In this episode we discuss fear answering questions like what are some of the most common fears? Why are we afraid of these things and what can we do about them? We discuss old experiments in psychology (and why they would not be allowed today) and what they can teach us about our own fears. Lastly we talk about how to not let fear hold us back from what we want to do and living our lives, still having the fear but doing it anyway.

In this episode we discuss more helpful habits, this time we specifically look at how to get through lockdown with a few added tips. We discuss the importance of practicing emotional check in's and how to gauge what we need based on how we're feeling. We discuss the idea of minding our own business when it comes to social media, conflict and living in close quarters during lockdown. We also discuss mindset and taking the common sense approach instead of striving for positivity all the time and how to be a rational optimist.

In this episode we discuss some helpful habits that can offer us benefits for our psychological well-being. We have an in depth look at how we might be able to work these habits into our everyday lives even if we're lacking motivation during lockdown. We discuss the importance of creating routines and how we might go about doing that so that we can add more value to our everyday lives in any small way.

This week we’re talking about anxiety. There is so much uncertainty right now that for a lot of us we might be experiencing anxiety in a way we haven’t before. Anxiety is an emotion that none of us are exempt from but at what point does the emotion start turning into a potential issue for us? What thinking patterns could we be more mindful of? What can we do for ourselves to help with these thinking patterns? What could we implement to help ourselves deal with all of this uncertainty right now? These are all the questions we’re talking about in the latest episode – anxiety in a pandemic, it’s inevitable so it’s better for us to be in the know and figure out what is going to work best for us.

In this episode we discuss all things perfectionism answering questions like; is perfectionism ever a good thing? How do our standards of perfectionism effect our lives and our wellbeing? We talk about how perfectionism can affect our thinking outside of achievements and seep into our relationships and social lives. More importantly, we discuss the need for rational reframing and adding in self compassion to get a handle on perfectionism.

This week's episode follows on from last week's discussion on being your authentic self. The research might seem simple, the steps might seem obvious but there's always a but. This week we discuss the less fun side of authenticity and the behaviours that might be holding us back. Compassion is the main focus in this episode along with accountability and how we realistically begin to live authentically.

What does it mean to live authentically? In this episode we explore what it means to live authentically, what that might look like and how to explore your own version of living in an authentic way. As usual we discuss research and this week we get insights into the psychological benefits of living authentically. As always we discuss the topic with compassion and explore the ways we can encourage that personal growth and self discovery that comes with living authentically with some real life examples, research to give us something solid and some cool insights into what being authentic can mean for different people.

Some of the questions in this episode: Why manifest it when you can earn it? Did you manifest it or did you work hard? In this episode we explore the Law of attraction, some of its concepts and ideas as both a belief system and it's claim to being factual science. We explore how humans make and need meaning and how we might try to do that, we explore what fuels our need for meaning. This episode explains some concepts of the law of attraction through the lens of psychology and we discuss how psychological concepts such as optimism could perhaps offer more tangible benefits instead of the law of attraction.

In this weeks episode we discuss what is success, how do we define success and more importantly how do we relate this concept to goals in order for us to achieve them. We explore questions such as; do I need to have a calling? Do I need to love my job? How do we come up with our own definition of success instead of living by the metrics of others.

What is happiness really? What is well-being? Are we wasting our time trying to be happy all the time? Well-being could be a better answer, a more achievable answer. During this episode I discuss the 6 areas of well-being and what we can do to move closer to positive mental well-being.