The Silver Disobedience® Podcast Hosted by Dian Griesel, Ph.D.

The pursuit of perfection when it comes to relationships with one's self, with loved ones, with family and with romantic partners only gets in the way of our ability to form healthy, authentic connections, explains clinical psychologist Dr. Carla Marie Manly. Tune in and learn how the search for such perfectionism in relationships is actually soul crushing and preventing the very thing we seek: Deeper connections.   

With a refreshingly direct and honest approach — plus doses of humor — Dr. Manly shares lots of ideas about living our best  during the ever-evolving journey of life. She has been cited by numerous media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Forbes, Oprah, Newsweek, NBC, HuffPost, Reader’s Digest, Psychology Today , Parade, Women’s Health and more. You may want to also look for Dr. Manly’s upbeat mental health podcast — Imperfect Love — on all major podcast platforms. Dr. Manly also co-hosts the Familius podcast, Helping Families Be Happy.

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Many of us would like to age in place -- meaning in the very home we are now currently living. Some of us will be caregivers for aging parents or others who may be joining us in our homes or elsewhere. Some people will be aging well -- yet this does not mean without normal aging challenges. Others of us may be coping with cognitive decline, memory loss, dementia and Alzheimer's -- as well as potential mobility issues.

During this podcast, Lisa Cini, a senior living design expert, shares some truly excellent ideas about how any of us might consider gradually making our homes safer for more practical living starting right now, as well as how me might want to consider complete overhauls for now or in the future.

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Welcome to the Silver Disobedience! I'm Dian Griesel your host. My guest for this episode is Ginni Conquest, Senior Agent at Wilhelmina Models for 40 years and a prolific writer of romance novels! In this podcast, Ginni will share how she balances her life and her process to get it all done!

Born in New Jersey, Ginni found her love of writing romance stories a few years ago. With a bit of intrigue, scandal, conflict and love, she enjoys creating these sweet and sexy stories that her readers can identify with. Ginni attributes her younger years of reading Harlequin romance books for putting her on the path she is on now.

Song of the Heart: The Beginning, and the next five books in this series, come from her love of music while singing in her own original rock band in New York City in the late 80s and early 90s. It’s been a dream of Ginni’s to write a Rock Star Romance series where she can call upon her own experiences of what it takes to be in a rock band. Her book “Unlawful Love” MC Club Romance book was one of the stories featured in the “Locked Up/Lawyered Up” Anthology Series through TNT/NYC. Teaming up with Amazon Best Selling Author Barbara Nolan, both writers supplied “crossover” stories which are now published as standalone novels through Amazon. Ginni’s Christmas story, “Believe and It Will Happen,” was part of another Anthology Series, “Mistletoe Over Manhattan,” that made the Amazon Best Seller Anthology list in Australia and Canada. Celebrating her 40th Anniversary as Senior Agent at Wilhelmina Models in NYC, Ginni juggles her writing time in the evenings and weekends. She resides in New Jersey with her husband and adorable Basset Hounds, Sammy and Jameson. She loves motorcycle riding, Cape May and 80s hard rock, especially KISS, Foreigner, Queensryche and Pat Benatar.

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Welcome to the SilverDisobedience® podcast! Today my guest is Judy Katz.

Judy Katz is a book collaborator, ghostwriter, publisher, and marketer. Along with obtaining literary agents and publishers for her authors, Judy helps promote their books to serve them as the ultimate reputation-building tool. Her most recent project, published in late November 2022, A Question of Respect: Bringing Us Together in a Deeply Divided Nation, has garnered significant media attention and is a WSJ Bestseller! A Holocaust memoir, Angel of the Ghetto, award-winning and inspired a documentary. To date, she has completed 50 books.

A graduate of UC Berkeley, Judy wrote a weekly column, “Meaning’s Edge,” in the Daily Californian for all four years. She later wrote for a medical ad agency and two McGraw-Hill Magazines before becoming PR Director for Madison Square Garden, the New York March of Dimes, and Director of Special Projects for the National MS Society. At age 65, Judy found her true calling when she began helping people become successful authors. Now 83, she continues to pursue her mission, passion, and purpose to help clients become successful authors.

Spirituality is typically seen as a personal journey of self-discovery, growth & connection to something greater than oneself. Once sense of spirituality may or may not be connected to a particular religion. People often speak about becoming “more” spiritual. Today, I’d like to discuss the idea of not becoming spiritually superior, but rather attaching ourselves to those ideas and actions that are spiritually superior. 

In this podcast, I’ll break this down into two concepts. I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks for visiting! I'm Dian Griesel, Ph.D. aka @SilverDisobedience  I am a perception analyst and hypnotherapist who works with private clients -- both individuals and companies all over the world -- to help them achieve greater understanding as to how perceptions impact everything we do whether personally or professionally.

Rejection hurts. When we've been rejected -- whether by someone we love or in a work situation -- it hurts. A lot.

That said, I'd like to share a few perspectives to help remind you about what rejection is -- and what it isn't. Further I'll add some ideas on what to do when you've been rejected by another.

I hope you enjoy the episode.

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I am a perception analyst and hypnotherapist who works with private clients -- both individuals and companies all over the world -- to help them achieve greater understanding as to how perceptions impact everything we do whether personally or professionally.

You've likely heard the words of Desiderata before. You've likely also heard a variety of stories about who actually wrote it! In this podcast, I'll share the history and a reading. I'm dressed as a pirate because some copyright pirating was involved in the history here!

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I am a perception analyst and hypnotherapist who works with private clients -- both individuals and companies all over the world -- to help them achieve greater understanding as to how perceptions impact everything we do whether personally or professionally.

Some of us are outfit repeaters. Some of us would never wear the same outfit twice without tweaking it in some way or another. What do either of these choices say about us? Do they reflect who we are? What's important? How we want to be perceived? What's important?

Please join me for this totally off-the-cuff free-thought-stream-of-thought story-telling podcast. AND THEN? I'd love to hear YOUR thoughts!

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I am a perception analyst and hypnotherapist who works with private clients -- both individuals and companies all over the world -- to help them achieve greater understanding as to how perceptions impact everything we do whether personally or professionally.

Do you ever wonder, "Why can't we just all get along?" It is a normal question to ponder. I do think getting along better is possible. Yet, to begin to get along better with others requires us to try to understand "where they are coming from" or their perspectives.

In this 12 minute mini-podcast, I break down a single common situation -- but share the perspectives of all parties concerned. From this -- you'll be better able to see where our differences arise on the most basic levels.

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I am a perception analyst and hypnotherapist who works with private clients -- both individuals and companies all over the world -- to help each achieve greater understanding as to how our conscious and unconscious perceptions impact everything we do whether personally or professionally.

We've all heard the expression, "Life's a journey, not a destination." Expanding on that idea, I prefer to the expression: There's more to life than picking up speed. In this podcast I explore what that means and what you can do to maximize your time in each moment.

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I am a perception analyst and hypnotherapist who works with private clients -- both individuals and companies all over the world -- to help them achieve greater understanding as to how perceptions impact everything we do whether personally or professionally.

These days it feels like negative energy is all around us. Kind of feels like we need a super suit to keep it from impacting our moods, energy, stress levels and overall well-being. In this uplifting podcast - I break down that negativity and all the doubt. Then I share 7 practical ways you can create your own super suit to combat negative energy and thrive.

Please subscribe if you like what you're hearing! I wouldn't mind if you shared this with your friends, either! ;-) Just sayin'...

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I am a perception analyst and hypnotherapist who works with private clients -- both individuals and companies all over the world -- to help them achieve greater understanding as to how perceptions impact everything we do whether personally or professionally. Text me to request a free 15-minute consult. 212-825.3210

Learning how to effectively communicate our boundaries or personal limits to colleagues, friends, and family is important to ensure that your needs are respected and so that you can maintain a healthy balance in your life. 

In this podcast, I share 8 Ways To Set Boundaries as well as 8 Ways to Negotiate Balance with Others When Setting Boundaries.

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I am a perception analyst and hypnotherapist who works with private clients -- both individuals and companies all over the world -- to help them achieve greater understanding as to how perceptions impact everything we do whether personally or professionally.

Is it possible to view our misfortunes in life positively? Maybe. And, maybe not. In this podcast -- in under 20 minutes -- I take a deep dive into whether the saying: "Misfortune makes us wise," is universally true. I'll give you a hint ... it will depend upon your perspective.

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I am a perception analyst and hypnotherapist who works with private clients -- both individuals and companies all over the world -- to help them achieve greater understanding as to how perceptions impact everything we do whether personally or professionally.

Wouldn't it be nice to be the calm presence when others are losing their S%&T? What if you could be a calm presence in any situation? How cool would that be?! Well part of becoming a calm presence is learning how to be a conscious participant. The two traits work hand-in-hand.

Over the next 13 minutes, I share how you can become presence and conscious participant for better relationships in your personal and professional lives.

As always, I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

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I am a perception analyst and hypnotherapist who works with private clients -- both individuals and companies all over the world -- to help them achieve greater understanding as to how perceptions impact everything we do whether personally or professionally.

To determine what is important to you it sometimes helps to eliminate what's not important first. In this podcast, we'll start with a look at all the stuff that's not so important...and then break down how you can really decide what is. Because, once you know what is really important to you, you have a roadmap towards more fulfilling days and a greater sense of personal accomplishment.

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I am a perception analyst and hypnotherapist who works with private clients -- both individuals and companies all over the world -- to help them achieve greater understanding as to how perceptions impact everything we do whether personally or professionally.

One of my favorite things to observe and study is the phenomenon called the “continued influence effect” which is where misinformation or misleading information continues to influence people's beliefs & judgments even after the misinformation has been corrected or debunked. CIE highlights the lingering impact of false or inaccurate information on individuals' thoughts and subsequent decision-making processes.  I think societally this has accelerated.

This is one of my longer podcasts -- but I think it may be one of the most important I'll ever record. In under 20 minutes I will explain how continued influence effect (CIE) impacts you and how you see the world. I'll also share strategies to develop greater critical thinking, as well as exercises you can test to help you understand the motivation behind holding onto conscious and unconscious perceptions that we hold near and dear -- even if they involve faulty, outdated thinking.

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In this episode I explore the idea of "intention." Intention is a mental stare or a conscious decision to act or behave in a certain way. It is an internal process we use to determine or formulate a goal or objective. But is intention enough? Not unless it is followed by commitment to act and pursue. Listen to this podcast and in less than 4 minutes -- I'll explain a bit about intention and how you can validate yours!

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You're not alone if you think it used to be easier to make friends. But this doesn't mean that you can't rekindle the skills you had as a child. In this 10 minute podcast, I explore the power of making new friends and offer a whole bunch of ways you can meet new cool, groovy people that are just like your cool, groovy self!

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Do you blame others for things going wrong in your life? Be honest. It's a big temptation and we all do it to some degree or another. But we also know: It doesn't feel good. Blaming is always following by needing to apologize and hoping that our outburst is forgotten. So why do we do it? Blaming others is actually a serious sign of how self-critical and unloved we feel. In this episode, I'm going to share thoughts on the blame game; why we do it; and most importantly: what we can do to stop.

I'm Dian Griesel, Ph.D., a perception analyst and the author/blogger known as @SilverDisobedience

Envy. That's an easy characteristic to pick up in a world-dominated by social media. In less than 6 minutes, I'll break down envy and give you a new perspective -- sharing how envy might actually be your ultimate motivator if you flip it on its head.

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Sometime we have to turn the page or close the book -- instead of sticking it out until the last chapter. In this mini-podcast we'll look at all the reasons we might choose to move forward...and assure you that you've got the experience to do so.

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In this episode: 10 Things You Can Do to Get Out of a Funky Mood -- I share fun, easy-to-do suggestions that are sure to elevate spirits and moods. But, you just have to choose to do them! Tune in and feel free to share this with your family and friends.

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Turn up the volume during this trance-formative meditation as it aligns your spirit and well-being with powerful oceanic forces. You can either listen with your eyes closed or keep them open. Either way, you'll hear meditative, hypnotic and inspiring words coupled with the sounds of the Ocean. Tell me how you feel as you power up your energy in just 3-minutes. Feel free to listen to come back and listen to this often!

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Many of us have had periods in our lives where we craved craziness and drama. Then, a day arrived when we wanted a little more peace. We hoped that things could be "normal." But does a normal life exist? Is it a real possibility? In this mini podcast we'll explore it!

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Are you your own authority figure? Do you make your own decisions -- and more importantly -- do you own the results (or consequences and responsibilities) of your choices and decisions?

Being your own "Authority" figure is a big marker of being a maturity and maturity is not an age-dependent factor. Maturity can develop at any age -- and it starts with taking responsibility.

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Do we really attract all that happens to us? Could this be true? Maybe, yes and no with a big disclaimer! Tune in to this mini podcast for the next 8:30 to hear a few thoughts! During the first 5 minutes I share an overview of the law and the theory behind it and during the last 3 minutes, Charlotte Reardon joins in with her thoughts on the topic!

Lastly, as always, it would be wonderful to hear yours as well!.

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Have you ever wondered what comes first? Self-esteem or self-confidence? More so, are they equally important? In this mini-podcast, in less than 5 minutes, I explain what you'll want to know about both characteristics.

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Do you re-act? When we find ourselves instantly & defensively reacting to a comment often this is because we are pulling information from old memory files. Instead of being present in the brand new moment -- that while it may feel familiar, is still actually a wholly new moment -- we "re-act" drawing on unconscious feelings gathered from past situation. This 3m14 sec. mini-podcast explores this.

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While it's quite common to have friends who are our own age -- are we missing out by not making friends with people who are both younger and older than we are? In this episode, Dian Griesel and Charlotte Reardon discuss their 30 year age difference along with other very important friendships in their lives -- that also involve big age gaps. The benefits of "friends of all ages" are explored.

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It seems to me that throughout our lives, we are either told to “act our age” or we spend time worrying about “becoming our age.” What’s up with our cultural issues regarding aging? Why don’t we just relax, welcome and embrace the benefits of the years we have lived? Good question! I think it is due to the socialization processes that we all go through from the day we're born. We're told what to do, how to do it, when to do it and more -- and we're often left doubting ourselves and worrying about if we're doing life right. This leads to all kinds of worries, anxiety & confidence issues.

The goal for each of my essays—on this podcast, in my books and on my daily blog—has remained constant: By sharing what my readers view as “practical, relatable yet challenging thoughts,” perhaps others can engage with my musings and find them to be comforting as we explore our connectedness and release many of the feelings of “aloneness” that we all grapple with to one degree or another throughout our lives. This dream has been realized beyond my wildest imaginings, thanks to the willingness of the hundreds of thousands who participate in a daily conversation on my website and social media accounts. The comments following each Silver Disobedience blog are as insightful and honest as I hope each of my essays is. This mutual dialog continues to be immensely heartwarming and underscores the joys of unanticipated “aging” consequences. Clearly, there is a collective desire to understand ourselves, our responsibilities and our relationships—including our desire to confront our differences in constructive ways instead of simply holding on to the need to be “right.” The ongoing conversation confirms that the essence of “Who we are” doesn’t change very much as we age—yet, we appear to believe wholeheartedly that each year has helped us to become better in myriad ways.

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Trusting Life? Seriously, that might feel like more of a challenge than ever before. So much feels like it is totally out of our control. The fact is -- yes, there are a lot of things that are out of our control. But -- and the truth usually comes after the word "but" -- there are still also plenty of things within our control. In this podcast I share a variety of things you can do -- starting right now -- to feel greater trust about how your life is unfolding.

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There are many kinds of friendships that we will develop throughout our lives -- from acquaintances, casual, work, close, social and besties. All of our friendships are important and they each have the ability to fulfill our different needs for human connection. Yet, it is very important to understand the differences between our varying friendships because much like most relationships, they are rarely one-size-fits all. IF we believe otherwise, we may be putting too much pressure on the relationship which might cause us to lose it or feel otherwise disappointed. Tune in for a new perspective on the value of all types of friends.

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Do you wonder if possibilities still exists for you? Take five minutes and listen to this I promise you’ll see possibility in a whole new way. I’m Dian Griesel aka @SilverDisobedience

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Finding new friends that you can connect with can feel daunting. But it is doable! And it is very worth doing! While maybe you're a bit out of practice, if you think your life would benefit from developing additional friendships, tune in for five minutes. I'm Dian Griesel, Ph.D. and along with Charlotte Reardon we will share several ways you can start today to expand your besties circle right away!

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There was a time that few questioned going to work or going out for dinners, dancing and fun. Then things changed. Suddenly, these simple basic choices were beyond our control. Such a startling loss of these everyday freedoms has left a residual impact for many and made some of us question or doubt our abilities to gather with friends, start new relationships, get back into office culture and to simply say "Hello" or "Let's get together." In this podcast, we begin an exploration on how to become more social and make new connections. We'll be diving even deeper in future episodes...but here's where to begin the discussion!

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I can literally speak about crashing and fear. I've lived through 3 plane crashes. Here in less than 5 minutes I'll explain why you don't need to crash to reap the benefits of fear. Check it out! 

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While we all might life to be "normal," there really is no normal. In the next 265 seconds...Less than 4 minutes, I'll explain why this is a good thing!

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Could you use some more energy? I bet! We all could. In the next 242 seconds I'm going to share exactly how to get more energy now! It's a reading from my book, The Silver Disobedience Playbook: 365 Inspirations for Living and Loving Agelessly. Check it out while you're running around...or relaxing! You'll have a new perspective and will feel better! 

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Don't you sometimes wish you could have that glam life you see on social media everyday? Wait. What? It's not real? Everyday Life is real? What IS everyday life anyway? In the next 262 seconds...less than 5 minutes...I'll share a new perspective in this reading from my book, The Silver Disobedience Playbook: 365 Inspirations for Living and Loving Agelessly. Check it out! 

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Desiderata by Max Ehrmann is a timeless piece of inspiring literature. In five minutes, this essay reminds us all of the good that exists in the world despite all the signs of suffering. 

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On October 10th, 1981 I had a plane crash -- my first of 3! In 8 minutes I'll share what I learned. You might be surprised to find out how my crash can help your perspective on life when things don't go according to plan...and that might be a good thing!

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None of us always want to accept things as they are. But practicing positive acceptance can be learned. In 198 seconds this excerpt from my book The Silver Disobedience Playbook: 365 Inspirations for Living and Loving Agelessly explains why we struggle with acceptance and what we can do about it. 

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While things in your life might seem to be going not-so-well? The worst has already happened! You might think that's a bold statement to make. But I promise, in the next 199 seconds? I'm going to prove it to you! What do you have to lose? Nothing except some self-doubt! Check it out! 

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In less than 30 seconds, capture the true essence of what beauty is and how you can become instantly beautiful. 

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In this Silver Disobedience Personal Power meditation you will be gently guided and learn how to use your own personal power to release any negative energy while you increase access to your own powerful energy, resulting in greater understanding, healing and love. After you listen you can drift off to sleep or wake up energized. You are welcomed to return to listen to this free guided meditation as often as you desire.

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Join me for a free, deeply relaxing guided meditation. In my new meditation series I will share free hypnosis downloads. This is a beginner meditation. It’s good for people of all ages who just want to relax and access the power of their own minds.

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In 244 seconds I’ll give you a new perspective on risk, choices and whether you want to change the road you’re on…or trust a bit more in how life is unfolding.

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Rejection hurts. But it is a very good teacher. In the next 281 seconds, I’ll explain the most import take-away lessons that you need to know to move forward in a positive way.

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In this podcast episode I share a huge communication hack that will help you get to the heart of a conversation or problem that is being discussed (or not being discussed!) much more quickly.

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