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25/09/2025

Where does your mind feel m

This exercise helps you create a safe, calming place in your imagination that you can return to anytime anxiety shows up.

Save this to use during moments of fear or overwhelm. 🔖

24/09/2025

🎲 Play more, stress less

Play isn’t just about fun. Psychologists say it’s how humans learn flexibility, creativity, and resilience. When we play, the brain releases dopamine and endorphins that lift mood and lower stress hormones like cortisol.

The best part? Play doesn’t have to be elaborate. Dancing in your kitchen, swapping memes, doodling badly, or making up silly rules for everyday tasks all count. It’s about joy, not achievement.

💬 What’s one small way you could add play into your day?

23/09/2025

Mindfulness can be a powerful tool, but it isn’t universally helpful. For people with trauma, certain practices can stir up difficult emotions or lead to feeling disconnected.

That’s where trauma-informed approaches matter, adjusting the practice so it supports regulation and safety, rather than overwhelm.

The takeaway? Techniques like meditation aren’t good or bad in themselves, what matters is how they’re used, and whether they align with your individual history and needs.

22/09/2025

💔 Why do some people live with a constant fear that those they love will leave?

Dr Emma Smith, Consultant Clinical Psychologist at The Chelsea Psychology Clinic, introduces the abandonment schema—a deep belief that forms when our early experiences leave us feeling unsafe or unwanted.

As adults, this can show up in painful ways: silencing our needs, clinging to relationships where we’re not chosen, or expecting abandonment to happen.

💡 The pattern feels familiar, but it doesn’t have to define you. This is why we are the way we are.

20/09/2025

✨ What really matters at the end of the day?

In Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), there’s a powerful exercise: imagine your own funeral.

Instead of being morbid, when you picture what loved ones might say about you, you cut through the noise of daily life and connect to your deepest values.

Ask yourself: How do I want to be remembered? Kind? Courageous? True to myself?

This perspective shift helps us make choices today that align with the life we actually want to live.

🎙️ Voiceover by Dr. Michael Eisen, Clinical Psychologist at The Chelsea Psychology Clinic

19/09/2025

Your breath is one of the fastest ways to shift your body out of stress mode. 🌬️
This Mind Tool slows your breathing, calms your heart rate, and helps anxiety pass.
Practice it daily — or whenever your body feels on high alert. ✨
Save for later. 🔖

18/09/2025

✨ Did you know? When you vividly imagine something — like a tough conversation, failing a test, or even standing on stage — your brain can light up almost as if it’s really happening. 🧠💭
That’s because mental imagery and real perception share many of the same neural pathways. So the stories we tell ourselves in our heads can shape how our body feels in the moment.
📖 Source: Kosslyn, S. M., Ganis, G., & Thompson, W. L. (2001). Neural foundations of imagery. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2(9), 635–642.

16/09/2025

🧠 The vagus nerve: your body’s secret chill button

When stress hits, your body isn’t just “in your head.” It’s racing heartbeats, tight shoulders, shallow breathing. That’s your nervous system stuck in fight-or-flight.
The vagus nerve is the pathway that tells your body it’s safe to calm down. Research shows you can strengthen it through simple, daily practices: deep breathing, cold water, humming, yoga. Over time, these tiny habits train your body to bounce back from stress faster.

But here’s the important part: vagus hacks aren’t a cure-all. They can support you day to day, but they don’t replace therapy or medical care when stress or anxiety feels overwhelming.

💬 Would you try vagus nerve “hacks” in your routine—or do you think it sounds too out there?

15/09/2025

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13/09/2025

The brain has an incredible ability to adapt. Through neuroplasticity, the neurons that fire together wire together, which means our focus quite literally shapes our neural pathways.
If we repeatedly give attention to what is stressful or threatening, those networks strengthen and the brain becomes more efficient at noticing danger. But when we intentionally focus on what is good, safe, or meaningful, we activate different circuits — ones linked to reward, regulation, and connection. Over time, this makes positive experiences easier to access and harder to overlook.

12/09/2025

There’s a common misconception that asking someone about suicidal thoughts might make them more likely to act on them, but often this is not the case. Talking openly and compassionately about su***de can be one of the most helpful things you do. Checking in, listening without judgment, and showing someone they’re not alone can save lives. 💛. ***deprevention ***de ***deawareness

11/09/2025

🌿 Mind Tool for Anxiety
When your thoughts are racing, your body needs an anchor.
This grounding technique uses your 5 senses to bring you back to the present moment and ease anxiety.
Save this exercise for when you need a quick reset. 🔖

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