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The Dr. Leaf Show

Podcast 332: Overcoming toxic “should have” and “could have”

The Dr. Leaf Show

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Get a free Cleaning up Your Mental Mess workbook when you subscribe to my weekly email at drleaf.com! EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk about those thoughts that tend to steal our peace and affect our mental health, such as “would have”, “should have” and “if only”. Read the show bog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/thought-that-steal-your-peace Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips. Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747 Get your tickets to my 2021 Mental Health Retreat: https://www.drleafconference.com OFFERS FROM OUR SPONSORS: -Oak Essentials: Reveal your best skin with Oak Essentials at oakessentials.com! You can purchase the entire 5-step routine for $195, or try your first product for 15% off when you use code LEAF at checkout. -NOOM: For your special offer see: noom.com/DRLEAF -Jenni Kayne: Find your forever pieces today at jennikayne.com And get 15% off your first order when you use code LEAF at checkout. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS: 3:00 Thoughts that can steal our peace 3:20 How thoughts can become toxic mindsets 4:30 What it means to be “triggered” 6:40 How our experiences become memories 8:30 The difference between thoughts & mindsets 12:20 Making our thoughts work for us & not against us 15:50 How to use self-regulation to manage toxic thoughts 20:00 What is a probability mindset & why is it important? ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources Follow me on social media for daily mental health tips & strategies: -Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/- -Facebook: Dr. Caroline Leaf: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf -Twitter: @drcarolineleaf: https://twitter.com/DrCarolineLeaf -Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/drcarolineleaf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:44.1

Hi, welcome to Cleaning Up, your mental mess.

0:51.6

I'm your host, Dr. Caroline Leif.

0:53.4

And today we're going to be talking about those thoughts that steal or piece.

0:59.1

Back, if only, could help, should help, would help.

1:04.4

I can't.

1:06.1

How many times have you said those?

1:08.4

I tell you so many times.

1:11.4

I had to do so many 63 day neuropsychals to get myself through those and I tell you I'm

1:17.1

a different person, sick, free from not getting completely tormented and torturing myself

1:22.8

with if only as cruddles, woodles and churros.

1:25.1

So I'm going to explain what those are and how we can manage those today and I'm doing

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