The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
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Learn something new about the mind every week - With in-depth conversations at the intersection of psychiatry, psychotherapy, self-development, spirituality and the philosophy of mental health.
Featuring experts from around the world, leading clinicians and academics, published authors, and people with lived experience, we aim to make complex ideas in the mental health space accessible and engaging.
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Hosted by psychiatrists Dr. Alex Curmi, Dr. Anya Borissova & Dr. Rebecca Wilkinson.
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The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
Audio Essay #10: A New Years Resolution that Works (Long-term Behaviour Change)
This podcast is a guide to making any kind of resolution towards long term change and it includes:
Intro 00:00
Listener Shout-Out 02:30
Choosing the area you want to work on (what is bothering you?) 03:33
Framing the resolution appropriately 06:15
Making a plan using the zone of proximal development 08:07
Choosing high leverage activities 12:37
Using positive and negative emotions to help you make progress 14:25
Measuring your results correctly to remain reality oriented and motivated 16:50
Not using failure as an excuse to regress, analysing your sticking points with detatched compassion 20:05
Recognising and disregarding mental noise 23:07
Recognising the role of motivation, discipline, will power and habit 24:22
Allowing for identity level change 27:15
Viewing your behaviours as collisions with reality you can learn from 29:33
Outro 34:45
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Audio-essay by Dr. Alex Curmi. Dr. Curmi is a specialist registrar in General Adult psychiatry in the South London and Maudsley NHS foundation trust with a special interest in psychotherapy and mindfulness meditation.
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