Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

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Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith provides the skills you need to navigate common life challenges and take charge of your emotional and mental health in her debut book. Filled with secrets from a therapist's toolkit, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before teaches you how to fortify and maintain your mental health, even in the most trying of times. Dr Julie Smith’s expert advice and powerful coping techniques will help you stay resilient, whether you want to manage anxiety, deal with criticism, cope with depression, build self-confidence, find motivation, or learn to forgive yourself. Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before tackles everyday issues and offers practical solutions in bite-sized, easy-to-digest entries which make it easy to quickly find specific information and guidance. Your mental well-being is just as important as your physical well-being. Packed with proven strategies, Dr. Julie’s empathetic guide offers a deeper understanding of how your mind works and gives you the insights and help you need to nurture your mental health every day. Wise and practical, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before might just change your life. Title Page About the Author Dedication Introduction 1: On Dark Places 1: Understanding low mood 2: Mood pitfalls to watch out for 3: Things that help 4: How to turn bad days into better days 5: How to get the basics right 2: On Motivation 6: Understanding motivation 7: How to nurture that motivation feeling 8: How do you make yourself do something when you don’t feel like it? 9: Big life changes. Where do I start? 3: On Emotional Pain 10: Make it all go away! 11: What to do with emotions 12: How to harness the power of your words 13: How to support someone 4: On Grief 14: Understanding grief 15: The stages of grief 16: The tasks of mourning 17: The pillars of strength 5: On Self-doubt 18: Dealing with criticism and disapproval 19: The key to building confidence 20: You are not your mistakes 21: Being enough 6: On Fear 22: Make anxiety disappear! 23: Things we do that make anxiety worse 24: How to calm anxiety right now 25: What to do with anxious thoughts 26: Fear of the inevitable 7: On Stress 27: Is stress different from anxiety? 28: Why reducing stress is not the only answer 29: When good stress goes bad 30: Making stress work for you 31: Coping when it counts 8: On a Meaningful Life 32: The problem with ‘I just want to be happy’ 33: Working out what matters 34: How to create a life with meaning 35: Relationships 36: When to seek help References Resources Acknowledgements Spare tools Index Copyright Copyright Title Page Dedication Contents Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you? Chapter 2: Renegade perception Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’ Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit Chapter 7: War on your mind Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it? Chapter 10: Human 2.0 Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult? Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko Postscript Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation Bibliography Index