“Your experience of life is determined mostly by your habits of attention and the patterned flow of your life energy.” – Steven Kessler

Dr Kessler's new book can be your guide to understanding yourself and others and developing emotional maturity. For all of us, unconscious survival patterns learned in childhood run our lives. Here's how to break their grip and take back control of your life.

1. Learn about the five basic survival patterns.

Learn to recognize the patterns in others.

2. Figure out which ones you automatically go into when you're distressed.

When under pressure, you probably first go into one particular pattern. Then, if that isn't handling the situation, you switch to your secondary, or backup, pattern.

3. Learn how to tell when you've gone into pattern.

Learn what each of your patterns looks like and feels like from the inside, so you can tell when you've gone into it.

4. Take steps to come out of pattern and back to being present.

Practice doing what is needed to bring yourself out of each pattern. Practice even when you're not in pattern so that you can still do it when distressed.

5. Heal the core wounds that are triggering your patterns.

Your patterns are fueled and triggered by deep old wounds. To remove that fuel, get help healing your core wounds.

This will give you back voluntary control over your thinking, feeling, and actions.

PART 2 - Guest, JONATHAN ROBINSON

Walk into Jonathan Robinson’s house and you are likely to see an array of objects that have earned him the title of “Dr. Feelgood” by all of his friends. First there is the recliner chair that puts you into a state of blissful oblivion. Maybe your eyes will fall to the trans-cranial stimulation device called “The Thync.” Then there are the Tinglers that fit on the head and the knees to create endless waves of pleasure. Or if singing makes you happy, consider the Singtrix that actually makes your off-key warbling sound like a pop or rockstar. And if all that fails, he’s got some surefire LEGAL cognitive-enhancing supplements that will boost you into the happy zone.

All these and more you will find in his new book The Technology of Joy: The 101 Best Apps, Gadgets, Tools and Supplements For Feeling More Delight In Your Life.

Robinson is one of the world’s leading experts on happiness and how to get there. A psychotherapist, bestselling author of 10 books, and a professional speaker who consistently presents to Fortune 500 companies, he has reached more than 100 million people around the world with his practical methods. Robinson has made numerous appearances on such shows asOprah, CNN, and the leading morning shows, and been featured in Newsweek, USA TODAY, and the Los Angeles Times.   He has spent more than forty years studying the most practical and powerful methods for achieving a state of personal life satisfaction and happiness.

The Technology of Joy is the culmination of Robinson’s personal experiments with a vast number of apps, gadgets, tools and supplements seeking the very best “happiness hacks.”