Host David Eli Recinos explores how sports can support mental health by providing structure, emotional release, and social connection, while also revealing challenges with emotional regulation.

Using personal stories from childhood kickball to adult recreational softball, he shows how competition can both help and hinder emotional growth and how team sports foster resilience, cooperation, and identity.

The episode reviews research on exercise and mental health, discusses adapting to changes in ability, and offers practical ideas for using physical activity alongside other supports to promote wellbeing.

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In this episode, David Eli Recinos, LCSW, explores how ongoing global events and constant news exposure can increase anxiety, stress, and emotional uncertainty for many people.

He discusses how clinicians can help identify triggers, recommends limiting distressing media, and suggests practical strategies to promote balance, emotional regulation, and resilience.

The episode acknowledges that some listeners are directly affected by conflict and instability, and emphasizes compassion, connection, and holding on to values and supportive relationships as protective factors.

If the topics raise difficult emotions, the host encourages pausing, self-care, and reaching out to trusted people or a mental health professional for support.

המנחה דיוויד אלי ריסינוס בוחן כיצד חשיפה מתמשכת לחדשות ומשברים עולמיים יכולה להגביר חרדה, לחץ וחוסר ודאות רגשית, ועוזר למאזינים לזהות גורמי לחץ המשפיעים על רווחתם.

הוא מציע אסטרטגיות מעשיות - הגבלת צריכת חדשות, חיזוק קשרים, עיסוק בפעילויות משמעותיות ושימור חמלה - ומעודד לפנות לתמיכה מקצועית אם אירועים אקטואליים משבשים באופן משמעותי את חיי היומיום.

این قسمت بررسی می‌کند که چگونه قرار گرفتن در معرض اخبار ناراحت‌کننده و رسانه‌های اجتماعی می‌تواند احساس درماندگی، ترس و عدم اطمینان را افزایش دهد و راهکارهای ساده‌ای برای محافظت از سلامت عاطفی شما ارائه می‌دهد - مانند محدود کردن قرار گرفتن در معرض رسانه‌ها، مشارکت در فعالیت‌های متعادل و تکیه بر حمایت خانواده و جامعه. این قسمت تأکید می‌کند که افراد به طور متفاوتی به استرس پاسخ می‌دهند و گام‌های کوچک و شخصی می‌توانند انعطاف‌پذیری ایجاد کنند.

همچنین در مورد پتانسیل مشارکت اجتماعی بدون اتخاذ موضع سیاسی بحث می‌کنیم و شنوندگان را تشویق می‌کنیم تا روال‌ها و ارتباطات حمایتی را پیدا کنند که به آنها در مقابله کمک می‌کند.

El presentador David Eli Recinos explora cómo la exposición continua a noticias y crisis globales puede aumentar la ansiedad, el estrés y la incertidumbre emocional, y ayuda a los oyentes a identificar los factores estresantes que afectan su bienestar.

Ofrece estrategias prácticas —limitar el consumo de noticias, fortalecer las conexiones, participar en actividades significativas y mantener la compasión— y anima a buscar apoyo profesional si los acontecimientos actuales alteran significativamente la vida diaria.

O apresentador David Recinos explora por que a mudança parece impossível mesmo quando a desejamos, explicando como o cérebro prioriza a sobrevivência em detrimento da felicidade e como a amígdala e o córtex pré-frontal moldam nossas reações.

Ele enfatiza a responsabilidade pessoal radical como ponto de partida para a transformação e explica como traumas cotidianos e ocultos influenciam a regulação emocional e o comportamento.

O episódio analisa como os hábitos são neurologicamente reforçados e oferece cinco estratégias práticas — mudança de ambiente, acumulação de hábitos, pequenas recompensas, respiração em caixa e descanso consistente — para construir padrões novos e duradouros.

A cura é apresentada como uma prática lenta e repetida, em vez de uma única revelação: pequenas escolhas intencionais ao longo do tempo reconfiguram o sistema nervoso e criam mudanças reais.

Se quiser saber mais sobre mim, visite meu site e os links do meu podcast. https://www.davidrecinoslcsw.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/38YyZiCP0n7Bl3AeLZ6ynJ?si=IMpxJD_0QL-cR9JhO8P4fg Rádio iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/338-therapy-matters-with-david-102784426/ Apple iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/therapy-matters-with-david-eli-recinos-lcsw/id1648075752 Ouça no Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BH73RVLF?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=podcast_show_detail YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davidrecinos8426/videos

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This episode explains why change feels impossible: our brains are wired for survival, not happiness, so the limbic system often overrides our rational goals. It covers how everyday trauma shapes reactions, how habits form in neural circuits, and why new behaviors feel awkward at first.

Host David Recinos shows how radical personal responsibility—not blame—sparks change, and offers five practical, science-backed tools (change your environment, habit stacking, reward small wins, emotional regulation, and sleep/consistency) to start rewiring your nervous system.

Healing is framed as repetition, not revelation: tiny intentional choices repeated over time create new neural paths and lasting change.

If you would like to learn more about me, please visit my website & podcast links.

https://www.davidrecinoslcsw.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/38YyZiCP0n7Bl3AeLZ6ynJ?si=IMpxJD_0QL-cR9JhO8P4fg

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En este episodio, David Recinos explica por qué el cambio parece imposible: nuestro cerebro está diseñado para la supervivencia, por lo que el sistema límbico se resiste al cambio incluso cuando lo deseamos. Habla sobre la responsabilidad personal radical, el impacto oculto del trauma cotidiano y cómo los bucles de hábitos arraigan viejos patrones.

Recibirás cinco estrategias prácticas con respaldo científico para reconfigurar hábitos y regular las emociones —incluyendo cambiar tu entorno, acumular hábitos, recompensar los pequeños logros, practicar la regulación diaria y priorizar el sueño— y un recordatorio de que la sanación es repetición, no una sola revelación.

Si quieres saber más sobre mí, visita mi sitio web y los enlaces a mis podcasts. https://www.davidrecinoslcsw.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/38YyZiCP0n7Bl3AeLZ6ynJ?si=IMpxJD_0QL-cR9JhO8P4fg iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/338-therapy-matters-with-david-102784426/ Apple iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/therapy-matters-with-david-eli-recinos-lcsw/id1648075752 Escuchar en Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BH73RVLF?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=podcast_show_detail YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davidrecinos8426/videos

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