Episode 222: Mindful Moments
Someone asked me recently what the difference is between meditation, mindfulness and hypnosis. So I thought I'd go into it a little today and encourage you to take some mindful moments to train your brain.
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Episode 221: Dealing With Entitled People
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Are we ALL entitled to an opinion?
Am I really worth L'Oreal's products?
All these questions and more on this month's exciting instalment!
Am I really worth L'Oreal's products?
All these questions and more on this month's exciting instalment!
Episode 220: Anniversary Reactions
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An increase in distress around the anniversary of a traumatic event is often called an anniversary reaction.
It can range from feeling mildly upset for a day or two to more extreme reactions where someone experiences significant psychiatric or even medical symptoms.
The good news is that we know when it's coming!
It can range from feeling mildly upset for a day or two to more extreme reactions where someone experiences significant psychiatric or even medical symptoms.
The good news is that we know when it's coming!
Episode 219: Happiness In A Depressing World
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When the oceans are filling with plastic, the cost of living is high and everyone seems to hate each other it's not easy to be the optimist and promote happiness.
So what can we do?
So what can we do?
Episode 218: Comparison
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"Comparison is the thief of joy" said Theodore Roosevelt over a hundred years ago.
He knew it then and we all still know it now. But do we actually remember that when the time comes?
He knew it then and we all still know it now. But do we actually remember that when the time comes?
Episode 217: Forgive and Forget
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The dictionary defines "to forgive" as this: Verb. To stop feeling angry or resentful towards someone for an offence, flaw, or mistake.
But language evolves. And maybe, to you, forgive and forget doesn't mean letting go of something so as to feel better. It means forgive the abuser and forget the victim. And it shouldn't.
But language evolves. And maybe, to you, forgive and forget doesn't mean letting go of something so as to feel better. It means forgive the abuser and forget the victim. And it shouldn't.
Bonus Episode: Andrea McLean
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I was recently contacted by TV legend Andrea Mclean. Andrea has been working in the media for years but recently made the decision to take her life in a different direction and created an online community called This Girl Is On Fire all about personal growth.
This week is the launch of an App that accompanies it and so I thought it would be nice to get her on the podcast to talk a little bit about it.
I hope you find what we say useful!
This week is the launch of an App that accompanies it and so I thought it would be nice to get her on the podcast to talk a little bit about it.
I hope you find what we say useful!
Episode 216: Can We Not Care What Others Think?
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Worrying about what people think is a common issue.
Almost everyone comes into therapy with some aspect of this. It's worth drilling down on who we actually mean though, when we say to ourselves that we worry what "other people" think.
Who are these anonymous other people?
Almost everyone comes into therapy with some aspect of this. It's worth drilling down on who we actually mean though, when we say to ourselves that we worry what "other people" think.
Who are these anonymous other people?
Episode 215: Sensitivity
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Because of what's called neurodiversity everyone's brain responds differently to stimulation.
Whether that's environmental or chemical stimulation.
Today's episode is about thriving in a stimulating world when our brain is sensitive to it.
Whether that's environmental or chemical stimulation.
Today's episode is about thriving in a stimulating world when our brain is sensitive to it.
Episode 214: Mental Focus
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Today is all about losing concentration, procrastinating and the reason why to be at your best you need to rest makes so much sense.
Episode 213: Situational Anxiety
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Situational anxiety is different to a generalised anxiety and needs working with in a slightly more "cognitive" way.
Today I talk about how to deal with some specific events that may be coming up in your life.
Today I talk about how to deal with some specific events that may be coming up in your life.
Episode 212: The Negativity Bias
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Did you know that after experiencing a negative stimulus in order to get your emotional state back to where it was before hand you need at least 4 experiences of something positive to erase the effects of that one experience of something negative?
Episode 211: Control
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When it feels as if the world is falling apart, our instincts can kick in to try and protect us by creating an urge to control as much as we can.
The thing is many of life's challenges are outside of our control anyway. Today we explore how to handle things when life feels out of control.
The thing is many of life's challenges are outside of our control anyway. Today we explore how to handle things when life feels out of control.
Episode 210: Overwhelming Emotions
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Emotions can overwhelm is to such a degree sometimes that we feel completely out of control. Complete rage or total panic.
How we handle those sorts of situations is going to be different for everyone, but maybe there are a few ways that you can learn about today.
How we handle those sorts of situations is going to be different for everyone, but maybe there are a few ways that you can learn about today.
Episode 209: Life Changes
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Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher is quoted as once saying "Everything changes and nothing remains still. You cannot step twice into the same stream" I think he probably got the idea from Heraclitus who said “The only constant in life is change”
So even 2 and a half thousand years ago we knew what we were up against. That change is normal and needs to be accepted.
But that doesn't make it any easier when big things happen does it?
Episode 208: Dealing With Toxic People
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Love it or hate it, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas isn't it?
Unfortunately for a lot of folk, the people we might be expected to spend time with are not always the people whose company we enjoy.
Unfortunately for a lot of folk, the people we might be expected to spend time with are not always the people whose company we enjoy.