,
"I am this way," I need to
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stop, I need to pause, I need to
think, and I need to be
intentional and forceful in
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changing how I think. Dr.
Nedley: Exactly. Chris: Okay.
Now, you said there's ten
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different. now, we don't have
time to go through all ten, but
maybe we can do at least
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one or two more. What's another
cognitive distortion? Dr.
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Nedley: Overgeneralization.
Chris: Okay. Dr. Nedley: Now,
intelligent people have a
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tendency to do this because to
generalize, you have to be
intelligent. Chris: Okay. Dr.
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Nedley: But there's a tendency
to overgeneralize. And I'll just
tell you an example of
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another case. Chris: Please. Dr.
Nedley: This was actually a
suitemate of mine, actually
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lived in the same dorm when I
was in my pre-med years, you
know, my second year. And he
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had his eye on a girl for about
six months because he mustered
up enough courage to
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ask her out. Chris: Okay. Dr.
Nedley: And he came to ask me. I
gave him some advice. He was
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kind of shy. And afterwards, he
was walking back to the dorm.
Looks like he's about
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ready to cry. And I said, "Glen,
what happened?" He said, "Neil,
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I'm destined to be lonely and
miserable for the rest of my
life." Chris: Okay. Dr.
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Nedley: "What did she say?" "She
said she had another event and
couldn't go." And I
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said, "So you conclude that?"
And he said, "I just got to
thinking, if she just thought
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half as much about me as I think
about her, she would've
cancelled that event and gone
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with me, so I'm destined to be
lonely and miserable the rest of
my life." Now, Glen
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overgeneralized in two ways.
Because she turned him down
once, he thought she was
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always going to turn him down.
Did he really know that to be
true? He was assuming it, but
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no, he didn't know that to be
true. And secondly, he assumed
that 100% of eligible women
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had identical taste to hers. And
thus, he would be endlessly
rejected the rest of
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his life. People with
overgeneralization have a fear
of rejection, a fear of trying
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new things. And another example.
Chris: And in the same way, do
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you deal with that the same way?
Intentional and forceful? Stop,
pause, and be intentional and
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forceful to change that
thinking? Dr. Nedley: Yes,
that's right. It does require
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some stopping and some pausing
and seeing if there's a
different way in which you can
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think about it that's more
accurate. Chris: As we're
closing, and it's hard to
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believe we're running out of
time here, but maybe, what are
the characteristics, as we close
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out, of someone with high
emotional intelligence? Dr.
Nedley: They're going to be
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curious about other people, the
people that they don't know.
They also know their
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limitations. They're going to
know their strengths and they're
going to know their
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weaknesses. They're going to be
very much interested in what is
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true and accurate. Truth is a
foundational principle for those
who are emotionally intelligent.
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They are also going to be
willing to stop and help others,
but they'll also know when to
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say no when they're not the best
one to be helping others. And
they will. if they have those
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things and other talents,
they're going to have a good
leadership potential. And they
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are very interested in being
moral and good. Chris: It's hard
to believe we're out of
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time, Dr. Nedley. But you gave
those characteristics. And
someone's going to want to
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watch next week 'cause we're
going to give practical examples
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of that. Let's end today with a
word of prayer. Heavenly Father,
we're so grateful that we don't
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have to be trapped, that there
is a way out, and there is a way
for us each to think
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differently. Please give us the
strength today to think
differently and have high
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emotional intelligence. We
pray this in Jesus' name, amen.
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"Great is Thy
faithfulness," O God my Father,
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There is no shadow
of turning with Thee;
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Thou changest not, Thy
compassions, they fail not
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As Thou hast been
Thou forever wilt be.
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
00:24:04.67\00:24:08.48
Morning by
morning new mercies I see;
00:24:08.91\00:24:16.79
All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided
00:24:17.15\00:24:25.56
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord,
unto me! ummer and winter, and
00:24:25.93\00:24:43.14
springtime and harvest,
00:24:43.24\00:24:44.95
Sun, moon and stars
in their courses above,
00:24:45.55\00:24:53.15
Join with all
nature in manifold witness
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To Thy great faithfulness,
mercy and love. reat is Thy
00:25:01.60\00:25:16.31
faithfulness! Great
is Thy faithfulness!
00:25:16.91\00:25:20.65
Morning by
morning new mercies I see;
00:25:21.25\00:25:29.02
All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided
00:25:29.52\00:25:37.67
Great is Thy
faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
00:25:38.07\00:25:47.04
Pardon for sin and
a peace that endureth,
00:25:49.94\00:25:58.12
Thine own dear
presence to cheer and to guide;
00:25:58.72\00:26:06.86
Strength for today and
bright hope for tomorrow,
00:26:07.20\00:26:15.14
Blessings all mine,
with ten thousand beside!
00:26:15.50\00:26:25.61
Great is Thy faithfulness!
00:26:26.58\00:26:30.89
Great is Thy faithfulness!
00:26:31.19\00:26:35.46
Morning by
morning new mercies I see;
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All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided
00:26:44.37\00:26:52.87
Great is Thy faithfulness,
00:26:53.24\00:26:57.81
Great is Thy faithfulness,
00:26:58.15\00:27:04.02
Lord, unto me!
00:27:05.85\00:27:16.97
Chris: Dear friend, Jesus
desires for us to have abundant
00:27:25.61\00:27:32.05
life. And part of I'd like
to make an offer to you today. I
00:27:34.42\00:27:36.35
want to offer the Dr. Nedley
introductory DVD where he'll
give practical steps on how to
00:27:36.45\00:27:42.72
have good emotional health. I'd
like to also offer to you for
any size donation the full
00:27:42.82\00:27:49.50
"Depression: The Way Out"
series. Here's the information
you need for today's offer.
00:27:49.60\00:27:55.47
Chris: Dr. Nedley, thank you so
much for joining us today. Dr.
Nedley: It's been great
00:28:21.36\00:28:24.40
being here. Chris: Will you join
us again next week? Dr. Nedley:
Yes. Chris: All right.
00:28:24.50\00:28:27.14
And I thank you, friend, for
joining us. Please join again
next week. Until then,
00:28:27.24\00:28:31.81
remember, it is written: "Man
shall not live by bread alone,
but by every Word that
00:28:31.91\00:28:37.95
proceeds from the mouth of God."
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