274 - Take Charge Of Your Mental Health - Challenge Week 1
The Truth About Mental Health by Paula Sweet at Absolute Mind
Paula Sweet
4.3 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to a transformative episode of "Your Absolute Mind." Today I wanted to challenge the notion of mental health as an uncontrollable force, shedding light on our potential influence over it.
Our mental health isn't just a product of uncontrollable factors; our habits, activities, and lifestyle choices play a pivotal role too. With an insightful garden analogy, I hope to inspire you to take proactive steps towards nurturing your mental wellbeing.
The episode concludes with a simple yet impactful hydration challenge that underscores the power of small, consistent actions. So, join me on this empowering journey towards mental wellness, where you aren't just a passenger, but an active participant.
And, I'll run another small but powerful challenge each week for the next 5 weeks giving you small steps to become mentally healthy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone and welcome back to Your Absolute Mind, the podcast in where we explore and rethink |
| 0:06.6 | mental health. I'm your host Paula Sweet and today I'm coming at you with a conversation that I do |
| 0:13.0 | hope is going to inspire a shift in perspective on mental health. Now it's become a societal norm that |
| 0:20.4 | we discuss mental health as though it's |
| 0:22.0 | just a random event, something that descends upon us without warning. I'm sure you will have heard |
| 0:28.0 | phrases like, I'm just having a bad mental health day, or I have bad mental health, which |
| 0:34.0 | subtly implies that these mental states are mostly beyond our control. |
| 0:38.3 | A bit like about of bad weather. |
| 0:41.3 | We don't know when it's going to come. |
| 0:43.3 | We can't control it. |
| 0:44.3 | We can't end it. |
| 0:46.3 | We just have to ride it out. |
| 0:48.3 | And while I don't dismiss these experience, all these perspectives on mental health, |
| 0:53.3 | they're valid and they're real for many |
| 0:55.1 | people. But I also believe that it's crucial that we start to introduce an alternative viewpoint |
| 1:01.9 | that might just empower us to start taking control. So today, I want to propose in this podcast |
| 1:09.3 | that our mental health is not entirely a product of uncontrollable |
| 1:14.6 | factors, but is significantly influenced by a string of physical and mental activities or lack of |
| 1:21.7 | that we've been engaged in over the past days, weeks, months and even years. |
| 1:30.4 | Now before we dive in, I want to set the stage with compassion and understanding. This podcast is not my intent to blame or add guilt to |
| 1:38.2 | anyone's mental health plate. I know firsthand how complex and multifaceted mental health is. |
| 1:44.7 | Mental health issues are real and sometimes there are results of circumstances that are |
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