Let's Talk About Mental Health

Your self-respect gets harder to protect when you keep accepting less than you deserve… and every time you let bad behaviour slide, or stay in a destructive situation, you end up reinforcing for yourself that your worth matters less than keeping the peace or not challenging things. 

In this episode of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, I’m talking about why tolerating bad behaviour can slowly become your normal along with how what you accept from other people, situations, and even yourself shapes what happens next. If you’ve ever wondered why you struggle with standing up for yourself, or worried that setting boundaries with people will make you seem difficult, this episode will help you look at the problem differently. I’ll explain why self-respect and boundaries are closely connected, how repeatedly letting things slide can train both other people and yourself to expect less, and why changing that doesn’t mean suddenly becoming cold or aggressive. You’ll learn how to spot the moments where old patterns take over, audit the situations you may have normalised, deal with pushback, and set clearer standards before you need them. I also cover boundaries without guilt and how to be assertive, with practical ways to start respecting yourself more consistently.

👉 Ready to stop settling for less and start backing yourself? Then let's talk!

💡 TL;DR: Stop letting things slide, because you end up teaching other people (and yourself) that it’s OK to show you less respect than you deserve.

Let's Talk About Mental Health with Jeremy Godwin is about practical mental health advice for real life; each week I teach you how to improve your mental wellbeing with simple tips that actually work, drawing on my professional expertise as a counsellor and my personal experience living with anxiety and depression. Welcome and let's talk!

⏱️ Chapters/Timestamps:
0:00 Stop putting up with crap!
0:39 What are you tolerating?
2:07 What does putting up with too much mean?
7:07 Why putting up with crap has a high cost
11:34 How to stop putting up with too much
22:53 What I want you to take away

📝 Transcript & show notes: https://ltamh.com/?p=21204 

📖 Buy my book 'Life Advice That Doesn't Suck': https://jeremygodwin.com.au/latds/

📍 Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jeremygodwin

➕ Related episodes:
Stop people pleasing (Episode 322): https://ltamh.com/?p=19518
How to set healthy boundaries (Episode 248): https://ltamh.com/?p=14448
How to deal with manipulation (Episode 333): https://ltamh.com/?p=20211 
Dealing with difficult people (Episode 325): https://ltamh.com/?p=19737  

👋 New here?
Hi! I'm Jeremy Godwin, writer and counsellor plus the host of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, your weekly dose of practical advice for better mental health. I share straightforward tips to help you protect your peace and improve your mental health, with new episodes every Sunday.

🔗 Links:
Learn more about Let's Talk About Mental Health: https://ltamh.com
Subscribe for free show notes/transcripts in your inbox: https://ltamh.com/subscribe/
My Digital Store: https://ltamh.com/shop/
Daily Reflection Tool: https://ltamh.com/product/daily-reflection/
Daily Affirmations Tool: https://ltamh.com/product/affirmations/
Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ltamh
Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ltamentalhealth/
Mental health resources: https://ltamh.com/resources/

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Why do you feel stressed all the time, even when nothing's necessarily 'wrong' right now? If you can't remember the last time you felt properly calm or relaxed, your stress response probably isn't broken; it's just never getting the signal to stand down.

In this episode of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, I break down what's actually happening in your nervous system when stress becomes your resting state instead of a passing feeling, as well as why your stress response won't just switch itself off and why treating it as a workload problem usually only tells you half the story. I dig into the internal sources of stress most of us never name, like the self-criticism, the guilt around rest, and the standards we hold ourselves to, alongside the external causes of stress. You'll walk away understanding what your stress is actually trying to tell you, and you'll have practical and sustainable ways to calm your nervous system and address whatever's driving it to stay on high alert… without just trying to grit your teeth and push through.

👉 Ready to understand what your chronic stress is really trying to tell you? Then let's talk!

💡 TL;DR: Your chronic stress isn't a personality trait or a productivity problem… it's an alarm system that's stuck in the 'on' position, and this episode shows you how to actually turn the volume down.

Let's Talk About Mental Health with Jeremy Godwin is about practical mental health advice for real life; each week I teach you how to improve your mental wellbeing with simple tips that actually work, drawing on my professional expertise as a counsellor and my personal experience living with anxiety and depression. Welcome and let's talk!

⏱️ Chapters/Timestamps:
0:00 Stress and mental health
0:54 Feeling constantly stressed
2:54 What stress actually is
8:07 Why stress affects your mental wellbeing
14:00 How to stop ignoring your stress
25:04 What I want you to take away

📝 Transcript & show notes: https://ltamh.com/?p=21147

📖 Buy my book 'Life Advice That Doesn't Suck': https://jeremygodwin.com.au/latds/

📍 Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jeremygodwin

➕ Related episodes:
Handling work stress (Episode 316): https://ltamh.com/?p=19257
Money stress (Episode 310): https://ltamh.com/?p=18852
Navigating challenging relationships (Episode 289): https://ltamh.com/?p=17399
How to improve your mental health (Episode 338): https://ltamh.com/?p=20450

👋 New here?
Hi! I'm Jeremy Godwin, writer and counsellor plus the host of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, your weekly dose of practical advice for better mental health. I share straightforward tips to help you protect your peace and improve your mental health, with new episodes every Sunday.

🔗 Links:
Learn more about Let's Talk About Mental Health: https://ltamh.com
Subscribe for free show notes/transcripts in your inbox: https://ltamh.com/subscribe/
My Digital Store: https://ltamh.com/shop/
Daily Reflection Tool: https://ltamh.com/product/daily-reflection/
Daily Affirmations Tool: https://ltamh.com/product/affirmations/
Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ltamh
Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ltamentalhealth/
Mental health resources: https://ltamh.com/resources/

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Feeling lost in life, and you don't have a clue how to find yourself again? Start here.This week on the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, I'm exploring why feeling lost is not proof that you're broken or failing somehow; often, it's a sign that you've drifted away from your preferences, your values, and your sense of direction. If you're feeling directionless, feeling stuck in life, feeling adrift, or feeling lost and unmotivated, this episode will help you understand what's happening beneath those feelings and what to do when you feel lost. I'll share practical mental health tips to help you stop trying to solve your whole life at once, so you can get the confusion out of your head and learn how to find your way in life one step at a time.Finding yourself again after feeling lost doesn't require some sort of dramatic reinvention; learning how to find yourself again begins with noticing what makes you feel more like you, following the thread of who you have always been, and rebuilding your inner compass through action. Feeling lost in life can feel overwhelming, but you can and will find yourself again one step at a time. It's time to begin finding meaning in life and to discover how to find direction in life without having the entire map.👉 Ready to reconnect with yourself and take your next step? Then let's talk!💡 TL;DR: Feeling lost in life doesn't mean there's something wrong with you, or that you're actually lost. This episode will show you how to find yourself again by rebuilding your inner compass one small step at a time.Let's Talk About Mental Health with Jeremy Godwin is about practical mental health advice for real life; each week I teach you how to improve your mental wellbeing with simple tips that actually work, drawing on my professional expertise as a counsellor and my personal experience living with anxiety and depression. Welcome and let's talk!⏱️ Chapters/Timestamps:
0:00 Feeling lost in life0:31 How to find your way again3:56 What feeling lost actually is8:30 Why that lost feeling can really throw you14:41 How to find your way back to yourself22:31 What I want you to take away📝 Transcript & show notes: https://ltamh.com/?p=21013📖 Buy my book 'Life Advice That Doesn't Suck': https://jeremygodwin.com.au/latds/📍 Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jeremygodwin➕ Related episodes:
Feeling miserable (Episode 342): https://ltamh.com/?p=20725
Figuring out what you want (Episode 341): https://ltamh.com/?p=20629
Stop existing and start living! (Episode 334): https://ltamh.com/?p=20316👋 New here?
Hi! I'm Jeremy Godwin, writer and counsellor plus the host of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, your weekly dose of practical advice for better mental health. I share straightforward tips to help you protect your peace and improve your mental health, with new episodes every Sunday.🔗 Links:
Learn more about Let's Talk About Mental Health: https://ltamh.comSubscribe for free show notes/transcripts in your inbox: https://ltamh.com/subscribe/My Digital Store: https://ltamh.com/shop/Daily Reflection Tool: https://ltamh.com/product/daily-reflection/Daily Affirmations Tool: https://ltamh.com/product/affirmations/Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ltamhFind me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ltamentalhealth/Mental health resources: https://ltamh.com/resources/#feelinglost #findyourself #findingyourselfagain #feelingstuck #findingdirection #findingpurpose #senseofself #mentalhealth #mentalhealthpodcast #personalgrowth #selfawareness #protectyourpeace #letstalkaboutmentalhealth #jeremygodwin

A strong feeling can often hijack you and take over in moments… but you can learn how to control your emotions, without shutting them down or pretending they aren’t there. 
In this episode of the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast, I’m exploring what really happens when strong emotions hit and the thinking part of your brain seems to disappear, leaving you snapping, shutting down, or saying something you later regret. If you struggle with managing emotions, emotional reactions or wondering why your emotions take over, I’ll show you how to stay calm without fighting your feelings or letting them make your choices. You’ll learn practical emotional regulation tools for how to calm down when upset or dealing with emotional overwhelm, and I’ll also explain how to respond instead of react, as well as why emotional self-control is a skill you build rather than something you either have or don’t and how being kinder to yourself can help you stop overreacting over time… because your feelings deserve to be heard, but they aren’t qualified to be the boss. 

👉 Ready to take back control of your emotions? Then let’s talk!

💡 TL;DR: If you want to learn how to manage your emotions, without suppressing them, then this episode will help you create enough space to stay calm, stop overreacting, and choose how you respond.

Let's Talk About Mental Health with Jeremy Godwin is about practical mental health advice for real life; each week I teach you how to improve your mental wellbeing with simple tips that actually work, drawing on my professional expertise as a counsellor and my personal experience living with anxiety and depression. Welcome and let's talk!

⏱️ Chapters/Timestamps:
0:00 Emotions and your mental health
0:38 When emotions take over
3:52 When your emotions take the wheel
8:29 Understanding emotional hijacks
13:19 Stop your emotions running the show
20:16 What I want you to take away

📝 Transcript & show notes: https://ltamh.com/?p=21008   

📖 Buy my book 'Life Advice That Doesn't Suck': https://jeremygodwin.com.au/latds/

📍 Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jeremygodwin

➕ Related episodes:
How to be less reactive (Episode 323): https://ltamh.com/?p=19640  
You don’t have to believe everything you think (Episode 344): https://ltamh.com/?p=20856 

👋 New here?
Hi! I'm Jeremy Godwin, writer and counsellor plus the host of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, your weekly dose of practical advice for better mental health. I share straightforward tips to help you protect your peace and improve your mental health, with new episodes every Sunday.

🔗 Links:
Learn more about Let's Talk About Mental Health: https://ltamh.com
Subscribe for free show notes/transcripts in your inbox: https://ltamh.com/subscribe/
My Digital Store: https://ltamh.com/shop/
Buy my Daily Reflection Tool here: https://ltamh.com/product/daily-reflection/
Buy my Daily Affirmations tool here: https://ltamh.com/product/affirmations/
Subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ltamh
Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ltamentalhealth/
Mental health resources: https://ltamh.com/resources/

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Your mind can sound certain and still be completely wrong. Negative thoughts can feel frighteningly convincing when they show up, especially when they’re loud and insistent… but thoughts are not facts, and you don’t have to let every anxious thought take control of your day. 
In this episode of the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast, I’m talking about your relationship with your thoughts: why your mind can make negative thinking, racing thoughts and overthinking occurs, what automatic negative thoughts are, and why negative thoughts and anxiety feel like absolute truth… even when it’s just mental noise dressed up as certainty. This is for you if your mindset gets hijacked by worst-case scenarios, harsh self-judgement, 3am spirals, or that familiar feeling of being dragged around by whatever your mind shouted at you most recently. I’ll explain why trying to silence your thoughts or argue with every single one is exhausting (and usually pointless), and I’ll share practical ways to catch a thought and decide whether it actually deserves to take control. This is not about cultivating a perfectly quiet mind; it’s about learning how to stop believing your thoughts automatically, how to stop negative thoughts from running your life, and how to protect your emotional health one thought at a time. 

👉 Ready to stop handing your thoughts the wheel? Then let’s talk!

💡 TL;DR: Your negative thoughts might feel true, but this episode shows you how to stop believing your thoughts on contact and start treating thoughts as thoughts… not facts.

Let's Talk About Mental Health with Jeremy Godwin is about practical mental health advice for real life; each week I teach you how to improve your mental wellbeing with simple tips that actually work, drawing on my professional expertise as a counsellor and my personal experience living with anxiety and depression. Welcome and let's talk!

⏱️ Chapters/Timestamps:
0:00 Don’t believe every negative thought
0:31 You don’t have to believe every thought
4:04 What are negative thoughts?
8:49 Why negative thoughts affect your mental health
14:37 How to deal with negative thoughts
22:47 What I want you to take away

📝 Transcript & show notes: https://ltamh.com/?p=20856  

📖 Buy my book 'Life Advice That Doesn't Suck': https://jeremygodwin.com.au/latds/

📍 Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jeremygodwin

➕ Related episodes:
Being hard on yourself (Episode 343): https://ltamh.com/?p=20759 
Overthinking and thought spirals (Episode 321): https://ltamh.com/?p=19518 

👋 New here?
Hi! I'm Jeremy Godwin, writer and counsellor plus the host of the Let's Talk About Mental Health podcast, your weekly dose of practical advice for better mental health. I share straightforward tips to help you protect your peace and improve your mental health, with new episodes every Sunday.

🔗 Links:
Learn more about Let's Talk About Mental Health: https://ltamh.com
Subscribe for free show notes/transcripts in your inbox: https://ltamh.com/subscribe/
My Digital Store: https://ltamh.com/shop/
Buy my Daily Reflection Tool here: https://ltamh.com/product/daily-reflection/
Buy my Daily Affirmations tool here: https://ltamh.com/product/affirmations/
Subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ltamh
Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ltamentalhealth/
Mental health resources: https://ltamh.com/resources/

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