77-Checking In On Our Mental Health

I invite you to take a moment and check in on our mental health.  You deserve to get the help that you need, from a professional, if you need it.  It’s time to de-stigmatize the language around mental health. 

 

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Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in 2 minutes a day,  through my signature method of Intentional Margins® (creating harmony between your to-dos and your priorities), happiness science, and musings about life. 

 

I'm your host Katie Jefcoat and if no one has told you lately, you deserve to check in with your mental health.  And that means, getting professional help when you need it, when you want it, when you don’t know if you need it but you can’t shake a feeling.  You deserve it.  We should be talking more about mental health, de-stigmatize the language around mental health.  

 

Our brains are so incredibly complex, and that’s amazing.  It allows us to rewire the thoughts.  The saying, what we focus on grows.  That is scientifically proven that in the Reticular Activating System part of our brain that sends signals to give us more of what we are focusing on.  It’s like when you decide you want to buy a new red car and all of a sudden you see red cars on the highway.  Or when I was pregnant, I all of a sudden started noticing more women that were pregnant, I was focusing on my own pregnancy. 

 

But, what I hear is that when we are stuck in a mental health situation, this can feel like spiraling out of control.  It can feel dark and scary and I imagine hearing that you can  “think your way out” makes you want to punch that person in the throat.  

 

So although I talk about happiness science on my micro-podcast Everyday Happiness (2-mins a day), I have no qualifications to talk about mental health.  But, I encourage the dialog to destigmatize the language around mental health and to encourage people to seek the professional support they need. 

 

I don’t know who this message is for, but please know this:  You deserve it.  I'm rooting for you.  I’m cheering you on. And I want you to win.  I believe in you.  

 

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