Calm your mind

PSYCHOLOGIST GWENDOLINE SMITH IS AN EXPERT IN DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY. SHE TELLS ERIN FISHER ABOUT THE IMPACT OVERTHINKING AND NEGATIVE SELF-TALK IS HAVING ON OUR LIVES

‘IT’S THE WORRY AND ANXIETY THAT LEADS TO YOUR BATTERY GOING FLAT’ Another day is drawing to a close and you’re pulling back the doona and ready to slip into a deep slumber. But the moment your head sinks into the pillow, suddenly you couldn’t be further from rest. Your mind goes into overdrive, replaying every daft thing you said, speculating about where your life is going, worrying about tomorrow’s meeting and if the children will turn out okay. It’s a scenario Gwendoline Smith is all too familiar with. “You’ve been up half the night ruminating and predicting upcoming disasters. You haul yourself out of bed, feeling and looking like a train wreck. You go to the bathroom, look into the mirror and say to yourself: ‘I think positive thoughts about myself and…

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Good Health Choices Magazine NZ (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2020

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