This is part 2 of my series on the book 'Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?' by Dr. Julie Smith. This episode covers the section of the book on dealing with emotional pain.

Some of the topics covered include:

• Examining your coping strategies

• Giving your emotions names to understand what actions to take

• How to self soothe when you are struggling

• Various strategies on how to support your loved ones going through emotional pain

• The importance of normalizing grief

• How to deal with anger when grieving

• How to move forward in life when grieving

• And much more!

To connect with Dr. Julie Smith, go to her Linktree here

Shout out to my friend Siraaj Aziz, who created the instrumental for the podcast

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The book 'Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before' by Dr. Julie Smith is a game changer! Dr. Smith is a clinical psychologist whose mission is to get the tools she uses in her clinical practice out to the masses. With 1.7M YouTube subscribers, 4.7M followers on Tik Tok, and 2M followers on Instagram, she's doing just that. But it's not about the numbers, it's about the great information she's spreading to the world.

This is the first part of my series covering the book. It's packed with tons of great information, including:

• How to understand and manage low mood
• How we can influence the things that affect our emotions
• How to live with your emotiions in a healthy way
• How to combat negative spiraling
• How to get distance from your negative thoughts
• How to stay connected to your goals
• The misconception of self compassion and how it can help you level up
• The 'Basics' that make or break your mental health
• What to do when you don't feel motivated
• Many different prompts and activities to help you live the life you want
• and much more!!!

Here are links to Dr. Julie Smith's various channels and her website

YouTube

Instagram

TikTok

Facebook

Linktree

We all want happiness. But how do we get it? The documentary 'Happy' goes about answering the question of what actually makes us happy. I've watched it 3 times now and I can't say enough about it!

In this episode, I touch on the major points that the documentary makes, include some of the key findings from the documentary, and I also add commentary from my own life experience.

Topics that are discussed include:

• What practices actually make us happy
• What we think will make us happy but actually doesn't
• Examples of countries and individuals who have been successful with happiness
• The importance of 'Flow State'
• Actions you can take today to increase your happiness
• and much more!

Here's a link to watch 'Happy' for free on Tubi. You can also rent on other streaming platforms.

Here's part 2 of 'Essentialism' a book by Greg Mckeown, which will help you make progress in your life and accomplish the things that truly matter to you.

In this podcast episode, I summarize more of the important teachings in the book. The topics that are covered are:

• Essential Intents- What they are and why you should focus on them

• How to say 'no' gracefully to protect your time and energy

• How to move on from your losses, and how doing so will help you make gains

• How to create boundaries with the people you work with and are in your life

• Buffers- why they matter so much in your progress

• Strategies to remove obstacles that are blocking your success

• How to stay motivated and continue to press forward

• The one question that will help you figure out what to focus on in any given moment

• and much more!!!

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Here's the full comedy video that was used in the episode: Comedy video with Paul Wood

'Essentialism' by Greg Mckeown, is an impactful book on focusing on the things that matter in life.

In this podcast episode, I summarize some of the important teachings in the book. The topics that are covered are:

• How to invest in less but create more of the results that matter in life
• Nonessentialism- Why it doesn't work, how it leads to failure, and why we choose it
• Greg Mckeown's closet analogy that will help you to focus on essential aspects of your life
• How to increase your output with one simple mind shift
• One of the main secrets to Warren Buffett's success
• How to 'Go Big' in life decisions
• How to explore and decide what to focus on
• and much more!!!

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Change your habits, change your life! This episode summarizes the book Atomic Habits by James Clear in a fun and entertaining way. With 15 million copies sold and translated into 50 languages, Atomic Habits has impacted people's lives worldwide.

Whether you've never read the book or need a refresher on the concepts in the book, this episode will help you to make big changes through small actions, by using research-backed practices to transform your life!