Good evening, everybody. How are y'all doing? I hope you're getting through the week, getting through

the day, getting through the month. Sometimes we've got to bite size it and it's just about getting through

the next couple hours. I'm serious when I say that I laugh, but sometimes I need to kind of

slice the day, week or month down into chunks of time. Kind of focus on just, hey, what do I need to do today?

All right. And I'll figure out what I got to do tomorrow, tomorrow as long as we do it by the

week. I want to remind everyone, there's a lot of different tips and tricks and tools.

Ooh, got to find a word to combine all that tips, tricks and tools to really kind of bump that up and feel the impact. So remember, it's not always

about what's happening in the moment. Often what really determines our mood and our mental health

is the generalized perspective or the symbolic presence or lack there of something. Here's what I

mean when I say that. What's helped a lot of

patients in my practice is we set up a calendar and I tell them you want this visual calendar,

use the keyword as visual, always in sight or at least able to be seen. Putting it in your phone

for some works, but for most of us, we need to see it. We need to bump into it.

I'm going to get there in a minute.

Bear with me.

It's kind of like how I say, whatever you're working on, leave Post-it notes around.

You have to bump into reminders of whatever it is you're trying to practice or work on for that day.

This is the work of mental health.

We can't think. It's like I have to tell my patients.

You know, therapy isn't just once a week sitting down and venting.

It's also saying, where's my work?

Challenging my thinking, challenging my behavior.

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