The stepping stones to good mental health

The stepping stones to good mental health

Hosted by: Dr David Purves

There is an abundance of knowledge on how to have good mental health. There is an over-abundance of knowledge on how to treat mental health problems. Given all of this why is it that mental health problems are...

Episodes

The movie theatre in your mind can show you happy or horror

Season #1

It is important to recognise that you have the ability to make images and movies in your mind. We typically call this your imagination. It is powerful but also dangerous. If you have fallen into the habit of using the...
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Thinking straight and crooked

Season #1

The final episode of Series 1 of The Stepping Stones to Good Mental Health. This episode deals with the problem of your brain making you think and believe things that are simply not true. Of course, this is a very...
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Your attention is very valuable so use it well

Season #1

Where you put your attention determines your future. Focus your attention on 'what a failure you' think you are and you will feel more and more like a failure. I have seen this so many times and it is always...
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The components of anxiety

Season #1

There are five components of anxiety and it is really worth knowing what they are because each of them has to be tackled to really eradicate anxiety from your life. This episode outlines each of them for you.
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What is anxiety really...you will be surpised

Season #1

This particular stepping stone is one that every single person who struggles with any anxiety disorder needs to listen to. Once you have grasped the concept with this podcast you may even have jumped a stepping stone....
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A zero tolerance for worry

Season #1

In this episode we are delving deeper into the fact that challenging and changing the processes that cause the problems gets rid of the troubling symptoms and gives you a lot more freedom to enjoy your experience.
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Focusing on process not content is the way forward

Season #1

With most mental health problems it is the symptoms that capture you and make you their hostage. But the symptoms are only consequences and not the place we need to put our attention and focus if we want change. We...
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Secondary gain

Season #1

Are you sure you want to put the effort into feeling better? It is worth asking the question because putting the effort into feeling better does not always correlate to not liking where you are. I am just saying!
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The two realities

Season #1

It is so often the case that your problems are created and maintained in one reality and your potential solutions live in the other. This simple fact makes your potential solutions pretty useless. Hence your problems...
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The stepping stones to good mental health

Season #1

There are simple steps you can take to have good mental health. The steps are sequential but each step is within your reach. You simply need to start.
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