We are joined by friend of the podcast, Lindsay Armendariz to continue our conversation about All Better Now by Neal Shusterman. This time we are tackling the idea of altruism in the book. The concept of altruism is the idea of the selfless concern for the well-being of others, without the worry or care of yourself. Brandi puts Lindsay and Deanna in the hot seat to also define the ideas of “nice,” “kind” and what it means to be a “good person.” Giggles and good convos galore. Come join the fun!

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The Nerdy Psychologist Book Club is produced by Brandi Hawk, Ph.D. and Deanna Boys, M.A.

Special Guest: Lindsay Armendariz, M.S.

Photography-Lighting-Audio Mixer: Matthew Kadi

Original Music-Editing: Deanna Boys, M.A.

Bookshop link: https://bookshop.org/shop/thenerdypsychologistbookclub

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Brandi talks with author Amy L. Bernstein, author of 7 books, including the book Tent City, a fiction novel chronicling the devastating effects of an economic meltdown on a community and family. Amy is also a writing coach and is happy to support writers along their journey to finish their fiction novels.

You can check out more about Amy and her books on her website: https://amywrites.live/

The Nerdy Psych Book Club: the podcast where we destigmatize mental health through fantasy and dystopian fiction.

Picking up with our conversation about All Better Now by Neal Shusterman, we are talking about Morgan, the cruel and indifferent protagonist in the story. Dr. Brandi Liles joins us to explain about the concept of callous and unemotional traits in people. This one has less spoilers, except for the spoiler that Deanna and Brandi did not like this character no matter how much we tried. This episode is a nice one for someone who wants to learn about sociopaths. Come join the fun!

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The Nerdy Psychologist Book Club is produced by Brandi Hawk, Ph.D. and Deanna Boys, M.A.

Special Guest: Brandi Liles, Ph.D.

Photography-Lighting-Audio Mixer: Matthew Kadi

Bartender/Mixologist: Lee Klemens

Original Music-Editing: Deanna Boys, M.A.

The Nerdy Psych Book Club: the podcast where we destigmatize mental health through fantasy and dystopian fiction.

We’re starting off our series on the book, All Better Now by Neal Shusterman with a conversation about what it means to “be content.” We are joined by friend of the podcast, Dr. Brandi Liles. We do cuss a little in this one, and we do some small spoilers, but we talk about why only being content for the rest of your life might not be all it is cracked up to be.

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The Nerdy Psychologist Book Club is produced by Brandi Hawk, Ph.D. and Deanna Boys, M.A.

Special Guest: Brandi Liles, Ph.D.

Photography-Lighting-Audio Mixer: Matthew Kadi

Original Animation-Sounds-Bartender/Mixologist: Lee Klemens

Original Music-Editing: Deanna Boys, M.A.

Bookshop link: https://bookshop.org/shop/thenerdypsychologistbookclub

The Nerdy Psych Book Club: the podcast where we destigmatize mental health through fantasy and dystopian fiction.

We’re talking about the saddest boy in all the land, Prince Emmett in The Rose Bargain. We are also chatting about attachment style, consistent caregiving relationships and what happens when they are ripped from you by a cruel queen.

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The Nerdy Psychologist Book Club is produced by Brandi Hawk, Ph.D. and Deanna Boys, M.A.

Photography-Lighting-Audio Mixer: Matthew Kadi

Original Animation-Sounds-Bartender/Mixologist: Lee Klemens

Original Music-Editing: Deanna Boys, M.A.

Bookshop link: https://bookshop.org/shop/thenerdypsychologistbookclub

The Nerdy Psych Book Club: the podcast where we destigmatize mental health through fantasy and dystopian fiction.

We’re talking about the Pretty People Bias and the Halo Effect in The Rose Bargain, and specifically talking about the (spoiler alert) true villain of the story, Bram.

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The Nerdy Psychologist Book Club is produced by Brandi Hawk, Ph.D. and Deanna Boys, M.A.

Photography-Lighting-Audio Mixer: Matthew Kadi

Sounds-Bartender/Mixologist: Lee Klemens

Original Music-Editing: Deanna Boys, M.A.

Bookshop link: https://bookshop.org/shop/thenerdypsychologistbookclub

The Nerdy Psych Book Club: the podcast where we destigmatize mental health through fantasy and dystopian fiction.

We pick back up with our friend, Shayla Allen, LMFT and talk about negative self-talk or as Shayla puts it, “Stinkin thinkin” in The Rose Bargain. We talk about how Ivy is kind of annoying with her constant self doubt and negative thoughts…but we also realize that Ivy is just like us and we have to do our best to not believe every single thought that pops into our heads and to try to be a tiny bit nicer to ourselves.

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The Nerdy Psychologist Book Club is produced by Brandi Hawk, Ph.D. and Deanna Boys, M.A.

Special Guest: Shayla Allen, LMFT

Photography-Lighting-Audio Mixer: Matthew Kadi

Original Animation-Sounds-Bartender/Mixologist: Lee Klemens

Original Music-Editing: Deanna Boys, M.A.

The Nerdy Psych Book Club: the podcast where we destigmatize mental health through fantasy and dystopian fiction.

Our second season is starting with such a fun read, The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith. In this part we talk about the ladies in the book, their bargains; what they wanted and what it cost them. And it would not be book club if we didn’t also talk about what these bargains look like in our real life! Friend of the podcast Shayla Allen, LMFT joins our discussion where we giggle and chat about reality t.v. competitions, real housewives, media and how media and society really makes it hard to be a woman and stick together because we are constantly being pit against each other.

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The Nerdy Psychologist Book Club is produced by Brandi Hawk, Ph.D. and Deanna Boys, M.A.

Special Guest: Shayla Allen, LMFT

Photography-Lighting-Audio Mixer: Matthew Kadi

Original Animation-Sounds-Bartender/Mixologist: Lee Klemens

Original Music-Editing: Deanna Boys, M.A.