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This is the podcast where each week you and I meet a guest to help us pay attention to something we should know about as well as answer some of your questions.

This week we're talking about therapy, people's attitudes toward seeking help, education on how our minds work and how to start talking about mental health.

Joining me this week is Dr Julie Smith. Julie is a clinical psychologist who shares bite-sized

mental health and motivational videos online at Dr Julie Smith on Tik-Toc, Instagram and

YouTube. Her online audience has grown astronomically through

2020 as particularly young people have related to her videos and put her

advice into practice. You might have come across her online sharing advice such as this.

Imagine you're at a train station and there are two trains you can choose from.

One looks really old and uncomfortable, it looks unsafe and you're not even sure it can get you there.

But the other one looks flash, it looks

flash it looks a luxury it seems safe and comfortable and they'll even serve you

drinks so of course you sit down in that one and wait to leave as you sit there

waiting you notice the old train coming and going several times and

all these other people seem to be just getting on with their journey but your train

is stuck in place going nowhere you begin to realize that to get to where you want to go, you're going to have to step off this comfortable train and take a risk with the old looking one.

But now you're comfortable, so it's so much harder.

So if you're struggling to make that move in life, try shifting your focus from how you want to feel now to where you want to be in the future.

And keep reminding yourself of two things.

One, why you want to get there so badly in the first place and two, that the discomfort

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