Mental Health Monday: All Aboard the Happy Thought YACHT

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
You're waking up with fifth in the morning.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Good morning, it's mental health Monday. Lori sharp Page is
our licensed clinical counselor comes on for just a few
minutes of feel good advice that maybe you'll be able
to use today and for the week. Set us up
on the right foot, because we can't cure it all
in one morning, but we can't certainly help you out
a little bit. Absolutely, good morning. So you told me

(00:25):
before we went live that we're going to end up
on a yacht somewhere.

Speaker 3 (00:28):
Yes, absolutely, tell me more so a lot of health
I agree, right, A lot of us have the ability
to often think about the worst, worst, worst case scenario.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
Right, especially on a Sunday, scary like Monday morning. Oh
it's piling, yeah yeah, oh yeah.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
Absolutely, And so in order to interrupt that hat habit,
because we can't just be thinking about the worst case
scenario all the time, we also have to balance it
with the best case scenario all the time. And in
my world, the best case scenario is we end up
on a yacht.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
Down the Ohio. Here we GOI do you want to
cut water?

Speaker 3 (01:06):
Okay?

Speaker 1 (01:07):
I love it. I love the vision. So I really
prompt myself anytime I've had one of those worst case
scenario thoughts, to have to think of a best case
scenario thought, and dot dot dot yacht is my tool
for doing so. And it's not just about the yacht.
I mean, it started about the yacht, but it's not
just about it because it also stands for you also
could have thought, so, wait.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
A minute, hold on one more time.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
You also could have You also could have thought.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
Okay, so that is an acronym for yacht. Yell it
is it is all right, so no boat but yes, now.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
Okay, but if yacht is not your thing, that way
you know it can be whatever you want. Just kind
of imagine what is that best case scenario. You don't
have to believe it, you don't have to spend a
lot of time thinking about it. But by just doing that,
by just prompting yourself to have that more positive best
case scenario thought, you're interrupting that catastrophizing and helping yourself
stay out of the spiral, which is what we want,

(01:58):
right Okay.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
Any other tips? I need to know? What about this one?
I like this well.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
I think as much time as you can spend on
your imaginary yacht, the better I think it's good for
your mental health. And like I said, it also interrupts
some of those old patterns that a lot of us
have that our brain uses to keep us safe. But
we don't always need to stay safe. Sometimes we need
to really focus on what is going to make us
feel good.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
Okay, So quickly, if it's a Monday morning and I'm
spiraling about work and that's my negative thought, what would
be a good example of the yacht theory for work?

Speaker 1 (02:31):
Really, I would say something good that could happen at work.
So maybe you're really worried about the outcome of the
meeting and you're stressing about what that outcome could be.
Are you also thinking about what the good outcome in
that situation with the best case scenario income?

Speaker 2 (02:42):
Lorie Sharp pagees are Coping Queen. That's her handle. You
can find her on Instagram for coping tips, et cetera.
You can also book her for corporate gigs. Mike Gala
is out here speaking. Thank you, Laurie. I appreciate you.
Thank you.