Well-being Mojo

In this episode of our Emotional Wealth series, Claire and Sue explore the importance of being able to value ourselves and how this can support us to build up our emotional resilience and improve our mind health.

This week's episode looks at the characteristics of perfectionism and how these can impact on our mental well-being. Claire and Sue discuss ways we can think differently about needing things to be perfect and explore the difference between aiming for perfectionism and aiming for excellence.

In acknowledgment of Grief Awareness week, Claire and Sue explore some of the different aspects of grief and how the experiences of loss can affect our mental well-being in a variety of ways. Highlighting how we can ensure we take care of ourselves during challenging times and also develop our awareness to better support others.

What is it that makes us doubt ourselves, our judgement and our decision making? What are the conditions that fuel self-doubt? Claire and Sue discuss these questions and the impact that self-doubt can have on our mental well-being; exploring ways to move instead toward acceptance and trust.

In this week's episode Claire and Sue discuss what happens when we lack the motivation to focus on our well-being and how this can impact on our mind and body. Sharing their own take on what this looks like for them, plus ways to shift from 'don't feel like it' to doing 'something' to support ourselves - whatever that may be, enabling us to start to think and feel differently.

This week's episode explores what we mean when we are asked how we are doing and we respond with something like "I'm just tired". Tired is how we might describe how we're feeling, but what is it really? Claire and Sue talk about their own versions of 'tired' and how we sometimes delay taking care of ourselves in order to reach a certain point or achieve a goal. An interesting conversation with some unexpected discussion points.

When it comes to our mental well-being, simply knowing what we need to do isn't always enough. This is where we can look to developing our 'wisdom', about ourselves, what we need and how we are really feeling. Claire and Sue explore the differences between knowledge and wisdom and discuss which is more valuable for supporting our mental well-being.

What does it mean to be 'successful' and how does our interpretation of this relate to our day to day mental well-being? Claire and Sue share their versions of 'success' and discuss different ways we can measure what it means for us to feel successful in our lives.

When we agree to things that take us away from our core values, or cause us discomfort, this can, over time, have a detrimental impact on our mental well-being and make us feel as though we are not being true to ourselves. Here, Claire and Sue delve into the idea of 'saying no' and what it means to practice this for ourselves, without feeling as though we are letting others down.

Being self-aware is something we all believe we are, however it takes consistent practice to develop our skills to tune-in to ourselves and stay curious about why we do the things we do and what might be influencing our thoughts, feelings and behaviours. In this episode, Claire and Sue explore the relationship between becoming self-aware and our mental well-being and the importance of knowing ourselves.