Unseen, Unheard, Undervalued is now available in the UK and will be released in the US on January 9th, 2024. Pre-Order your copy or purchase the audiobook today!
Dr. Scarlet was thrilled to be interviewed by News 8 about her new book and how our emotions can be our greatest strength.
ST Podcast Ep. 62: WandaVision
On this magical episode, Dr. Janina Scarlet and Host Dustin McGinnis take on the reality shattering new Marvel series: WandaVision.
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“All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they belong?”
-The Beatles “Eleanor Rigby”
A car honk. An angry, frustrated driver. People yelling obscenities through their rolled up windows that no one else hears. And all through it all, feeling the soul-ripping, devastating effects of social loneliness.
Chapter 3: The Letters From No One
Join Dustin a Dr. Scarlet as they explore Harry’s loneliness and need for connection. As well as, the psychology of paranoia and how personal identity cannot be suppressed.
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Two weeks ago my best friend of 17 years permanently removed me and over 70 other people from their life. There was no warning. There were neither signs nor conflicts leading up to this. There wasn’t an opportunity for a discussion, an agreement, or closure.
Sometimes loss has no rational explanation. Sometimes an end of a friendship, relationship, job or career, can feel like a part of us died. Jim Butcher, the author of the best-selling Dresden Files, describes a scenario in which his main protagonist, Harry Dresden, a wizard/private investigator discusses heartbreak as if someone’s soul is being ripped apart with a barbed wire on the inside. Continue reading Overcoming the pain of disconnection
The past two years have been extremely challenging for many people. Year 2016 can be categorized as the Year of Death – we saw more celebrity deaths than we normally do, having lost such inspirational people as David Bowie, Prince, Alan Rickman, Carrie Fisher, and many others.
Then 2017 happened. We saw drastic political changes and political unrest. We saw violence and the uprising and vocalization of white supremacy and a rapid increase in hate crimes and hate expression.
But we also saw love. And we saw hope. And justice.
Did you ever feel like you don’t belong? Like you are somehow different from the people around you? Did you ever wish you could escape to Hogwarts and find connection like Harry Potter did? I did.
I spent most of my life feeling like an outsider and wanting so badly to belong. Not fit in. But to truly belong. To be a part of something that was bigger than myself. Loneliness has been my biggest tormentor and my closest friend. I remember trying to explain to my family that I was feeling lonely even when I was around my friends. I remember feeling more connected to the characters in the fantasy books I was reading than to the kids around me on the playground. Continue reading Therapy Quest
Some people get up and go to work. Other people have to fight a dragon to get there. Or a series of dragons. Not real dragons, of course. Metaphoric ones – the dragons of despairing depression and agonizing anxiety, the dragons that burn us with shame about our supposed “not-good-enoughness” at the pit of our stomach. Those dragons.
Continue reading The Guide to Battling Inner Dragons for the Modern Geek
I was born in Ukraine, my family immigrated to the United Stated when I was 12. Being the new girl, who did not speak a word of English, and coming from another country and from a poor family meant getting teased, bullied, and not even understanding what or why this was happening. My family worked long hours and whether I was home alone or surrounded by people in my Junior High School, I was very lonely. It seemed like there was no one that was safe enough for me to talk to or connect with… that is until I started watching TV Shows.
Continue reading Psychology of TV Shows – how they help and why we love them
