Sounds About Right: Audiobooks to Help Us Understand the World

#41: Addictive Ideologies: Finding Meaning and Agency When Politics Fail You with Dr. Emily Bashah

February 13, 2023 Episode 41
Sounds About Right: Audiobooks to Help Us Understand the World
#41: Addictive Ideologies: Finding Meaning and Agency When Politics Fail You with Dr. Emily Bashah
Show Notes

Dr. Emily Bashah is a licensed psychologist, author and podcast co-host with a private practice in Scottsdale, Arizona.

An expert witness in criminal, immigration, and civil courts, she has worked on high-profile cases covering issues of domestic terrorism and capital offenses, as well as first-degree murder.

I spoke with Dr. Bashah about the book she co-authored with Paul Johnson,  former Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona titled: Addictive Ideologies: Finding Meaning and Agency When Politics Fail You
 
Some of the topics we discussed includes: 

  • How her life experiences and identity of self, helped her get to the point of co-authoring the book.
  • How Addictive Ideologies work to absorb us off the responsibility of ourselves.
  • The role Political Leaders play in political ideologies
  • The escalating war between Isreal & Palestine. 
  • Have lessons truly been learnt? 
  • The psychology of terrorism, why does it happen? and what can be done to prevent it?
  • Some of the 7 Codes we can live by to own our agency
  • How  the people she has worked with, have taught her that happiness is an inside job



The Book and Audiobook: Addictive Ideologies: Finding Meaning and Agency When Politics Fail You is out now.

You can also find out more about Dr. Bashah on her website https://www.bashahpsychological.com





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