Episode 199: Proactive Mindset for Mental Health: The Holiday Edition

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November is here and the holiday season is upon us. Amidst the hustle, bustle, and extra stress, the Emancipation Nation's gift is to you is to offer strategies to maintain and enhance your mental health during the season. Thus, I've curated a survival kit of powerful, clear, and concise tips to help navigate these additional pressures. Let's dive together into the art of managing emotions.

Keeping your mental health in check isn't all about reactive strategies, it's about fostering a proactive mindset. We'll explore the profound connection between your thoughts, feelings, and actions, and how altering one can impact the others. The essence of these discussions will revolve around the power of positive self-talk and the transformational impact it can have on your daily life. The Emancipation Nation podcast isn't merely about doing something; it's about doing the best thing. We're here to guide you through the festive season and beyond, furthering the fight for freedom. Stay tuned, subscribe and let's continue our journey to emancipation, one episode at a time.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
You know the why human trafficking work is needed
To fight for the freedom ofmodern day slaves.
But love, passion, commitmentisn't all you need to be an
effective and successfulanti-trafficking advocate.
Learn the how.
I'm Dr Celia Williamson,director of the Human
Trafficking and Social JusticeInstitute at the University of

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Toledo.
Welcome to the EmancipationNation podcast, where I'll
provide you with the latest andbest methods, policy and
practice discussed byexperienced experts in the field
, so that you can cut throughthe noise, save time and be
about the work of saving lives.
Welcome to the EmancipationNation episode 199.

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I'm Dr Celia Williamson and itis almost the middle of November
and you know what that means.
That means the holidays areright around the corner and we
are still working our jobs andtrying to take care of our
families, and many of us areplanning our menus and have to
grocery shop and cook or get outthere and purchase our gifts or

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get online and purchase gifts,and it's just a little more
added stress to our life duringthis time of year.
So here's a little shortepisode on how to improve your
mental health in the moment.
I found this online.
I think it's very powerful andvery clear and concise and it

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says if you feel like everyonehates you, eat.
It will improve your mood.
If you feel like you hateeveryone, sleep.
If you feel like you hateyourself, shower.
If you feel like everyone hateseveryone, go outside.

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Change your environment for themoment.
If you feel overwhelmed by yourthoughts, write them down.
If you feel lost and alone,call a friend.
If you feel stuck in the past,plan for the future.
If you feel anxious about thefuture, focus on the present.

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If you feel you're not enough,list your achievements.
If you feel you can't controlanything, organize something
small.
If you feel unloved, dosomething kind for yourself.
If you feel no one understands,express yourself creatively.

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If you feel restless, take along walk.
If you feel like giving up,remember a time you succeeded.
If you feel invisible, helpsomeone in need.
If you feel too much pressure,do a simple task you enjoy.

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Those things will help you inthe moment to get through the
holidays in a good mood andappreciating family and other
loved ones.
And in the long term, considerthis If you think the way you've

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always thought, then you'llalways feel the way you've
always felt.
And if you always feel the wayyou always felt, then you'll
always do what you've alwaysdone.
If you always do what you'vealways done, then you'll always
get what you've always gotten.
And if you always get whatyou've always gotten, then you

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will always think what youalways thought.
So pay attention to yourself-talk.
Pay attention, because a lot oftimes you can control whether
you're going to feel good thatday or not feel good that day.
It's true, a lot of it is aboutattitude.

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So if you change your thoughts,you can change the way you feel
, and if you change the way youfeel, you will do something that
is more helpful to you, morehelpful to other people, and, in
turn, what you do will benefitthe way you think and feel.

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So thinking, feeling, doingit's all wrapped up together and
it's all controlled largely byyou.
Until next time the fightcontinues, let's not just do
something, let's do the bestthing.
If you liked this episode ofEmancipation Nation, please

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subscribe and I'll send you theweekly podcast.
Until then, the fight continues.