How to own your struggles so you can find sustainable healing (with Minaa B.)

CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Dr. Caroline Leif and welcome to my podcast, Cleaning Up the Mental Mass.
0:10.9	Have you ever thought that conflict between loving someone and disliking them at the
0:15.0	same time because of the impact their and managed struggles are having on you?
0:20.3	Do you battle with anger as a trauma response and perhaps this comes out in self-harm and suicidal
0:25.0	ideation?
0:26.0	Or maybe you know someone who's baffling with us and needs some guidance on how to
0:29.8	cope?
0:30.8	When today's podcast I have a deep and vulnerable and extremely helpful discussion with
0:36.2	licensed counsellor and social worker, Mina B, about how to talk about these difficult
0:41.2	issues and how to navigate these difficult relationships while protecting your own mental
0:46.2	health.
0:47.2	One of my favourite takeaways in my discussion with Mina today was how important it is to
0:51.8	have community and the importance of just listening to each other's stories, something that
0:57.9	happened in her life that quite literally saved her.
1:01.4	So let's dive in.
1:05.2	Mina, it's so lovely to have you back in the studio again.
1:09.0	You have the most beautiful smile, I must say, and I'm excited to talk about these important
1:15.6	mental health concepts that you and I both live in this world and you have some great concepts
1:21.5	around owning our struggles and I think in this world we almost have, there's almost
1:26.8	an encouragement on social media to, and kind of across the board, you know, instant
1:32.0	therapy and that kind of thing to blame a lot of external sources for the issues that
1:36.6	we have.
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