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Hi, it’s Suze and Jenni! We are two regular people that happen to be a therapist and a life coach. For the past four years, we’ve spent time together laughing, and sometimes crying, about our crazy life experiences. As a result, we’ve created effective ways to gain insight. If you’ve found yourself asking “what just happened” after a get-together or life event, join us to hear about ways that you can maximize your insights too!
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Jenni and Suze come to the end of season four with a message to not get stuck in the triggers and to use the PAUSE as our emergency or first responder plan. Owning triggers and not blaming others is a boundary mindset that enables us to gain insight. This insight can be used to psychologically prepare ourselves for similar events in the future. The…
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As Jenni and Suze worked out the Maxer Method, looking at a personal problematic pattern, they acknowledged that feeling activated or triggered is an ongoing part of the human experience. Continuing their work on acceptance has helped to reveal alternatives to dealing with situations in their lives. Pausing, when activated, still proves helpful in …
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The past is the past, right? Not according to Jenni and Suze! In the continued effort to gain insight and use it for better interactions internally and with others, Suze and Jenni discuss how insights from the past can help us plan for the future. They remind us that ignoring the past can potentially cause issues internally and with others. It can …
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Suze and Jenni continue their exploration into how to create acceptance for challenging things in life. They reviewed their thoughts about acceptance, including the fact that this topic was never taught to them when they were growing up. Actually, quite the opposite was something they experienced in their families! Jenni generously shared her examp…
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What would life be like for us if we decided to accept things just as they are? Jenni and Suze know that they weren’t taught by their parents about acceptance because it was seen as a weakness. It was only through all their psychological work as adults did they learned what acceptance is and the power of it. Listen as they discuss the benefits of a…
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Now that Jenni and Suze have said the "F" word, they review what forgiveness means and what it isn’t. They remind us of the hazards of resentment and its darkness. They question why to even forgive in the first place, and thankfully there are benefits such as peacefulness, better health, compassion, self-confidence, and more! To continue encouragin…
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Here comes a really challenging topic: forgiveness! Suze and Jenni look at what forgiveness isn’t and what gets in the way of forgiving, including looking at resentment. In their usual fashion, Jenni and Suze look to Merriam-Webster's current and 1828 to define forgiveness. They learned about the 9 steps of forgiveness from Dr. Frederic Luskin of t…
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Jenni and Suze review what they know about the impact that emotions and thoughts have on each other. Suze added information about the correlation between the intensity of emotion and how that impacts thoughts, behavior, and how we feel in our bodies. To help visualize what she discussed, Suze created a handout for y’all to download for FREE at www.…
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Jenni and Suze decide to dive in a little deeper into the connection between thoughts and feelings. They look at how our beliefs are created, starting in our early childhood. Beliefs, as they learned, affect how we feel about past experiences. That’s the creation of “old stuff.” Fast forward to today, and we have something happen that feels familia…
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After reminding themselves of what they were focusing on with feelings stacking, building tolerance to emotions, feelings flooding and emotional hangovers, Jen and Suze discussed the insight they gained from doing the most recent Maxer Method. They shared experiences in which they noticed how they reacted to their initial emotions, particularly reg…
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How do we experience our emotions? Jenni and Suze have discussed how we experience our feelings in our bodies. Now they discuss things that can happen with our emotions by how we deal with them. Have you had more than one emotion about a specific situation? That’s what most of us experience. Having an emotion as a result of an emotion is a differen…
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Jenni and Suze review consciousness, using mindfulness and biofeedback to access information internally to understand how they were reacting to challenging and enjoyable events in their lives. They utilize their new tool, the Self-Awareness Worksheet located at www.insightmaximizers.com/handouts, both realizing that the more detail they wrote out, …
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Jenni and Suze delve into the components of self-awareness, exploring what it means to be conscious and aware. They remind us that insight comes from awareness, particularly of what we experience in our bodies, the emotions we have, the thoughts we create, and the actions we take or think about taking. How do we become self-aware? Mindfulness is di…
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Suze and Jenni reconnect to continue their investigation into triggers and activators. They remind themselves and their listeners how we tend to look at triggers as being negative, originating with the Merriam-Webster dictionary and in our internal safety system in our brains. They decided to look for positive triggers in their lives, and boy, did …
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Suze and Jenni return to discuss triggers or activators, the good, the bad, the ugly! They learn that Merriam-Webster denotes a trigger as causing an intense and usually negative reaction in someone, which perpetuates the bum rap that triggers get! Despite how our brains are wired, we can override the tendency to react negatively to things that use…
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Jen and Suze want the Maxer community to be encouraged about insight, so they spend some time defining insight as well as intuition. They remind themselves and people listening to that insight will help us all feel better, even if it doesn’t feel good in the moment. They both thought about recent upsetting events and asked themselves questions abou…
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Jenni and Suze reflect on how their project and podcast all started. They wanted to turn challenges into opportunities to improve their lives, and help others improve theirs. In this episode, they talk about why they’ve put together skills and tools to be better prepared psychologically for those moments when we get thrown off emotionally. If you w…
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Over the break of their podcast, Jenni and Suze practiced the trigger plan PAUSE. In the season opener, they discuss what PAUSE stands for, their questions for gaining insight when activated, and the gift that PAUSE has been for them both. They shared what they observed and learned from practicing PAUSE, and they hope this encourages all who listen…
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As Season 3 comes to an end, so does 2023. Jenni and Suze reflect on how the approaching holiday season and new year can bring challenges. They suggest it’s a perfect time to observe ourselves and reduce the chances of reacting impulsively and regretting it. They presented questions to ask and a simple acronym to help themselves and listeners remem…
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Jenni and Suze created a booklet compiling skills from coaching and therapy to help them and listeners debunk and dispute thinking. They highly encourage anyone to download it for free from their website: www.insightmaximizers.com/handouts. In the booklet, there are three journaling exercises. Jenni chose one of the therapy techniques, and Suze cho…
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Jenni and Suze have spent this season identifying thinking and thoughts that can be challenging. What do listeners do now? You learn how to debunk limiting beliefs. You also learn how to untwist distorted thinking and dispute irrational beliefs. To help with this undertaking, Suze and Jenni have created a gift for everyone, including themselves! Go…
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In a constant effort this season to understand the impact thinking has on us, Suze and Jenni reviewed the Insight Maximizers definition of a belief and coaching work on empowering beliefs, limiting beliefs, and self-limiting beliefs. Both practiced the Maxer Method from the last episode, journaling despite their resistance. Jenni has had years of c…
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In their continued search for insights into the impact of thoughts, Jenni and Suze discuss coaching concepts about limiting and empowering beliefs. Coaching is a culmination of human’s lifelong search for the “good life,” from the times of Aristotle all the way to the influence of Positive Psychology, as Jenni gives us a little history and context.…
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In this episode, Suze and Jenni give personal examples of how to debunk irrational beliefs. First, they investigate the difference between a thought, a thought pattern or process, and a belief. Despite their slight aversion to journaling, they both found a payoff again when they did the most recent Maxer Method challenge. Suze was able to identify …
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Suze and Jenni continue to focus on thinking, and how it is impacted by emotions. While a mild emotional reaction causes thinking to become distorted, an intense feeling will make thoughts irrational. Suze describes the work that Albert Ellis PhD has done to identify 12 irrational beliefs, which Jenni and Suze have compiled for listeners in an easy…
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While practicing the most recent Maxer Method, Jenni and Suze realized that distorted thinking is a large part of their conditioned self. It was a good piece of insight for them that connected the coaching and therapy worlds. Suze worked heavily on jumping to conclusions, one of David Burns’ distorted thinking patterns. Jenni realized that she was …
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There are many tools available to help us understand how our thinking impacts our emotions, how our body feels and the actions we take or don’t take. To continue our journey into our thinking, Suze discusses one too with Jenni, the 10 distorted thinking patterns identified by David Burns, MD. This episode’s Maxer Method is more journaling, much to …
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Jenni and Suze identified differences between coaching and counseling to inform listeners. They reviewed the Authentic Self and Conditioned Self, which they were identifying in their journaling with the last Maxer Method. Suze continues to struggle with journaling, though found this Maxer Method quite useful to gain insight and feel peaceful inside…
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Unleashing Your Authentic Potential: Navigating the Coaching Mindsets of the Authentic and the Conditioned Self
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Jenni and Suze continue to explore thought patterns, this time shifting from a psychological framework to looking through the lens of coaching. Jenni educates us on the mindset of the Authentic Self versus that of the Conditioned Self from her coaching work. Suze relates how self-talk is a part of the work that some therapists do with their clients…
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Journey Through Ego States: Personal Tales of Transformation with Transactional Analysis :: [Episode 34]
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Suze and Jenni continue to practice what they preach, discussing how they both utilized the Maxer Method recommended to understand and benefit from Transactional Analysis of ego states. Suze briefly reminded us what Transactional Analysis was about before Jenni began with her experience. Both shared intimate, emotional examples of how they identifi…
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Jenni and Suze continue to learn more about psychological theory that helps us understand our thinking. They move into the 1970s with Transactional Analysis (TA), as it relates to Freud’s theory of personality they recently discussed. TA has more user-friendly terms that help people understand what goes on inside them, as well as what happens when …
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Now that we understand what Freud taught us about the Id, Ego, and Superego, how do we use this information? Suze shared numerous observations from her practicing the Maxer Method, including a surprising unconscious little thing she has been doing that she can’t unsee now. She describes being more aware of her Id than any other voice, which made he…
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Conscious change always starts by observing. Listen to Jenni and Suze share a simple framework for observing our thoughts. Suze presents the framework created by Sigmund Freud, the father of modern psychology. And Jenni brings in how the coaching profession incorporates Freud’s concepts to help people observe their thinking to uncover limiting beli…
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Suze and Jenni both admit that they hate journaling. Listen as they share why they hate it, did it anyway, and what they got out of it! Journaling was the Maxer Method for this episode. A “Maxer Method” is an activity that Suze and Jenni suggest for themselves and listeners to try so that they can get personal insights about life’s events. Is it wo…
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With Season 2 behind them, Jenni and Suze delve into thoughts, why they matter, and how they affect our lives. They look into the varied definitions of the word ‘thought.’ Jenni added a lot of nuances to the definition as she discussed coaching concepts related to thoughts. Finally, they work together to create the Insight Maximizer definition of t…
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Jenni and Suze share what they gained from Season Two. Both were pleased that they used new skills from the Maxer Methods to handle complex life events over the past few months. They also outlined what you can expect from Season 3. It’s time to bring thinking into the equation with our triggers, emotions, and feelings! Maxers Community Facebook gro…
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Pre-Holiday Insights It’s their Season Two finale, and Suze and Jenni quickly look back at their deep dive into emotions and feelings! What’s the difference between the two? Why bother with them? And how do they affect our bodies and our relationships? Tis the giving season. And Suze and Jenni announce their new Maxers Community Facebook group! It’…
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Suze and Jenni practiced the Maxer Method by completing the Distraction Action Assessment, which can be retrieved at www.insightmaximizers.com. Neither was too surprised by the information they learned, yet they could see that working on themselves has paid off over time. They realized they didn’t use some of the distraction actions they used to us…
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In this episode, Suze and Jenni talk about a potentially unhealthy coping strategy that they call “distraction actions.” Jenni educated us on how we can use distraction actions as a means to avoid feeling emotions, including how they can become habitual and even addictive. To help us change our distraction actions, they provide an assessment with i…
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Suze and Jenni agreed that working on coping strategies and distractions simultaneously was a bit cumbersome. They focused only on coping strategies for this Maxer Method, and both had experiences to discuss. Suze struggled a bit with being honest about an unhelpful coping strategy, and Jenni could relate to what she discussed. Both realized they h…
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We all need ways to deal with our emotions, and Jenni and Suze share therapy and coaching strategies for coping mechanisms and distractions. They describe ways that they cope, constructively and potentially destructively, and they introduce a worksheet for Maxers to evaluate how they cope or distract themselves from feelings. Look for the new works…
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Are you biofeedback deficient? Do you notice how emotions affect you physically? Listen to Suze quickly review the types of feedback our bodies give us. Jenni and Suze share their stories of practicing the Maxer Method from episode 21. They realized that they both had similar childhood experiences and input, to ignore what their bodies tell them an…
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In episode 21, Suze and Jenni discuss in more detail the part our body plays in helping our minds understand emotions and feelings we have. They discuss resources and just a few of the many therapies available that help us understand what our body is saying, and what to do with that information. They commit to practicing the Maxer Method, observing…
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Jenni and Suze discussed practicing the Maxer Method from episode 20. For Suze, she realized that she wakes up low on the Emotional Set Point Chart most mornings. Ouch! Despite how hard it was, Jenni navigated a crisis well. Both continue to navigate their emotions to learn what information they are supposed to learn. Win, win! Download your copy o…
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Suze and Jenni continue to discuss emotions and feelings, utilizing a tool from Jenni called the Emotion Set Point Chart. We look at how emotions are energy in motion, that we can move from feeling powerless to powerful on the chart, as well as understanding the difference between power and force. Ready to give the Emotion Set Point Chart a whirl? …
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Jenni and Suze tell the story of how a conflict between them gave them a chance to practice what they’ve been preaching. This was their first event since they’ve known each other that they’ve reacted to each other. They share how they used what they’ve been learning through this podcast to work through it. And how they got to an even better place w…
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Do you ever wonder where your behavior comes from? Jenni and Suze did! Over time, Suze learned the value of thinking about the intensity of the emotion or feeling she was having, and she shares with Jenni the tool she acquired and fine-tuned to help gauge emotional intensity. Jenni and Suze recreated the tool Suze had, making it an Insight Maximize…
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In our last episode, the Maxer Method expanded our connection of emotions, feelings, and physical sensations. Jenni and Suze find that they both had similar physical sensations and emotions at a similar time in their days. Suze decided to feel her feelings, and Jenni waited. Much to their surprise, they ended up with the same result—a better unders…
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Why are we still talking about emotions and feelings? Because we keep having them! And they affect our lives on all levels. Join us as we dig deeper to understand what our brains do with emotions and feelings. And how emotions affect our physical bodies. We’re getting lots of insights, and you will too! Suze Gadol Anderson lives in Eugene, Oregon. …
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How did Episode 13’s Maxer Method go for us? Well, thank you! Suze and Jenni discuss how they observed their emotions. Do you avoid some emotions like Jenni notices she has a tendency of doing? Maybe you know what emotion you have because of a sign your body gives you like Suze mentions. However, you choose to practice the Maxer Method, keep it up!…
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