Just a Minute with Dr Kumari

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!

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 one of my mindfulness inspired self care cards almo...

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 them linked at www.kumarivalentine.com along with...

Just a Minute to step back from mental chatter, in Sydney.

Taking Just a Minute to breathe into gratitude from Singapore.

Taking a minute to breathe in compassion.

Catching a minute while I can? !

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 but my little "shop" will be closed from the 13t...

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 - check her out at Connections Child Psychology on F...

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. 

In this week's Just a Minute, we visualise healing light moving through the body. 

Is it difficult to say no because of guilt, people-pleasing, or obligation? Why is it so hard? I talk about some experiences that might contribute to this feeling. I also offer some journalling prompts. 

The Butterfly Hug is an amazing technique, developed by Lucina Artigas, used in a variety of therapies including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy. I invite you to try just a minute with me. 

Our relationships with others can affect us in powerful ways. There comes a time when we take stock and realise that some are no longer helpful to us. I talk about cutting the energetic cord and walk you through two exercises.

Trigger Warning - I talk about Infant and Pregnancy Loss and my own experiences.  In this very personal episode, I share 10 things I have learnt about grief and loss. 

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 that the information given in this podcast is fo...

In this gentle exercise, we focus on bringing a sensation of warmth and kindness to your hands and then I invite you to place your hands on your heart or elsewhere. 

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 sign up for my newsletter) is: https://drkumari.ck.p...

Many of us have had our voice silenced through various experiences including invalidating experiences of childhood that did not allow us to fully voice our authentic self. In this podcast, I talk about five dynamic "bottom up" or body based strategies to start us connecting with our true and authentic voice, literally and emotionally. 

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 hard(er) to relax, unwind, and feel truly our aut...

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. 

Do you start the day overwhelmed? Does the day begin in your mind before you even get out of bed? Let's talk about making the morning easier with Just a Minute of Mindfulness.