How to ACT Instead of Stewing on Your Thoughts

In this episode, Rachel is joined by Dr Shani Langdon, a Clinical Psychologist specialising in mindfulness-based approaches. In this episode we discuss Acceptance and Commitment therapy a powerful way to deal with emotions and move forwards in our lives. Shani is an ACT practitioner and we discuss the three stages, firstly how we can choose to fuse with our thoughts and fully integrate and identify with them or choose to let them go, secondly how we can help ourselves accept the feelings that may be there without trying to change anything. Finally, acting consistently with our values allows us to take action rather than just stewing in our own thoughts. We chat about the importance of approaching thoughts and feelings with curiosity rather like David Attenborough examining a new species of insect, and how mindfulness techniques can help with this, help us feel grounded and also help increase our self-compassion.Finally, we discuss Russ Harris’s (author of The Happiness Trap) FACE COVID principles developed during the COVID crisis that help us to focus on what’s in our control, acknowledge our thoughts and feelings and open ourselves up to committed action. You can download our Stop Start Continue Checklist tool here - https://www.shapestoolkit.com/stop-start-continueWe are sending out a regular email with new resources, tips and useful content especially professionals working throughout the COVID-19 crisis. If you’d like to receive this and other resources about thriving at work then please sign up here You can watch this podcast episode on YouTube herePodcast linksShani’s website which has a resources page with links to support on offer during the COVID crisis, and details of upcoming courses which she runs with Elinor Brown is:www.beinghumantogether.co.uk Find Shani on LinedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-shani-langdon-a656a1107/Follow her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/being.human.together/Russ Harris' website with details of his FACE COVID offerings (on the home page), books, courses and other resources:https://www.actmindfully.com.auThe ACBS website for lots more information about ACT:https://contextualscience.org/Find out more about the Shapes Toolkit training hereYou can download our Stop Start Continue Checklist tool here - https://www.shapestoolkit.com/stop-start-continueYou can download our Thrive Week Planner here - https://www.shapestoolkit.com/thrive-plannerGet the COVID Team Wellbeing Toolkit which includes instructions on how to run a team check in chat here -

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The podcast for GPs, hospital doctors and other professionals in high-stakes, high-stress jobs who want to thrive rather than just survive. You studied for years, you’re really good at what you do but you’ve noticed that you’re starting to feel overwhelmed, overworked and under-resourced. You may be comparing yourself to a frog in boiling water - the heat has built up so slowly that you haven’t noticed the extra-long days becoming the norm. You may feel on the edge and trapped in the very job that you’ve spent years working towards. Here’s the problem, frogs only have two choices; stay and be boiled alive, or jump out of the pan. The good news is that you are not a frog. You have many more choices than you think you do. You don’t have to quit, and nor should stress and burnout be inevitable. It is possible to be master of your own destiny, to craft your work life and career so that you can thrive even in the most difficult of situations. There are simple changes you can make which will make a huge difference to your stress levels and help you enjoy life again. Your host is Dr Rachel Morris, GP turned Executive Coach and Specialist in Resilience at Work who knows what it’s like to feel like an exhausted frog. In the podcast, she’ll be talking to friends, colleagues and experts all who have an interesting take on resilience for clever people in high-stakes, high-stress jobs so that together you can take back control to beat stress and burnout, survive and thrive.