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🔹. Benjamin Franklin - his quote refers to a person who thinks negatively and that persons inability to find positivity or perhaps #appreciation in anything ...if we are #discontent, it can affect all aspects of #life leading to negative thinking and unhelpful behaviours which in turn run the danger of #filtering out positive experiences. Our #focus on the negative means that our #mind quite quickly disqualifies any alternative experiences we may have. 🔹 if you notice that your thoughts are negative, you’re feeling low or generally #unhappy there may be a tendency to want to think your way through it.. why am I feeling like this? What’s happened to make me feel this way? How can I feel better? Understanding can be great but thinking when low can lead to ruminative thinking - going around and around with very few new or helpful thoughts. 🔹 So rather than (over)thinking, choose doing - pick a nice activity you can engage in - it doesn’t have to be anything fancy, but it would be helpful if it is something you can focus on - a nice bath, a good book, a talk to a friend, drawing, meditating... whatever you know you enjoy. The doing will help the thinking to become more helpful. Give it a go - try to break your negative cycle. #benjaminfranklin #positivity #negativity #cbt #alternativethinking #doing #action #doingnothinking #rumination #funactivity #lowmood #unhelpfulthoughts #activity #simplepleasures #thinkgoodfeelgood #therapy #intention #negativecycle #onlinetherapy #everyoneneedsmetime #metime #helpfulthinking #drkaurtherapy (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvfT9U-BIa4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l4hjghfa299f

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🔹 Benjamin Franklin - his quote refers to a person who thinks negatively and that persons inability to find positivity or perhaps #appreciation in anything ... 🔹 If we are #discontent, it can affect all aspects of #life leading to negative thinking and unhelpful behaviours which in turn run the danger of #filtering out positive experiences. Our #focus on the negative quite means that our #mind quite quickly disqualifies any alternative experiences we may have. 🔹 If you notice that your thoughts are negative, you’re feeling low or generally #unhappy there may be a tendency to want to think your way through it.. why am I feeling like this? What’s happened to make me feel this way? How can I feel better? Understanding can be great but thinking when low can lead to ruminative thinking - going around and around with very few new or helpful thoughts. 🔹 So rather than (over)thinking, choose doing - pick a nice activity you can engage in - it doesn’t have to be anything fancy, but it would be helpful if it is something you can focus on - a nice bath, a good book, a talk to a friend, drawing, meditating... whatever you know you enjoy. The doing will help the thinking to become more helpful. Give it a go - try to break your negative cycle. #benjaminfranklin #positivity #negativity #cbt #alternativethinking #doing #action #doingnothinking #rumination #funactivity #lowmood #unhelpfulthoughts #activity #simplepleasures #thinkgoodfeelgood #therapy #intention #negativecycle #onlinetherapy #everyoneneedsmetime #metime #helpfulthinking #drkaurtherapy (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvfTtH0h8FW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wnbdzvtiyi8o

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🔹 We are growing all the time - it may not be in the way or direction we had once hoped for as life has a way of taking us on journeys we did not envisage or anticipate. Sometimes our growth can be actually be stifling - if we learn unhelpful coping strategies that prevent positive change, the growth in the unhelpful habit expands, stretches and forms better ways of establishing itself. Unhelpful behaviours can quickly act as a way suppressing emotions that seem overwhelming and can quickly confirm negative self beliefs like ‘I can’t do it so there’s no use trying’. If the unhelpful growth continues and isn’t challenged the unhelpful beliefs and thoughts can soon create an environment where change is really tough. Much harder than it initially may have been. 🔹 Natural growth doesn’t mean giving in to what may be easier to do. It can mean to try to follow what feels natural, right and positive. Following your interests, pursuits and interests because they make you feel grounded and fulfilled rather than doing what you think is expected of you by friends, family, society as a tick box exercise. Obviously we all have duties and responsibilities but your self care needs to be something that allows you to grow. To grow naturally and to grow freely in ways you may not have thought about. It can be more useful to let go of ideas about our future and live in the moment to understand what is truly meaningful to us and allow it to grow. 🔹 Like the branches on a tree, allow your growth to blossom, flourish and take routes that cannot be predicted but provide support for future growth, connection and grace. #naturalgrowth #corestrength #grounding #strength #resilience #reachout #grounded #treetrunk #mindfulness #growth #yougotthis #meditation #reflection #thoughtful #support #therapy #onlinetherapy #psychology #psychologicalgrowth #development #motivation #sundayselfcare #mindset #personaldevelopment #drkaurtherapy (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BujBhY4BPKX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qi2lxoqyxe8p

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🔹 there are many unhelpful myths about eating disorders. This one focusses on the severity being minimal because a choice to control eating is involved. There are complex biological, social and psychological components involved in the development and maintenance of an eating disorder. In most cases the eating disorder becomes the primary way of coping with intense emotions and adverse life experiences. ⠀⠀ 🔹 recovery is not an easy process and it’s certainly not a matter of simply choosing to eat more/less food. Recovery involves addressing key issues which are often highly emotive and difficult to face. Recovery is much more than simply changing eating habits. ⠀⠀ 🔹 whilst there are more females who present with eating disorders, there are a growing number of men who are also opening up about their eating disorder. Out of the 1.6 million people affected by an eating disorder in the UK, 11% are male. It’s not just a girl thing! ⠀⠀ 🔹 eating disorders can take on various forms - be aware - look at those close to you - look at your own relationship to food and emotions - choose to discuss this with your friends and loved ones - create awareness - make it okay to talk about difficult things. Be the change. ⠀⠀ #eatingdisordersawarenessweek #edaw #eatingdisorders #anorexia #bulimia #purging #vomiting #bingeeating #laxatives #excessiveexercise #disorderedeating #difficultemotions #awarenessweek #therapy #recovery #therapyrocks #advancement #personaldevelopment #personalgrowth #copingstrategies #psychology #therapyaids #mindfulness #awareness #bethechange #seekhelp #challengestereotypes #challengemyths #drkaurtherapy (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuS6M2sBJJx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4jl22qzxggcm

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🔹 The term core strength is mostly associated with exercise - strengthening your core muscles through various physical techniques. This is no doubt important. However core strength is also a term that can be borrowed to refer to psychological well-being. Building an inner resilience to guard against the stresses we all experience in life. Often the resilience building comes through experiencing difficulties in life. Just as muscles develop when they are pushed to their limit, psychological strength develops in the same way. Through adversity comes strength, if there is a willingness to learn and reflect. 🔹 A tree holds its strength in the trunk and roots through grounding. In the same way each of us can use our experiences to strengthen our resolve and develop courage in learning to stretch out and reach for our goals and aims, knowing that we can hold our own. 🔹 Your strength is within you and has come from everything you have experienced in life so far. Stay grounded. Keep going, keep reaching, keep striving. #corestrength #grounding #strength #resilience #reachout #grounded #treetrunk #mindfulness #growth #yougotthis #meditation #reflection #thoughtful #support #therapy #onlinetherapy #psychology #psychologicalgrowth #development #motivation #sundayselfcare #mindset #personaldevelopment #drkaurtherapy (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuQq8-1hLAL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=o5xfwj3lgu3o

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🔹 Exposure response prevention is a frontline treatment for OCD. It has been proven to be extremely effective in managing symptoms related to obsessions and compulsions. It involves exposure to the feared stimuli alongside a simultaneous prevention of a ritual. The person is essentially faced with their fear and refrains from ritualising. Initially it can be extremely anxiety provoking, but with time the anxiety should start to lessen. 🔹 It often surprises me when I hear comments about those in therapy being regarded as weak minded. More so when I hear comments about OCD being a desired experience, because it would be nice to like to clean (no reference to the emotional and mental pain accompanying the cleaning rituals). 🔹 Exposure response prevention is not for the weak willed. In fact it would challenge most people to be faced with their worst fear knowing that they can’t rely on what has worked for them previously. Their trust is in the therapist and in the theory that it will work. Full credit, respect and applause goes to those who seek support for their OCD. 👉🏽 Reach out. Help is available #erp #exposureresponseprevention #OCDwoa #OCD #ocdawareness #mentalhealth #diagnosis #anxiety #compulsions #obsession #imsoocd #weekofawareness #raiseawareness #cbt #erp #exposureresponseprevention #psychology #therapy #mentalhealthsupport #mentalhealthawareness #bethechange #breakthestigma #stigma #mentalhealthstigma #alienation #loneliness #shame #isolation #seekhelp #reachout #drkaurtherapy (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuO2eg-h1LH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1u5svhlha83pe

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🔹 Have you ever heard anyone say ‘I’m so OCD’ because they like things to be neat and tidy? OCD is not just about needing things to be tidy. OCD is not a pleasant experience. OCD is not a choice. It is a serious mental health difficulty that consumes a persons life through obsessions and compulsions. 🔹 Obsessions are unwanted thoughts, images or ideas that occur repeatedly and are outside of the persons control, for example the belief that counting to 50 will stop something bad from happening. 🔹 Some people feel as though they have to do something repeatedly even if they don’t want to - these are called compulsions, for example repeatedly checking that the cooker is off. 🔹 OCD is an anxiety disorder which can be debilitating and can have a huge impact on a persons family. 🔹 A person with OCD can seek help by accessing psychological therapy. Reach out. Don’t suffer alone. Get help in trying to break the cycle. 🔹 It’s OCD week of awareness - once again I ask you to help break the stigma of mental health difficulties by talking to those near to you - this time about OCD. Change can happen in your circles if you are the one to make it happen. Be the change. #OCDwoa #OCD #ocdawareness #mentalhealth #diagnosis #anxiety #compulsions #obsession #imsoocd #weekofawareness #raiseawareness #cbt #erp #exposureresponseprevention #psychology #therapy #mentalhealthsupport #mentalhealthawareness #bethechange #breakthestigma #stigma #mentalhealthstigma #alienation #loneliness #shame #isolation #seekhelp #reachout #drkaurtherapy (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuHv8X_hcFe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ryojuiv12wdr

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Life can be hard...but keep yourself going. Nothing stays constant...things will change. Have faith in you. #confucius #moveslowly #strength #resilience #hope #faith #mindset #action #mindfulness #cbt #innerstrength #inspiration #onedayatatime #meditation #patience #fortitude #keepmoving #keepgoing #ownfriend #innerfriend #psychology #resource #therapy #seekhelp #drkaurtherapy (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt5uNgQBxvF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1geeyuk3t7xfc

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🔹Every second of the day we have so many choices to make. The choices and constant thinking can take over to the point when we may not even get time to stop and just enjoy the moment. But we all know how important it is to make time to laugh. 🔹It’s so important to enjoy the moment and laugh like we haven’t laughed in a long time. 🔹Laughter can be great for the body increasing the release of endorphins and dopamine - the feel good hormones in the brain which are capable of relieving pain. 🔹So today and in the days to come give yourself the challenge to find something that makes you happy and something that makes you have a good laugh. 🔹Laughter is a great medicine. #bellylaughday #laughteristhebestmedicine #mentalhealthrecovery #mentalheatlhadvocate #mindful #mindfulness #meditation #quote #philosophy #love #happy #life #amazing #motivation #inspiration #blessed #therapy#peace #contentment #compassion #clarity #drkaurtherapy https://www.instagram.com/p/BtA29Qbh5i_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1r0bmjkkyh47t

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🔹Blue Monday... apparently this is the most depressing day of the year. I get that it’s cold, the Christmas cheer has long gone and the dark nights seem to be never ending, but this day is no different to any other day in January. 🔹Blue is just a colour. Monday is just a day. The two combined do not equal depression. 🔹As those who suffer from depression know low mood can occur any day of the year. Let’s focus on creating positivity in our lives all year round. #bluemonday #depression #depressioncanhappenanytime #mentalhealthrecovery #mentalheatlhadvocate #mindful #mindfulness #quote #philosophy #selflove #happy #life #amazing #motivation #inspiration #blessed #therapy #peace #contentment #compassion #clarity #drkaurtherapy https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs587hyBoyf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=agbk5yk5yfu2

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🔹Perfectionism - something to strive for or something to avoid? 🔹Perfectionism can be great in helping us to work towards goals and push ourselves further. It can be something that helps us to venture into new avenues and strive for success. There are many benefits IF we are happy with our achievements along the way. 🔹But if we only focus on the end goal of perfectionism our efforts to succeed may not be enough and our sense of achievement may be numbed, overtaken by a harsh and critical inner voice. 🔹Perfectionism can create some very unhelpful behaviours, thoughts and feelings that in turn perpetuate a negative cycle. 🔹Perfectionism can stop a person from even trying to move forward for the fear of failing. ‘Why bother trying, I know I can’t do it’. 🔹 Fear itself can prevent action, so it is worth spending some time thinking about whether this fear exists in you and whether it stops you from trying. 🔹it might also be useful to think about what your ideas of perfectionism are - what came to mind when you read that word? 🔹Identifying the block is the first step in overpowering it...and trying anyway... #perfectionism #challengeperfectionism #mentalhealthrecovery #mentalheatlhadvocate #mindful #meditation #quote #philosophy #love #happy #life #amazing #motivation #inspiration #blessed #therapy#peace #contentment #compassion #clarity #reflection #drkaurtherapy https://www.instagram.com/p/BsxWxwRB09-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ses8t7gbj4tr

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Perfectionism - something to strive for or something to avoid? 🔹Perfectionism can be great in helping us to work towards goals and push ourselves further. It can be something that helps us to venture into new avenues and strive for success. There are many benefits IF we are happy with our achievements along the way. 🔹But if we only focus on the end goal of perfectionism our efforts to succeed may not be enough and our sense of achievement may be numbed, overtaken by a harsh and critical inner voice. 🔹Perfectionism can create some very unhelpful behaviours, thoughts and feelings that in turn perpetuate a negative cycle. 🔹Perfectionism can stop a person from even trying to move forward for the fear of failing. ‘Why bother trying, I know I can’t do it’. 🔹 Fear itself can prevent action, so it is worth spending some time thinking about whether this fear exists in you and whether it stops you from trying. 🔹Identifying the block is the first step in overpowering it...and trying anyway. After all perfectionism itself is a concept that is dependent on who is defining it...redefine it for yourself 💙 #perfectionism #challengeperfectionism #mentalhealthrecovery #mentalheatlhadvocate #mindful #mindfulness #meditation #quote #philosophy #love #happy #life #amazing #motivation #inspiration #blessed #therapy #peace #contentment #compassion #clarity #drkaurtherapy https://www.instagram.com/p/BsxRQe8h1S4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kp9nl3za40vb

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You’re busy. I completely understand. Life has a way of taking over and before you know it a lot of time has passed by without you taking the time out for yourself that you really need. 🔹 Work. Parenting. Studying. Chores. Duties. Responsibilities. Trying to keep up with friends. Classes. Goals. Social media! 🔹 Demands will ALWAYS be there. So if all you can do in this moment and future moments to look after yourself is stop, then please stop. 🔹 Just for a short moment... Stop....pause and take a very long deep breathe... and continue for as long as you can hold that moment. #mentalhealthrecovery #mentalheatlhadvocate #mindful #mindfulness #meditation #quote #love #happy #life #amazing #motivation #inspiration #blessed #therapy#peace #contentment #compassion #clarity #drkaurtherapy #therapy https://www.instagram.com/p/BskoETfBua3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11kvk0c8hkm8x

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An amazing quote by a truly amazing and inspiring person who lived to help create groundbreaking change to people’s lives and to emphasise equality and respect for life. 🔹 Modern day slavery in the form of human trafficking is an evil act involving the use of a person as an object with little to no value to their wellbeing. In an increasingly disjointed society it can be easier to turn our eyes away from another persons pain in order to protect ourselves rather than face the unknown of where we might end up if we feel their pain with them. 🔹 We can assume that this applies more to situations where there is danger or risk to life or safety but many incidents happen daily all over the world to remind us that there are extraordinary people in the world. It is important to help those in need whilst staying safe. 🔹 But extraordinary acts do not have to only be those that are witnessed by others nor do they have to be in life threatening situations. Extraordinary acts start with you. Extraordinary acts start with intention to pay attention to what really matters. 🔹 Listen to that inner voice, that gut instinct to understand how you are really feeling...listen to what it is advising you on what your needs are...and start to act accordingly to meet your own needs. It doesn’t matter how small the change is. 🔹 Human trafficking is a very real problem in today’s world and one that robs people of their basic rights to create positive changes within their own lives...a prompt today for us to think about our own lives...In situations where we are limited by our own beliefs rather than our circumstances it might be life changing to see how we do have the opportunity and ability to change our lives and act on that.... 🔹 Stay active on the issues that matter...to others...to yourself 💙 #humantraffickingawarenessday #martinlutherking # #mentalhealthrecovery #mentalheatlhadvocate #mindful #mindfulness #meditation #quote #philosophy #love #happy #life #amazing #motivation #inspiration #blessed #therapy#peace #contentment #compassion #clarity #drkaurtherapy https://www.instagram.com/p/BsfBWqqBmcy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k9h8heb461nn

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Letting go can be so very hard to do, no matter what it is that you’re letting go of. At this time of year the focus of letting go mostly falls on bad habits with the emphasis being on self improvement. This week I was sharply reminded by the death of a beloved colleague to cancer, that the process of letting go sometimes starts with a forced, harsh and numbing experience. Families and friends do not chose to let go of loved ones, but are forced to start that process. It is not one of choice. A blunt reminder that life is precious and that, before our chance passes us by, it’s so important to give ourselves permission to let go of things that are holding us back now...not tomorrow...if you envisage yourself in 5 years time what is it that you see yourself having completely let go of? Allow yourself to start that journey today... 🙏🏽 #lettinggo #hope #drkaurtherapy https://www.instagram.com/p/BsbakWdBm67/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=m1ixy8o02p4d

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Perhaps the only journey that really matters... An important question worth pondering on but more importantly a journey to start travelling... #rumi #inwardjourney #reflection #mentalhealthrecovery #mindful #love #happy #life #amazing #motivation #inspiration #blessed #drkaurtherapy https://www.instagram.com/p/BsRap34hhCx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jnzuh6yaw0yb

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Welcome 2019. I’m sure that the majority of the developed world spent time last night/early morning celebrating or marking the end of 2018 and welcoming in the new year...conversations would have been had about new years resolutions, lessons learnt and experiences that would rather be left behind rather than taken forward into the new year. This is a time that carries with it a sense of hope. A chance to start afresh and an opportunity to wipe the slate clean. People generally launch into diets....exercise...self care...spiritual quests and many more attempts to create a newer, truer, calmer and more rounded sense of self... because it’s New Year’s Day...which is but another day... another morning... another afternoon... another evening followed again by another new day....in attempting to reach your goals this year please remember that new starts can happen every moment... a special new start happens every single morning with the rise of the sun and the buzz of energy all around. Finding stillness in order to connect to this isn’t easy. But it can be a very precious experience and one that can lift your mood to that of self belief. Each day brings with it new opportunities, new chances, new beginnings. The energy from New Year’s Eve towards self belief can be carried forward to every single day if you allow it... 🔷 make every day your special day to work on self advancement 🔷 #newyearseve #2019 #newbeginnings #newstarts #selfbelief #advancement #selfimprovement #newyearsresolutions #newyearpriorities #faith #perspective #clarity #clearmind #mentalhealthrecovery #mindful #love #happy #instagood #life #thoughtprovoking #content #peace https://www.instagram.com/p/BsFwVyphMdQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10yloywj7u9ka