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Low or depressed mood affects EVERYTHING. I am a clinical psychologist with almost two decades of clinical experience as well as previously having been a researcher and lecturer in psychological science. In this episode, I share some evidence based tips for lifting low mood or maintaining mood. The awful thing when you feel low is that it feels lik…
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I often talk about the nervous system and soothing it for dealing with stress and trauma. Here I talk about what I mean by the nervous system. A couple of weeks ago, I had an extra stressful week and was pleased with a few things I put into place - I'm always learning! I hope these tips are useful to you too! Here is a download to the handout I tal…
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Waitangi Day is pretty important in New Zealand and a day I have mixed feelings about. One the one hand, it is really important, I feel, to honour our known guardians of the land and the special history and culture. On the other hand, there has been so much wrong doing, bias, racism, and disadvantage to the indigenous people of this country.…
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Best wishes for the holiday season! This is often a time of year when we start thinking about "resolutions" and "goals". These are more likely to succeed when they are driven by values. In this podcast, I talk about how we might discover or re-discover our values and some tips. Goal setting and values clarification are always easier when coming fro…
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I'm Dr Kumari Valentine, Clinical Psychologist. I'm interested in trauma, including relational trauma. I'm an EMDR therapist amongst other things. I'm talking about intergenerational trauma and intergenerational resourcing on this podcast. I talk about soothing the nervous system and talk about 5 strategies I commonly teach and use. Here is the lin…
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Terror Management Theory is one of Psychology's "Grand Theories", explaining how existential terror influences decision making and choices. This is my contribution to an observation that we are moving into a time of more right leaning politics. Change can be hard to manage and mean that dysregulated nervous systems struggle more. Download five stra…
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What do we mean by Somatisation? In this episode I look at the connection between body and mind and what we mean by these diagnostic terms. I read some lines from the amazing book by Professor Bessel van der Kolk: "The Body Keeps the Score". Relearning to be in our body means resetting our nervous system. Sign up to my newsletter to download five p…
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What is Overthinking? I talk about worry and rumination and the functions that they have. I talk about the socialisation of types of thinking and some alternatives to overthinking as well as some of the difficulties. I briefly talk about mindfulness (and why it might not be the solution for everything!) as well as what I think the core issue is tha…
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In this episode, I'm starting to talk about deep self care and have some ideas of exercises and techniques for this. I'm referring to a list I made: https://drkumari.ck.page/selfcare with these exercises. Sign up to receive them into your inbox. Thanks heaps for listening and wishing you the best in this journey of healing!…
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In this podcast we do a healing visualisation, imagining light entering through the crown of our heads. I realised I didn't walk you through the Crown Pull by Donna Eden that I had intended to! I'll do that next! Keen for other strategies to reset and rewire your nervous system for greater ease and flow? Go to https://tinyurl.com/drkumari I share o…
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In this episode I share how I coped with "Traveller's Belly" using some teaching from Bruno Cayoun and Melissa Spilsted and talk about the difference between pain and suffering. Keen on more audio tracks to support your mindfulness or self care journey? My tracks are on iTunes, Spotify and more - search for "Dr Kumari Valentine". You can also find …
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The Just a Minute concept is that we take a real minute, in our actual lives, to connect with ourselves and our body. I also mention my new deck of 90 mindfulness inspired self care cards - www.kumarivalentine.com. Note that the last day for posting before Christmas 2022 is Tuesday the 13th of December. I will be able to post again in early January…
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Aisling O'Connor is a Child Psychologist in Sligo, Ireland. Today we talk about attachment, disruptions in attachment, co-regulation, and the big feelings that occur in childhood. We also talk about Aisling's passion for online safety and how connection with children is one of the pillars that keeps them safe. Aisling has an upcoming masterclass - …
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What does a Clinical Psychologist do? What do we mean by a Scientist-Practitioner? What is the difference between a psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist? What can therapy help with? For this and more, tune into this session. Please share! Maybe there is a budding clinical psychologist who would like to hear more about this amazing area of work.…
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Reparenting ourselves is a powerful healing skill. We provide ourselves with the experiences and validation we needed when we grew up. We recognise and hear our inner child and allow ourselves the space and grace to speak authentically. In this episode I discuss 10 tips for writing a letter to our parents/carers that we DO NOT SEND. Please remember…
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Imposter Syndrome is characterised by a sense of self doubt, shame, and fear of being "found out". Often, we try cognitive strategies to deal with this. That is not enough. Let's talk about what lies underneath and what we can do about it! I talk about soothing the nervous system and the link to the exercises I suggest (free video + PDF when you si…
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Why do we trip ourselves up? There's a layer of thoughts that is hard to access that holds surprising insights and secrets. Healing our experiences of childhood can include understanding the beliefs that trip us up and keep us trapped in the past. These unspoken rules set up our nervous system for a heightened state of threat or stress and make it …
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This is a one minute version of Progressive Muscle Relaxation. I have a 3-4 minute version available as well as an 8 minute version. For my five foundational techniques to help soothe the nervous system, sign up to my newsletter and get a special Video/Audio/PDF guide that I poured my heart into. I'd love for you to try those techniques.…
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In this series we are talking about healing from childhood experiences and becoming more of our true selves. We are also going to be doing Just a Minute of mindfulness. Join Dr Kumari (Clinical Psychologist, New Zealand). In this episode we focus on mindfulness awareness from the soles of our feet for just a minute.…
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