In Your Right Mind with Monique Rhodes

Why is it that when someone has been abusive or damaging to us, we often hang in there in the relationship? Why is it so hard to walk away? What is it that we are hoping to gain? This is what I discuss in today's podcast.

One of the techniques I teach you is how to see through your worries as merely stories. However, sometimes this technique is misused. I explain what I mean and how to ensure you don't do it in today's podcast.

As we get older, we lose old friends faster than we make new ones. So what do we do when we need to make new friends? This is what I will give you some practical tips on in today's podcast. 

What do you do when people aren't treating you the way you hope they would? Look in the mirror and realise that you have a part to play in it.

Today I feel troubled. There is no way around it. It creates questions inside of myself that feel important for me to answer.

In today's podcast, I reflect on the struggles of the loss of freedom that so many of us have right now and how we can perhaps look at this a little differently. 

It's a time where many of us are concerned about our health. This is wise. However, if we fixate and become overly anxious about anything, this can become problematic. In today's podcast, I answer a question about this from one of my students.

Sometimes we can find it hard to relate to other people's pain. Equally, when people behave badly, we can find it difficult to see our faults, and it can become easy to judge. In today's podcast, I discuss why shifting our perspective is so important.   

In today's podcast, I answer a question from one of my students who is unsure if it is fear stopping her or if she is merely going down the wrong path. 

Each year we go through a process of creating resolutions for the New Year. Right about now, we often realise that we are failing at them. What if I told you that you weren't and it is merely a shift in the way you think about these resolutions that is needed? 

Each day we literally give our happiness away by without even realising it. However, understanding the way these subtle hooks steal our happiness we can change our relationship to them and find a faster way to happiness. 

These times are unprecedented. How can we get through with sanity when so much is happening?

What do we do if many areas of our lives are in a bit of a mess? How can we become happier? In today's podcast, I discuss the smartest way to change quickly.   

Sometimes it can be challenging for us to relax as we sit down to do our daily The 10 Minute Mind practice. In today's podcast, I give you some strategies to help you get settled more quickly. 

At times we have unrealistic expectations of ourselves. However, circumstances can mean that we cannot contribute in the ways we are used to. This lack of contribution can have a significant effect on our self-esteem. In today's podcast, I discuss a question from one of my students with this exact issue. 

What do we do when we know something is not good for us, yet we can't stop? In today's podcast, I explain ways to change old habits. 

As we go through, what is undeniably a dark and challenging time, we have the opportunity to grow and learn in ways not usually available to us. In today's podcast, I discuss how we can use this time of darkness to grow.     

For those of you who have not reached midnight yet I am already in 2021. It left me thinking a lot about where hope is found as we turn the page on a New Year. 

When bad things happen, especially when those things seem random and meaningless, we crave a sense of understanding and, ultimately, control. In today's podcast, I discuss a technique for managing difficulties. 

Fireball Goals are the foundation of my life. If you want to feel genuinely alive, Fireball Goals are one of the keys. In today's podcast, I explain what they are and how to use them.

Often we don't realise that we can change habitually difficult situations. Playing dinosaurs with my niece reminded me of how this is possible.  The Flying Start Workshop 2021

We are at a crossroads. We have a choice to go down the old worn-out roads that don't work or do things differently. This is a wonderful time to look at doing things differently.  Flying Start 2021

For most people who celebrate Christmas, it is going to be very different this year. In today's podcast, I discuss how you also may need to handle it differently. Flying Start 2021

At this time, we have a golden opportunity to reflect on the year that has been. Never has this been more important than in 2020. Flying Start 2021

Whether you can see your family this Christmas or not, coming together with the family you grew up with can bring up a lot of uncomfortable emotions. In today's podcast, I explain why and give you some ways to work with it a little differently the next time you see them. This podcast is brought to you by  The Happiness Baseline