How to respond when you don’t get the response you want or need + a Neurocycle to help identify & eliminate toxic assumptions causing you mental distress

CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf - A podcast by Dr. Caroline Leaf

Early bird tickets on sale now for my 2021 Mental Health Retreat: https://www.drleafconference.com Get a free Cleaning up your Mental Mess workbook when you sign up for my weekly newsletter at drleaf.com SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk about how to manage your anxiety when people don’t respond to you, or when you don’t get the response that you expected, and how to navigate the assumptions we all tend to make in our head when someone reacts in a way we perceive as negative. Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-to-respond-when-you-don-t-get-the-response-you-want-or-need-a-neurocycle-to-help-identify-eliminate-the-toxic-assumptions-causing-you-mental-distress OFFERS FROM OUR SPONSORS: -BetterHelp, an amazing company that can assess your needs and match you with your own licensed professional therapist: Get 10% off their first month at betterhelp.com/drleaf. -Huzzah (my favorite probiotic drink!): Get your cooler ready and stock up on HUZZAH Probiotic Seltzer by using code DRLEAF for 20% off your order at drinkhuzzah.com. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS: 2:50 How the negative assumptions we make about people can affect our wellbeing 4:30 How assumptions can lead to toxic rumination, which can cause brain damage 7:00 We are not experts on other’s people’s behavior! 7:20 The dangers of overthinking 10:30 How to use mind-management to manage our assumptions & control overthinking 13:12 How to be more in control of you thinking 14:00 The 5 steps of the Neurocycle mind-management system 15:50 How to rewrite the toxic narratives we have built into our brain 22:00 Why reconceptualization is so powerful 26:20 It is okay to experience negative emotions, but we shouldn’t let them control us! -Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com -Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app -Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips. Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747 Follow me on social media for daily mental health tips & strategies: -Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/- -Facebook: Dr. Caroline Leaf: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf -Twitter: @drcarolineleaf: https://twitter.com/DrCarolineLeaf