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Guest Dr. Keith Witt:

Dr. Keith Witt is a Licensed Psychologist, teacher, and author who has lived and worked in Santa Barbara, CA. since 1973.

Keith’s work has explored Integrally Informed Psychotherapy, intimacy, human development, spirituality, and sexuality yielding eight books (Integral Mindfulness, Waking Up, Sessions, The Attuned Family, The Gift of Shame, Shadow Light, Shadow Light Workbook, and Loving Completely), three TEDx talks, and lectures and classes which he has taught across the U.S.

Dr. Keith Witt’s popular audio class, Loving Completely, is offered through Integral Life. Keith has conducted over sixty-five thousand therapy sessions, led many groups, and has been a contributor to Integral Life and the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice.

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In this episode, Dr. Keith Witt and Dr. Jessica Higgins discuss:  

• Understanding intersubjectivity – the unique space that exists between two people.
• Recognizing the powerful impact and influence of our emotional states on each other in relationship.
• Learning how to manage and shift out of reactive, defensive, and negative states and how to amplify positive states.  
• Attending to the three foundations of a relationship; tending to your friendship, love affair, and capacity to heal injuries. 
• Love can work between almost any human being if they’re willing to learn how to cultivate positive, effective states with each other and regulate the negative states. 

“In general, what characterizes a happy couple is that mostly they have positive states towards each other; they’re mostly influencing each other with positive emotions.” – Keith Witt  

Mentioned:

• ERP 093: HOW THE “SHADOW” INFLUENCES OUR GROWTH IN LIFE AND IN RELATIONSHIP WITH DR. KEITH WITT (podcast)
• ERP 050: EXPLORING LOVE & CONSCIOUS EVOLUTION WITH DR. KEITH WITT (podcast)
• Shadow Light: Illuminations at the Edge of Darkness (*Amazon Affiliate link)(book)
• Integral Mindfulness: From Clueless to dialed In (*Amazon Affiliate link)(book)
• The Attuned Family: How To Be a Great Parent To Your Kids and a Great Lover To Your Spouse (*Amazon Affiliate link) (book)
• Sessions:: All Therapy Supports Relationships Integrating Towards Unity (*Amazon Affiliate link) (book)
• The Gift of Shame: Why We Need Shame and How To Use it To Love and Grow (*Amazon Affiliate link) (book)
• Waking Up: Psychotherapy as Art, Spirituality, <Br>And Science (*Amazon Affiliate link) (book)
• Loving Completely: A Five Star Practice for Creating Great Relationships (*Amazon Affiliate link) (book)
• Dr. Keith Witt – A Five Star Practice for Creating Beautiful Relationships (TEDxAmericanRiviera)
• Two rules for guys: Dr. Keith Witt (TEDxAmericanRiviera)
• 100 reasons not to have the secret affair: Keith Witt (TEDxAmericanRiviera)

Connect with Dr. Keith Witt:  

Website:   www.drkeithwitt.com 
Books: amazon.com/Keith-Witt (*Amazon Affiliate link)

Connect with Dr. Jessica Higgins:  

Facebook: facebook.com/EmpoweredRelationship 
Instagram: instagram.com/drjessicahiggins 
Podcast: drjessicahiggins.com/podcasts 
Pinterest: pinterest.com/EmpowerRelation 
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drjessicahiggins 
Twitter: @DrJessHiggins 
Website: drjessicahiggins.com  
Email: [email protected]  

TRANSCRIPT:

Click on this link to access the transcript for this episode: ERP 176: How to Give and Receive Influence – an Interview with Dr. Keith Witt

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