Did you know that according to some psychologists we have two minds, not one? The first of these is our regular, analytical mind – the part of us that processes language and is home to our ego – and the second is a more primitive, animal mind that responds to our environment in a more automatic, intuitive way.

It is argued that learning how to listen more closely to our animal minds can help us to overcome stress, anxiety and trauma.

In this episode, we catch up with psychologist and author Steve Biddulph to talk about his latest book Wild Creature Mind.

He tells how our ‘gut feelings’ are a way of our animal minds trying to tell us something, talks us through some simple techniques we can use to help us be more in touch with our animal minds, and explains how simply being a bit kinder to ourselves is a great place to start.

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