Classic Advice - A Mental Health Podcast, Guidance for Resilient Souls Anchoring Calm Amid the Chaos

E117 Stop Measuring Your Worth By Results - Your Value Is In Showing Up Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: How are you measuring your self worth? Are you measuring it by results or by action because our actions is where our control is and that is what we should tie our self worth to. Please reach out. My Website is: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://classicchronicles.ca/⁠...

E116 Build A Vision For Your Life - See It Before You Live It Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Do you have a vision board? Have you ever considered how a visual reminder of your goals and dreams can help you achieve them? This goes as well for getting on top of your mental health issues like anxiety, grief, sadness making a vision board for your mental health is just one little trick that...

E115 Don't Make Big Decisions In Big Emotions - Let The Emotions Pass First Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: The danger of making big decisions while we are experiencing big emotions is the regret afterwards because maybe the decisions we made weren't rational or logical. Maybe if we had let the emotions pass first we would have make a different decision. Please reach out. My Webs...

E114 Are You Avoiding Hard Conversations? Your Needs Matter Too Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Avoiding hard conversations because they are uncomfortable is such a natural response, but it still leaves us with the problem instead of resolving it. Hard conversations, confronting people when they hurt us is uncomfortable, but it can deepen the relationship afterwards. Please reach out. My...

E1113 You're Not The Label - Change Your Self Talk Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Do you ever catch yourself saying "Oh I'm such an idiot" or "I'm so stupid"? How we talk to ourselves can have a deep impact on our self worth and self esteem. What if we reframed things? Please reach out. My Website is: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cl...

E112 The Lie Of Perfect Relationships, Healthy Relationships Argue Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Happy ever after. Have you noticed that in romance books and movies that the story ends once the couple gets together? What if I told you that that was just the beginning, and that the riding off into the sunset with the implication that there will be no more conflict is false? Please reach...

E111 Do You Take Everything Personally? It's Not Always About You Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: When someone feels off to you, or they give you a short answer or they aren't as upbeat as usual, or maybe had a certain tone in their voice, do you take it personally? Do you automatically assume that it must be a reflection on yourself? That they must be upset with you? What if I t...

E110 Are You Feeding Your Anxiety? Bad Safety Behaviours Keep You Stuck Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: What is a safety behaviour? It is a behaviour that you do in order to bring calm into your mind when you are experiencing anxiety or any other emotion we would rather not feel. A bad safety behaviour can be exchanged for a good one and one that isn't bad for us long term. Please re...

E109 Acceptance Isn't Agreement - You Don't Have To Like It Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Understanding that you don't have to agree or like a situation can help you reach the acceptance stage, and let go so that you can move on. In this episode I share my story of my disability, when I found out about it and how I finally reached the acceptance stage about being half deaf...

E108 Don't Wait For Motivation - Action Comes First Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Do you wait for motivation to strike before doing the things that you have every intention of doing? What if I told you that if you just start regardless of how you feel then motivation will naturally follow? Please reach out. My Website is: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://classicch...

E107 What Are Your Buttons? Know Your Triggers. Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Are you aware of your triggers? What sets you off? If we can label our buttons then we can navigate around them so they don't get pushed. Please reach out. My Website is: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://classicchronicles.ca/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ My YouTube Channel...

E106 Planning Balance - if you don't plan your time, something else will. Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: How's your work life balance? As a wife, mother, someone who works its easy for all of life's to do's to dictate how my time is spent unless I take a hold of the reigns and be very intentional with how my time is spent. Please reach out. My Website is: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

E105 Keep Walking The Hallway Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Have you ever had a dream door slammed in your face and it left you in pieces, broken and shattered? In this episode I share my pain associated with my miscarriage and told I would never have kids. Though I don't go into any graphic detail please listen with care, that said the story does end happy. Please reach out. My We...

E104 Keep The Small Things Small Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Have you ever split coffee and found yourself overreacting to it or any other seemingly small thing and wondered why? What if it's not about the coffee at all but something else? Please reach out. My Website is: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://classicchronicles.ca/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

E103 Are You Coping Or Avoiding? Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Are your coping techniques helping you process your emotions or are you just avoiding? Please reach out. My Website is: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://classicchronicles.ca/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ My YouTube Channel is: (behind the scenes footage and social media posts) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

E102 Are You Assuming Or Are You Asking? Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: When our frame of mind is negative we tend to assume a lot more than we would when we are in a positive frame of mind. When we are in a good mood versus a bad one we tend to be more curious and ask more questions which bring clarity to the situation. When we assume it can be easy to think that a reaction we get from...

E101 Are You Focusing On Problems Or Solutions? Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Where our focus is can dramatically change our mindset and give us the direction we need to keep going and overcome problems that life throws at us. Shifting our focus from the problem to the solution is a valuable tool to keep in our mental health toolbox. Please reach out. My Website is: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

E100 Comfort Doesn't Create Growth Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Staying where we are comfortable doesn't push us into growth. Having the courage to step out of our comfort zone is what pushes us into places we only dreamt of. Do you have the courage to give it a try, remembering that courage is not the lack of fear? Please reach out. My Website is: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠...

E99 Do You Think About Your Thoughts? Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: I know thinking about your thoughts, what an odd thing to say, but it's true if we aren't self aware about our thoughts can can lead us down a path that is very dark. Stopping and thinking about the thoughts that pop into our head we can validate them, or discard them as untrue. How do we do this? Why is it so...

E98 Did You Get A Good Night Sleep Last Night? Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Sleep, such a basic thing, but a long enough and restful one is a must have ingredient for our mental health. I explore why and what I do in order to ensure a good nights rest and set myself up for success for a great day come morning. Please reach out. My Website is: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ht...

E97 You Might Know Exactly What To Do, But Are You Doing It? Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Sometimes we know we should be doing a certain task or thing to improve our mental health, but we aren't doing the thing. What is that for you? What do you know you should be doing that if you did this thing it would improve your mental health, but you just aren't? Why not? In this episod...

E96 How High Or Low Are Your Expectations? Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: High expectations of others can lead to frustration and arguments. We can get so frustrated that we stop having any expectations of others and just take everything on ourselves. What can we do about it? Please reach out. My Website is: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://classicchronicles.ca/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

E95 How Are You With Your Money? Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Are you a spender or a saver? If we are coping with stress or any other difficult emotion by spending money that we don't have it leads to more stress or anxiety etc. because after the fact we are then worried about our finances. By learning to have a healthy relationship with money and cope in other ways we can lower o...

E94 Are You Struggling With Lingering Sadness Or Low Crummy Mood? Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: When is the last time you created something? We can get so wrapped up in life, the daily to-do's that we loose track of the hobbies that we used to love. Painting, building lego, playing a musical instrument and many more. What is it that you used to love to do, and when is the last time...

E93 Magical Music For Your Mental Health Hi Friends, In this episode I talk about: Listening to our favourite music when we are bummed out or in a crummy low mood and dancing, even when we really don't feel like it in the moment, can work some magic and help lift us to a better mental space. Please reach out. My Website is: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://classicchronicles.ca...