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The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy

Audio Essay #10: A New Years Resolution that Works (Long-term Behaviour Change)

Jan 7, 2022
31:14

This podcast is a guide to making any kind of resolution towards long term change and it includes: 
 
Intro   00:00

Listener Shout-Out 02:30

Choosing the area you want to work on  (what is bothering you?) 03:33 

Framing the resolution appropriately  06:15

Making a plan using the zone of proximal development 08:07 

Choosing high leverage activities 12:37

Using positive and negative emotions to help you make progress  14:25 

Measuring your results correctly to remain reality oriented and motivated 16:50 

Not using failure as an excuse to regress, analysing your sticking points with detatched compassion   20:05

Recognising and disregarding mental noise 23:07 

Recognising the role of motivation, discipline, will power and habit 24:22 

Allowing for identity level change 27:15

Viewing your behaviours as collisions with reality you can learn from 29:33

Outro 34:45

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Audio-essay by Dr. Alex Curmi. Dr. Curmi is a specialist registrar in General Adult psychiatry in the South London and Maudsley NHS foundation trust with a special interest in psychotherapy and mindfulness meditation.

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