Mental Health Works
168 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Making therapy accessible and changing the world one thought at a time. mental health works is a podcast dedicated to supporting the understanding and interpretation of the struggles we face as human beings. Crated by a clinical psychotherapist/counsellor Disree Shaw, Mental health works seeks to support emotional and mental change by making therapy accessible.
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The Shaming Of You
January 03, 2023 16:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBNew year new me Because the old me wasn’t good enough, or so many of us think. So what do we do every single year to shame ourselves into doing better? Christmas is the time for jolly and all that, bringing us closer to people we want to see and some we are happy to see at that time only. We eat we drink we laugh then we feel bad about ourselves, as the nights grow colder we don’t want o go out we want to stay in and reach for more handfuls of nuts or crisps or sweets or cake or biscuits...
What Negative Beliefs Are Holding you Back
January 02, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBNegative beliefs have so much power over what you do and don't do. So many times I have tried to overcome a negative belief only to be held accountable for what I am attaching meaning to. To break free from this, we gotta understand the link, where is it coming from, what triggers it and what are we avoiding what is the pleasure we gain fro not dealing with his belief Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register ...
S.H.R.E.D Creating new habits
December 31, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBCreating habits can be a very difficult task. often we make the new habits way too complicated and it takes too much work to even conceptualize them. S.H.R.E.D. stands for Sleep, Hydration, Relaxation, Exercise, and Diet. When we shred all the old stuff we can make room for the new stuff. Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
Failing to Lose weight, every New year, WHY?
December 30, 2022 17:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBEver made that promise to yourself at the start of every year? No sugar no dairy no carbs, I must lose weight this year. I must get my summer body. But only to fail come the following month of February, by March you don't even bother getting your gym kit out but April who is gym is there guy down the road called Jim. Why do you do this, because of the stories you ar telling yourself, the ideas about yourself that keep rushing through your mind, and the self-loathing that you embark on y...
Is it A Relationship, Situationship, Dictatorship or Rockingship
May 03, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBDefine the types of relationships we find ourselves in by categorizing the terms of what the relationship is actually doing. I have termed a relationship as a journey of combined partnership Sitauionship as an interaction based on convenience Dictatorship is a controlled manner in which an interaction is directed Rockingship is a volatile experience of interaction. Which one are you in? ]This does not just apply to intimate relationships but ones that we have with those around us. Identif...
Your Mind Body and Brain
May 02, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MBThis podcast is about how to harness the power that you have over yourself. The importance of how the mind powers the processing of the brain which directs the body into an=ction Your brain is like a computer, your mind is the operating system, and your body functions and actions in the order of the brain which is structured by the mind. Generating a mindset that supports you or goes against you is all down to you. You are in charge and you can create develop or go towards a demise if th...
Emotional Connection to Food
April 28, 2022 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBEmotional connection to food, simply put as comfort eating. When we choose foods based on trying to gain a comforting emotional experience. The unhealthy way to go about eating. On the flip side, dieting, the restriction the punishment the shaming the blaming the constant comparison. How to get past this and treat yourself better. Recognize why you reach for the foods you eat. In this podcast, I explore my own journey with food. I have been documenting my own weight loss journey, howev...
Trust Yourself
December 06, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBTrust in yourself supports your belief in yourself and totally enables you to simply be yourself. It is common that many of us simply don’t trust ourselves, we fear our emotions our thoughts and we stuff it down. Often this results in feeling trapped stuck and unable to express ourselves. Now firstly there is no such feeling as being trapped but the feeling of hurt, anger, depression contribute to thoughts of not being able to speak and feel free because of how it may be perceived by othe...
Trust Yourself
December 06, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBTrust in yourself supports your belief in yourself and totally enables you to simply be yourself. It is common that many of us simply don’t trust ourselves, we fear our emotions our thoughts and we stuff it down. Often this results in feeling trapped stuck and unable to express ourselves. Now firstly there is no such feeling as being trapped but the feeling of hurt, anger, depression contribute to thoughts of not being able to speak and feel free because of how it may be perceived by othe...
Tackling Your Inner Saboteur
December 01, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBOur inner saboteur seeks to tell us how we are not able to achieve so don’t try. Those of us who experienced bullying in one way or another take on the belief that we will be bullied and nothing can stop that unless we follow a set of rules and assumptions that we created in order to keep ourselves safe from the world. For example, your inner saboteur may state “nobody likes me” this becomes engrained and therefore evidence when placed in social situations we may shut down not respond fi...
Tackling Your Inner Saboteur
December 01, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBOur inner saboteur seeks to tell us how we are not able to achieve so don’t try. Those of us who experienced bullying in one way or another take on the belief that we will be bullied and nothing can stop that unless we follow a set of rules and assumptions that we created in order to keep ourselves safe from the world. For example, your inner saboteur may state “nobody likes me” this becomes engrained and therefore evidence when placed in social situations we may shut down not respond fi...
Affirmations Intentions and Coping Statements
November 18, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBAffirmations intentions and coping statements Mindset controls, the ability to set your mind in motion to deliver the emotions and thoughts that support you to move forward. Intentions are so powerful but can sometimes go askew when we started creating unattainable intentions that require us to reach for impossible highs that bring us to our defeat when we cannot achieve the There is a better way to support your abilities and manage your direction by the use of intentions and a...
Affirmations Intentions and Coping Statements
November 18, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBAffirmations intentions and coping statements Mindset controls, the ability to set your mind in motion to deliver the emotions and thoughts that support you to move forward. Intentions are so powerful but can sometimes go askew when we started creating unattainable intentions that require us to reach for impossible highs that bring us to our defeat when we cannot achieve the There is a better way to support your abilities and manage your direction by the use of intentions and a...
Why don’t men talk about their feelings
November 01, 2021 09:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBThe simple straight-up answer, many aren’t raised with the tools and skills to do so. Men are taught to be strong, run lift bring home the bacon, build do more. We don’t account for the natural human emotion that runs through us all as human beings even being a factor for men. It’s a toxic environment when we send the message that big boys don’t cry and men mustn’t cry. We proportion emotions into roles, women are trained to communicate and affect their emotions be it negatively or pos...
Is Anger Bad?
October 20, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBAnger isn’t bad Society sends a message that anger is bad, that if you get angry then you will suffer because of it. Quotes about not being angry and choosing to be happy flood memes and social media, people try so hard not to be angry and believe that striving for ultimate happiness is the answer to life, just be happy, just smile and it will never happen. What utter nonsense, yes nonsense, We are emotional creatures, this is what makes us human, what separates us from the animals, ...
Getting Over Addiction The As, Bs and The Cs
October 06, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBThe need for something in order to feel good satisfied on a high or even to feel in control Addiction takes the form of many different possibilities, it can be substance misuse, drugs alcohol, exercise, food, gambling, sex, or behaviours such as OCD tendencies Getting over an addiction is not merely to stop taking the substance or stop the act as that merely controls the situation. A time and the addiction can and often do show up in another area of our lives. Understanding why the need...
Unhooking Your Thoughts
September 27, 2021 07:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBThe superpower to all emotional and mental challenges, the hook. Unhooking your thought allows you to get back into now and take charge of your present moment which is right now. Unhooking is the ability to recognise that your thoughts are just thoughts not facts not a reality just thoughts. For more please visit www.disreeshaw.com Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
How To Stop Perfecting
September 12, 2021 18:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBFor AL;l the perfectionist put there, here is the podcast that could help you with those debilitating acts of perfection, procrastination and self flagellation. All in one tidy podcast, ok nooo it is not going to be so easy, but this is the first step. The support podcasts to this podcast are , Why So Perfect, What is Compassion and What does your Self talk ay about you . If you want to contact me you can go via my website, www.disreeshaw.com or find me on instragram DisreeShawOfficial
How To Stop Perfecting
September 12, 2021 18:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBFor AL;l the perfectionist put there, here is the podcast that could help you with those debilitating acts of perfection, procrastination and self flagellation. All in one tidy podcast, ok nooo it is not going to be so easy, but this is the first step. The support podcasts to this podcast are , Why So Perfect, What is Compassion and What does your Self talk ay about you . If you want to contact me you can go via my website, www.disreeshaw.com or find me on instragram DisreeShawOfficial ...
Pain, CBT Compassion, Mindfulness
August 22, 2021 21:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBPain is relative however it is absolutely inevitable but the way in which we suffer is totally optional. That sounds like a very strange concept but it is true. owe we suffer is on us how we deal with he pain is on us. the most effective way is to be mindfully compassionate. I describe this in this podcast
Pain, CBT Compassion, Mindfulness
August 22, 2021 21:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBPain is relative however it is absolutely inevitable but the way in which we suffer is totally optional. That sounds like a very strange concept but it is true. owe we suffer is on us how we deal with he pain is on us. the most effective way is to be mindfully compassionate. I describe this in this podcast Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
WHY SO PERFECT: THE PERFECTIONIST
August 09, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBWhat is a perfectionist? Too many times we hear the words I am such a perfectionist. Well are you really. What re the struggles of a true perfectionist, the procrastination the struggle the extremely high unrelenting standards. Perfectionist do not have it easy, neither are they sitting pretty believing that they are perfect. www.disreeshaw.com
WHY SO PERFECT: THE PERFECTIONIST
August 09, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBWhat is a perfectionist? Too many times we hear the words I am such a perfectionist. Well are you really. What re the struggles of a true perfectionist, the procrastination the struggle the extremely high unrelenting standards. Perfectionist do not have it easy, neither are they sitting pretty believing that they are perfect. www.disreeshaw.com Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
Progressively Relax
April 09, 2021 05:52 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBProgressive muscle relaxation, supporting you to be present and mindful of you and the feelings inside your body. Open your mind to creating your own feelings of calm picture from enviro elements project AMR PODCAST
Progressively Relax
April 09, 2021 05:52 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBProgressive muscle relaxation, supporting you to be present and mindful of you and the feelings inside your body. Open your mind to creating your own feelings of calm picture from enviro elements project AMR PODCAST Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
Micro-Aggressions
March 01, 2021 07:35 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBThe difficulty in the subtlety of exclusion. The unintended or intended differences that can be highlighted in an attempt to separate and disempower https://disreeshaw.com/ Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
Micro-Aggressions
March 01, 2021 07:35 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBThe difficulty in the subtlety of exclusion. The unintended or intended differences that can be highlighted in an attempt to separate and disempower https://disreeshaw.com/
Push Past The Fear
February 15, 2021 09:35 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBPushing past the fear and facing the reality. Digging deep and realising your worth. https://disreeshaw.com/ Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
How Do You Do Friends
February 11, 2021 08:44 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBWhat is your friendship style? Are you often checking if your friends are your friends.? If you are then you probably aren’t aware of what you are putting into your friendships Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
Avoid Burnout
February 09, 2021 08:42 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBKnow the signs, are you burning out? Recognise your symptoms and take action check your anxiety and depression using this https://disreeshaw.com/questionnaire/gad-7-anxiety/ Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
Avoid Burnout
February 09, 2021 08:42 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBKnow the signs, are you burning out? Recognise your symptoms and take action check your anxiety and depression using this https://disreeshaw.com/questionnaire/gad-7-anxiety/
Who Is A Narcissist?
February 03, 2021 09:59 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBIn this podcast I explore the distinction between the covert and overt. Outlining the male narcissist and the female narcissist https://youtu.be/EZ9PnckCdfU Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
January 27, 2021 13:08 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBWhat story are you telling yourself that keeps you in your emotional loop https://youtu.be/KSBgsyzvaRc
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
January 27, 2021 13:08 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBWhat story are you telling yourself that keeps you in your emotional loop https://youtu.be/KSBgsyzvaRc Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
Self Talk What does Yours say about You
January 26, 2021 10:08 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBInner self talk, the root of your self esteem confidence and self worth. Does your support you or does it chip away at you. https://youtu.be/aRKZ-GO6-Zg Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
Understanding Compassion
January 25, 2021 11:15 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBWhat is self compassion, being able to be self kind and mindful about how you fell https://youtu.be/tzAlaT7B7ww . Self compassion is problem solving
Understanding Compassion
January 25, 2021 11:15 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBWhat is self compassion, being able to be self kind and mindful about how you fell https://youtu.be/tzAlaT7B7ww . Self compassion is problem solving Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
How To Forgive
January 21, 2021 09:48 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBThe steps to achieving forgiveness and acceptance, releasing yourself from the pain and channeling your energy to move forward https://youtu.be/p7L3nHNoKtc. Support you to be comfortably you https://youtu.be/aRKZ-GO6-Zg Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
Forgiveness: What it is and what it isn’t
January 20, 2021 08:31 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MBForgiveness has been prescribed in ways of just letting go. Well if only it was that simple. The process explained https://youtu.be/_Dxm2rohuqo Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
Forgiveness: What it is and what it isn’t
January 20, 2021 08:31 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MBForgiveness has been prescribed in ways of just letting go. Well if only it was that simple. The process explained https://youtu.be/_Dxm2rohuqo
Confidence: How do you rate yours?
January 19, 2021 08:59 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBIs your confidence low or is it high. So many of us are hiding how low we feel about ourselves and suffering in silence. Confidence change is powered by you and effected by you. You are in control of you and you can make whatever change you want https://youtu.be/p7L3nHNoKtc Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
Stay Sane Amidst The Chaos
January 15, 2021 11:50 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBWhen everything around is creamy and doesn’t make sense. How do you keep calm and carry on. By taking control of what you have control over https://youtu.be/X4QlnszkPG0 Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
Beat The Lockdown Working From Home Drudgery
January 13, 2021 10:30 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBIt’s not easy working from home. Especially if all you have is a room to which is also your bedroom. Take a different stance and make her own commute. Wake up better get out of bed and get the day started https://youtu.be/-UKYvtvzcaE. Get the morning guide to getting up and out of bed https://disreeshaw.com/morning-guide/ it’s free. A guide to getting up better Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the webs...
Beat The Lockdown Working From Home Drudgery
January 13, 2021 10:30 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBIt’s not easy working from home. Especially if all you have is a room to which is also your bedroom. Take a different stance and make her own commute. Wake up better get out of bed and get the day started https://youtu.be/-UKYvtvzcaE. Get the morning guide to getting up and out of bed https://disreeshaw.com/morning-guide/ it’s free. A guide to getting up better
Relationships Drama
January 11, 2021 08:49 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBThe turbulence of a relationship the constant up and down of emotions and the struggle to get to peace only for it to be more drama https://youtu.be/WEwGPLhoogI Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
Relationships Drama
January 11, 2021 08:49 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBThe turbulence of a relationship the constant up and down of emotions and the struggle to get to peace only for it to be more drama https://youtu.be/WEwGPLhoogI
Masking the Hurt
November 30, 2020 07:32 - 36 minutes - 25 MBPain will happen but how it affects you is up to you. Letting it pass through you a strange concept but a practical one https://youtu.be/p7L3nHNoKtc Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
Don’t Be Passive Aggressive
November 25, 2020 11:09 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBThe worse most unattractive behaviour type. The aggression of the silent type what does it look like see the videos here https://youtu.be/_Dxm2rohuqo. For more visit www.DisreeShaw.com Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website
Don’t Be Passive Aggressive
November 25, 2020 11:09 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBThe worse most unattractive behaviour type. The aggression of the silent type what does it look like see the videos here https://youtu.be/_Dxm2rohuqo. For more visit www.DisreeShaw.com
How do you communicate in your relationship
November 23, 2020 09:25 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBWhat is your style are you passive, aggressive, passive aggressive or do you go straight for assertion. Take a look at this https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKZ5L81h27M4JA-akp0iFnM2DofKCODSi. To understand better what your style says about you www.DisreeShaw.com Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website