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In part three, Jodie Cariss gives some helpful advice on how to make the most of your therapy sessions, discusses why journalling can be a great tool to measure progress and shares some useful self-care tips for outside of the therapy room.Plus, Jodie and Dr Alex George discuss the importance of meeting yourself where you’re at and why it’s vital to remember that feelings are transient.Check out Self Space and get Jodie’s book ‘How to Grow Through What You Go Through: Mental Maintenance for Modern Lives’Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcastGet the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual nowDownload Mettle: the mental fitness app for men

In part two, Jodie Cariss and Dr Alex George discuss how to know when a therapist isn’t the right fit for you, and how to approach this tricky conversation.Plus, Jodie unpacks how to measure progress when undergoing therapy, the importance of understanding that healing is not linear and why being challenged by your therapist can be a good thing…Check out Self Space and get Jodie’s book ‘How to Grow Through What You Go Through: Mental Maintenance for Modern Lives’Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcastGet the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual nowDownload Mettle: the mental fitness app for men

Jodie Cariss is a therapist with over 18 years experience and founder of Self Space, a private therapy clinic which is widely considered to be the world’s first on-demand mental health service that’s available on the high street.Deciding to go to therapy is a big step, but it can often be overwhelming.In part one, Jodie shares the best ways to get started with therapy, including how to find a therapist and how to know which type of therapy is right for you.Plus, Jodie and Dr Alex George debunk some common misconceptions about therapy and emphasise that progress and self-development is the main goal: you can’t ‘win’ therapy!Check out Self Space and get Jodie’s book ‘How to Grow Through What You Go Through: Mental Maintenance for Modern Lives’Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcastGet the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual nowDownload Mettle: the mental fitness app for men

Dr Caroline Boyd is a chartered clinical psychologist with over 10 years experience working in the NHS and other mental health settings. She specialises in anger, particularly how it manifests itself in parents. Anger is still quite a taboo topic, and many of us may try and suppress our anger due to feelings of shame or discomfort.In this special bonus episode, Caroline joins Dr Alex George to unpack why we get angry, how to approach anger in the different relationships in our lives and why you should acknowledge and address anger when it arises.Plus, Caroline discusses the importance of meeting anger with compassion and reveals the surprising ways in which anger could actually be your superpower…Follow @_drboyd and check out her website hereFollow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcastGet the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual nowDownload Mettle: the mental fitness app for men

In part 3, Dr Kirren reveals why you need to stop over-focusing on your anxious thoughts and shares  her top three tips for living alongside anxiety. Plus, Kirren and Dr Alex George discuss the difficulty of being a perfectionist and why you should never Google your symptoms if you’ve got a history of health anxiety…Follow @drkirren and get her book ‘Ten Times Calmer: Beat Anxiety and Change Your Life’Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcastGet the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual nowDownload Mettle: the mental fitness app for men

In part 2, Dr Kirren unpacks the topic of health anxiety, how it’s connected to death anxiety and shares her golden rules for managing health anxiety.Plus, Kirren and Dr Alex George discuss their experiences of EMDR therapy and how living life according to your values can help alleviate feelings of death anxiety…Follow @drkirren and get her book ‘Ten Times Calmer: Beat Anxiety and Change Your Life’Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcastGet the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual nowDownload Mettle: the mental fitness app for men

Dr Kirren is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years experience, and has built an online following of over 600k through her helpful videos about living with anxiety.Many of us suffer from anxiety, so why do we rarely talk about the frightening symptoms of anxiety?In part 1, Kirren joins Dr Alex George to discuss the many different ways anxiety may present itself physically, the importance of accepting anxious thoughts and why it’s essential to make friends with uncertainty.Plus, Kirren shares some tips for managing the physical symptoms of anxiety and reveals why anxiety levels have risen drastically since the pandemic…Follow @drkirren and get her book ‘Ten Times Calmer: Beat Anxiety and Change Your Life’Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcastGet the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual nowDownload Mettle: the mental fitness app for men

In part three, Hannah Alderson reveals the six steps to rebalancing your hormones and how your diet has a bigger impact on your hormonal health than you might think…Plus, Hannah and Dr Alex George unpack the role movement can have on our hormones and how practicing daily gratitude can improve both your hormone health and mental wellbeing.Follow @hannahaldersonnutrition and get her book ‘Everything I Know About Hormones: Six Steps to Optimal Health and Happiness’.Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcastGet the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual nowDownload Mettle: the mental fitness app for men

In part two, Hannah Alderson unpacks why more women are speaking up about their hormone health than ever before, the key roles cortisol and insulin play in our daily lives and why ‘being hormonal’ is actually a good thing.Plus, Hannah and Dr Alex George discuss why the 24 hour cycle is the most important in hormonal health and why your hormones are only ever as good as the clues you give them…Follow @hannahaldersonnutrition and get her book ‘Everything I Know About Hormones: Six Steps to Optimal Health and Happiness’.Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcastGet the new, pocket guide version of The Mind Manual nowDownload Mettle: the mental fitness app for men