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Hello and welcome to a special episode
of The Business of Psychology podcast.
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So I'm putting out this episode
as a little bit of a trailer
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for the new series, which is
starting on the 29th of December.
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A betwixtmas start, as I like to call it,
but before we get stuck into a new series.
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It felt important to me to spend a
moment to pause and to reflect on the
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year that I've had and encourage you to
reflect on the year that you've had too.
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Because for a lot of us I think
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It's been a really big challenge for
me and I will admit A couple of weeks
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ago when I was starting to think
about planning for the new year,
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I was feeling pretty low about it.
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But I decided to throw myself into
some journaling practice, into some
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meditation practice, and in doing that
I really found my enthusiasm again.
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For my work, for this podcast, . So I
really encourage you to do it, especially
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if you don't feel like it, especially
if you are feeling at the moment like
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Maybe this hasn't been your best year.
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Maybe there were goals that
you weren't able to, to meet.
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Maybe there were personal struggles which
you felt were insurmountable at the time.
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I promise you, by reflecting on those
things and your learnings from those
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things, you will discover what You want to
do in:
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and when we allow ourselves to do that,
that is when the enthusiasm comes back.
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So a little bit of nurture goes
a very long way and I wanted
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to jump in here and give you an
excuse, really, to do that with me.
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So, the first thing I recommend
is a process that I call
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collecting up your year.
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And this involves getting your diary out,
whether that is physical or electronic,
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and looking month by month at what
you did, the challenges you faced, the
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achievements that you reached and the
learnings that you took from each month.
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And I have to do that looking at my
diary physically because there is no way
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that I would remember it all otherwise.
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And when I didn't do this formally,
when I just kind of thought
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back, I found that there was a
real bias to what I remembered.
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And mostly what I was remembering were
goals that I set that became unrealistic.
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So as some of you who are in the
membership community or have been
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students or coaching clients with me
this year will know, I had some real
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struggles in my family life this year.
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Two of my children have had big
diagnoses this year with neurodivergence
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and they've really struggled.
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With school, and lots of, lots of
challenges this year that have meant
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that I've had to reduce my working time.
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I've had to find a level of flexibility,
both psychological and practical, that
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I didn't know was possible before.
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And it's really drawn.
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A loss of resilience out of me
that I didn't know was there.
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And times have been dark.
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But not all the times have been dark.
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And when I looked back, month by month,
I was able to see that there has been
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so much achievement and so much learning
in amongst those challenges this year
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that I think it would be a real shame.
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If I hadn't taken the time to
go back and find those things.
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So I really encourage you to do this
collecting up process month by month.
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Look for those challenges,
achievements and learnings and you
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will be amazed at what you find.
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The second phase of good
reflection, I think, is to ask
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yourself some core questions.
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And I've just collected the
three questions that I personally
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have found the most useful.
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And then there's one more, which
leads us into the next series of the
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business of psychology very nicely.
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So the first question I really
recommend asking yourself is what
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do you need to let go of from 2023?
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So you've had a good look back, you've
looked at the good, the bad, the ugly.
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What can you leave here?
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What do you not need to take
with you into the next year?
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Then ask yourself, what do you
need to bring with you into:
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What were those key learnings?
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What did you find out about yourself,
the world, your work, your family,
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that you want to take with you,
put in your backpack if you like,
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and take with you into 2024?
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What do you want to create in 2024?
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Maybe when you've done that collecting
process, and you've looked at:
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there's something missing, there's
something that you need in order to be
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living your life according to your values.
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Maybe there's a new value that you
didn't have before, but now needs
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to take centre stage in your life.
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What do you want to create in 2024?
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And finally, the question which is
going to lead us into the new series
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of the Business of Psychology.
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What does fulfilment look like for you?
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The next series is all about
finding fulfilment in your work.
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Because I have realised realised that
this needs to be a top priority for me.
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If i'm only able to work for a
limited amount of time in the week,
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I want to make sure that all of the
work I do is as professionally and
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personally fulfilling as possible.
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So I have I am diving into
fulfillment and trying to call more
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of that into my life this year.
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But it looks different for all of
us, so think about what that might
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look like for you in the new year.
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Is it about training?
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Is it about research?
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Is it about more one to one
work, less one to one work?
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It's going to look different for all
of us, but it is so important to get a
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clear idea of what that means for you.
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And if you find that difficult, by
any chance, which most of us do,
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I really hope that the new series
of The Business of Psychology is
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going to give you some inspiration.
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The reason I decided to launch the
series, during Betwixtmas, is this is
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often the time of year when I find myself
feeling really inspired and desperate
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to read and learn and think about.
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What other psychologists and mental
health professionals have been doing that
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maybe I could bring into some of my work.
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So I'm really hoping that this
new series is going to bring
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you that feeling of inspiration.
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We've got interviews with authors,
people creating online courses.
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We've got people working in.
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With all different ways with all different
specialisms telling us how they got to
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where they are and where they're planning
to go next and I'm really hoping that
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that's gonna bring you some of the
enrichment that it's brought me over the
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last few weeks because I could not have
enjoyed recording those episodes more.
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So with that I'm gonna wish you a
very Merry Christmas and I will see
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you on the 29th for our new series.
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Happy reflecting.
