S2E17: The Cure for Cabin Fever: Tips for Clearing Quarantine Head Fog with Dr. Betsi Little
Dr. Betsi Little (Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, Univ. of North Dakota & prof. at Palomar College) shares a “Quarantine Positive Psychology Intervention Challenge” she offers to her students & provides tips for clearing quarantine head fog. Betsi's research focuses on the perceptions held of, and by, marginalized populations She lives in San Diego with her husband, toddler and beagle, Kyle. We met Betsi when she was the chair of Psychology when Jeff was Academic Dean at Trinity Lutheran College. She now lives just down the road from the Taosurfer Ranch, in sunny San Diego County, where they’ve got California Burritos.
Betsi first discusses the power of one’s mindset and how it can help determine success or failure when learning something new, for more information on this topic you can listen to this YouTube video with Carol Dweck, “Developing a Growth Mindset”.
Here’s a link to the video Betsi mentioned from Soul Pancake which showcases what happens when you go one step further in expressing gratitude by making gratitude phone calls, “An Experiment in Gratitude: The Science of Happiness”.
A few mindfulness and meditation app suggestions we discussed:
If you appreciated the content on this episode, Betsi shared this website https://positivepsychology.com/
where you can dive deeper to learn more.
Forgive some of the ambient sounds. We tried a different recording platform to add a guest; unfortunately, we had some technological and outside sounds, but hopefully they aren’t too distracting.
To hear more from Betsi, check out previous interviews she did with Jeff and Dan on the old Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast on the psychological issues related to social media and also physiology of addiction.
Here’s a Taosurfer post Jeff did on foraging in Orange County, California, as mentioned on the show.