In this, the first episode of The Confident Mind of 2016, I talk about how to have a good day and how to do a series of small things that help to keep our mood on track and not leave space for anxiety.  I talk about how to

This week on the Confident Mind I talk about sadness and how one of the ways that depression happens is when we get stuck in sadness, and allow it to define our sense of ourselves. I discuss research that shows that when we

This week on the Confident Mind I talk about procrastination, what it is, what makes some people more prone to experience it and some easy to implement strategies, mindfulness based of course, to overcome it. To see more abo

This week on The Confident Mind I talk with comedians Kade Nightingale and Jeremy Rolston about their new stand up comedy show and#8220;You, Me and O.C.Dand#8221;.  They’ve both been diagnosed with O.C.D which happens to

This week on the Confident Mind, I talk about how Iand#8217;m a hypocrite.  In fact, we all are.  I explore the ways that hypocrisy can be a useful driver of behaviour and attitudinal change, and also a hurtful and unhelpf

This week on the Confident Mind, I talk about online bullying, and my thoughts on why it seems to be more prevalent.  I explain the role of narcissism and empathy failure in bullying, and how this is a particular risk with

This week on the Confident Mind, I talk about failure, what it means and how fearing failure leads us to avoid engaging in activities.  I talk about how mindfulness can help us to be more open to the emotions that happen ar

In this weeks episode of The Confident Mind I talk about the limits and dangers in thinking about anxiety as a and#8220;brain diseaseand#8221;, some of the research that shows it clearly isnand#8217;t a disease, and what we

Iand#8217;ve had an unexpectedly busy week, and so rather than leave you with no Podcast to listen to, hereand#8217;s an earlier episode to tide you overand#8230; In this weeks Confident Mind Podcast I introduce secondary

This week on the Confident Mind, itand#8217;s all about motivation: what it is and how to get more of it.  Or more specifically how mindfulness can help us overcome a lack of motivation, and do hard things.  I talk about t