How do you work at managing the inner critic? See the inner critic as coach. That is inner critic AND inner coach integration. While I am sure you are aware of these inner voices, have you ever considered that these voices are one in the same? Join Todd Schmenk as he walks through this weeks themes of coming to term with these aspects of the self, how they are beneficial, and how either of these two voices can become overwhelming and rigid when over emphasized.

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Join Todd Schmenk as he interviews Dr. Mark Forman in taking a closer look at healing trauma and spiritual growth in Mark's new book, "The Monster's Journey:  From Trauma to Connection".    

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Join Todd Schmenk as he walks you through how to manage dealing with what ifs, that if focused on for too long increase levels of stress and anxiety and what to do instead.   

Trend of the Week: Dealing with What Ifs  

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More thought management techniques in this weeks end of the week reflection, join Todd Schmenk, as he walks through dealing with disturbing dreams and the thoughts often associated with them.  

Practical easy to follow pen and paper exercise that you can use right now also covered as a bonus.  Learn how to use this and you now have a skill you can use anytime.   Topics in this presentation are: 

Trend: Disturbing Dreams 

You can watch this in a video format here:  Thought Management Techniques | End of Day Reflection

Here is a beginning or even end of day reflection where Todd Schmenk walks you through a series of three simple exercises designed to help you deal with that thought that often times will simply just not go away.  

These skills can be utilized at any time during your day and will often help you pull back far enough away from the thought to truly engage in a way that matters.  

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This end of week reflection builds upon past videos with similar titles but with more emphasis on application to all situations, not just personal growth during covid-19.  This series will continue to focus on current weekly trends while introducing and/or reviewing new concepts, skills, and themes designed to supporting your mental health with greater psychological flexibility.  This series will always focus on a current trend and an openness, awareness, and engagement skill or concept.    Topics in this presentation are: Openness:  Half-Smile Awareness: Mindful Eating Engaged: Personal Values Assessment - a further exploration.

Recording of a recent Anxiety Q&A session with Todd as he explored ways for those asking questions to get a better handle on their anxiety and increase their psychological flexibility in dealing with these questions and more.  Broken into three parts due to the length of the Q&A Session.  This is part 1.  

Principle to live by: Compare Yourself To Who You Were Yesterday Not To Who Someone Else Is Today since the only person you can compare yourself to is you.  Quick overview of why we compare, who we compare ourselves against, and who we should be comparing ourselves to.

A quick overview of cognitive fusion and diffusion and how knowing this is useful in developing psychological flexibility.

Consider that Failure Is A Part Of Success.  The fear of failure often associated with higher levels of anxiety.  This short talk walks through some of the reasons why failure is essential and how we could not succeed without failing.