Are you ready to transform the way you tackle stress, particularly during the holiday season? Get ready as Dr. Celia Williamson peels back the layers of the true journey to success and the role of self-care in that process. Listen in as we reveal the real struggles, real work, and raw grit it took to get there, and how self-care was a significant part of the journey.
Discover a simple guide to improving mental health in the moment, something we tend to ignore especially when things get hectic during holidays. Get ready for Dr. Celia's spectacular share - a mental health guide she found online which offers a self-care solution for every emotional state you may find yourself in. From feeling unloved to feeling overwhelmed, we got you covered! Let's dive into the profound impact of changing your thought patterns and how this simple shift can lead to a more joy-filled life. Remember, it's not selfish, it's self-care!
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Welcome to the Self Care Society podcast with your hosts, celia Williamson, ashley Kutcher, louis Guardiola and Carrie Shaw. A podcast devoted to those whose job it is to help others get or remain mentally, physically and emotionally healthy, but who also need to take care of themselves. How we're going to do this? By first showing you the filtered, pretty version of success and then the real struggles, real work and raw grit it took to get there, how they took care of themselves and also achieved their goals while doing it Together. We will work with you to improve and maintain your internal health and growth, while helping you achieve your external goals and your next professional achievement in life, and we're excited to show you how to follow your own individual and unique path and achieve the dreams you have, while taking good care of yourself. So let's get started. Welcome to the Self Care Podcast. I'm Dr Celia Williamson, and the holidays are right around the corner. It's almost mid-November, we have Thanksgiving coming up, followed by Christmas and followed by the New Year, and, of course, many of us are still working our jobs, still trying to help all the families, all the people that we can help take care of our own family, and we might be doing an extra shopping for the holidays, buying food we have to cook. We might be doing our Christmas shopping or doing it online or in person, so there's that added stress. So I want to leave just a little short episode on how to improve your mental health in the moment. I read this online. I thought it was amazing and I've been putting it into good use.
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It's very simply if you feel like everyone hates you, eat. If you feel like you hate everyone, sleep. If you feel like you hate yourself, shower. If you feel like everyone hates everyone, go outside. Change your environment. If you feel overwhelmed by your thoughts, write them down. If you feel lost and alone, call a friend. If you feel stuck in the past, plan for the future. If you feel anxious about the future, focus on the present. If you feel you're not enough, list your accomplishments. If you feel you can't control anything, organize something small. If you feel unloved, do something kind for yourself. If you feel no one understands, express yourself creatively. If you feel restless, take a long walk. If you feel like giving up, remember a time you succeeded. If you feel invisible, help someone in need. If you feel too much pressure, do a simple task you enjoy.
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It's really all about attitude. So I'm going to leave you how you approach life. So I'm going to leave you with this sort of thought about feeling and thinking and doing. It says if you always think what you've always thought, then you'll always feel what you've always felt. If you've always feel what you've always felt, then you always do what you've always done. And if you always do what you've always done, then you'll always get what you've always gotten. And if you always get what you've always gotten, then you will always think what you've always thought. So, during these holidays, pay particular attention to your self-talk and what you think, because if you change the way you think, if you change your attitude, then you'll change the way you feel about certain situations. And if you change your thinking and your feeling, you'll change your behavior. And if you change your thinking, feeling and behavior, you will experience more joy in life. It's all up to you. Take care during these holidays. That concludes this week's episode. And remember it's not selfish, it's self-care.