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Dr Julie Smith

@drjuliesmith

Clinical Psychologist | No.1 Bestselling Author
Sharing life changing insights from therapy
New book 👉 Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

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👉No.1 is tough to do. That discomfort people feel in seeing you upset that causes them to shut you down. Of course they have the best of intentions. They want you to be ok. But sometimes allowing the emotion to be present and pass naturally helps you to be ok more than trying to…

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⏳ You need to know this about high functioning depression:
The term itself is not a clinical diagnosis, but a term that has been used online to describe the experience of those who live with depressive symptoms and struggle to function but don’t cease to function.
• This term…

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👉 No.6 is hard to spot. Do you notice any of these? When you’re worried about a friend, how do you start that conversation with them? Share your ideas in the comments so that others can do the same. The signs in this video are just a few of the many and varied changes you might…

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🫣Wait for it! 👉Who else feels afraid that if you allow any of your emotions to surface, that they’ll all rise up and never go back down again? This is a common fear that prevents many people from talking about how they feel or accessing therapy. But there is a misconception…

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This took a while 🫣

👉One of the biggest mistakes people make when working on big change is underestimating the power of those small, consistent actions that embed us in a new way of living. If we can focus on the small, daily steps in the process, the results start to take…

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👉 Most people don’t realise this is how therapy works.
Ok this might not sound like good news but I promise you it is. Nobody is going to fix your problems or heal your wounds. The reason this is good news is that you are not at the mercy of what happened to you or the people…

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👉Can you relate? Have you spent your life trying to get the approval of people who were determined never to show it? There is freedom in doing the work to get clarity on your own values and basing your life choices on those rather than any else’s. It enables you to measure your…

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👉Which one resonated for you the most? These are just a few of the factors that can lead to procrastination. For anyone looking for tips on how to overcome it so that you can get on with the things that matter to you, I’ve included a few points below.

👉Points for tackling…

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👉 Can you relate? Do you have memories that you try your best to push down, but they keep coming up for you when you don’t want them to. When those memories are from traumatic events, that can cause an overwhelming level of distress that is hard to bring back down. This video is…

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👉 Which one can you relate to most? Some people resonate with both. The tendency is to withdraw and not to bother people with your presence. But when you find yourself around people, the tendency is to exhaust yourself trying to be enough for them, to earn their company.
So how…

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👉 Important reason I ended the video like that. The temptation is to neatly untie that big knot and make it all look so easy and simple. A happy ending in which the trauma is removed from your life. But it doesn’t happen like that. The process is much more a ‘loosening off’ the…

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👉 Wait till the end for how to beat it. This is something we all do. When did it last come up for you? Did you notice that it left you feeling defeated, hopeless and tempted to give up?

The Domino Mindset will do that to you. This one single event suddenly seems to represent…

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👉 Can you relate? Does your world come crashing down around you, even with small mistakes? If you notice that happens, it’s a great opportunity to learn something important about yourself. Here’s some of the questions to ask yourself:
• What feelings have come up in reaction to

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This is happiness 💜

👉 It is normal when mood is low to stop feeling the joy that you might otherwise get from activities. As a result, we stop doing them. It starts to feel like too much effort for no real gain. For those in recovery from depression, I often explain that you…

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👉 Here’s something people get wrong about psychologists and about therapy in general. They think that psychologists are only interested in going over the past again and again. But the biggest part of healing or recovery is in making the radical commitment to having your own best…

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👉 Do you find yourself taking on the same role every time there is conflict? While the fine details might change, you notice the same vicious cycle playing out over and over. After doing this for years on end, you begin to realise that you are getting no closer to a resolution.

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👉 TOP TIPS FOR ANXIETY ⬇️

• Anxiety is not bad and we can’t (and wouldn’t want to) eliminate it altogether. It is simply your body’s alarm system trying to keep you safe.
• The fear response naturally gives us the urge to avoid the feared situation. But avoidance is only the…

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👉 One of the most valuable things I’ve learned so far in my life is that confidence is not fixed. It’s not a personality trait that some are born with and others born without.

If you want to feel more confident at something you need to follow these two steps.

1. Do it as often…

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👉Look out for the last one. It’s a common trap.
For those who find themselves wanting to leave a relationship and blaming themselves for finding it hard to break away, it’s never been as easy as you tell yourself it should be. If your partner is using any combination of these…

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👉 Tackle it head on give No.3 a go!
Does social anxiety hold you back from connecting with people? If it does, you are not alone. The three tips in this video are just some of the ways you can begin to tackle it so that social anxiety does not need to take over your life.

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