Michael Todd Fink
Michael Todd Fink
You Are Not Your Memory
You Are Not Your Memory
You Are Not Your Memory
Thursday 22nd January 2026
Explore mental time travel's impact on mental health with Michael Todd Fink's insights on retrospection, prospection, and spirituality.
34 minutes
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Healing
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Author:
Michael Todd Fink
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Mindfulness & Emotional Wellbeing
Mindful Recovery
Spiritual & Personal Growth Journeys
Entrepreneurship for Personal Growth
Sexual Empowerment & Identity
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Episode Overview
- Understanding retrospection and prospection as unique human abilities.
- The cognitive triad of depression involves negative thoughts about self, world, and future.
- Therapies like narrative therapy can help navigate mental traps.
- Memories are adaptive processes rather than static recordings.
- Spiritual practices aid in healing by expanding consciousness.
"Our memories are not static recordings but adaptive processes serving survival rather than accuracy."
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? The latest episode of 'Kind Mind' with Michael Todd Fink, titled 'You Are Not Your Memory,' takes listeners on a fascinating exploration of mental time travel and its impact on our mental health. Fink, an artist and social activist, breaks down the concepts of retrospection and prospection—our unique human ability to mentally revisit the past and imagine the future.
This episode sheds light on how these processes, when unskilled, can lead to rumination and anxiety, trapping us in loops of past mistakes or future threats. Fink dives into the cognitive triad of depression, explaining how negative thoughts about oneself, the world, and the future form a triangle that must be disrupted for healing. He offers insight into how therapies like narrative therapy and future self-visualization can help individuals navigate these mental traps.
The episode is a thought-provoking mix of psychology, spirituality, and personal reflection, aiming to destigmatize mental health struggles by acknowledging their complex origins. Listeners will find themselves reflecting on their own relationship with time and memory. Fink argues that our memories are not static recordings but adaptive processes that serve survival rather than accuracy. He challenges us to widen our frame of thought, transforming memory into wisdom and viewing the future as an invitation rather than a threat.
As Fink eloquently puts it, true spirituality helps us expand our consciousness beyond self-centered narratives, encouraging healing through practices like meditation, service, and forgiveness. This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking deeper understanding of how time perception affects mental health and how spirituality can aid in recovery. So, what role does your memory play in shaping your identity?