The Mental Step-Up: Recent Episodes
daniel rivera
A podcast that goes into depth about all things mental health. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-rivera607/support
If you’re worried about money, you’re not alone. Many of us, from all over the world and from all walks of life, are having to deal with financial stress and uncertainty at this difficult time. Whether your problems stem from a loss of work, escalating debt, unexpected expenses, or a combination of factors, financial worry is one of the most common stressors in modern life.
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Life is full of uncertainty, both good and bad. Maybe you’re hopeful that a big meeting with your boss will convert into a raise. Or Maybe you're going crazy because your partner sent you that “I need to talk to you about something text”. In either case, you won’t know where you stand until it actually happens. And in the meantime, you’ll have to deal with that uncertainty–something some people do better than others.
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Being different is hard. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t an upside to standing out. While it’s always wonderful to have a group of supportive friends and allies, having a distinct personality makes you special, wonderful, and dare I say memorable.
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Do you find yourself dwelling on negative thoughts about yourself. Repeatedly putting yourself down, criticizing yourself, comparing yourself to other people you think are perfect? When you make a mistake, do you think it’s absolutely awful, that anyone else would have done a better job, and that it's an example of some permanent flaw you have? If so, then, like many people, you are often your own worst enemy, negating everything you do and blowing things up as if your mistakes are the worst that anyone can imagine.
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Personal Growth is a never-ending journey. Our areas of improvement are largely formed by the people around us since we are young.
As we mature, we have a greater sense of self-awareness and can actively take actions to improve ourselves.
Areas of your life that you can improve are your professional career, relationship, emotional and physical health and well-being. You can concentrate on improving either a single aspect or all of them in one go.
Having a well-defined personal growth plan can help us identify goals, acquire skills and develop habits in any area of our life.
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Honestly, This episode is short and just me rambling about how the holiday effects me. This episode is to thank everyone who gets me through it and is a message to everyone who deals with seasonal depression that....YOU WILL GET THROUGH IT TOO!
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“Smiling depression” is a term for someone living with depression on the inside while appearing perfectly happy or content on the outside. Their public life is usually one that’s “put together,” maybe even what some would call normal or perfect.
Most people hide thier depression for many reasons but here is why we need to do a better job at opening the conversation for people to not have to hide behind their smile.
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Are you overthinking about a situation or is that your intuition telling somthing important about said situation?
We can confuse the two because it seems like both are the same and we dont know which one is really happening at the moment.
So how can we figure out which one is which? How can we learn when to stop overthinking and learn how and when to listen to that gut feeling?
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Most people won’t be shocked after hearing about your fear of heights or spiders. However, if you were to say aloud “Happiness scares me,” you’d get an immediate reaction of hands flying to cover mouths in astonishment. The truth is, joyful things can be just as frightening as those that go bump in the night. If being happy scares you, you could be limiting yourself from living out your true purpose and potential.
So why do we fear happiness and what can we do to over come this fear?
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Regardless of your fame, fortune, or abilities, life is filled with difficulties.
You get to choose how you will react to those difficulties though.
Learning to deal with them in healthy, productive ways results in personal growth and peace of mind.
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I believe that everything that we go through fits into one of the following categories: Good, Bad, or Ugly. The good is just that, the good or positive things in our lives. The bad is unpleasant, however, it is temporary. Finally the ugly is life altering, and that kind of change is scary. Here are a few reasons why we should be thankful for the good, the bad and the ugly. Also we’re also missing out on the benefits of gratitude, which may be greater than many people realize. As it turns out, the effects of gratitude can be important for our overall well-being for several reasons.
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We all try to maintain our level of comfort or increase but what I have learned is that one of the greatest skills a person can learn is the ability to be comfortable with discomfort. When people feel any type of discomfort, they attempt to eradicate because it is not comfortable. What People fail to realize is that experiencing discomfort is often a sign of growth and progress. It is a valuable opportunity to improve and become a better person.
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Good communication is an important part of all relationships and is an essential part of any healthy partnership. All relationships have ups and downs, but a healthy communication style can make it easier to deal with conflict and build a stronger and healthier partnership.
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It is true that love is responsible for some of the most blissful moments in our life. However, it can turn these moments dark in a matter of seconds. So why does love hurt so much?
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Why do we base our actions on what people say or might say? Humans, by nature, are social beings who crave connection, intimacy, and relationships with others. Caring about what others think of us is part of that desire to make connections and feel accepted. But what if you’ve started putting too much value on the opinions of strangers and acquaintances? How can we learn to stop caring so much about other peoples opinions?
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What happens if you're on your way to a point in your life that you worked hard for but then you had to start all over again? You just made a career switch or got out of a long term relationship, or you moved to a different enviorment. How do we supposed pick ourselves up and go through the journey again?
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Why is weakness and vulnerability in the same category? I give my two cents on why--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-rivera607/support
This is probably the million dollar question for everybody. No relationship is perfect but when is the time to leave a relationship when it drastically affect your mental health? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-rivera607/support
Have you ever been at a job where you just don’t like? The environment is just toxic and you’re just not happy there no matter what. Sure you might power through it but your mental health is suffering.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-rivera607/support
How many times are you asked “how are you doing today”and you answer truthfully? We all have good days and bad days mentally, but how can we help ourselves deal ? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-rivera607/support
We all have that friend or friends who make jokes that kind of make you tilt your head a little bit. When is it time to realize that those jokes are more than just jokes?--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-rivera607/support
We’ve all been there. We sacrifice our happiness for other things. however when is the right time to put ourselves first? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-rivera607/support