291 - How To Become Mentally Healthy. A Therapists Guide.
The Truth About Mental Health by Paula Sweet at Absolute Mind
Paula Sweet
4.3 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode of "Your Absolute Mind," We delve deep into the often overlooked aspects of mental health. Drawing on my extensive experience as a dedicated multimodal therapist for over a decade, I offer a compassionate, practical guide for anyone looking to strengthen their mental resilience and navigate the complexities of daily life's stresses.
What You'll Discover:
- Understanding Mental Health: Explore why mental health, despite being crucial, isn't as straightforward to nurture as physical health.
- Insights from My Therapy Practice: Gain insights from my 10 years + of experience in a demanding therapy environment, dealing with a wide spectrum of mental health issues.
- Daily Steps Towards Mental Wellness: Discover practical, actionable steps you can incorporate into your daily life to build a resilient and healthy mind.
- The Significance of Movement, Sleep, and Meditation: Learn about the three pillars essential for mental health, supported by real-life examples and therapeutic advice.
- Beyond Labels: Understand the importance of recognising and labelling emotions correctly to foster a healthier mental state.
- Empowering Personal Change: I share how taking control of your mental health can be empowering, with simple yet effective strategies that can dramatically change your life.
Featured in This Episode:
- My personal journey and what has led me to focus on empowering others to improve their mental health.
- An engaging analogy of a glass of water and stones to illustrate how daily stresses accumulate and impact our mental health.
- A breakdown of essential steps towards becoming mentally healthy, including practical advice and why consistency is key.
Resources Mentioned:
- Your Absolute Mind app: A tool I created to facilitate daily guided meditation practice, making it simpler than ever to incorporate meditation into your routine.
Join Us:
Tune in to "How to Become Mentally Healthy: A Therapist's Guide" for a deep dive into building a stronger, more resilient mind. Whether you're navigating stress, anxiety, or just seeking ways to improve your mental well-being, this episode is a must-listen. Remember, taking care of your mind is just as vital as taking care of your body, and with my expert guidance, you're on the right path to mental wellness.
Stay Connected:
Don't forget to subscribe to "Your Absolute Mind" on your favourite podcast platform and follow us on social media for the latest updates and tips on maintaining a healthy mind.
Thank you for joining me on this journey towards mental health empowerment. Remember, your absolute mind is your absolute power.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to today's podcast. I'm your host Paula Swedes of the Your Absolent Mind podcast. |
| 0:06.1 | Now today I want to discuss a topic that strangely enough doesn't seem to get a great deal of coverage. |
| 0:11.5 | In today's episode, we're going to try to answer the question, what does it take to become mentally healthy? |
| 0:18.2 | Now the reason why I think this is so fascinating is that so many of us tend to |
| 0:22.5 | understand what it would take to become physically healthy and we understand what it would take |
| 0:27.9 | to learn a new language or learn to play the piano. But when it comes to our mental health, |
| 0:36.5 | something that seems to plague so many of us nowadays, this idea of what does it comes to our mental health, something that seems to plague so many of us nowadays, |
| 0:39.3 | this idea of what does it take to become mentally healthy, escapes many of us. |
| 0:45.3 | So, what's the recipe for mental health? |
| 0:48.3 | What can each of us do every day that can help us to build our minds to become mentally resilient, mentally healthy, |
| 0:55.8 | and able to deal with the stress and the anxiety that the general day-to-day throws at us. |
| 1:01.0 | And we all know so well that there's absolutely no way of escaping the stresses that |
| 1:05.6 | creep up on us. Stresses are everywhere in our everyday life. We just don't look for them. |
| 1:11.6 | Now, as most of you know, I've been a full-time multimodal therapist for the past 10 years, and when I say full-time, I really do mean it. |
| 1:19.6 | Now, I only say this to emphasise the fact that in therapy world, therapists will generally work 10 to 15 hours a week maximum. And this might be because |
| 1:28.7 | they're working within an organisation that they carry out sessions infrequently or occasionally. |
| 1:34.8 | Or it might be that they're a part-time therapist, either in the mornings, the evenings, or just |
| 1:40.4 | at weekends. Well, I seem to have found myself in a uniquely stressful therapy environment |
| 1:45.8 | where I'm seeing between five and seven people every day |
| 1:50.0 | with a massive range of issues from the obvious anxiety |
| 1:53.3 | and stress through to the more complex issues, |
| 1:56.8 | such as personality disorders, extreme depression, bipolar, |
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