A mindset reset can be just the thing to get you back on track and feeling good. But where to start? How does it help and how can you get in the right mind space? Let's work on it, right now!

In this episode we will:

 ~Explore the Power of Positive Self-Talk – Discover how shifting your language and avoiding negative self-talk can create a mindset that supports growth, wellness, and resilience.
~Learn Simple Steps for Lasting Change – Understand how taking things one day at a time and making small, mindful adjustments in your thoughts can help you build sustainable habits, like meditation, for managing stress in daily life.
~ Visual Meditation 


Meditation Music byhttp://sonicyogi.com

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TRANSCRIPT:  


The Stress Therapist: Hey, beautiful people. So everything starts wonderfully, goes lovely, and ends up great when we have the right mindset. So how can we do it? How can we get there? We're going to talk about that today, so relax and settle in and listen up because your stress therapy session is about to begin right now. Hey, beautiful people. It's time for some stress therapy. A podcast about how to meditate and get better at stress for people living in the real world. Finally, a place to Park. My 25 plus years of experience of working as a psychotherapist in the mental health field. And now your host, me, the stress therapist, Sherri Flake. Hey, beautiful people. What's up? So we've been talking a lot about how to get started with a new meditation practice. But most of what I'm talking about really helps with every kind of new behavior that you're trying to make habitual, right? And just feeling good about things, like feeling. Okay, like your mental health, like your physical health, all of it really depends on how you're thinking about things. Okay. And I'll tell you, now that I've been on this planet for over a half a century, I'm just saying that mindsets are a good mindset. It's. I don't know, it seems a little less common as I get older. I seem like even my friends that are in a good mood or in good health or happy marriages or whatever, they still still have these kind of occasional yucky mindsets. And I'm sure I do, too. We all do. We all have this, like, ugh, whatever about something. And we need to make sure that when we're having negative thoughts about something or a mindset that doesn't really work for us, that we become aware of that so we can change it. Okay? So even though we think that, oh, you know, yeah, I'm getting older, I'm a little old lady, or a lot of people are talking about, yeah, now that we're older, you know, time goes by too quickly or, you know, getting older is not for wimps or whatever it is that you're saying or, you know, like yesterday someone was walking my groceries out to the car, and he said, well, my back is spent and my knees are spent. And, like, I don't know, I didn't even ask him about those things, but I have found in my life, side note, maybe unrelated, I don't know what it is. Someone told me that it was, quote, my energy. Usually people tell me that it's my, quote, energy. That's what the yoga teacher told Me on Sunday. But people want to talk to me. They want to tell me their things. They have wanted to tell me their things since I was born. That is why I'm a therapist. No matter where I go, even, like, when Covid hit, I was like, this is going to be amazing because I'm going to be, like, undercover. I'm going to wear a mask. I'm going to have a hat on. And people won't want to talk to me. Nope, people still want to talk to me. They want to tell me their problems. And that's fine. That's wonderful. That's my livelihood. That's how it is. But I am never, ever, ever, ever a fly on the wall. And so often when people are talking to me, they're saying really negative things about themselves. And I got to tell you, you got to remember, your brain is listening. Your brain is always listening to you talk. And although we've talked about how our brain doesn't understand English and its emotions and pictures and that kind of thing, that's true. That's true. But remember, every time you have a thought and then say it out loud, even if it's that part of your brain that's picking up on it that doesn't understand English, it usually comes with an emotion. So there are two things at play here. The actual words, you know, my knees are spent. Your brain hears that. It loves everything that you say to be absolutely true all the time. Because our egos are obsessed with being true and right. I mean, I don't know about you, but I love being right. Especially when I'm with my husband. I mean, my husband's a lawyer, and he has all these books about arguing and how to win an argument. And I'm like, yeah, nice try. Good luck with that, right? Because I like to be right just as much as the next guy. Even if he's a lawyer, Right? We're obsessed with being right. So when your brain hears these things, it wants to be right. And if you think I'm crazy, just walk around. Even if you don't think it's true right now. Even if it's. Your knees are healing. Even if. Whatever. Walk around saying, I used to have a knee problem. My knees used to hurt. Or even better, I am in perfect health. And get your mind off your knees altogether. I mean, the other day, my daughter had a pimple. It happens all the time with teenagers. And, you know, it was picture day. It's a big deal on picture day. It's a bummer, right? I said, girl, the Best thing you can do is not think about it. Don't talk about it, don't look at it, don't touch it. Completely remove all energy from the pimple, because it's going to get bigger. What you put your mind on gets bigger. Where your attention goes is where your energy flows. I think Joe Dispenza says that it's all true. And if you don't think it's true, you need to remember the things that you say to yourself that always seem to be true. I always find the best parking spot. Even my Halloween costume is always the best. Whatever it is. Or my Thanksgiving turkey always turns out great. Whatever it is that you're always saying to yoursel