Mental Chats

The way we interpret reality determines how we feel and how we act in life and the response from the world.So by changing our interpretation of reality, we can change how we fee and what we do, and therefore the response of the environment.In this episode Alice explains what the Confirmation Bias is and describes a few techniques that you can use to challenge thoughts when unhelpful.To know more about the techniques explained in this episode, please have a look at the Living a Meaningful and Successful Life program: https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/meaningful-successful-life-online-course:You can access the FREE resources here: https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/crossroads-psychology-free-resourcesand to know more about the Confirmation Bias, please read on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

In this episode Alice explains why fear is not the enemy and what to do to overcome it.You do not want to overcome the Ring of Fear just for the sake of it, you want to overcome it when that particular fear is a limitation to living the life you want to live.The only way to overcome fear is to go through it and emerge on the other side, expanding your comfort zone in the process.Stop going around in circles inside your comfort zone, make friend with fear and start moving in the direction of what you value in life.Free resources to do so: https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/crossroads-psychology-free-resourcesSend questions to: mentalchats@crossroadspsychology.co.uk

Knowing your internal motivators is essential to have direction, motivation and purpose in life.In this episode, Alice will guide you in differentiating between internal and external motivators and will help you to identify your Values: the everlasting internal motors of our lives.To know more about Values, please watch our Values Vs Goals video in our FREE resources on :https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/crossroads-psychology-free-resourcesTo join the waiting list for the next intake of the Living a Meaningful and Successful Life program, please visit:https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/meaningful-successful-life-online-courseIf you have any questions, please send them to: MentalChats@crossroadspsychology.co.ukand if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a great review and share it, share it, share it with anyone you care about helping on their life journey.

In this episode Alice explain the 5 essential steps you need to take to create the life you want to live.If you have any questions on the concept explained, please email us at MentalChats@crossroadspsychology.co.uk and we will do our best to answer in one of the next episodes.In this episode, Alice also talks about the Hero's Journey. To know more about the Hero's Journey visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journeyTo have a look at our Living a Meaningful and Successful Life programme visit: https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/meaningful-successful-life-online-course

In this episode Alice explains why our emotions are healthy helpful responses and what the function of Fear, Anger, Sadness and Joy is.Any questions, please emails us at mentalchats@crossroadspsychology.co.ukTo access our FREE resources visit: https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/crossroads-psychology-online-coursesFor more detailed information on the scientific research about primary emotions visit:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_accounts_of_emotionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion_classification