This Simple Idea From Quantum Physics Could Change Your Life with Mel Schwartz

In this episode we discuss how a few crazy ideas from quantum physics might just change your life. We look at how some of the core principles from the hard sciences have huge implications for the way we live, love, and deal with a world of danger and uncertainty. It is possible that the laws of physics hold lessons that could help us redefine our relationship with anxiety and suffering and open the door to possibility? We discuss this and much more with our guest Mel Schwartz
Mel Schwartz is a psychotherapist, marriage counselor, author, and speaker. He is one of the first contemporary practicing psychotherapists to distill the basic premises of quantum theory into therapeutic approaches. Mel is the author of the book The Possibility Principle: How Quantum Physics Can Improve the Way You Think, Live and Love and has been featured in Psychology Today, TED, and much more.How a panic attack led to a chance encounter with a worldview that transformed Mel’s perceptive
The Core Principles of Quantum Physics and how they can redefine our lives
The epidemic of anxiety in our society has to do with our relationship with uncertainty - warding off uncertainty creates stress and anxiety
Quantum theory holds the premise that reality is literally one inseparable whole
Science confirms the “mystic” belief that everything in life is inseparable 
“The myth of separation” - We are no longer separate disconnected cogs 
You don’t need to be a math wizard to understand how the principles of quantum physics can transform your world view 
Our thinking has been trained to compartmentalize and separate the world
Depression comes from a sense of alienation and alone-ness from Newton's deterministic worldview
The Newtonian worldview - the deterministic / mechanistic worldview 
Quantum reality is in a state of potential - always waiting to occur 
Mistakes should not be feared - labeling your experience as mistakes causes you to live in a prison of fear and anxiety
Don’t avoid it - embrace discomfort - we must embrace discomfort psychologically and cognitively to grow 
Embrace confusion - it’s exciting, its a sign post for growth, it gets you to places you’ve never been before 
The way to embrace uncertainty is by shifting your relationship with your thoughts
Uncertainty = possibility
Addiction to certainty = anxiety, fear, stress
Ask yourself - what is my thought telling me? How do I know it’s true? How often do I have these thoughts?
What does it mean to really be strong? To be vulnerable. Sharing your insecurities, self doubts, and fears.
You give other people the power to judge you - and judge yourself based on what you think, they think of you
The way we picture reality is the way we experience reality 
Homework: In the course of your day - try to capture the themes of your thoughts and ask yourself, what are they telling you? 
Homework: As yourself some larger question - how do you view life? How did you come to your core beliefs about the world? What informs your core beliefs about the world?


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