Asking For Help
It's Mental Health Awareness Week this week and so in today's episode I thought I'd talk about asking for help.
Therapy can be expensive and NHS waiting times can be very long.
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As well as 6 varying hypnotherapy tracks to listen to, again updating each Monday.
It doesn’t replace one to one therapy but I hope my content would be a great help to you on your journey to overcoming your difficulties.
Whilst you wait. Do please consider becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/richardnicholls and for £6 per month you will get access to over 20 sessions worth of psychotherapy related audio with updates every Monday morning.
As well as 6 varying hypnotherapy tracks to listen to, again updating each Monday.
It doesn’t replace one to one therapy but I hope my content would be a great help to you on your journey to overcoming your difficulties.
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Goal Setting & Desire
written by: Richard Nicholls
It's nice to live in the now, I whole heartedly recommend it.
But there's nothing more satisfying in life knowing that you're on a journey and you have a game plan.
Some sort of focus on a direction.
But there's nothing more satisfying in life knowing that you're on a journey and you have a game plan.
Some sort of focus on a direction.
Episode 197: Worrying & Acceptance
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I've talked a lot in the past about the need to control thoughts using distractions and deliberate, forced thinking in order to create a more positive mindset. But I think it's crucial to recognise the importance of accepting our thoughts too.
Cognitive Distortions
written by: Richard Nicholls
Cognitive Distortions are the thinking traps where our mind convinces us of something that isn't actually true.
Once habitual and almost a part of our personality, they can very often start the ball rolling for depression and anxiety.
Once habitual and almost a part of our personality, they can very often start the ball rolling for depression and anxiety.
Rejection Sensitivity
written by: Richard Nicholls
For many, anxiety is all about being vulnerable to the possibility of rejection.
It's normal for our brain to seek out the things that we fear and to notice dangerous possibilities. But for those with bad experiences they may have been primed from an early age to expect rejection by default.
Because of this their brain is going to start perceiving rejection everywhere.
It's normal for our brain to seek out the things that we fear and to notice dangerous possibilities. But for those with bad experiences they may have been primed from an early age to expect rejection by default.
Because of this their brain is going to start perceiving rejection everywhere.
Episode 196: Daydreaming
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People often frown upon daydreaming as being unproductive yet at the same time many others suggest that it improves creativity. Why the dichotomy?
I think this is a cultural problem more than anything. Because we seem to live in a culture that values productivity and immediate results rather than valuing the development of the skills needed to work out how to do it in the first place.
I think this is a cultural problem more than anything. Because we seem to live in a culture that values productivity and immediate results rather than valuing the development of the skills needed to work out how to do it in the first place.
Episode 195: It's OK To Be Selfish
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I'm sure you've heard the phrase "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" but I wonder if there needs to be a bit more to that.
Well, that's what I want to talk about today.
Well, that's what I want to talk about today.
Bonus Episode: Michelle Thomas
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Michelle Thomas is an author and podcaster. She's written for The Guardian, The Independent, Stylist, Standard Issue the list goes on.
And on top of that she also wrote a book inspired by her experiences of depression called My Shit Therapist: & Other Mental Health Stories.
I'm sure you'll both enjoy and appreciate what she has to share with you.
And on top of that she also wrote a book inspired by her experiences of depression called My Shit Therapist: & Other Mental Health Stories.
I'm sure you'll both enjoy and appreciate what she has to share with you.
Episode 194: Taking Action Today
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Whatever your goals are it's fair to say that reaching them won't happen by accident or through luck.
Luck might have a small part to play. But what are the chances that it's the only part when compared to the effects of the deliberate action that you take yourself?
Deliberate action wins any day I'd say.
So to do that there are some basic principles that you might need to follow so as to help you on your way and they don't involve starting tomorrow. They involve the present moment, right now.
Luck might have a small part to play. But what are the chances that it's the only part when compared to the effects of the deliberate action that you take yourself?
Deliberate action wins any day I'd say.
So to do that there are some basic principles that you might need to follow so as to help you on your way and they don't involve starting tomorrow. They involve the present moment, right now.
Bonus Episode: Matt Elswood
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Matt Elswood is a Chief Pharmacist specialising in mental health pharmaceuticals at Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust.
As well as being an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham he's also a really nice guy with a lot of interesting things to share with us.
Enjoy
As well as being an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham he's also a really nice guy with a lot of interesting things to share with us.
Enjoy
Episode 193: Gratitude
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Many self help and personal development books (my own included) will talk about the importance of gratitude as a way of boosting happiness and wellbeing.
Today we explore it in a little more detail.
Today we explore it in a little more detail.
The Lost Letter - By Richard Nicholls
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It had been 6 weeks since the funeral.
Long enough to get used to the idea that he was an orphan now. Dan had laughed a little when he first used that word, orphan.
How old do we have to be before we no longer describe ourselves as that? He thought to himself. But to him, Dan was an orphan. After all both his parents had died, first his Dad, although that was many years ago and now his Mum.
But, at 57 years old to describe yourself as an orphan seemed odd, hence…
Long enough to get used to the idea that he was an orphan now. Dan had laughed a little when he first used that word, orphan.
How old do we have to be before we no longer describe ourselves as that? He thought to himself. But to him, Dan was an orphan. After all both his parents had died, first his Dad, although that was many years ago and now his Mum.
But, at 57 years old to describe yourself as an orphan seemed odd, hence…
Grandads Gift
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I didn't believe him at first, I looked at him on the playground through squinted, suspicious eyes.
"There's no such thing as Santa Claus!" he'd said and laughed at me. Of course, if he was right then I'd been lied to through all of the 9 years of my life.
But I was a clever boy, and I could understand why, if it was true that there was no such thing as Father Christmas, all parents would collude with each other to create this magical present bringing character.
But I didn't want to hear it from the biggest idiot in the class on the last day of term…
"There's no such thing as Santa Claus!" he'd said and laughed at me. Of course, if he was right then I'd been lied to through all of the 9 years of my life.
But I was a clever boy, and I could understand why, if it was true that there was no such thing as Father Christmas, all parents would collude with each other to create this magical present bringing character.
But I didn't want to hear it from the biggest idiot in the class on the last day of term…
Bonus Episode: Robin Ince
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It's another bonus guest episode and this time it's the turn of stand up comedian and author Robin Ince.
We talk about intrusive thoughts, stage fright and why we all need therapy.
We talk about intrusive thoughts, stage fright and why we all need therapy.
Bonus Episode: Dean Burnett
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Today's bonus episode is with neuroscientist, stand up comedian and author Dean Burnett.
We chat about toxic positivity, emotional processing, addiction and many other things besides.
We chat about toxic positivity, emotional processing, addiction and many other things besides.
Episode 192: Supporting Others With Depression
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Everyone needs something different when they're going through mental health difficulties. But there are definitely a few Do's and Don'ts.