491: You Need These Skills to Detach From Overthinking & Anxiety | Dr. Julie Smith
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
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🗓️ 25 August 2022
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/491drjuliesmith
Dr. Julie Smith (IG: @drjulie) has over ten years of experience as a clinical psychologist and is one of the first professionals to use TikTok to give insights on therapy.
She launched her TikTok channel with the mission of making top-quality mental health education accessible to all.
Today we’re discussing Dr. Julie’s book, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? It gives Everyday Tools for LIfe’s Ups & Downs.
In this episode, we discuss:
- The 5 foundations of good mental health
- How to form new habits
- Stop holding onto perfectionism
- What is the spotlight effect?
- Stress can absolutely be your friend
- It's time to prioritize your sleep
- Dr. Julie’s rise to TikTok stardom
- Practice acceptance and commitment therapy
- How to create values & goals in your life
- Trust your own judgment
- Why you need both routine and adventure in your life
- How to make a self-soothing box
- Understanding how to work with your emotions
- Mindfulness is a valuable tool for tackling rumination
- Learn from your experiences
- What is your idea of a meaningful life?
- Do you have a fear of death?
- Social connection is everything
- How to use mindfulness every day
- Your mental health influences your physical health
- Breathwork is a powerful tool to manage anxiety
- How to grow your confidence
- Be willing to be vulnerable
- The power of journaling
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Dr. Julie Smith - Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? (book)
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| 0:00.0 | coming up on the Ultimate Health podcast. So you can experience that wash of |
| 0:05.0 | emotion as an experience, not who I am. You know, it doesn't mean I'm unable to cope. It's just a |
| 0:09.5 | wash of anxiety. And then I'm going to choose what to do with it. And kind of stepping back from |
| 0:16.1 | emotion in that way and seeing it as an experience that can be useful because emotion always has |
| 0:21.2 | something to say about what I'm experiencing right now. And I get to choose whether I listen to that |
| 0:26.2 | or not is really empowering. It really sort of shifts your relationship with |
| 0:32.3 | or human experience. |
| 0:39.2 | Hello and welcome to Ultimate Health podcast episode 491. I'm Jesse Chapus and I'm here to take |
| 0:45.2 | your help to the next level. Each week I'll bring you in-depth conversations with health |
| 0:49.6 | and wellness leaders from around the world. This week I'm chatting with Dr. Julie Smith. |
| 0:54.3 | Julie has over 10 years of experience as a clinical psychologist and is one of the first |
| 0:59.0 | professionals to use TikTok to give insights on therapy. She launched her TikTok channel with the |
| 1:04.4 | mission of making top quality mental health education accessible to all. Today we're discussing |
| 1:10.1 | Julie's book Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before. It gives everyday tools for life's ups and downs. |
| 1:16.4 | Highlights of our conversation include the five foundations of good mental health, |
| 1:21.0 | creating values versus goals in your life, how to make your very own self soothing box, |
| 1:27.2 | mindfulness is a valuable tool for tackling rumination and how to grow your confidence. |
| 1:32.6 | As always if you'd prefer to watch versus listen this full interviews available |
| 1:36.8 | over on YouTube you can get there by going to ultimatehelppodcast.com slash YouTube. Be |
| 1:41.9 | sure and subscribe while you're there so you don't miss any of the future interviews as well. |
| 1:45.8 | If when you get to the end of this conversation you find it impactful and you can think |
| 1:49.6 | of somebody in your life right now that might be struggling with their mental health. |
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