Mind Daycare: Recent Episodes
Kyra Fisher
Mind Daycare Podcast is hosted by Kyra Fisher Social Worker, Certified Trauma Professional and Youth Mental Health Prevention Advocate. This podcast will offer information on how to conquer intrusive thoughts and manage our minds. We accomplish this in a practical way with a humorous and spiritual approach. Every battle is won and lost in the mind. Daily care of our minds will help us live a better life. Drop your mind off at Mind Daycare and let’s nurse our minds to better health.
Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional help.
Whitney Houston said it best, the children are our future, we have to teach them well and show them the beauty they have inside.
We have to keep guard of our mind to defend our peace, it starts with meditation and practice of meditation on good things and positive things.
What if you knew you only had one hour to live? Would you waist it on petty arguments or would you live it with purpose. Today’s show will have you thinking about your time and how to utilize it to accomplish your goals and not miss opportunities.
An attitude of gratitude can lift your mood, change your perception and change your mind about situations that look impossible will now start to look possible.
Protect Your Mind from negative thoughts by resisting rumination/thinking on the thoughts. Only think on helpful things.
What you say can help you or hurt you so watch what you say and speak life over your life.
Rest a a great healer of the mind. Proper sleep and mental rest can help heal mental challenges and create a calmer mind.
You don’t have to wait to New Years to plan your resolutions to get better, start today!
Don’t let intrusive thoughts get the best of you. The thoughts ate not yours so don’t take ownership.
Learn the difference between shame and guilt to help grow through both emotional stages.
Do the inner work to produce the outer work. Whatever you want changed on the outside must happen on the inside first.
Words have power and can heal or destroy any situation, speak life to any dead situation, you have the power.
Your mental health is your responsibility. Don’t think that someone is going to wave a magic wand and all your struggles will be over. You have to put in the work: Casting down/disregard negative thoughts that also includes Check, Challenge and Change your negative thoughts. Understand that negative thoughts are not yours and it is your amygdala trying to protect you because you responded to the negative thoughts with fear. This activated your sympathetic nervous system and caused your body to be in panic mode (Fight, Flight or Freeze). So, put in the work Consistently and over time your mental health will improve. Tap into your spiritual connection (God) trusting that something bigger than you is helping you through which can aide in your recovery.
You have the ability to control your emotions. You have to practice using that tool to see results.
Learn the difference between thinking and thoughts and how to overcome negative thoughts.
You can’t control thoughts, but you can control what you think about and how you respond.
Replay if a past episode. You don’t have to wait till New Year’s Day to have a new resolution. Let’s make a resolution to be better this year and put a smile landing in action.
Financial Stress is real. We can alleviate this stress by having a budget and a plan to get out of debt.
How do you talk to yourself. Positive Self talk is very important to a healthy mindset.
Emotions try to take us on a emotional roller coaster, unless we control our emotions each ride will be unpredictable and not beneficial.
Choose an option action when your emotions don’t fit the facts or when your emotions are not effectively helping to you resolve a problem.
Sometimes you have to bypass your feelings of being uncomfortable to accomplish your goals. Don’t let being uncomfortable keep you from reaching your goals.
In marriage, be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger to have a successful marriage. Ep. 69
We have the power to create peace and keep peace if we keep our minds focused on what helps us and not hurts us, but you have to put in the work
We have to practice good mind hygiene and tend to it daily. This is how we live happy lives.
Thinking Error: Blowing things up is making a really big deal out of something small, or making something a little bit bad seem like the worst thing. Think about what you’re thinking about and start to correct the negative thoughts.
Ask as if everything is okay, this will help calm your emotions and give you a faith perspective.
Ignoring the Good is a thinking error. To combat it, lets start focusing on the good instead of ignoring it.
Examine Your life and remove all the things that are not flowing with document called life.
Think about what your thinking about and ask yourself is it helping you or hurting you.
Whatever you say to yourself, your mind will believe it, so speak to yourself with live and respect!
Knowledge can help you walk in freedom in your mind. No more anxiety or depression, we are going to “act as if” we don’t struggle with it.
Kick start change by practicing behaviors that would exist if your problems were resolved
Kyra Fisher interviews Chrisrandra, a woman who used to use drugs and alcohol to deal with pain and trauma in her younger years. Chrisrandra is now a chaplain and peer support specialist at a nonprofit organization. Chrisrandra has been through a lot of trauma in her life, including being abandoned by her father, being sexually assaulted as a teenager, and being trafficked into prostitution. She is now in a treatment facility. Kyra explains that trauma refers to any negative experience that negatively impacts a person's life. They also talk about the power of prayer and the Holy Spirit in helping them get to a place where it's time to deal with their addiction. Chrisrandra, Kyra describes her experience with her ex-boyfriend and the abuse he inflicted on her. She talks about how she was in a relationship with him for years and how he abused her trust and made her feel like she was his "slave. " She describes how she felt like a prisoner in the relationship and how she had to learn how to say no and speak up. Kyra and Chrisrandra discuss what they would say to someone struggling with mental health issues. Kyra suggests seeking professional help and surround yourself with loving and kind people. Chrisrandra suggests finding a Christian counselor who can teach you how to be your own therapist and coach.
Sometimes you need to heard something over again to help us remember and walk in the application phase!
Effective communication can save relationships, don’t expect others to assume what you need or want.
It’s not what happens to you in life it’s how you respond. Be solution focused and not problem focused.
What you say can build you or break you, overtime, it will hinder your progress. Speak life into your life.
There is 1 death by suicide every 11 minutes! Ask your love ones or yourself the question, “Are you suicidal”, you just may save someone’s life.
Let’s do the work. Take daily inventory of your thoughts and behaviors to improve yourself. Free your mind and the rest will follow.
This Thanksgiving make a decision to love; let every argument and disagreement fade and make a decision to love on your family and friends.
There is always an opportunity to complain, but take that opportunity to be grateful. You decide what kind of day you will have. Make a great day.
Starting the process of change starts in the mind first then action follows. Most people don’t change until the pain out ways the pleasure. Learn the Stages of Change and what stage you are in to help you move toward accomplishing your goals.
Have you ever asked yourself, “What’s my purpose” or “Why am I here”. Your purpose is to show hope and to love others as you love yourself. Christians are to do that and point others to Jesus.
Unforgiveness is a silent killer. It’s like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die, but you’re the one that’s really dying. With the holidays approaching, let’s not have two “Beefs”in the room, the one on the table and the grudge/beef in your heart toward a family member that has hurt you. The only thing you can control is yourself so start the journey today of forgiving others and forgiving yourself. Let’s start our New Years resolution today.
You have to be your biggest cheerleader in life. Address the enemy in the inner me and kick it out. You can do whatever you put your mind to do that others can be blessed by your life. The best is yet to come.
The only way for us to have the victory in our mind is to stay focused on peace, truth, good reports and the fact that God is on our side. Painful past experiences try to high jack our joy and our peace so we have to guard our minds every moment of the day.
Learn 5 steps to deal with intrusive thoughts. Intrusive thoughts are unwanted negative thoughts that cause stress, anxiety or depressive symptoms. By this implementing these 5 steps you can conquer your negative thoughts.
Your mental health is your responsibility. Don’t think that someone is going to wave a magic wand and all your struggles will be over. You have to put in the work: Casting down/disregard negative thoughts that also includes Check, Challenge and Change your negative thoughts. Understand that negative thoughts are not yours and it is your amygdala trying to protect you because you responded to the negative thoughts with fear. This activated your sympathetic nervous system and caused your body to be in panic mode (Fight, Flight or Freeze). So, put in the work Consistently and over time your mental health will improve. Tap into your spiritual connection (God) trusting that something bigger than you is helping you through which can aide in your recovery.
8 Ways to Improve Your Mental Health. Practice at least 3 of these consistently and I promise you your mental health will improve.
What makes you happy? Is a question that most people don’t know the answer to. Happiness is not found in material things because that only last for a moment. Happiness starts from within and is not based on the situation. Life will sometimes make you want to give up, but we have to make a decision everyday to be happy. The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire https://psycho-tests.com/test/oxford-happiness-questionnaire
In this episode you will learn about what Mind Daycare means and about the host Kyra Fisher.