What is surrender and how does it help you stop trying to control everything? How can surrender and acceptance help you to heal emotional wounds so you can let go and move on? Letting go is all about learning to trust life more, which leads to better mental health and personal development, and when you learn how to let go of control and surrender to the stuff that is out of your direct control, you can then focus your energy on your personal growth and peace of mind instead. So, let’s talk about...
Mar 19, 2023•4 min
What is individuality? Why is individuality important? And how can you start embracing your individuality more? (Hint: it has a lot to do with unconditional self acceptance and really embracing your uniqueness!) That’s what I’m talking about this week in the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast… so, let’s talk! Buy my latest book Life Advice That Doesn’t Suck! , out now: https://jeremygodwin.com.au/latds/ Read the episode transcript: https://letstalkaboutmentalhealth.com.au/?p=9663 Let'...
Mar 12, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 170
What is individuality? Why is individuality important? And how can you start embracing your individuality more? (Hint: it has a lot to do with unconditional self acceptance and really embracing your uniqueness!) That’s what I’m talking about this week in the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast… so, let’s talk! You can also explore this topic in a lot more detail in the full-length podcast episode (audio only); click here for audio and full transcript: https://letstalkaboutmentalhealth.com.au/...
Mar 12, 2023•4 min
What is giving? How does giving improve your mental health? And how can you give in a balanced way? If you want to have better relationships, feel better about yourself and set yourself up for success in the future then you’ll find that giving more than you take will help you to do all that and more! How can you give more than you take? Well, that’s what I’m talking about this week in the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast… so, let’s talk! Buy my latest book Life Advice That Doesn’t Suck! , ...
Mar 05, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 169
What is giving? What is the importance of giving? And how can you give more than you get? Well, this week I’m talking about giving and mental health including why giving matters, how giving helps your wellbeing, and how to give in a balanced way. Because when you give more than you take, you receive so much more in return! You can also explore this topic in a lot more detail in the full-length podcast episode (audio only); click here for audio and transcript: https://letstalkaboutmentalhealth.co...
Mar 05, 2023•4 min
Do you know what a dysfunctional relationship is? It’s exhausting, that’s what it is! Unhealthy and damaging relationships can be draining and are very unlikely to meet your emotional needs, but what are the signs of a dysfunctional relationship? Why are some relationships dysfunctional? And how can you deal with these sorts of toxic relationships in a healthy way? Well, that’s what I’m talking about this week in the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast… so, let’s talk! Buy my latest book Life...
Feb 26, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 168
What are dysfunctional relationships? Why are some relationships dysfunctional? And how can you manage dysfunctional relationships in a healthy way? In this quick mini-episode of the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast, I’m talking about these three questions to help you start thinking about how to meet your own emotional needs and also improve the quality of your relationships. You can also explore this topic in a lot more detail in the full-length podcast episode (audio only); find it here:...
Feb 26, 2023•4 min
One of the toughest conversations about mental health involves the ways in which our self harming behaviour can have an enormous negative impact on our state of mind. Self harm isn’t just limited to physical forms; it’s anything you do to yourself to either intentionally harm yourself or which you know is harmful but you do it anyway (such as when your anxiety coping skills are actually unhealthy and end up harming your wellbeing; for example: excessive drinking, risk-taking, or substance abuse)...
Feb 19, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 167
Stop feeling bad about yourself! Wouldn’t it be great if I could just say that and suddenly you would instantly have better self-confidence?! Unfortunately it doesn’t work like that… but by focusing on your personal development every day and learning how to stop comparing yourself to others, while also building your confidence one day at a time, you’ll slowly become more and more self-confident. That’s what I’m talking about this week in the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast, so let’s talk!...
Feb 12, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 166
Handling disagreements in a healthy way requires you to approach the situation carefully and thoughtfully... which can be tough to do when you're feeling angry or upset with someone! There are a lot of different conflict management strategies out there, but really you'll find that resolving arguments effectively comes down to one thing: wanting to find a solution rather than wanting to win. In the latest episode of the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast I'm talking about why we have disagree...
Feb 05, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 165
“Who made up all the rules? We follow them like fools…” That’s what Jem sang in her 2004 single ‘They’ and it’s what I’m going to be talking about in this week’s episode, because we need to be able to approach rules and guidelines in a thoughtful and considered way in order to understand why they exist and where we might need to challenge them in order to change things for the better, for ourselves and for others. Well, that’s what I’m talking about this week in the Let’s Talk About Mental Healt...
Jan 29, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 164
What does it mean to live a good life? What is quality of life? What does it mean to feel fulfilled in life? What is better living? And how can you live a more fulfilling life? So many questions! But the good news is that all of that is what I’m talking about this week in the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast. So, let’s talk about life! Buy my latest book Life Advice That Doesn’t Suck! , out now: https://jeremygodwin.com.au/latds/ Read the episode transcript: https://letstalkaboutmentalheal...
Jan 22, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 163
Your personal standards — what you expect from others and from yourself — will directly influence the quality of your relationships with others and with yourself. But what are standards? And what are reasonable standards? Why does having realistic standards matter? And, most importantly, what are some simple techniques for how to raise your standards? Well, that’s what I’m talking about this week in the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast. So, let’s talk about standards! Buy my latest book Li...
Jan 15, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 162
Making progress in life isn’t just a case of doing some quick goal setting and then hoping for the best; it involves taking the time to identify what personal progress means to you and, more importantly, figuring out why making progress matters, and then setting goals that allow you to really focus on your personal development and long-term personal growth. How do you do that? Well, that’s what I’m talking about this week in the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast. So, let’s talk about progre...
Jan 08, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 161
What are resolutions? Why do new year’s resolutions fail? And how can you go about setting better resolutions? If you’re looking for new years resolution tips that actually work then you’ve come to the right place because I’m exploring how to accomplish your new year’s resolutions with new years resolution advice that isn’t just ‘make better resolutions’ (lol)! So, come join me for the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast and let’s talk about resolutions! Buy my new book Life Advice That Doesn...
Dec 18, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 160
Money and mental health are commonly connected, and with good reason: it’s hard to feel great about your life when you’re struggling to make ends meet. But the relationship between mental health and money is much deeper than simply how much you have in the bank; it’s the way we approach money and your mindset about money that determines how money affects us. A big part of that involves considering the age-old question of whether or not more money equals more happiness (spoiler alert: it doesn’t!...
Dec 11, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 159
What’s worse than feeling a loss of control? I’d say it’s this: not knowing that you’re always in control of what really matters: you, and what you choose to do and say. Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, the power is always with you; it’s just up to you to find it and tap into it. How do you do that? Well, that’s what I’m talking about this week in my Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast, full of simple ideas and mental health tips that you can put into practice immediately. So, let’s talk abo...
Dec 04, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 158
Anxiety and catastrophising often go hand-in-hand, where you may find yourself fearing the future or plagued by challenging thoughts about the likelihood of things going wrong. But there is an enormous difference between ‘possibility’ and ‘certainty’, and so learning how to stop catastrophic thinking (which is one of many common cognitive distortions) and also challenging black and white thinking will help you to look at things more objectively and calmly. How do you do that? Well, that’s what I...
Nov 27, 2022•29 min•Season 2Ep. 157
Trusting your instincts can be difficult, especially if you’re not sure how to listen to your inner voice, but instinct and intuition can tell us a lot about a situation (and did you know there’s actually scientific evidence to support that, based on the way your enteric nervous system operates?!). But what is instinct? What’s the meaning of instinct? And how do intuition and mental health relate to one another? And can you learn how to use instinct and intuition to guide you to make more inform...
Nov 20, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 156
Your relationship with your parents, guardians or primary caregivers will have a lifelong impact on you, whether you care to admit it or not, and as time progresses that relationship will evolve. So how do you create a healthy relationship with your parents? How to build better relationships with your parents, how to deal with difficult parents, how to deal with difficult parents, how to deal with aging parents and more (including how to deal with toxic parents). There are lots of different thin...
Nov 13, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 155
Better mental health starts and ends with learning how to accept yourself unconditionally, by challenging limiting beliefs and doing the work to be more accepting of yourself. Life is too valuable to spend it being mean to yourself or bullying yourself, and you are absolutely worthy of unconditional self acceptance! So, what is self acceptance? How does it affect your mental health and wellbeing? And how can you learn to be more accepting of yourself? That’s what I’m talking about this week on t...
Nov 06, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 154
If you want a better life, start with self compassion! Why? When you have limiting beliefs about yourself, rather than learning how to be self compassionate, it can be hard to see your strengths and positive attributes which can then have a damaging effect on your self esteem. Like, REALLY damaging. Because if you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love someone else?! (Thanks RuPaul!) So, what is self compassion? Can you learn how to be more compassionate with yourself? And how do yo...
Oct 30, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 153
What role does personal freedom play in your mental health and wellbeing? And how do you develop a greater sense of freedom in your life? That’s what I’m talking about this week on… Let’s Talk About Mental Health — the weekly podcast about looking after your wellbeing, with simple ideas and mental health tips that you can put into practice immediately. So, let’s talk about finding purpose! Buy my book Let’s Talk About Mental Health (Volume One) for more tips to improve your wellbeing: https://je...
Oct 09, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 152
How can having greater empathy towards others and towards yourself improve your mental health and wellbeing? And how can you be more empathetic? That’s what I’m talking about this week on… Let’s Talk About Mental Health — the weekly podcast about looking after your wellbeing, with simple ideas and mental health tips that you can put into practice immediately. So, let’s talk about finding purpose! Buy my book Let’s Talk About Mental Health (Volume One) for more tips to improve your wellbeing: htt...
Oct 02, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 151
How do you find a sense of purpose in your life, and how does that help to improve your mental health and wellbeing? That’s what I’m talking about this week on… Let’s Talk About Mental Health — the weekly podcast about looking after your wellbeing, with simple ideas and mental health tips that you can put into practice immediately. So, let’s talk about finding purpose! Buy my book Let’s Talk About Mental Health (Volume One) for more tips to improve your wellbeing: https://jeremygodwin.com.au/lta...
Sep 25, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 150
What is a metamorphosis? How can you totally transform your life? And how does going through a metamorphosis help you to improve your mental health and wellbeing? That’s what I’m talking about this week on… Let’s Talk About Mental Health — the weekly podcast about looking after your wellbeing, with simple ideas you can put into practice immediately. So, let’s talk about metamorphosis! Buy my book Let’s Talk About Mental Health (Volume One) for more tips to improve your wellbeing: https://jeremyg...
Sep 18, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 149
Time and mental health might seem like an odd combination to talk about, but when you embrace time you can stop holding yourself back and start living a much happier life… simply by changing your attitude towards time and wellbeing. How do you do that? Well, let’s talk about time! Buy my book Let’s Talk About Mental Health (Volume One) for more tips to improve your wellbeing: https://jeremygodwin.com.au/ltamhbook1/ Read the episode transcript: https://letstalkaboutmentalhealth.com.au/2022/09/11/...
Sep 11, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 148
Want to know how to deal with overwhelm? Looking for tips for overcoming overwhelm that work? There are a few simple ways to reduce overwhelm, which can also help in managing stress and preventing burnout, and this week I’m sharing tips you can put into practice immediately to help you stop feeling overwhelmed and stressed. Buy my book Let’s Talk About Mental Health (Volume One) for more tips to improve your wellbeing: https://jeremygodwin.com.au/ltamhbook1/ Read the episode transcript: https://...
Sep 04, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 147
Denial doesn’t change the fact that what is is what is… and so being able to push through denial (which is mainly a self-protection mechanism) to confront the truth of a situation helps us to better handle issues in the long-term. So how do you that? Well, that’s what I’m talking about this week. So, Let’s Talk About Mental Health! Buy my book Let’s Talk About Mental Health (Volume One) for more tips to improve your wellbeing: https://jeremygodwin.com.au/ltamhbook1/ Watch a condensed version of ...
Aug 28, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 146
Learning to be less impatient takes time, effort and perseverance… but doing so can reduce stress and help you find greater peace of mind by being more patient. So how do you that? Well, that’s what I’m talking about this week. So, Let’s Talk About Mental Health! Buy my book Let’s Talk About Mental Health (Volume One) for more tips to improve your wellbeing: https://jeremygodwin.com.au/ltamhbook1/ Watch a condensed version of this topic on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ggi1BwU6rCY Read the episode t...
Aug 21, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 145
