Episodes
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Lower Ego Power and Difficulty Resolving Conflict
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Lower Ego Power and Difficulty Resolving Conflict
Aired Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST
This week on It’s Your Ego—Stupid!, Dr. Nick will be looking intensely into the mirror of our ability to resolve the small and large conflicts, arguments, and disagreements that take place in our lives. These conflicts are inevitable because we each possess an individuality that makes us unlike anyone who has ever lived, is living, or will be living. It is this uniqueness in our being, rooted in our having been formed by a unique set of life events, relationships, and experiences, that sets the stage for this inevitable conflict. One of the tasks of life is to reconcile our differences in ways that can lead to growth and learning from conflict rather than the often seen distance and destructiveness that results from conflict. Conflicts that often last far too long, being fueled by the ego energy at work to keep them unresolved. Particularly, those involving our spouse or partner, parents, children, and siblings.
Unfortunately, for those with lower ego power, conflicts are opportunities for them to feel further weakened and disempowered. Consequently, they often keep their distance from conflict by failing to speak up or assert themselves when that would be the right thing for them to do. Sometimes, conflicts are necessary and can be a source of leaning and growth for themselves and others. But, they fail to be involved in them. They prefer to play it safe, rather than ruffling feathers, when some feathers need to be ruffled. Their failure to “draw a line” by refusing to engage in necessary conflict makes them excellent candidates to be exploited or manipulated by others. They often treat their needs or can be convinced by others that their needs are less important and secondary to those of others, leading to avoidance of conflict in which they should be standing up for themselves. Roles they may find their way into living, until they awaken to their ego energy, include the Victim, the Dependent, and the Conformist.
During the show I’ll be looking at symptoms, reflections of ego stupidity, and the impact on spiritual wellness which occurs when a person is being affected by lower ego power energy in their ability to work through and resolve conflicts. I’ll also be looking at specific ego insights needed to transform lower ego power into a healthier and more balanced place.
Please join me Wednesdays at 11:00 am (ET) when I will be sharing what you’ve taught me about what ego’s doing within your life, humanly and spiritually.
Visit the It’s Your Ego-Stupid! show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/its-your-ego-stupid/
Connect with Dr. Nick Martin at https://www.egoandspirit.info/
#LowerEgoPower #DifficultyResolvingConflict #EgoStupidity #EgoMedicine #EgoVoice #DrNickMartin #DrNickolasMartin #ItsYourEgoStupid
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Higher Ego Power and Difficulty Resolving Conflict
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Higher Ego Power and Difficulty Resolving Conflict
Aired Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST
This week on It’s Your Ego—Stupid!, Dr. Nick will be looking intensely into the mirror of our ability to resolve the small and large conflicts, arguments, and disagreements that take place in our lives. These conflicts are inevitable because we each possess an individuality that makes us unlike anyone who has ever lived, is living, or will be living. It is this uniqueness in our being, rooted in our having been formed by a unique set of life events, relationships, and experiences, that sets the stage for this inevitable conflict. One of the tasks of life is to reconcile our differences in ways that can lead to growth and learning from conflict rather than the often seen distance and destructiveness that results from conflict. Conflicts that often last far too long, being fueled by the ego energy at work to keep them unresolved. Particularly, those involving our spouse or partner, parents, children, and siblings.
Unfortunately, for those with higher ego power, conflicts are opportunities for them to feed their needs to feel over-empowered. Their intense need for feeling empowered fosters an approach to conflict in which they resort to harmful and destructive approaches, when necessary, in an effort to “win” in the conflict. Approaches that are immoral, unethical, or illegal are welcomed by them. Consequently, physical abuse, psychological abuse (sometimes subtle), humiliation, and intimidation, just to name a few, are some of the techniques they resort to using, in order to defeat those with whom they are in conflict. For them, there is no such thing as a “win-win” conflict. That would involve sharing power. All conflicts are “win-lose” and they must be the winner. Losing in a conflict (large or something small or petty) is unthinkable. It represents disempowerment which they find intolerable due to the nature of their ego energy. Roles they may find their way into living, until they awaken to their ego energy, include the Dictator, the Ultra-Competitor, and the Rebel.
During the show I’ll be looking at symptoms, reflections of ego stupidity, and the impact on spiritual wellness which occurs when a person is being affected by higher ego power energy in their ability to work through and resolve conflicts. I’ll also be looking at specific ego insights needed to transform higher ego power into a healthier and more balanced place.
Please join me Wednesdays at 11:00 am (ET) when I will be sharing what you’ve taught me about what ego’s doing within your life, humanly and spiritually.
Visit the It’s Your Ego-Stupid! show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/its-your-ego-stupid/
Connect with Dr. Nick Martin at https://www.egoandspirit.info/
#HigherEgoPower #DifficultyResolvingConflict #EgoStupidity #EgoMedicine #EgoVoice #DrNickMartin #DrNickolasMartin #ItsYourEgoStupid
Wednesday May 26, 2021
Lower Ego Vulnerability and Difficulty Coping with Stressors and Stress
Wednesday May 26, 2021
Wednesday May 26, 2021
Lower Ego Vulnerability and Difficulty Coping with Stressors and Stress
Aired Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST
This week on It’s Your Ego—Stupid!, Dr. Nick will be looking intensely into the mirror of our ability to cope with stressors and stress, that are a part of each of our lives. These include the work, health, financial, marital, and familial stressors that contribute to the build-up of stress in us over time, and which we are called upon to manage so that they don’t get the better of us. Stressors that can manage us rather than our managing them when we are failing to manage them. Leading to chronic stress that can precipitate major health problems, including heart disease and cancer, the top two causes of premature death. During the show I’ll be looking at symptoms, reflections of ego stupidity, and the impact on spiritual wellness which occurs when a person is being affected by lower ego vulnerability energy in their encounters with stressors and stress. I’ll also be looking at specific ego insights needed to transform lower ego vulnerability into a healthier and more balanced place.
Unfortunately, for those with lower ego vulnerability, they often have difficulty experiencing the healthy emotional warning signs to help them recognize stressors and if they are under stress. So, they have trouble experiencing the anxiety to cue them that somethings not right regarding what is happening in relationships, at work, in their health, or financial areas, that needs their attention. Thinking that everything is fine, when most certainly things are not fine, not even close to being fine. They can also be very stressful for the people they live with, who become frustrated with their failure to see and deal with the obvious problems, sooner rather than later, if ever. Roles they may find their way into living, until they awaken to their ego energy, include the Hedonist, the Logician, and the Inattentive Person.
Please join me Wednesdays at 11:00 am (ET) when I will be sharing what you’ve taught me about what ego’s doing within your life, humanly and spiritually.
Visit the It’s Your Ego-Stupid! show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/its-your-ego-stupid/
Connect with Dr. Nick Martin at https://www.egoandspirit.info/
#LowerEgoVulnerability #Stressors #Stress #EgoStupidity #EgoMedicine #EgoVoice #DrNickMartin #DrNickolasMartin #ItsYourEgoStupid
Wednesday May 19, 2021
Higher Ego Vulnerability and Difficulty Coping with Stressors and Stress
Wednesday May 19, 2021
Wednesday May 19, 2021
Higher Ego Vulnerability and Difficulty Coping with Stressors and Stress
Aired Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST
This week on It’s Your Ego—Stupid!, Dr. Nick will be looking intensely into the mirror of our ability to cope with stressors and stress, that are a part of each of our lives. These include the work, health, financial, marital, and familial stressors that contribute to the build-up of stress in us over time, and which we are called upon to manage so that they don’t get the better of us. Stressors that can manage us rather than our managing them when we are failing to manage them. Leading to chronic stress that can precipitate major health problems, including heart disease and cancer, the top two causes of premature death. During the show I’ll be looking at symptoms, reflections of ego stupidity, and the impact on spiritual wellness which occurs when a person is being affected by higher ego vulnerability energy in their encounters with stressors and stress. I’ll also be looking at specific ego insights needed to transform higher ego vulnerability into a healthier and more balanced place.
Unfortunately, for those with higher ego vulnerability they often respond to stressors by going into “fight or flight” mode. That is, they often experience more anxiety or anger than is necessary, and they remain in these emotions longer than necessary, even if the stressor has been dealt with. Compounding their difficulty, they can also become upset about their having become upset. Also, the flood of emotions often results in a lot of “emotional thinking” that is fitted with lots of distortions about the nature of the financial, health, work, relationship, etc. stressor and what to do about it. Often, going in the direction of over-reacting and even catastrophizing. Roles they may find their way into living, until they awaken to their ego energy, include the Stressed-Out Person, the High-Maintenance Partner, and the Overly Self-Critical Person.
Please join me Wednesdays at 11:00 am (ET) when I will be sharing what you’ve taught me about what ego’s doing within your life, humanly and spiritually.
Visit the It’s Your Ego-Stupid! show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/its-your-ego-stupid/
Connect with Dr. Nick Martin at https://www.egoandspirit.info/
#HigherEgoVulnerability #Stressors #Stress #EgoStupidity #EgoMedicine #EgoVoice #DrNickMartin #DrNickolasMartin #ItsYourEgoStupid
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Higher Ego Flexibility and Difficulty Coping with Stressors and Stress
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Higher Ego Flexibility and Difficulty Coping with Stressors and Stress
Aired Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST
This week on It’s Your Ego—Stupid!, Dr. Nick will be looking intensely into the mirror of our ability to cope with stressors and stress, that are a part of each of our lives. These include the work, health, financial, marital, and familial stressors that contribute to the build-up of stress in us over time, and which we are called upon to manage so that they don’t get the better of us. Stressors that can manage us rather than our managing them when we are failing to manage them. Leading to chronic stress that can precipitate major health problems, including heart disease and cancer, the top two causes of premature death. During the show I’ll be looking at symptoms, reflections of ego stupidity, and the impact on spiritual wellness which occurs when a person is being affected by higher ego flexibility energy in their encounters with stressors and stress. I’ll also be looking at specific ego insights needed to transform higher ego flexibility into a healthier and more balanced place.
Unfortunately, for those with higher ego flexibility they often cope with stressors and stress by listening too often to others and too little to themselves. Their openness and flexibility opens the door to getting “help” from the wrong people, with the wrong ideas about what they should or should not do, to handle a particular health, financial, or relationship stressors—only they don’t know it. Their naivete and gullibility making them good candidates to be the “blind following the blind” in which the intentions and questionable background/experience of those being followed is often overlooked. Unrecognized personal needs to be accepted, respected, trusted, and belonging to those being followed enhance the potential to be unquestioning followers and “true followers.” Roles they may find their way into living, until they awaken to their ego energy, include the Adult Child, the Cultist, and the Puppet.
Please join me Wednesdays at 11:00 am (ET) when I will be sharing what you’ve taught me about what ego’s doing within your life, humanly and spiritually.
Visit the It’s Your Ego-Stupid! show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/its-your-ego-stupid/
Connect with Dr. Nick Martin at https://www.egoandspirit.info/
#HigherEgoFlexibility #Stressors #Stress #EgoStupidity #EgoMedicine #EgoVoice #DrNickMartin #DrNickolasMartin #ItsYourEgoStupid
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Lower Ego Flexibility and Difficulty Coping with Stressors and Stress
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Lower Ego Flexibility and Difficulty Coping with Stressors and Stress
Aired Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST
This week on It’s Your Ego—Stupid!, Dr. Nick will be looking intensely into the mirror of our ability to cope with stressors and stress, that are a part of each of our lives. These include the work, health, financial, marital, and familial stressors that contribute to the build-up of stress in us over time, and which we are called upon to manage so that they don’t get the better of us. Stressors that can manage us rather than our managing them when we are failing to manage them. Leading to chronic stress that can precipitate major health problems, including heart disease and cancer, the top two causes of premature death. During the show I’ll be looking at symptoms, reflections of ego stupidity, and the impact on spiritual wellness which occurs when a person is being affected by lower ego flexibility energy in their encounters with stressors and stress. I’ll also be looking at specific ego insights needed to transform lower ego flexibility into a healthier and more balanced place.
Unfortunately, for those with lower ego flexibility they often cope with stressors and stress by approaching them with rigid and narrow thinking. This leads to their being stubborn and “pig-headed” in working with stressors and stress by thinking about them only in ways they want to think about them, rather than more openly and flexibly—ways they need to think about them. Consequently, they can often get caught up in using old, outdated, or failed strategies in dealing with health, financial, and familial stressors, rather than moving on to newer, better, and different approaches that are more effective. For them, doing that is an admission to their having been wrong. Which is something they can only do as a last resort, if at all. Roles they may find their way into living, until they awaken to their ego energy, include the Authoritarian, the Ethnocentrist, and the Paranoid Person.
Please join me Wednesdays at 11:00 am (ET) when I will be sharing what you’ve taught me about what ego’s doing within your life, humanly and spiritually.
Visit the It’s Your Ego-Stupid! show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/its-your-ego-stupid/
Connect with Dr. Nick Martin at https://www.egoandspirit.info/
#LowerEgoFlexibility #Stressors #Stress #EgoStupidity #EgoMedicine #EgoVoice #DrNickMartin #DrNickolasMartin #ItsYourEgoStupid
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Lower Ego Power and Difficulty Coping with Stressors and Stress
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Lower Ego Power and Difficulty Coping with Stressors and Stress
Aired Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST
This week on It’s Your Ego—Stupid!, Dr. Nick will be looking intensely into the mirror of our ability to cope with stressors and stress, that are a part of each of our lives. These include the work, health, financial, marital, and familial stressors that contribute to the build-up of stress in us over time, and which we are called upon to manage so that they don’t get the better of us. Stressors that can manage us rather than our managing them when we are failing to manage them. Leading to chronic stress that can precipitate major health problems, including heart disease and cancer, the top two causes of premature death. During the show I’ll be looking at symptoms, reflections of ego stupidity, and the impact on spiritual wellness which occurs when a person is being affected by lower ego power energy in their encounters with stressors and stress. I’ll also be looking at specific ego insights needed to transform lower ego power into a healthier and more balanced place.
Unfortunately, for those lower ego power they are often easily overwhelmed when confronted with financial, relationship, health, and work-related stressors. Their intense sense of disempowerment weakens their perceived ability to handle them on their own. Consequently, they often avoid dealing with stressors if they are happening, try to avoid being in situations that can lead to stress, or lean too much on others to handle the stressor for them, due to their sense of helplessness. This approach often leads to the fantasy in which they want to live in a stress-free life, which isn’t really living at all. Roles they may find their way into living, until they awaken to their ego energy, include the Dependent, the Depressive, and the Underachiever.
Please join me Wednesdays at 11:00 am (ET) when I will be sharing what you’ve taught me about what ego’s doing within your life, humanly and spiritually.
Visit the It’s Your Ego-Stupid! show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/its-your-ego-stupid/
Connect with Dr. Nick Martin at https://www.egoandspirit.info/
#LowerEgoPower #Stressors #Stress #EgoStupidity #EgoMedicine #EgoVoice #DrNickMartin #DrNickolasMartin #ItsYourEgoStupid
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Higher Ego Power and Difficulty Coping with Stressors and Stress
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Higher Ego Power and Difficulty Coping with Stressors and Stress
Aired Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST
This week on It’s Your Ego—Stupid!, Dr. Nick will be looking intensely into the mirror of our ability to cope with stressors and stress, that are a part of each of our lives. These include the work, health, financial, marital, and familial stressors that contribute to the build-up of stress in us over time, and which we are called upon to manage so that they don’t get the better of us. Stressors that can manage us rather than our managing them when we are failing to manage them. Leading to chronic stress that can precipitate major health problems, including heart disease and cancer, the top two causes of premature death. During the show I’ll be looking at symptoms, reflections of ego stupidity, and the impact on spiritual wellness which occurs when a person is being affected by higher ego power energy in their encounters with stressors and stress. I’ll also be looking at specific ego insights needed to transform higher ego power into a healthier and more balanced place.
Unfortunately, for those with higher ego power they often respond to stressors as if they are a threat to the control and over-empowerment they want to exert over what is taking place in their life. Consequently, they often try to deny, ignore, or minimize stressors so they can experience a sense of having the upper hand over them. Acknowledging stressors and stress is perceived as a reflection of weakness and disempowerment which the higher ego power person works very hard to avoid. Consequently, this avoidance often leads to stress building in them that gets manifested in the above mentioned health related issues and others, use of drugs or alcohol to alleviate unrecognized stress, and becoming physically or psychologically abusive of others. Roles they may find their way into living, until they awaken to their ego energy, include the Dictator, the Control Freak, and the Bully.
Please join me Wednesdays at 11:00 am (ET) when I will be sharing what you’ve taught me about what ego’s doing within your life, humanly and spiritually.
Visit the It’s Your Ego-Stupid! show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/its-your-ego-stupid/
Connect with Dr. Nick Martin at https://www.egoandspirit.info/
#HigherEgoPower #Stressors #Stress #EgoStupidity #EgoMedicine #EgoVoice #DrNickMartin #DrNickolasMartin #ItsYourEgoStupid
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Lower Ego Vulnerability and Difficulty Dealing with Adversity
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Lower Ego Vulnerability and Difficulty Dealing with Adversity
Aired Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST
This week on It’s Your Ego—Stupid!, Dr. Nick will be looking intensely into the mirror of our ability to deal with the adversity that we are all confronted with owing to the imperfection of our humanity. These include the various failures, losses, and mistakes we are all called upon to manage, from time to time. Life success is often a function of how well we get up and learn from them after having been knocked down by them. During the show I’ll be looking at symptoms, reflections of ego stupidity, and the impact on spiritual wellness which occurs when a person is being affected by lower ego vulnerability energy, in their encounters with adversity. I’ll also be looking at specific ego insights needed to transform lower ego vulnerability into a healthier and more balanced place.
Unfortunately, for those with lower ego vulnerability, they have a difficult time recognizing, taking responsibility, and looking for solutions to the problems they encounter. This is often due to the weak emotional cues, particularly guilt, they fail to experience. That can help them to see more clearly what has taken place, and their role in it. Thus, contributing to a “ripple effect” in which they have difficulty learning from their failures, losses, and mistakes; recognizing the harmful impact these can be having upon others; and difficulty receiving constructive criticism from those who are trying to help them. Help them to in dealing with preventable failures, losses, and mistakes, which they tend to repeat over and over again. Roles they may find their way into living, until they awaken to their ego energy, include the Sociopath, the Sadist, and the Inattentive-Person.
Please join me Wednesdays at 11:00 am (ET) when I will be sharing what you’ve taught me about what ego’s doing within your life, humanly and spiritually.
Visit the It’s Your Ego-Stupid! show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/its-your-ego-stupid/
Connect with Dr. Nick Martin at https://www.egoandspirit.info/
#LowerEgoVulnerability #DifficultyDealingWithAdversity #EgoStupidity #EgoMedicine #EgoVoice #DrNickMartin #DrNickolasMartin #ItsYourEgoStupid
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Higher Ego Vulnerability and Difficulty Dealing with Adversity
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Higher Ego Vulnerability and Difficulty Dealing with Adversity
Aired Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST
This week on It’s Your Ego—Stupid!, Dr. Nick will be looking intensely into the mirror of our ability to deal with the adversity that we are all confronted with owing to the imperfection of our humanity. These include the various failures, losses, and mistakes we are all called upon to manage, from time to time. Life success is often a function of how well we get up and learn from them after having been knocked down by them. During the show I’ll be looking at symptoms, reflections of ego stupidity, and the impact on spiritual wellness which occurs when a person is being affected by higher ego vulnerability energy, in their encounters with adversity. I’ll also be looking at specific ego insights needed to transform higher ego vulnerability into a healthier and more balanced place.
Unfortunately, for those with higher ego vulnerability, they are often consumed by feelings of anxiety and fear when encountering failures, losses, and mistakes. This tends to magnify the size of the problem they are confronting, which can make it seem larger than it is. And shrink their perceived ability to manage it. Their attempts to understand and solve problems can become flooded with “emotional thinking” which gets in the way of their effectiveness. They can also be prone to anticipate failure, otherwise known as fear of failure. Leading them to avoid situations that can lead to failure, losses, or mistakes, even when the risk of these occurrences are minimal. Roles they often find their way into living, until they awaken to their ego energy, include the Perfectionist, the Overly Self-Critical Person, and the Stressed-Out Person.
Please join me Wednesdays at 11:00 am (ET) when I will be sharing what you’ve taught me about what ego’s doing within your life, humanly and spiritually.
Visit the It’s Your Ego-Stupid! show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/its-your-ego-stupid/
Connect with Dr. Nick Martin at https://www.egoandspirit.info/
#HigherEgoVulnerability #DifficultyDealingWithAdversity #EgoStupidity #EgoMedicine #EgoVoice #DrNickMartin #DrNickolasMartin #ItsYourEgoStupid