45. Sleep, Resilience and Agency with Dr. Darin Cairns
In this episode, I speak with clinical psychologist Dr. Darin Cairns to explore the power of the stories we tell ourselves. We discuss the critical role of sleep in bringing about meaningful change and moving towards the lives we want, as well as how fatigue influences the narratives we construct about ourselves. Finally, we talk about how our beliefs about the value of sleep can undermine our ability to care for ourselves.
This is a short clip, offering a taste of my longer conversation with Darin. Next week, I will share two more episodes from our eye-opening discussion: a longer episode with key clips (#46, The Power of Story to Get Unstuck and Find Agency) and a bonus episode with our full, largely unedited 2.5-hour conversation (#47, Finding the Hero in the Journey).
BIO
Darin Cairns has over 17 years experience in treating children, adults and families for a range of psychological disorders. Clinically, Darin has expertise in child, adolescent, family therapy and developmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorders. He also has extensive experience in adult mood disorders and works as a single expert witness. He was initially trained in Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), Clinical Behaviour Analysis and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy. After many years working with developmental specialists and clinicians, his frustration at not being able to bridge the gap from ABA to complex behavioural and emotional domains led him to Relational Frame Theory (RFT). He has since applied Relational Frame Theory (RFT) to hundreds of developmental programs for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and let this inform his work with therapies developed from RFT such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and other third wave Cognitive Behavioural Approaches.
ABOUT THIS PODCAST
In the DECODE Project Podcast, sleep physician and psychiatrist Dr. Cara Ooi uncovers the insights, strategies, and tools that make the biggest difference in doing hard things and bringing about difficult change, starting with sleep and going from there. Dr. Ooi created the DECODE Insomnia Clinic, a virtual clinic in Ontario, Canada that provides chronic insomnia treatment with the DECODE Insomnia Program and OHIP-covered consultation.
Music by Micheal Lerner
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