Why You Should Read This Book if You Have Anxiety

Today a video on on the awesome book by @drjulie: ‘why has no one told me this before?’

Julie noticed, working as a clinical psychologist, that a lot of her clients told her ‘I wished someone would have said this to me before’.
They thought that the way they felt, must be because of some fault in their brains and they didn’t think they had it in them to change anything about it. Julie also noticed that a lot of those people basically needed some education about how their mind and body work. That is why she wrote this book, filled with tools to build resilience for everyday life. Life skills.

I think this is a must-read if you are struggling with your mental health, but also if not. She discusses aspects of life, and different emotions, which we all go trough, but a lot of the time, we weren’t properly educated in. Not in school, not by our parents, or by the content we usually read or saw when we were growing up. Is that really anyone’s fault per se? I don’t know. Maybe. But it is also up to us, to educate ourselves if we feel we struggle. And remember, educating is just one part of the puzzle. Sometimes we need therapy, or maybe medication. But let’s start here and see what we can learn.

Chapters:
0:00-1:16 Intro
1:16-2:42 1. On dark places
2:42-5:34 2. On motivation
5:34-6:50 3. On emotional pain
6:50-8:11 4. On grief
8:11-10:00 5. On self-doubt
10:00-11:37 6. On fear
11:37-13:03 7. On stress
13:03-14:44 8. On a meaningful life
14:44-15:10 Outro

References:
‘Why has no one told me this before?’ by dr. Julie Smith.
The Learning Model (Luckner & Nadler, 1991).

See you next time!

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