Finding Her Sparkle with Ami Rankin

In this episode we look at the Cognitive Distortion of Blaming and Under-responsibility. I talk about how this can be absolutely life changing to notice in your life and how it will impact every single area of your life. I’m talking social life, personal relationships, family, friendships, career, money mindset - everything!

Previous episodes discussed:

Ep 30 - Choose you! Create your own happiness - how to take responsibility for you!

Ep 42 - the version of me you have created in your mind is not my responsibility

Ep 58 - Don’t live in your head about things you can control

And this week’s recommendation: Outlander on Netflix

In this weeks Mindset Series episode we are looking at the Cognitive Distortion - Personalisation. I talk about how this can affect the way that you feel, your relationships and your perspective on the world. I touch on how things like Social Media play into our Personalisation and I also look at the 4 things that you can control and how this plays a big impact in how you can move through Personalisation a lot quicker

In today’s episode I explain the Cognitive Distortion which is Jumping To Conclusions. We look at how recognising Jumping To Conclusions in your life can reduce big feelings like stress and anxiety and can have a positive impact on your relationships and thoughts. The biggest takeaway from today’s episode? It’s not all about you! And today’s recommendation, the good old vinegar and bicarb soda trick for some non-toxic and super cheap cleaning hacks!

Today’s episode is a special one because rather than looking at a thinking pattern and how it affects our lives in a holistic way we are deep diving into how this cognitive distortion is directly related to feeling anxious which can also flow into depression. I break down what Catastrophising (or Magnifying) is, some examples that you might recognise in your life and also 2 of the most effective ways to move through this thinking pattern so that you can feel less worried and less anxious. Plus, today’s recommendation is The Quicky podcast - to quickly keep up to date with the top news stories of the day.

Week 3 of the Mindset Series where I break down another Cognitive Distortion for you. This week, we look at Confirmation Bias. How are you actively buying into your own perspectives every single day and how does things like social media and the internet play into this as well? Plus this weeks recommendation: the Beauty IQ Podcast and YouTube channel

In today’s episode we discuss the Cognitive Bias that is Black or White Thinking. Also known in psychology as Splitting. Also today’s recommendations - Trello and Notion for life organisation

At the core of CBT and NLP, this episode covers the 3 overarching Cognitive Distortions - learn about generalising, distorting and deleting and how these thinking patterns affect every single aspect of your life. How you think, how you feel, your opinions and perspectives, even the relationships in your life.

Welcome to the Mindset Series - each week for the next 15 weeks I am going to run you through a different cognitive distortion, or mindset pattern, that could be causing you to feel stressed, overwhelmed, frustrated, even disappointed in yourself and others. But before we dive in, let’s talk about exactly what cognitive distortions are

In this episode we talk all about reactive behaviours. What are they? How do you notice them coming up for you? And also how you can go deeper to stop them from happening!

You are going to be able to pinpoint your triggers and deepen every single relationship in your life...workplace, romantic, friends, family, even your relationship with yourself.

This week’s recommendations are ‘The Outspoken Podcast’ for all things pop culture and reality TV / influencers and also ‘Casefile’ podcast for something a little deeper with story lines to follow.

An extension of the most popular podcast episode to date, and the biggest question we can ask ourselves - Who am I? To help you get more clear on this, today we dive into values:

- What are values?

- How your values shape you as a person and how you feel day to day

- What you can be doing to live in alignment with your values to feel more like yourself.

There’s 5 different activities you can do to pinpoint your values and they are all easy and actionable today!

Plus, today’s recommendation - Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis.