Dr. Julie Smith

We actually did a video on this quite a while ago. We used lots of rice just as this idea of representing the population of the world. So let's say the rice here, this white rice represents the population of the world, okay? So you've got... all of this, and one in four people will experience a mental health problem at some point this year, right? And the wild rice represents that one in four.

But when you mix them up like that and you give it a little kind of mix, you realize that that one in four is a huge number. And even if you just take one little pinch of

But when you mix them up like that and you give it a little kind of mix, you realize that that one in four is a huge number. And even if you just take one little pinch of

But when you mix them up like that and you give it a little kind of mix, you realize that that one in four is a huge number. And even if you just take one little pinch of

of people so let's say that's the people in your life even if you're lucky enough not to be struggling at this moment the chances are you're going to be rushing shoulders with someone who is so you are never alone when you're struggling because even though people you know you won't be able to see it in this visual way that you do with their eyes because people don't often talk about it when they're struggling but someone else will be dealing with something and so recognizing that we need to be kind to each other all the time dr julie

of people so let's say that's the people in your life even if you're lucky enough not to be struggling at this moment the chances are you're going to be rushing shoulders with someone who is so you are never alone when you're struggling because even though people you know you won't be able to see it in this visual way that you do with their eyes because people don't often talk about it when they're struggling but someone else will be dealing with something and so recognizing that we need to be kind to each other all the time dr julie

of people so let's say that's the people in your life even if you're lucky enough not to be struggling at this moment the chances are you're going to be rushing shoulders with someone who is so you are never alone when you're struggling because even though people you know you won't be able to see it in this visual way that you do with their eyes because people don't often talk about it when they're struggling but someone else will be dealing with something and so recognizing that we need to be kind to each other all the time dr julie

There is such power in being able to recognize that what you're experiencing is a normal human experience. Even when you feel like you're the only one experiencing it at that moment, knowing that that doesn't make you abnormal, that it's a normal part of the human experience that other people might have experienced at some point, even if they're not going through it now.

There is such power in being able to recognize that what you're experiencing is a normal human experience. Even when you feel like you're the only one experiencing it at that moment, knowing that that doesn't make you abnormal, that it's a normal part of the human experience that other people might have experienced at some point, even if they're not going through it now.

There is such power in being able to recognize that what you're experiencing is a normal human experience. Even when you feel like you're the only one experiencing it at that moment, knowing that that doesn't make you abnormal, that it's a normal part of the human experience that other people might have experienced at some point, even if they're not going through it now.

means that you don't have to judge yourself as not being enough or not getting this thing called life correct or right. Normalizing something helps you to take the judgment out of it and start looking at it with curiosity.

means that you don't have to judge yourself as not being enough or not getting this thing called life correct or right. Normalizing something helps you to take the judgment out of it and start looking at it with curiosity.

means that you don't have to judge yourself as not being enough or not getting this thing called life correct or right. Normalizing something helps you to take the judgment out of it and start looking at it with curiosity.

Yeah, absolutely. It changes and it's temporary. And those thoughts are so simple and yet so powerful because if you know that something is changeable and that sometimes you're okay and sometimes you're not, and that's a normal human experience, then you're able to accept it and allow it to pass over you in that way.

Yeah, absolutely. It changes and it's temporary. And those thoughts are so simple and yet so powerful because if you know that something is changeable and that sometimes you're okay and sometimes you're not, and that's a normal human experience, then you're able to accept it and allow it to pass over you in that way.

Yeah, absolutely. It changes and it's temporary. And those thoughts are so simple and yet so powerful because if you know that something is changeable and that sometimes you're okay and sometimes you're not, and that's a normal human experience, then you're able to accept it and allow it to pass over you in that way.

Yeah, there are absolutely, there are so many things you can do to help bring yourself back to baseline and to prevent it from happening so much of the time or to prevent those emotions from being so intense. You know, lots of skills you can do that you can learn and get better at that help you do that.

Yeah, there are absolutely, there are so many things you can do to help bring yourself back to baseline and to prevent it from happening so much of the time or to prevent those emotions from being so intense. You know, lots of skills you can do that you can learn and get better at that help you do that.

Yeah, there are absolutely, there are so many things you can do to help bring yourself back to baseline and to prevent it from happening so much of the time or to prevent those emotions from being so intense. You know, lots of skills you can do that you can learn and get better at that help you do that.

there's loads to that depending on what you're facing at any given point. And I would kind of break it down into, there are certain things where people struggle, no matter what the details of your problem is and what life's throwing at you, a lot of people struggle with, okay, emotions. So,