Welcome back to Our Mental Health Matters. In today's episode, your host Dr Lade continues to share with you the topic of mindset and how you too, can take the steps towards changing your mindset around mental health, to help others and to help yourself. Tune in today to hear the second episode of Dr Lade's 'Mind Last' mini-series and learn what determines our mindset, how outcomes are resolved and finally, what helps us grow. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Mindset. Mindset is our view of ourselves, an inclination that we have to assess in aspects of our lives and as individuals. Our view of ourselves also affects how we perform, the way we lead our lives and defects, how we act and how we take steps in things in the aspect of our lives. Our inclination our views about a certain aspect of our lives as individuals, our view on business, our views in marriages.
• Outcomes are not just carved in stone outcomes are not based on someone's ability or talent, you are different from the person who's next to you and there are things that you have are unique to you and these talents and skills essentially don't determine the outcome alone and this is what is referred to as the growth mindset.
• Your experience, learning, training and personal effort will determine quite a lot about you, a lot about outcomes, a lot about how much success you can achieve in certain aspects, then we are talking about the growth mindset.
• People having this belief that no one can love me. These are usually quite unconscious and when people have the belief that no one can love me, I'm unlovable, I'm worthless, I'm a loser, and it affects every aspect of their life. It affects what happens when they face challenges, maybe in relationships affairs.
• The other harmful core belief we could have is I'm just an unlucky person and I'm a total failure.
• With the growth mindset, the success of others should be seen as an inspiration rather than being fit being undermined by the success of others.
• How we can take the steps to change this mindset.

• Identifying the mentality that we have regarding that area regarding the aspects that has been wrong is essential and embracing it that yes, I've got this mentality.
• Identify the triggers, why does this belief come on.
• Name it or externalize it.
• Educating ourselves. Make a plan on how to go about changing it.

BEST MOMENTS

• "Our mindset is our inclination our views about a certain aspect of our lives as individuals."
• “You are different from the person next to you and you've got a gift you've got talents that unique to you.”
• “The ability you have is not carved in stone and the talent you have is not carved in stone.”
• “The criticisms actually make us better bring out the best in us when we apply the constructive ones.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• https://twitter.com/omoladeamaka

ABOUT THE HOST

Dr Omalade Amaka Abuah is a Specialist Registrar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the National Health Service (NHS). She is a medical doctor with a passion for mental health matters in children and adolescents.

Dr Lade aims to reach out to everyone and encourage learning about mental health through the Our Mental Health Matters Podcast. A better understanding