Episode #134 Jonathan Decker and Alan Seawright on going to the cinema for therapy

February 18, 2022 Ian Dawson Mackay ALL PODCAST EPISODES, MASCULINITY & MANHOOD, MINDSET & MENTAL STRENGTH, TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE 01:14:24 0 Comments

TODAY's GUEST IS Jonathan Decker and Alan Seawright!

Today’s guest is Jonathan Decker and Alan Seawright.

Cinema Therapy is a hit YouTube channel in which a licensed therapist and a professional filmmaker explore what hit movies can teach us about life, love, and mental health.

Jonathan Decker is a licensed marriage and family therapist and clinical director of Mended Light, a trauma-focused counseling clinic.

Alan Seawright is a director, writer, editor, producer, and CEO of Telekinesis Entertainment.

In this interview, we discuss:  

  • The use of films to inspire, educate and motivate change.
  • Great character examples. 
  • The bond between the guys.
  • Cinema Therapy
  • And so much more!
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KEY POINTS & LINKS

Here are some key points that I would advise you to concentrate on
  • You can take wisdom, learning and emotional understanding from films, the writing, the use of color, the characters.
  • You can manipulate film character behavior and take the positive traits to use in your own life.
  • The use of stories to show abstract concepts can be a truly powerful tool to educate, inspire and motivate the audience.
  • The use of humor can be a great tool to help people be encouraged to learn and understand.
  • Healthy relationships and maintaining them take continual work and growth between each member.
  • Each movie will speak to different people on a different level. You need to be receptive to the messages the movie is giving.
  • People need to understand better and be open to change.
  • Watch the film with your brain turned on. What is the message it is giving? What are you relating to? What is annoying you? What inspires? Don’t look at the films as a chance to switch your brain off for two hours, but as a chance to learn, evolve and grow as a person through the story and its arc.
  • Empathy is a great tool, to emphatise with the characters, but you should choose if they are worth emulating depending on the quality of the character.
  • The thing that you react to in the film might be something that you need to consider in your own life.
  • True heroism isn’t just being big and strong. It is about being truth, responsible and virtuous during hard times.
  • Strength has many forms, and films are showing a greater range in the types in modern day films.
  • The transformation arc in a film isn’t always very realistic due to time constraints but life takes more twists and turns, but the journey is always worth it.
  • What you think about a film will change from person to person. You will go on your own personal journey and that is one of the greatest things about films, it gives you your own journey to go on.
  • Therapy is a great tool to use but it doesn’t always work first time. You may need to find an alternative, they should guide you along your own transformation.

SUGGESTED ACTIONS AFTER LISTENING

  • Subscribe to Cinema Therapy here.
  • Start watching films and TV shows with an open mind, consider films etc as a chance to learn, grow and evolve as a person, and not just a chance to spend a couple of hours. 
  • Become a Cinema Therapy Hero and access extra VIP goodies.
  • Be open and honest with yourself, where are you struggling with in your life, and using Cinema Therapy, can show you how to watch films to help you on the journey to help.
  • Consider therapy – it is not a weakness to talk to others and ask for help. Do you need support or are you struggling? If so, please seek help and google your nearest counselling or therapist service to arrange a chat, it may be the best move you ever make. 
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I’m a podcaster who interviews great examples of people to discuss and highlight the methods, hacks, tips and procedures you can use in your own life to help you develop and better your life. I would definitely not consider myself an expert, so to improve, I ask them and action it in my own life! My personal journey has been marked by awkwardness and awesomeness, OCD and ‘OMG’. I have suffered with depression, shyness, unhappiness and lack of focus and motivation so I know what’s it like to feel lost and hopeless. Back then, I wished I had a podcast to listen to and find actual fixes and concrete action steps and not just unobtainable suggestions and promotion of their products but couldn’t find it … so I made my own!

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