Dr. Julie Smith

What were the things that you value about your childhood that you think helped you become the person that you are or that helped you feel secure? So your parents might have been emotionally neglectful and not spent lots of time with you, but actually maybe... they held down a really difficult job and endured that so that you could have food on the table every night.

What were the things that you value about your childhood that you think helped you become the person that you are or that helped you feel secure? So your parents might have been emotionally neglectful and not spent lots of time with you, but actually maybe... they held down a really difficult job and endured that so that you could have food on the table every night.

And maybe, you know, maybe your mum was at home every day when you got home from school with a warm dinner and, you know, had that kind of dutiful sense of love loving you. And so there will be new ways of sort of turning something and looking at it in a slightly different way that helps you to shift the feeling and not just sit in that resentment of

And maybe, you know, maybe your mum was at home every day when you got home from school with a warm dinner and, you know, had that kind of dutiful sense of love loving you. And so there will be new ways of sort of turning something and looking at it in a slightly different way that helps you to shift the feeling and not just sit in that resentment of

And maybe, you know, maybe your mum was at home every day when you got home from school with a warm dinner and, you know, had that kind of dutiful sense of love loving you. And so there will be new ways of sort of turning something and looking at it in a slightly different way that helps you to shift the feeling and not just sit in that resentment of

you know, I've survived despite my parents rather than because of them.

you know, I've survived despite my parents rather than because of them.

you know, I've survived despite my parents rather than because of them.

I am now.

I am now.

I am now.

Yeah, absolutely. And there's always something to be grateful for and something to feel a bit annoyed about or miserable about. And I think part is a really important life skill to just have that clarity that you can choose. You don't have to be... you know, we're all human. We all find ourselves in those moments.

Yeah, absolutely. And there's always something to be grateful for and something to feel a bit annoyed about or miserable about. And I think part is a really important life skill to just have that clarity that you can choose. You don't have to be... you know, we're all human. We all find ourselves in those moments.

Yeah, absolutely. And there's always something to be grateful for and something to feel a bit annoyed about or miserable about. And I think part is a really important life skill to just have that clarity that you can choose. You don't have to be... you know, we're all human. We all find ourselves in those moments.

And, you know, when I'm talking about that, you know, health scare stuff that I went through in the summer, and I talk about sort of, you know, being the predator, not the prey and all of that, that doesn't mean every moment I was feeling that, that was a response to those dark moments where you feel, oh my, you know, what's going to happen to me? And And, you know, those dark moments.

And, you know, when I'm talking about that, you know, health scare stuff that I went through in the summer, and I talk about sort of, you know, being the predator, not the prey and all of that, that doesn't mean every moment I was feeling that, that was a response to those dark moments where you feel, oh my, you know, what's going to happen to me? And And, you know, those dark moments.

And, you know, when I'm talking about that, you know, health scare stuff that I went through in the summer, and I talk about sort of, you know, being the predator, not the prey and all of that, that doesn't mean every moment I was feeling that, that was a response to those dark moments where you feel, oh my, you know, what's going to happen to me? And And, you know, those dark moments.

So it's only human to find yourself in those. But just by having that awareness and knowing that it's a choice gives you that opportunity to step back from it. Put it at arm's length, see it for what it is, and then you get to choose.

So it's only human to find yourself in those. But just by having that awareness and knowing that it's a choice gives you that opportunity to step back from it. Put it at arm's length, see it for what it is, and then you get to choose.

So it's only human to find yourself in those. But just by having that awareness and knowing that it's a choice gives you that opportunity to step back from it. Put it at arm's length, see it for what it is, and then you get to choose.