Therapy Deep Dive: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and Positive Psychology
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker shares a deep dive on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and positive psychology. The phrase gets misused a lot, so we’re here to clarify that through the wonderful Mr. Rogers. His show tackled serious topics and taught children to process emotions in a healthy way. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is based on a true story between Mr. Rogers and a struggling journalist, Lloyd, who benefits from the friendship of Mr. Rogers and positive psychology. If you look up “wholesome” in the dictionary, he’d be there!
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Have you done this movie as part of "Cinema Therapy"? If not, please consider it. I thought you had, but it did not show up when I searched here.
We did a Deep Dive on it because it wouldn't perform well on the channel. But we loved it and wanted to talk about it just for Patrons. :)
Loved this and reminds me a lot of what Dr Brene Brown speaks on how we are hard wired for connection. ((Omg please reach out to Brene Brown she loves using movies and clips for her talks and I’m sure would love y’all))
Having Brene Brown on the show would be incredible! She's definitely on our list for potential future guests.
Beautiful analysis and such a great movie! OMG, we watched it after watching the documentary about Mr. Rogers that came out just before it hit theaters. Thank you for for this, Jonathan!
You're very welcome!
As a 90s kid, Mister Rodger's (syndicated PBS episodes) was my asbolute favorite as a kid with anger outbursts. I pretended to hate it in middle school but totally owned it in HS and beyond. I was devestated when they took it off the air. Thank you for doing this Jono!
You're so welcome!
Mr. Rogers and Bob Ross, pillars of quiet calm for 80s kids. 💗💗💗
… present! In the home! Not going anywhere! Talking to you! :GenXer fainting:
It was my favorite show growing up. A couple years ago I was crying really hard just becuase I missed him. And having the thought the world needs more Mr. Rogers in it. My mom saw me and thought something was seriously wrong. Through my tears I choked out that i missed mr. Rogers. She started laughing. As i look back at it it makes me laugh.
"What is grief if not love persevering?" I bet your mom laughed partly in relief for you "merely" mourning the loss of Mr. Rogers and the light he cast on the world. We do need so much more of Mr. Rogers. 💗 That's such a lovely memory, thanks for sharing 🥰
Mister Rogers will always be one of my heroes. On really hard days, I will still put an episode of his show on because it calms me down.
I'm not sure if Bob Ross has the same effect for you, but I do the same with his show 💗
This is really a wonderful clip Jono, thank you.
Anger is so much easier to bear than sadness, at least in grief and abandonment.
Agreed; it feels much more productive, like we can do something about it, but in reality it seems to be more damaging.