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FREE EXERCISES

Challenging Anxiety

Often we bring about anxiety in our minds and bodies by our own thoughts. Challenging these thoughts can be a great way to reduce this anxiety.

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This exercise can be completed with any event in life that produces stress.

Gratitude Journal

Write daily three things that you are grateful for or that made you happy on a specific day. This is also a great exercise to do with children before sleep.

 

Research shows that doing this exercise increases positive mood, optimism and improves your sleep.

Constructive Self-Knowledge

Fear and lack of self-confidence often create anxiety and inaction in daily life. This creates a perpetual circle inhibiting growth and self-efficacy.

 

Use this exercise to positively reappraise your abilities and reflect on your true capabilities.

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Positive Appraisal

Sometimes, negative memories or traumatic events affect us long after they have passed. Research shows that rumination can be just as destructive as the event, and when we ruminate we continuously create psychological lesions.

 

Use this exercise to create distance and meaning from the event so it eventually loses it's strength.  

USEFUL VIDEOS

How Trauma Impacts Us

Trauma can manifest in our minds and bodies in ways that we do not understand. We may have forgotten the traumatic event, or pushed it into our unconscious mind, but the body remembers and reacts to it.

 

Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk explains the process and gives insight into how common trauma is.

Explaining Addiction

A powerful presentation by Gabor Maté that explains why some people are more susceptible to becoming addicted than others. Addiction is more common than people assume, and the process on becoming addicted is convoluted.

 

Gabor Maté answers "what is good about addiction" and lifts the stigma on people who experience it.

Listening to our Symptoms

Eleanor Longden talks about how schizophrenia affected her life until she understood it was her body's way of trying to cure her from childhood trauma. A great account that reiterates the message that our symptoms are trying to tell us something and our response to them makes a big difference.

Our Signature Strengths

Humans have a strong innate tendency to notice their flaws and inadequacies. While there is an evolutionary basis for this, it directs our attention to what we are not, instead of what we are. This video talks about changing our perspective, noticing our "signature strengths", and using these to improve our lives.

Sleep is your Superpower

Sleep is the most underrated medicine we have at our disposal. David Walker, the author of "Why We Sleep," explains the importance of sleep for physical and mental health. Sleep can impact all aspects of our well-being. Just by sleeping an hour more a day you can improve your longevity, reduce your chance of a number of illnesses, improve physical appearance, sex life, mood, and the list goes on!

Attachment Theory Explained

Attachment theory explains how our early relationships with our primary caregivers helped shape how we relate to others as grown-ups. This is especially relevant in our romantic relationships. Recognizing your attachment style can help you understand yourself better and the difficulties you face in relating to others.

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It is important to know that psychotherapy can help us change our primary attachment.

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