Levelheaded Talk

Conversations about the movement of our time: Emotional Sobriety. How to experience better relationships, better performance, greater satisfaction, and control over your habits, behaviors, and addictions.

10-20-2025 Very Different from Therapy

Dr. Vitz talks about the five misconceptions about Emotional Sobriety, starting with how EMSO can be confused with therapy.

10-20
10:10

10-17-2025 Motive

Dr. Vitz talks more about the 5 components of emotional insobriety, including what we’re trying to accomplish when we react.

10-17
06:42

10-16-2025 Emotionally Triggered Behaviors

Dr. Vitz talks more about the 5 components of emotional insobriety, including the behaviors we engage when we are emotionally intoxicated.

10-16
07:40

10-15-2025 Biochemical Addiction

Dr. Vitz talks more about the 5 components of emotional insobriety, including our unconscious reversion to the things that reinforce our false self-beliefs.

10-15
04:11

10-14-2025 Self Beliefs

Dr. Vitz talks more about the 5 components of emotional insobriety, this time addressing the operating system behind our emotions.

10-14
05:51

10-13-2025 Early Age Experiences

Dr. Vitz talks about the 5 components of emotional insobriety, starting with our early age experiences.   

10-13
08:02

10-10-2025 Where Are You Stuck

Dr. Vitz talks gives us a series of questions to ask as we seek to reveal an obstacle and the way around it. (Originally aired 08-02-2024)

10-10
08:49

10-09-2025 Take a Do-Over

Dr. Vitz talks about revealing what we might do differently and how that vulnerability enhances relationships. (Originally aired 08-01-2024)

10-09
04:51

10-08-2025 The Big Equals

Dr. Vitz talks about starting with the results you seek and taking actions from that perspective. (Originally aired 07-31-2024)

10-08
06:22

10-07-2025 Feeling Loved

Dr. Vitz gives us a question to ask our romantic partner at the end of a day. (Originally aired 07-30-2024)

10-07
06:53

10-06-2025 A Great Conversationalist

Dr. Vitz talks about what makes a great conversationalist and why we like talking with certain people. (Originally aired 07-29-2024)

10-06
10:57

10-03-2025 Emotions of the Past and Destructive Behaviors

Dr. Vitz talks about how emotions come from the past, and how our destructive behaviors are fueled by our emotional insobriety (numbers 4 and 5 of this week’s theme).

10-03
08:45

10-02-2025 The Danger of Our Emotions

Dr. Vitz talks about how we ignore the dangerousness that comes with emotional insobriety.

10-02
04:04

10-01-2025 Our Thoughts Sustain Our Emotional Loops

Dr. Vitz talks about how our thoughts make our emotions linger much longer than they need to, and sometimes even increase their intensity.

10-01
05:52

09-30-2025 The Five Blind Spots of Emotions

Dr. Vitz talks about the first blind spot of emotions, our own negative emotional state and the chemistry behind it.

09-30
04:38

09-29-2025 Cue Yourself to Identify Conflict

Dr. Vitz talks about putting yourself in the best position to identify and head off a conflict. (Originally aired 03-04-2024)

09-29
07:35

09-26-2025 Avoiding Conflict by Diffusing or Deflecting

Dr. Vitz talks about diffusing or deflecting conflict with a segue or and exit. (Originally aired 03-01-2024)

09-26
11:39

09-25-2025 Avoiding Conflict with Intention

Dr. Vitz talks about setting your attention and setting the tone to avoid conflict. (Originally aired 02-29-2024)

09-25
06:16

09-24-2025 Avoiding Conflict with Practice

Dr. Vitz talks about the practices that keep us in shape to avoid and, when necessary, to navigate conflict. (Originally aired 02-28-2024)

09-24
09:28

09-23-2025 Avoiding Conflict with Preparation

Dr. Vitz talks about preparing for conflict with thoughtfulness and positive acknowledgement, and not playing into the conflict. (Originally aired 02-27-2024)

09-23
10:36

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